oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Jan 4, 2023 15:10:59 GMT -5
I don't even know any current jazz musicians.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Jan 5, 2023 21:09:05 GMT -5
I don’t think girls 30 years ago would know who Tommy Dorsey was! Lol, I had to look him up. He was a jazz trombonist who died in 1956. I think that was Snowbound, when she said that was her favorite band leader? Super dated reference and I also didn't get it at the time XD
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Post by sparklymouse on May 29, 2023 20:25:11 GMT -5
There were tons of pop culture references in Karen's Worst Day, and they were all pretty much removed in the graphic novel. I'm wondering what the reprint of the real book is.
Things mentioned included Muppet Babies, Lady and the Tramp, The Secret of NIMH, Charlotte's Web, Mr. Ed, The Worm Song, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on May 30, 2023 10:47:48 GMT -5
There were tons of pop culture references in Karen's Worst Day, and they were all pretty much removed in the graphic novel. I'm wondering what the reprint of the real book is. Things mentioned included Muppet Babies, Lady and the Tramp, The Secret of NIMH, Charlotte's Web, Mr. Ed, The Worm Song, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Some of these are timeless, you'd think they'd keep them in!
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on May 31, 2023 9:44:57 GMT -5
Some are super dated! I've never heard of the Worm Song, and Mr. Ed went off air in 1966. The kids books will always be popular so those should've stayed.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on May 31, 2023 12:47:56 GMT -5
Some are super dated! I've never heard of the Worm Song, and Mr. Ed went off air in 1966. The kids books will always be popular so those should've stayed. I think I learned the Worm Song from Sesame Street or some other children's show XD Mr. Ed was weird even back in the 80s because like you said, that's a show from the 60s! I only knew about it because Nickelodeon used to show reruns. Maybe that's how Karen watched.
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Post by sparklymouse on May 31, 2023 16:36:05 GMT -5
I mentioned it in the book thread, but I didn't realize there was a song. I thought it was The Worm Phrase, lol. If you look it up on YouTube, then there's a whole song. They kept it in the GN because it was a humorous plot point of Karen singing it at the top of her lungs during her entire twenty minute timeout punishment. They also kept in Charlotte's Web.
Mr. Ed was on Saturday mornings. Andrew wanted to watch cartoons. Karen hated cartoons except for Muppet Babies or "ones with animals and fairies in them." Karen said in Karen's Witch that one of Lisa's house rules was no Saturday morning cartoons, so maybe Mr. Ed was an acceptable alternative. It is a silly premise that kids would like.
I do want to see the re-print now to see if they changed anything.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jul 21, 2023 15:10:19 GMT -5
Karen’s School was pretty much sponsored by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Their entire curriculum for a solid two weeks revolved around this book.
My Little Pony got a few shout outs as well.
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Post by sparklymouse on Sept 4, 2023 13:51:10 GMT -5
Karen’s Mermaid. The family stopped at a rest stop that had a Wendy’s and a Dunkin’ Donuts. They went to see Pollyanna at the movies. (Boo, I saw that recently. It was a snooze.) Karen hoped that Barney would be the festival headliner.
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 20, 2023 13:19:11 GMT -5
Karen’s Book was inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House on the Prairie Books. Karen thought that she could write her life story because Laura did.
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Post by wanderingfrog on Nov 4, 2023 13:39:06 GMT -5
There were tons of pop culture references in Karen's Worst Day, and they were all pretty much removed in the graphic novel. I'm wondering what the reprint of the real book is. Things mentioned included Muppet Babies, Lady and the Tramp, The Secret of NIMH, Charlotte's Web, Mr. Ed, The Worm Song, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Some of these are timeless, you'd think they'd keep them in! All of the books mentioned are timeless, as are the movie versions of The Secret of NIMH and Charlotte's Web. Although Lady and the Tramp is a great movie and still popular, I'm not sure "timeless" is the right word for that one -- Si and Am the cats and "The Siamese Cat Song" are super racist, so obviously that part hasn't aged well. Although the original Muppet Babies (which I love) is dated, there was a Muppet Babies reboot that aired on Disney Channel and Disney Junior from 2018 to 2022 and is streaming on Disney+. I also know "The Worm Song," and maybe whether someone knows that or not has as much to do with location as with time period? The mention of Mr. Ed, though, was ridiculously dated at the time it was written. It does make sense that if Karen isn't allowed to watch Saturday morning cartoons at the little house, she might have started watching reruns of a silly old show with a talking horse instead, but it's also part of a broader context where almost the only television shows that any kids watch in Stoneybrook are from the 1950s and 1960s, and that's ridiculous.
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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 4, 2023 17:55:50 GMT -5
Mr. Ed ended in 1966, or 23 years before Karen's Worst Day was published. That is the equivalent to kids today watching Boy Meets World, which ended in 2000 and is also streaming on Disney+. That's not a perfect example because the two shows aren't on the same level of recognition, but 23 years doesn't feel like much to me. (Also, I think that everything from the 70s is gross and worth skipping over, so Ann had to go further back. )
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Nov 5, 2023 10:43:16 GMT -5
Streaming makes a big difference. It's hard for me to think of an equivalent for now because shows don't disappear anymore when they go off air. But you had to catch Mr. Ed reruns when they happened to be on.
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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 19, 2023 22:05:09 GMT -5
Again, I was listening to a Full House recap podcast today. They talked about a Mr. Ed joke/impression that Joey made! It was 1988. I don't know what Full House's target audience was supposed to be when it premiered. (It also got me thinking why did Joey do all the Bullwinkle impressions when that was a cartoon from the 60s? Unless there was a Rocky and Bullwinkle resurgence in the 80s. I do remember seeing the cartoon.)
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Nov 20, 2023 12:49:21 GMT -5
Again, I was listening to a Full House recap podcast today. They talked about a Mr. Ed joke/impression that Joey made! It was 1988. I don't know what Full House's target audience was supposed to be when it premiered. (It also got me thinking why did Joey do all the Bullwinkle impressions when that was a cartoon from the 60s? Unless there was a Rocky and Bullwinkle resurgence in the 80s. I do remember seeing the cartoon.) Nickelodeon used to show reruns of Mr. Ed, I have memories of seeing it on TV. Nickelodeon also used to show Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Nick at Nite also started in the late 80s I believe and that's where I got introduced to a lot of old shows when I was a kid. I ended up becoming a huge Odd Couple fan!
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