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"I used to be head bouncer here back in the 70s" - is this line a joke that I don't get or something?


Seeing as how this film was made in 1980 and how the first year of each new decade is pretty much the same as the older decade, I didn't really get this line at all lol

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Sounds like a joke but just a really dry one.

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They are looking for a way out without being seen and he says, "There's an electrical service duct
behind your drummer's riser." He knows this because he used to be head bouncer.

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Is it the term “head bouncer” you have trouble with?
The head of a team of doormen / security.

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No - it is the fact he refers to the 70s as "the 70s", this film was made and set in 1980 lol. It feels bizarre to hear somebody refer to it as the "the 70s" when it is only the first year of the decade that follows lol.

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Yeah, that is weird. In fact, now you’ve mentioned it, I can’t stop thinking about how weird it really is.

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Seeing as how this film was made in 1980 and how the first year of each new decade is pretty much the same as the older decade, I didn't really get this line at all lol

Is it the term “head bouncer” you have trouble with?

I love the internet. LMAO

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Well, I’ve heard some people on the internet are Americans, so I just presumed it would be a word thing.

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Yea, you didn't get the joke

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There is no joke. There is nothing to "get".
He is just explaining how he knows that there is an electrical service duct behind the drum riser.
He used to work there.

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