# Funny Stuff That Never Gets Old **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667 "2003-10-31T16:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/21 "2003-10-31T21:40:40Z")
The Simpsons (especially Homer, Comic Book Guy, and Professor Frink). Marx Brothers movies (especially Groucho’s schtick). Ghostbusters. South Park (especially the movie). Family Guy. Jackass. Old Eddie Murphy movies (Beverly Hills Cop, Coming To America, Trading Places, Delerious). Asking a friend if he prefers cassettes or CDs, and he inevitably says “CDs” and you retort with “SEE DEEZ NUTS!” ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/22 "2003-10-31T21:47:02Z")
Farts. The news report about the 2 guys and the stuck gerbil. Armageddon!! Police Squad movies. MASH ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/23 "2003-10-31T22:01:09Z")
1920s Style “Death Rays”. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/24 "2003-10-31T22:10:41Z")
America’s Funniest Home video bits with kids or pets. Or especially kids _and_ pets. Benny Hill skits with sound effects that resemble someone letting the air out of a balloon by pinching its neck. Gilbert Godfried. ---
**Author:** ![CakeOrDeath666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CakeOrDeath666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CakeOrDeath666)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/25 "2003-10-31T22:22:57Z")
Fawlty Towers - Basil doing his Hitler impression. Blackadder Goes Forth - ‘In the past 3 months we’ve advanced as far as an asthmatic ant with heavy shopping’. Anything in Only Fools And Horses British comedy rules! I also LOVE Tom & Jerry, and Eddie Izzard never fails to crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/26 "2003-10-31T23:33:18Z")
“America’s Funniest Home Videos”. I hate myself for watching that show, but it never gets old. The perfect clip contains each of the following elements: 1. Someone trying to show off 2. A dog or cat ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/27 "2003-11-01T00:03:31Z")
Pull my finger. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/28 "2003-11-01T00:50:01Z")
The Far Side never fails me. The Family Guy. Great show. There is also a voice/face that my SO does. I can be in the worst mood ever, and if he does that, I’ll still giggle. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/29 "2003-11-01T00:54:18Z")
Helium Voice. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/30 "2003-11-01T01:13:26Z")
“NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!” “What’s so funny about Biggus Diccus?” “These go to eleven…” "Are you pondering what I’m pondering? “And I say he DOES have to shot me now! So shoot me now!” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/31 "2003-11-01T01:15:15Z")
Video of cats and ferrets doing stuff is also always funny. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/32 "2003-11-01T01:42:11Z")
[Fark.com](http://Fark.com) ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/33 "2003-11-01T03:00:12Z")
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” Werwolves!..There (Marty Feldman pointing) wolves. World War II vintage Loony Tunes. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/34 "2003-11-01T04:20:41Z")
Stripes Billy Madison Happy Gilmore “Let’s Get Small” and “Wild and Crazy Guy” by Steve Martin Calvin and Hobbes Caddyshack Weekend at Bernies Rainman (I just can’t help it!) ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/35 "2003-11-01T04:29:09Z")
This [student blooper history essay](http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/books/845/history.htm) cracks me up every single time I read it. > [@](#): > > George Washington married Marth Curtis and in due time became the Father of Our Country. The Constitution of the United States was adopted to secure domestic hostility. Under the Constitution the people enjoyed the right to keep bare arms. _chuckle_ ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/36 "2003-11-01T04:35:43Z")
Ooh! Ooh! And also… > [@](#): > > The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, once asked, “Am I my brother’s son?” God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Montezuma. Jacob, son of Isaac, stole his brother’s birth mark. Jacob was a patriarch who brought up his twelve sons to be patriarchs but they did not take to it. One of Jacob’s sons, Joseph gave refuse to the Israelites. > > Pharaoh forced the Hebrew slaves to make bread without straw. Moses led them to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought with the Philatelists, a race of people who lived in Biblical times. Solomon, one of David’s sons, had 500 wives and 500 porcupines. Y’all _have_ to read this if you haven’t already. ---
**Author:** ![nuthinboutnuthin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nuthinboutnuthin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nuthinboutnuthin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/37 "2003-11-01T05:03:35Z")
Overboard: Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russell Planes Trains and Automoblies: Steve Martin Major Payne: Damon Wayans Never fails to kill me…😃 ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/38 "2003-11-01T05:19:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*1920s Style “Death Rays”. \*\* snort. … great, now I got soda all over my monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/39 "2003-11-01T05:36:15Z")
Trading Places The Jerk Monty Python (already mentioned) Any Laurel and Hardy film - they were produced 70 years ago but they still make me laugh! ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/40 "2003-11-01T05:39:14Z")
OK I need to know something. I’ve seen it mentioned enough times here, but I haven’t a clue what it means. What the hell is a 1920s style death ray? Can anyone tell me the origin of this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667.md?page=3)