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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 7, 2016 15:07:14 GMT -5
Rollerderby huge on tv in the 60s, tried coming back, of course in 99 with Rotherjam, still exists on the local/amatuer level. Slide shows- people used to have people apparently come over to their house and show pictures projected on a screen. Haha yeah I don't think the slide show thing died out until the 1990s. At least one episode of The Simpsons references it. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 7, 2016 15:09:12 GMT -5
Rollerderby huge on tv in the 60s, tried coming back, of course in 99 with Rotherjam, still exists on the local/amatuer level. Slide shows- people used to have people apparently come over to their house and show pictures projected on a screen. Haha yeah I don't think the slide show thing died out until the 1990s. At least one episode of The Simpsons references it. hey my parents used to have a slide projector  It was a thing... I don't know how many people found it entertaining |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 7, 2016 19:00:05 GMT -5
Rollerderby huge on tv in the 60s, tried coming back, of course in 99 with Rotherjam, still exists on the local/amatuer level. Slide shows- people used to have people apparently come over to their house and show pictures projected on a screen. Haha yeah I don't think the slide show thing died out until the 1990s. At least one episode of The Simpsons references it. Sometime in the late 80s my Uncle showed his at least 300 slides of his vacation to New Zealand. Pretty sure most of the people in the room took a long nap. |
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Dec 7, 2016 19:21:57 GMT -5
One of my favorite things to do. In 2016. Try again. It's still a popular thing, just not in downtown Manhattan or wherever. Vaudeville is joke answer. But it's the kind of answer I interpret from the original post that fits. Board games are still a thing. Drive-ins are still a thing. Ventriloquism is still a thing. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 7, 2016 19:26:36 GMT -5
Haha yeah I don't think the slide show thing died out until the 1990s. At least one episode of The Simpsons references it. Sometime in the late 80s my Uncle showed his at least 300 slides of his vacation to New Zealand. Pretty sure most of the people in the room took a long nap. Now people's boring ass vacation and kid photos are just Facebook. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 7, 2016 19:55:37 GMT -5
One of my favorite things to do. In 2016. Try again. It's still a popular thing, just not in downtown Manhattan or wherever. Drive-in's are absolutely a niche in 2016 though especially considering how popular it used to be. there are only a little over 300 drive-in's left in the United states down from over 400 in 2000, and over 2400 in 1980. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 20:50:52 GMT -5
Edit: Are there any good impressionists anymore? I mean guys like Rich Little, who does an entire show in character?
Roller Derby still exists here. There's a women's league I keep meaning to check out at the CC. It's a region thing.
Same with Ye Olde Time Baseball played under Knickerbocker rules (1845). Those games are fun. Call your pitch (high or low), no sliding, no diving, no cursing, no spitting, no stealing, no leading off, outs on a catch or one hoppers. And the umpire in a suit sitting in a chair.
Ventriloquism: My dad saw Edgar Bergen in person at some show with Charlie McCarthy & Mortimer Snerd (his two puppets). Dad was a young boy (so say 65-70 years ago), he asked after the show if "Charlie could come out and play"? Mr. Bergen said Charlie was being naughty and got sent to his room (his crate).
I like that story. Charlie could get a bit racy at times. Especially if you listen as an adult.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Dec 7, 2016 21:52:43 GMT -5
Same with Ye Olde Time Baseball played under Knickerbocker rules (1845). Those games are fun. Call your pitch (high or low), no sliding, no diving, no cursing, no spitting, no stealing, no leading off, outs on a catch or one hoppers. And the umpire in a suit sitting in a chair. I had no idea such a thing existed. That's fascinating. |
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 8, 2016 1:08:50 GMT -5
Roller Derby still exists here. There's a women's league I keep meaning to check out at the CC. It's a region thing. Roller Derby is around for most of the bigger cities, but even then it's one of the more interesting ones: When roller derby was big in the '60s, it was an open secret it was staged and completely fake, no different than pro wrestling. Now, by time where it's changed, the whole sport has changed around to the point that now it's actually a real sport and the events are a real thing. That can be fascinating, and really interesting for wrestling fans to notice. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 8, 2016 2:16:50 GMT -5
Same with Ye Olde Time Baseball played under Knickerbocker rules (1845). Those games are fun. Call your pitch (high or low), no sliding, no diving, no cursing, no spitting, no stealing, no leading off, outs on a catch or one hoppers. And the umpire in a suit sitting in a chair. I had no idea such a thing existed. That's fascinating. Apparently John Schwartzwelder, from the Simpsons, rents out SaffcoField once a year and plays a ball game using these rules. |
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Dec 8, 2016 2:34:03 GMT -5
Wrestling ... the early form that were shoots and matches went for 5 hours!
