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ShazzieB

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42. I'm a boomer, and I remember listening to recordings of Bill Cosby's comedy routines that the show was based on.
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 07:11 PM
Sep 2025

In the 60s, when I was in high school, a friend of mine had some record albums of Bill Cosby's comedy. Routines. He had just risen to fame at the time with a co-starring role on I Spy. Before that, he was well known for his standup comedy, and his routines had been recorded and released on vinyl LPs. I remember listening to some of them with my friends and laughing our asses off. (Of course, this was long before he was generally known to be a disgusting, sleazy sex pest, so to us he was just a really funny comic.)

I can't remember a lot of details now, but I remember him telling funny stories about his boyhood pals, including Fat Albert and Old Weird Harold. So I was very familiar with those characters years before they got turned into a cartoon show, as were many other people at the time.

The point of all this is just to say that if people find Fat Albert to be out of step with today's sensibilities, that's because he is literally a relic of a bygone era!

P.S. There's a street in my town called Harold St. I drive down that street fairly often, and my personal nickname for it is Old Weird Harold St. I just can't help it. The first time I saw that street sign, Old Weird Harold immediately popped into my head, and it's been Old Weird Harold St. to me ever since!

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Terrible headline Red Mountain Sep 2025 #1
"Drops" is the new Millenial slang for "releases" BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #3
Many Boomers here: wolfie001 Sep 2025 #4
LOL BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #6
Great! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #11
I'm a boomer, and I remember listening to recordings of Bill Cosby's comedy routines that the show was based on. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #42
So true! Every word! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #43
This usage has been around for decades obamanut2012 Sep 2025 #8
And the oldest Millennials BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #9
My millennial daughter just turned 40 last week. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #44
"GenZ" is about to become "the new Millennial"! BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #47
In a certain context Red Mountain Sep 2025 #12
It may be weird BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #20
I think the term is definitely being applied to more and more different things as time goes on ShazzieB Sep 2025 #46
'Drops' used for releases is old slang reborn. travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #13
Yes BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #21
I droped acid decades ago. Autumn Sep 2025 #17
And it's being used for a broader set of circumstances BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #22
"Drop" is being used by all ages. Autumn Sep 2025 #25
Yes. John1956PA Sep 2025 #29
And it's use in this context BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #31
I agree. Autumn Sep 2025 #33
If you dropped microdot orangecrush Sep 2025 #45
Been there seen it done. You too? Autumn Sep 2025 #49
Many times orangecrush Sep 2025 #50
It's not just you. Harker Sep 2025 #7
That's really cool BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #10
Yeah but who Red Mountain Sep 2025 #15
It's all in the "context" BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #23
Ah, yes... context. Harker Sep 2025 #24
Probably a compliment Red Mountain Sep 2025 #28
Next time I hear it, I'll just say, "thanks!" Harker Sep 2025 #38
Or BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #30
That must be it. Harker Sep 2025 #39
Of course, we all remember dropping acid in the 60s, right? spike jones Sep 2025 #16
Well, no, because not all of us did. niyad Sep 2025 #18
And not all of us were even alive in the 60's Polybius Sep 2025 #35
He is what republicons think of as their "family values role model" BoRaGard Sep 2025 #2
Better get out the microscope James48 Sep 2025 #5
....... double post. spike jones Sep 2025 #14
Okay, I may not yet have had sufficient caffeine, but why in the world niyad Sep 2025 #19
Talk about foreshadowing the future Marthe48 Sep 2025 #26
trumpy in a little role playing. republianmushroom Sep 2025 #27
I don't believe Darth Vader to be a good analogy for Epstein, that signifies some former sense of morality that was lost Uncle Joe Sep 2025 #32
Vader!??! SomewhereInTheMiddle Sep 2025 #48
Now the "model" dresses up as the first lady. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #34
She first played doctor with Jeffrey Epstein. Kid Berwyn Sep 2025 #36
Weird, the real context of the OP has been lost on language usage. Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #37
She was 22 y/o which is consenting age ... so what's the big deal? live love laugh Sep 2025 #40
Per the article BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #41
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