Most of us want to love goofy time travel stories. From Doctor Who to Bill & Ted, to Back to the Future, and yes, the Terry Gilliam cult-classic Time Bandits, the potential in these set-ups is somewhat obvious. Every great adventure often has a fish-out-of-water hero, and most successful humor relies on juxtaposition and contradictions. With time travel stories, you have both built-in: the time traveler characters are almost always fishes-out-of-water, and anachronisms are often hilarious.
