# Jokes that, nowadays, need explaining **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466 "2020-09-25T02:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/442 "2020-10-23T18:56:22Z")
“He try to see girl. Girl make him CRAZY!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HwXpsPiJ_WE/hqdefault.jpg "Fawlty Towers: Checking the walls") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwXpsPiJ_WE) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/443 "2020-10-23T19:21:34Z")
This was before Jamie Oliver? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/444 "2020-10-23T19:30:21Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > I doubt anybody under forty knows that “house dick” was slang back in the day for “hotel detective.” They may not even knew what a hotel detective did. Hotel detectives are still around, though a lot of aspects of the job has changed. They’re a lot less visible now, and they’re merged in with a more general class of ‘security’. > **[Trip Ideas](https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas)** > > Need a trip idea? Whether you're a beach bum, adventure junkie, or devout worshipper of the weekend getaway: yes, there's a trip for that. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/445 "2020-10-23T20:05:55Z")
Apparently so. Naked Chef debuted in 1999. > **[The Naked Chef](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Chef)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Naked Chef is a BBC Two television cooking programme starring Jamie Oliver. It originally ran for three series plus three Christmas specials, and was produced by Optomen Television for the BBC. The show was Oliver's television debut, and was noted for its use of jumpy, close-up camera work, and the presenter's relaxed style. > The programme was credited with inspiring men to cook due to Oliver's "blokey" approach.\[citation needed\] ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/446 "2020-10-23T20:07:15Z")
He pronounces “oregano” the same way. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/447 "2020-10-23T20:11:04Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > They may not even knew what a hotel detective did. I am 40 and I had no idea what hotel detectives did until others explained it in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/448 "2020-10-23T23:55:01Z")
No, obviously what a hotel detective does, is tell you the colors of the flag flying on the car that was being driven by the guy who stole the Statue of Liberty’s torch. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/449 "2020-10-24T00:09:58Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VkVHvD-IMbg/hqdefault.jpg "She Was a Hotel Detective - They Might Be Giants") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVHvD-IMbg) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/450 "2020-10-24T00:22:07Z")
Yeah, I came this close to posting that. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/451 "2020-10-24T00:40:48Z")
I didn’t know the drummer sang it. At about 1:30… > [@](#): > > Feelin’ good, feelin’ right, it’s Saturday night/The hotel detective, he was outta sight [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lMsIrKjSM6Y/hqdefault.jpg "Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band LIVE - 1974") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsIrKjSM6Y) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/452 "2020-10-24T02:59:37Z")
That line is interesting as they apparently use the literal meaning of “Out of sight” rather than someone being super cool. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/453 "2020-10-24T04:03:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Chickee!](https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/mymtgky) is what you yelled when the cops or other authorities were coming. When disturbed, chickens will run around like [Chicken Little](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Penny), warning the flock. Not like ducks, who simply duck down in the reeds and hope that the fox gets some other duck. Odd fact: In Australia, keeping cockatoo instead of laying chickee. Cockatoos are even louder than chickens, and fly off in a large loud flock when you get too close. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/454 "2020-10-24T04:30:55Z")
To be fair Tom even knocks his learning and describes the ‘new method’ as, “focusing on what you’re actually doing”. That’s the joke. He and his audience don’t understand it and yet agree it’s a better teaching method. Reflection is his gig. ---
**Author:** ![ZosterSandstorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/455 "2020-10-24T14:10:37Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > Back to oregano. Apparently it was unknown by some in Springfield in early 1997. I’m not sure what’s changed about this joke since it aired - the premise is that Springfield is a provincial, backwards place where even a basic Italian spice like oregano is weirdly exotic and “ethnic,” and, in line with that, Marge’s personality is 50 years out of date. You can take it as world-building for The Simpsons in particular or just ripping on stereotypes of small-town American life in general, just as well now as then. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/456 "2020-10-24T16:32:12Z")
I remember Geritol and Serutan, but not Absorbine, Jr. A friend of mine in high school made a parody video of _**Ted Mack’s (“Ted Hack’s”) Amateur Hour**_. The sponsor was **Lotireg**. Geddit? (You’re _really_ showing your age if you do. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/457 "2020-10-24T16:55:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The sponsor was **Lotireg**. Also sponsored by Gnip Gnop? What was the last thing Marvin Gay Sr. said to Marvin Gay Jr.? This is the last 45 you’ll ever hear. You’d need to know… Who he was. How he died. What a .45 (caliber) is. What a 45 (rpm) is. And I used the birth spelling of his name so they’d match. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/458 "2020-10-24T16:57:27Z")
Serutan was the wizard of Isinglass in Bored Of The Rings. (Incidentally, Serutan is ‘natures’ backwards.) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/459 "2020-10-24T17:08:42Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I remember Geritol and Serutan, but not Absorbine, Jr. [The Master or one of his minions spoke about Absorbine Jr., and Absorbine Sr. to boot.](https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-straight-dope/Content?oid=894445) What happened to the archive? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/460 "2020-10-24T17:11:36Z")
How did Marvin Gaye find out he was going to be shot? He heard it through the car-bine. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/461 "2020-10-24T17:19:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The Master or one of his minions spoke about Absorbine Jr., and Absorbine Sr. to boot. My ol’ paw used Absorbine Sr. Stank like blazes! Stuff is for _horses_. But he’d rub it on his legs and derive, I presume, some comfort. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466.md?page=24)