# For Geezers Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855 "2011-10-26T14:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/121 "2011-10-31T20:09:47Z")
And every now and then, M("ind"AD would have one of those acetate records in the magazine! I have often wondered what “ind” was for? To distinguish being crazy (“Mind Mad”) from the emotion, maybe? Q ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/122 "2011-11-01T00:39:20Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Nit-pick: That’s Joe Pyne – We should all go gargle with razor blades! > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > And get out of the Beef Box. > [@Quasimodem](#): > > Who today compares with that SOB? I used to feel really sorry for his guests. > > Q Morton Downy Jr. likely used him as a model for his show. They both smoked liked chimneys and died of lung cancer. Rush Limbaugh replaced Morton Downy Jr. as a radio talk show host after Mort was fired. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/123 "2011-11-01T00:53:50Z")
I Remember [Mama](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041039/) - do you? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/124 "2011-11-01T01:30:49Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I Remember [Mama](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041039/) - do you? Yep. Never missed. Also, _My Friend Irma_. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/125 "2011-11-01T01:34:15Z")
Crap! _Our Miss Brooks_, with Eve Arden, Richard Crenna. Mr. Peepers with Wally Cox. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/126 "2011-11-01T01:42:06Z")
The Real McCoys: Brennan (Yeh, stompety stomp with those arms propelling him along), Crenna, and then who played Crenna’s wife? Don’t remember? Q ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/127 "2011-11-01T01:43:19Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > First off, you decide if you’re a “geezer” by recognizing or appreciating the relevance of these things. If so, add to the list. > > Second, if you have the notion, explain how long ago and from what source you first became aware of these things. > > Third, say “Hi” to Opal or anybody else you can think of. > > Fourth, if this needs to be moved to The Pit or GQ, have at. > > =========================== > > \ > Your group: > ? I knew sixteen of those and I’m 42. Am I a geezer? ---
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/128 "2011-11-01T01:53:15Z")
78’s Dancing Bear I want my Maypo! 5¢ payphone calls Policemen making sure you went straight home if they caught you driving drunk. Live television Flintstones on primetime Cars with metal dashboards Micronite filters Smoking in your hospital room Damn. I’m more geezerly than I realized - I \*know \*who Farfel is! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/129 "2011-11-01T02:09:06Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > The Real McCoys: Brennan (Yeh, stompety stomp with those arms propelling him along), Crenna, and then who played Crenna’s wife? Don’t remember? > Q Damn!! Kathleen somebody. Edit: Nolan. Looked her up. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/130 "2011-11-01T02:12:17Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Damn!! Kathleen somebody. > > Edit: Nolan. Looked her up. Kathleen Nolan, who later became the first female president of the Screen Actors’ Guild. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/131 "2011-11-01T06:29:31Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Damn!! Kathleen somebody. > > Edit: Nolan. Looked her up. Who vanished with the kids in a later season. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/132 "2011-11-01T06:31:10Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Also, _My Friend Irma_. \ The green skinned torso, My Friend Erda. \ Showing when she wrote that bit. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/133 "2011-11-01T18:18:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > From the L.A. TV market: > > Sheriff John’s Lunch Brigade > Engineer Bill’s Cartoon Express > Skipper Frank’s Cartoon Carousel > The Popeye Show, with Tom Hatten Oh lord. Now I have “put another candle on your birthday cake” running through my head. And those Maggio carrots with the greens on top! ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/134 "2013-04-25T12:34:46Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > “Lloyd Thaxton,” Wow! I’m amazed that anybody other than me had even seen him, let alone remembers him! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855.md?page=6)