50 Years Ago Today, Alright Alright Alright

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medisamurai@reddit

i was down there a year after they filmed it and it came out my freshman year in college. went to college in geogetown tx was some of the school scenes were filmed. lived near the burger spot and the convenience store later in my austin days.

if you were gen x and got to live in austin in the 90s, it wasnt perfect but at the same time it was some sort of paradise for young folks. the end of keeping austin weird after the internet money came around circa 2000.

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jeexbit@reddit

I caught the tail-end, lived for a brief spell in Austin in 1999 - was a lot of fun, cool town.

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davewashere@reddit

That Top Notch was also where Amy Smart's character works in Varsity Blues.

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Flashystarfish@reddit

I like to think anyone who lived in Austin and was able to see Leslie Cochran alive and well doing his thing, had the best Austin there was.

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sfdsquid@reddit

I have no idea what movie you're talking about. 😂 Should I turn in my GenX card?

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jeexbit@reddit

Have you seen Slacker?

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snausagemclinx@reddit

It would be a lot cooler if you did.

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Electronic_Lemon7940@reddit

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BlownCamaro@reddit

Never ever had the last day of school in May. It was always in June.

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ZouDave@reddit

Overwhelming majority of mine were May, other than the rare years we had lots of snow days.

My daughter is now in the same school district I went through in the 80s/90s. So far 100% of her last days have been in May.

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Dapper_Tap_9934@reddit

1988-last day of school always before Memorial Day with graduation always MD weekend

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rmhoman@reddit

Weird (where I grew up in Illinois) our last day was either in May or June 1st or 2nd. Depending on when Memorial day fell.

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BlownCamaro@reddit

We also didn't start school until September.

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rmhoman@reddit

Last week in August for us. Just after our county fair. 😆

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BlownCamaro@reddit

I really miss the county fair. It was fantastic! We had had HUGE bands come to play at ours.

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rmhoman@reddit

It was a fun week. I showed Holsteins and slept in the show hall. As a young teen I thought it was the greatest thing ever.

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Nettwerk911@reddit

You cool man?

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ZouDave@reddit

Like how?

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jrutz@reddit

Any time/any place?

That video game store from Cloak & Dagger, natch. That or Flynn's Arcade from Tron.

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PeriodicElement-103@reddit

Party at the Moon Tower!

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The_ZombyWoof@reddit

What the hell is a "moon tower" anyway?

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otherwayaround1zil@reddit

Full kegs, everybody’s gonna be there

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mac_the_man@reddit

”Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.”

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BuffyTheMoronSlayer@reddit

Yeah I was thinking that over the weekend with the speech about what you are celebrating in July.

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robun@reddit

If you are 18 in 1976, doesn't that make you a boomer?

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Ok_Transition7785@reddit

A very late boomer

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Mister_Wednesday_@reddit

Actually that would be a fairly mid Boomer. 1976 - 18 = 1958. Boomers went all the way to 1964/5.

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jgrumiaux@reddit (OP)

This article makes the case that the Boomer generation is too wide; there should be a Dazed and Confused generation.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-dazed-and-confused-generation

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Gen_Ecks@reddit

Yes

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UnderwhelmingAF@reddit

If Dazed and Confused were made today, it would be set in 2009. 1976 was only 17 years ago when it came out.

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timmy242@reddit

I hate you. ;)

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thwip62@reddit

Have things changed that much from 2009 to now that a D&C style film would be worth it?

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UnderwhelmingAF@reddit

Certainly not as much as from 1976 to 1993, at least not culturally.

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jgrumiaux@reddit (OP)

Me and my loser friends are gonna go online to buy Lady Gaga tickets. Top priority of the summer.

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merrysunshine2@reddit

Buzzkill 😂

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ComesInAnOldBox@reddit

Ready to have your mind blown? Benny is played by Cole Hauser, the guy who plays Rip on "Yellowstone" and "Dutton Ranch."

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davewashere@reddit

Rory Cochrane, who plays the long-haired stoner Slater, also makes an appearance in the final season of Yellowstone as the detective.

