A classic. They used to show this before Rocky Horror at the Nuart. Ah, memories.
Don't we have commenters here who are younger than this bit?
I also used to watch this before Rocky Horror in Chicago in the late 90s. Brilliant!
I'm also younger than this bit probably, although I do remember when you could smoke in movie theatres.
I remember when you could pee down the aisle in movie theaters.
This was frequently screened before movies at SJC.*
*Yes, I do mean the Supreme Judicial Court of MA.
I thought you meant Sarah Jessica Carker.
I remember smoking sections in theaters and planes. And when the non-smoking section in most restaurants was four or five tables shoved in the corner. Man, did things change quickly on that front.
It's nice not to have to specifically request the non-peeing section any more.
This PSA most likely predates the retirement of the manual phone switchboard at Heebie U.
I like to put things in order.
8: Can you still smoke in Durham bars? I used to back in 2003 or so.
First I was born. Then there was this PSA. Then they retired the switchboard operator. Then I worked there.
"I'd prefer the peeing section, please."
"Urine it already!"
12: A statewide ban was passed in 2009 so legally only at private clubs, but enforcement is spotty. Mostly, though, public indoor smoking is a thing of the past. Like kids riding in the back of pickup trucks.
Oh, wait, it wasn't the Chicago Rocky show... you couldn't smoke in that theatre. It was the Hollywood Bar and Filmworks in Indianapolis. Rah!
I keep forgetting that you can smoke in shitty bars* in Pittsburgh and that the non-smoking bar only arrived here a few years ago.
*If the bar serves food so bad that nobody will eat it, you can smoke in it.
You can smoke in the bar, not in the food.
Outside of the food, smoking is the greatest pleasure. Inside of the food, you're not allowed to smoke.
I suppose you can smoke inside the food, but state law doesn't discuss that.
11: I like to put things in order.
13: First I was born.
Oh man, the no kids in pickup trucks thing makes me sad. Although, I know, I know, it's for the best. But it was fun being a little kid bouncing around in the back of the truck with the dogs.
If the kids and the dogs are in the back, who is left that is sober enough to drive the truck?
who is left that is sober enough to drive the truck?
I don't understand the question.
Well, I like the last 13 seconds.
14 made me literally laugh out loud. I'm such a dork.
My high school had a smoking area.
When I was young, I used to smoke 2-3 packs a day. I could afford to do this even though I was working for slightly above minimum wage.
God, I'm old.
(Hadn't seen the John Waters bit before, though.)
The used to show this at the UC Theater too, I think. I'm pretty sure that must be where I saw it.
When I was a kid, Garrison Keillor* wrote an allegedly comic short story for the New Yorker, about the pursuit and persecution of the last smokers in America. I found it inspiring.
* "Stupid TV! Be more funny!"
28: There is something comforting about the images at the end of real 35 mm film strips.
When I make digital copies of old vinyl records, I always capture the sound of the needle falling at the beginning and picking up at the end. Sometimes that requires tweaking the levels so that the volume for the needle drop matches the volume of the rest of the file.
I admire your pursuit of accuracy, helpy-chalk.
Does anyone know anything about it? All I know is 'big explosion, some injuries' -- no explanation or anything.
The media is reporting that it was one or more car bombs.
My high school had a smoking area.
My dorm room was designated as a smoking room.
I should just put up an Oslo thread.
My dorm had no non-smoking rooms. Not the private rooms, not the common rooms. After you decided to go to the college they asked you to fill out a roommate assignment form which included smoking/non-smoking preferences, but that's it. As long as the official occupants were fine with smoking in their room, the university couldn't give a damn (and that included the less dangerous smoking materials as well). Of course back then you could smoke on intercity buses and all planes. Some planes and trains in Europe had what I thought as the 'fuck-you non smokers' non-smoking sections, i.e. divided along the aisle.
Damn I miss being able to smoke in bars.