Topic: "Judging by your age, I didn't think you knew."

[VANGUARD]

I think the only reason I can't really watch "I love Lucy" anymore is because it was played at our house A LOT; either on tv, or well, lol, on tv, but a VHS tape.

[-<WillyP>-]

A lot of the old shows I watched as a kid, if I watch them now I just can't take it. I wonder why I watched them in the first place. Like Beverly Hillbillies. Or Gilligan's Island.

[VANGUARD]

sometimes I wonder the same. some may still have some humor, but not like other shows I still see.

[karx-elf-erx]

I wonder why I watched them in the first place.

Ummm ... because you were a kid?

[VANGUARD]

I wonder why I watched them in the first place.

Ummm ... because you were a kid?

'insert thinking emoticon'
maybe that's why. I wasn't smart enough to know what really was funny at the time I guess.

[karx-elf-erx]

You probably had a different concept of what was funny then.

[TechPro]

I know I had a different concept of what was funny when I was a kid.

I remember watching Gilligan's Island and wondering where they sat the audience While filming the scenes because I could hear them laughing at the jokes. (canned laughter, who could tell?) LOL

[Matthew]

Hey don't be hatin' on Gilligan's island...

[-<WillyP>-]

No, it is pretty hard to hate Gilligan's Island.  Just hard to relate to it today. TP, I know what you mean, sometimes my kids will laugh at stuff I can only shake my head at, and then not get some hilarious joke they should have easily understood. Life's experiences have a profound influence on one's sense of humor.

[Scyphi]

Oh, I'm a fraction of the age of some of you, but even I can relate to that. My siblings will be sitting around watching some cartoon that airs today and be rolling in laughter at their weak jokes while I'm just grimacing and thinking about how the cartoons I grew up with were ten times more entertaining all around. 

[Matthew]

Because violence makes everything funny!

[VANGUARD]

I use to like Full House, years ago. A while back, I saw it and found 0 humor in it.