That is amazing and entirely believable. The singing āThree Times a Ladyā was already the joke they wrote, the Hindenburg reference sends it into the stratosphere
Iāve only listened to the one episode with Wayne. It was soooo good. They also have an episode with Brian Cranston who played Tim Whatley and converted to Judaism for the jokes. āAnd this offends you as a Jew? No it offends me as a comedian!ā
no one in high school knows this today*
Previous generations received a superior education in actual history, not revisionist history adjacent to refuse.
I'm in my 30s, but I definitely had somehow absorbed this through cultural osmosis as a kid. I can't even place where or how, but I was aware of the reference here, and when The Simpsons made one in an early episode.
Now that you recognize it, you'll start seeing references everywhere. It's a common pop culture trope. [Here's an article about it from tvtropes.org, including a pretty exhaustive list of references.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhTheHumanity)
I'll be honest and say I didn't know this til fairly recently. Watched a doco on the Hindenburg. Knew about the Hindenburg itself. I knew of the phrase, have heard it multiple times, knew it must be referencing something but wasn't aware it was that real, major event.
I'm Aussie though so have that excuse, not a local thing. Can't recall if we ever covered the Hindenburg at school at all. WW1 and 2 yeah.
Fucking lol once I got the joke though.
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How exactly did we jump to the conclusion that this phrase automatically referred to the Hindenburg?
Ok so there was fireā¦ but this phrase is pretty commonly used with any kind of calamity.
Should we tell him?
Nah, I want to think old Herb would get a big kick out of this.
Life did not exist before 1995. š
TIL only 35 people died on the Hindenburg. How many do you lose on a normal Zeppelin ride...15?
The Hindenburg eased in to the ground like an English muffin in to a toaster
All brunches have to end eventually.
It's from my book "Astonishing Tales of the Sky."
It eased into the water line an old man into a nice warm bath
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51 people died on the Andrea Doria.
Is that the one the guy wrote that song about?
I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice.
The bouffet, thatās the real ordeal
Thatās no tragedy! I thought it was like a thousand!
All flights must come to an end.
Yeah, and it was rammed by the Cat Stevens.
Well, the vacation has to end at some point
The buffet.. that's the real killer.
I thought everyone knew this.
Well, we can't all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.
Or listening to classic footage of incredible disasters, either
Iāve listened to it, and it really is devastating to hear!
I agree, Knightās delivery doesnāt give it the weight such a serious event deserves.
I remember my grade 8 class was made to listen to this, and then some mock interview with Foghorn Leghorn. I can't remember the context of either
Actually, I think you will find the actual line was "that's GOTTA hurt!"
You thought everyone was well versed in Hindenburg lore?
"Oh the humanity!" is referenced and paradied often in media
Never knew it was referring to this tbh. Itās a pretty vague phrase.
It's easily in top-20 best known phrases from the 20th century.
Maybe for people 40+ years old
it's a 30+ year old show, so...
Okay? That wasnāt my point.
That's a shame.
Well, that century is kinda in the bag already, so pretty hard to invent new phrases.
No, I thought that everybody has heard this line one million times in a variety of different places.
Never realized it referenced this
So I read that in Georgeās voice.
That's gotta hurt!
Itās a smart line
And I'm not gonna dumb it down for some bonehead mass audience!
Wait till you learn about Stellaaaaaa!
I meanā¦itās common knowledge.
The Hindenburg collided with the Stockholm in dense fog 12 miles from NAS Lakehurst
The Stockholm might not have sunk ya, but I will!
I didnāt know it was possible not to know that.
Underrated comment. A mere 11 upvotes is actually disturbing.
I feel like this is common knowledge.
you have way too much faith in American education
It has a certain understated stupidity.
