Cooley wroteI quite enjoyed Bread. Mind you, I used to enjoy a lot of shit back then. Like many a prog, you catch a clip on YouTube and think to yourself 'what the fuck did I see in that?'. Butterflies was good. However, Geoffrey Palmer was great in everything he did. By contrast, Rodney's character was very fucking annoying.
Yep the kids were awful but I think they were supposed to be. Indulged middle class entitled types. Provided for but left to their own devices by Dad, fussed over by mum.
Even the set piece bits pieces about her shit cooking were actually quite funny when they came because it was so bad yet they still rocked up to the dinner table expecting to eat.