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Message: [QUOTE="miguk, post: 87129, member: 1510"] That's a big problem with comedy. Comedy evolves over time, and things that were considered funny at one point in history are no longer funny at others. So a lot of old comedies that had some level of success just seem weird and out of place today. And the same even goes for some comedians. You see all sorts of older, formerly successful comedians whining about how [insert topical issue here] is "destroying" comedy, even if that issue doesn't have any direct effect on them. In reality, tastes have changed and these old-timers haven't updated their material in decades, so they are freaking out instead of trying to do some actual work to earn their pay. Jerry Seinfeld is a good example: his work is totally inoffensive by today's standards, to the point that "Seinfeld is boring" is a common refrain about changing standards. But he complains on and on about how people need stop being so easily offended not because he's being too offensive (which he seemingly can't do), but because he's basically the same guy who says "what's the deal with..." even after he cut that line from his routine. If he took a cue from George Carlin and actually updated his style to make jokes that people would find funny now, he'd have nothing to complain about. (And he still makes insane amounts of money off TV reruns, so nobody needs to shed a tear for his financial situation.) [/QUOTE]

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