You know you're watching an old movie or show when....

[Svengoolie 3]

Someone uses a rotary phone.

Someone uses a pay phone.

Leslie Nielson is playing  a serious role. 

A good guy is smoking.

Someone's flying pan am.

[Trevor]

In my case, watching old movies is part of my daily routine. 

[Pacman000]

Everyone is smoking.

People research with microfilm/fliche.

Computers only display text.

Computers are nothing but a reel-to-reel tape drive & a wall of lights.

[Trevor]

Everyone is smoking.

I was watching Good Luck And Good Night the other day and yes, the smokers were even smoking between smokes. 

[Pacman000]

Stores have clerks who help you find the right product.

There's a robot who looks like the tin man.

No one cusses, or they use euphemisms like "To the devil with you!"

[Svengoolie 3]

In my case, watching old movies is part of my daily routine. 

Soooo, you know you're watching an old movie when you're awake?

[AoTFan]

Someone's carrying a ghetto blaster.  (Kids, ask your parents.)

A gas station has gas listed at anything under $3.00 a gallon.

Someone has a portable phone with an antenna sticking out of it.

Someone rips off a sheet of paper from a printer/fax.

Someone uses a fax.

Bad/rich guys use $100 bills with this type of portrait of Ben.

[Pacman000]

Actually, I send/receive faxes almost every day.

On topic: You know a movie's old when there's a gas station attendant.

When news comes via teletype.

When the TV's not flat.

[RCMerchant]

.Most all of the male cast members are wearing fedoras.
.A cop uses a 'call box.'
. Someone uses  a phone and an operator asks your number.
.When somebody gets shot, and there's no blood.

[RCMerchant]

.It's in black and white.
.People speak in boxes with fancy type.
.The soundtrack is a rinky-dink piano.
.Folks are wearing flat straw hats. Rich folks wear Top hats and use cigarette holders.
. Dinosaurs were animated by Willis O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen.
. At the end of the movie, it says- "The END."
.If there's an intermission break in the middle of the movie.
.People are drinking soda pop out of glass bottles.
.Someone is ironing clothes.
. The husband wears a tie at home. He smokes a pipe and reads the newspaper. The wife wears a dress or apron.
. Kids say "Golly!" or "Gee whiz!".

[Allhallowsday]

... you never see a wound. 

... death is always off screen. 

... there are no television sets. 

... sexy then is not sexy now. 

... less is more. 

[LilCerberus]

Advanced alien technology contains vacuum tubes, and can easily be understood, manipulated & sabotaged by by any layman.

[Svengoolie 3]

...a tv show has an episode name displayed at the beginning.

[RCMerchant]

. There isn't a rap song or 'funny out takes" playing during the end credits.
. A guy gets knocked out buy being punched in the chin.
. The moon is populated by blonde beauty queens.
. All laundry mats are run by Chinese folks who can barely speak English.
. All Asian people are either Evil Mad Men or Wise Detectives who speak in stilted English.
. On a train, there are sleeping cars.
. On a train- all the Porters are black and addresed as "Say boy-!"

[Allhallowsday]

... every other white family has a happy to serve black maid.  Or somebo'dee roun' da kakorner. 

... queer people are evil. 

... sin will always be punished. 

... if the camera pans away from a kiss and shows the moon, the kissing couple are having sex. 

... a cigar is proof of power.