# Running gags of the past

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-gags-of-the-past/68948>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [October 25, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-gags-of-the-past/68948 "2011-10-25T21:31:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dadoctah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@dadoctah](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dadoctah)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-gags-of-the-past/68948/1 "2011-10-25T21:31:46Z")

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A couple of weeks ago the name of Tom’s friend Les Block from Minneapolis came up in passing. Has enough time passed that newer listeners could use an explanation of the reference?

How about other names and phrases familiar to regular listeners:

“You can’t do it unless the number is two” (with added echo effect).  
Arup Gupta.  
Kathy with a K or Cathy with a C?  
The inky shadows of a dimly-lit quonset hut.  
“Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby”.  
The explanation of “Cambridge: Our Fair City”.

The list, in all probability, goes on.

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**Author:** ![littlemouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@littlemouse](https://community.cartalk.com/u/littlemouse)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-gags-of-the-past/68948/2 "2011-10-25T23:19:32Z")

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Sadly, it won’t be long before the show with the explanation is rerun.

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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-gags-of-the-past/68948/3 "2011-10-25T23:34:47Z")

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Don’t drive like my brother,  
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha laugh track?