Questions on The Inbetween and Are You Being Served?

Draw similarities and differences between the style/use of humour in 'Inbetweeners' and 'Are You Being Served?'

- Are jokes still being aimed at the same groups of people?
 No, the jokes in Are You Being Served are aimed mainly between males and females e.g the jokes made by the males are about the women and visa versa and their references towards sex are in innuendos. However, in Inbetweeners the jokes appear to be thrown at anybody and there is no specific group that it is targeted at whilst the sexual references are blatantly obvious with the addition of swearing.

- Are stereotypes still being used for non 'pc' comedy?
 In some ways yes as the 'smart' guy of the group is stereotypically boring and poshly accented whilst portrayed as a kill joy for the other males. Whilst in Are You Being Served Mr. Humphry's character is show to be camp with the way he walks and talks. This is stereotypical for a gay man to be portrayed like this but this character being gay is never openly admitted in the show but it is constantly inferred.

- Has our sense of humour really advanced?
Our sense of humour has regressed in terms of what we are meant to see as humourous by the TV companies. It has gone from subtle and whitty hints to painfully obvious 'jokes' that are can be considered inappropriate for a wide variety of people e.g. children. Whereas, in Are You Being Served it is more of a family show