With MovieBob's latest Big Picture episode, it got me remembering this feeling I always get. Allow me to clarify here with some background information. I was raised over seas by two naval officers who are both retired now, and are in their 50's. With the fact I lived over seas, I got reruns of old TV shows, mostly cartoons and sitcoms, and not everything was in English. Given our life style, I made close relationships with my parents because as corny as it might sound, we were always there for each other and friends always seemed temporary. So naturally my parents showed me a lot of old programs they watched growing up, as well as old music. And yet some how they still fit in the present day better than most parents, understanding technology and modern trends and the like.
So since I was practically raised on media that had been canceled for decades before my own existence, naturally I was shocked when I'd make a pun or reference to something and then have no one laugh at it. Because of this, people my own age, and sometimes older make me feel older than I actually am and I tend to relate better with those older than me. I grew up eating dinner with my parents in the living room, watching the Jetsons. I woke up early every morning to catch early broadcast of TopCat. My favorite movie was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from 1991. As I grew older, I watched comedies with my dad like Mel Brooks and Hogan's Heroes and MASH. My mom and I would watch the Star Wars Trilogy and Star Trek Episodes. Hell a lot of remakes that have been popping up recently have been giving me the same nostalgic feel others have been getting who are 10 to 20 years older than me.
It feels so odd for me to have grown up like this, and infact probably the worst moment I can think of was in one of my acting workshop classes. We were thinking of iconic characters to represent ourselves and this one girl was stuck on who to use, and she reminded me so much of Mindy from Animaniacs that I suggested it. She had no clue what I was talking about and was roughly my age.
Although I don't expect many to relate to me, it felt odd how I'm probably one of the youngest members on this site, and I fondly remember watching the Beverly Hillbillies.
So since I was practically raised on media that had been canceled for decades before my own existence, naturally I was shocked when I'd make a pun or reference to something and then have no one laugh at it. Because of this, people my own age, and sometimes older make me feel older than I actually am and I tend to relate better with those older than me. I grew up eating dinner with my parents in the living room, watching the Jetsons. I woke up early every morning to catch early broadcast of TopCat. My favorite movie was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from 1991. As I grew older, I watched comedies with my dad like Mel Brooks and Hogan's Heroes and MASH. My mom and I would watch the Star Wars Trilogy and Star Trek Episodes. Hell a lot of remakes that have been popping up recently have been giving me the same nostalgic feel others have been getting who are 10 to 20 years older than me.
It feels so odd for me to have grown up like this, and infact probably the worst moment I can think of was in one of my acting workshop classes. We were thinking of iconic characters to represent ourselves and this one girl was stuck on who to use, and she reminded me so much of Mindy from Animaniacs that I suggested it. She had no clue what I was talking about and was roughly my age.
Although I don't expect many to relate to me, it felt odd how I'm probably one of the youngest members on this site, and I fondly remember watching the Beverly Hillbillies.