Why is This Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel Commercial Funny? Because They’re Just Like Us

Unlike younger generations, we didn't grow up with the internet. Do we like all this tech stuff? Yes. Do we understand it? Not really. That's what makes this commercial so funny. Katie and Bryant are just like us.

Those who grew up with the internet and all these tech gadgets have an almost innate ability to pick something up, mess with it for a little bit and have it all figured out.

The rest of us who were grown by the dawn of the internet, have to actually learn how something works or, as many of us do, ask someone much younger to make it work for us.

There's a simple difference between our generation and our children's. We love the gadgets and don't have to understand how they work just as long as they do. Our kids love the gadgets because they understand how they work and they love figuring out ways to make them work better.