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Newsweek's Boomer Humor theory
David Noonan of Newsweek has come up with some sort of Unified Humor Theory to explain why we laugh at what we laugh at… “We” being Baby Boomers.
None of this is chiseled in stone, of course. Jon Stewart, born in 1962, is technically a boomer, but “The Daily Show” (which echoes and improves on “SNL’s” 31-year-old “Weekend Update”), can hardly be considered boomer humor. And there is plenty of so-called humor produced by boomers that, well, we would prefer not to think about, including some unmentionable Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy movies. (“The Adventures of Pluto Nash,” anyone?)
It’s a long article, with some (but not a lot) of reference to standup. (Not enough, if you ask us.)
We’ve been telling any club owner who’ll listen (which, admittedly, isn’t all that many!) that they should court the boomers. They’re the ones who made comedy in the 1980’s what it was (and what it is today), and they’re also the ones who now have platinum MasterCards! We’ve been encountering them in the clubs a lot lately and they all say the same thing: It’s been a long time since I laughed that hard… and I usta go out to the comedy clubs a lot in the 80’s!
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I second the notion! Boomers are ideal and not as stuffy or PC as you think they might be. Lawyers with Harleys and such… And they ‘get’ the smarter David Cope (seattle picture, fifth from left) style comedy.
uh….Stewart’s not a boomer. Boomers were babies born as a result of post world war II “the war is over” relief nookie. the war ended in ’45. stewart’s born in 62? that’s 17 years AFTER the war. how can that be considered part of a “post war baby boom” (where the term “boomer” comes from). stewart’s part of what’s now known as “Generation Jones”. don’t believe me? do a google search for GJ. i was born in ’60 and i certainly don’t consider myself a “boomer”.