# Pop culture flotsam: things that long outlive the work they came from **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161 "2007-09-05T20:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/101 "2007-09-10T22:22:47Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Angel] According to an episode of Quite Interesting, the very common Nokia ringtone was a piece by a [Spanish classical guitarist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_T%C3%A1rrega) [/QUOTE] Similarly, the default Nokia text message receipt tune is the Morse code for SMS (Short Message Service). I guess that’s the only time most people will hear Morse. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/102 "2007-09-10T22:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=ftg] “Hey, I’m walkin’ here.” (Said in a Brooklyn accent of course.) Comes from the only X-rated (at the time) film to win Best Picture. Given the “adult” stigma the film still has, it doesn’t air that much on the movie channels… [/QUOTE] Didn’t the MPAA reduce it’s rating to R over 20 years ago? 😕 BTW what X/NC-17 rated films have won Academy Awards since then? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/103 "2007-09-10T22:42:22Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] BTW, don’t have time to search every post in this thread, but have [Rube Goldberg Devices](http://toonopedia.com/devices.htm) been mentioned yet? [/QUOTE] In the UK a very similar idea is expressed in terms of [Heath Robinson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Robinson) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/104 "2007-09-11T00:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] Didn’t the MPAA reduce it’s rating to R over 20 years ago? 😕 BTW what X/NC-17 rated films have won Academy Awards since then? [/QUOTE] Although _Midnight Cowboy_ was originally rated X, it was re-rated R in 1971. As far as I know, no other X- or NC-17-rated films have won Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/105 "2007-09-11T16:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] “I’m falling and I can’t get up!” - From an ad for some Medic-Alert service, circa 1988-89. [/QUOTE] (pedant) “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” (/pedant) The company (or a similar service) is still in business, although obviously they don’t use THAT particular ad any more. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/106 "2007-09-11T16:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan] (pedant) “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” (/pedant) The company (or a similar service) is still in business, although obviously they don’t use THAT particular ad any more. [/QUOTE] At one point, one of those pendant companies did a remake of the ad, but the actress was terrible…a monotone “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” while stretched out on the floor. ---
**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 11, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/107 "2007-09-11T16:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=ftg] “Hey, I’m walkin’ here.” (Said in a Brooklyn accent of course.) [/QUOTE] I’ve always thought the line was meant to be a parody of the older line “Hey, I’m working here.” ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/108 "2007-09-11T17:16:02Z")
Actually, it was an ad-lib. They were filming on a busy street, and needed to get the shot and move on. As they were crossing and running the scene, that car came cruising right through the crosswalk (as cars in NYC are wont to do). Hoffman wanted to yell “Hey, asshole, we’re filming here!” but he couldn’t (because they were out of time for this shot and couldn’t go again), so he yelled the next thing that popped into his head. The guy ignored him and drove on. But now he can say he was in a scene with Dustin Hoffman! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/109 "2007-09-11T17:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Actually, it was an ad-lib. [/QUOTE] [Maybe, maybe not.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy) See the “Production” entry. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/110 "2007-09-11T19:18:54Z")
Huh. Yeah, I heard Hoffman tell it… ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161/111 "2007-09-11T20:55:04Z")
I often use the phrase “I love it when a plan comes together.” It was brought to my attention and horror that it is a quote from “The A-Team” which I never watched. I’m also thrilled to be a part of the planet that promotes the phrase “I’m your Huckleberry.” to the diaspora. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-flotsam-things-that-long-outlive-the-work-they-came-from/418161.md?page=5)