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The Comedies of Our Lives: or, Why You Think John Cusack's Funny and I Don't

For many of us our favorite comedies are movies we first saw when puberty was still a novelty to us. Is that more than a coincidence? Do our favorite comedies give us hope about how life can be when we "grow up"?

And when we still laugh at Dumb and Dumber or Grosse Pointe Blank, is that a warm and fuzzy nostalgic reaction more than an appreciation of humor?

Will the Millennials still be laughing about Dumb and Dumber when they're in their seventies? And oh no, will our younger siblings be laughing at When Harry Met Lloyd in their seventies?