oh, come on, guys! take it as an opportunity.
"uhm... Lois and Clark? hasn't that show been off the air for a while now...?"
"well, yeah, but it's really cool.. there are all these fans and they write stories and there are awards and...."
(half an hour later, after you've finished summing up how cool FoLCs are...)
"ooo! where do i sign up?"
Paul