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Cultural references that millennials won't get

Al Capone's vault

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by Anonymousreply 498September 16, 2020 5:53 PM

Oh god for a minute there I thought that was “Geraldo” in the Blair witch’s basement. I was so happy for a second.

by Anonymousreply 1August 23, 2020 5:02 AM

Smile, your ancient ass is on Candid Camera.

by Anonymousreply 2August 23, 2020 5:03 AM

The Twinkie Defense

by Anonymousreply 3August 23, 2020 5:04 AM

Millennial here. My dad would NEVER let us forget about the Al Capone vault reveal. He launched into a tirade about it every. single. time. was mentioned anywhere by anyone and wouldn't let us forget how much he HATED Geraldo.

by Anonymousreply 4August 23, 2020 5:07 AM

Some millennials might get that because on [italic]The Simpsons[/italic], Homer tried to write a song about it and failed.

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by Anonymousreply 5August 23, 2020 5:09 AM

Gary Hart

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by Anonymousreply 6August 23, 2020 5:10 AM

[quote]The Twinkie Defense

[italic]The Golden Girls[/italic] is keeping that one alive because once Dorothy said to Rose about a sugar binge of hers, "I'm surprised you didn't try to kill the Mayor of San Francisco."

You can easily look up references you don't get on the Internet these days.

by Anonymousreply 7August 23, 2020 5:12 AM

Roxanne Pulitzer, the Strumpet with a Trumpet.

by Anonymousreply 8August 23, 2020 5:15 AM

“I think I found where they buried Jimmy Hoffa.”

by Anonymousreply 9August 23, 2020 5:15 AM

I see your Gary Hart R6 and raise you George McGovern.

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by Anonymousreply 10August 23, 2020 5:16 AM

I'm a millennial and I know about Gary Hart and Al Capone's vault. And George McGovern. Some people here don't get that a lot of millennials are pushing 40. You seem to think we're all teens and college kids. That's Gen Z.

by Anonymousreply 11August 23, 2020 5:17 AM

I know a millennial who had never heard of Jack Nicholson.

by Anonymousreply 12August 23, 2020 5:19 AM

🎵There was nothing in Al Capone's vault / But it wasn't Geraldo's fault🎶

by Anonymousreply 13August 23, 2020 5:23 AM
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by Anonymousreply 14August 23, 2020 5:25 AM

Brooke Shields’ stunt cunt

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by Anonymousreply 15August 23, 2020 5:30 AM

Daisy Dukes?

by Anonymousreply 16August 23, 2020 5:30 AM

Younger Gen Xers wouldn't get a lot of these references, either

by Anonymousreply 17August 23, 2020 5:35 AM

Bicentennial Minute

by Anonymousreply 18August 23, 2020 5:36 AM

Foster Brooks and his drunk shtick (Fay McCay, too)

Raymond J. Johnson Jr. (Bill Saluga) and his 'You can call me Ray" routine. I never understood the appeal even when he was popular.

Dean Martin celebrity roasts

by Anonymousreply 19August 23, 2020 5:38 AM

José Jiménez

by Anonymousreply 20August 23, 2020 5:41 AM

I know Foster Brooks and Dean Martin. I only know "You can call me Ray!" because they reference it on MST3K. No idea what it means. I'm 41 btw.

by Anonymousreply 21August 23, 2020 5:41 AM

The McMartin Preschool scandal.

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by Anonymousreply 22August 23, 2020 5:43 AM

"Ethel, you shameless hussy! Here he comes, boogeda, boogeda, there's he goes, boogeda, boogeda and he ain't wearin' no clothes."

by Anonymousreply 23August 23, 2020 5:44 AM

The McMartin preschool scandal is well-known. I'm a millennial and I've heard of it.

by Anonymousreply 24August 23, 2020 5:45 AM

"Be kind...rewind."

"Have you seen me?"

"Parents, it's ten o'clock. Do you know where your children are?"

by Anonymousreply 25August 23, 2020 5:45 AM

Kees me goonite, Eddie.

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by Anonymousreply 26August 23, 2020 5:46 AM

I explained to a Gen Z who Jimmy Hoffa was. He was fascinated.

by Anonymousreply 27August 23, 2020 5:47 AM

r21, he's still doing the exact same routine over 30 years later. That's all it is. How he milked it for as long as he did is a mystery to me.

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by Anonymousreply 28August 23, 2020 5:47 AM

Can the millennials please chill? Pretend the thread title is "cultural references kids today won't get."

by Anonymousreply 29August 23, 2020 5:47 AM

"I've fallen and I can't get up!"

by Anonymousreply 30August 23, 2020 5:49 AM

Reading is Fundamental!

by Anonymousreply 31August 23, 2020 5:49 AM

"Kids today" aren't millennials

by Anonymousreply 32August 23, 2020 5:49 AM

Day wear!

Evening wear!

Svim wear!

by Anonymousreply 33August 23, 2020 5:50 AM

So that was considered comedy? Yikes.

by Anonymousreply 34August 23, 2020 5:50 AM

Millennials are 35

by Anonymousreply 35August 23, 2020 5:50 AM

"Where's the beef?"

by Anonymousreply 36August 23, 2020 5:51 AM

R35 But they have the cognitive abilities and education of 10-year-olds.

by Anonymousreply 37August 23, 2020 5:52 AM
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by Anonymousreply 38August 23, 2020 5:52 AM
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by Anonymousreply 39August 23, 2020 5:53 AM

Robert Redford

Neil Diamond

Ryan O’Neal

by Anonymousreply 40August 23, 2020 5:53 AM

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.

by Anonymousreply 41August 23, 2020 5:53 AM

Better yet, R41: McDLT

by Anonymousreply 42August 23, 2020 5:55 AM

Sorry folks, that was supposed to be Fay McKay @ [R19]. This routine wouldn't fly today. I'm not sad about that.

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by Anonymousreply 43August 23, 2020 5:55 AM

Elvis has left the building.

by Anonymousreply 44August 23, 2020 5:56 AM

Watchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?

by Anonymousreply 45August 23, 2020 5:56 AM

The 6,000 shoes of Filipino first lady Imelda Marcos.

by Anonymousreply 46August 23, 2020 5:57 AM

The missing 18 1/2 minutes on the tape.

by Anonymousreply 47August 23, 2020 5:59 AM

Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams

by Anonymousreply 48August 23, 2020 5:59 AM

Sorry, that was supposed to be Fay McKay @ R19. This wouldn't fly today.

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by Anonymousreply 49August 23, 2020 6:00 AM

Brian’s Song

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Zoom (PBS kids show)

by Anonymousreply 50August 23, 2020 6:01 AM

Louise Brown, the first test tube baby.

by Anonymousreply 51August 23, 2020 6:02 AM

Betamax.

by Anonymousreply 52August 23, 2020 6:02 AM

New Coke

by Anonymousreply 53August 23, 2020 6:03 AM

I can't believe I ate the whole thing.

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by Anonymousreply 54August 23, 2020 6:03 AM

Calgon, take me away!

by Anonymousreply 55August 23, 2020 6:04 AM

I, a millennial, mentioned that I watched the documentary David Crosby to a Gen X-er recently and they didn't know who he was. I was shocked. I thought *I* wasn't supposed to know who celebrities from the 1960s were! Not the other way around!!

by Anonymousreply 56August 23, 2020 6:05 AM

I'm 67 and I've never heard of Fay McKay.

by Anonymousreply 57August 23, 2020 6:07 AM

It's clear you all think millenials are younger than they actually are. I'm at the tale end of the generation and I understood 90% of the references in here without having to google.

by Anonymousreply 58August 23, 2020 6:08 AM

R56, not necessarily. I mean groups like Buffalo Springfield are before my time (Gen X), but I still know who they are - because I love Stephen Stills. Music is one of those things that has nothing to do with age. Most of the music I love is from before I was born.

by Anonymousreply 59August 23, 2020 6:09 AM

I feel like Chicken Tonight!

by Anonymousreply 60August 23, 2020 6:12 AM

"Plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is.

by Anonymousreply 61August 23, 2020 6:13 AM

“Hi guy”

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by Anonymousreply 62August 23, 2020 6:13 AM

Where's the beef?

by Anonymousreply 63August 23, 2020 6:13 AM

You're soaking in it!

Don't squeeze the charmin!

by Anonymousreply 64August 23, 2020 6:15 AM

ABC Afterschool Special

by Anonymousreply 65August 23, 2020 6:15 AM

R58, See R37

by Anonymousreply 66August 23, 2020 6:15 AM

Tipper Gore and her Parents Music Resource Center.

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by Anonymousreply 67August 23, 2020 6:17 AM

I can't believe I ate the WHOLE thing.

by Anonymousreply 68August 23, 2020 6:17 AM

Addendum to R51

Dolly

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by Anonymousreply 69August 23, 2020 6:17 AM

How do you know TV references from the 1970’s?

by Anonymousreply 70August 23, 2020 6:17 AM

Who Shot JR?

by Anonymousreply 71August 23, 2020 6:18 AM

Let Hertz put youuuuuuuu in the driver's seat. Today!

by Anonymousreply 72August 23, 2020 6:19 AM

Handkerchief code

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by Anonymousreply 73August 23, 2020 6:21 AM

Sock it to me!

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by Anonymousreply 74August 23, 2020 6:23 AM

I would normally say "Would you please pass the jelly?"

But Family Guy did such a hilarious take including an explanation for Millennials, that they know about it.

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by Anonymousreply 75August 23, 2020 6:25 AM

Kiss my grits!

by Anonymousreply 76August 23, 2020 6:26 AM

Wacky Packs stickers and trading cards.

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by Anonymousreply 77August 23, 2020 6:27 AM

Monty Python

by Anonymousreply 78August 23, 2020 6:27 AM

Where's the Beef? The Burger King ad that Reagan quoted in one of his debates.

by Anonymousreply 79August 23, 2020 6:27 AM

Just the good ole boys never meaning no harm...

by Anonymousreply 80August 23, 2020 6:28 AM

Ebonics.

by Anonymousreply 81August 23, 2020 6:28 AM

R72 The Hertz commercials with OJ...

by Anonymousreply 82August 23, 2020 6:29 AM

PotatoE

by Anonymousreply 83August 23, 2020 6:29 AM

Star Wars cards. I still have mine! Four complete sets (including all stickers). Blue, red, yellow, and green sets.

by Anonymousreply 84August 23, 2020 6:29 AM

The Dunkin Donuts commercial with the guy who had to make the donuts.

