Oh, hi, everyone! It's
Madmad, still giggling over some of the funny comments the reviewers had about
Senior Citizen Humor. But I'll do my best to get myself under control - it's serious business, this reviewing gig, you know. Especially since it's one of the last ones before the new system goes into place. Unfortunately, Senior Citizen Humor is taking us out with a whimper, not a bang - it didn't do all that well with the readers:
| Category | Score | Points |
| Content | 4.73 | 33/70 |
| Writing | 4.27 | 2/5 |
| Web Design | 5.14 | 3/5 |
| Intangibles | 4.5 | 2/5 |
| Read Regularly | 0.91 | 1/10 |
| Frequency | 8 | 4/5 | Total | 45 |
Percentile Rank: 15The biggest problem cited by most of the reviewers was the lack of originality:
Yet one more blogger who gathers pictures and jokes off the web and passes them off as their own.
There isn't much writing. I recognize most of these pictures and jokes from e-mail forwards.
I had a hard time with this one, basically cause it's lacking on originality.
1. Go to internet.
2. Search old people jokes/pictures.
3. Post findings.
4. Repeat daily or as necessary.
Reminds me of stuff my friends send me on facebook. It's cute more than it's funny.
But the reviewers tried to make up for it with their own funny lines:
About as funny as a "Hang In There, Baby...It's Almost Friday" poster. With an old cat hanging. From a noose.
Funny, but all of the jokes feel old, and I'm not sure that's a good thing.
I tried, honestly, out of respect for my elders at least.
It just didn't tickle me testies.
If I hadn't had my catheter in I would have dribbled into my pants with mild amusement.
And a few found the humor offensive:
Look, I'm all for taunting the elderly as much as the next anonymous internet jackass, but making jokes about elderly women with rotting intact hymens attracting fruit flies seems a little excessive to me. Just a tad, you know?
If I was going to show someone a good example of WHY NOT not blog, I'd probably forward them to this site. I award this blog no points and may God have mercy on it's creator's soul.
And while one reviewer called the blog "aight" and another "cute and funny," most felt the jokes fell a little flat.
... this blog, based on a very funny premise, is a bit of a one-trick pony. Old people ARE funny, but for more reasons than the fact they might not have sex and/or look hilarious when photo-shopped with silly props or an ass-kickin' physique.
I think the stuff featured on this blog is a poor excuse for true humor related to folks over 65 (and counting). If this blogger has nothing truly original, perhaps he should check out some of George Burns' material, and borrow from that? To quote but a few of George's one liners infinitely more clever/hilarious than the jokes I found on "My Senior Citizen Humor Blog": "You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there." "I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill." "Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope." See? Old age IS hilarious, when seen through the eyes of someone who did it rather brilliantly.
The template and ease of use of the blog earned its author some points, but the fact he also has a website, and links to it from his blog, confused some of the reviewers, who felt it was unnecessary and duplicated his efforts.
Why does he need a blog for exactly the same stuff again? Ok, the blog looks better than the website. I had a quick look at the website and fled right back to the blog for the nice calm template ;-)
But even if not everyone found Senior Citizen Humor to his or her liking, it had a few fans who enjoyed the collection of pictures and jokes about aging, even if they were left wishing there was more original material.