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

[RCMerchant]

 .Dracula doesn't have fangs.
. All giant monsters were created by the Atom Bomb.
. Werewolves always wore pants and a shirt.
. There's a hunchback in the movie.
. There is a scene where the scientist/doctor says " Mad, am I? You call me mad?"".
. There just happens to be a gorilla in a cage, for no apparent reason.

[Chainsawmidget]

A gorilla is considered a monster. 

Being exposed to radioactivity causes things to grow hundreds of times their normal size. 

Zombies are created by voodoo. 

[RCMerchant]

. All blood in horror movies is the color of bright Dutch Boy paint.
. It features the Lone Ranger, Charlie Chan, or Dick Tracy.
. Folks cross there eyes when they're hit over the head.
. All people from Kentucky or Tennesee were straw hats and long beards and smoke corn cob pipes.
. All black people are scared of ghosts and skeletons.
. Somebody's hair stands up when they're scared.

[RCMerchant]

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

That's a major reason I won't watch GONE WITH THE WIND.
There are lotsa other reasons, but that's big on my list.

[LilCerberus]

The man does all the driving, even if it's her car.

[Allhallowsday]

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

That's a major reason I won't watch GONE WITH THE WIND.
There are lotsa other reasons, but that's big on my list.

I'm not a fan of that movie.  But I say unto thee: bullsh!t. 
I love Mammy, and Prissy, and Big Sam.  I wish they were part of my family.  It's a fantasy concept.  I imagine enslaved people might not care to serve.  I wouldn't.  The movie is definitely racist.  I'm white and I never cared much for that movie or the book which I actually read.  All 1000+ pages.  Scarlett had a child with each of her three husbands in the book.  Total romantic hogwash. 

[RCMerchant]

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

That's a major reason I won't watch GONE WITH THE WIND.
There are lotsa other reasons, but that's big on my list.

I'm not a fan of that movie.  But I say unto thee: bullsh!t. 
I love Mammy, and Prissy, and Big Sam.  I wish they were part of my family.  It's a fantasy concept.  I imagine enslaved people might not care to serve.  I wouldn't.  The movie is definitely racist.  I'm white and I never cared much for that movie or the book which I actually read.  All 1000+ pages.  Scarlett had a child with each of her three husbands in the book.  Total romantic hogwash. 

I never watched it all the way through. All I know is- the black actors and actresess in the film did a good job. ALL the actors did a good job. I just can't stand the movie.

[RCMerchant]

The man does all the driving, even if it's her car.

I always noticed that lotsa times- in movies pre 1950, they always get in the car on the passenger side and scoot. The driver don't get on the drivers side- he gets in the car from the passenger side.
Look close. It's true.

[RCMerchant]

.Pancakes will stick to the ceiling.
.If a saw is run across your head, it will bend the teeth.
.If a shovel is smacked unto the top of your head, it will retain the shape of your head .
.Somebody with a toothache will have an icepack tied onto they're head. And try to get it pulled out buy a string and a doorknob.

[Allhallowsday]

 

wah-ronguh... 

[RCMerchant]

. If a piano is being hoisted or pushed up a steep set of stairs- it will fall.
. If there is a clam in your soup- it will spit at you.
. If you are in the army- and 'ABOUT FACE'! With a gun- you will smack the person behind you with your gun barrel.
. If you accidently get covered in flour- people will think your a ghost.

[Alex]

Any man no matter how ugly will become incredibly attractive to other men if wearing a dress.

[The Burgomaster]

* Men refer to women as "Dames."

* Someone says, "Say, fellas, that's a swell idea!"

* When a man says he's "making love" to a woman, it means he's saying flattering things to her.

* Someone says, "Say, what's the idea?"

* People could have a "gay time" without going to a bath house.

* A man (often the hero) slaps a woman across the face and shakes her by the shoulders.

* Women wear big hats and silk stockings with seams up the back.

* People always call their boss "Mister Smith" or whatever instead of using his first name.

* The boss I mentioned above is always a man.

* Pilots say, "Roger, wilco, over and out." (Which makes no sense, because "over" means you're turning the conversation over to the person you are talking to so they can respond and "out" means you are ending the conversation).

* Women just get sick, go to bed for a few weeks and then die. There's no explanation of what they died of.

* The whole family eats dinner together. They use matching silverware and china and the kids drink big glasses of milk.

* Night clubs have bands whose members wear tuxedos when they play and there are cigarette girls walking around in skimpy outfits.

* If there is a trustworthy guy in the movie, his friends say, "He's a good Joe."

[The Burgomaster]

* Bullies always wear scally caps

* Prison is called "The Big House."

* Police are called "Coppers."

* Prison guards are called "Screws."

* Pistols are called "heaters."

* When people go out to nightclubs, there is always a montage of neon signs, people dancing, bartenders pouring drinks, and roulette wheels.

* Even though most people are driving cars and trucks, the ice man has a wagon pulled by a horse.

[The Burgomaster]

* Whenever someone gets murdered, a newspaper spins around on the screen and then stops so that the audience can read the headline.

* If the movie is set in a rural area, there's usually a sequence that takes place at the local fair.

* If soldiers go into a bar, a fight eventually breaks out and the M.P.s show up.

* If soldiers go into a bar, the Andrews Sisters usually show up and start singing.

* Every apartment or hotel room in the bad part of the city has a bed with an old, thin mattress and a radiator that doesn't work.

* Married couples sleep in twin beds.

* Men never go to the bathroom. But women sometimes go to the powder room.

* In westerns, there is only one person who can make good coffee. It's usually a grizzled old guy with a beard.

* Kids never have a lot of toys and games around the house. Usually the boys have a baseball glove and maybe a toy gun and girls have a doll.