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ComesInAnOldBox@reddit

No shit? I didn't know that.

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minder125@reddit

It took me multiple times to realize Bannon was Ben Affleck

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ComesInAnOldBox@reddit

Yeah I didn't catch that one at first, either. To me, Affleck will always be "that jerk from fashionable male," (Mallrats) because that's the first thing I remember him from. It wasn't until after Armageddon that I watched this movie again and realized that was him.

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gbr1976@reddit

"To me, Affleck will always be "that jerk from fashionable male," (Mallrats)"

Shannon Hamilton...son of a bitch! "Yeah, who's your favourite New Kid? Yeah, call me Joey. Oh, come on. Don't make me get loose. Yeah, that's right. Call me Donnie. Oh, girl. Oh, please don't go girl."

😆😆😆

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merrysunshine2@reddit

“Brenda?!”

“Dick!”

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gbr1976@reddit

Too funny! 😆😆😆

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ComesInAnOldBox@reddit

"You don't want me to get lose now, do ya?"

"15? She told me she was 36!"

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gbr1976@reddit

😆😆😆

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postprandialrepose@reddit

Like the back of a Volkswagen?

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SoftBoiled15@reddit

Call me Donnie

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Sonoran_Dog70@reddit

Pitch Black

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merrysunshine2@reddit

Here’s a fun fact: Cole Hausers father had a bit recurring role on BH90210 (after Shannen Doherty left though )

Cole Hauser- Ben Affleck - Shannen Doherty

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melty75@reddit

That's crazy, have to let my wife know about that one. She loves that show (and Rip too, I think).

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ComesInAnOldBox@reddit

Yeah. When I found out I went back and watched this movie, and I just can't see it. Granted they're 30+ years apart, so of course I wouldn't see much of a resemblance, but it's him.

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buffering@reddit

Nashville/Dazed and Confused is a great one-two punch for a weekend of movies. Two films about a day in 1976, made 20 years apart.

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Stuartknowsbest@reddit

I look good in red.

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worstpartyever@reddit

This wasn’t a movie, it was a documentary on small town Texas high schools in the 70s

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Scott72901@reddit

Wooderson is now in his early 70s!

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Jackstraw1@reddit

...and the high school girls stay the same age!

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phun-key@reddit

Yes, they doooo…..

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VeryLowIQIndividual@reddit

I just watched this Saturday. I usually end up watching it once a year.

It’s a little before my time but still captured what it’s like on a night in a small southern town as late as the early 90’s, not a lot changed. The next 20 years after that changed the whole world for the worse the last few years after that have us in the sorry state we are now.

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classicsat@reddit

Calendar wise, it was 10-15 years before that point in my life. Fashion was a bit dated, but the music was pretty spot on for my circles.

One could say it is that cohort's American Graffiti, if not mine.

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InevitableOk5017@reddit

Totally agree.

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classicsat@reddit

The world of "200 Cigarettes."

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MiltownKBs@reddit

Zuma beach from the movie Sideout.

Shit movie but I love volleyball and I love that era of volleyball.

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InevitableOk5017@reddit

What are you talking about that movie was awesome dude!

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MiltownKBs@reddit

It had its moments I suppose. Cool seeing the pros in that movie.

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Dry_Ad687@reddit

Boomer Shit

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atlguy35@reddit

Haha. Right! GenX kids were not in high school for the Bicentennial. 😂

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Len_Zefflin@reddit

I was in grade 4, and school went until the end of June in Canada.

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work-n-lurk@reddit

Thrashin' or Rad would be my choice.
I enjoyed Dazed and Confused but it was set before my time.
Never heard of high school hazing before either. I could relate though as older jocks and burnouts hated us for skating or whatever.

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Why-did-i-reas-this@reddit

Wargames.. Seattle 1982/83 seems nice

North shore... Hawaii 1986/87 wouldn't be too bad either

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daaave33@reddit

I get older, they stay the same age...