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by Anonymousreply 85August 23, 2020 6:32 AM

Who's on first?

by Anonymousreply 86August 23, 2020 6:33 AM

Kid who fell in the well.

by Anonymousreply 87August 23, 2020 6:33 AM

The Galloping Gourmet

by Anonymousreply 88August 23, 2020 6:34 AM

Dynasty cat fight in a lily pond. New Steven, new Fallon, and new Amanda. Dominique Devereux.

by Anonymousreply 89August 23, 2020 6:37 AM

Up with People Hands Across America

by Anonymousreply 90August 23, 2020 6:39 AM

R90, they'd know what "Hands Across America" is from the movie "Us"

by Anonymousreply 91August 23, 2020 6:40 AM

R80 Yeah, it's not like re-runs existed.

by Anonymousreply 92August 23, 2020 6:42 AM

"CLAP ON! CLAP OFF!"

by Anonymousreply 93August 23, 2020 6:43 AM

"Calgon, take me away!"

by Anonymousreply 94August 23, 2020 6:45 AM

Howard Cosell

by Anonymousreply 95August 23, 2020 6:46 AM

Casey Kasem

by Anonymousreply 96August 23, 2020 6:49 AM

The "pull-out" method

by Anonymousreply 97August 23, 2020 6:49 AM

“Harry! They’ve come to take away the babies!”

by Anonymousreply 98August 23, 2020 6:50 AM

I did not think the younger generations watched the show, R92.

by Anonymousreply 99August 23, 2020 6:52 AM

Drive-In Movies

by Anonymousreply 100August 23, 2020 6:53 AM

He likes it! Hey Mikey!

by Anonymousreply 101August 23, 2020 6:53 AM

Drive in movies are making a comeback.

by Anonymousreply 102August 23, 2020 6:54 AM

Wacko from Waco.

by Anonymousreply 103August 23, 2020 6:54 AM

Back alleys and wire hangers

by Anonymousreply 104August 23, 2020 6:58 AM

We Are The World

Thriller

Papa Dont Preach

by Anonymousreply 105August 23, 2020 6:59 AM

For the Brits:

Winkle pickers

For the Aussies:

One with the lot

by Anonymousreply 106August 23, 2020 6:59 AM

"They got Baby Fay off the respirator, but now they can't get her off the chandelier."

by Anonymousreply 107August 23, 2020 7:04 AM

Soap on a rope.

by Anonymousreply 108August 23, 2020 7:05 AM

The rabbit died.

by Anonymousreply 109August 23, 2020 7:05 AM

"E-ticket ride"

by Anonymousreply 110August 23, 2020 7:11 AM

Slide rulers

by Anonymousreply 111August 23, 2020 7:18 AM

R111 They were called slide RULES

by Anonymousreply 112August 23, 2020 7:22 AM

Never heard of Fay McRay. I'm 57.

"Cookie Puss Will Be At Your Participating Carvel Ice Cream Stores.."

Mood Rings

"He/She drank the Kool=Aid."

Tang: the breakfast drink of astronauts

Pocket Protectors

Sally Jessy Raphael

"Do you know what the third world is?"

"People start pollution, people can stop it..." (Saw him in the lobby of a Washington DC hotel getting onto an elevator. I was really impressed.) .

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by Anonymousreply 113August 23, 2020 7:34 AM

[quote]Millennials are 35

Older than that. They're almost 40 now.

Maybe if this thread was, "cultural references that YOUNGER millennials won't get" that would be better.

I've gotten almost every reference in here except for half the stuff R113 said.

Although I know who Sally Jessy Raphael is as do most kids who stayed home from school occasionally and watched TV.

Also some of these things have been referenced in media we've watched like American Dad, The Animaniacs, etc. So while I may not have seen the original reference I'm aware that it exists.

A cartoon referenced Shirley MacLaine once and I know who she was through that or Family Guy made fun of the TV series Maude's opening theme song once and I have never seen it but I know what it is through that.

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by Anonymousreply 114August 23, 2020 7:54 AM

R114...Would you get this?

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by Anonymousreply 115August 23, 2020 8:13 AM

Every millennial knows about Geraldo and the vault because it was mentioned in Titanic.

by Anonymousreply 116August 23, 2020 8:15 AM

Social X-Rays

"The Dim Age" of NY nightlife

Bess Myerson, Bella Abzug, Phyllis Schlafly - unless they have seen the series

The truly international superstardom once enjoyed by Boy George

by Anonymousreply 117August 23, 2020 8:27 AM

This gem

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by Anonymousreply 118August 23, 2020 8:59 AM

[quote] "Be kind...rewind."

[quote]"Have you seen me?"

Millennial here and I know these.

by Anonymousreply 119August 23, 2020 9:12 AM

R118, I’m a Millennial born in 1984. I know that sketch.

by Anonymousreply 120August 23, 2020 9:13 AM

[quote] Millennials are 35

The oldest Millennials are 39, dear.

by Anonymousreply 121August 23, 2020 9:14 AM

I’m a Millennial and I know Elvis has left the building.

by Anonymousreply 122August 23, 2020 9:15 AM

"Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?"

by Anonymousreply 123August 23, 2020 9:36 AM

For the Australians in the house...............'Oh my goodness, the chips!'

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by Anonymousreply 124August 23, 2020 9:54 AM

Advertising payoffs are the lamest type of POP-cultural reference (not even DLers can feel smug about remembering them and or laugh at the ignorance of those poor, benighted millennials).

by Anonymousreply 125August 23, 2020 10:01 AM

[quote]...Would you get this?

Yes, R114 because local stations still aired that when I was a kid & I had a tv in my room.

Then after that I guess networks started airing infomercials before there was 24/7 programming.

For a millennial to not get something you'd have to think of things that happened 35+ years ago since the oldest of us are 39 now. It would also have to be something so common that everyone older than that would get it but not interesting enough that it would ever be referenced after.

My aunt once made a reference to this show and I had no idea what she was talking about. I had to look it up on my own a few years ago but ... something like this.

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by Anonymousreply 126August 23, 2020 11:55 AM

many may not recognize George Carlin here

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by Anonymousreply 127August 23, 2020 12:07 PM

(Pop) cultural references, especially yours, OP, are highly overrated.

by Anonymousreply 128August 23, 2020 12:20 PM

"My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R....My bologna has a second name, it's M-E-Y-E-R'

by Anonymousreply 129August 23, 2020 12:38 PM

Anita Bryant

by Anonymousreply 130August 23, 2020 12:48 PM

Hip huggers

Jiffy Pop

Sugar Bear

The Frito Bandito

by Anonymousreply 131August 23, 2020 12:49 PM
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by Anonymousreply 132August 23, 2020 12:54 PM

Valley of the Dolls references.

by Anonymousreply 133August 23, 2020 12:54 PM

Pet rocks

by Anonymousreply 134August 23, 2020 12:56 PM

I was watching "Truth or Dare" with a millenial. About halfway through she says to me "So who's Warren Beatty? Is he her manager?"

by Anonymousreply 135August 23, 2020 12:58 PM

“HELLO and welcome to movie phone...”

by Anonymousreply 136August 23, 2020 12:59 PM

The so-called Year of the Bimbo: Fawn Hall, Donna Rice and Jessica Hahn.

by Anonymousreply 137August 23, 2020 1:02 PM

"You bet your bippy" from Laugh-In

by Anonymousreply 138August 23, 2020 1:20 PM

"You bet your SWEET bippy".

by Anonymousreply 139August 23, 2020 1:22 PM

"And I hepped!"

by Anonymousreply 140August 23, 2020 1:26 PM

For the Aussies:

Not the Kingswood!

by Anonymousreply 141August 23, 2020 1:31 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice

Pull down your pants, and slide on the ice.

by Anonymousreply 142August 23, 2020 1:36 PM

r79 Wendy's, not Burger King.

by Anonymousreply 143August 23, 2020 1:47 PM

[quote]"You bet your SWEET bippy".

R139 Thank you! I'm so fucking old I couldn't even remember it correctly.

by Anonymousreply 144August 23, 2020 1:51 PM

Plop, Plop Fizz Fizz Oh what a relief it is. Time to make the donuts. The Pepsi Challenge. Jellies shoes you put in the microwave to mold to your feet. docksiders. Billy Beer. Iranian hostages. Operation Rescue arrests.

by Anonymousreply 145August 23, 2020 1:55 PM

Don’t you fucking DARE!!!

by Anonymousreply 146August 23, 2020 1:56 PM

"Up your nose with a rubber hose."

"What does a yellow light mean?" - Rev. Jim

"Thank you for your support."

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by Anonymousreply 147August 23, 2020 1:59 PM

Telephone party lines.

by Anonymousreply 148August 23, 2020 2:09 PM

R33,

Veddy nice.

by Anonymousreply 149August 23, 2020 2:14 PM

I'm supposed to worry that millennials don't "get" cultural references? What I worry about is that millennials don't understand that their undergrad degrees mean nothing, because professors are told not to fail anyone. Millennials don't understand that older generations can add, subtract, multiply, and divide in their heads; the millennial math majors I worked with couldn't add or subtract numbers without a calculator. Millennials don't even know how to communicate face-to-face, and don't know how to find a partner without an "app." And they have absolutely no humility whatsoever. Middle-class and above millennials were raised to believe that they are the center of the universe and have never done anything wrong. They're not teachable because they already know everything.

And I'm supposed to worry that hey don't "get" cultural references? Surely you jest.

by Anonymousreply 150August 23, 2020 2:14 PM

[quote] Who Shot JR?

Christ that was EVERYWHERE. That summer (1980) was in the UK working between my junior and senior years in high school and as soon as people heard my American accent they’d come over and ask me who shot JR, as if being American gave me some insight into the question.

I didn’t even watch the fucking show!

by Anonymousreply 151August 23, 2020 2:16 PM

{quote] Surely you jest.

R150...and don't call me Shirley.

by Anonymousreply 152August 23, 2020 2:17 PM

Damn R150. It's just a silly little thread. Something to have fun with on a quiet Sunday morning. I bet you're a hoot at parties.

by Anonymousreply 153August 23, 2020 2:17 PM

As long as he “gives a hoot and don’t pollute.”

by Anonymousreply 154August 23, 2020 2:23 PM

I understand your frustration in the office setting, R150. These asswipes get a job with their degree but they have no idea of how to work with others in an office setting or even the most basic office tools...how to add paper to the copier, use an office phone to forward or transfer a call. I had one guy who kept using my stapler because his was empty. Douchenozzle either had no idea where the supply cabinet was located or didn't know how to load staples or was just incredibly lazy.

He'll probably be my boss one day.

by Anonymousreply 155August 23, 2020 2:24 PM

Jerry Rivers

by Anonymousreply 156August 23, 2020 2:24 PM

Warning: graphic

My Lai Massacre

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by Anonymousreply 157August 23, 2020 2:27 PM

Getting your TV tubes checked at the drugstore.

by Anonymousreply 158August 23, 2020 2:28 PM

Brenda Vaccaro!

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by Anonymousreply 159August 23, 2020 2:29 PM

Joey Buttafuoco jokes.

by Anonymousreply 160August 23, 2020 2:31 PM

I mentioned to some younger employees if we should restructure and change something or pull an Angela Bassett and just light the whole thing up.

They had no idea what I was talking about. Never even heard of the film.

by Anonymousreply 161August 23, 2020 2:31 PM

[quote] Jiffy Pop

Was the popcorn in Scream Jiffy Pop?

by Anonymousreply 162August 23, 2020 2:34 PM

Generalissimo Francisco Franco

by Anonymousreply 163August 23, 2020 2:37 PM

Phyllis Diller

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by Anonymousreply 164August 23, 2020 2:44 PM

Dy-no-mite!

by Anonymousreply 165August 23, 2020 2:50 PM

"When you're feeling down and out / Look at the sky and simply shout / "I'M DOWN AND OUT!"

by Anonymousreply 166August 23, 2020 3:59 PM

"Who killed Laura Palmer?"

by Anonymousreply 167August 23, 2020 4:04 PM

R163, is he still dead?

by Anonymousreply 168August 23, 2020 4:05 PM

"I have sinned against you!"

by Anonymousreply 169August 23, 2020 4:35 PM

[quote] Some people here don't get that a lot of millennials are pushing 40.

On DL, a "millennial" is anyone from 0 to 60.

by Anonymousreply 170August 23, 2020 4:37 PM

Nielsen Media Research has defined millennials as adults between the ages of 22 and 38 years old in 2019. CNN reports that studies often use 1981–1996 to define millennials, but sometimes 1980–2000.

Thus they know no references before 1985.

by Anonymousreply 171August 23, 2020 4:46 PM

Gen Xers wouldn't get some of these references, at least those of us born in the later 70s.

by Anonymousreply 172August 23, 2020 4:51 PM

[quote]And they have absolutely no humility whatsoever. Middle-class and above millennials were raised to believe that they are the center of the universe and have never done anything wrong. They're not teachable because they already know everything.

