the main reason this seem so unfunny to many young viewer be that a lot of the humor be topical and and topical humor become unfunny as soon a the topic be no longer current event how funny will dubya joke seem by around 2084 and when they will be about as old a the joke in boo . i be twenty some year young than boo . and and the only reason i get most of the topical joke be that i be a big fan of 1930s movie thanks to have grow up when tv station show movie late at night instead of infomercial ( yes and kid and they really use to do that . ) you miss a lot of the humor in old movie if you can not time travel between the ear .