I'm sad...

[Javaman]

I just spoke to a co-worker who is 26 years old and she didn't know who the Marx Brothers were and had never seen the 3 stooges.

I'm old.

[woodsprite]

1. We have our server cluster named after them

and we have new programmers coming in who have no idea who they were or that there really was a Gummo and a Zeppo Marx.

When I named the machines in the computing lab I used to manage, I named them all (100 of them) using a Star Trek theme. Since I named them, I chose "Tribble" as mine. I had students coming in that had no idea what the names stood for or what Star Trek was. That age is past Since I changed jobs, the new lab director didn't like having to deal with name and changed them all to numbers.

B O R I N G !

[Javaman]

2. We live n the reality tv era now...

where peoples inane problems and gossipy morons rule the airwaves.

no longer do people enjoy the witty banter of good word play of a good comedy.

or the insightful commentary upon our socital woes via a SciFi show.

the national discourse for those of a certain age have been reduced to tv morons who value nothing and shun intelligence.

Yeah, I'm old. Get off my...oh never mind.

[GoCubsGo]

4. I still find it surprising.

I'm guessing that a fat chunk of these kids watch "The Big Bang Theory", which has a "Star Trek" in most episodes.

[elleng]

3. You're probably not old, Java,

unless you're 90-something. PROBLEM is failed 'education' for your co-worker.
(Will ask my 20-something daughters if THEY know Marx Bros + stooges!)

[bluesbassman]

5. My 19yr old and 16yr old both know who they are because I introduced them.

Not literally of course, but through films and clips.

I also made sure they watched all of the classic films: Caddyshack, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Animal House, Airplane! etc. Their education is well rounded.

[Amaril]

6. Nah, you're not old

I have a 25 y/o daughter who knows who all of them are.

It's not an age thing.............your co-worker just had really boring parents.

[Ron Obvious]

7. Who doesn't love the Marx brothers?

It doesn't matter what age you are, who doesn't love the Marx brothers? Groucho, Harpo, and Karl.

[Kaleva]

14. John Wayne for one. He hated communists.

[mrmpa]

8. And when the new movie about Lincoln comes out.....

she will really believe he was a Vampire Hunter/Slayer.

[murielm99]

9. You should be sad for her, not for yourself.

She is ignorant, and needs to be educated.

My kids knew who the Marx Brothers were when they were very small. I showed them them Marx Brothers movies. My youngest thought Harpo was the funniest thing she had ever seen. When she was about eight, she dressed up like him for Halloween. None of the other kids got it. They learned about the Marx brothers, too.

[HopeHoops]

10. Chico interview: Groucho's name came from a dime bag.

Courtesy of Crooks & Liars

[OriginalGeek]

11. "We were studying to be musicians..."

[HopeHoops]

13. Yeah, but they sounded funny.

[a la izquierda]

12. Wow, her dad must've been from a different era.

My dad, who's 59, LOVED the Marx brothers and the 3 stooges. I'm only 34, so not that much older.

Know what freaked me out? Some of my students (college students) didn't know who Sting was. I almost died.