So there's this horrible commercial for Ameriprise financial planning. It starts out with some boomer/60s images and the narration goes, "You're a generation who brought new meaning to the meaningful relationship, and we can relate to that." Included in the little clips from the 60s and 70s is a picture of Richard Pryor kissing the hand of a woman. Now, I love Richard Pryors comedy, but this is a great example of boomers' poor memory and the stupid sentimentality of that defective generation. Here's Pryor's marriage history.

Flynn BeLaine, married October 1986, divorced January 1987, remarried April 1990, divorced
Jennifer Lee, married August 1981, divorced March 1982, remarried 2001
Deborah McGuire, married September 22, 1977, divorced 1978
Shelly Bonus, married 1968, divorced
Patricia Price, married 1960, divorced

Hmm. Now, I don't know who the woman in the commercial is but it might be Deborah McGuire, who stared in the Russ Myers Supervixens films, and who Pryor was arrested for chasing across his lawn in his car. Now, if the boomers are the generation that redefined love, and that involves 5 wives, 6 divorces, 8 children born in and out of wedlock, and chasing women across the lawn in your car, maybe our generation should redefine it again. Or maybe, Ameriprise financial should consider a new symbol of enduring love besides Richard Pryor.

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