With all due respect to Ric2 and all our underaged members, those were teenagers. It sounds plausible to me. I mean most of them weren't even alive when the movie first came out. Add to that the fact that the actual event happened more than a 100 years ago.

On the other hand, I see where you're coming from. This happened in January

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2896408/This-Paul-McCartney-guy-gonna-huge-Kanye-West-fans-funny-joke-One-collaboration.html

but then you read this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/01/07/a-conversation-with-a-teenager-who-doesnt-know-who-paul-mccartney-is/

So the question is, why make jokes that heavily rely on the tone of your voice, on a written medium? I don't understand. At least add a "winky"...