# If the SDMB existed 40+ years ago **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317 "2008-10-10T14:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/1 "2008-10-10T14:13:06Z")
If the Board existed before The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Star Wars, Monty Python, etc., what TV shows and movies would we be quoting incessantly? I’m thinking Marx Brothers, and possibly Firesign Theater. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/2 "2008-10-10T14:21:04Z")
The Brits would be quoting from the Goon Show – you silly, twisted fool, you! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/3 "2008-10-10T14:22:55Z")
Outer Limits vs. Twilight Zone ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/4 "2008-10-10T14:40:51Z")
Would we be arranging a Dope-fest for the summer\* in Chicago ('68)? And would “Dope-fest” mean the same thing? When we discussed albums in Cafe Society, we would be talking about albums. \*“Riot season’s coming up. Don’t forget your helmets.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/5 "2008-10-10T14:47:14Z")
“Need answer quick! My mainframe won’t run LISP!” “Doper parents: What do you think of that new educational show, Sesame Street?” “Is Mr. Rogers a commie?” “Is Nixon forked?” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/6 "2008-10-10T14:52:51Z")
Ask the guy who went to school with Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan). They are planning a show based on the Tracy Ullman shorts. BAD IDEA! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/7 "2008-10-10T15:00:50Z")
**The BBQ Pit** - In which I Pit Bob Dylan for stabbing folk music in the back at the Newport Festival! LBJ kills another 100 soldiers! **Great Debates** - Is Vietnam winnable? Did Johnson conspire with the FBI to kill Kennedy? **MPSIMS** - Is Jackie Kennedy sneaking around with an old rich Greek? Are these bell bottoms wide enough at the cuff? A very Woodstock MMP ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/8 "2008-10-10T15:05:55Z")
I think GD would look something like this: The Kennedy Assassination: Conspiracy or Lone Nut? Why are we Really in Viet Nam? Is Containment of Communism Really Necessary? Ethics of Draft Dodging What Will LBJ’s Legacy Be? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/9 "2008-10-10T16:15:23Z")
I know my thread title is a bit generic, but could we keep this to pop culture references? Thanks. Oh, and we’d definitely be quoting Warner Bros. cartoons (not that we don’t now, but without Simpsons or Family Guy I think we’d be relying on Bugs and Daffy even more). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/10 "2008-10-10T16:19:49Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > I know my thread title is a bit generic, but could we keep this to pop culture references? Thanks. Oh, and we’d definitely be quoting Warner Bros. cartoons (not that we don’t now, but without Simpsons or Family Guy I think we’d be relying on Bugs and Daffy even more). Whoops! I didn’t realize this was in CS, combined with the fact that the Sixties, as a concept, is basically pop culture now, made me lose track of the purpose of the thread. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/11 "2008-10-10T16:20:46Z")
Sock it to me, baby. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/12 "2008-10-10T16:23:31Z")
The Avengers 10/9: How Emma jumped the shark. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/13 "2008-10-10T17:00:09Z")
Batman 10/10/68 (Open Spoilers) (Guessing on the year) Similar spoiler threads for _Dragnet_, _Gunsmoke_, maybe first run _Star Trek._… What should I do if I took the blue acid? (need answer fast) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/14 "2008-10-10T17:06:14Z")
If it helps, here’s the network TV schedule from 1968-69 > **[1968–69 United States network television schedule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968-69_United_States_network_television_schedule)** > > The following is the 1968–69 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1968 through August 1969. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1967–68 season. > New fall series are highlighted in bold. > Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Resea... ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/15 "2008-10-10T17:43:35Z")
> [@DfrntBreign](#): > > Would we be arranging a Dope-fest for the summer\* in Chicago ('68)? And would “Dope-fest” mean the same thing? > > When we discussed albums in Cafe Society, we would be talking about albums. > > \*“Riot season’s coming up. Don’t forget your helmets.” In '68, there’d be no ‘dope-fests.’ There’d be “Dope-Ins.” Threads that would be ongoing- -Is Paul McCartney dead? -Haight-Ashbury vs. Swinging London? -the upcoming presidential election (Nixon vs. Humphrye vs. Wallace). -Who fathered Mama Cass’s baby? -Peyton Place 10/?/68. (spoilers!) -Ask the Draft Dodger living in Newfoundland. -Joni or Joan? Jim or Mick? -Are all gay men as screechy & whiney & pathetic as they are in “Boys In the Band?” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/16 "2008-10-10T17:50:37Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > The Avengers 10/9: How Emma jumped the shark. Happy Days: Fonzie is the coolest shark jumper ever. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/17 "2008-10-10T17:51:40Z")
The Pit: Stop putting -GATE on the end of everything scandalous! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/18 "2008-10-10T17:52:13Z")
Who’s this “Fonzie”? And what’s all this about ‘jumping a shark’? (It’s 1968! Fonzie didn’t exist yet!) ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/19 "2008-10-10T18:00:41Z")
“Meanwhile, in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota…” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317/20 "2008-10-10T18:04:36Z")
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