# Things that are no longer humorous **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 24, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034 "2000-12-24T00:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/1 "2000-12-24T00:10:59Z")
Saying “Since this is the pit…” and then cursing. Wow. Yippee. Whatever. JDT references. Humorous a few weeks ago. Not any longer. Thanks. Alright, there’s two of them. I’m sure I’ll think of more later. –Tim ---
**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:** [December 24, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/2 "2000-12-24T00:28:00Z")
Well, I have to disagree on the JDT thing. That guy’s such a nutbar! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/3 "2000-12-24T00:41:36Z")
People telling me what I should find humorous. Perhaps the subject should have been “Things that I no longer find humorous.” And since this is the Pit. . . nope, I don’t find this funny either. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/4 "2000-12-24T00:42:22Z")
Any humor based on the alleged lameness of 1970s pop-culture is no longer funny. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/5 "2000-12-24T02:40:04Z")
“Show me the money” was funny a while ago. That was a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/6 "2000-12-24T02:44:13Z")
iampunha: Does that mean you want us to show you the funny? (Ducks and runs before the rotten vegetables are thrown) ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/7 "2000-12-24T04:50:06Z")
_“You show us the funny, we’ll show you the money”_ Akkkk!!! Dave Coulier flash back! **Monster104** you bastard. (Bonus points to the first person who remebers on what show this hideous line was spawned) ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/8 "2000-12-24T04:51:25Z")
Jesus. Was it that horrible “Dave Coulier Show” on… hell… Nickelodeon… perhaps? Back in the 80s. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/9 "2000-12-24T04:56:37Z")
Are you talking about “Out of Control,” with that girl with the crazy hair and inch-long purple fingernails that schreeched like a banshee? Good Lord. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/10 "2000-12-24T05:00:16Z")
Close, It was “Americas Funniest People”. IIRC, this was a cheap knock off of “America Funniest Home Videos”, except instead of funny moments accidently caught on tape, people tried to make funny videos on purpose. Ugh. It was bad. Trauma inducing bad. They also had that damn jackalope skit they always did. I belived thay called him “Jack-ching-bod-a-bing”. ::shudder:: Sooooo many bad memories returning, need strong drink and shower. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/11 "2000-12-24T05:19:19Z")
That was mean and cruel, **Corvus**. I thought I’d purged all the memories of that show, and now you’ve brought them all back! If you need me, I’ll be curled up in a fetal position on the floor behind the couch. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/12 "2000-12-24T05:40:52Z")
D###. You know, at football games–one guy holds up a “D,” and another holds up a picket fence. Defense. D###. This is actually kind of cute the first, oh, say half dozen times you see it–ha ha ha, that’s creative. It’s alright the second half dozen times–ha ha, they’re still at it. It’s tolerable the third half dozen times–ha…they’re _still_at it. Well, I passed my third half dozen times seeing it during the Carter Administration…and while I realize that drunken football fans are liable to be creatively challenged, can we _please_find another fucking schtick? Thank you for your attention in this matter. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/13 "2000-12-24T05:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corvus \* > \*\*Close, It was “Americas Funniest People”. > > IIRC, this was a cheap knock off of “America Funniest Home Videos”,\*\* Spinoff, not knock-off. They aired back-to-back for a while, and were both hosted by actors from Full House. (Bob Saget and Dave Coulier.) ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/14 "2000-12-24T05:57:37Z")
Spin-off. That was the word I was looking for! Thank you **Tengu** And **Kat** , remember I cannot be held liable for any damages incurred, whether they be physical or emtional. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/15 "2000-12-24T06:44:33Z")
Ugh. American’s Funniest People. I had a friend, Beau Costner, who was actually on that show, with his wrestler imitation. He would have been about 12 or 13. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/16 "2000-12-25T04:45:00Z")
Unfortunately JDT apparently put a virus in the Straightdope e-mail. Racist jokes. Wife-beating jokes. Neither of the above is funny anymore. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/17 "2000-12-25T05:19:43Z")
What is black and white and can’t turn around in an elevator? A nun with a spear through her. Actually funnier than I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/18 "2000-12-25T07:02:35Z")
[sub][hijack][/sub]Dave Coulier was the inspiration for Alanis Morrisette’s “You Oughtta Know.”[sub][/hijack][/sub] Now, isn’t that ironic, doncha think? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/19 "2000-12-25T08:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corvus \* > \*\*Close, It was “Americas Funniest People”. > > IIRC, this was a cheap knock off of “America Funniest Home Videos”, except instead of funny moments accidently caught on tape, people tried to make funny videos on purpose. Ugh. \*\* Yes, if anyone wonders why Married With Children was so successful: this was the sort of competition it had. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034/20 "2000-12-25T11:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*[sub][hijack][/sub]Dave Coulier was the inspiration for Alanis Morrisette’s “You Oughtta Know.”[sub][/hijack][/sub] > > Now, isn’t that ironic, doncha think? \*\* Not ironic, but rather, deeply disturbing. The line “would she go down on you in a theater” just took on a new, horrific meaning. That’s a mental image that going keep me up nights. I’m going to go and scrub my brain now…hard. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-no-longer-humorous/47034.md?page=2)