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Chocoholic · 02-22-2007, 12:49 PM

You're sitting with a group of children. Either they are your own children with their friends, related to you somehow, or you're working with them, it doesn't matter. They are discussing TV shows they like and one of them will inevitably pipe up saying, "I love watching these old shows like Full House, Family Matters, Home Improvement, etc. <list any show you remember watching as a kid here>"

You think to yourself, "Wait a minute... I remember watching these shows back when they origionally aired! They are NOT old!!!"

Has this happened to anyone else or am I just crazy?

Number 9 Dream · 02-22-2007, 12:56 PM

Oh god, yes! That has definitely happened to me. Also, I get a lot of the 'No, I don't know who that is', or 'I've never heard of them', when I mention a lot celebrities or bands from the early 90's.

Liza · 02-22-2007, 01:01 PM

My brother is convinced that Saved By the Bell is an ancient show. I nearly cried. He says, "Come on, that show's so old. It's gotta be from the 80s at least!"

I said, look, first of all, it's from the early 90s, not 80s; and second of all, the 80s weren't THAT long ago!

Chocoholic · 02-22-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 9 Dream

Oh god, yes! That has definitely happened to me. Also, I get a lot of the 'No, I don't know who that is', or 'I've never heard of them', when I mention a lot celebrities or bands from the early 90's.

Yes, that happens a lot to me too.

Late 80's and 90's is NOT old, darn it!!!

Maybe I need to go work with the elderly population...

Liza · 02-22-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 9 Dream

Oh god, yes! That has definitely happened to me. Also, I get a lot of the 'No, I don't know who that is', or 'I've never heard of them', when I mention a lot celebrities or bands from the early 90's.

Oh, but then there's the other side of it. Like the kids who find Mary Kate and Ashley to be "hot." And we all remember them as being babies on Full House.

I just find that wrong!

Number 9 Dream · 02-22-2007, 01:22 PM

Yeah, that is way too weird for me!

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Originally Posted by Liza

Oh, but then there's the other side of it. Like the kids who find Mary Kate and Ashley to be "hot." And we all remember them as being babies on Full House.

I just find that wrong!

Number 9 Dream · 02-22-2007, 01:23 PM

Oh yeah, I know! When I see peoples' birth years on this board ranging from 1990-1992, I get a little weirded out.

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Originally Posted by Homeriffic

Yes, that happens a lot to me too.

Late 80's and 90's is NOT old, darn it!!!

Maybe I need to go work with the elderly population...

PZelda · 02-22-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 9 Dream

Oh yeah, I know! When I see peoples' birth years on this board ranging from 1990-1992, I get a little weirded out.

Yeah, I have things from BEFORE people here were born. I've been in school for a really ****ing long time- and I already had several years of school under my belt by the time a lot of people here were born too -- I started school in 1987 for the 1987-1988 school year, BTW. That's 20 academic years now.

Fortunately, I haven't had too many problems with the TV show thing. Buuuut... a while back, I think it was before New Years sometime? I was at the mall, people-watching. This girl wearing a letterman jacket walked past me. You know how on letterman jackets, the year of HS graduation will be sewn on one of the sleeves? Well, the sleeve with the girl's year of HS graduation was facing me when she walked by, and guess what it said? 11. As in... 2011. That gal was only in the EIGHTH grade. AGH. I seriously almost started crying right then and there. When I was in eighth grade, she was but a tiny child.(!)

JuicyCoutureGirl · 02-22-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Liza

My brother is convinced that Saved By the Bell is an ancient show. I nearly cried. He says, "Come on, that show's so old. It's gotta be from the 80s at least!"

I said, look, first of all, it's from the early 90s, not 80s; and second of all, the 80s weren't THAT long ago!

SAVED BY THE BELL OLD?

My god, i'm old.

My kids think the shows I used to watch are on the same level as black and white T.V: old as dirt.

My oldest had her friends over the house and they went through my DVD collection, they paused when they went through my T.V collections and laughed. I asked them what was so funny and they said something about Martin, The Facts of Life, The Golden Girls, and The Fresh Prince being old.

