Zack & Cody

[Nighthawk]

Yeah... I made the mistake of watching an episode of iCaly with my kids. They had one of the teachers (whom they had gone to great lengths the entire episode to make look lame and out of touch) dressed in HIghland dress, playing the pipes. It was an "original composition" called Haggis In Moonlight (kill me!) which was actually nothing but the first four bars of Scotland The Brave played over and over at a plodding pace. I adore the pipes, but the "piper" playing it made me want to pull my hair out! And of course, the teacher was a woman dressed in mens clothes. I have seen many women piping in bands, and they all manage to look feminine, but they seemed to go out of their way to make this woman look like she was in drag. I mean, seriously! We can't watch Speedy Gonzales any more because the Mexican community got offended by being stereotyped, but it's somehow OK to stereotype my ancestors and intentionally make us look like a joke? Makes me want to paint my face blue, get out my Celtic sword and hack off someones scrotum.

[beloitpiper]

We can't watch Speedy Gonzales any more because the Mexican community got offended by being stereotyped, but it's somehow OK to stereotype my ancestors and intentionally make us look like a joke?

Start writing letters then.

[Coemgen]

I miss Samurai Jack. The only person he couldn't defeat was the Scotsman, who became one of his closest friends.

Makes ya realize that app. 95% of what's on TV is oop:. In fact, I'd say that most of "pop culture" these days is in the same category.

Hmm…

Have you noticed that it's mostly the oldies (comparatively speaking) that are popular among the youth these days, though? I mean, music from the 60's and 70's and 80's (Beatles, The Who, the Stones, They Might Be Giants), D&D, and shows like Monty Python and Are You Being Served are having a huge comeback, at least from what I've been able to tell.

[Nighthawk]

I miss Samurai Jack. The only person he couldn't defeat was the Scotsman, who became one of his closest friends.

Makes ya realize that app. 95% of what's on TV is oop:. In fact, I'd say that most of "pop culture" these days is in the same category.

Hmm…

Have you noticed that it's mostly the oldies (comparatively speaking) that are popular among the youth these days, though? I mean, music from the 60's and 70's and 80's (Beatles, The Who, the Stones, They Might Be Giants), D&D, and shows like Monty Python and Are You Being Served are having a huge comeback, at least from what I've been able to tell.

"Pop" is just "poop" missing an "o". Kinda like rap missing the k.

[Nighthawk]

Start writing letters then.

I'd rather gripe. No one listens either way.

[beloitpiper]

Have you noticed that it's mostly the oldies (comparatively speaking) that are popular among the youth these days, though? I mean, music from the 60's and 70's and 80's (Beatles, The Who, the Stones, They Might Be Giants), D&D, and shows like Monty Python and Are You Being Served are having a huge comeback, at least from what I've been able to tell.

They're popular, but definitely not the most popular. New will always be "in".

[Coemgen]

They're popular, but definitely not the most popular. New will always be "in".

As my dad, a veritable cesspool of wit and wisdom (his own words), says, "Pop culture is popular because half of the population is below the median IQ."

[Nighthawk]

As my dad, a veritable cesspool of wit and wisdom (his own words), says, "Pop culture is popular because half of the population is below the median IQ."

I have a very good friend who used to have an IQ over 150. He got into a car wreck- rear ended- and hit his head on the back window of this truck. He suffered brain damage. The doctors testing him told him that he seemed like a completely normal person and were amazed at his level of funtionality even with the brain damage. He is now a person with an average IQ. He has made the observation that if he's now average, it's horrifying to him that there are people less intelligent than he is even with brain damage, because he feels dumb and mentally sluggish being average. I think your dad is brilliant. That makes me think of my grandfather. One of his favorites was "You can lead a jackass to knowledge but you can't make him think."