Did Stewart and Colbert adapt to the new wave, carry over the earlier type of comedy, or were purely part of the new wave?
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Honestly fascinated as to what you this happened at that time. End of Seinfeld? Big Lebowski? Austin Powers? What was the shift?
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My complaint is that Fran is often referred to as a great writer with 10,000 books. There are better writers who have captured that era, in that very moment or reflecting on it later: Eileen Myles Maggie Dubris Richard Hell Bernadette Meyer Lewis Warsh Patti Smith Glenn O'Brien
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I would guess that generational shift began in mid-1992, because I recall that being the date set by
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I'd date it back to 1990-1992, when the ironic detachment approach of Bill Murray and David Letterman established a foothold on episodic TV with The Simpsons.
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No. No, it didn't. What's funny, is still funny. I tell peope to stfu all the time.
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