The Evolution of Dance
During one of the 'carpool' conversations, we got on the topic of 'pop culture'. 'Carpool Dan' (as he is now know, as to distinquish him from 'My Dan') tried to use the Dukes of Hazzard as an example of pop culture knowledge from his childhood that he thought was useless. I tried to point out that I'm sure he thought it was the best thing ever when he was a kid. Which he conceded, but now it was just taking up valuable cerebal real estate.
Here's how I proved him wrong. I told him about an episode of 'Smallville' where Clark Kent's Dad (played by John Schneider) goes to open the door of the car driven by his friend, the state senator (played by Tom Wopat). The car happens to be an older model Dodge Charger. As Mr. Kent attempts to open the door, the Senator points out that the door has been stuck shut since he bought the car and he should just climb in through the window.
Carpool Dan says "Really? They did that?" and then starts to laugh. Which made my point. If he had no clue who Bo and Luke Duke were, then he wouldn't have got that little inside joke as it played out 25 years later on a tv series about the teenage superman - and laughed.
I love pop culture/inside jokes like that. Next time you run into Kristi K., and you want to see her break out into giggles, just say "They were cones!!!" and then follow it up with "Chaka Khan!!!"
Anyways, I told you that story as a lead in to this, "The Evolution of Dance". You can tell that the audience is full of children of the 80s based on their response to certain songs.
If you don't know 99.9% of those songs, you lead a VERY sheltered childhood.