I can recall a time when I was in a bar on a Saturday night when the usual goings on stopped because many of the patrons were clustered around an old 19inch boob-toob watching Saturday Night Live.
I had never previously witnessed such a thing but I could see why - SNL was funny. Even that didn’t last long and I can’t imagine it ever being significant enough for people to interrupt their debauchery for it now.
Comedy is only valuable if it is funny. Today’s comedy isn’t funny, but it continues to be useful if on;y in a mean-spirited sort of way. I’m thick-skinned and don’t GAS if assholes are making jokes at my expense, but I’m not inclined to be a party to it.
Back in the day of The Blues Brothers, the Coneheads, Steve Martin as King Tut, even the Killer Bees. It was funny!