"You must be older than Super Mario Kart to be served in this establishment."

... okay, because it's Nintendo, there were different release dates for Japan, North America, and elsewhere.  Using the U.S. date here.

I'm seriously starting to think he's messing with me

... which is preposterous.  I get little statistics about how many people aren't reading this blog (answer: all of them), so is certainly a pure coincidence, but Ken Jennings' twitter feed seems like it's corresponding with this blog.  There's this and this, and now, less than a week after my post with "Layla" from Unplugged, Ken Jennings tweets:

ROCK TRIVIA: when Eric Clapton says "See if you can spot this one" on his Unplugged album he is holding up a Where's Waldo book to the crowd
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) August 30, 2013

Which, admittedly, is funnier than anything I'd've done with it. 

Now you're just being mean

Want to feel old? Frances Bean Cobain turns 40 this year.
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) August 28, 2013

In case you missed it the first time.

Who remembers when Nic Cage was actually a star?

"You must be older than Honeymoon in Vegas to be served in this establishment."

Mah-ehnnn!

"You must be older than Martin to be served in this establishment."

Humpin' Around

"You must be older than Bobby to be served in this establishment."

"You must be older than the band The Wallflowers to be served in this establishment."

"See if you can spot this one"

"You must be older than Eric Clapton's Unplugged album to be served in this establishment."

I love the look on his face when it dawns on him that, yeah, costume it all you want, everyone in the audience actually knew what song you were playing. 

"Tears in Heaven" was the other big hit from the album, but an even more heartbreaking song inspired by the accidental death of Clapton's son was played at the concert but mysteriously left off the live album.  Here's "Circus Left Town":

"You must have been born before Hurricane Andrew[fn1] to be served in this establishment."

fn1:  US landfall, that is; it passed over the Bahamas a day earlier.  Possibly jingoistic of me, but the Bahamas actually weathered the storm pretty well, whereas the botched response by FEMA was widely viewed to have contributed to President Bush's electoral defeat later that year.  So, you know.  It was a bigger deal here. 

"You gotta be older than Ruby Ridge in order to get served in this establishment."

As a friend put it (my awkward paraphrase), "How do you tell if someone thinks something crazy about what happened at Ruby Ridge?  They ask what you think happened at Ruby Ridge."  I was searching Youtube for news accounts, but the top 1,079,322 hits are gun-rights loons; I only had patience for about nineteen seconds of that. 

Demi Lovato

"You must be older than someone I never heard of but apparently is like a millionaire multiple times over and a really big deal in music, movies, and television.  Sheesh.  Anyway, you gotta clear that to get served."

Lunapark

"You must be older than Luna's first record to be served in this establishment."

And apropos of that, happy 21st birthday to Frances Bean Cobain!

Take That! and Party

"You gotta... wow, kids younger than Take That! can drink now, huh?  Oh well, it's suicide again for me."

... and happy birthday, Youyoung!

Big Orange Couch

"You must be older than SNICK to be served in this establishment."

"Wait... let's try that again."

"And man, does the thought of that connection---kids old enough to watch Ren & Stimpy and Rugrats in one continuous broadcast now being kids old enough to get too wasted to f*#k on SoCo lime shooters and Natty Light---give me the squicks."

"You must be older than Single White Female to be served in this establishment."

"You must be older than NAFTA to be served in this establishment."

Perhaps not surprisingly, there is no video for this crazy!sexy!cool! event from history.  Al Gore debating Ross Perot actually maxes out the excitement level, to the extent that tells you something. 

Bridges

"You must be older than The Bridges of Madison County to be served in this establishment."

Deserve's got nothing to do with it

"You must be older than Unforgiven to be served in this establishment."

Hey Jealousy!

"You gotta be older than the Gin Blossoms to be served in this joint."

... actually, let's do a double play:

Beautiful Girl

"You must be older than Welcome to Wherever You Are to be served in this establishment."

... actually, let's go for another one: