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3. Remember all the catch phrases that became part of the culture at the time?

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:42 AM

Feb 28

You bet your sweet bippy.
Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.
Beautiful downtown Burbank.
Sock it to me.
Very inter-es-tink.
Hear come da judge.

I'm sure there's more I can't remember.

Several years back, I saw a rerun of the News of the Future from 1968 where they talked about Pesident Ronald Reagan, which got a huge laugh. And then just 12 years later, it came true and nobody was laughing.

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Has anyone watched Laugh-In TV show recently? [View all] Kablooie Feb 28 OP

it was considered naughty at the time nt msongs Feb 28 #1

see I always found it not funny, tedious, childish and annoyiing Skittles Feb 28 #2

Remember all the catch phrases that became part of the culture at the time? MIButterfly Feb 28 #3

Same here. It was a laugh a minute back in its heyday. Mister Ed Feb 28 #4

How do reruns of Mr Ed hold up? Intractable Feb 28 #5

I don't know. I haven't watched any reruns of the classic sitcoms. Mister Ed Feb 28 #6

They hold up. For me anyway. Iggo Mar 6 #9

MR. ED Maninacan Mar 6 #11

Green Acres? Maninacan Mar 6 #12

Green Acres is a timeless absurdist comedy Zorro Mar 6 #15

Dick Van Dyke show still works though. Kablooie Mar 6 #7

Yes, actually. LudwigPastorius Mar 6 #8

i have Maninacan Mar 6 #10

It was very much a show of its time. surrealAmerican Mar 6 #13

Is "recently" defined in decades?!1 - (trying to be funny) UTUSN Mar 6 #14