My daughters and I were watching T.V one night and they looked at each other and said "Wow, Roseanne sure is old to be on Nick at Nite, mommy, do you remember that show?" I almost fell out. They even think that Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and Living Single is old!

retrochick9 · 02-22-2007, 02:58 PM

I'm a recent career changer and I'm a substitute teacher until I can get a job. I was in a 5th grade classroom a couple weeks ago with a student teacher. He was giving a spelling test and used the word in a sentence and said something like, "O.J. Simpson was on trial for a very long time", one of the kids said, "Who's O.J. Simpson?", the other teacher and I just STARED at eachother for about 30 seconds, LOL!!!!!
Dates of birth also freak me out too. When I was working at a store and we would hire people, some were born in 1990. Even scarier, I just did student teaching in kindergarten and they were born in 2001!!! Some would say, "My birthday is February 18th, 2001" That's when you start to feel like a fossil, LOL

JuicyCoutureGirl · 02-22-2007, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by retrochick9

I'm a recent career changer and I'm a substitute teacher until I can get a job. I was in a 5th grade classroom a couple weeks ago with a student teacher. He was giving a spelling test and used the word in a sentence and said something like, "O.J. Simpson was on trial for a very long time", one of the kids said, "Who's O.J. Simpson?", the other teacher and I just STARED at eachother for about 30 seconds, LOL!!!!!
Dates of birth also freak me out too. When I was working at a store and we would hire people, some were born in 1990. Even scarier, I just did student teaching in kindergarten and they were born in 2001!!! Some would say, "My birthday is February 18th, 2001" That's when you start to feel like a fossil, LOL

My oldest was born in 2001, I can't believe she's in kindergarten, the last time I was kindergarten, there were NO reality shows, Regan was president, and The Cosby Show wasn't on the air yet!

Chocoholic · 02-22-2007, 03:33 PM

The year thing scares me too. The kids I work with weren't even born yet when I graduated high school

catlover79 · 02-22-2007, 03:37 PM

Yes, yes, yes!! A little girl I knew from church just loved Nick At Nite. I ended up giving her these old Full House and Step by Step picture books I had bought through the school book club years before. She loved Full House, Fresh Prince and the like, even though "these shows are so old!!"

Ouch, that HURT!!!!

catlover79 · 02-22-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JuicyCoutureGirl

My oldest was born in 2001, I can't believe she's in kindergarten, the last time I was kindergarten, there were NO reality shows, Regan was president, and The Cosby Show wasn't on the air yet!

Same here!! We're fossils, Tai!!

JuicyCoutureGirl · 02-22-2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Same here!! We're fossils, Tai!!

Tell me about it, she even teased me about not having 300+ channels on T.V like we have now.

02-22-2007, 12:49 PM	#1
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I'm sure if you have kids or work with them, this has happened to you... You're sitting with a group of children. Either they are your own children with their friends, related to you somehow, or you're working with them, it doesn't matter. They are discussing TV shows they like and one of them will inevitably pipe up saying, "I love watching these old shows like Full House, Family Matters, Home Improvement, etc. <list any show you remember watching as a kid here>" You think to yourself, "Wait a minute... I remember watching these shows back when they origionally aired! They are NOT old!!!" Has this happened to anyone else or am I just crazy?

02-22-2007, 12:56 PM	#2
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catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Yes, yes, yes!! A little girl I knew from church just loved Nick At Nite. I ended up giving her these old Full House and Step by Step picture books I had bought through the school book club years before. She loved Full House, Fresh Prince and the like, even though "these shows are so old!!" Ouch, that HURT!!!!
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02-22-2007, 01:01 PM	#3
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	My brother is convinced that Saved By the Bell is an ancient show. I nearly cried. He says, "Come on, that show's so old. It's gotta be from the 80s at least!" I said, look, first of all, it's from the early 90s, not 80s; and second of all, the 80s weren't THAT long ago!

02-22-2007, 02:58 PM	#10
retrochick9 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: On the couch, in my jammies, watching TV! Posts: 620	I'm a recent career changer and I'm a substitute teacher until I can get a job. I was in a 5th grade classroom a couple weeks ago with a student teacher. He was giving a spelling test and used the word in a sentence and said something like, "O.J. Simpson was on trial for a very long time", one of the kids said, "Who's O.J. Simpson?", the other teacher and I just STARED at eachother for about 30 seconds, LOL!!!!! Dates of birth also freak me out too. When I was working at a store and we would hire people, some were born in 1990. Even scarier, I just did student teaching in kindergarten and they were born in 2001!!! Some would say, "My birthday is February 18th, 2001" That's when you start to feel like a fossil, LOL

02-22-2007, 03:33 PM	#12
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	The year thing scares me too. The kids I work with weren't even born yet when I graduated high school