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Falstaff teaches Hal how to be a quick-witter punster and a master of play; he also teaches him a commoner's skepticism of power and its pretensions.
It's possible George means that his generation's drug of choice was alcohol (presumably not "sack," Sir John Falstaff's favorite beverage).
But what does he mean when he says he's "from the Falstaff generation"?
More likely, however, George is alluding to Falstaff's observation in Henry IV, Part I , that "the better part of valor is discretion" (Act V, Scene iv, line 120).
Specifically, George may mean that when he was in college he drank a lot of Falstaff Beer.
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