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Yeezytaughtme409@reddit

Yes they do.

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JuJu_Wirehead@reddit

alright alright alright

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AZPeakBagger@reddit

I graduated in 1985 and my first two years of high school were the last of the "Dazed & Confused" era. My freshman and sophomore years we all looked like extras from the set of the movie. If you are an older GenX'r you remember these years vividly. The 1980's as most people remember them didn't start until 1983.

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neanderthalman@reddit

I feel like it was like that with the 90s too. It was still rather 80s until like 92-93.

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atlguy35@reddit

Absolutely accurate. It's like a switch flipped with MTv and the 80s began around 83-84. Surreal to think about because we knew something awesome was happening. 😎

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ShadowCass@reddit

What is the name of the movie?!?!? I have never hear of, or seen it! (Thread tax, was apparently in elementary school when it came out)

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Working-Active@reddit

Dazed and Confused (1993)

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ShadowCass@reddit

Thank you, I was wondering if that was what it was when I saw it referenced somewhere else in the thread, but it was really not clear to me. I have never seen this movie. I’m going to track it down!

I just remember what I thought of the US back in 1976 and it would’ve broken my young heart to realize how much those feelings have evolved!

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dngdzzo@reddit

I can hear Alice Cooper playing already.

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texan01@reddit

This movie was set 2 weeks before I was born.

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Reasonable-HB678@reddit

This movie is set approximately four months and one week after I was born.

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postprandialrepose@reddit

And a couple weeks after I was born. Ooops! Just broke a hip!

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Harold_Spoomanndorf@reddit

1971...San Fransisco....Dirty Harry

When I look back at that era through entertainment media (literature, music, movies, TV, etc), and through my own childhood memories, I can't help but think how cool (well- more interesting than cool, really) it would be to live back in the years between 1968 and 1976 as an adult in my early 20's to early 30's. 1966 to 1978 had a certain vibe and culturre to it that no other era can match IMHO, and the only cities to dive head-first into to experience that vibe and culture would be New York, Los Angeles Area, or San Fransisco. And after some serious consideration, I would pick Frisco (LA would be a close...close second but man, who doesn't love NY)

My choice(s) come mostly from music and film, you just can't beat that era when it comes to those media. The BEST in film and music came from that era. And most of my favorite music and movies were based in the Bay area from that time

I would go back without hesitation, and the only thing I would seriously miss from today...no bullshit, would be the internet and video games

But I think I'd be ok without them....maybe

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gbr1976@reddit

Hah! I was 14 days old, man - two full weeks!

This has been a favorite since I saw it in '93 or '94. Just may have to watch it tonight!

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TomatilloMaster5409@reddit

That kind of movie never really gets old, it just hits differently every time you come back to it.

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merrysunshine2@reddit

Good soundtrack too

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gbr1976@reddit

Oh, it's a great one! 😎

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Newweedbud@reddit

I graduated in 1976 too-good times 😊

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HHSquad@reddit

Yeah, I was in 9th grade this school year

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HHSquad@reddit

I was in 9th grade in the '75/'76 school year .......I wasn't bullied but I must say the movie perfectly encapsulates that era. Felt like a documentary. Linklater was born in 1960 and a year ahead of me in school.

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Ok-Limit-9726@reddit

GenX

That was closer to my First day in school,

You looking for boomer page?

1976-1965=11

11 is youngest GenX

-4 years old youngest GenX

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NoFanksYou@reddit

Did you read the caption?

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medisamurai@reddit

he left the readers in the car

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merrysunshine2@reddit

At our age, there should be readers within reaching distance

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medisamurai@reddit

yes, i think im up to 5-6ish.

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The-Manque@reddit

NARRATOR: They did not, in fact, stay the same age.

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merrysunshine2@reddit

Not as a freshman though!😂

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jgrumiaux@reddit (OP)

Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of.

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merrysunshine2@reddit

You cool man?

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postprandialrepose@reddit

Like how?

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merrysunshine2@reddit

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dbto@reddit

“Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.”

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