Those of us who are old enough remember sitting around the (black and white) TV watching Red Skelton, Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger, etc, much of it live. Folks like this are long gone, leaving us with people who have no talent and must substitute their lack of ability with what we see today. If the American public will settle for "entertainment" such as this, they'll also settle for the lack of talent we see today in every other area of our lives.