Where Did Our Cultural Incivility Begin? Stand-Up Comedy.
"Sometime in the late 1950s, the taste for comedy based on edgy political satire (think Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl) mutated into shtick based on insult (think Don Rickles and Jackie Mason). People, as it turned out, found it highly entertaining to watch other people being insulted." Los Angeles Times 09/23/09

Posted September 24, 2009 05:03 AM