A sad fact of comedy is that it ages quickly, as what was ground-breakingly ironic yesterday can quickly become tomorrow's laughing stock (e.g. The Two Ronnies being lampooned only ten years later by Not The Nine O'Clock News).This CD is no exception as there are many classics that are funny if you heard them originally, but are not so brilliant through modern ears. Acts such as Dick Emery (e.g. 'Willy') sadly seem tame, although they were risque in their day. Equally, Spike Milligan (e.g. The Sewers Of The Strand or You Gotta Go Oww!) once was incredibly innovative, but now seems a little out of tune with modern comedy (in a way that is deeply unfair given his genius).That said, this CD has a LOT of material that has withstood the test of time. A strong example of this is Goodness Gracious Me (which should by rights be racist, but isn't) and also, 'Zookeeper' by David Frost* (which is laugh-out-loud funny). Furthermore, as a surprise, many of the Benny Hill sketches (e.g. Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)) are a revelation in their comedic insight...Added to this, there are the tracks other reviewers have mentioned (such as 'Up Je T'aime', 'My Brother' and Flanders & Swann's works) all of which are very amusing & have stood the test of time.However, as a rule 60% of this CD is skippable unless you were alive in the late 60's, and there is an awful lot of dross.All considered though, at 60 tracks on 3 CD's for £10ish this collection is well worth getting. It may be advisable to get a pen to mark the best ones out. However, when you do, you have the makings of a fine selection of old-skool British Comedy.* - The same man as Frost/Nixon. Btw, sorry for the overtly British references in this review, but I felt it suited the review better to put then in context, rather than compare them to 60's US comedy (which was about 20 years before I was born!)