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Post by arrogantmodel on Dec 8, 2016 5:00:08 GMT -5
Did anyone else have this? I did.  |
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Dec 8, 2016 6:19:31 GMT -5
I can still watch shows with midgets, clowns, giants, undead mma fighters, faux Russians, big women, tattooed women etc. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 8, 2016 10:24:56 GMT -5
One of my favorite things to do. In 2016. Try again. It's still a popular thing, just not in downtown Manhattan or wherever. Drive-in's are absolutely a niche in 2016 though especially considering how popular it used to be. there are only a little over 300 drive-in's left in the United states down from over 400 in 2000, and over 2400 in 1980. There used to be a fantastic one my family would go to in Mt. Clemens, MI. There was a playground in front of the screen for kids to play on before the movie started, then you just tuned your radio to a certain frequency to hear the movie once it started. It's been gone for many years though. I hope they are still around by the time my kid is old enough to remember it if I find one to take him to. It's a fond memory. |
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 8, 2016 10:38:25 GMT -5
Sometime in the late 80s my Uncle showed his at least 300 slides of his vacation to New Zealand. Pretty sure most of the people in the room took a long nap. Now people's boring ass vacation and kid photos are just Facebook. Yeah I'd argue Slide Shows never died. They evolved into social media and to a lesser extent: Powerpoint. |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 8, 2016 10:44:32 GMT -5
Considering that Walmart now carries several of the "gateway games" (Settlers of Catan, Munchkin, and Pandemic amongst others), board games are still doing really well. In fact, in an article I've read a few months ago, both board games and tabletop RPGs have been having a Renaissance of sorts in the last couple of years, in part due to the fact that lots of big time media nowadays (say, Game Of Thrones, MCU, etc.) that already have a version or seems something that would lead into both forms, but also in part because many of the kids that enjoyed both of their heydays are now adults with children themselves so they can play amongst other adults with fond memories and pass the fun onto their children. Tabletops especially are now in because you can play them on stuff like Roll20 with online friends without having to seek out a game store or local friends, and most devs are happy to sell you ebook versions of their tabletop. |
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Post by Fundertaker on Dec 8, 2016 11:16:51 GMT -5
Same with Ye Olde Time Baseball played under Knickerbocker rules (1845). Those games are fun. Call your pitch (high or low), no sliding, no diving, no cursing, no spitting, no stealing, no leading off, outs on a catch or one hoppers. And the umpire in a suit sitting in a chair. I had no idea such a thing existed. That's fascinating. Someone needs to search for a certain Conan O'Brien piece  |
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Post by CeilingFan on Dec 8, 2016 11:27:13 GMT -5
Gamebooks . I know that Choose Your Own Adventure has had a resurgence, but others like Which Way Books and Find Your Fate have died.
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Post by Topher is Human on Dec 8, 2016 19:40:41 GMT -5
I had no idea such a thing existed. That's fascinating. Someone needs to search for a certain Conan O'Brien piece Ask and ye shall |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 8, 2016 21:19:17 GMT -5
Celebrity Stuntmen (ie Evel Knievel) Didn't we just have that one dumbass on Fox jump out of a plane without a parachute? One of my favorite things to do. In 2016. Try again. It's still a popular thing, just not in downtown Manhattan or wherever. Vaudeville is joke answer. But it's the kind of answer I interpret from the original post that fits. Board games are still a thing. Drive-ins are still a thing. Ventriloquism is still a thing. Drive-ins and ventriloquism are most certainly not still "a thing." Do they exist? Yes. Barely. Drive-in's are absolutely a niche in 2016 though especially considering how popular it used to be. there are only a little over 300 drive-in's left in the United states down from over 400 in 2000, and over 2400 in 1980. And somewhere between 4-5000 of them at their peak around 1960. As far as ventriloquism, there was a 20 year span between the 1937 and 1956 during which the Charlie McCarthy act was so huge that it was the number 1 radio program. For 20 years. A ventriloquist act ON THE RADIO. Wikipedia currently lists a grand total of 15 professional ventriloquist acts in the UK, as opposed to the 400 that were around in the 1950s. That's a dead form of entertainment. Two or three people still keeping it going? That's great for them. But it's a dead form of entertainment. |
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