Black Books was good, but Father Ted, well it was funny for a...

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    Black Books was good, but Father Ted, well it was funny for a while but then it degenerated into sameness for episode after episode. And also its increasing reliance on swear words and grossness just became turn-off-able
    I think sometimes the writers, under pressure to keep delivering the product, fall back on the lowest common denominator. The great writers never allow that to happen. That never happened with Seinfeld for instance.
 
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