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I wouldn't be that pessimistic. As far as British humorous writers go: Douglas Adams wrote decades ago (and died >12 years ago), and he seems to still be regarded as pretty funny. I read the Hitchhiker books 4 or 5 years ago, and enjoyed them. People still enjoy Monty Python and that's pushing half a century now.
Now, 200 years is a different story.
Acknowledged up to a point. Adams is still highly regarded, but you certainly lose something even at this remove (e.g. the opening line about a species so primitive they still thought digital watches were a good idea falls flat, at least for me). While some Python sketches are funny, I've read that the BBC felt the series as a whole wasn't funny enough to re-run.
Yes, some of it will age, but a lot of it still remains. I found The Birds somewhat funny when I read it, and it's, what, 2200 years old now?
I have the full boxed set of the TV series and have watched it through. I don't blame them for not re-running the whole thing (it's huge!), and it's also not very 'dense'. But I think if they were willing to edit it down, it could be competitive. Some of the Python sketches are very funny.