# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/682 "2020-11-12T16:22:17Z")
The narrator in Michael Jackson’s _Thriller_ video. Old-school actor, known for horror movies (_The Fly, House on Haunted Hill_). ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/683 "2020-11-12T16:36:33Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I have not a clue who Vincent Price is. Old thread: > [@Is Vincent Price a respected actor, or just a hack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-vincent-price-a-respected-actor-or-just-a-hack/257332): > > Did Vincent Price ever achieve “A-list” status as an actor? It seems to me that most of his films that I’ve seen are a bit schlocky. And then, at one point he allowed himself to be involved in the marketing of the “Nishika”, an unbelievably tawdry stereo camera. After shooting a roll you had to send it to a PO box someplace in Arizona to have it developed. Any thoughts? Is my impression right on the money, or have I missed his good stuff? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/684 "2020-11-12T16:43:07Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I have not a clue who Vincent Price is. > [@Kron](#): > > The narrator in Michael Jackson’s _Thriller_ video. Here’s his monologue from Thriller. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iKMXrLeek) He also played the Batman villain Egghead. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/685 "2020-11-12T16:46:52Z")
Proof that movie villains have to have a posh accent, regardless of their nationality. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/686 "2020-11-12T16:51:37Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Did Vincent Price ever achieve “A-list” status as an actor? It seems to me that most of his films that I’ve seen are a bit schlocky. And then, at one point he allowed himself to be involved in the marketing of the “Nishika”, an unbelievably tawdry stereo camera. After shooting a roll you had to send it to a PO box someplace in Arizona to have it developed. Any thoughts? Is my impression right on the money, or have I missed his good stuff? That was the camera we had. I wouldn’t call it tawdry at all. It worked fine. They weren’t stereoscopic pictures, they produced [lenticular prints](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing). Anyway, he was a well respected actor, and very well known, but maybe not the A-list type that brings in big audiences and big bucks. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/687 "2020-11-12T17:02:56Z")
Vincent Price was quite handsome when he was young. > **[r/OldSchoolCool - A young Vincent Price, London: 1935.](https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/a9j1b0/a_young_vincent_price_london_1935/)** > > 70 votes and 5 comments so far on Reddit > **[Young Vincent Price | Vincent price, Classic movie stars, Classic hollywood](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/534239574526181304/)** > > Oct 3, 2015 - I'm a unapologetic sentimentalist who loves art, fashion, travel, architecture, photography, Disney, design, books and especially classic hollywood & classic film. Instagram.com/guyfarris | Youtube.com/guythemovieguy [https://www.google.com/search?q=young+vincent+price&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibmevOvf3sAhU3GDQIHdWdBiUQ\_AUoAXoECBIQAw&biw=1213&bih=576#imgrc=IhVgMXORkAigvM](https://www.google.com/search?q=young+vincent+price&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibmevOvf3sAhU3GDQIHdWdBiUQ_AUoAXoECBIQAw&biw=1213&bih=576#imgrc=IhVgMXORkAigvM) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/688 "2020-11-12T23:24:04Z")
Early Tim Burton: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fq7WkuvO3hM/hqdefault.jpg "Tim Burton - Vincent (1982)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq7WkuvO3hM) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/689 "2020-11-13T00:20:06Z")
Vincent Price eggs on the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s9ikADnHZcA/hqdefault.jpg "Eggie-Poo Gives Boy Wonder a Shampoo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ikADnHZcA) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/690 "2020-11-13T02:11:04Z")
Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/691 "2020-11-13T02:50:44Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > The narrator in Michael Jackson’s _Thriller_ video. > > Old-school actor, known for horror movies (_The Fly, House on Haunted Hill_). Also, _was_. Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/692 "2020-11-13T14:57:43Z")
I am friends with a woman who was married to a man who was roommates with Vincent Price in college. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/693 "2020-11-13T15:01:27Z")
Those under 40 might know Vincent Price from his brief (impersonated) appearance in the “Simpsons” episode “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”… or the spoof character Vincent Twice (Vincent Twice) from “Sesame Street.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/694 "2020-11-13T15:59:46Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I am friends with a woman who was married to a man who was roommates with Vincent Price in college. Are you Dark Helmet? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/695 "2020-11-13T17:41:50Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Are you Dark Helmet? LMAO- I was going to post along the same lines. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/696 "2020-11-13T23:12:19Z")
The camera was the NIMSLO, and I think I still have mine. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/697 "2020-11-13T23:27:16Z")
[Nimslo was partially sold to Nishika,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimslo#Nishika) and according to wiki the promotional video with Vincent Price was produced by Nishika. See, all these details are why it’s going to be so hard to explain Vincent Price jokes to youngsters. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/698 "2020-11-14T01:08:34Z")
Price also guested on “The Brady Bunch” which guaranteed that children of the 70s and 80s would be well aware of him. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/699 "2020-11-14T03:59:34Z")
In any generation, some people are knowledgeable of icons of the very recent past, and others are proudly sequestered in their own bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/700 "2020-11-14T06:13:16Z")
I remember running into someone who was very angry a lot of people my age didn’t know who James Cagney was. Cagney only made two movies during my lifetime and he died when I was eight. While I recognized the name, the only movie I can ever recall seeing him in was Mister Roberts. I know Vincent Price because his movies were on television while I grew up, he played Vincent VanGhoul on the 13 Ghost of Scooby-Doo, and he narrated Thriller. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466/701 "2020-11-14T13:32:41Z")
Did you hear about the man who was half Black and half Japanese? Every December 7th he attacked Pearl Bailey. Listener needs to know a bit of WWII history plus who she was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-nowadays-need-explaining/921466.md?page=36)