So, when I was a kid, the Love Boat was a hit show. It often featured what I perceived to be older actors and actresses that I didn’t recognize at all, but because they were on the show in a prominent way, I figured they must be somebody famous or have been famous at one time.
Recently, my wife and I have been watching Hawaii Five-O – the new one, featuring people near our age, late 30s to mid 40s – and actors and actresses keep popping up in prominent roles that I recognize from when I was a young adult. For example, Melanie Griffith and Tom Berenger are the parents of one of the lead characters. Daryl Hannah portrayed a real estate agent.
Would my kids recognize these actors? No. Would my kids see them as older? Yes.
I’m old. And my shows have become the Love Boat. Crap.
Bill Poorman 