But enough about YourMillennialFriend......

by Anonymousreply 173August 23, 2020 4:51 PM

A lot of these are commercial catchphrases. Does anyone still watch commercials?

by Anonymousreply 174August 23, 2020 4:53 PM

Mrs. Roper

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by Anonymousreply 175August 23, 2020 4:56 PM

[quote] I was watching "Truth or Dare" with a millenial.

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 176August 23, 2020 5:01 PM

As a Millennial, I know most of these references. Millennials go back to the early 80s so you might want to back back further if you want to stump us.

by Anonymousreply 177August 23, 2020 5:02 PM

[quote] And they have absolutely no humility whatsoever. Middle-class and above millennials were raised to believe that they are the center of the universe and have never done anything wrong. They're not teachable because they already know everything.

Okay, Boomer.

by Anonymousreply 178August 23, 2020 5:02 PM

[quote] Millennials don't understand that older generations can add, subtract, multiply, and divide in their heads; the millennial math majors I worked with couldn't add or subtract numbers without a calculator. Millennials don't even know how to communicate face-to-face, and don't know how to find a partner without an "app."

My god, you’re an idiot.

by Anonymousreply 179August 23, 2020 5:03 PM

Boomers are the most pampered spoiled brats in history.

by Anonymousreply 180August 23, 2020 5:04 PM

Do Millennials know how to use dildos?

by Anonymousreply 181August 23, 2020 5:09 PM

How does the man who drives the snowplow get to the snowplow?

by Anonymousreply 182August 23, 2020 5:09 PM

You think anyone is actually missing anything, anything at all from these things? There's not one example on here that has any resonance, just, "hey, remember that stupid ad/jingle/TV show/film/song."

All of which is fine, but it's hardly fodder for boasting about your superiority.

by Anonymousreply 183August 23, 2020 5:20 PM

R151, speaking of the “Who Shot JR?” hysteria...

About a month or two after the cliffhanger aired, my dad was on a flight seated next to Ken Kercheval, the actor who played Cliff Barnes. He told my dad that he and other “Dallas” cast members had been offered large sums of money from tabloids and others to reveal the shooter. However, the actors couldn’t reveal that even if they wanted to, because the “Dallas” production team was filming several different outcomes with different characters to ensure no one could leak it to the press.

Oh, my dad said he was a nice guy. RIP, Mr. Kercheval.

by Anonymousreply 184August 23, 2020 5:22 PM

Hmm. I guess millennials and Gen X watched reruns just like Boomers. As a kid, I loved Leave it to Beaver in the 70’s, but they were reruns.

by Anonymousreply 185August 23, 2020 5:26 PM

The Luke and Laura “on the run” story on General Hospital, 1980-1981.

I was in middle school, and it seemed like everyone in America started to watch GH at that time. Even Liz Taylor wanted “in” on the wedding episode.

I recently stumbled on a channel that has just about every episode from that era. I was surprised how well done it was, and high production values. Today’s GH and other soaps couldn’t hold a candle to what that show was under Gloria Monty’s reign.

by Anonymousreply 186August 23, 2020 5:29 PM

^^YouTube channel^^

by Anonymousreply 187August 23, 2020 5:31 PM

Glory Holes

by Anonymousreply 188August 23, 2020 5:33 PM

"Fight the real enemy!"

by Anonymousreply 189August 23, 2020 5:41 PM

cutting-edge madonna

by Anonymousreply 190August 23, 2020 5:48 PM

(White)Boomers were/are in fact pampered in the sense that they didn't have to fight for affordable health insurance and buying a house was made easy by the govt. Safety nets were expected, not threatened.

by Anonymousreply 191August 23, 2020 6:00 PM

I'm mid-forties and I have never known a gay man of my generation who gave two shits about soaps. I think the soap fans must be Boomers. Even the mothers of the kids I grew up with weren't soap watchers, they were mostly working women who weren't home during the day.

by Anonymousreply 192August 23, 2020 6:06 PM

R192, if you’re in your mid-40s, that means you were about five years old when Luke and Laura hit their stride. That means you have no clue how many gay men were into GH during that moment in time. L&L were ALL OVER mainstream media, including Time magazine (which was deal for a soap opera).

by Anonymousreply 193August 23, 2020 6:13 PM

^^big deal^^

by Anonymousreply 194August 23, 2020 6:14 PM

Actually I stand corrected. L&L were on the cover of Newsweek, not Time.

by Anonymousreply 195August 23, 2020 6:18 PM

[quote]How does the man who drives the snowplow get to the snowplow?

He calls Mr. Plow.

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by Anonymousreply 196August 23, 2020 6:19 PM

Millennials are definitely a different breed and probably the last generation to genuinely care about a few things that happened before they were put on this earth. Ask a 19 year old to watch a movie made before 2004 and they'll flip out and say it looks too old to get into.

There were a lot of things I didn't know about growing up, but if someone mentioned something in a song or a movie, I'd look it up. I guess you just have to be curious. I don't think a lot of kids today are very curious about things that happened before they were born. Kinda sad when you think about it.

Even shows like I Love the 80's and I Love the 90's on VH1 helped me learn about a lot of big events I had a limited understanding about.

by Anonymousreply 197August 23, 2020 6:25 PM

A lot of people here don’t know the difference between Millennials and Gen Z. Millennials are 1981-1996. Gen Z is 1997 on.

by Anonymousreply 198August 23, 2020 6:29 PM

r193 like I said it's gay men older than my gen who were into soaps. I've never known one of my gen who was into soaps at all.

Of course back in those days you only had three or four channels to choose from.

by Anonymousreply 199August 23, 2020 6:29 PM

Admit you remember this.

It was in the beginning of the every pron video in the 80s.

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by Anonymousreply 200August 23, 2020 6:30 PM

The man who named the millennials "millennials" divided the generations into 18-year sequences. His logic was that the millennials would finish high school and go to college at the very end of one millennium and the beginning of another.

1946-1963: Baby Boomers

1964-1981: Gen X

1982-1999: Millennials

So millennials are between ages 21 and 38.

by Anonymousreply 201August 23, 2020 6:33 PM

Even though there are exceptions, here is an easy way to figure it out.

Millennials are the children of Boomers

Gen Z are the children of Gen X

by Anonymousreply 202August 23, 2020 6:33 PM

Yes, R199. It was a very brief two year period of time when everyone watched GH. That golden era ended quickly, though. Once Genie Francis left and they tried to replace her with other love interests for Luke (including gravelly voiced Demi Moore), then most people stopped watching.

by Anonymousreply 203August 23, 2020 6:34 PM

Many Gen Xers are also the children of Boomers. I was born in '76 and my parents and most of the parents of the kids I went to school with were Boomers. By the mid-late 70s the older Boomers were later 20s/early 30s and lots of them were having kids.

by Anonymousreply 204August 23, 2020 6:39 PM

Don’t forget Generation Jones. Many of us don’t identify with Boomers, even though we are lumped in with them.

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by Anonymousreply 205August 23, 2020 6:56 PM

From what I've gathered, DL is mostly comprised of Boomers and older Gen Xers. As a later Gen Xer I feel positively youthful here and I'm in my mid-40s.

by Anonymousreply 206August 23, 2020 7:04 PM

Who are the parents of Boomers?

by Anonymousreply 207August 23, 2020 8:07 PM

The Silent Generation. I'm a Gen X but my parents were Silent Generation because they had me in their 40s.

by Anonymousreply 208August 23, 2020 8:09 PM

I'm Gen X, born in the 70s, my mom was born in '44. She's not technically a Boomer, but she has two younger sisters and was into all the stereotypical Boomer stuff like watching Ed Sullivan and the Beatles, Elvis and her family had a TV early compared to others. Is she considered part of the Silent Generation?

by Anonymousreply 209August 23, 2020 8:20 PM

The Silent Generation was 1928-1945. There's cultural overlap with Boomers.

by Anonymousreply 210August 23, 2020 8:22 PM

Patient Zero

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by Anonymousreply 211August 23, 2020 8:27 PM

R199 Is trying desperately to prove to other people that he isn't like those OTHER forty year olds. He's cool and hip with the kids, he hates boomers and he loves getting jiggy with it. He's totally down the youths, ya dig?

by Anonymousreply 212August 23, 2020 8:53 PM

No r212 I'm just saying I've never known a gay guy in my age group who had any interest in soaps.

by Anonymousreply 213August 23, 2020 8:56 PM

R213 I hear you, you and your generation are totally young, not like those elderly boomers. You're totally down with the youths. Hopefully you've learned enough TikTok dances to distract them from your wrinkles and grey hairs.

by Anonymousreply 214August 23, 2020 9:00 PM

That's not what I'm saying at all r214. I'm in my mid-forties and believe me I know it. These are just observations, I'm not trying to be "young," believe me.

by Anonymousreply 215August 23, 2020 9:01 PM

[quote]The man who named the millennials "millennials" divided the generations into 18-year sequences. His logic was that the millennials would finish high school and go to college at the very end of one millennium and the beginning of another.

You're referring to Strauss and Howe. Also it's not "every 18" years. Generations last anywhere between 17 years and 30 years.

Strauss-Howe Generational Theory has Millennials at 1982–2004

Pew Research, Advertising Age and nearly every other source of analytical information states that years are 1981-1996 for Millennials.

That's likely because Strauss-Howe's point was to focus on people who would be graduating around 2000 which includes 1981 people who graduated in either 1999 or 2000 depending on when they had their birthday.

Strrauss also wasn't entirely married to 1982 either.

For all intents and purposes most people are referring to 1981 - 1996 for Millennials and unless they're on Datalounge then they're referring to anyone under the age of 60.

by Anonymousreply 216August 23, 2020 9:06 PM

They should all just listen to this. It explains the highlights.

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by Anonymousreply 217August 23, 2020 9:15 PM

I jumped ahead so I hope I'm not duplicating anyone:

"I pity the fool" (Mr. T) "I bring home the bacon / fry it up in up in a pan / and never, never let you forget your a man / 'cuz I'm a woman / Enjoli" "We're gonna zoom, zoom, zooma, zoom... Write Zoom, Z Double-0 M, Box 395, Boston, MA 0 - 2 -1 -3 - 4 "Hey, hey, hey" - Fat Albert "Hey, hey, hey!" - What's Happening!! "It's Dy-No-Mite" - J J Walker, Good Times Young Frankenstein and anything by Mel Brooks "It's Hammer Time!" "We work for the union label..."

by Anonymousreply 218August 23, 2020 9:21 PM

Last post ran together, so let me try again:

"I pity the fool" (Mr. T)

"I bring home the bacon / fry it up in up in a pan / and never, never let you forget your a man / 'cuz I'm a woman / Enjoli"

"We're gonna zoom, zoom, zooma, zoom... Write Zoom, Z Double-0 M, Box 395, Boston, MA 0 - 2 -1 -3 - 4

"Hey, hey, hey" - Fat Albert

"Hey, hey, hey!" - What's Happening!!

"It's Dy-No-Mite" - J J Walker, Good Times

Young Frankenstein and anything by Mel Brooks

"It's Hammer Time!"

"We work for the union label..."

by Anonymousreply 219August 23, 2020 9:23 PM

23 skidoo.

by Anonymousreply 220August 23, 2020 9:24 PM

Running from school every day to watch Dark Shadows.

by Anonymousreply 221August 23, 2020 9:25 PM

Tying an onion around your belt. It was the style at the time.

by Anonymousreply 222August 23, 2020 9:25 PM

"Where's the beef"?

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by Anonymousreply 223August 23, 2020 9:29 PM

"Where's the beef"?

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by Anonymousreply 224August 23, 2020 9:29 PM

"Do you feel lucky, punk?"

Dirty Harry

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by Anonymousreply 225August 23, 2020 9:45 PM

The crying Indian.

