Heck, why stop at 40-50 years ago?
The Straight Dope 1955-1965
What’s this “stereo” I keep hearing about?
Matrlon Brando vs. Paul Newman vs. Charlton Heston
OMG! James Garner is leaving Maverick
The Straight Dope 1945-1955
New songwriter Willie Nelson. Anyone else heard of him?
Rock and roll is teh SUX!
Need help tuning my television receiver
The Straight Dope 1935-1945
Do you prefer movies in color or black and white?
Edger Bergen Radio Ventriloquist – Yeah, like that’ll work
Why are some men so fascinated with Judy Garland?
Some guy on the TV was saying there would be a computer in every home in the future. Are these technical guys nuts? What the hell would the average joe need a computer for?
jayjay
October 13, 2008, 5:24pm
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And where would they put it? I know I don’t have an extra room just to stuff ENIAC into.
I think the existence of the SDMB presupposes the Internet & computers in every house.
Heck, why stop at 40-50 years ago?
The Straight Dope 1935-1945
that is the best one in the whole thread.
NDP
October 14, 2008, 2:50am
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Getting back to 1968:
The 2001: A Space Odyssey discussion thread: will somebody please explain what the hell was going on?(SPOILERS)
How could Bob Gibson finish the season with an 1.12 ERA and still LOSE NINE?
Vote for Nixon and you’ll be sorry!
IMHO:
Eddie Munster or Pugsley Addams
Yllaria
October 14, 2008, 4:18pm
68
Not only was it on the radar, it was prime time. So we’d be doing Gilliganisms whenever someone used a big word.
[Gilligan]And not only that, it also fell into tiny pieces.[/Gilligan]
1950 MMP: My friends and I had a gay old time at our weinie eating roast. Afterwards we smoked a few fags. Does that make us queer?
What_Exit:
This is easy, Marx Brothers and Bugs as you said but also Get Smart, Beatles in general, Star Trek & the Smothers Brother meet the 40+ years criteria. Laugh-In does not.
Laugh-In most certainly does fit the 40-year criteria, just barely. It premiered on January 22, 1968. Do you remember Richard Nixon saying, “Sock it to me?” And you can put that in your Funk & Wagnall’s.
cochrane:
Laugh-In most certainly does fit the 40-year criteria, just barely. It premiered on January 22, 1968. Do you remember Richard Nixon saying, “Sock it to me?” And you can put that in your Funk & Wagnall’s.
I stand corrected, I thought it was exactly 40 years old. I will use the excuse that I wasn’t even two yet.
NDP
October 14, 2008, 6:24pm
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[1950 mindset]I don’t think you’re any more eccentric than anybody else from Brtain. (You are British, right? That’s because I’ve only heard people from the British Isles refer to cigarettes as “fags.”)[/1950 mindset]
Back to 1968:
The BBQ PitQuestion: is the NBC programming department staffed by numbskulls or nimcompoops? (re: switch from Raiders v. Jets game to “Heidi”)
The Game RoomWill the AFL ever be as good as the NFL?
Does the “Year of the Pitcher” mean a new “Dead Ball” era?
How many seasons before the New York Mets crack .500?
Cafe SocietyThe Beatles or Dylan?
"Their Satanic Majesties Request": what kind of bad acid did the Stones drop to produce this crap?
Jimmy Page is starting a new group. Will it will fly?
goodie
October 14, 2008, 11:02pm
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Mace or Cardamom for the secret ingredient on my apple pie submission? Need answer quick!
Best pocketknife to give a 5 yr old for Christmas.
What’s the best way to snub our town whore?
Favorite Ethel Merman solo’s.
Yul Brenner, IS he Caucasian?
Funniest family polio stories.
Bomb shelter decorating ideas.
glee
October 15, 2008, 2:17am
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England win the World Cup! *
*that’s soccer for you lot across the pond…
Lumpy
October 16, 2008, 12:31am
75
No ABC network here; what am I missing?
(My original hometown of Savannah GA didn’t have an ABC affiliate until 1970.)
I am so sick of getting up to change the TV channel!
Seven channels of programming and nothing good on!
Will adding aluminum foil ‘wings’ to my TV antenna improve the picture?
Is soda pop a special occasion drink for you?
Ladies, have you ever worn trousers in public?
I’ll never give up my white gloves, no matter what anybody says!
Today I met a man who wasn’t wearing a hat (He wasn’t poor, or anything. What would explain such behavior?)
Anybody here not have ‘obey’ in your wedding vows?
Help! How can I stop some of ‘those people’ from moving into my neighborhood?
What’s your favorite TV dinner, the meatloaf or the pork chop?
Is it true that jazz drummers smoke marihuana?
What’s growing in your victory garden?
Yes, we have no bananas!
What’s the best way to put boxcutters in your carry on luggage while flying?
Let’s celebrate! Anyone up for a 9/11 NYC/Pennsylvania/DC MegaDopefest?
Q: Who would win in a fight, Doc Savage or John Carter?
A: Doc Savage, if he’s prepared.
Cafe Society - circa 1968
How much longer will Johnny Carson stay on The Tonight Show?
So, I hear Hollywood’s making a movie about some WW2 general…and it’s NOT about Ike or Doug!
Will PBS ever be the mythical ‘4th Network’?
Will Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ever be considered a classic?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -WTF?
I bet Jeannie would kick Sam Stevens butt!
