A few years ago, while powering through every episode of The Fugitive, I found myself obsessively checking the IMDB pages of actors from the program who were presented as middle-aged and elderly. The show was on in the 1960s, of course, and it felt like folks aged faster in those days. Cigarettes, I suspect, played a big part in making people prematurely haggard and scrotely. I found it fascinating.
You aren’t wrong. Mostly the men seem to look older (though I’ve seen a few women in the 1940s and 50s who seem to have aged faster). One actor we talk about is Carroll O’Connor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carrol_O%27Connor_as_Archie_Bunker.JPG He was 51 here! You can just say, “D#@m” I look good for my age!
I agree with nearly everything you said. I am at the moment, 81 1/2. Up until six months ago, people always told me I looked much younger than my age. In January, I had cataract surgery, and I no longer need glasses. BUT.....believe it or not, I look older without them. The bags under my eyes are much more visible without glasses frames to obscure them and the wrinkles at the corners and on my lids are jumping out at me whenever I look in the mirror. I have never been vain (I guess because everyone told me I didn't look my age) but now? I hate seeing those bags, which look as though they are packed and ready for an extended vacation. I got a new pair of glasses to wear when I am away from home - and I sure hope they minimize the bags. How sad is that?
Welp.....I thought I one the only one that looked up the actors from old TV shows! I just looked up someone from The Andy Griffith Show yesterday. And I watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies, always scrolling while I do. It's depressing! I am the same age as you. Here's one for ya.... My father died at the age of 59, suddenly. I turn 59 next Friday. Here's to getting through to the big 6-0!
I did that about 10 years ago, but with the first season of Star Trek. Not so much the recurring characters (I kinda knew how old they were and how they all "turned out") but the guest stars - especially the women. Yeah - it was depressing. I still do something like that - if I watch an old movie I've never seen before (and even a few that I have). It's not so much "how old are they compared to me" so much "whatever happened to....?" I should stop doing that. So should you.
Well damn. I have mentioned before that we could be brothers, me being the younger more handsome brother but I digress. I too am rewatching old shows, currently working my way through the Rockford Files. Up until Breaking Bad, it was the best TV show ever. I also look up actors, mostly to see what ever happened to them. Now you have got me looking in the mirror for signs of scrote jaw. Thanks a lot!!
You aren’t wrong. Mostly the men seem to look older (though I’ve seen a few women in the 1940s and 50s who seem to have aged faster). One actor we talk about is Carroll O’Connor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carrol_O%27Connor_as_Archie_Bunker.JPG He was 51 here! You can just say, “D#@m” I look good for my age!
I agree with nearly everything you said. I am at the moment, 81 1/2. Up until six months ago, people always told me I looked much younger than my age. In January, I had cataract surgery, and I no longer need glasses. BUT.....believe it or not, I look older without them. The bags under my eyes are much more visible without glasses frames to obscure them and the wrinkles at the corners and on my lids are jumping out at me whenever I look in the mirror. I have never been vain (I guess because everyone told me I didn't look my age) but now? I hate seeing those bags, which look as though they are packed and ready for an extended vacation. I got a new pair of glasses to wear when I am away from home - and I sure hope they minimize the bags. How sad is that?
I can't help wonder if these guys just partied harder then, than we do now. There's no other obvious explanation!
Welp.....I thought I one the only one that looked up the actors from old TV shows! I just looked up someone from The Andy Griffith Show yesterday. And I watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies, always scrolling while I do. It's depressing! I am the same age as you. Here's one for ya.... My father died at the age of 59, suddenly. I turn 59 next Friday. Here's to getting through to the big 6-0!
I did that about 10 years ago, but with the first season of Star Trek. Not so much the recurring characters (I kinda knew how old they were and how they all "turned out") but the guest stars - especially the women. Yeah - it was depressing. I still do something like that - if I watch an old movie I've never seen before (and even a few that I have). It's not so much "how old are they compared to me" so much "whatever happened to....?" I should stop doing that. So should you.
Well damn. I have mentioned before that we could be brothers, me being the younger more handsome brother but I digress. I too am rewatching old shows, currently working my way through the Rockford Files. Up until Breaking Bad, it was the best TV show ever. I also look up actors, mostly to see what ever happened to them. Now you have got me looking in the mirror for signs of scrote jaw. Thanks a lot!!