Who are the main sources of "boorish or vulgar, episodic pranks/ lewd jokes?"
TV? Hollywood? Personally, I don't care for or watch awards shows (Emmy's, Oscars, etc). Aren't those the people who drive today's "comedy." I don't see the value in today's comedy. Todays "comics" are more people who preach at us about our values, when their own values are somewhat questionable. The people of Hollywood and TV hardly have any high ground to stand on, as evidenced by some of their recent scandals. Today's humor, frankly, is not very funny. Humor to me is much more simplistic and free of agenda and political attack. If you turn on to any Hollywood awards production, it is nothing more than a hate fest attacking their enemies, rather than a true award show recognizing good work. Thanks but no thanks.