You know, I was in Fozzyfangirl's shoes until very late in B&B's original run. It's really easy to take a peripheral look at it, and figure, "Well that show is for complete idiots." The satire doesn't make itself obvious right off the bat. You have to immerse yourself in it for a while before it becomes clear.
I always regretted that attitude, because I only got to see a few episodes before it was pulled off the air, and it's never been commercially available in its original format since.