He was heading in such a cool direction, though, where he finally seemed at peace with his insecurities and faults and was simply focusing on writing solid music and being a family guy. He might have lost some of the spark that drove him for a couple of decades, but the 70s proved that that might have not been so bad. He went overboard with some of his material in the 70s. Would've been great to see him compose music as a wiser and more seasoned musician and human being.
As I said, I'm not a plumber. I don't want to be a plumber. I don't care what it's called. It's the pump that takes all of the shit and piss and grey water from my downstairs bathroom out of my house. It's also the thing that eventually wore out and stopped working, and what caused the actual plumber I called to get the dry heaves, curse God, and nearly set the 100 meter dash record getting the fuck away from whatever hell he witnessed when he took the cover off of the wastewater storage area that the pump sits in. Dude did get a very nice tip from me when he was finished, though.
When it comes to plumbing, I'm basically paying whatever I have to so that I don't have to do it myself. I mean, when you have a licensed experienced plumber pull out the basement extractor pump only to hear him yell "Jesus, fuck!" when the odor hits him and haul ass upstairs to get some fresh air, that's money well spent.
I think he's more of an actor than a standup, but he did create a lot of his material in the early days. He was notoriously quick during the SNL days onstage and off, and a lot of his Caddyshack and Fletch lines were ad libbed. I think at some point his narcissism took over, and he became content to be a paid actor with a massive ego that could just phone it in. Also, at some point a person's loathsome personality overshadows any of the good stuff that previously existed (see Bill Cosby).