Nah, I'm older than you are. Born in 1970. But I was living in Korea and we only had like 2 TV stations then and very limited access to news around the world, and had our own political crap raining down on our heads (also, I had my head stuck in a book too often to pay attention to the news most of the time.)
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Vonnie K - May 29, 2012 4:22:33 pm PDT #20805 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
tommyrot - May 29, 2012 4:51:19 pm PDT #20806 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember watching the Vietnam war on the news and having no idea what it was about. I remember when a teacher told us the war was over, and another kid in my class said, "Good, now we can have another one."
Wait, moveis? Oh yeah, Argo looks cool.
quester - May 29, 2012 5:09:53 pm PDT #20807 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I feel old, I graduated from high school in '73. I was only 17 at the time, but still...old.
Consuela - May 29, 2012 5:19:53 pm PDT #20808 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I was born in 1972 and never read comics. I knew the Adam West Batman (in reruns), watched Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter, saw Superman, and remember Superfriends on '80s Saturday cartoons (I liked the Wonder Twins). I had never heard of Iron Man until the recent movie, and had only the vaguest notions of Thor and Captain America. (Hulk, a little harder to miss.) And I'd consider myself comics-adjacent thanks to many of you.
I was born in 1964, but flea's experience is pretty much mine, except I loathed the Wonder Twins. And I watched The Incredible Hulk because I thought Bill Bixby was cute. I had a vague knowledge that Captain America existed, but had no idea they were still writing comics about him until recently.
Which makes me wander off to Wikipedia, since I want to know when they latched onto this whole "sleep until the future" thing.
Amy - May 29, 2012 5:24:37 pm PDT #20809 of 30000
Because books.
I thought Bill Bixby was cute
The Courtship of Eddie's Father. SWOON.
Connie Neil - May 29, 2012 5:32:48 pm PDT #20810 of 30000
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father. SWOON.
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le nubian - May 30, 2012 3:43:23 am PDT #20811 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yes!
I can still sing that song.
le nubian - May 30, 2012 3:43:55 am PDT #20812 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I was so shocked when he gamma radiation got him though.
sumi - May 30, 2012 4:22:15 am PDT #20813 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Hee.
I loved that show too.
And there was an actual Japanese person in the show.
SailAweigh - May 30, 2012 4:49:28 am PDT #20814 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I gotta ask. How many of you who didn't read comics as kids had brothers? I read comics all through the 60s and some of the 70s. But I don't know if I would have if my brothers hadn't bought them and I kind of followed along starting when I was around six. So I was always aware of most of the superheroes out there even if I didn't read that particular comic and enjoyed all the shows and movies as they came along.