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Colbert and the end of American humor

As Rodney Dangerfield might have said, Stephen Colbert got no respect.

Let me say this upfront, America stopped being funny when Johnny Carson went off the air May 22, 1992.

That’s 33 years of humorlessness. Yes, I exaggerate, to make a point, only I don’t remember what it is.

New York used to be the funniest town in the world, back when Catskill Jews ran the culture, but today, instead of Jackie Mason or Don Rickles, we’ve got Zohran Mamdani.

Did I spell it right?

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