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Mister Mid-Life Crisis

'Being offshored isn't exactly what I expected.'

"Desmond likes to live in the moment. . . and that moment happens to be 1960."

'Nobody ever before had took much notice of Granny's homemade flour-sack bloomers.'

"Better start moving towards shelter: the weather forecast is for rain this afternoon..."

The Old Time Television Channel

"Remember when we had to get along on twenty-one dollars a month!"

Canada's winter survival kit.

'Before we begin, please turn off all cell phones.'

"So this is the Mr. Waring who has made such a great impression on my little girl."

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

Greetings from VARICOSE VILLAGE, a Florida golfing community featuring a shopping mall, restaurants and hospitals.

Lei-ing Hens

'Oh I don't mind you turning over my cups to look at the mark. But next time, please finish your tea.'

"On second thoughts, I'll have it stirred, not shaken."

"All new appliances, brand new subway tile backsplash and a unique kitchen island; notice those coconuts!"

I'm carrying a Tiki Torch for you

'Do you have anything right on the beach, but not so near the water?'

Dance Dance Dance.

Social Struggles

"This is Josh, our summer intern."

Pie Shoppe and Sweeny Todd's barber shop.

"It says here...'palm tree'." (landscape)

Telephone Box

Ikea for Hippies

"Great. . . Now I'm stuck on this Island."

'It's like listening to the 1950s. You can hear the dentures whistling.'

"No kidding? You too? Wow, what are the odds we'd both be cartoonists?"

'Honey! Hurry and help me bar the door! I saw a bunch of rowdy senior citizens in parrot masks down by the arena!'

'Hey, we're in style!'

Coal Trucks at Limehouse

'Good evening. I am an onscreen announcer, so you must have time-travelled back to 1956.'

George Washington

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."