# Jokes that don't work anymore (on a contemporary, younger crowd) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [April 15, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293 "2026-04-15T17:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/241 "2026-04-21T19:15:43Z")
I think the most surprising thing I’ve learned today is that _Heathcliff_ is still around. I haven’t thought about that in years… no, decades. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/242 "2026-04-21T19:40:20Z")
Well, they just released a new adapation of _Wuthering Heights_, so naturally… Oh, wait. _That_ Heathciff. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/243 "2026-04-21T19:51:26Z")
Speaking of which, on a bad book cover Subreddit yesterday, someone posted a picture of a book with a cover featuring an extremely large but otherwise normal looking dog, by a writer _called_ Clifford. Not sure if the actual book featured a big dog (who was, unfortunately, black colored on the cover.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/244 "2026-04-21T21:16:06Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Speaking of which, on a bad book cover Subreddit yesterday Geez, that’s a _lot_ for that rabbit hole… However, I would like to snag a copy of ‘Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles’. That or ‘The Testicle King’. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/245 "2026-04-21T21:18:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And they might recognize “that singing frog” even if they don’t know his name is Michigan J. Frog. It was forty years – 1955 to 1995 – before the frog got a name when it became a spokesfrog for WB ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293/246 "2026-04-21T21:24:13Z")
His earlier name was “Enrico”. Also, I believe the Michigan Rag song was made up for that cartoon skit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-dont-work-anymore-on-a-contemporary-younger-crowd/1029293.md?page=12)