Cultural references the ‘young uns’ don’t get

[Peculiar23]

Called someone at work ‘Victor Meldruw’ and got looked at blankly. God, I’m old
Anyone else ??!!!

I still enjoy recordings of shows like Round the Horne and Flanders and Swann, so my reference include things like "I'm a Gnu", the Hippopotamus song, and "Oh halLO Mr 'orne, I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy".

I think if you use them a lot your kids will copy. Our Ds are 18 & 19 and DH has watched loads of the oldies with them and they use the same phrases.

If you grew up in the 80s why aren’t your kids listening to 80s music? Our kids do and they have them on their playlists! Absolute 80s on in mine and DH cars so the kids have no choice.

Hey! Did you ever get a Crackerjack pencil?

I walk into the office quoting this quite often 😳

Very memorable.

Here are three quick references to ads from the same period (from 7:30 on, performed by Matt Lucas (as Shirley Bassey))

i called dd Imelda Marcos because of the amount of shoes in her wardrobe. She looked at me blankly.

The Cadbury’s Smash Martians…..they boil them for 20 of their minutes and then they smash them all to bits!
Followed by raucous laughter.

I remember that quote… was it the same program where a lady had a watch on , an if she referred to the time, she’d squint at her watch, and complain that she needs to put a little hand on the watch!
it wasn’t “The Rag Trade” was it?

As a kid at the time, I never realised that the character was called Beattie because she was advertising BT.

"It's my sister, Violet. She's the one with the Mercedes, the sauna and room for a pony."

"Keep out of the black and into the red, nothing in this game for two in a bed."

(My family still watch the repeats of that on the Challenge channel.)

The lady with the watch who said that was Hylda Baker. She wasn't in The Rag Trade, though. I think you're remembering 3 different programmes.

And some bread rolls.

Anyone here old enough to remember "hello playmates!" I'm not but my dad always says it. And my granny used to say "I'm not Carnegie!"

From my youth:
Boom boom!
Ooh Matron!
Charley says...
Just say no!

Yes! I quote this at my teens every time they say 'surely', it always gets me a massive eye roll!

I'm impressed that a pre-internet kid was able to find out how to call the Congo. I'd imagine your parents were less impressed!

I loved 70s Basil Brush.

Quoting myself just to say that the Hylda Baker sitcom was called Nearest and Dearest with Jimmy Jewel. 🙂
I'm currently looking at this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1970s_British_sitcoms to see if anything rings a bell.

I Didn't Know You Cared?

Yes, that was the one. 🙂Thank you.

This definitely wins the thread!

DDs watch TV programmes from the 1990s like Friends, which is like me watching stuff from the 1960s. To be honest, I find most older programmes haven't worn well. Best to just remember them fondly. I remember when I was younger, older people harping on about things I had never watched as it was before my time and being incredulous that I didn't know about them. It's not a new thing.

Wearing a Benny hat.
Muttering Jimmy Hill whilst rubbing your chin.

Adrian Mole 😀

I loved Round the Horn. Betty Masden and Hugh Paddock and of course Kenneth Williams.