Dec 9, 2022
4 min read
Stop Saying ‘Remember When SNL Was Funny?’
You sound like an old fart
In 1882, Pickering & Co. of London published “The Banquet of Wit: Being a Varied Selection of Anecdotes, Bon Mots, Etc.” It opens with a scathing indictment of popular culture that feels as familiar today as it must have then.
That the present age is essentially matter of fact, is a truism which does not admit of…
