So . . . suddenly there were no tapes of The 1948 Show. It was no more. It was an ex-series. - John Cleese

Но докато вижданията спрямо псуването и вулгарността се изменят в една посока през последните 40г., друга ценностна система сщкаш застрашава комедията, движейки се наобратно. Говоря за отричащата живота сила, наречена политическа коректност. Това може и да е започнало като добра помисъл, но скоро бе отвлечена и разбрана ad absurdum от няколко индивиди без чувство за мярка - което по орпделение означава, че нямат и никакво чувство за хумор.

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting.

the reunion show at London’s O2 arena. To ignore that might be perceived as skimping. So . . . What a huge success it was – although I say so, who shouldn’t. I refuse to be modest. Ten audiences of 16,000 loved it and gave us ten great warm, happy standing ovations, and I’ve only heard three snotty comments altogether (apart from the Daily Mail, who panned the show, claiming we had ‘mixed reviews’ – they were about as mixed as Hitler’s reviews at Nuremberg, a reference which the Mail, as a formerly pro-Nazi paper, should easily get).