# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/41 "2003-11-01T06:24:22Z")
For some strange reason _“I burning your dog”_ had me chuckling all day yesterday. Anyone want to help **Herge** with the link to the original 1920s style death rays? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/42 "2003-11-01T06:34:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Herge \* > \*\*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? \*\* The gag began after Dogface’s infamous triple post on the linked page of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202225). ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/43 "2003-11-01T06:47:45Z")
Calvin pounding nails into the coffee table. Mom says “Calvin! What are you doing?!?” Calvin looks at the table, looks at mom and says “Is this a trick question?” Calvin: “I wish _I_ was a tiger.” Hobbes: “A common lament.” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/44 "2003-11-01T13:11:30Z")
_Raising Arizona_ Jonathan Winters Dave Gardner ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/45 "2003-11-01T14:07:45Z")
**As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/46 "2003-11-01T18:29:25Z")
When my dog flaps his ears. ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/47 "2003-11-01T21:14:30Z")
No, seriously, pull my finger. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/48 "2003-11-01T21:44:32Z")
He he, we have that here in England also, Cervaise. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/49 "2003-11-01T21:56:17Z")
The hysterical laughter fit by Tom Hanks in “The Money Pit” after the bathtub falls through the floor. I’ve seen that movie at least five hundred times, and during that scene I laugh until I can’t breathe every single time. ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/50 "2003-11-01T22:19:01Z")
SNL - Bassamatic I just about bust a gut every time, even now 27 years later. Steve Martin - How to be a millionaire and never pay taxes. I almost wrecked the car the first time I heard that one. Young Frankenstein - Puttin on the Ritz Beyond the Fringe - One legged Tarzan Audition To name but a few not already mentioned. Oh, and another vote for The Jerk ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/51 "2003-11-01T22:29:32Z")
I just happened to be listening to “Taking Retards To The Zoo” by the Dead Milkmen. I know its wrong, but even after all these years, it still makes me laugh. Jon ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/52 "2003-11-02T00:27:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ludovic \* > \*\*Beavis and Butthead impressions. And the annoyed look of folks who think it DOES get old. \*\* Hehehee…yeah! YEAH!!! That rocks! ehehehe…yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Mumboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Mumboo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumboo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/53 "2003-11-02T00:32:07Z")
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. Les Nessman getting ready for a date to the song “Hot Blooded” ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/54 "2003-11-02T02:42:30Z")
Yes, I’m the greatest mono-thingy guy there ever was ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/55 "2003-11-02T03:23:36Z")
Eddie Izzard–no matter how many times I watch his stand-up, he still cracks me up to the point of wheezing and crying. Calvin and Hobbes The Far Side Christmas Story “I can’t put my arrrms down!” I swear, I think I could watch that movie all 24 times during the 24 hour marathon around Christmas on TNT. Bill Cosby “Himself” Almost any classic Cartman moment from South Park “No, Starving Marvin that’s MY potpie!” Bill Bryson “A Walk in the Woods” That stupid scene in “Dumb and Dumber” about the legless parakeet The old thread here on the Dope about waking up with arms or legs still asleep nearly made me pass out laughing the first time I read it and still does. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/56 "2003-11-02T06:42:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amp \* > \*\*The Far Side. I got The Complete Far Side last week and even though I read the majority of them already they still make me laugh out loud. \*\* My fave is this one: Grog, got some mammoth on face. (Grog has a huge mammoth tusk stuck to his cheek) This is my absolute favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/57 "2003-11-02T06:53:28Z")
“Throw away” gags involving human skeletons. [Bill Brasky!](http://www.public.iastate.edu/~llama/brasky.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/58 "2003-11-02T06:55:41Z")
I read once that a lot of ancient Greek plays would try and work in a scene of bald guys slapping each other, because it would always get a laugh. I don’t know if it’s true or not, I can’t even remember where I heard it. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/59 "2003-11-02T06:57:54Z")
Whenever I watch any Monty Python, I can’t help myself. It’s friggin’ _FUNNY_! There is one scene in particular in “The Holy Grail” that makes me laugh my ass off and I don’t know why. It’s not meant to be funny, this one little part… maybe. Happy accident or creative genius? You decide. It’s when the main knights are about to go to Camelot and the knights inside are singing and dancing on the tabletops, there are chickens flying around all upset. One chicken gets stepped on. This one, lone chicken getting munched underfoot just cracks me up every damn time! You have to know me to understand. I seriously hate large birds! I also laugh at anyone who trips and falls down, even my SO (love you, babe… sorry). And I just love “The Rutles”. “I’m shocked… (thoughtful pause)and stunned.” I stopped watching South Park years ago but it was shockingly funny in it’s heyday. “Young Frankenstein” - classic funny! Eddie Izzard is hilarious, I agree with **Greywolf73**. Alas, I’ve not seen him in awhile. _sigh_ If I posted all these things that were old but still hilarious, it’d never end! Let me go to bed, darn it! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667/60 "2003-11-02T07:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _Greywolf73_Bill Bryson “A Walk in the Woods” ??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-stuff-that-never-gets-old/210667.md?page=4)