Richard LittlerNov 28, 2022
In many ways, my generation (x) had a very old-fashioned upbringing. So much of children's programming was from the 1920s-50s. Harold Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, and Ray Harryhausen films, King of the Rocket Men, Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. And when we went to the cinema to see new films (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) they were homages to serials from the 1930s! Does modern kids' TV programming still include 30-40 year old material?
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@Richard_Littler the cultural touchstone that seems to have finally died is classic TV reruns. boomers and GenX were raised on episodes of old sitcoms because there was often nothing else on. ubiquitous, cheap, reliable video sludge from a tap on everybody's wall. no longer, for good (because they were crap) and for bad (because everybody knew them, and it was something you could use to relate to other people outside your social circle).
Nov 28, 2022 at 9:24pmTusky