# If I said to you "Here's your ears"-would you get the reference? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189 "2015-02-20T13:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/41 "2015-02-21T13:46:10Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Here’s is singular. Ears are plural. Here are your ears. > > One must always match count, mustn’t one? > > And Bobby fuckin’ creeped me out. Bobby? Was he the one with the cold, dead eyes? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/42 "2015-02-21T18:08:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Bobby? Was he the one with the cold, dead eyes? [**This guy**](http://waytofamous.com/files/images/images/bobby-burgess.jpg). Anyone that old and wearing Mickey Mouse ears needed to get a life. He later danced the light craptastic on the Lawrence Welk Show, which, when it was 30 below I had to watch, thanks to my parents, when there was nothing else to do. Oh, the shame. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/43 "2015-02-21T18:18:16Z")
I asked Pepper Mill if she’d understand the reference. She grew up[ on reruns of the MMC too. Nope. Too obscure for her, as well. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/44 "2015-02-21T21:16:10Z")
I watched the reruns when Disney Channel was doing the Disney Vault thing. I mostly watched for Zorro, but the MMC was okay to watch, too. (I kinda crushed a bit on Annette, which I’m sure I’m not alone.) The live action movies like _The Nutty Professor_ or _The Computer That Wore Tennis Shoes_ were fun too. Still, I did not get the reference. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/45 "2015-02-21T21:39:21Z")
60 years old. Recognized it instantly. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/46 "2015-02-21T21:42:55Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > He later danced the light craptastic on the Lawrence Welk Show, which, when it was 30 below I had to watch, thanks to my parents, when there was nothing else to do. Bobby and Cissy! Aren’t they _wunnerful_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/47 "2015-02-21T21:44:56Z")
I loved _ **MMC** _ when I was little, but I honestly don’t remember “Here’s your ears!” I do recall laughing every time Donald Duck tried to horn in on the action, though. Even when I was three or four, I understood what was going on! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/48 "2015-02-21T23:09:35Z")
I got it immediately, but I’m 62 years old. But can an expression or reference that a 60-year old gets and a 25-year old doesn’t ever be hip? ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/49 "2015-02-21T23:52:16Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > I pass out the b-cards to new employees, and I’ve always said as I do “here’s your ears!” > :o Do any of your employees suggest Reservoir Dogs, or American troops trophy-hunting in Vietnam? > [@DummyGladHands](#): > > I’m just weird. :o Yes. Yes you are. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/50 "2015-02-22T00:38:32Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Do any of your employees suggest Reservoir Dogs, or American troops trophy-hunting in Vietnam? To give credit where credit is due, this was actually more of an Australian thing. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/51 "2015-02-22T01:49:34Z")
I bow to whatever insights you might have. No one came out of that war with much honour. I was trying to think of 'ear ’ things closer in time than when DummyGladHands sense of humour seems to have peaked. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/52 "2015-02-22T03:09:20Z")
Got it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Grotonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Grotonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grotonian)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/53 "2015-02-22T09:04:06Z")
I didn’t get it, and I used to watch the original MMC all the time in the mid-80’s on Disney Channel. I don’t remember ears being something that were given or earned. They just had them for some scenes. Was, “Here’s your ears,” something they said on the show? To me, it seems like saying, “Here’s your hammer,” and expecting people to understand a “Thor” reference. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/54 "2015-02-22T10:17:41Z")
Got it straight away. The original series in glorious black and white was a staple in the 60s on Australian TV. Maybe they are waiting for… “Reach right out…” Since you didn’t offer them their hat (what a hat!) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/55 "2015-02-22T10:41:20Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Here’s is singular. Ears are plural. Here are your ears. > > One must always match count, mustn’t one? Unless one has a poetic license, in which case one is allowed to deviate from accepted grammar and syntax to achieve the higher goal of creating a rhyme (here’s – ears). One must assume that Disney had sufficient resources to buy off the Poetic Licensing Bureau. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/56 "2015-02-22T15:27:01Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > One must assume that Disney had sufficient resources to buy off the Poetic Licensing Bureau. Along with U.S. presidents and Congress every time Mickey Mouse approaches the age of rodent copyright majority, one assumes. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/57 "2015-02-22T15:33:22Z")
My first thought was “Here are your headphones.” And I used to watch the original Mickey Mouse club… ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/58 "2015-02-23T14:38:09Z")
Thanks guys, honestly, I never mentioned nor did it ever cross my mind to be annoyed or even surprised when someone didn’t get it (or no one as it turned out)- - I’m perfectly happy chuckling to myself. I just welcomed everyone silently to this Mickey Mouse organization. I just wondered, given the diverse nature of this message board, if anyone would get it. And some did! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189/59 "2015-02-24T14:45:09Z")
I’m 59, and if my boss ever said “here’s your ears” I would automatically respond “you’re an honorary Mouseketeer” and ask which day was Anything Can Happen Day. Regards, Shodan ETA - at the end of the first day, do you sing \*"Now it’s time To say good-bye To all our company. M-I-C (See you real soon!) K-E-Y (Why? Because we **like** you) M-O-U-S-E…\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-said-to-you-heres-your-ears-would-you-get-the-reference/713189.md?page=2)