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by Anonymousreply 226August 23, 2020 9:53 PM

[quote]Who are the parents of Boomers?

The Greatest Generation. Excellent book by Tom Brokaw.

by Anonymousreply 227August 23, 2020 9:56 PM

Fall-out shelters.

"Duck and Cover" drills.

"We will bury you!"

by Anonymousreply 228August 23, 2020 10:08 PM

Studio 54

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by Anonymousreply 229August 23, 2020 10:11 PM

Original, r223. Glad you came along to tell us about it.

by Anonymousreply 230August 23, 2020 10:16 PM

I'll kiss you later, I'm eating a potato!

by Anonymousreply 231August 23, 2020 10:17 PM

R231 I'm 63 and I have no idea what you're referring to...

by Anonymousreply 232August 23, 2020 10:20 PM

63?!

Heh! You’re a kid yet.

(If no one else recognizes it and chimes in I’d be surprised.)

by Anonymousreply 233August 23, 2020 10:22 PM

Oh nooooo!

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by Anonymousreply 234August 23, 2020 10:41 PM

Car tailfins.

by Anonymousreply 235August 23, 2020 10:43 PM

Potato line is from the Honeymooners. It's something I think Norton said.

by Anonymousreply 236August 23, 2020 10:45 PM

Thanks, r236. It was actually Ralph trying to “act” young. Norton promptly laughed at him for it.

The 23-skidoo upthread reminded me of it.

by Anonymousreply 237August 23, 2020 10:48 PM

Thank you! And I thought I was a big Honeymooners fan...

by Anonymousreply 238August 23, 2020 10:53 PM

“At the sound of the tone, the time will be, nine-forty-one and twenty seconds.” *beeeep*

by Anonymousreply 239August 23, 2020 10:53 PM

It is SO tired to still be bitching about Millennials after all these years😴. Do you dummies not realize the oldest millennials are now 40? Time to move on to Generation Z.

by Anonymousreply 240August 23, 2020 10:54 PM

R240 Blow me. You write bitter.

by Anonymousreply 241August 23, 2020 10:56 PM

R241 Your dick is too tiny to blow.

by Anonymousreply 242August 23, 2020 10:58 PM

"You can look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls"

"Sock it to me!"

"Here come da judge"

by Anonymousreply 243August 23, 2020 11:04 PM

R240, we didn’t until you brought it up.

We had no idea from the previous posters who have mentioned it numerous times.

Thanks for chiming in. Your contribution was important.

by Anonymousreply 244August 23, 2020 11:05 PM

Do TV shows count as cultural references? If so,

Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

Ernie Kovacs

by Anonymousreply 245August 23, 2020 11:05 PM

Baby Fay. Baby on Board. Who loves ya baby?

by Anonymousreply 246August 23, 2020 11:09 PM

Car key swinger parties.

by Anonymousreply 247August 23, 2020 11:11 PM

Was Baby Fay the one who got trapped in the well because her white trash parents weren't watching her?

by Anonymousreply 248August 23, 2020 11:11 PM

No - Baby Fae was given a baboon heart transplant.

by Anonymousreply 249August 23, 2020 11:12 PM

Baby Fay - I'm close to 70 and don't remember her at all. Of course, that could be due to dementia....

by Anonymousreply 250August 23, 2020 11:15 PM

^^ Fae only lived for a few months, so I’m amazed anyone remembered, but it was a big controversy when it was done.

by Anonymousreply 251August 23, 2020 11:21 PM

[quote]Was Baby Fay the one who got trapped in the well because her white trash parents weren't watching her?

I think that was Cathy Fiscus. (Sp?)

Other past notables and references:

Rula Lenska.

"Busy day, busy day, busy, BUSY, busy day…[italic]Too late to make dessert!"[/italic]

Your Champagne Lady, Alice Lon.

Pinky Lee.

Sylvania TV with HaloLite®.

Not a cough in a carload.

"Freshness never tasted so good."

"Go in on the left is the name of this song; go out on the right and you'll never go wrong."

Show us your Lark pack.

The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC.

Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

Say the magic word, say Mission Pak…

by Anonymousreply 252August 23, 2020 11:49 PM

"Rosie--The Queen of nice!!"

by Anonymousreply 253August 23, 2020 11:53 PM

"Look for the Union label, whenever buying a coat, dress or blouse".

by Anonymousreply 254August 24, 2020 3:56 AM

Operator, I'd like to place a collect, person-to-person, long-distance, overseas call to . . .

by Anonymousreply 255August 24, 2020 3:57 AM

I doubt they'd know what this is

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by Anonymousreply 256August 24, 2020 4:31 AM

Or this

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by Anonymousreply 257August 24, 2020 4:35 AM

Or what this guillotine to little fingers actual function is

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by Anonymousreply 258August 24, 2020 4:40 AM

Has anyone mentioned rotary phones (and dialing with a pencil)?

R256 Ashtrays in cars and ashtrays in planes.

by Anonymousreply 259August 24, 2020 6:42 AM

R259 My grandparents had a rotary phone. I loved dialling it, but I never thought to use a pencil.

by Anonymousreply 260August 24, 2020 6:51 AM

Walking from flight check-in through the airport to the gate and then onto the plane without security checks.

by Anonymousreply 261August 24, 2020 8:58 AM

"I've had lust in my heart."

by Anonymousreply 262August 24, 2020 10:52 AM

R261, how old are you? Security checks were a response to hijackings that started in the sixties.

Millennials may not remember manually rolling down the windows in a car, or when FM radio was not standard in every car. Also not wearing seatbelts.

I smoked cigarettes in college, and college libraries had smoking lounges.

Millennials might not remember a time when there wasn't bottled water.

I remember when a can of soda went from 25 cents to 35 cents.

For anyone who went to parochial schools prior to the Millennial generation...

Buying Pagan Babies!

by Anonymousreply 263August 24, 2020 2:51 PM

[quote] The Golden Girls is keeping that one alive

[italic]Keeping[/italic] alive? The Golden Girls ended almost thirty years ago.

by Anonymousreply 264August 24, 2020 2:54 PM

[Quote] "Where's the beef?"—Clara Peller

I think I looked it up from a Simpsons' episode. I definitely looked it up after hearing the expression in a Loleatta Holloway track, "Crash Goes Love."

by Anonymousreply 265August 24, 2020 2:58 PM

[Quote] Keeping alive? The Golden Girls ended almost thirty years ago.

People stream "The Golden Girls," dear.

by Anonymousreply 266August 24, 2020 2:58 PM

Interesting how many catchphrases from tv commercials became part of the culture. That could never happen today, as nobody really watches commercials anymore.

by Anonymousreply 267August 24, 2020 2:59 PM

[quote]Buying Pagan Babies!

R263 We had a jar in our classroom labelled "Pennies for Pagan Babies"

by Anonymousreply 268August 24, 2020 3:02 PM

Someone is going to have to explain this pagan babies thing.

by Anonymousreply 269August 24, 2020 3:04 PM

R263 I don't remember going through anything that passed for a security check on domestic flights until 1971? 72? I flew to Vancouver in 1969 from SFO; no checks and no ID.

by Anonymousreply 270August 24, 2020 3:05 PM

R269, I graduated from my parochial grammar school in 1977. In the third grade (early seventies), for $5 (I think), you could buy a "pagan baby." Your money went to the missions in Africa or Southeast Asia, and you got to name an infant who would be baptized...not just any name but a saint's name. You would get a certificate on which was written the child's name and date of baptism.

Popularly it was known as "buying pagan babies." And competition emerged from it..."How many do you have?" sort of thing.

by Anonymousreply 271August 24, 2020 3:19 PM

That makes sense, R270, as the infamous D.B. Cooper skyjacking was in November 1971. He, of course, did not go through any kind of security check before boarding.

by Anonymousreply 272August 24, 2020 3:29 PM

Cabbage Patch Craze.

by Anonymousreply 273August 24, 2020 3:47 PM

Acceptable anal hygiene.

Which applies in greater intensity for the Z-yers.

by Anonymousreply 274August 24, 2020 5:03 PM

R269 and R271 The 'pennies for pagan babies' campaign happened once a year but I can't remember exactly when, perhaps Lent? Each classroom had a labeled cardboard box. It was a pretty clever campaign. Instead of asking adults to give at a specific 'collection' during Mass, they aimed this at children giving pennies, competing with each other. We weren't able to outright buy a pagan baby or name one or get a certificate like R271 wrote. We just dropped our pennies in the box that looked like a milk carton and were ashamed if we couldn't drop in anything.

by Anonymousreply 275August 24, 2020 5:46 PM

R274 When did anal hygiene become important before hook ups? I hear about casual sex during the 1960s, men didn't douche or even think about it. Was it a result of the AIDS crisis? I'm curious when it started...

by Anonymousreply 276August 24, 2020 5:51 PM

I've read that butt sex wasn't as popular back then - I guess because so many encounters were in public toilets and they to be, eh, brief/easy/quick to disentangle...?

by Anonymousreply 277August 24, 2020 5:55 PM

That makes sense. Thanks.

by Anonymousreply 278August 24, 2020 5:57 PM

The DB Cooper case is fascinating. Who the hell was that guy?

by Anonymousreply 279August 24, 2020 6:32 PM

R279 We'll never know. Lots of info online if you're interested...

by Anonymousreply 280August 24, 2020 6:59 PM

[quote]Was Baby Fay the one who got trapped in the well because her white trash parents weren't watching her?

[quote]I think that was Cathy Fiscus. (Sp?)

The kid rescued from the well on live tv was "Baby Jessica" McClure. Excellent article from 1995 about what became of the McClures & Jessica's rescuers in the aftermath of their instant fame.

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by Anonymousreply 281August 24, 2020 8:25 PM

Actually, the 1949 Kathy Fiscus well-falling mishap predated Baby Jessica's by four decades. It was the first such incident covered on live TV. Unfortunately, things didn't turn out too "well" (heh!) for little Kathy.

Take it away, Mrs. Patsy Ramsey, formerly of Boulder, CO. I know you've got some insight into this.

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by Anonymousreply 282August 24, 2020 9:18 PM

"This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and number. I'll get back to you."

by Anonymousreply 283August 24, 2020 10:57 PM

"This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and number. I'll get back to you."

by Anonymousreply 284August 24, 2020 10:57 PM

“Plonk your magic twanger, Froggie.”

by Anonymousreply 285August 29, 2020 7:01 AM

I'd like to teach the world to sing...

Zipless fuck

Mouseburger

Wolfman Jack

Two wild and crazy guys...

by Anonymousreply 286August 29, 2020 7:23 AM

"Romper bomper stomper boo, tell me, tell me, tell me do, magic mirror tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?"

by Anonymousreply 287August 29, 2020 8:03 AM

The yellow pages (or the white pages).

Pay phones.

The carbon that would be underneath to make a copy when signing a credit card.

Car phones.

Getting a map at a gas station for directions.

The “evening news,” the 11 o’clock news, etc (when you can get it all the time).

The Oscars on Monday at 9pm.

by Anonymousreply 288August 29, 2020 8:15 AM

Charo

"Well, Excuuuuse Me!"

Gay Bob

Neutron Bomb

John Paul I

"Nanoo Nanoo!"

"We're from France."

Glenn Burke

by Anonymousreply 289August 29, 2020 9:24 AM

[quote]Actually, the 1949 Kathy Fiscus well-falling mishap predated Baby Jessica's by four decades. It was the first such incident covered on live TV. Unfortunately, things didn't turn out too "well" (heh!) for little Kathy.

