To clarify, it wasn’t just on Perry Mason I have seen this - it’s been on other programs of the same time period and in movies as well.
-D > On Feb 6, 2020, at 6:26 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I don't think people conducted business late more in the 50s than today. > Perry and other lawyers often deal with people on the fringes of society, so > not typical of the normals of that period. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff > via Mercedes > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 2:49 PM > To: Mercedes List > Cc: Dan Penoff > Subject: [MBZ] OT - 1950s Cultural Question > > As I’m just a touch younger than would have been necessary to directly > experience it, I’m wondering if any of our slightly older members might want > to offer their observations regarding something that has always stuck in the > back of my mind…. > > Here’s the deal: > > When I have watched television shows and movies from the 1950s, and sometimes > earlier, I’ve noticed that people appeared to conduct a great deal of > business later in the evenings. For example, watching a Perry Mason episode > it seems almost commonplace that he might ask someone to meet him at his > office at 9:00 pm. Similar behaviors appear in other shows and movies, as > with merchants being open somewhat later into the evening and business being > conducted much the same. > > Was this truly the case? Did business people conduct business or meetings in > the evenings, that is, things that we might find typical to do during the > “normal” business day? > > I’ve often opined as to whether or not this was a construct of the > entertainment business, or if it was actually like this during that time. > > ?? > > -D thinker of obscure thoughts > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
