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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
49. "lots of young people hitchhike, it seems like a good way to get from one place to another..."
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 05:02 AM
Dec 2012

different world

Yeah. I showed my kids an old Sam Kinison stand up. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #1
+1. True. Kinnison probably wouldn't last today.... or even break through. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #5
he was funny in "back to school" though bedazzled Dec 2012 #63
Anything with Terry Farrell is something good obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #91
Agreed -- not edgy, just a bigot obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #6
It's hard to gauge just how drastically things have changed over the last couple of decades. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #36
Bill Hicks holds up pretty well Merlot Dec 2012 #47
Yes he did. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #61
It was a particular routine. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #48
I don't dispute that his stuff was often disgusting, even at that time it made most Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #60
I had the same reaction and thoughts TuxedoKat Dec 2012 #70
I hated Sam Kinison as much as he hated us closeupready Dec 2012 #80
Kinison apologized abjectly just before his death WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #85
As closely as I followed him back then, I didn't know that. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #93
I remember the "Chinese cook" on Bonanza DirkGently Dec 2012 #2
Hop-Sing was always a favorite of mine,, SoCalDem Dec 2012 #13
lol obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #17
lol Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #42
I'm pretty sure he tried. gkhouston Dec 2012 #66
hey... PCIntern Dec 2012 #14
Any "love-interest" would be dead by the end of the hour SoCalDem Dec 2012 #20
God, that show really was creepy, wasn't it?! obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #22
Right, if any of the "boys" had a girlfriend, she wouldn't last more than an episode Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #30
OMG obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #31
Jesus, you're right. Even creepier than I thought. DirkGently Dec 2012 #32
Well, you know a COWBOY couldn't cook and do housework! :sarcasm: nt raccoon Dec 2012 #68
Kick, Rec. Every little bit helps. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #3
Yeah, and go a little farther back in time and it gets horrific... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #4
Breakfast at Tiffany's (movie) obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #7
I just watched that movie for the fist time last week. Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #8
Seriously obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #18
or marlon brando as an "asian" bedazzled Dec 2012 #64
Or David Carridine as an Asian .. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #82
No kidding. Chellee Dec 2012 #39
The orginal Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books from the 20s were shockingly racist TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #43
Sixteen Candles. *wince* Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #9
Oh God obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #19
What was homophobic in "Candles"? Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #76
Not homophobia, the racism. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #81
Uncanny. I don't remember it. ( That says something right there, I guess.) Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #88
Not my favorite childhood films... Whovian Dec 2012 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #11
Anti-homosexual propaganda films were still being shown when I was in school slackmaster Dec 2012 #12
oh jeeeeez... that's a terrible movie! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #21
Ralph was rocking the Michael O'Donghue/Robert Quine look early Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #33
Wow deutsey Dec 2012 #37
Homosexuality was officially classified as a mental illness until 1973 slackmaster Dec 2012 #40
I've heard that, but, man, I didn't realize this kind of propaganda existed deutsey Dec 2012 #59
"lots of young people hitchhike, it seems like a good way to get from one place to another..." HiPointDem Dec 2012 #49
On the bright side, doesn't this mean we have evolved and are making progress as a culture? Squinch Dec 2012 #15
Tango and Cash...I saw it in a foreign country and was ashamed by it DonRedwood Dec 2012 #16
I have had my older daughter watch some of my favorite movies gollygee Dec 2012 #23
That classic Rudolf movie narrated by Burl Ives... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #24
My husband... a la izquierda Dec 2012 #25
Seriously -- he was awful obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #27
I agree with your husband Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #34
I remember when I was a kid I didn't like him deutsey Dec 2012 #38
I thought the take-away was "A good leader brings out the best in everyone." KurtNYC Dec 2012 #26
Santa didn't do anything obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #29
Also, Rudolph is technically "disabled" in a way obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #28
Youch. That's a dark interpretation. DirkGently Dec 2012 #35
remember the island. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #87
Good Lord. Skip Intro Dec 2012 #45
I think the only show I ever had a hard time with was Woody Wood Pecker Johonny Dec 2012 #41
I was watching a bunch of old Looney Tunes cartoons recently, TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #44
I think that joke is probably about Mexican 'border' v. boarder, not about mexicans not paying rent. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #50
Thanks. Wow. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #77
Watch Bugs Bunny cartoons from WWII deutsey Dec 2012 #62
Though what you say here is true ( racist caricatures) , you have to grant that.... Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #79
Yes, while the simple-minded slave caricature is there, deutsey Dec 2012 #83
i actually find looney tunes kind of subversive. of all the old cartoons, they're my favorite. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #86
Looney Tunes ridiculed all types, definitely deutsey Dec 2012 #90
Babes In Arms - 1939 WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #46
The Birdcage (1996 I think) Freddie Dec 2012 #51
Totally agree with this obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #54
Actually, I didn't think it was that surprising at the time. gkhouston Dec 2012 #67
I remember the original, La Cage aux Folles being funnier. progressoid Dec 2012 #72
The Maltese Falcon, otherwise a fabulous film, is pretty raw toward its one gay character. dimbear Dec 2012 #52
It is utterly ridiculous to pick up a film made half a century or more ago and Skidmore Dec 2012 #53
I don't think anyone has said they should obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #55
Agreed 100x jollyreaper2112 Dec 2012 #58
+100 n/t FSogol Dec 2012 #74
You missed the point. Lex Dec 2012 #78
Thank god that woman was not my mom LittleBlue Dec 2012 #56
Revenge of the Nerds would never be made today. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #57
Okay, if you regard The Karate Kid as an "old movie," you must be young. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #65
I'm with you. I know some people who won't watch a movie if it's in B&W WI_DEM Dec 2012 #75
I didn't write the article obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #92
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; intaglio Dec 2012 #69
Hey guys: People will watch movies made TODAY in 20 years and say the same thing! Romulox Dec 2012 #71
SHM Mr Dixon Dec 2012 #73
Lethal Weapon w/ Mel Gibson and Danny Glover WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #84
Doris Day and Rock Hudson.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #89
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