It had become a kind of replacement for Scotch and Wry, and tapping into the older generation, and it became dumbed down because of it.
I think it suffered from a couple of things; the increasingly litigatious society which meant that some of it was cut by BBC lawyers and secondly they couldn't get away with cutting edge humour like Scotch and Wry did about Huns and their non catholic signing policy. Different Eras. Anti Catholic Bigotry is more subtle in Scotland today, and there seems much less will to satirize. Fear of upsetting people, perhaps.
I seen the stage show at Edinburgh Playhouse what must be at least 25 years ago, and it was much more than the annual show. I think using the name was a mistake, and I hope it gets resurrected in a form truer to its original form at some point in the future.
It's a bit like off the ball, which whilst perhaps a welcome contrast to the other sports output of the BBC, is now so dumbed down, and a simple formula that it's far removed from what it was originally. "Here's team of the week, and first player in is Tommy Ring of Clyde" - It was funnier when Shellsuit Bob and Grado took it over for a while, even although they are both orcs.