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I can't believe how high they wear their pants

posted 15 years ago by parkpunk
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I know it was the basic style in those days but, every time I watch this I always trip on just how high up they wear their pants. Especially Lou.

[–] Nikon11 15 years ago

Ha, I think it all the time, if I see someone with their pants pulled up too high (but I noticed it more on Bud).

[–] venom80 15 years ago

Uhh pants are suppose to be worn that high. I'm in my 20's and I wear them like that. It's not nerdy or anything like that...IS IT?

[–] doowopfan 14 years ago

I can't believe how low kids wear their pants today.

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I did sixty in five minutes once...

[–] scadeetin 14 years ago

Amen to that. Even in the 90's they wore it that low. I watch pro wrestling and back then, there was a guy who wrestled all the time with his jeans so low you could see the top of his underwear. An older, semi-retired wrestler was commentating one of his matches and said, "He needs to pull his drawers up."

I say go watch an episode of Family Matters or Steve Urkel and you'll see how high is too high for pants.

[–] kerrydragon 14 years ago

I agree that their pants were too high and dorky looking.However I enjoyed the plain english dialogue,the monsters,and the forties ambiance.

[–] parkpunk 13 years ago

Their pants HAD to be 10 inches above their belly buttons at least. How weird would that feel?

[–] rivergirl301 13 years ago

TV Land used to do a bit about "The Pants That Swallowed Fred Mertz," of I Love Lucy, and showed Fred's pants waist getting higher and higher and higher. It was hilarious.

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[–] novastar_6 8 years ago

TV Land used to do a bit about "The Pants That Swallowed Fred Mertz," of I Love Lucy, and showed Fred's pants waist getting higher and higher and higher. It was hilarious.

So that's what that was about, I could never figure out WHAT they were getting at.

[–] moosefeathers 10 years ago

better than seeing everyone's crusty azz cracks of today.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

I'm half joking when I say this but it was a time when women who showed their belly button was considered an act of sexual liberation. There might have been a similar but less stringent rule for men in case their shirts could not cover their whole stomach.

[–] millsey72 (10939) 4 years ago

Nah, its a plot hole. No one in those times wore their pants that high

[–] liscarkat (19418) 4 months ago

High pants, and don't forget the short neckties.