I seem to recall that Foster Brooks did a lot of routines as a “Lovable Drunk,” back in the 1970s, often on Dean Martin’s Celebrity Roasts. He got a lot of laughs then, but I don’t know how his routines would fly now. Ironically, in real life, Brooks didn’t drink.
Bill Dana was a comedian who would portray a character named “José Jiménez.” He spoke broken English with a stereotyped Hispanic accent. He had a lot of appearances on talk shows and the Ed Sullivan Show. I’m sure this act wouldn’t fly today.
They did a bit about this in the movie The Right Stuff. Can’t remember which astronaut was doing the bit, but it didn’t go over that well even back in the 80s (about the 60s).
William (Bill) Dana was also the name of a NASA engineer and test pilot on the space project They would joke about the comic’s act and his name. I don’t remember the details but others would speak like the Jose Jimenez character, or he would. It’s in the book. I don’t recall anyone thinking Bill Dana was very funny no matter what the subject. He practically disappeared after trying to push that lame act.
Here’s his astronaut routine, in case anyone’s curious:
(I suspect that Jeff Dunham’s Jose Jalapeno character was at least a little inspired by Jose Jimenez.)
The toughest part about remaking towering inferno would be having the audience today believe a fire of that magnitude would leave no debris on the ground. 
There’s a few foster brooks videos on YouTube and they’re friggen hilarious. Seriously, some of todays citizens really have to lighten up.
We rented a DVD of old Art Linketter “Kids Say the Darndest Things” episodes and were taken aback by how casually he talks to one kid about how his dad beats him as punishment.
As far as I can remember, he got his start with the Jose Jimenez schtick as a recurring character on the Danny Thomas show, where he periodically appeared as either the doorman/porter or the elevator operator.
Yes, that’s what I recall. I think he showed up on Ed Sullivan doing that act, although my memory is weak on that one. They spun off the Bill Dana Show from the Danny Thomas show and it lasted a couple of years, though I can’t understand why.
As late as the 1980s there was “Arthur” - a movie essentially all about a romance between a normal-ish woman and a guy who was always drunk.
That movie came out around the time I graduated from HS. I went with a friend who, unlike me, came from a long lineage of alcoholics, and he thought it was hilarious. I did not, and tried to watch it again a few years ago. Nope, not funny that time either.
I saw it when it was in the theaters - I thought it was funny then but have no in watching it again
Movies where rape is played up for comedy.
In Revenge of the Nerds,one of the nerds, wearing a mask or costume of some sort, shows the sorority girl a wonderful time - she went along with it because she thought it was her jock boyfriend, and was thrilled when the nerd took his mask off.
In Young Frankenstein, when the Monster drags Madeleine Kahn off and has his way with her, despite her protests; a moment later she’s screaming in pleasure.
When I was 18 or so, these seemed funny. Now, not so much - and I don’t think either scene would be included in a movie nowadays.
In Revenge Of The Nerds, the nerds also install a video camera (it may have been more than one) in the sorority house. They use the camera to take nude pictures of a sorority girl and then distribute those pictures to the public.
ROTN could be made today- but extreme rewrites would be needed.
They didn’t just distribute the nude pictures, they sold the pictures as a fundraiser, with whip cream covering the pictures so you could “Eat a Pie” (Pi sorority). How many crimes would they be charged with today? (I thought it was creepy even when it came out.)
I happened on this video just the other day
Sounds like everyone involved was being racist.
That was one of the few things I enjoyed about Texas. I frequently had a cold one popped open while driving across state during my reckless youth in the 1970s and 1980s, and we all worshiped the name of Henry Gonzalez, the state representative credited with single-handedly keeping it legal for so long.
Joking references to suicide have gone out of style (except for Moe from the Simpsons), but they used to be very popular (Jack Benny’s violin teacher, Mel Blanc as a sales clerk, Daffy Duck, etc. all had suicide as a punchline)