The Older Workers on this here Canadian Cultural Blog may be used to this phenomenon by now, but for those of us in lower advertising categories, here is a sobering example of the aren't-the-policemen-getting-younger-these-days experience.
A colleague of mine compared a historical character (sorry, specific details lost in transit) to Kato Kaelin. Blank faces all round. Then he realized that in the mid-1990s the only shaggy-haired layabout his students were interested in was this chap.
Posted by Alan Allport at February 21, 2005 01:49 PMThere are people born after the assassination of JFK who are already bald and/or gray and/or menopausal.
There are people born after the resignation of Tricky Dick who are now over 30 (as in, "never trust anyone older than").
Hell, there are people who will graduate from university this year who were born after the introduction of the first Macintosh.
In other words, it's not really surprising that 'Kato Kaelin' elicits blank faces. Indeed, I wonder if even 'OJ Simpson' would produce greater recognition.
cheers,
Henry
Posted by: Henry Larsen at February 21, 2005 10:19 PMNo, it's not surprising. It's just a little depressing (to us).
Posted by: Alan Allport at February 22, 2005 04:11 AMI regard my own ignorance of Kato Kaelin as a victory over pop culture. I just turned thirty-one today, and can congratulate myself for successfully avoiding the OJ trial.
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at February 22, 2005 06:39 AM