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Related: About this forumEvolution of a Caricature: The Uncaring Rich man
How has the exaggerated image of the uncaring rich man morphed over time?
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Evolution of a Caricature: The Uncaring Rich man (Original Post)
MisterGamut
Sep 2012
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Wasn't he? Or was he one of those really rich but really tight old money guys?
Gidney N Cloyd
Sep 2012
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Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)1. For the 80's you could have slipped in a few Caddyshack characters.
MisterGamut
(312 posts)3. Ted Knight
That would have been perfect!
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)4. He really was not that rich
Rodney was the guy with the bucks, and the old money Judge just hated that.
Best quote of all time:
The world needs ditchdiggers too. I have used that with my daughters for years when they lose focus on their schoolwork.
bluesbassman
(19,310 posts)5. I use that one and "Don't you have homes" too.
Always three or four spare teenagers around my house.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)9. Wasn't he? Or was he one of those really rich but really tight old money guys?
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)2. It is time for the cartoon
of Burns, Richie Rich, Scrooge McDuck, and the Monopoly guy telling Romney that he is making them look bad.
pathansen
(1,039 posts)6. You forgot about Scrooge! And remember what happened to him!
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)10. Ebenezer Scrooge was finally redeemed!
That was the whole theme of A Christmas Carol.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)7. In the 40s:
Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life":
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midnight
(26,624 posts)8. Looks so much like Cheney.