Baby Boomer Cultural Intervention!

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An anonymous drawing of Cafe de Leche found in Cafe de Leche.


I am at Cafe de Leche in Highland Park this morning and a little while ago I heard the woman at the next table tell her companion that “All in the Family” starred Ed Asner. So I had to do an emergency Baby Boomer cultural intervention. She was very nice and explained that she’s a history teacher and was trying to think of sitcoms that her students could watch to compare modern situation comedies with those of earlier eras.

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4 Responses to Baby Boomer Cultural Intervention!

  1. Gary Martin says:

    A friend recently showed her grand nephew a photograph of her father, his great grandfather, and she asked him if he didn”t agree that the man looked like Humphery Bogart. “I dunno” he replied. “who is Humphery Bogart?”

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  2. Gary Martin says:

    A few years ago in Philadelphia I observed two twenty something young men going through a stack of videos looking for something to watch. “Hey!” cried the one: “Ferris Beuler’s Day Off. This is one of the classic old films!” He was so proud of his profound grasp of history.

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  3. Jo Anne says:

    What do you do when Bloggers, writers, newspapers, etc. get it wrong? THAT could become a full time job, just running behind people.

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  4. Rick says:

    my 7 year old grandniece wanted to go as a flapper for Hallowe’en. She said to her aunt “You know a flapper, like from the 60’s”

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