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  • Al Sparks@AlSparks

    I remember re-watching Porky's about 10 years later, and realized how juvenile it was.

    I feel the same way about Blazing Saddles. By the time Stripes was released, I had already done enough time in the military that I didn't find it funny. I found that younger members that had gotten out of boot camp within, say, a year did like it.

    Regarding The Jerk and the new phone book scene, I can still relate to it. I rented my first place in the early 1980's, and also acquired my first phone number. I remember looking my name up in the phone book and feeling that I had passed a small milestone.

    In the era of cell phones, social media and no phone books, young people just starting out aren't going to relate to that.

  • RebeccaCoffey@RebeccaCoffey
    ReplyingtoAl Sparks

    Al Sparks (View Comment):

    I remember re-watching Porky’s about 10 years later, and realized how juvenile it was.

    I feel the same way about Blazing Saddles. By the time Stripes was released, I had already done enough time in the military that I didn’t find it funny. I found that younger members that had gotten out of boot camp within, say, a year did like it.

    Regarding The Jerk and the new phone book scene, I can still relate to it. I rented my first place in the early 1980’s, and also acquired my first phone number. I remember looking my name up in the phone book and feeling that I had passed a small milestone.

    In the era of cell phones, social media and no phone books, young people just starting out aren’t going to relate to that.

    What is amazing is that actual adults wrote Porky's.

    It's true the phone book scene in The Jerk won't resonate with "the kids". That could be an opportunity. I loved watching and discussing old movies with my parents. It really helped me to understand the life they lived and the world as it once was. Now I'm sharing my old movies with my grown children. They want to understand what their folks lived through. It's funny that there is often some "truth" that has to be rebutted.

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