# Archer time-frame - most recent cultural reference? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848 "2013-02-20T02:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/21 "2013-02-27T05:05:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s simple really. Sterling Archer is the same age as James Bond. Exactly. I’m pretty sure I read that the creators (who have done most of the Adult Swim stuff) deliberately chose to mix things up this way. The most obvious thing that sets it in the present day is the presence of Lana, a _black_, _female_, secret agent. 'Nuff said! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/22 "2013-02-27T08:33:28Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > The most obvious thing that sets it in the present day is the presence of Lana, a _black_, _female_, secret agent. What, like Rosie Carver? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/23 "2013-02-27T12:46:27Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > What, like Rosie Carver? Had to look that up, but yeah exactly. Although Lana does dress sexily, she’s not a ridiculous, giant afro-sporting, “jive-turkey” spouting, stereotype! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/24 "2013-02-27T12:56:14Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Exactly. I’m pretty sure I read that the creators (who have done most of the Adult Swim stuff) deliberately chose to mix things up this way. The most obvious thing that sets it in the present day is the presence of Lana, a _black_, _female_, secret agent. 'Nuff said! Well, she _is_ a quadroon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/25 "2013-02-27T13:36:56Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Had to look that up, but yeah exactly. Although Lana does dress sexily, she’s not a ridiculous, giant afro-sporting, “jive-turkey” spouting, stereotype! The afro was a wig! It’s part of her cover! That’s how good a secret agent she was! She puts it aside just like the jive-turkey spouting! _“The man who delivered your champagne is not a hotel waiter; I was just trying to be careful. As for Felix Leiter, you’re right: I’ve worked for the CIA down here for some time now. He cabled me you were coming and asked if I would help out if I could.”_ ROSIE: Felix told me there’d be moments like this. JAMES: What did good old Felix suggest? ROSIE: If all else failed, cyanide pills. I settled for two bedrooms. Good night, Mister Bond. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/26 "2013-02-27T15:28:47Z")
Another vote for “We’re never gonna know” and “What did they say last episode?” The fact that Krieger has holograms so advanced that the State of New York considers them human places the most recent reference a bit in the future, wouldn’t you say? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/27 "2013-02-27T15:40:51Z")
Um, there’s also a space station. And bionic legs. And Pam drives modern, Japanese-made drift cars. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/28 "2013-02-27T16:08:34Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Um, there’s also a space station. And bionic legs. And both MOONRAKER and THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN were made in the '70s. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/29 "2013-02-27T16:14:19Z")
Quite true. And didn’t Mallory make some offhand racist remark about a black President in an early episode? ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/30 "2013-02-27T17:12:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Quite true. And didn’t Mallory make some offhand racist remark about a black President in an early episode? And wrote Mandingo 2 BEFORE Django Unchained. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/31 "2013-02-27T18:41:17Z")
Seems to me the “right” answer is “now”, but in an alternate timeline. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/32 "2013-02-27T19:07:50Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Seems to me the “right” answer is “now”, but in an alternate timeline. A much _ **AWESOMER** _ timeline. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/33 "2013-02-27T21:12:54Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > A much _ **AWESOMER** _ timeline. 😃 A timeline located in a dimension not of sight and sound, but of mind. A place known as… …the **DANGER ZONE!** ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/34 "2013-02-27T21:20:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A timeline located in a dimension not of sight and sound, but of mind. A place known as… > > …the **DANGER ZONE!** Nah, that’s for Navy pilots. Spies get an AWESOME ZONE. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/35 "2013-02-27T21:22:03Z")
In a slightly darker black tactalneck. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/36 "2013-02-27T23:57:38Z")
Just like the gypsy woman said. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/37 "2013-02-28T01:46:58Z")
Sploosh. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/38 "2013-02-28T02:23:09Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Sploosh. And I’ll have to give it my equivalent of sploosh. Which I guess is sploosh. Except with semen. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/39 "2013-02-28T02:56:00Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Just like the gypsy woman said. You’ve gotta stop going to her. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848/40 "2013-02-28T16:32:31Z")
Hmmm, it seems like any **Archer** or **The Princess Bride** thread ultimately devolves into quotes. Now let’s go bury this dead hooker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-time-frame-most-recent-cultural-reference/650848.md?page=3)