Familiarity breeds contempt

The first few times I watched episodes of the old Dobie Gillis TV show, Bob Denver as beatnik Maynard G. Krebs was really funny. And I can imagine that back when the show was life, he was funny all the time, watching him once a week. However, these days when we have a collection of the shows and watch him several shows in a row, funny quickly becomes merely irritating. I mean, after all, no one can be that stupid!