# Old pop culture hits different now that I'm older. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955 "2019-09-28T16:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/21 "2019-09-30T12:25:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > …And now that I have raised children, I wonder how many fucking times Joan Crawford told Christina not to put wire hangers in the closet before she lost her shit. This made me laugh. Animal House is a good one: a bunch of privileged little shits, not that different than the other frat house. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/22 "2019-09-30T12:46:38Z")
I’d have bashed Gilliigan’s head in with a coconut while he slept the second time he screwed up our rescue. Seriously, ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/23 "2019-09-30T13:05:55Z")
**The Brady Bunch** seemed to have a good old time. Sure, they had their problems-braces, glasses, getting hit in the nose with a football- but things always shook out in the end. Oh please. Sharing a bedroom with two other people? Nope. Sharing one bathroom with five other people, three of which are males? Aw hell no! Derwood on **Bewitched** was an insufferable twat. I know we were supposed to think he’s kind of a numpty but Sam loves him so deep down he’s a good guy. Nuh-uh. He’s a selfish, chauvinistic, insecure prick through and through. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/24 "2019-09-30T13:12:38Z")
In a similar vein to Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie. How did Tony Nelsen get by in the military being such a wimp in the office and such an ogre at home? At least J.R. was consistent, and more believable. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/25 "2019-09-30T13:50:08Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Derwood on **Bewitched** was an insufferable twat. I know we were supposed to think he’s kind of a numpty but Sam loves him so deep down he’s a good guy. Nuh-uh. He’s a selfish, chauvinistic, insecure prick through and through. Yeah, the first Darrin tried to tell **me** not to use magic to clean he’d’ve found himself in the age of the dinosaurs. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/26 "2019-09-30T14:24:05Z")
**Ides of March** ’s, “Vehicle,” is one of my favorite songs, but the lyrics seem skeevey(sp?) now. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/27 "2019-09-30T14:42:05Z")
I can’t say it only started bothering me recently – I’ve ground this particular axe since the early 1980s in fact – but The Pointer Sisters, [Fire](https://genius.com/The-pointer-sisters-fire-lyrics) (link to lyrics, I assume you know the song well enough to be earwormed without me playing it for you), is a nasty piece of #metoo paraphernalia. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/28 "2019-09-30T15:24:55Z")
In All in the Family there was an episode about a riddle. It was difficult to figure out because the doctor in the riddle was a woman. Everyone expected a doctor to be a man. It wouldn’t even be a riddle now. Also, when I watch All in the Family and the audience or a character reacts, I don’t get it until I remember that a black doctor or mixed race couple, or whatever was unusual back then. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/29 "2019-09-30T15:32:47Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I can’t say it only started bothering me recently – I’ve ground this particular axe since the early 1980s in fact – but The Pointer Sisters, [Fire](https://genius.com/The-pointer-sisters-fire-lyrics) (link to lyrics, I assume you know the song well enough to be earwormed without me playing it for you), is a nasty piece of #metoo paraphernalia. I don’t get it:confused: The singer is admitting that even though she’s turning the guy away, she really digs him. Sorry if I’m misunderstanding your comment. Also, back when was a hit, when they sang the line “I’m ridin’ in your car, you turn on the radio” the station would insert its call letters (in my case it was KHJ) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/30 "2019-09-30T15:35:23Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > This made me laugh. > Animal House is a good one: a bunch of privileged little shits, not that different than the other frat house. Well yeah, it’s based on the writers’ experiences in college, primarily Chris Miller’s recollections of his days as a Alpha Delta Phi at Dartmouth in the 1960s (he was the original “Pinto”) I always figured it was sort of a relative kind of thing- while they were all privileged enough to be in college, there were the “privileged” sorts who ended up in Omega with Marmalard and Niedermeyer, and then there were the slobs and weirdos who ended up in Delta. I had no impression that it was class warfare, just that Delta was more accepting of oddballs and people who didn’t fit the more classic mold. Speaking of frat movies, watching **“Revenge of the Nerds”** is kind of an amazing experience in today’s culture. You’ve got casual racism and homophobia, rape, peeping/privacy invasion, drug and alcohol use, and bullying all in one movie in the name of comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/31 "2019-09-30T15:36:53Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > **The Brady Bunch** seemed to have a good old time. Sure, they had their problems-braces, glasses, **getting hit in the nose with a football** - but things always shook out in the end. 117 episodes, but if you ask random people to describe an episode, more often than not the only one people remember is that one! It even got referenced during the NFL broadcast yesterday. I find that fascinating. I wonder if there are other shows like that. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/32 "2019-09-30T15:52:09Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **Ides of March** ’s, “Vehicle,” is one of my favorite songs, but the lyrics seem skeevey(sp?) now. Around the same time, there’s ‘The Rapper’ by the Jaggerz. Nothing to do with rapping, but it’s a warning to women to beware of smooth-talking men who will ‘befriend them’ - and then try to get them alone in order to rape them. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/33 "2019-09-30T15:58:12Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t get it:confused: The singer is admitting that even though she’s turning the guy away, she really digs him. Sorry if I’m misunderstanding your comment. > > Also, back when was a hit, when they sang the line “I’m ridin’ in your car, you turn on the radio” the station would insert its call letters (in my case it was KHJ) She’s turning him away and probably has a good reason. He could be married (or she could), have a disease, be a criminal type, whatever - sh knows it’s a bad idea for them to hook up. She knows it’s her hormones revving up in close proximity, and she is using her head instead of giving into a physical response. Actually a pretty good song, fewer people in the world should just roll over when they get that funny feeling in their pants. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/34 "2019-09-30T16:00:06Z")
As I get older I identify with Al Bundy from Married With Children more and more. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/35 "2019-09-30T16:58:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Yeah, the first Darrin tried to tell **me** not to use magic to clean he’d’ve found himself in the age of the dinosaurs. Now I know why they needed a second Darrin. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/36 "2019-09-30T17:07:05Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wvUQcnfwUUM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGMBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgYChVMA8=&rs=AOn4CLC3mFzOTE0EyKn4U5hlnvM5xnVp8g "Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ORIGINAL 1970") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM) Mungo Jerry - In the summertime When this came out I didn’t have access to a car - too young to be driving anyway and didn’t know anyone who had a car. I do remember the Don’t Drink and Drive public safety adverts but never really related to them. The song sort of went invisible after the major chart success and I though little about it - after all there were plenty other songs around Year later I heard the song again on a golden oldies type show, that’s when I picked out the following lyrics ‘Have a drink, have a drive Go out and see what you can find’ The bit about ‘If her daddy is rich take her out for a meal If her daddy is poor just do what you feel’ Seems somewhat skeevy to me, I can just imagine those privileged frat boys taking this advice to heart. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/37 "2019-09-30T17:12:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’d have bashed Gilliigan’s head in with a coconut while he slept the second time he screwed up our rescue. Seriously, The trope is called “Just eat Gilligan.” Definitely would have gotten them off the island (and into a prison). ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/38 "2019-09-30T17:35:03Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The trope is called “Just eat Gilligan.” Definitely would have gotten them off the island (and into a prison). Would it actually get them into prison though? Who would have jurisdiction over the island? I guess it depends on whether the island was truly undiscovered before the castaways landed there, or if it was claimed by some sovereign nation but just not inhabited. I haven’t actually many episodes of Gilligan’s Island, so I have no idea if that was established or not. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/39 "2019-09-30T17:37:10Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > **The Brady Bunch** seemed to have a good old time. Sure, they had their problems-braces, glasses, getting hit in the nose with a football- but things always shook out in the end. > > Oh please. Sharing a bedroom with two other people? Nope. Sharing one bathroom with five other people, three of which are males? Aw hell no! It wasn’t until I spent some time in architecture school that I realized what a lousy architect Mike Brady was. Hell, I flunked out and I could have designed a house better than that! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955/40 "2019-09-30T17:54:24Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > It wasn’t until I spent some time in architecture school that I realized what a lousy architect Mike Brady was. Hell, I flunked out and I could have designed a house better than that! Well, he did manage to fit a second story inside of a single floor house! The TARDIS has got nothing on the Brady house! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-pop-culture-hits-different-now-that-im-older/840955.md?page=3)