Why did people "back in the day" look so darn old!?

[alaskanseminole]

I'll be 50 next month, but Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor were 44 and 48 (respectively) when All In The Family kicked off. They look like their in their early 60s!

Look at this 1970s group of High School Kids. Good grief!

 

[SolarHawk]

I can only attribute it to advances in technology and healthcare. Because you’re right, people are aging better today than previous generations. Not to toot my own horn, but I’m 40 and could easily pass for 30.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

No EPA or OSHA back in the day?

 

[Huey Grey]

I'll be 50 next month, but Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor were 44 and 48 (respectively) when All In The Family kicked off. They look like their in their early 60s!

Look at this 1970s group of High School Kids. Good grief!

Those high school girls are already reaching menopause.

 

[QChawks]

smoking

 

[THE_DEVIL]

I can only attribute it to advances in technology and healthcare. Because you’re right, people are aging better today than previous generations. Not to toot my own horn, but I’m 40 and could easily pass for 30.

You are going to have to bring the evidence on this so send us a pic of your wife.

 

[mnole03]

smoking

Smoking and sun exposure.

 

[EasyHawk]

I’m consistently amazed at how old my cohorts look and how my youthful appearance belies my actual age. Then my wife sets me straight.

 

[Huey Grey]

You are going to have to bring the evidence on this so send us a pic of your wife.

And that 30 year horn being tootin'

 

[alaskanseminole]

Mr. Howell was only 50 when Gilligan's Island kicked off.

And good Lord the poor Skipper was only 43!

 

[the24fan]

not enough botox back in the day not to mention plastic.

 

[Aardvark86]

I'll be 50 next month, but Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor were 44 and 48 (respectively) when All In The Family kicked off. They look like their in their early 60s!

Uh, that's something called 'makeup', and they tend to use it a lot on TV.

Relatedly, one of my more hilarious bus commutes a couple of years ago involved sitting behind two 16 year old boys, and one of them invoking the phrase "back in the day" even though he was not even born back in the day.

 

[Roncuba55]

Life was harder back then. Father's worked hard to put food on the table and mother's took care of the home. People mostly lived within their means and didn't expect the government to take care of them.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Life was harder back then. Father's worked hard to put food on the table and mother's took care of the home. People mostly lived within their means and didn't expect the government to take care of them.

You don’t have to do this every single thread, you know.

 

[fivecardstud14]

Life was harder back then. Father's worked hard to put food on the table and mother's took care of the home. People mostly lived within their means and didn't expect the government to take care of them.

Hey now, don’t be stealing content from @HawkeyeHitman. Try to come up with your own, as hard as that may be for you.

 

[SSG T]

Life was harder back then. Father's worked hard to put food on the table and mother's took care of the home. People mostly lived within their means and didn't expect the government to take care of them.

Nothing after your 1st sentence has anything to do with why people looked so old then.

And your last sentence is complete BS. My mom and dad both survived childhood because of gov't assistance.

 

[SSG T]

Hey now, don’t be stealing content from @HawkeyeHitman. Try to come up with your own, as hard as that may be for you.

You sure it's not an HH alt handle?

 

[Tenacious E]

I'll be 50 next month, but Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor were 44 and 48 (respectively) when All In The Family kicked off. They look like their in their early 60s!

Look at this 1970s group of High School Kids. Good grief!

That's a rough 44 and 48.

 

[fivecardstud14]

You sure it's not an HH alt handle?

HawkeyeHitman can actually be funny. RonCuba is just a whiny little bitch who has never said anything funny.

 

[ping72]

Now do the Golden Girls

 

[Tenacious E]

Mr. Howell was only 50 when Gilligan's Island kicked off.

And good Lord the poor Skipper was only 43!

That's a rough 50 and 43.

 

[SSG T]

Now do the Golden Girls

Rue McClanahan was 3 years younger than I am now when the show debuted. And looking at pics from season 1, I probably wouldn't.

 

[Tunadog]

Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

My Back Pages - Bob Dylan

 

[alaskanseminole]

Now do the Golden Girls

Well, Bea Arthur was 63 when the show kicked off and Estelle Getty who played her mom was in make-up as she was technically younger than Bea. She was 62.

 

[desihawk]

more hormones in food production in those days?

 

[Roncuba55]

Damn, some of you blokes are so soft...

 

[Roncuba55]

No wonder our military is not what it once was..

 

[alaskanseminole]

No wonder our military is not what it once was..

Because Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor looked 60 when they were still in their 40s? ...trying to connect the dots here.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Mr. Howell was only 50 when Gilligan's Island kicked off.

And good Lord the poor Skipper was only 43!

FWIW, that was Bob Denver's second television show. He previously starred as Maynard G Krebs in Dobie Gillis.

 

[NDallasRuss]

No EPA or OSHA back in the day?

I was going to say it was the lead and asbestos.

 

[alaskanseminole]

FWIW, that was Bob Denver's second television show. He previously starred as Maynard G Krebs in Dobie Gillis.

Yup. I used to watch that show too. He had a goatee with no stash.

 

[HIWB]

Wind and sun exposure from roofing jobs as a teenager.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Wind and sun exposure from roofing jobs as a teenager.

 

[BelemNole]

I started turning gray in collge, so I'm one of the old looking ones

 

[alaskanseminole]

Let's also not forget we were supposed to believe these were High School kids. LOL

Rizzo was 34 here.

 

[millah_22]

I'll be 50 next month, but Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor were 44 and 48 (respectively) when All In The Family kicked off. They look like their in their early 60s!

Look at this 1970s group of High School Kids. Good grief!

Shitty skin care routines.

 

[millah_22]

I can only attribute it to advances in technology and healthcare. Because you’re right, people are aging better today than previous generations. Not to toot my own horn, but I’m 40 and could easily pass for 30.

let us be the judge of that.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

General Patton was only 57 while commanding in Africa. Guys looked like he was in his 70’s. Here is a picture when he was still a 3 Star General.

 

[mnole03]

No wonder our military is not what it once was..

Which generation of losers and suckers are getting nostalgic about?

 

[millah_22]

Let's also not forget we were supposed to believe these were High School kids. LOL

Rizzo was 34 here.

I would have pounded Frenchie. Killed Rizzo. Killed pigtail bowl cut. Killed measuring tape guy in the back. Married Marty.