I think the Three Stooges would have been funnier back when their stuff was new, because the sound effects and the irreverent ridicule were much fresher then. Now, those things are old hat, so all I ever saw in the Three Stooges was mindless cruelty.
The Marx Brothers have a few topical jokes that I might have to explain to my kids if I even get them at all. But their type of humor is basically timeless. I’m sure Ruthie sees enough TV to have caught some of their stuff.
I love the comics that feature Miss Lucille because she’s so prone to what-the-hell wordplay herself that the misunderstandings work two ways at once. Ruthie and Lucille each misunderstand each other, and it doesn’t really matter that they do as long as we’re having fun!
I think the Three Stooges would have been funnier back when their stuff was new, because the sound effects and the irreverent ridicule were much fresher then. Now, those things are old hat, so all I ever saw in the Three Stooges was mindless cruelty.
The Marx Brothers have a few topical jokes that I might have to explain to my kids if I even get them at all. But their type of humor is basically timeless. I’m sure Ruthie sees enough TV to have caught some of their stuff.
I love the comics that feature Miss Lucille because she’s so prone to what-the-hell wordplay herself that the misunderstandings work two ways at once. Ruthie and Lucille each misunderstand each other, and it doesn’t really matter that they do as long as we’re having fun!