Oh, eesh, I see why that wouldn't be a pleasant introduction to G&S.

I've been exposed to it since I was too small to remember (I was crushed when I lost my wooden sword at the theater one year), so even though it's an acquired taste and made of pop culture references a century out of date, I laugh at all the jokes. (The music, on the other hand, is timeless; Sullivan didn't get knighted for being mediocre. I could spend all day listening to the overtures on YouTube.)