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WestSideLion said:
An all-timer, ro!
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I just referenced this line this morning at work with some less than 30 year olds.

The response was stone silence.

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Ludd

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LionJim said:
Oh, for sure.
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I’m not sure about that…I had a poster of Loni Anderson on my wall in high school, not Jan Smithers. I guess it depends on if you’re looking for one night or a marriage.
 
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As an aside, I think the WKRP theme song is maybe the best ever (Greatest American Hero up there too) - listening to it as an adult and it’s sad but hopeful.


Baby, if you've ever wondered,

Wondered whatever became of me,

I'm living on the air in Cincinnati,

Cincinnati, WKRP.

Got kind of tired packing and unpacking,

Town to town up and down the dial

Maybe you and me were never meant to be,

Just maybe think of me once in awhile.

I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati.
 
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Midnighter said:
As an aside, I think the WKRP theme song is maybe the best ever (Greatest American Hero up there too) - listening to it as an adult and it’s sad but hopeful.


Baby, if you've ever wondered,

Wondered whatever became of me,

I'm living on the air in Cincinnati,

Cincinnati, WKRP.

Got kind of tired packing and unpacking,

Town to town up and down the dial

Maybe you and me were never meant to be,

Just maybe think of me once in awhile.

I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati.
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Welcome Back Kotter theme song
 
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Ludd said:
I’m not sure about that…I had a poster of Loni Anderson on my wall in high school, not Jan Smithers. I guess it depends on if you’re looking for one night or a marriage.
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Jan either way.....
 
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CVLion

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Ludd said:
Welcome Back Kotter theme song
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I am definitely nostalgic for the lost art of the TV theme song.

Agree with WRKP, Greatest American Hero, and Kotter as being among the tops. Others that jump to immediately to mind as classics are:
M*A*S*H
Bosom Buddies (Billy Joel’s “My Life”)
Cheers
All in the Family (unique because of the performance by Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton)
 
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Midnighter said:
As an aside, I think the WKRP theme song is maybe the best ever (Greatest American Hero up there too) - listening to it as an adult and it’s sad but hopeful.


Baby, if you've ever wondered,

Wondered whatever became of me,

I'm living on the air in Cincinnati,

Cincinnati, WKRP.

Got kind of tired packing and unpacking,

Town to town up and down the dial

Maybe you and me were never meant to be,

Just maybe think of me once in awhile.

I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati.
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I like it but it's hard to beat Greatest American Hero! Loved that show (even though it was bad) and the song is even better!
 
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1995PSUGrad said:
I like it but it's hard to beat Greatest American Hero! Loved that show (even though it was bad) and the song is even better!
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I remember my 6th grade science teacher custom making a very good approximation of the red super suit and wearing it to school for Halloween.

He even entertained us by imitating the character’s initial attempts at flight by running across the front of the classroom, taking a leap, hitting the wall, and flopping to the floor.

Good times.
 
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CVLion said:
I remember my 6th grade science teacher custom making a very good approximation of the red super suit and wearing it to school for Halloween.

He even entertained us by imitating the character’s initial attempts at flight by running across the front of the classroom, taking a leap, hitting the wall, and flopping to the floor.

Good times.
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I had a teacher in junior high who would tell Wop jokes. He was himself Italian, which "made it okay." I'm telling this story just to point out how different things were back in the day, compared to now.
 
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LionJim said:
I had a teacher in junior high who would tell Wop jokes. He was himself Italian, which "made it okay." I'm telling this story just to point out how different things were back in the day, compared to now.
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Oh yeah for sure, I can think of so many examples of the different societal standards that we lived under back in our youth.

For example, here in PA at least, the schools still made pretty regular use of corporal punishment via paddling.

That same 6th grade year, my math-slash-homeroom teacher had his paddle hanging on the inside of the closet door in his classroom and would openly boast of his prowess with it. On the last day of the school year, he had a tradition of letting students VOLUNTARILY sign up to receive one swat on the rear from him. If you did, you could sign your name on his paddle for posterity. I was nervous but seeing a number of my classmates do it, I eventually went through with it. I’m assuming he held back a bit, but it DID sting.

Retelling that now in today’s litigious climate and where such things go immediately viral online, it feels like a false story even to me… but it’s completely true.
 
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CVLion said:
Oh yeah for sure, I can think of so many examples of the different societal standards that we lived under back in our youth.

For example, here in PA at least, the schools still made pretty regular use of corporal punishment via paddling.

That same 6th grade year, my math-slash-homeroom teacher had his paddle hanging on the inside of the closet door in his classroom and would openly boast of his prowess with it. On the last day of the school year, he had a tradition of letting students VOLUNTARILY sign up to receive one swat on the rear from him. If you did, you could sign your name on his paddle for posterity. I was nervous but seeing a number of my classmates do it, I eventually went through with it. I’m assuming he held back a bit, but it DID sting.

