Comments on: Hey Hey http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/ I have no idea whether ''The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy'' is a good album, but I might have to buy it just on the basis of its awesome name Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tullia http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29658 Tullia Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:54:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29658 I know I'm posting late to this party, but ... ... the "hey, hey, NAME-HERE-ay, how many NOUNs did you VERB to-day?" bit has been stitched into grad student/hippie/leftish protests as part of their vocabulary. Yes, the "hey, hey, ho, ho, NOUN NOUN NOUN-NOUN has got to go!" is much more common, but the VERBing NOUNs today one is used as spice. I saw it fifteen years ago, and I saw it last year, and I saw it all the years in between. If you get crowds of activists ranging from Mennonites to the radical transgendered physical scientists of colour, well, you need something catchy to keep them all marching in the same direction, so why toss out a perfectly good, easily modified classic? I know I’m posting late to this party, but …

… the “hey, hey, NAME-HERE-ay, how many NOUNs did you VERB to-day?” bit has been stitched into grad student/hippie/leftish protests as part of their vocabulary. Yes, the “hey, hey, ho, ho, NOUN NOUN NOUN-NOUN has got to go!” is much more common, but the VERBing NOUNs today one is used as spice.

I saw it fifteen years ago, and I saw it last year, and I saw it all the years in between. If you get crowds of activists ranging from Mennonites to the radical transgendered physical scientists of colour, well, you need something catchy to keep them all marching in the same direction, so why toss out a perfectly good, easily modified classic?

]]> By: flapjacket http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29500 flapjacket Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:15:31 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29500 A true geek-zer read "The Strawberry Statement" before seeing the movie. A true geek-zer read “The Strawberry Statement” before seeing the movie.

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29435 Mark in Boston Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:47:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29435 AARP is not an acronym anymore (or so they claim) and if it is, the "R" doesn't stand for that "R" word any more and it never did. AARP is not an acronym anymore (or so they claim) and if it is, the “R” doesn’t stand for that “R” word any more and it never did.

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29432 Nicole Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:32:20 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29432 I had no idea there was a novel ... I am thinking a tie I had no idea there was a novel … I am thinking a tie

]]> By: CIDU Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29431 CIDU Bill Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29431 Nicole, you get the win for having had the recording; but I claim runner-up for having read the novel before the movie came out. Nicole, you get the win for having had the recording; but I claim runner-up for having read the novel before the movie came out.

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29430 Nicole Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:12:59 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29430 Bill you don't think Wild in the Streets what Hal Holbrook's big breakout role ? Not to mention Ed Begley and Shelly Winters ? I certainly do remember Wild in the Streets ... I'll go you one better .. I had the soundtrack on vinyl Oh and as a few months ago Netflix had it as an instant view .. I relived my wayward youth one night watching it ... I remembered most of the words to the songs Bill you don’t think Wild in the Streets what Hal Holbrook’s big breakout role ? Not to mention Ed Begley and Shelly Winters ? I certainly do remember Wild in the Streets … I’ll go you one better .. I had the soundtrack on vinyl

Oh and as a few months ago Netflix had it as an instant view .. I relived my wayward youth one night watching it … I remembered most of the words to the songs

]]> By: Wendy http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29428 Wendy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:11:31 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29428 Well, I sure didn't get it, but then when I was in high school in the late 80s, we never learned anything after WW2. We ran out of time and none of that stuff was on the final, so we skipped it all. Well, I sure didn’t get it, but then when I was in high school in the late 80s, we never learned anything after WW2. We ran out of time and none of that stuff was on the final, so we skipped it all.

]]> By: Keera http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29386 Keera Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:41:44 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29386 Ah, blessed family turmoil. I was so traumatized I hardly remember shit from the 60's, especially grown-up stuff (well, except for the high school students demonstrating for girls' right to wear slacks to school). So I needed that Wikipedia link, too. I don't need Alzheimer's. Already have it. ;-) Ah, blessed family turmoil. I was so traumatized I hardly remember shit from the 60’s, especially grown-up stuff (well, except for the high school students demonstrating for girls’ right to wear slacks to school). So I needed that Wikipedia link, too. I don’t need Alzheimer’s. Already have it. ;-)

]]> By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29374 Scott Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:49:37 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29374 Speaking of overturning cars and how far things have gone downhill ... We took the son of a friend of ours, visiting from Venezuela, to Berkeley. We ran into a street protest, just like the old days. They burned a car in the middle of the street, and smashed the window of a store. But it turned out that the people running the demonstration had bought the car to burn, and the store window was smashed by accident. The organizers apologized profusely, and paid for a replacement. Berkeley has become a '60s theme park. Speaking of overturning cars and how far things have gone downhill …
We took the son of a friend of ours, visiting from Venezuela, to Berkeley. We ran into a street protest, just like the old days.
They burned a car in the middle of the street, and smashed the window of a store. But it turned out that the people running the
demonstration had bought the car to burn, and the store window was smashed by accident. The organizers apologized profusely,
and paid for a replacement.

Berkeley has become a ’60s theme park.

]]> By: CIDU Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29368 CIDU Bill Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:23:27 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/14/hey-hey/#comment-29368 Its Justme, I think the true test of geezerdom is whether you remember Wild in the Streets. Its Justme, I think the true test of geezerdom is whether you remember Wild in the Streets.

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