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The order raised eyebrows at Eyebobs headquarters in Minneapolis last week: six pair of red reading glasses to be rush delivered to 30 Rock in New York—home of NBC Studios and Saturday Night Live.

Today, almost two-thirds of adult Americans wear glasses, or about 166 million people, according to The Vision Council. I do too, specifically red-framed glasses. And I am an older man.