The art of silliness
Old age, a time to be low or a time to play, and have fun and be silly? Were we all fun once? Do we become addled by the stresses of life and just grow out of it? I’m talking about the silliness of Stan and Ollie, Morecambe and Wise, Bert and Ernie. I want to focus on the fact they made a great living by having fun and being silly, which millions of people, including myself as a child have fond memories of. Would they be so successful now, two men, on mainstream TV making us howl with laughter just being silly? Would more of us be just silly if we saw them on our TV’s today? My Uncle, in his 80s, talks to me about some of the greats. I’m afraid Ant & Dec just doesn’t cut it with most older men!
Let me entertain you!
There are two important aspects here, firstly older men having fun and being silly, and what ‘entertainment’ makes them laugh from the current and recent era. How does this relate to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation in older men? By the way, I am writing this in a pub on a wet Monday afternoon and most in here are older men. I get the feeling some men are worried that to be silly and have fun you need to be on TikTok, we need to end this myth, so they don’t shy away from the joy of having fun.
Improved entertainment infrastructure?
Is the TV entertainment world the same? Some might say anything good is now on a streaming platform, inaccessible to a lot of people. Do we need to think differently about the needs of older men in many aspects including ‘entertainment & fun’ otherwise loneliness in this group will keep rising. Maybe this pub I’m currently in could start showing old films of the comedy greats, from a place where older men already feel comfortable.
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