The original post: /r/television by /u/AporiaParadox on 2024-06-06 12:15:48.
I personally never liked all of the “wife bad” and “the old ball and chain” humor you would often see in old shows. The wife was constantly portrayed as a gossipy frivolous irrational nag that wastes all of the husband’s hard-earned money on shopping sprees, and the hapless husbands just have to accept it because women amirite fellas. And mother-in-laws were even worse, the wife was at least afforded a modicum of respect and affection, the mother-in-law would just be a shrill harpy that hates the poor husband for no good reason.
Maybe boomer husbands and the parents and grandparents of boomers back in the day found these hilarious and “relatable” somehow, but I certainly don’t, and neither do lots of married people I know today, especially women. I’m glad that more recent comedies have moved away from these kinds of jokes.
What other types of humor on TV shows do you just not find funny?