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fightingquaker13

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What happened to irony in the fifties?
« on: July 07, 2011, 10:34:18 PM »
This is an honest question to those a bit older than me. Irony was present in the '20s and '30s. It made itself felt in literature and film However in the fifties? Its seems like having a dark sense of humor marked you as a Red and not to be trusted. I ran across this classic on  TV the other day. I thought Fess Parker was always Davy Crockett. I Loved the Movie from Disney. Little did I know he was Daniel Boone as well. (same hat). The thing is this, how can you sing "Daniel Boone was a man, yes a BIG man..." when the man in question is wearing fur and leather and carrying a 5 foot long phallic symbol and not burst out laughing? Is my generation too cynical, because honestly It seems like something from SNL.
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Re: What happened to irony in the fifties?
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 11:17:18 PM »
Back in the day that was my favorite show. I had the coon skin hat and my handle on the CB was Daniel Boone.

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Re: What happened to irony in the fifties?
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 11:17:42 PM »
The same way you can watch drivel like "Lost" with out a lobotomy.
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Re: What happened to irony in the fifties?
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2011, 10:30:44 AM »
There was always Leave It To Beaver where the lead character's name was Beaver Cleaver.

And the line where Beaver's mom, June Cleaver, says to his dad  "Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night."

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Re: What happened to irony in the fifties?
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2011, 12:43:37 PM »
Before my time, but I loved many of the re-runs in my youth (70's). I think there were probably some veiled attempts at throwing stones at the rabid censorship of network TV of the time.......... whether trough titles, names, or symbols.
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Re: What happened to irony in the fifties?
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2011, 08:51:48 AM »
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