Playboy Interview: "thirtysomething"

June, 1990

Playboy Interview: "Thirtysomething"You find it on prime time. On reruns. In commercials. In critical essays. In therapy groups. In the language. (Yes, one word and uncapitalized.) In jokes ("What is Yuppie oral sex?" "Sixtysomething"). In the culture. Indeed, when was the last time the name of a TV show came to represent an entire sensibility, if not an entire generation?For better or for worse—and sometimes for better and for worse—"thirtysomething" is seen as a m...