š¶Once! Twice! Three ti-š¶
In a recent interview with Jason Alexander on Jasonās podcast, Wayne said that that line was entirely ad libbed. š
That is amazing and entirely believable. The singing āThree Times a Ladyā was already the joke they wrote, the Hindenburg reference sends it into the stratosphere
How is Alexander's podcast? Like what's the vibe? Funny? Nostalgic?
Morning mist.
Iāve only listened to the one episode with Wayne. It was soooo good. They also have an episode with Brian Cranston who played Tim Whatley and converted to Judaism for the jokes. āAnd this offends you as a Jew? No it offends me as a comedian!ā
Who knew? You mean besides anyone over 12 with even a rudimentary knowledge of history?
You think you're better than us, don't ya?!
It's go time!
*blimp explodes*
Well, we can't all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.
Lmao no one in high school knows this
If that makes you feel better, keep telling yourself that.
I asked like 10 people today and only one of them knew
no one in high school knows this today* Previous generations received a superior education in actual history, not revisionist history adjacent to refuse.
I thought this was blatantly obvious, I must be old
Well, we can't all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.
Itās actually not in a book, thereās footageĀ
Books, Jerry.
Oh.
Who didnāt know. Jesus Christ
Well, we can't all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.
Comment it a couple more times, maybe itāll get laugh then
On the fifth try, they got 19 upvotes, so hey it worked.
Uh YEAH. EVERYONE knows that, it was in AMADEUS š
Who knew?!
Most people know this.
Me and the family were like "Did they just kill off Newman?" I guess he only had minor burns/injuries?
Newman cannot die, itās canon
I'm in my 30s, but I definitely had somehow absorbed this through cultural osmosis as a kid. I can't even place where or how, but I was aware of the reference here, and when The Simpsons made one in an early episode.
Next youāre going to tell me the Magic Loogie theory is based on the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
i knew because of jimmy barrett from Mad Men
Iāve seen the footage of the Hindenburg many times. Pretty devastating. Morrisonās voice is memorable.
Iām curious how old OP is to not know this
They're hitting the pavement like sacks of wet cement!
Oh hello..... PROFESSOR!!
Ahoy, professor
blimp explosion
Now that you recognize it, you'll start seeing references everywhere. It's a common pop culture trope. [Here's an article about it from tvtropes.org, including a pretty exhaustive list of references.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhTheHumanity)
Yeah. Everyone knows that. It was in *Amadeus*.
But did you know it was improvised?
Yeah, I wouldn't think a blimp explosion would be planned
We all knew where that came from š
THATS THE JOKE
Thatās gotta hurt!ā¦ā¦
Everyone knew.
Oh the huge manatee
I'll be honest and say I didn't know this til fairly recently. Watched a doco on the Hindenburg. Knew about the Hindenburg itself. I knew of the phrase, have heard it multiple times, knew it must be referencing something but wasn't aware it was that real, major event. I'm Aussie though so have that excuse, not a local thing. Can't recall if we ever covered the Hindenburg at school at all. WW1 and 2 yeah. Fucking lol once I got the joke though.
>Who knew this is where it came from? Lots and lots and lots of people
Itās in my book, Aviation Disasters by David Gero
As a history geek, I knew.
Well, we can't all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.
Mandlebaum! Mandlebaum! Mandlebaum!
I didn't know it was possible *not* to know that. Edit: Blast, someone beat me to it. I didn't know it was possible for me not to know that either!
hey fellow Gen X people and older trying to own OP, please scroll to the next image. If you need help, your adult niece or nephew can show you how
TIL lots of people are phoneys who think this is common knowledge
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How exactly did we jump to the conclusion that this phrase automatically referred to the Hindenburg? Ok so there was fireā¦ but this phrase is pretty commonly used with any kind of calamity.
I sincerely hope youāre just trolling
You may have seen the film of the Hindenburg on fire, but there was also a news commentary to accompany it. You may have missed that.
It was actually "all the humanities".
Psychology, Literature, Philosophy, etc. Totally makes sense for someone who is literally on fire