In a more general sense, the "main cast made up exclusively of irredeemable characters" trope really blossomed in the subsequent decades. You see it in Seinfeld

In a more general sense, the "main cast made up exclusively of irredeemable characters" trope really blossomed in the subsequent decades. You see it in Seinfeld, It's Always Sunny, etc. I think it existed before The Young Ones but that's where I first saw it.