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The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that you have much more observational humor.

Robert Mankoff
People, Generations, Lines
"'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor Explores What Makes Us Get It". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 24, 2014.
The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that you have much more observational humor.