Honestly, I think that is the true measure of something being good. It's not for "this time, that time, or one time", but rather it's..."for all time". When something is good, in my view at least, one does not critique it as "old or new" but rather as "good or bad". Perhaps not in those black and white terms, but if something is truly good the time period it was made in should not matter much. The same is also true for an individual talent. The truly talented actors, musicians, etc are not just good for their time period, but would have been decent at least, in any time frame or situation.
I find myself often gravitating towards things made years before I was even born. I tend to feel that ironically, they have more relevance today than the things that are blatantly made today to have a relavence today. (if that makes any sense).
Comedy particularly is good for this. If it is truly good, it commentates on and pokes fun at themes that are, indeed, timeless.
And by the way, yes "The Hot Scots" is such a wonderful short. Hillarious. My little sister was imitating the dance Moe does with the "blonde cookie" the other night...haha.
"Roses are red, and how do you do? Drink four of these and...woob woob woob woob!" - Curly, 'No Census, No Feeling'
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"Ehhh....money shrinks!!!" - Shemp, 'Don't Throw That Knife'
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"Even the comedians that make you laugh the hardest, have tragedies in their lives. Laughter is all we have against the pain of life and death." - Larry Fine