while the british produce some hilarious and slick sitcom in the 1990s ab fab and men behave badly and one foot in the grave and etc . the 70 be the real golden age . in the 1970s there be whole new territory to explore and include the sexual revolution and feminism and and the slowly evolve awareness of a need for sensitivity that would and twenty year later and become political correctness . attempt to grapple with the confusion of this thoroughly modern world be the subtle and not so subtle theme in everything from the skit of monty python fly circus to sitcom like man about the house . ( by the late 70 this grappling result in more meditative and bitter sweet sitcom such a the masterpiece butterfly . ) man about the house be a perfect example of the good britcoms of the time slightly genteel and cheeky and fresh and ingenuous and sometimes outrageous and with some well make observation on contemporary life . compare it to a cynical 90 show such a ab fab and and it be hard to believe the two be create in the same country . man about the house be one of the great britcoms of the 70 and right up there with good neighbor ( the good life ) and and about the house spin off george and mildred . it quality be attest to by the fact that a with good neighbor it creator and writer and and many of it cast have have continue success in british television .