[okanat]

Yes, that's the part that Americans miss and the previous commenter missed. Charlie Brown is still optimistic.

To dig the English comedy you need to accept that you are or the protagonist is a failure. Your or their life will never significantly improve and they made peace with it. You covet and enjoy small moments of happiness. Happiness is not the winning big but returning home.

[wredcoll]

It's tempting to see some kind of relationship to class/caste systems here.

A hypothetical english person might feel trapped by their class and station and "win" by accepting it but the american character always has a chance to rise