I don't know that I found it funny so much - probably because it's American humour and I'n in Oz - but what he says is so true of people today, particularly those who grew up never knowing tough times, never having to do things manually because there was no technology to do it for you.
Shoot, there was no such thing as an electronic calculator when I went to school in the late 50's early 60's... and sneaking one of those paper roll thingys, akin to an old time typewriter, into class was nigh impossible. It was frowned upon to even use your fingers, so having one of those paper roll thingys in class was a no-no... and if you were a big boy for your age there was little or no room to hide it under the desk.
And mobile/cordless phones, like what the heck is that. The small village where I grew up in the UK only had one phone... and from my house that was about a quarter mile away and hard wired into a public phone box. Worse still, if you needed to call emergency services, the number was 999... and on one of those old rotary dialers with an automated and exceptionally slow return, it could take longer to call for an ambulance than it took to deliver a baby. This meant that expectant mothers would have to send their husbands to call the ambulance to take them to the local hospital a few days in advance, and hope like hell they went into labour on the due date.
But yeah, the younger generation does take the wonders of modern technology for granted... like when they trade in/upgrade their relatively new old mobile phones for a newr model because it connects 0.0002 of a millisecond faster and has speed dialing for up to 12,000 numbers. Shoot, when we came to Oz in 69 and had a in house phone for the very first time ever, we religiously polished that thing on a daily basis, we were that appreciative and grateful to have it. I must admit, though, because it was a rotary dialer, I used to get pissed and impatient at having to call emergency services on 000 - like why didn't Oz learn fron the Brits mistake and make it 111 - but at least I/we didn't have to walk a quarter mile for the privelege.
So yes, everything is amazing, and I'm happy. Like having a working computer and the internet when I hadn't even heard of calculators, much less having seen one, is a technological marvel I cherish... so much so I religiously polish my PC daily, blow out its innards weekly and reverently bow before it each morning. 
