OT: Let me ask our British posters a strange question

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by headquarters

Hunter tended to be more brutish than Magnum as far as I recall .

Hunter was, but then again, he's not my type...

[Adm.Lee]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Hunter was, but then again, he's not my type...

I'm with the "Hunter" > "Magnum PI" crowd, but I mostly watched "Hunter" because it was on Friday nights, right before "Miami Vice." My gang and I spent a lot of Friday nights gaming with those on the TV.

Until we got cable in the game room, and could watch MTV....

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

I'm with the "Hunter" > "Magnum PI" crowd, but I mostly watched "Hunter" because it was on Friday nights, right before "Miami Vice." My gang and I spent a lot of Friday nights gaming with those on the TV.

Until we got cable in the game room, and could watch MTV....

I also remember back then where NBC had "Friday Night Videos" (if your affiliate did not sign off for the night, remember that?) and USA Network had "Night Flight" that showed videos and cartoon shorts from aspiring animators. I remember watching "Jack Mac and Radboy" on "Night Flight," they were sort of like a 1980's version of "Beavis and Butt-Head."

Chuck

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Nowhere Man 1966

I also remember back then where NBC had "Friday Night Videos" (if your affiliate did not sign off for the night, remember that?) and USA Network had "Night Flight" that showed videos and cartoon shorts from aspiring animators. I remember watching "Jack Mac and Radboy" on "Night Flight," they were sort of like a 1980's version of "Beavis and Butt-Head."

Chuck

I remember a show from way back when which, at the time, was better than Saturday Night Live -- it was called something like "Laff Tracks," or something like that.

[jester]

I remember all those shows.... what can I say, I was a late night junkie then. And of course SBC TV where I got my first glimpse of John Candy and a few other up and comming comics before they hit the mainstream, alas, they were still the red headed step child compared to it won't end ever Saturday Night Live....and how long has the audience said "Let them die already?" About 20 years now!

[Abbott Shaull]

One of the strange things about living in University town and I will not use the word City (it would be over statement for Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan). Yeah, depending where you go in the US, each region may have it own dialect and their own accent. Yet, I have seen it while in the Army based at Fort Bragg and here in the UP of Michigan. Many people who move can and do adapt the local accent/dialect fairly easy, to the point where others who have transplanted too wouldn't be able to tell you were from else where originally.

Then again there is something in the New England accent, various New York ones, Mississippi, and Texans twang that are dead give aways, or certain open hospitality phrases that reminds one of the South. I know one person who I go to school who lived in New Mexico, you can barely tell he moved up here only 5 years ago, again his wife still has that Texan twang you pick up on.

One has to remember in the US lot of the local accent/dialect reflect the people who moved into the various regions once they came to the US and they added their accent to the local flavor as they and their following generations mingled with those already living in the area.

Just some thoughts.

[pmulcahy11b]

Also, depending upon your profession, you will build up jargon that will often stay with you the rest of your life. And depending upon what era you grew up in, you'll have slang from your childhood and teenage years that may stay with you as well. I actually like to confuse today's kids with some of my jargon from when I was their age; the look on their faces is precious!

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by jester

I remember all those shows.... what can I say, I was a late night junkie then. And of course SBC TV where I got my first glimpse of John Candy and a few other up and comming comics before they hit the mainstream, alas, they were still the red headed step child compared to it won't end ever Saturday Night Live....and how long has the audience said "Let them die already?" About 20 years now!

I also remember when the networks would run late night movies, CBS comes to mind. During the summer, I sometimes watched them, they would run movies that were several years old like "Citizen's Band" (1977) and "Damnation Alley" (1977) and so on.

"Saturday Night Live," I miss the classic times, especially "The Coneheads" and "Mr. Bill."

Chuck

[Nowhere Man 1966]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I remember a show from way back when which, at the time, was better than Saturday Night Live -- it was called something like "Laff Tracks," or something like that.

I think I remember that too, vaguely.

Chuck