# KITH References are Wasted on the Young **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548 "2014-12-30T17:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/41 "2014-12-31T11:13:19Z")
Don’t you spell back at me young man! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/42 "2015-01-02T06:43:09Z")
Arise manservant Hecubus! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/43 "2015-01-02T16:12:21Z")
Even in their prime, Kids in the Hall were not a huge cultural phenomenon. I’m 53, I watched a few episodes of their show, and liked a few of their bits… but if a KITH fanatic quoted me some punchlines or catchphrases from the show, I wouldn’t recognize most of them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/44 "2015-01-02T18:29:01Z")
How about a chocolate choo choo? It’s a girl drink. Don’t disappoint me, Ray. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/45 "2015-01-02T18:31:32Z")
If you people don’t start making sense right away, _I’m gonna let the monkeys out._ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/46 "2015-01-02T19:15:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If you people don’t start making sense right away, _I’m gonna let the monkeys out._ […but first, _the whores!_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJNsZgHCVKU) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/47 "2015-01-02T22:20:28Z")
The main thing I remember from the show is some fake perfume ad or something with Booker T/Harlem Heat’s theme playing in the background. Well, that and the chicken lady. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/48 "2015-01-03T03:23:22Z")
Fine ham abounds. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/49 "2015-01-03T05:40:19Z")
I claim this thread for Mother Russia! ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/50 "2015-01-03T06:14:13Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > How about a chocolate choo choo? It’s a girl drink. Don’t disappoint me, Ray. “He’s a girl-drink drunk”! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/51 "2015-01-03T10:31:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Rod Torkelson’s _Armada_, featuring Herman Menderchuck Having been a dental supply salesman for 4 years and a merchant marine for 4 and a half months, I think it’s safe to say I know a little something about the music industry. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548/52 "2015-01-03T10:52:00Z")
Just my opinion, but I give you what I think is [_ **their greatest sketch ever!** _](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgILxqN_jxE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kith-references-are-wasted-on-the-young/708548.md?page=2)