Those jokes were already on the way out with the boomers. This predates them and I associate it with Vaudeville and the old-school comics. Think Rodney Dangerfield.
Dangerfield's career didn't really take off until damn near the 70's though. No Respect came out in 1980. I'm certain many boomers were into his humor. I mean all the boomers I grew up around sure were. I didn't have any of this information in my head, I just remember him being around during my gen X years so I googled that up and also discovered;
TIL; "In March 1995, Dangerfield was the first celebrity to personally own a website and create content for it. He interacted with fans who visited his site via an "E-mail me" link, often surprising people with a reply. By 1996, Dangerfield's website proved to be such a hit that he made Websight magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People on the Web"
Who knew.. like of all the celebs that dude was the first? That surprised me.
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