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treky · 01-27-2008, 11:00 PM

my 16 year old nephew and me were playing a trivia quiz on his fathers (my brother-in-laws) I-pod this afternoon. The catagory was "Entertainment" and one of the questions was "how were Jethro Bodine and Elly May Clampett related"-and he (my nephew) had never heard of them!

Then I told him that they were in "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"-and he didn't know what that is!

He said "Is that a TV show, or a movie, or something"?

Now I KNOW I'm old!

Mr. Television · 01-27-2008, 11:01 PM

That's the modern generation for you.

Mikado · 01-27-2008, 11:39 PM

Reminds me of something that happened herein Canada some time ago; a bunch of schoolkids were asked "Who was John A MacDonald?" (Canadas first Prime Minister) and 90% of the children identified him as the creator of a certain chain of restaurants!

(Since that time, history classes have been reinstated in Canadian schools)

Mr. Television · 01-27-2008, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Reminds me of something that happened herein Canada some time ago; a bunch of schoolkids were asked "Who was John A MacDonald?" (Canadas first Prime Minister) and 90% of the children identified him as the creator of a certain chain of restaurants!

(Since that time, history classes have been reinstated in Canadian schools)

Yea everybody knows Ronald McDonald founded McDonalds.

Mikado · 01-28-2008, 12:20 AM

Actually it was Ray Kroc

(But, i'm sure you knew that)

Mr. Television · 01-28-2008, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Actually it was Ray Kroc

(But, i'm sure you knew that)

yea he used to own the S.D. Padres baseball team.

caladon · 01-28-2008, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Actually it was Ray Kroc

(But, i'm sure you knew that)

Actually Ray Kroc founded McDonald's systems incorporated in 1955. It originally began as a barbecue restaurant in San Bernadino, CA in the mid 40's owned by Mac and Dick McDonald. If you'd like to know more, here's a link that lays out the story of how McDonald's came to be.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Ray%20Kroc

treky · 01-28-2008, 01:09 AM

reminds me of the time I was talking to a guy I used to work with, and I mentioned the show "MASH" which was still airing on CBS at the time. (it was in its last season) This guy was in his 40s; and he had never HEARD of it!!!

Somewhere on here, there's a post from someone who said they were talking to someone about TV once; and when they mentioned "I LOVE LUCY" & "ALL IN THE FAMILY" the person had never heard of either one.

Also, my brother who's 51, didn't know there's a writers strike on, until I told him today.

hoosierelvisfan · 07-17-2008, 08:29 AM

Making me feel old reminds me of one time when my step-daughter, who is 25 years old, was talking to me once and we were talking about dvd's and the "Charlie's Angels" movie came up and I was saying how I liked the movie but I like the TV series better and she looked at me and said, "You mean they had a TV show about them?"

Talk about making me FEEL OLD!!!! She had never seen or even heard about the original Charlie's Angels.

Signed,
Respectfully,
Dutch

liane49 · 03-02-2013, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by hoosierelvisfan

Making me feel old reminds me of one time when my step-daughter, who is 25 years old, was talking to me once and we were talking about dvd's and the "Charlie's Angels" movie came up and I was saying how I liked the movie but I like the TV series better and she looked at me and said, "You mean they had a TV show about them?"

Talk about making me FEEL OLD!!!! She had never seen or even heard about the original Charlie's Angels.

Signed,
Respectfully,
Dutch

When Andy Williams passed away in Sept. and they talked about his variety show in the 60's and I remembered it, that made me feel old.

liane49 · 03-14-2013, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

yea he used to own the S.D. Padres baseball team.

I was around 7 or 8 when the Hillbillies first started. I don't remember watching it then but I watched it evey week in the later years and was upset when it went off the air.

lucyandethel · 03-14-2013, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Reminds me of something that happened herein Canada some time ago; a bunch of schoolkids were asked "Who was John A MacDonald?" (Canadas first Prime Minister) and 90% of the children identified him as the creator of a certain chain of restaurants!

(Since that time, history classes have been reinstated in Canadian schools)

It is the same here in the US. Kids in preschool are taught songs to sing the praises of Barack Obama, all the while, they are taught little else. Most kids graduating high school can't even formulate complete sentences, balance checkbook or even tell you who George Washington was. Unbelievable....

treky · 03-14-2013, 06:08 PM

and some of them can't even make change for a 10 or a 20.

liane49 · 10-02-2013, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by treky

reminds me of the time I was talking to a guy I used to work with, and I mentioned the show "MASH" which was still airing on CBS at the time. (it was in its last season) This guy was in his 40s; and he had never HEARD of it!!!

Somewhere on here, there's a post from someone who said they were talking to someone about TV once; and when they mentioned "I LOVE LUCY" & "ALL IN THE FAMILY" the person had never heard of either one.

Also, my brother who's 51, didn't know there's a writers strike on, until I told him today.

Talking about the guy you worked for who never herd of Mash. I have a penpal and I was talking to her about Beyonce and she said, I've herd of her but don't really know who she is. I thought that was odd and maybe she didn't watch TV. I told her she's the biggest thing in R&B music and is married to Jay-Z and their child Blue Ivy was born last year.

Frump · 10-29-2013, 12:46 PM

There are younger ppl who don't even know who Dick Van Dyke is, it REALLY makes me mad!!!!

I was born like right between generation, I know things about the older generation and the newer.

I remember on a game show they had older ppl and younger ppl, asking them question about eachother's generation, and I knew ALL of them LOL

I know who Peggy Lee is and who Mutt and Jeff were AND I know what "sexting" means lol

01-27-2008, 11:00 PM	#1
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I feel so old! my 16 year old nephew and me were playing a trivia quiz on his fathers (my brother-in-laws) I-pod this afternoon. The catagory was "Entertainment" and one of the questions was "how were Jethro Bodine and Elly May Clampett related"-and he (my nephew) had never heard of them! Then I told him that they were in "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES"-and he didn't know what that is! He said "Is that a TV show, or a movie, or something"? Now I KNOW I'm old!
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Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	There are younger ppl who don't even know who Dick Van Dyke is, it REALLY makes me mad!!!! I was born like right between generation, I know things about the older generation and the newer. I remember on a game show they had older ppl and younger ppl, asking them question about eachother's generation, and I knew ALL of them LOL I know who Peggy Lee is and who Mutt and Jeff were AND I know what "sexting" means lol
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01-27-2008, 11:39 PM	#3
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,886	Reminds me of something that happened herein Canada some time ago; a bunch of schoolkids were asked "Who was John A MacDonald?" (Canadas first Prime Minister) and 90% of the children identified him as the creator of a certain chain of restaurants! (Since that time, history classes have been reinstated in Canadian schools)

01-28-2008, 12:20 AM	#5
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,886	Actually it was Ray Kroc (But, i'm sure you knew that)

01-28-2008, 01:09 AM	#8
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	reminds me of the time I was talking to a guy I used to work with, and I mentioned the show "MASH" which was still airing on CBS at the time. (it was in its last season) This guy was in his 40s; and he had never HEARD of it!!! Somewhere on here, there's a post from someone who said they were talking to someone about TV once; and when they mentioned "I LOVE LUCY" & "ALL IN THE FAMILY" the person had never heard of either one. Also, my brother who's 51, didn't know there's a writers strike on, until I told him today.

03-14-2013, 06:08 PM	#13
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	and some of them can't even make change for a 10 or a 20.