Going deep into the archives for a not-previously-reduxed discussion with my wife on a matter important to any generation: What's funny, what's not, and why?

We are Gen X-ers who think Quick Change is brilliant and funny. My mother-in-law thought Where's Poppa was brilliant and funny. You'll have to make up your own mind on which of us was right.

As mentioned, it's one of the first recordings I did, and it's ... rough. But understandable.

Quick Change, with Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, and Jason Robards, is one of my favorite comedy films.

Where's Poppa, with George Segal and Ruth Gordon, was one of my mother-in-law's favorite comedy films.

My wife and I discuss possibilities for why what we find funny and what our parents find funny is often so different.

Silent and Gen X on Lifecourse

http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/def/silent-gen.html

http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/def/13th-gen.html

Quick Change and Where’s Poppa? on IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100449/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066563/

Carl Reiner - born 1922 (G.I.)

Drafted in October 1942, served in the Pacific theater (despite initially learning to be a French interpreter), ending up in Special Services (i.e. entertainment).

Mel Brooks - born 1926 (Silent)

Brooks served in World War II in the European theater starting in 1944, which is very unusual for Silent generation members. (One reason he seems like he should be G.I.)

Quick Change - Floras para los muertos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGj9QkslyE0

Quick Change - Joust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQNI7q6ABnc

Where’s Poppa - We didn’t discuss this scene, but it fits in a lot of ways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzT27N2F45Q

If you search for Campfire Scene - with or without “Blazing Saddles” - this comes up early:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIP9KXdmO0

Which I'd noticed before, in this post about another offensive western

http://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/06/runaway.html

What my wife is doing instead of podcasts: Gift of Music Foundation

http://agiftofmusic.org

You can still find me on Twitter: @generationalize and blogging at http://crisis.generationalize.com, but also on bluesky and sometimes on Post, also as @generationalize