# What was popular in 1944? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918 "2004-11-21T05:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/21 "2004-11-21T15:50:03Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Oh dear. It wasn’t intended as racist at all. FWIW, it didn’t strike me as such. We were at war, and a nasty one at that. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/22 "2004-11-21T16:12:32Z")
[_Batman in the Forties_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401202063/qid=1101053406/br=1-13/ref=br_lf_b_13//103-0516728-3825423?v=glance&s=books&n=170108). [_Archie Americana Series: Best of the Forties_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1879794004/qid=1101053824/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/103-0516728-3825423?v=glance&s=books). ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/23 "2004-11-21T18:11:01Z")
[Vintage 8oz. Coke in green longneck bottles.](http://www.sodaking.com/product_info.php?products_id=941) ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/24 "2004-11-21T18:46:58Z")
There is [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NFXY/qid=1101063408/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-4510301-6303345?v=glance&s=dvd) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/25 "2004-11-22T01:40:02Z")
How about a war bond, or a replica of a war bond, made up to look like it was given to him on his birthday in '44? You can frame it up, and if it’s a replica, let him know that it holds no redemption value. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/26 "2004-11-22T03:17:35Z")
If he was born on December 5, he shares a birthday with Margaret Cho (1968) Doctor Dré (1963) Andy Kim (1952) Morgan Brittany (1951) “Katherine Wentworth” on Dallas (1981-1984; 1985; 1987) Jim Plunkett (1947) Led the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders to two Super Bowl Championships (1981, 1984). Calvin Trillin (1935) Little Richard (1932) Otto Preminger (1906) Walt Disney (1901) Fritz Lang (1890) An interesting selection ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/27 "2004-11-22T09:35:54Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > FWIW, it didn’t strike me as such. We were at war, and a nasty one at that. Be that as it may, there are those of us who have Japanese wives {and, I’m sure, there are posters of Japanese descent} who found it deeply offensive. Would you let a post which said “killing niggers” ride because it was on a thread asking for suggestions for a time capsule commerorating the 1950’s? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/28 "2004-11-22T20:31:21Z")
> [@Hometownboy](#): > > If he was born on December 5, he shares a birthday with > > Margaret Cho (1968) > Doctor Dré (1963) > Andy Kim (1952) > Morgan Brittany (1951) “Katherine Wentworth” on Dallas (1981-1984; 1985; 1987) > > Jim Plunkett (1947) Led the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders to two Super Bowl Championships (1981, 1984). > > Calvin Trillin (1935) > Little Richard (1932) > Otto Preminger (1906) > Walt Disney (1901) > Fritz Lang (1890) > > An interesting selection Thanks it! Get him a Doctor Dre record. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918/29 "2004-11-22T20:33:21Z")
Of course make that: That’s it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-popular-in-1944/275918.md?page=1)