Time travel in the 40s. ;)

ROFL

Glad it wasn't just me. Still they had invisibility and teleportation in the 40's (allegedly) so why not DVDs.

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I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

Wow, the generation gap isn't about music. It's about underwear. I never blinked when he said "BVDs", and never considered that he had said anything else. Oh well. I frequently have to ask my 16 and 20 year olds to explain current references to me.

There are other countries on this planet: not everyone in the world is American (see below).

England Prevails

does everyone know that "BVD'S" are underwear? wore them myself in my youth, actually until i got married.

I heard BVD's, too, and am also over 50.

While they had none of the things you describe, there was already some sophistication in "crime scene investigation".

To see a contemporary example, check out MURDER STREET with Ricardo Montalban.


Sam Tomaino

You're right, they had none of the modern tech we have today for catching the bad guys. Maybe that's why so many innocents were electrocuted and hanged.

I'm over 50 as well and I also knew Fitzgerald said BVDs. It's very clear and distinct. I think that those who thought he said DVDs were just unconsciously substituting something they're familiar hearing with what was actually said. I think most of the Gen X and Y types never heard of BVDs and do not know they refer to a brand of underwear for men. But it is funny for someone to think that he said DVDs, considering that they were about 50 years away from being invented!

And you're right- with all the shows today dealing with criminal investigation and police work where they use all the modern technology to solve the crime, it's easy to forget that before all that, the police did it the old-fashioned way. And this is highlighted in the scene where Detective Halloran is walking to the drugstore where the murdered girl bought her scrips. Mark Hellinger narrates "An investigation for murder is now under way. It will advance methodically, by trial and error, by asking a thousand questions to get one answer, by brainwork and legwork." I'm sure a lot of today's generation would be surprised to learn that murders actually got solved before the advent of "CSI" and "Forensic Files"

BVD stands for Bradley, Voorhees & Day, the New York City firm that initially manufactured underwear of this name for both men and women.

The BVD brand is still made to this day by Fruit of the Loom and sold by JCPenny.

http://www.bvd.com/

Doug

if he had only said Fruit of the Looms all this could have been avoided. The writers should've known better.

Another pointless post, shrug,.. :(