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Post by mikef6 on Feb 4, 2021 18:33:47 GMT
I'm talking to people in their more, uh, mature years, like over 40. There are certain things that you used to say and hear frequently but folks younger than that would not understand. Like
Roll the window down
This is where I came in
What else can you think of?
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Post by Spitfire926f on Feb 4, 2021 19:01:03 GMT
"hold on a sec, the phone cord doesn't reach that far."
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Feb 4, 2021 20:12:36 GMT
"Wanna see my pog collection?"
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Post by divtal on Feb 4, 2021 20:28:14 GMT
"Beta, or VHS?"
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 4, 2021 21:48:21 GMT
"Smoking or non-smoking?"
"Don't touch that dial!"
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 4, 2021 22:02:55 GMT
"Smoking or non-smoking?" "Don't touch that dial!"
"We'll be right back"
*click*
"Your mileage may differ."
*click*
"Tell him what he's won, Bob."
*click*
"How hot was it?"
*click*
"This concludes our broadcast day."
*click*
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Post by divtal on Feb 4, 2021 22:35:03 GMT
"My watch has stopped. I'll dial P-O-P-C-O-R-N."
"While you're up, would you switch to channel 5?"
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 4, 2021 22:45:11 GMT
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 4, 2021 23:13:58 GMT
Younger people who watch the film Coming Home may not understand why the national anthem is being played on TV late at night, just before the station went off the air. No all-night news, no reruns, no infomercials.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 4, 2021 23:16:34 GMT
Younger people who watch the film Coming Home may not understand why the national anthem is being played on TV late at night, just before the station went off the air. No all-night news, no reruns, no infomercials. That always stood out to me in Poltergeist and A Nightmare on Elm Street, probably because it's played to creepy effect. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 5, 2021 0:02:56 GMT
They did that tv anthem thing in Canada too.
I think anything involving phone booths would be so alien now.
I remember the first time someone pointed out a cell phone to me--I was on a bus in the early 90s and they were mocking a guy who was standing outside with a cell phone.
Remember that phone ad"
"Reach out, reach out and touch someone."
No you don't you Covid spreading pervert!
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 5, 2021 1:17:07 GMT
"My watch has stopped. I'll dial P-O-P-C-O-R-N."
Heh?
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 5, 2021 2:05:56 GMT
"My watch has stopped. I'll dial P-O-P-C-O-R-N."
Heh?
There was a number you could call 24 hours a day to a recording which would give you the time. "At the tone, the time will be two twenty-three and 42 seconds." Ding.
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Post by Nora on Feb 5, 2021 2:11:52 GMT
Younger people who watch the film Coming Home may not understand why the national anthem is being played on TV late at night, just before the station went off the air. No all-night news, no reruns, no infomercials. I am 40 and I never really understood that, why was that done?? |
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Post by Nora on Feb 5, 2021 2:12:54 GMT
it feels so crazy smoking was Ever allowed Anywhere indoors... like batshit crazy to me. Restaurants or planes or offices doesnt matter where it all feels Insane!
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 5, 2021 2:33:28 GMT
"Be kind, rewind."  "Your toddler is too little to reach the table? Here, have him sit on this phone book." "The TV's out of whack. Try adjusting the horizontal/vertical hold. Or maybe put some aluminum foil on the antenna." "The TV's so old we have to change the channel with pliers." "Let me stop at this phone booth so I can check my messages." "Ugh, that sounds so irritating, like chalk on a blackboard." "I can never fold a road map the right way." When more people smoked: "Flick your Bic." This also caught on because it sounded a little dirty. People weren't all that mature back then, either. "You can't go outside in pajamas! Anybody sees you like that, they'll call the cops and have you taken away." "I have to dictate a letter. How's your steno?" "We have a whole set of encyclopedias you can use. You're doing a report on Christopher Columbus? Look in Volume 4, Ca-De." "I hate those annoying little cards that always fall out of the magazines." "Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery." "We got a whole set of drinking glasses from the gas station." "Put this on the overhead projector." From award shows: "And the winner is...." Some years ago, it was decided that this was hurting the feelings of the lo...the non-winners, who would have to glumly pronounce to reporters after the show, ""It was an honor to be nominated," before they slunk away in disappointment. So now the presenters have to say, "And the Oscar (or Emmy, or Tony, or whatever) goes to...." That makes everyone feel better, because hey, we're all winners, even if we got 8 million fewer votes than the other guy, who really stole all the votes, yada yada yada. Do younger people today recognize that jarring sound effect in movies and TV ads that sounds like a phonograph needle being knocked from a vinyl record, signifying an abrupt end to a fun time? Today's kids will most likely never know the simple joy of blowing the paper wrapper off a drinking straw and shooting it across a room.  |
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Post by autumn on Feb 5, 2021 2:34:59 GMT
"I'm going to the record store"
"I had to wait in line for hours to get concert tickets."
"It's Sunday, the stores are closed."
"Hey Archie, adjust the rabbit ears on the TV, will ya?"
"UHF or VHF?"
"I left the camera at home so we can't take any pictures when we're out today."
"Hey Dad did you finish the roll of film yet so Mom can drop it off at Foto-Mat so we can get it developed for next week?"
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Post by autumn on Feb 5, 2021 3:15:44 GMT
"The phone is ringing. I wonder who's calling?"
"Okay, I'll be the one who sits backwards in the family car"
"Oh that sound of a dialup modem!"
"I'm going to the library to do research for a book report."
"Good thing we have the yellow pages to look up a phone number."
"Can you please get off the party line so I can make a phone call?"
"Operator, can you connect me to Butterfield-8 5821?"
"Operator, I'd like to make a collect call."
"I ran out of White Out for this mistake I made with my typewriter."
"These need to be typed out in triplicate using carbon paper."
"These mimeograph copies smell so good!"
"Dot matrix what?"
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Post by marianne48 on Feb 5, 2021 3:40:45 GMT
"These mimeograph copies smell so good!" It seemed like every couple of months, someone on the old IMDb boards would pose the question on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High board, "In that one scene, why did they all smell the paper?" That was the only fun part of taking a test in the old mimeo days.
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Post by alpineflower on Feb 5, 2021 3:45:31 GMT
it feels so crazy smoking was Ever allowed Anywhere indoors... like batshit crazy to me. Restaurants or planes or offices doesnt matter where it all feels Insane! Smokers used to have all the rights. I remember people smoking next to me at work
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