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Obsolete jokes: the old people's thread
Is it cold in here?:
Xi who must be obeyed.
Akima:
Not sure if that is an image I wanted in my head...
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jwhouk:
I don't want kids to watch the modern orchestral music on TV. Too much sax and violins.
Sorflakne:
Circling back to Spiro Agnew, I learned of him from Futurama, and didn't learn until years later that he really was Nixon's VP (because let's be honest, public schools don't teach Vice Presidents outside of Andrew Johnson, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson, or at least they didn't when I was in school). So therefore, despite be being an elder millennial, I am still young :P
Wingy:
I'm watching reruns of Laugh-In right now, and getting to the end of the second season. In between the George Wallace jokes (a perfectly good old peoples joke all by itself) are an occasional Spiro Agnew joke, usually some riff on his name.
Of course, Laugh-In was very much a product of its time and deliberately referenced many items from the then-current news. Jokes about Viet Nam, living in the US while Black, Native America, or Female, alternate sexualities, and the sexual revolution itself are all staples on the show, so one has to watch with some care and keep the larger context in mind before reaching for things to throw at the screen.
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