Flipping through the option icons first brought me across MacGyver - and I was instantly certain that, Elijah being Elijah, this would be his new must-see tv. I was right.
The rest of the sweltering weeks have been leg-warmered and Mr. Pibb'd with conversations on the finer lights of growing up 80s. Much to my sometimes delight and always surprise, they've been digging it: from Michael Jackson to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, it would seem discovering the era of our Wonder Years is akin to looking at as-yet undiscovered evidence of the "Ooooo-kay...but what were you thinking?"
But the walk down memory lane hasn't been entirely without yellow bricks for me, either. Some of what I remember not getting at all is downright funny to me now. Case in point: while the kiddos were elsewhere playing, 9 to 5 was on Netflix in the background. Remember that one? I let Grace tune in to the very beginning where she confusedly remarked, "I don't think you can talk to women like that. I mean, that just seems mean. And inappropriate! Doesn't he have a wife?"
(Reason number 1,345,689 why I love that girl.)
I tried to explain that the 80s were a different time for women altogether, particularly in the workforce. So, after our brief exchange, off she goes before this fantastic scene rolled. In it, Doralee (played by Dolly Parton) discovers her boss has been spreading rumors she's his mistress. And she says....
"I’ve got a gun out there in my purse and up to now I’ve been forgiving and forgetting because of the way I was brought up but I’ll tell you one thing, if you ever say another word about or make another indecent proposal, I’m gonna get that gun of mine and change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot! Don’t think I can’t do it!"
Rooster to a hen.
Noooooooowwwww I get it.
No wonder all my mom's working friends loved that line.
Perhaps there's more to learn through the 80s than I thought.
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