A film adaptation was released in 1971, and the show placed fourth in a BBC poll to find Britain's best sitcom in 2004.
Should Macclesfield make it to the fourth round for only the second time in their history and get paired away from home in a televised match against one of the Premier League big boys, it would be the equivalent of a lottery win.
Derided as a buffoonish figure of fun for attempting to keep dry while his England team failed to qualify for Euro 2008, McClaren is currently attracting far less media attention for steering Derby County to fourth from 14th in the Championship after a run of just two defeats in 15 matches since he replaced Nigel Clough in September.
They went to the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League this season but lost to Inter.
This is the notion that openness is a certain good, and that "free" is automatically aligned with "freedom" – a faith that's hard to maintain in the light of the consequences of putting so much of our identities into the hands of third (and fourth, and fifth) parties.
But what is galling is that we are into our fourth week behind bars for what I consider to be some pretty mundane reporting.
The most likely potential spoilers in American Pharoah's bid for history include Frosted (fourth in the Kentucky Derby) and Materiality (sixth), the second and third favorites at 5-1 and 6-1 respectively, who are superior closers capable of overtaking fading contenders down the stretch.
Kansas is also $280m short on due payments for this fiscal year, following an experiment with historic tax cuts now in its fourth year.
Welcome to Uzbekistan, a country bigger than Germany, with a population of 31 million, where Islam Karimov is now embarking on a fourth term of office, even though the constitution stipulates a two-term maximum for heads of state.
Explaining his decision to seek a fourth term, he said last year: "They criticise me, but I want to keep working.
