# Characteristics of "Old Money"

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characteristics-of-old-money/752721
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 20, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characteristics-of-old-money/752721 "2016-04-20T13:56:15Z")
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### Author: ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characteristics-of-old-money/752721/41 "2016-04-28T14:35:31Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> It’s not hard to see remnants of that idea in the mid-20th century. Two examples I ran across recently - an episode of “I Love Lucy” in which a club run by New York society matrons is reluctant to let Lucy in because of her association with “show people,” and an episode of the 1950s radio program “The Halls of Ivy” in which the college president’s wife is accused of encouraging the students to take up low pursuits such as show business (the wife had been a minor star in London musical comedy theatre).

Frasier did a similar episode. He and Niles tried to get into a club, but Frasier was rejected because he had a radio show.

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