History YMMV / TheGoodLife

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Tom, for his [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish attitude]]. He can be extremely callous to Barbara and sometimes the Leadbetters too--when Margo and Jerry have a major row, all he can think about is how it affects his prospects for getting "his" spinning wheel. Even Creator/RichardBriers said he didn't like Tom very much.

* WidgetSeries: Quaint English countryside living, from the outsider perspective of Japanese auteur SWERY.

* UncannyValley: Several of the facial animations are rather stiff, or zoom in very, very closely.

** As ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' so eloquently explained, the show can become [[TastesLikeDiabetes very grating]] if you aren't overly fond of the upper-middle-class, vaguely liberal ethos that permeates the show, and is more or less demanded by the setting and characters.

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** Several instances of casual racism: Tom pulling "slant eyes" for a "Confucius Say" joke, Margo being horrified into panic at the thought of Arab neighbors[[note]]to be fair this one ''is'' meant to be seen as a character flaw, as part of Margo's general snobbishness, but it's revealing of the attitudes still prevalent at the time and it's doubtful the joke would be used in this politically-correct age[[/note]], and if you pay attention you can see that Margo has an apron with a racist caricature of a black person printed on it.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Tom, for his [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish attitude]]. He can be extremely callous to Barbara and sometimes the Leadbetters too--when Margo and Jerry have a major row, all he can think about is how it affects his prospects for getting "his" spinning wheel. Even Richard Briers said he didn't like Tom very much.

* TheWoobie: Barbara, especially towards the end when Tom starts to show his [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero true colors]].

** As ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' so eloquently explained, the show can become very grating if you aren't overly fond of the upper-middle-class, vaguely liberal ethos that permeates the show, and is more or less demanded by the setting and characters.

** As TheYoungOnes so eloquently explained, the show can become very grating if you aren't overly fond of the upper-middle-class, vaguely liberal ethos that permeates the show, and is more or less demanded by the setting and characters.

** Several instances of casual racism--Tom pulling "slant eyes" for a Confucius Say joke, Margo being horrified into panic at the thought of Arab neighbors[[note]]it ''is'' meant to be seen as a character flaw, as part of Margo's general snobbishness, but it's revealing of the attitudes still prevalent at the time and it's doubtful it would be used in this politically-correct age[[/note], and if you pay attention you can see that Margo has an apron with a racist caricature of a black person printed on it.

** Several instances of casual racism--Tom pulling "slant eyes" for a Confucius Say joke, Margo being horrified into panic at the thought of Arab neighbors, and if you pay attention you can see that Margo has an apron with a racist caricature of a black person printed on it.

* UnintentionallyUnsypmathetic: Tom, for his [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish attitude]]. He can be extremely callous to Barbara and sometimes the Leadbetters too--when Margo and Jerry have a major row, all he can think about is how it affects his prospects for getting "his" spinning wheel.

* TheWoobie: Barbara, especially towards the end when Tom starts to show his true colors.

* FetishFuel: If there's only one thing people of a certain age remember about this show, it's Felicity Kendal[[strike:'s boots]].

* FetishFuel: If there's only one thing people of a certain age remember about this show, it's Felicity Kendal[[strike:'s boots]].