Watching a video where an influencer went to a car museum, and he said this when he saw the mirthmobile. Are we that old?

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ThresholdSeven@reddit

Yes we are that old. This is comparable to a car from a movie in 1958 was this came out in 1992.

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OldArtichoke433@reddit

I was at Petersen a few weeks back with my 18 year old son. We walked past the Mirthmobile and I was like wow that is the Pacer from Wayne’s World. He was like, is that a Movie or something?

I felt immediately older than usual.

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detective_bookman@reddit

You had 18 years to show him the movie!

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OldArtichoke433@reddit

Yeah, but it’s not a great movie lol. It was just pop culture lexicon in the 90s.

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unicorn-beard@reddit

Speaking of, how many people had nicknames for their car/friends car? My buddies gold volvo stationwagon was nicknamed Goldfinger, that thing got the crew to the mall, concerts, etc many many times.

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Canadatron@reddit

People don't watch old anything anymore. They know nothing of the past, it's almost crazy.

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

Wayne's World is as old today as Vertigo was when Wayne's World came out

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OneHumanBill@reddit

The final Nirvana album is closer to the first Beatles album than it is to today.

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VVrayth@reddit

We are as far away from Raiders of the Lost Ark's release (1981) as it was from the year it took place in (1936).

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Pantsickle@reddit

How's your back? Get some coffee in you and stretch a bit snd you'll be right as rain.

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theeldoso@reddit

I think I felt my face melt while reading this.

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flamingknifepenis@reddit

A) This is a hate crime

B) I see your hate crime, and raise you it having been longer since “All I Want for Christmas is You” came out than, when that song came out, it had been the Beatles made their US debut.

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Pantsickle@reddit

And speaking of Raiders, that movie has a quote that I think is the best summation of aging: "It's not the years, sweetheart, it's the mileage.:

I didn't understand what the hell Indiana Jones was talking about back then, but I sure do now.

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TrustAffectionate966@reddit

I expect them. They literally have a supercomputer on their hand. It can even talk to them.

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

If I had a smartphone in 1992, I shudder to think what I'd have been doing with it, but it damn sure wouldn't have been studying the minutiae of Hitchcock

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one_among_the_fence@reddit

It's also not that prominent in the movie. A couple exterior shots, but for the most part, it's the interior of the car that the audience sees the most.

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To be fair, everyone should be familiar with the film adaptation. Even if you don't care about the plot, Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman at their apex of hotness? Lordy, that was a LOT of beauty on that screen....

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jackfaire@reddit

I haven't seen the movie in 34 years I didn't recognize the car

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Pantsickle@reddit

You speak for.your goddamn self! Just because I limp for the first half hour of every day does not mean I'm old, it just means that...oh. Nevermind.

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three-sense@reddit

That wasn’t necessary

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Pitiful_Ad2397@reddit

We are.

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JamesMattDillon@reddit

Also have to remember, not everyone has seen every single movie

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Suitable-Peanut@reddit

I've seen Wayne's world a dozen times and I actually saw this guy's video about the cars and I didn't recognize this one either! Guess it wasn't as culturally important to me.

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JamesMattDillon@reddit

I recognized it right off, but I absolutely loved the movie and just recently watched it again

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MsBlondeViking@reddit

Nor does every xennial love every movie that’s from our era. Which seems to be an expectation here.

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JamesMattDillon@reddit

This sub sure does make it seem like we all every single movie made during our era

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whistleridge@reddit

I had no idea what this was. I guess I saw that movie once when it came out, but I was very meh on it and it had no formative impact on my youth. But we never watched SNL.

I think if you were a certain age and a certain background this was a big deal, and for everyone else it’s just another forgettable SNL movie.

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Brandamn3000@reddit

I agree with your point that people shouldn’t expect to recognize this car almost 35 years later. But to be fair, it was featured in the infamous “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene that was wildly popular at the time. That scene basically resurrected the song from its radio grave and the rereleased music video that featured the scene won an MTV award for Queen. So a lot of the “MTV Generation” would probably remember this car even without seeing the movie.

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TrustAffectionate966@reddit

Wayne’s World will be screening at The Regal today.

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🍿🦄👍🏽

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PackageNorth8984@reddit (OP)

Mine too! Jerry Maguire as well.

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TrustAffectionate966@reddit

It brought quite a few people in during a Sunday afternoon.

🍿🦄👍🏽

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ThermionicMho@reddit

So you think you can love me and leave me to die?

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Trixie1143@reddit

Delaware!

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kayla622@reddit

If you’re gonna spew, spew into this.

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LucyEwalker@reddit

Phil, you’re partied out, AGAIN!

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

I pull that little gem out whenever my wife or kids say they think they're going to throw up as I grab a container for them. Lol

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CelticSith@reddit

That’s fine, more red rope licorice for us

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JasonZep@reddit

Well I mean most influencers are morons

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po_ta_toes_80@reddit

The second I read or hear the word "influencer", I shut off my brain to the context it's being used and move on with my life.

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Inc-Roid@reddit

I wanted to install a red rope dispenser on my first car

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kalebdraws@reddit

Well, the upside is they WISH they knew this movie. All of our culture is back in fashion again.

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MsBlondeViking@reddit

If it wasn’t for comments, I’d have NO clue what this car is from.

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Smoky1279@reddit

I saw this car, or possibly a copy, at Paramount's Kings Island outside of Cincinnati in 1994ish

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Puglet_7@reddit

Paramount Canada’s Wonderland had it too in the 90’s for some years before they got bought out.

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realitythreek@reddit

I’ve watched Wayne’s World a dozen times and I didn’t remember this.

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honestrade@reddit

They’re not worthy.

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donolga@reddit

Wait....mirthmobile? I thought it was the murphmobile. I gotta go rethink my life now.

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Blizzardof1991@reddit

Oh thank God I'm not the only one

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moe_saint_cool@reddit

I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me

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M5M400@reddit

he's just a poor boy from a poor family

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

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yamahowzer@reddit

Galileo Figaro

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EatsCrackers@reddit

Caught in a landslide….

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Similar-Sir-2952@reddit

Cassandra, she’s a fox

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CIarkNova@reddit

Put it on the Spindle. Oh wait…. : (

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-Red-7-@reddit

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moe_pier@reddit

can't believe we're now vintage too

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gorilla-ointment@reddit

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mr_1219@reddit

People nowadays are just uncultured. They don't know shit about this stuff cuz they only watch other idiots doing shit

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

I blame it on the museum for not properly providing context of their exhibits.

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therealpopkiller@reddit

This is at the Peterson Auto Museum in LA. They have an exhibit of classic movie cars

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SnacksCCM@reddit

"Ah, the Mirthmobile."

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EatsCrackers@reddit

Kids? Plenty of us have grandkids by now!

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

I’ve seen the film, a bunch of times. I’ve seen the Queen music video interspersed with scenes from this film hundreds of times.

I couldn’t tell you what that car looked like. Hell, I don’t even recognize this.

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PackageNorth8984@reddit (OP)

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