So in a state of blissful brainlessness over the holiday I was watching VH1 I Love the 80s 3-D with my two born-in-the-90s children, and I'm trying to remember when the c-list celebrity with a scripted quip and implanted memory thing seemed fresh, and I'm wondering, huh, did I miss the fact that The Three Amigos was a cultural phenomenon when I was in my 20s or are they making that up, when I hear the c-listers start burbling about 1987 being the year of the microwave oven, and I thought, wait a minute, didn't we have microwaves when I was in high school back during the I Love the 70s era, so I googled it and found out that yes, the microwave was indeed very popular by the Carter years, and it occurred to me that VH1 is not the most reliable source for history lessons.
Previously: a mention of blissful brainlessness in front of the TV on another holiday.
Ed, I hope you didn't have to suffer through the painful Michael Ian Smith and his mind numbing sarcasm.
Posted by: Spag | Dec 26, 2007 at 01:48 PM
My mother still has the microwave she bought when she remodeled her kitched in 1979. It's huge and it isn't even digital. It seriously belongs in a museum.
And no, The Three Amigos was not a cultural phenonemon. What were they thinking?
Posted by: Laurie | Dec 26, 2007 at 07:34 PM
Um, I remember the Three Amigos pretty well. Watched it again a year or so ago, and it stood up well, unlike most of the movies from that era.
Can't fault a show with a singing bush, an invisible swordsman, and the line about the plethora of gifts. Great stuff.
But they should have listed Ghostbusters first.
Posted by: Dave Dobson | Dec 26, 2007 at 08:22 PM
The younger generation LOVES made up memories and after-the-fact inflation of importance. N&R's Culture Shock anyone??
"I remember being two years old when Gummi Bears came on... and we as a generation were like 'we have arrived' --it was a statement to generations before and after that we WILL bounce here there and everywhere!!"
Posted by: NH | Jan 03, 2008 at 12:32 PM