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I love how the style at the time was to write out all the zeros in a billion.
That, and also if you were a Catholic you had to go to Confession if you didn't vote for JFK in 1960.
You may be trying to be funny — a rare effort for you — and all you accomplish is to perpetuate a myth. Go back to being put out all the time. It suits you.
That, and also if you were a Catholic you had to go to Confession if you didn't vote for JFK in 1960.
You may be trying to be funny — a rare effort for you — and all you accomplish is to perpetuate a myth. Go back to being put out all the time. It suits you.
Back in the 1961 there was another "moonshot" announcement made with great fanfare, but the press didn't complain that there were "few specifics" about how it would be accomplished.
Back in the 1961 there was another "moonshot" announcement made with great fanfare, but the press didn't complain that there were "few specifics" about how it would be accomplished.
Boy the way Glenn Miller played…
Ahhh, I didn't recall that reference. I was a little young when I watched that show. I suppose it was like Sesame Street in that a lot of the references and jokes were for one audience vs another. Watching old Sesame Street shows as an adult was a habit of mine and it would crack me up.
Now I use lots of jokes from that show and only some people get them.
A la peanut butter sandwiches
You gotta put down the duckie (if ya wanna play the saxophone)
Which makes sense given the show's popularity. If he was an unrepentant a-h, I doubt the show would have been as popular, at least in the pre-Trump universe. Today, who knows?
Which makes sense given the show's popularity. If he was an unrepentant a-h, I doubt the show would have been as popular, at least in the pre-Trump universe. Today, who knows?
Writer Johnny Speight often commented that the character was supposed to be a figure of ridicule, but admitted that not all viewers saw the satiric elements of the character.[4][5] Speight defended the Alf Garnett character, saying: "If you do the character correctly, he just typifies what you hear - not only in pubs but in golf clubs around the country. To make him truthful he's got to say those things, and they are nasty things. But I feel as a writer that they should be out in the open so we can see how daft these comparisons are."[6]
Mitchell left the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with a trained actor's voice. A lifelong, committed socialist, he sold socialist newspapers on street corners, shouting his wares in his beautifully trained voice. It was only when he realised why people weren't buying his newspapers that he developed Alf's voice, to appear more "working class". Mitchell stated that he became tired of always being associated with Alf Garnett, but enjoyed playing the part and appreciated the debt he owed to the character.[6]
In the late 1980s, the Museum of the Moving Image in London staged an Alf Garnett exhibition where visitors pressed buttons representing particular social problems and were presented with Alf giving his opinions on the subject.[5]
The American version of Till Death Do Us Part, All in the Family, featured Archie Bunker as Garnett's analog. Like Garnett in British popular culture, Bunker became an icon in American popular culture for his very conservative views, although the Bunker character was portrayed as somewhat more likable than Garnett ever was. Bunker, in turn, served as an inspiration for Eric Cartman of South Park.[5]
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