R262 I wonder if this was the event that prompted the film "Ace in the Hole" -- an underrated gem by Billy Wilder, starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling.

by Anonymousreply 290August 29, 2020 12:48 PM

"Smoking or non smoking?"

by Anonymousreply 291August 29, 2020 1:13 PM

Chatty Cathy

Miss Seventeen

Betsy Wetsy

Kissy

Mr. Machine

G.I. Joe

by Anonymousreply 292September 1, 2020 12:51 AM

...and, Patty Playpal

by Anonymousreply 293September 1, 2020 12:54 AM

Mr. Whipple

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by Anonymousreply 294September 1, 2020 12:56 AM

R22 looks like Mrs Doubtfire.

by Anonymousreply 295September 1, 2020 12:58 AM

I remember in a media class my teacher said that baby Jessica was significant because at that time CNN just became live on the air

So people were able to tune into hourly updates.

by Anonymousreply 296September 1, 2020 3:19 AM

The Scud Stud.

by Anonymousreply 297September 1, 2020 3:21 AM

R297: WHET Arthur Kent (a/k/a The Scud Stud)?

by Anonymousreply 298September 1, 2020 7:47 AM

Marilyn Chambers, the Ivory Snow Girl

by Anonymousreply 299September 1, 2020 8:46 AM

Gallagher

by Anonymousreply 300September 1, 2020 9:18 AM

Moms Mabley.

by Anonymousreply 301September 1, 2020 9:51 AM

yardstick

whisk broom

"The Greatest Show On Earth"

by Anonymousreply 302September 1, 2020 7:05 PM

Slinky, Silly Putty, Operation, Tonka trucks, Matchbox cars, Shrinky Dinks, Star Wars figures, Spirograph

by Anonymousreply 303September 2, 2020 3:14 AM

Wait, they don’t make Matchbox cars anymore?

Damn.

by Anonymousreply 304September 2, 2020 1:17 PM

Two thumbs up to the millennial poster r11. I’m elder GenX but I know the difference between Y and Z.

What kills me is this whole “that was before my time” bullshit. Which is more common with the Z’s. I commented on a guy’s Star Wars T-shirt and got that bullshit line.

Yeah, I wasn’t around when Casablanca came out. But I sought it out to observe it myself. Lazy fucking shits.

by Anonymousreply 305September 2, 2020 2:23 PM

We boomers got to watch TV, old movies & reruns of sitcoms for free. We were very familiar with our parents generation & even the generation before that because we watched old cartoons from the early 30s, old movies, reruns of 1950s60s tv shows. We had absolutely no problem watching Black & White movies/shows.

It’s sad how much history of the culture/zeitgeist of America in the 20th century will be forgotten & discarded.

by Anonymousreply 306September 2, 2020 3:36 PM

Forgot to also make the point that today, everything is pay. Old movies, old shows, things that were on YouTube for free for years are now paywalled in some way.

by Anonymousreply 307September 2, 2020 3:37 PM

We hear ya, R306.

We were forgotten and discarded before it was cool.

by Anonymousreply 308September 3, 2020 10:56 PM

R131 - hip huggers!! I've never found anyone who remembers these, though it seems every girl wore them in about '77 or so. And then a few guys wore them and their butts looked AMAZING! I had an elder cousin (male) who wore them and he looked incredible in them.

by Anonymousreply 309September 3, 2020 11:09 PM

Crisco

by Anonymousreply 310September 4, 2020 12:34 AM

New Fallon

by Anonymousreply 311September 4, 2020 12:43 AM

"You are a very, very bad man!"

by Anonymousreply 312September 4, 2020 12:45 AM

Cristina (sp) Jorgensen

HOT, hot South African heart transplant surgeon.

Class, Class, SHUT UP, Class, Class, WAKE UP. Cheech & Chong

"I'm dreaming of a White Christmas," (Not really folks. This is just my job.) Extremely controversial at the time.

Getting the "skidoo" because of too political statements re Richard M Nixon, and supposedly claiming to be running for president.

I'ts a rich man's club and you're not in it, and other truisms by George Carlin. (Fab I got to see him live.)

"Women belong in the Senate and in the House, Bella A.

by Anonymousreply 313September 4, 2020 2:18 AM

"Love means never having to say you're sorry." Love Story

Flower Power

"I don't mind if they grow it long, as long as they keep it clean."

"Long hairs need not apply."

Hot pink square toed shoes

Black art lighted posters, spin art psychadellic (sp)

by Anonymousreply 314September 4, 2020 2:22 AM

The Domino Theory. The Red scare.

Peace sign, footprint of the American chicken.

Hashish on trips to Turkey

Keep on Truckin'

How goes it? It goes.

Seances Ouija boards Hypnotism

by Anonymousreply 315September 4, 2020 2:25 AM

Puppy uppers. Doggie Downers (skit from SNL, drug parody)

Look for the Union Label (skit from SNL (mj parody) Buy American-made grass.

by Anonymousreply 316September 4, 2020 2:27 AM

Scammers who'd complain they lost their last dime in the telephone booth to get a free call.

SNL parodying a scammer calling her mother person-to-person, who never accepts the call, but sends coded messages.

Calling after 11:00 pm as that's when the rates went down.

5 cent postage stamps, less if it was a post card, more if it was to be sent airmail

by Anonymousreply 317September 4, 2020 2:30 AM

Collecting money for UNICEF as an excuse to go trick-or-treating when you were a little old to be begging for candy. We got little UNICEF boxes. Some jerks didn't send in the money we collected.

Contests like how many people could you stuff in a telephone booth, or how long could you stay on top of a flag pole, or how many could you fit in a VW and still drive a block.

by Anonymousreply 318September 4, 2020 2:36 AM

Slinky

Twister

Dr Dimento Show Pico and Sepulveda Both LA County references

by Anonymousreply 319September 4, 2020 2:40 AM

R79, R80, DB Cooper's close friend wrote a book after his death which left no question of who, how, and why the skyjacker committed the crime. He suspected all along but kept silent per their agreement. YouTube videos summarize the book.Key to believing the story is the extensive training & practice DB Cooper previously engaged in with extremely dangerous daredevil stunts.

Key, DB cooper considered the CIA, the MOB, and labor unions all the same and comparable to a hamster wheel for the little people to run around in a circle.

by Anonymousreply 320September 4, 2020 2:45 AM

Obnoxious automated voice, "The number you requested is xxx-xxx-xxxx. Please make a not of it." Beep.

by Anonymousreply 321September 4, 2020 2:51 AM

Kate and Allie

by Anonymousreply 322September 4, 2020 2:55 AM

R309, I remember hip huggers and all of the other fashions Cher used to wear on Sonny & Cher, and everyone else tried to imitate. Most couldn't pull it off.

by Anonymousreply 323September 4, 2020 2:55 AM

1980s prime-time soaps and their cliffhangers. Who shot JR? Woman drowns in Southfork's swimming pool. Bobby dies. Bobby is alive and showering. Alexis and Krystal trapped in a burning cabin. The Moldavian massacre. Julia Cumson shoots at people in the Falcon Crest mansion. Falcon Crest earthquake. Knots Landings' Sid Fairgate's car crash. Ciji murdered. THE BEST!!!

by Anonymousreply 324September 4, 2020 3:04 AM

"The Family Hour" on TV.

Macy's will now be open 1 - 5 pm on Sundays, AFTER CHURCH. (Before stores were closed on Sunday.)

"Christian" colleges needing students; parents written permission for them to date anyone of a different race. Difficult to do for those who were multi-racial or who didn't fully know their ethnic heritage.

Shocked reactions when interracial couples were shown on TV like when Sammy Davis Jr dated and then married a blond Swede.

Pledge of Allegiance said in public schools before all student assemblies. Also before homeroom class.

American flags proudly displayed on American holidays on many homes. Always in all classrooms.

Yellow ribbons for members of the armed services who were hostages.

POW bracelets, including one for John McCain.

Tie dying your dad's old t-shirts, batik or embroidery on your jeans. Yes you did it yourself.

by Anonymousreply 325September 4, 2020 3:05 AM

"The Family Hour" on TV.

Macy's will now be open 1 - 5 pm on Sundays, AFTER CHURCH. (Before stores were closed on Sunday.)

"Christian" colleges needing students; parents written permission for them to date anyone of a different race. Difficult to do for those who were multi-racial or who didn't fully know their ethnic heritage.

Shocked reactions when interracial couples were shown on TV like when Sammy Davis Jr dated and then married a blond Swede.

Pledge of Allegiance said in public schools before all student assemblies. Also before homeroom class.

American flags proudly displayed on American holidays on many homes. Always in all classrooms.

Yellow ribbons for members of the armed services who were hostages.

POW bracelets, including one for John McCain.

Tie dying your dad's old t-shirts, batik or embroidery on your jeans. Yes you did it yourself.

by Anonymousreply 326September 4, 2020 3:07 AM

"If one goes out, the rest stay lit!"

by Anonymousreply 327September 4, 2020 3:09 AM

Sock it to me

by Anonymousreply 328September 4, 2020 3:20 AM

MARK SPITZ. (Total dud as an interviewee but fab athlete.)

Ping-pong diplomacy.

Chess masters.

by Anonymousreply 329September 4, 2020 3:25 AM

Buying gas on odd or even numbered days depending on the last number of your license plate.

by Anonymousreply 330September 4, 2020 3:27 AM

Cesar Chavez, Farmworkers Boycotting Gallo wineries

by Anonymousreply 331September 4, 2020 3:28 AM

Father Guido Sarducci

by Anonymousreply 332September 4, 2020 3:29 AM

Beatles "My Sweet Lord" changed it's lyrics to include Hare Krishna chanting, angering Christians who thought it was about Christ.

by Anonymousreply 333September 4, 2020 3:29 AM

Girls finally being allowed to wear pants or slacks to public school. Jeans were still strictly forbidden.

San Diego schools allowed elementary students the privilege way before jr high and high school kids. Resulted in a drastic shift in clothing trends and in department store sales. Many parents were pushing it so that kids didn't have to change into their "play clothes" when they came home from school. Also saved families a lot of money.

by Anonymousreply 334September 4, 2020 3:33 AM

Getting the Sears, Penney's and Wards' catalogues( (sp) to look at all of the hot men. Another student cut out all of the pictures of men in underwear ie tighty whities and a few had evident hard-ons.

by Anonymousreply 335September 4, 2020 3:35 AM

Duck and cover drills

by Anonymousreply 336September 4, 2020 3:35 AM

Coupons on packs of cigarettes, and green stamps.

by Anonymousreply 337September 4, 2020 3:36 AM

Burning Beatles' records when they committed the SIN of claiming that they were more popular than God or Christ. Of course their PR team tried to cover it all up.

by Anonymousreply 338September 4, 2020 3:37 AM

Double features

by Anonymousreply 339September 4, 2020 3:38 AM

PSA films that were required in grade school as well as nature minis. Remember the horrible one about the lemmings being pushed off the cliff? The stupid one about vaccines with the pet dog wanting to get a shot at the doctors' office too?

by Anonymousreply 340September 4, 2020 3:39 AM

Gas stations that gave out green stamps. Beginning of food delivery from grocery stores. There was no minimum and it was quickly cancelled.

Don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight. Mother was against any type of fast-food so I never got to try it.

3-D post cards. Picture post cards.

Fuller brush man who went door-to-door. Vacuum cleaner salesmen who also went door-to-door.

Seam rippers.

Teflon invention.

Seeking Jimmy Durante at the San Diego County Fair.

by Anonymousreply 341September 4, 2020 3:49 AM

Marbles and cards as a cheap way to entertain kids.

Hop Skotch. Dodge ball. Duck, Duck, Goose. Singing games. Bubbles. (Even cheaper ways to entertain kids.)

Candyland, chutes 'n Ladders. Monopoly. Board games in general.

by Anonymousreply 342September 4, 2020 3:54 AM

Animal stars: Benji, Morris, Bear (chimp from BJ and the Bear), Flipper.

by Anonymousreply 343September 4, 2020 4:03 AM

[quote]Day wear! Evening wear! Svim wear!

Sorta R33.

Is next. Day Vear! Very nice. Is next. Evening Vear! Very nice. Is next. Svim Vear!

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by Anonymousreply 344September 4, 2020 4:24 AM

Water conservation films in grade school which talked down to kids and were stupid.

ZPG or Zero Population Growth. Condemnation of previous family shows with more than 2 kids. Adoption pushed.

Military training films pushing marriage, and good manners as a way to attract young women.

Sex education in the 6th grade with the basics taught be the school nurse in sex segregated classrooms. Very clinical.

Ant-drug specialists visiting in jr high, taught to dress & talk "hip" to try and stop pot use.

by Anonymousreply 345September 4, 2020 4:30 AM

[quote] The stupid one about vaccines with the pet dog wanting to get a shot at the doctors' office too?

STUPID???

That was my favorite, though I grant you the ending with the dog jumping onto the doctor's chair was a bit corny. Kids still knew shots hurt. Nobody was fooled.

I loved the vaccine soldiers in their WW1 doughboy helmets in battle with the evil virus forces. Never could find it on youtube.

by Anonymousreply 346September 4, 2020 4:55 AM

R346, I liked the WW1 film far, far better than the kids going to the doctor for a vaccine. The announcer's vocal tone was such a turn-off for me.

by Anonymousreply 347September 4, 2020 5:44 AM

R547, Do you know when they stopped showing those educational films in public schools? Was told some of them were modeled after what they show new military recruits re hygiene.

by Anonymousreply 348September 4, 2020 3:18 PM

Tastes great!

Less filling!

by Anonymousreply 349September 4, 2020 3:20 PM

Cheech 'n Chong references in public school classrooms

Village People lyrics recited non-stop ie "We want YOU, We want YOU."

Day camp as a young child where we sing "Puff the Magic Dragon" and no one realizes it's about smoking pot.

Singing Simon and Garfunkle songs at sleepover camp.

Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls

by Anonymousreply 350September 4, 2020 3:27 PM

One of the most improbably successful fiction book of its time, a book about a seagull.

by Anonymousreply 351September 4, 2020 5:26 PM

Who remembers getting out of a car at a red stoplight with all of the passengers running around it in a circle? That's until the light turned yellow, warning everyone to get back in.

Do 1st graders still read "Run Spot Run?" Or "Fun with Dick and Jane?"

Mailers for girls' high school students saying, "Help This Man" and showing a picture of a doctor or dentist as late as the 1970's.

Progressive dinners, backwards dinners, jello salads at potlucks, non-cake mix cakes at potlucks. All of the above with 100% homemade food, and no one worrying about the cleanliness of someone's kitchens.

The Welcome Wagon. Neighbors bringing over home baked goods on Christmas. Neighbors mowing your lawn or helping to fix your car.

by Anonymousreply 352September 4, 2020 6:46 PM

I'm later Gen X and many of these references are before MY time, never mind Millennials.

by Anonymousreply 353September 4, 2020 6:49 PM

"Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but were afraid to ask" gets published. Became so popular that many other books copied the title for their non-sex books.

Dr Ruth and her motto to "Have Good Sex."

"Every Woman Can. . . " enters the jargon after that book gets published.

by Anonymousreply 354September 4, 2020 6:51 PM

Anything French including fondue parties, learning a few French words, French bread, etc.

The spread of bagels outside the Coasts.

The 1st family run Chinese-American restaurants outside the coasts. Remember in 1972 my next-door-neighbor proudly saying she had tried her very 1st bagel and didn't like it. She did like her very 1st taste of sweet and sour pork at the new very small restaurant 1 mile away.

by Anonymousreply 355September 4, 2020 6:57 PM

The Champagne Lady, Norma Zimmer

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by Anonymousreply 356September 4, 2020 6:57 PM

Many of these are actually Boomer cultural references that even Gen X wouldn't have been around for.

And it's interesting how many of these are junk pop culture garbage, like tv commercials and consumer products that came and went.

by Anonymousreply 357September 4, 2020 6:58 PM

[quote]Many of these are actually Boomer cultural references that even Gen X wouldn't have been around for. And it's interesting how many of these are junk pop culture garbage, like tv commercials and consumer products that came and went.

It's just a thread on a forum. That's all it is. Just a thread on a forum. Doesn't require a critique. Just allow others to play in peace.

by Anonymousreply 358September 4, 2020 7:06 PM

Fisher-Price "Little People" toys. I had (and still have!) the parking garage, village, circus train, house, barn, and camper.

by Anonymousreply 359September 4, 2020 7:08 PM

[quote] like tv commercials and consumer products that came and went.

Which is exactly one of the “cultural references” that people remember. Add the fact that they “came and went,” and that’s exactly why millennials won’t get the reference.

I’m sorry we had to explain that to you.

by Anonymousreply 360September 4, 2020 7:25 PM

But r360 it's interesting how it's mostly junk culture and nothing else. A lot of you had really trashy upbringings, apparently.

by Anonymousreply 361September 4, 2020 7:27 PM

Because we didn’t have DVRs or Netflix or Hulu to skip through commercials, so we all had to watch all of them.

Eventually they permeate into the culture and then just as quickly (it seems to me) disappear.

by Anonymousreply 362September 4, 2020 7:32 PM

R361 Oh now I recognize you from the "How did you grow up?" thread. You like to tell people about how inferior their upbringing was to yours.

by Anonymousreply 363September 4, 2020 7:36 PM

"Dime stores" or "Five & Dimes" -- the precursors to The Dollar Tree!

by Anonymousreply 364September 4, 2020 7:43 PM

Nope r363. Just surprised at how pedestrian so many of the tastes here are. There are DLers who had far more posh upbringings than me.

by Anonymousreply 365September 4, 2020 7:47 PM

Rip Taylor

by Anonymousreply 366September 4, 2020 7:58 PM

R365 You just posted, "A lot of you had really trashy upbringings, apparently."

by Anonymousreply 367September 4, 2020 8:02 PM

The rise of Asian women as newscasters when previously they'd been all White men with the possible exception of the cute, young "weather girl." Initially Asians who placed in beauty contests were hired. Specifically saying "Asian" as it's been proven that TV audiences at the time can't distinguish.

Beginnings of Native American, as opposed to Indian, rights as promoted by Marlon Brando and other celebs. Yes Indian was the more common term. Kids used to be horribly insulted and bullied if they had Indian ancestors. Also they were told that they were lying about their Native American heritage if they had blond hair or blue eyes.

Actors were consistently told to immediately change their names if they didn't look like their last name dictated to flyovers. All in the Family had people LOL at an episode in which Archie chose his company's new financial manager by his stereotypical Jewish last name, as supposedly Jews were always good with money.. His new employee turned out to be Black.

Dingbat was a commonly used insult especially to dist women.

by Anonymousreply 368September 4, 2020 8:32 PM

R287 was this before or after Miss Nancy went to Germany for the abortion she could not have performed in the US at that time?

by Anonymousreply 369September 4, 2020 10:30 PM

Fink as a common pejorative.

by Anonymousreply 370September 4, 2020 10:50 PM

The Lennon Sisters.

My doc was married to Peggy! I got so excited!

by Anonymousreply 371September 4, 2020 10:52 PM

WIN button

by Anonymousreply 372September 4, 2020 10:57 PM

S & H Green Stamps

by Anonymousreply 373September 4, 2020 10:58 PM

[quote]Candyland, chutes 'n Ladders. Monopoly. Board games in general.

Board games are actually HUGE now -- much bigger than they ever were. You would not believe how many of them are out there.

by Anonymousreply 374September 5, 2020 1:19 AM

Fuck you, R356

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by Anonymousreply 375September 5, 2020 1:21 AM

[quote]Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls

Don't forget us!

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by Anonymousreply 376September 5, 2020 1:22 AM

R375 Hahaha!

by Anonymousreply 377September 5, 2020 1:39 AM

R342 Why wouldn't millennials know about fucking board games? Come on.

by Anonymousreply 378September 5, 2020 1:46 AM

New tv season (September) . The huge TV guide Season Preview issue

New cars were released around the same time of new tv series, which was also the time the new school year started.

I really miss scheduled TV shows on major networks. “Must See TV”

by Anonymousreply 379September 5, 2020 2:48 AM

Drop a dime on someone

Pay phones

Video stores on every corner in NYC

VCRs (wish I’d recorded more)

Cassette & 8 track tapes...you could actually play YOUR OWN MUSIC in your CAR. It was AMAZING!

Stereo shops

“Operators are standing by to take [italic] your [/italics] call!”

Columbia House Records.

Time Life album collections

Gordon Lightfoot sings Every Song Ever Written “

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by Anonymousreply 380September 5, 2020 4:25 AM

[italic] closed [/italic]

by Anonymousreply 381September 5, 2020 4:25 AM

[italic] Fucked it up again [/italic]

by Anonymousreply 382September 5, 2020 4:26 AM

[bold] bold [/bold]

by Anonymousreply 383September 5, 2020 4:27 AM

Fixed?

by Anonymousreply 384September 5, 2020 4:28 AM

A buzzy signal

by Anonymousreply 385September 5, 2020 4:43 AM

Ass Crack Bandit

by Anonymousreply 386September 5, 2020 4:45 AM

They’d have no idea

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by Anonymousreply 387September 5, 2020 4:45 AM

American Bandstand. Does anyone know if this streams? I loved watching this before my parents came home from work. I'd smoke near an open window so I could blow the smoke outside and not be caught when they got home. I later found out one of my classmates was doing the same thing. We started watching the show together and wound up dancing together. We finally gave in and blew each other...I think it was to Bobby Rydell.

by Anonymousreply 388September 5, 2020 4:54 AM

[quote]S & H Green Stamps

R373 Licking and putting them in the booklet was our big weekend event!

Also, rolling pennies into paper sleeves. Holy shit, we must have been poor and never knew it at the time.

by Anonymousreply 389September 5, 2020 4:58 AM

Banks and gas stations gave away 'premiums' with purchases / deposits: Steak knives, blenders, all sorts of kitchenware. Imagine either entity giving us ANYTHING now.

by Anonymousreply 390September 5, 2020 5:01 AM

R379, The Miss America pageant and the Jerry Lewis telethon were sure signs that summer was over.

There was a time when Miss America was one of the highest rated programs of the year.

by Anonymousreply 391September 5, 2020 7:10 AM

Not being able to shop on Sundays.

by Anonymousreply 392September 5, 2020 7:12 AM

Generic groceries

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by Anonymousreply 393September 5, 2020 7:19 AM

The Tidy Bowl Man

"You're soaking in it"

"Jane, you ignorant slut"

Land Shark

8 track tapes

The Maytag Repair Man

Red Dye Number 2

CB radios

Lincoln Logs

by Anonymousreply 394September 5, 2020 8:10 AM

976 numbers

by Anonymousreply 395September 5, 2020 8:38 AM

976 numbers

by Anonymousreply 396September 5, 2020 8:38 AM

The neighbors jealous of your new glassware set

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by Anonymousreply 397September 5, 2020 9:01 AM

[quote] Red Dye Number 2

This one even I don’t get.

by Anonymousreply 398September 5, 2020 12:46 PM

[quote]VCRs (wish I’d recorded more)

[quote]Cassette & 8 track tapes...you could actually play YOUR OWN MUSIC in your CAR. It was AMAZING!

R380 Do you think Millennials are currently teenagers? I assure you most Millennials know what VCRs and cassette tapes were (perhaps not 8-track). Pretty sure most Millennials grew up specifically watching these Disney VHS tapes, a reference boomers and generation x might not get... because they weren't children in the late-80s/early-90s, unlike millennials.

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by Anonymousreply 399September 5, 2020 1:13 PM

Let's try that image link again.

