Who was a famous name when you were growing up that young people today wouldn't have heard of?

[Spinneret]

Gareth Gates

 

[lynxstch]

Gareth Gates

I'm a grown up and I've never heard of that person, lol. I would have to maybe say someone like Ed Sullivan or Liberace. I doubt it too many young people are familiar with those names.

 

[AaronB]

Not exactly a celebrity, but who remembers the "Baby Jessica" saga from the late 80's?

 

[clori]

my kids (young adults) don't even know Grimace. Is Baby Jessica the girl who fell down a well?

 

[lynxstch]

my kids (young adults) don't even know Grimace. Is Baby Jessica the girl who fell down a well?

Yes

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Aristotle Onassis

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

Karen Quilan

 

[TheDailyMoo]

I'm in my 40s and knew about obscure people and pop culture references from the turn of the century. Kids these days probably think Brittney Spears is basically like the same age as Mozart. So funny that kids these days have access to all the knowledge the world holds yet have almost no clue about anything outside their immediate social media circles. I know this because I work with that age and I'm telling you...they have no clue about anything older than the late 2010s

 

[Praying Colonel]

Ed Sullivan

 

[karmic]

Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Walter Cronkite

 

[RUDisney]

Mr. Whipple

 

[tvguy]

I was shocked by a 20 something at my work who had never seen I Love Lucy or The Dick Van Dyke Show and did not know who Lucille Ball or Dick Van Dyke were. And this was at a TV station!

 

[goofyernmost]

Spiro Agnew

 

[NannyBeBe]

Bob Keeshan, Shari Lewis, Andy Devine; and the wonderful characters -- Captain Kangaroo, Midnight the Cat, Howdy Doody, Lamb Chop, Kukla and Ollie. I could go on and on.

 

[Authorciara]

Gareth Gates

Kevin Conroy

 

[georgina]

I doubt my kids, ages 28-33, know who a lot of those TV characters are, and why should they? My kids don’t watch much TV. No great loss. I don’t even know who some of the ones mentioned are. I was allowed to watch Captain Kangaroo as a kid.

 

[Liz]

Jack Benny, Bob Hope

 

[barkley]

Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas

those along with virgina graham and gypsy rose lee were the talk show hosts my mom watched daily during my childhood (and for a time dinah shore-esp during the years she was dating burt reynolds!).

Bob Keeshan, Shari Lewis, Andy Devine; and the wonderful characters -- Captain Kangaroo, Midnight the Cat, Howdy Doody, Lamb Chop, Kukla and Ollie. I could go on and on.

loved these! love older kid's cartoons and shows-have large beanie and cecil toys (cecil's pull string voice still works) as well as a large stuffed gumby and pokey.

on the subject of older kid's shows-shout out to san francisco bay area 'kids', do you remember charley and humphrey or buster, vanilla and russel from 'buster and me'?

 

[pigletto]

Olivia Newton John.

 

[luvsvacation]

This year I took my DD (21) to the candlelight processional when Neil Patrick Harris was the host and she had never heard of him! It’s all generational…I’m 45 and I can tell you who all the 90s stars were. I had kids in 02 & 03 and totally lost touch with pop culture. I have no clue who’s who anymore. My kids know all about todays stars, but no one before mid teens.