Back in Black - Why Are Young People Acting Older?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Comedy Central
4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Embracing the early bird special, signing up for AARP and falling victim to online scams? Young people are acting older these days and Lewis Black is mad about it.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:02.5 | Pfff! |
| 0:03.5 | As a man in the entertainment industry, |
| 0:07.0 | I do everything I can to cling to youth |
| 0:10.0 | like a 60-year-old Tom Cruise |
| 0:13.0 | clinging to the side of a helicopter. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh, and don't tell the casting people |
| 0:18.0 | at Euphoria that I'm not actually in my early 20s. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm up for a juicy role as Zendaya's little brother |
| 0:27.0 | who wish me luck. |
| 0:29.0 | But lately I've been noticing a new trend. |
| 0:33.0 | Young people are starting to act like older people. |
| 0:36.0 | It's subtle, but once you notice it, |
| 0:39.0 | you start seeing it everywhere, |
| 0:41.0 | especially if you're a dinner at 4 p.m. |
| 0:44.0 | It's the Early Bird Special for Young Folks. |
| 0:48.0 | The elderly have long been the butt of jokes |
| 0:50.0 | about Early Bird dining. |
| 0:52.0 | But now, a younger generation is embracing the Early Bird Special. |
| 0:56.0 | The busier times used to start at 8 p.m. |
| 0:59.0 | but nowadays it definitely starts on the earlier side. |
| 1:02.0 | A pizza joint in Lower Manhattan |
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