In this morning's Washington Post magazine, Gene Weingarten puts into words something I have been grumbling about for some time.... the sad stuff passing for humor & entertainment these days... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101716.html


Note: the video is harmless enough by itself, but the phenomenon it illustrates is, in MY learned & erudite opinion, of course... one of many paradigms of the "dumbing down" of the culture