There are a lot of WWII jokes in Seinfeld and I know it’s common for Jewish comedians to make WWII jokes as a way to heal but I also wonder if it was more prevalent to discuss it as it was more recent and the Cold War was just ending. Do you all remember it being a bigger part of life at the time?
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Yes. My grandfather and my husband’s father both fought in WWII. My family never talked about it and his never stopped talking about it. His mother just died a couple of years ago at the age of 95 and I’m pretty sure some of her last words were about WWII.
For some of the people involved, they never got over it. As those people die, fewer people talk about it all the time.