Citing Such Factors As Work-related Stress, Mortgage Worries, And The Ever-growing Duties Of Parenthood

Citing such factors as work-related stress, mortgage worries, and the ever-growing duties of parenthood and marriage, Erdman said he has finally accepted the reality that embarrassingly bad films, TV shows, and consumer products are no longer a viable source of amusement for him.

“I turn on the TV these days, and if I see something that’s unbelievably stupid and insulting to my intelligence, all I want to do is turn it off,” said Erdman, pausing to sip from a Tom Collins, a drink he began ordering in 1989 to be amusing but now orders without irony on the rare occasion when he still drinks. “What’s happened to me?”

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