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Here, let's do a quick Gen X fact check. Do you remember Romper Room?

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 22 '24, 16:21

What age group would you expect to have no idea what Romper Room is? Under what age would you think?

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I made a Rocky and Bullwinkle joke the other day someone did not get. Too young. -- nm - . Feb 22, 20:36
Oh yes 😃 -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 18:00
I thought Romper Room was the Boomer generation. -- nm - mara Feb 22, 17:37 3
- Look, I voted Republican once but it was for Schwarzenegger dammit -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 17:50
- Went 1953 - 1994. So all the years of X, some of Boomers and some of Y. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 22, 17:46 1
  - Wow. I had no idea it was competing with Sesame Street and The Electric Company. I thought it was more in the Captain Kangaroo era. -- nm* - mara Feb 22, 18:40
of course -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 22, 17:12 1
- And no one can talk to a horse of course. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 17:34
of course -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 22, 16:56
I do not. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 16:54 1
- I remember Size Small, but not this. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 17:11
Don't think I ever saw it, but it was a pop culture reference -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 16:46
Of course -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 16:46
heard of it never saw it -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 16:45
Very much so. My cousins were on it. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 16:42
I remember. my cousins watched it in the early-90s, so under about 37 probably couldn't know it. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 16:40
Of course. It was on for like 40 years. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 16:39
Yupper/no clue -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 16:34
Yes, and she never, ever called my name. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 22, 16:31
yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 22, 16:30
Not only do I remember it, I was in it. - ReluctantCynic Feb 22, 16:27 4
- I thought that was you! -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 17:35
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 16:45
- Nice! -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:35
- when/where? -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 16:29
romper bomper stomper -- nm - budice Feb 22, 16:27
The progenitor of the surveillance state. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 16:27
I remember it by name only. I am 45 years old, so I’d expect to be right around that cut off. -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 16:26
goddamn right i do (it was created at Univ of Md) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 16:22 2
- my recollection it was mostly off the air by 1980ish tho, mid-80s at the latest -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 16:25 1
  - That's about what YT searches are showing. -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:34

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