Posted by ayuda on April 22, 2003, at 12:35:48
In reply to Re: Soilent Green Is People/ayuda, posted by kara lynne on April 22, 2003, at 0:28:40
> Well thank you! I was *waiting* for someone to notice!
As a historian of US popular culture, I am so worried that the great movies, tv shows and jokes of the past few decades will be lost soon. I know that TVLand and Nick at Night show old tv shows, but there are many that are not shown, and lots more movies and books, on which we draw our "common" jokes and references. Sometimes I hear a broadcaster on tv say something that is a line from a 70s tv show or movie, and I think, do kids even get that?
I almost insulted one of my students, though, not knowing he is almost 30, by making reference to George Romero, and asking if that was too obscure a reference. He responded that he isn't THAT young to not know of the Romero zombie movies. So now we trade .wav files of Monty Python quotes!
So not only did I notice the Soilent Green reference (which I found out last night is the name of a metal band these days too, by the way), I am grateful for it!
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