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by Anonymousreply 400September 5, 2020 1:14 PM

Cigarette TV commercials. Bad thing.

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by Anonymousreply 401September 5, 2020 1:23 PM

R147 YES!!!

“Slow down”

“Whaaaaaaat Dooooooeeeeees a Yeeeeeeellllllllloooooow Liiiiiiiiiiight Meeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaan?”

by Anonymousreply 402September 5, 2020 1:26 PM

The Columbia School of Broadcasting

by Anonymousreply 403September 5, 2020 1:28 PM

The fat burning - shaker machines

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by Anonymousreply 404September 5, 2020 1:32 PM

[quote] Cigarette TV commercials. Bad thing.

Not all of them.

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by Anonymousreply 405September 5, 2020 1:38 PM

If DL was around in the 1930s....

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by Anonymousreply 406September 5, 2020 2:08 PM

Women must wear headcoverings in Catholic church. Anything would do if she didn't have a hat; even putting a handkerchief on her head would suffice.

by Anonymousreply 407September 5, 2020 4:16 PM

Everything is copacetic.

by Anonymousreply 408September 5, 2020 4:17 PM

R407, In a pinch, a Kleenex fastened with bobby pins would have to do.

by Anonymousreply 409September 5, 2020 5:10 PM

R398, red dye #2 was banned after it was discovered to be a carcinogen. Before that it was in everything.

by Anonymousreply 410September 5, 2020 5:13 PM

[quote]"Dime stores" or "Five & Dimes" -- the precursors to The Dollar Tree!

These stores and the late great Woolworth were NOTHING like the current 99¢ stores which sell toxic garbage from China. Dollar Tree isn't too bad, I'm talking about the 99¢ cent stores which basically sell junk which falls apart after few uses.

At Woolworth you could actually purchase name brand items. I have no idea why they closed, they had a wide variety of useful items and they were always crowded. They even sold pets, well, fish and baby turtles! They also had a lunch counter, They also sold books, Farberware pots and many other useful items. I even scored some great LPs there, one time I found an LP by Cream for only $1.99.

I miss the large Woolworth in Greenwich Village, they had two floors.

by Anonymousreply 411September 5, 2020 5:28 PM

Agree with you 100%, r411.

Woolworth’s and their offshoot, Woolco, were excellent for almost anything and at bargain prices.

I miss that store.

by Anonymousreply 412September 5, 2020 6:42 PM

R411, me three. I don't know why they closed. What drove them out of business? They shut down long before Walmart (the most similar store today) was around and even before Caldor and K-Mart. Woolworth sold a lot of cheap junk, but at least was made-in-America junk.

by Anonymousreply 413September 5, 2020 11:10 PM

R379, good one! Remember how TV Guide used to put out two “new season” editions – one for returning shows and one for new shows? The latter was a must-read. And the new car season – it was exciting, waiting to see what the latest models would look like, especially the luxury and sports cars.

Generationally speaking, I think millennials would remember the new season/TV Guide excitement. That lasted several years into the 21st century.

The “hey! Have you seen the new Olds Toronado? It’s so boss, it’s bitchin’!” truly is a boomer thing. I don’t think it lasted long into the ‘70s and so probably even few Gen Xers would remember it.

by Anonymousreply 414September 5, 2020 11:12 PM

R399, I agree with you about those items. Also pay phones, and even dial phones. I suspect even Gen-Z kids know about all these things. You don’t have to have experienced something to know what it is. For example: I don’t remember having to go through the operator to make a long-distance call, but I know about it and am not mystified by such scenes in old movies and TV. Some of the responses in this thread assume that nobody knows anything about the world of their own parents and grandparents.

by Anonymousreply 415September 5, 2020 11:13 PM

I wonder how old you have to be to remember how seasonal many things were and how much waiting life in the old America involved.

You had a completely wardrobe for winter; you didn’t just put on a sweatshirt instead of t-shirt. You ate very different foods because most of what you ate in the summer wasn’t available in winter. Resort hotels and restaurants closed after Labor Day. (Condo rentals? What are those?)

If you were tired of what was on TV, you had to wait until September for the new shows. Now, many people (me included) can’t even be bothered to wait for one week for the next episode. It’s binge-watch or nothing. If you wanted money you had to wait in line at the bank. If the car dealership didn’t have the color you wanted, you had to wait while they ordered one from Detroit – no checking online to search all dealerships within 200 miles.

We hardly ever have to wait for anything nowadays. If we do, somebody comes up with a way to shorten or eliminate the wait. It would be hard to count the number of ways life in the 21st century is more convenient compared to life in the mid-20th century. All that convenience comes at a price of course …

by Anonymousreply 416September 5, 2020 11:21 PM

^^^ "... completely DIFFERENT wardrobe for winter ..."

by Anonymousreply 417September 5, 2020 11:24 PM

[quote]red dye #2 was banned after it was discovered to be a carcinogen. Before that it was in everything.

There was a joke going around at the time of the banning, which was when Reagan was president:

Q: Why did they ban red dye #2?

A: Because Reagan got cancer of the hair.

by Anonymousreply 418September 5, 2020 11:34 PM

The red dye #2 panic was hysteria. Thew stuff had been reviewed as safe by the FDA multiple times since the agency was created. Then a Soviet study was released saying mice given EXTREME amounts of the dye could develop tumors.

The Health Research Group, a consumer action organization, launched a rabid campaign to have the dye banned. Giving into public and Congressional pressure, FDA banned FD&C Red No. 2 in 1976. Next thing you know red M&Ms are gone. No harm to any individual has ever been found.

[quote] It should be noted that this lack of definite proof has lead other countries to allow the use of the dye. The United Kingdom, Canada and a majority of the EU allow its use in products today. The stigma attached to the Red Dye #2 remains a uniquely American phenomenon.

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by Anonymousreply 419September 5, 2020 11:48 PM

Elder gays will remember when there were summertime replacement series. Instead of airing repeats of prime time shows, a limited run series would air during the summer months.

I believe that's how The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour began. It was such a hit as a summertime replacement, it was given a permanent slot in the fall.

by Anonymousreply 420September 6, 2020 12:02 AM

R419, isn't that pretty much the story with cyclamates, too? I don't think they've ever been proven to cause harm, and yet they were yanked off the market, so that we had to drink diet sodas with bitter, awful saccharin until aspartame came along. There have been a few alarmist concerns about that, too, but I think the cyclamates business led to more caution in interpreting them. Nobody wants to go back to saccharin-sweetened drinks.

by Anonymousreply 421September 6, 2020 12:08 AM

r380, even millennials got to know the joy of the Columbia House/BMG 1 cent music, negative billing option scam.

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by Anonymousreply 422September 6, 2020 12:09 AM

R378, I didn't say that millennials wouldn't know about board games. I'm saying that they wouldn't know about specific editions of certain board games.

by Anonymousreply 423September 6, 2020 12:12 AM

R422 Oh yes, that's how I got my copy of Mariah's 1's as a youngster!

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by Anonymousreply 424September 6, 2020 12:12 AM

R423 What edition of Monopoly or Candy Land wouldn't Millennials know about? Those are, perhaps, THE most mainstream board games. You literally said "board games in general." It'd be one thing if you said they wouldn't know Mystery Date, but... you said MONOPOLY!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 425September 6, 2020 12:16 AM

Women who drank about 2 dozen cans of soda with Cyclamates daily started having health issues. Then they were linked to cancer in rats. There was a mass rush to buy all of the remaining diet sodas on store shelves when talk of banning began.

Likewise diet Kool-aid was pulled with accusations kids were being poisoned.

The hysteria to buy all of the original Coke in the stores when New Coke came out was even worse.

by Anonymousreply 426September 6, 2020 12:23 AM

[quote]We hardly ever have to wait for anything nowadays. If we do, somebody comes up with a way to shorten or eliminate the wait. It would be hard to count the number of ways life in the 21st century is more convenient compared to life in the mid-20th century. All that convenience comes at a price of course …

Don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but, be careful of taking everything for granted, the current administration is trying to take the US back to the dark ages. If that orange turd gets re-elected we will turn into a Third World country.

Can you imagine waiting on lines to buy the most simplest things like bread and toilet paper?

by Anonymousreply 427September 6, 2020 12:25 AM

The King of Sports Howard Cosell and the Wide World of Sports

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by Anonymousreply 428September 6, 2020 1:06 AM

In the early 90's, having to manually stitch together six-part computer files and then uuDecode to view ONE picture.

by Anonymousreply 429September 6, 2020 1:11 AM

R411 Woolworth lunch counter was great! A BLT and a cold root beer was a treat. It was much more than a 'dime store'. Now I want to find out why they went out of business. The one in my city was two stories, lots of stuff, all made in the USA.

by Anonymousreply 430September 6, 2020 2:30 AM

[quote]At Woolworth you could actually purchase name brand items. I have no idea why they closed, they had a wide variety of useful items and they were always crowded.

R411 Does anyone remember Treasure Island or Atlantic Mills? After Woolworth left us, they were the go-to stores. They were much bigger than Woolworth, more like department stores. Probably precursors to Walmart. There was another one called Zayres or Zaires?

by Anonymousreply 431September 6, 2020 2:44 AM

"Kiss my grits!"

by Anonymousreply 432September 6, 2020 5:29 AM

You got your chocolate in my peanut butter

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t

You’ve got an uncle in the furniture business...Joshua Doore

by Anonymousreply 433September 6, 2020 7:31 AM

r425 There's a new version of Mystery Date - Catfished Edition.

by Anonymousreply 434September 6, 2020 11:01 AM

Long distance rates, and calling long-distance. We rarely called our friends and relatives overseas, for example. When we were away at college or working, or whatever, we usually called home at certain times, on certain days when rates were lower. I had a friend who moved to Australia when I was 9, I never spoke to her again. We wrote for a while That usually petered off. There was no texting, skyping, face time, and phone calls cost too much. Long distance relationships usually ended pretty fast, too. You couldn't communicate.

by Anonymousreply 435September 6, 2020 3:22 PM

Take it off.....take it all off

7 Up - The Uncola

Curlers in your hair? Shame on you!

I dreamed I was in Paris....in my maidenform bra

Swedes were considered extraordinarily sexy & sexual because of soft porn I Am Curious...nighttime comics would use “Swedish” as a replacement for “promiscuous.”

by Anonymousreply 436September 6, 2020 9:02 PM

Take it off.....take it all off

7 Up - The Uncola

Curlers in your hair? Shame on you!

I dreamed I was in Paris....in my maidenform bra

Swedes were considered extraordinarily sexy & sexual because of soft porn I Am Curious...nighttime comics would use “Swedish” as a replacement for “promiscuous.”

by Anonymousreply 437September 6, 2020 9:02 PM

My baloney has a first name it’s O-S-C-A R

My baloney has a last name, it’s M-A-Y-E-R

Oh I love it to eat it every day

And if you ask me why, I’ll say

Cuz Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A

I miss ads with songs & tv shows with theme songs.

by Anonymousreply 438September 6, 2020 9:08 PM

R438 That was noted upthread but it bears repeating! I loved that jingle.

by Anonymousreply 439September 6, 2020 9:16 PM

[quote] You ate very different foods because most of what you ate in the summer wasn’t available in winter.

I hadn’t thought about that for years.

I remember switching from cold cereal and milk to things like hot oatmeal and Farina because, as my mother said, the hot cereal “sticks to your bones in winter.”

Thanks for the memories.

by Anonymousreply 440September 6, 2020 10:39 PM

R436, you reminded me of the Geoffrey Holder 7UP commercials:

“Never had it. Never will. Ah ha ha.”

by Anonymousreply 441September 6, 2020 10:42 PM

R440, a lot of the shifting of food from summer to winter was related to the lack of air-conditioning. Not only did Mom not want to cook when the house was hot, you probably would rather eat something cool and light as well. It took a while for that deeply ingrained cultural habit to change even after most middle-class people had A/C.

by Anonymousreply 442September 7, 2020 12:40 AM

Not exactly a cultural reference, but one thing that's largely forgotten nowadays is mechanical car door locks.

