"If you were old enough to be obsessed with weekly 46-minute plots, you were old enough for social consciousness."
LOL. At that age, I didn't even pay much attention to the plots. I was just waiting in anticipation for some dude to transform into a green man, break his shirt, roar, and probably throw someone across the room. With the Dukes, it was obviously the car chases, the car jumps, and watching how they'd climb out the window of their car without opening the door. I used to imitate that, too, until my hand got caught in the door behind me when someone slammed it. It was quite an ugly wound. Luckily, the windows on that car didn't have frames, so it healed.
"No early Reagan memories? Assassination? John Hinckley? All right past you?"
At that time, yeah. I might have vaguely noticed that they changed Ralph Hinkley to Ralph Hanley on another show I watched, but I had no idea why.
"John Lennon getting shot? No?"
Nope. I didn't even get into popular music until later in the 80s.
"Top 1980 movies: www.boxofficemojo.com"
Wow. I can't believe "The Jayne Mansfield Story" starring Loni Anderson and Arnold Schwarzenegger aren't on that list!
The first movie I remember watching in a movie theatre was The Dark Crystal. The second was probably Back to the Future, but that was a few years later.
*** Warmonger Who Coaxed Dummkopf Trumpf into Attacking Iran Supports His Peace Plan Now ***
Lindseed Graham (R-SC) on social media today:
"Completely agree with President Trumpf's analysis that Iran's capability to generate another October 7 [caused by the IDF imprisoning thousands of Palestinians in prison without trial or charge] or continue to be the largest state sponsor of terrorism on the planet [next to the US] has been massively degraded.
"To those who say Iran is stronger now than before, that is an insult to the American military and it is delusional thinking because the Iranian economy is in shambles. [Not after the "cha-ching" $300bn reparations boon].
"Mr. President, continue to try to find a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear ambitions and other issues that have plagued the world since 1979. [Like no universal healthcare in the US, rampant firearms violence, spreading pathogens, oligarchic rule in America, ICE thuggery, unwarranted surveillance, supporting Russia instead of Ukraine, or the Gaza genocide] because the day diplomacy is off the table will present America and our allies with some very stark choices. [Just ask the NATO chief who is coming to Wash DC].
"In the meantime, as we [pretend to] pursue diplomacy, make it crystal clear that Israel will not have to tolerate being counter-attacked by Iranian proxies [in defense of their co-religionists] who cause parts of Israel to be uninhabitable [like the way Israel did to the Palestinians in Gaza.] Pray for peace."