Retelling that now in today’s litigious climate and where such things go immediately viral online, it feels like a false story even to me… but it’s completely true.
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Oh, yeah, before being mainstreamed I went to a school for the deaf in Fairmont, Philadelphia, all my teachers were Irish Catholic, like me. My dad was born in Dorchester and I’m told that I had a good Boston brogue going back then. I was their pet but got it across the face more than a few times, I had been begging for it, of course.
 
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CVLion said:
Oh yeah for sure, I can think of so many examples of the different societal standards that we lived under back in our youth.

For example, here in PA at least, the schools still made pretty regular use of corporal punishment via paddling.

That same 6th grade year, my math-slash-homeroom teacher had his paddle hanging on the inside of the closet door in his classroom and would openly boast of his prowess with it. On the last day of the school year, he had a tradition of letting students VOLUNTARILY sign up to receive one swat on the rear from him. If you did, you could sign your name on his paddle for posterity. I was nervous but seeing a number of my classmates do it, I eventually went through with it. I’m assuming he held back a bit, but it DID sting.

Retelling that now in today’s litigious climate and where such things go immediately viral online, it feels like a false story even to me… but it’s completely true.
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We had a math teacher who had one leg. May God help you if he deemed it necessary to break out the paddle. Super nice teacher, till he wasnt.

Fun fact. My dad made my English teacher cry. Right in the hallway outside of class. She gave all her students incomplete grades cause she was busy with her side business and missed the grading deadline. We all had our grades by end of day.
 
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LionJim said:
Oh, yeah, before being mainstreamed I went to a school for the deaf in Fairmont, Philadelphia, all my teachers were Irish Catholic, like me. My dad was born in Dorchester and I’m told that I had a good Boston brogue going back then. I was their pet but got it across the face more than a few times, I had been begging for it, of course.
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And the books we read, no way in hell could you use those books nowadays. Manchild in the Promised Land, stuff like that. Just too controversial these days. I went to a good high school, got a hell of an education, just saying.
 
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CVLion said:
Oh yeah for sure, I can think of so many examples of the different societal standards that we lived under back in our youth.

For example, here in PA at least, the schools still made pretty regular use of corporal punishment via paddling.

That same 6th grade year, my math-slash-homeroom teacher had his paddle hanging on the inside of the closet door in his classroom and would openly boast of his prowess with it. On the last day of the school year, he had a tradition of letting students VOLUNTARILY sign up to receive one swat on the rear from him. If you did, you could sign your name on his paddle for posterity. I was nervous but seeing a number of my classmates do it, I eventually went through with it. I’m assuming he held back a bit, but it DID sting.

Retelling that now in today’s litigious climate and where such things go immediately viral online, it feels like a false story even to me… but it’s completely true.
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Mr bright the science teacher
 
Ludd

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CVLion said:
Oh yeah for sure, I can think of so many examples of the different societal standards that we lived under back in our youth.

For example, here in PA at least, the schools still made pretty regular use of corporal punishment via paddling.

That same 6th grade year, my math-slash-homeroom teacher had his paddle hanging on the inside of the closet door in his classroom and would openly boast of his prowess with it. On the last day of the school year, he had a tradition of letting students VOLUNTARILY sign up to receive one swat on the rear from him. If you did, you could sign your name on his paddle for posterity. I was nervous but seeing a number of my classmates do it, I eventually went through with it. I’m assuming he held back a bit, but it DID sting.

Retelling that now in today’s litigious climate and where such things go immediately viral online, it feels like a false story even to me… but it’s completely true.
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I had a teacher in seventh grade who would drill holes in his paddle to get more velocity. He also put notches on the handle for every kid he hit. Nobody wanted to make him and because he never held back.
 
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CVLion said:
Oh yeah for sure, I can think of so many examples of the different societal standards that we lived under back in our youth.

For example, here in PA at least, the schools still made pretty regular use of corporal punishment via paddling.

That same 6th grade year, my math-slash-homeroom teacher had his paddle hanging on the inside of the closet door in his classroom and would openly boast of his prowess with it. On the last day of the school year, he had a tradition of letting students VOLUNTARILY sign up to receive one swat on the rear from him. If you did, you could sign your name on his paddle for posterity. I was nervous but seeing a number of my classmates do it, I eventually went through with it. I’m assuming he held back a bit, but it DID sting.

Retelling that now in today’s litigious climate and where such things go immediately viral online, it feels like a false story even to me… but it’s completely true.
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Our teachers would drill holes in them so they would hurt more
 
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