Post #91935 by donhonyc on Wed, May 19, 2004 1:12 PM

Okay...I'll be John Cleese. I always liked him a little better than Michael Palin.

I see your point Bong. You said it brother...bait is for fish. And yeah, the past does look better in retrospect. However, in several cases the past WAS and IS in fact better than the present. A good example might be the music industry. It could be argued that there is very little material coming out today that has any longevity comparable to any of the music that came out say, 35 years ago. I don't see Nelly OR Nelly Furtado or Jason Mraz or Fountains of Wayne doing a 35th anniversary tour. Maybe we will (unfortunately have to) see a Britney Spears or a Justin Timberlake performing 35 years down the road, but you must admit that the QUALITY of this type of stuff has gone way down hill. I mean isn't that why we're all here at TC? To mix cocktails from the past 'n stuff?

Also, to insuate that folks that look back 'on the good old days' are 'too lazy to get off their butts' is a little bit of a stretch. those jocks you talk about aren't necessarily lazy, coulda been football injuries or too much Meister Brau at homecoming.

Oh yeah the 'dumbshit' you mention could also be the same guy in 2035 debating (or baiting) someone else on how they should stop talking about how cool the past was in 2004 and look at how cool it is to have Avril Lavigne hosting 60 Minutes.

But whatever, I'll just agree to disagree. Can we get back to talking about Tony Randall now?

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2004-05-19 13:18 ]