Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
That was odd, though. Every impressionist on the telly in the 70s would do Jimmy Cagney, 30 years after his films were popular. It's the equivalent of impressionists today doing Patrick Swayze impressions.
It's true. Although I suppose you might get the odd Sylvester Stallone or Schwarzenegger impression now, I suppose. But I think society moved more slowly in those days. I seem to remember that in the 80s, the 50s seemed closer to older people then than the 80s does to us now.