First of all, you had to insert and turn a key to unlock the door. You had to do that in every door you wanted to open; there was no automatic unlocking. If you were the driver, it was considered courteous to unlock the passenger door first, before you got in, but among close friends of the same sex it was more usual for the driver to climb in and reach across to unlock the door from the inside. (Nice men always unlocked the passenger door for women ... all women, not just their mothers or women they were dating.)

Once you were inside the car, you had to lock the door from inside manually, by pushing down on the button next to the window.

To get out of the car, sometimes you had to unlock the door first by pulling up on the button (which always seemed very unsafe to me). In other cars - it varied by model - the door would unlock as you pulled up on the door handle, but it was still an entirely mechanical process. You could see the button rising as you pulled on the handle.

This is the kind of minor detail of everyday life that I think will be forgotten in future generations. I wonder how many such details of life in earlier times have been forgotten today.

by Anonymousreply 443September 7, 2020 12:48 AM

R443 Your post about manual door locks reminds me of how white people would always manually lock their doors when driving in a 'mixed' neighborhood. You could see them do it and hear the pop of the lock! Automatic door locks made this move much less noticeable to the black guy waiting at the bus stop while white guy was stopped at the adjacent red light!

by Anonymousreply 444September 7, 2020 12:55 AM

The game show, Queen for a Day. I'm not kidding.

by Anonymousreply 445September 7, 2020 1:01 AM

Automatic seat belts

by Anonymousreply 446September 7, 2020 2:39 AM

I didn’t learn to drive until I left the city in 2005. One day, shortly after moving & getting my drivers license, I met my friend at the diner. When we were leaving, I clicked the remote on my key to open my door. Nothing happened. I tried again. Nothing. I started to freak out. “I’m going to have to call someone to come & fix the lock for me! It’s 95 degrees out here, dammit!”

My friend took my remote from me & put the key in the lock & opened the door. I was flabbergasted.

by Anonymousreply 447September 7, 2020 2:45 AM

R445, Queen for a Day episode was a bit over the top. One mother started crying when she won 3 bikes for her 3 sons so they didn't have to walk miles to work every day after school.

Anyone recall James at 16 and then James at 17 re losing his virginity to a Swedish foreign exchange student? About that time a high school classmate lost his virginity to San Diego's Swedish foreign exchange student. He actually followed her back to Sweden and wanted to marry her. Then when she turned him down he had a psychotic break, was hospitalized, and then claimed he found God afterwards.

by Anonymousreply 448September 7, 2020 3:07 AM

S&H Greenstamps!

Bonus points for the inclusion of the adorable William Christopher as Peter (I always wanted to have my way with him)!

"The more you lick 'em, the more you like 'em!"

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by Anonymousreply 449September 7, 2020 3:19 AM

How did one receive the Greenstamps items? Did you have to mail in your stamp booklets and then the items were shipped to you? Free shipping? I was aware by the year 1976 or so and I don't remember any of this.

by Anonymousreply 450September 7, 2020 3:41 AM

You took them to a showroom and traded them in. There was a catalog.

by Anonymousreply 451September 7, 2020 4:11 AM

Greenstamps were not the only game in town. You could furnish your house if you didn't mind a little cancer.

I swear I should know this actress, particularly when they focus on her at the end of the commercial.

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by Anonymousreply 452September 7, 2020 4:25 AM

A competitor to S&H Greenstamps was Top Value. Here's a video by some guy who has a Top Value catalog from 1967 and 9 books of stamps. I'd forgotten how extensive their offerings were.

If the costs he describes seem high, bear in mind that the stamps were given out "free" with your order (not really free, since the cost of the program ended up in the prices of the products). You had to buy stuff at the supermarket anyway, so the stamps were a nice bonus.

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by Anonymousreply 453September 7, 2020 6:29 AM

R453, Some gas stations also gave stamps.

by Anonymousreply 454September 7, 2020 2:15 PM

[quote]How did one receive the Greenstamps items? Did you have to mail in your stamp booklets and then the items were shipped to you? Free shipping? I was aware by the year 1976 or so and I don't remember any of this.

My dad worked in Manhattan, he'd bring the Green and Red Plaid stamp booklets into their small stores to redeem the stamps for the items. You'd bring in your filled booklets to their stores. They also had catalogues, the catalogues were either only in the stores or they were sent to you. A few items were on display. The workers had to retrieve most of the items from a back area.

by Anonymousreply 455September 7, 2020 9:07 PM

These places weren't actually stores, they were basically redemption centers. Without the stamps, people couldn't just go in and buy something.

by Anonymousreply 456September 7, 2020 9:09 PM

[quote] But Family Guy did such a hilarious take including an explanation for Millennials, that they know about it.

Speaking of Family Guy, here's one that was not explained. I take it a lot of Millennials didn't get the reference at the time, but those of us who witnessed the horrific original thought this was genius.

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by Anonymousreply 457September 8, 2020 4:44 AM

The original:

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by Anonymousreply 458September 8, 2020 4:46 AM

Sue Ellen Ewing

by Anonymousreply 459September 9, 2020 12:19 AM

This, accompanied by a high-pitched tone.

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by Anonymousreply 460September 9, 2020 12:43 AM

Father Guido Sarducci--SNL

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by Anonymousreply 461September 11, 2020 3:51 AM

Civil defense sirens

by Anonymousreply 462September 11, 2020 3:52 AM

Longshoremen

by Anonymousreply 463September 11, 2020 3:53 AM

Why didn't Caryn Kadavy get a flu shot?

by Anonymousreply 464September 11, 2020 3:59 AM

Me, bitches.

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by Anonymousreply 465September 11, 2020 4:19 AM

The Fonz

by Anonymousreply 466September 11, 2020 5:03 AM

Based on recent experience with my slightly younger partner:

IT WASN'T NOT FUNNY! - Tammy

by Anonymousreply 467September 11, 2020 5:34 AM

Shaun Cassidy

by Anonymousreply 468September 11, 2020 5:35 AM

[quote]How did one receive the Greenstamps items? Did you have to mail in your stamp booklets and then the items were shipped to you? Free shipping? I was aware by the year 1976 or so and I don't remember any of this.

Yeah - I barely remember but I did help my mom stick these stamps in books. She sent them in and got stuff in the mail, in return. Free shipping? Yeah, as far as I remember. I don't think companies charged the customer to ship things, then. I could be wrong. I don't know if there were shipping charges for the Sears catalog, I don't think so.

by Anonymousreply 469September 11, 2020 3:25 PM

This concludes our broadcast day.

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by Anonymousreply 470September 11, 2020 3:29 PM

Sunrise semester

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by Anonymousreply 471September 11, 2020 4:43 PM

Sunrise semester

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by Anonymousreply 472September 11, 2020 4:43 PM

Hungry Hungry Hippos

by Anonymousreply 473September 11, 2020 8:08 PM

I'm 68 and don't get R467.

by Anonymousreply 474September 11, 2020 10:39 PM

r469 Maybe that was the way it worked in rural areas, but we had redemption centers in cities and suburbs.

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by Anonymousreply 475September 11, 2020 10:40 PM

Here's another one.

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by Anonymousreply 476September 11, 2020 10:41 PM

And inside.

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by Anonymousreply 477September 11, 2020 10:42 PM

R474, at your age just be grateful you remember 7 posts back.

by Anonymousreply 478September 11, 2020 11:21 PM

[quote]Maybe that was the way it worked in rural areas, but we had redemption centers in cities and suburbs.

R475 Apparently you could do both because we lived in a suburb and my mom selected things from a catalog and sent in the stamps. The Wikipedia article says you could do both.

by Anonymousreply 479September 11, 2020 11:32 PM

“And THAT, Marjorie, just so you will know, and your children will someday remember, is THE NIGHT. THE LIGHTS. WENT OUT. IN GEORGIA!”

by Anonymousreply 480September 11, 2020 11:40 PM

I don't get R467 either.

by Anonymousreply 481September 11, 2020 11:57 PM

Considering the oldest millennials turn 40 this year and are plenty old enough to remember a lot of these, am I right in assuming no one posting on this thread is under 75 years of age?

by Anonymousreply 482September 12, 2020 12:04 AM

It was the end of an era as I was growing up. Do you want the green or blue stamps Mrs.---

by Anonymousreply 483September 12, 2020 7:47 AM

R482: No, but I think you'd be right in assuming that, for many DLers, "millennials" means anyone under 30, even if many of those people are really so-called Gen Z.

One thing millennials and boomers have in common is that their generations are so large and spread over so many years there's not much you can say that applies to the whole group.

This business of dividing the population into generational cohorts started as a marketing gimmick and a way to understand how the high birth rates of the '50s affected the population. It has now become divisive, inaccurate and yet self-sustaining. It was not a thing before the 1960s, and even through the '70s it was most just "the younger generation" and "the older generation".

by Anonymousreply 484September 12, 2020 9:04 PM

Analytic demography and generational cohort studies have been around since the 1600s and censuses and other demographic science tools have been used for government decision-making and other purposes since the late 1700s, but you're right R484 that when it became really gimmicky and a marker of identity was when it met 20th century marketing.

by Anonymousreply 485September 13, 2020 12:10 AM

[quote]R222 Tying an onion around your belt. It was the style at the time.

How would we do this? Onions are round (?)

by Anonymousreply 486September 15, 2020 5:46 AM

Shello?

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by Anonymousreply 487September 15, 2020 5:52 AM

[quote] At Woolworth you could actually purchase name brand items. I have no idea why they closed, they had a wide variety of useful items and they were always crowded. They even sold pets, well, fish and baby turtles! They also had a lunch counter, They also sold books, Farberware pots and many other useful items. I even scored some great LPs there, one time I found an LP by Cream for only $1.99.

My mom bought me my PET PARAKEET at Woolworth. It was very healthy, too, and lived with us as a loyal and loving pet for many years until one afternoon when she decided to fly out our front door on a whim. Oh, Tweety... My heart still aches.

by Anonymousreply 488September 15, 2020 6:32 AM

She had to spread those wings and leave the nest - -

by Anonymousreply 489September 15, 2020 6:38 AM

She had to spread those legs and leave the nest - -

by Anonymousreply 490September 15, 2020 11:33 PM

DL is so out of touch. They keep saying Millennials (~26 - ~40 year olds). We are aware of a lot of this stuff. I think you might mean what GenZ or Zoomers may not know. They are at least under 25/26. Millennials are entering into middle age (by gay standards).

by Anonymousreply 491September 15, 2020 11:58 PM

Yeah, GenY, but we had to put up with all your "That was before my time" bullshit. So suffer the stereotype. You earned it.

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by Anonymousreply 492September 16, 2020 12:11 AM

Ordering Seamonkeys and being VERY disappointed they didnt look anything like the package.

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by Anonymousreply 493September 16, 2020 12:40 PM

Who needs the internet when so much excitement comes from watching rocks frow?

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by Anonymousreply 494September 16, 2020 12:44 PM

R493 God, I had such high hopes for my sea monkeys. Disappointment came at an early age.

by Anonymousreply 495September 16, 2020 5:34 PM

Saying that something is as about realistic as getting what you sent away for from the back of a comic books.

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by Anonymousreply 496September 16, 2020 5:52 PM

Saying that something is as about realistic as getting what you sent away for from the back of a comic books.

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by Anonymousreply 497September 16, 2020 5:52 PM

See you in the funny papers

by Anonymousreply 498September 16, 2020 5:53 PM
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