The internet is full of people who don’t get a particular joke or reference, and the most stunning example may be whenever a sports media figure quotes 1978’s Animal House‘s famous scene of “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” There are always a million people who chime in, outraged that the figure in question “doesn’t know” it was the Japanese who bombed Pearl Harbor. Sarah Spain made that reference on ESPN’s Around The Horn Thursday after she put together a tribute of Bill Plaschke declaring Dodgers-Cubs “over,” and her Twitter mentions quickly filled up with people who completely missed the joke. Here’s the clip:
And here are some of the responses:
https://twitter.com/TheBadgerBets/status/789217774123888640
https://twitter.com/BenDrexler/status/789217778477641728
https://twitter.com/TheDarshKnight1/status/789217825567027200
@SarahSpain great FaceTime but in your excitement you said "Germans bombed Pearl Harbor". Actually the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
— Dietmar Perez (@Steeldiet) October 20, 2016
@SarahSpain I am pretty sure the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
— Peaceful pussy (@ItsMeAntT) October 20, 2016
Did @SarahSpain really just say "was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" 😂 someone needs to go back to school @espn @AroundtheHorn
— Lvl. 31 Itachi (@its_Dstarr24) October 20, 2016
@SarahSpain So…the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?? History lesson I must have slept right thru…They gave us dark beer, 'nuff said
— Mike Messex (@BigDaddyMess) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/CanUseeFooL/status/789219419297714176
Now this is mansplaining to the nth degree. I don’t know what’s better, the people utterly sure she’s wrong (#historylesson) or the people confused if it was actually Germany? As Spain noted, she’s done this before, and she even made it real easy for people if they’d bothered to look at her pinned tweet:
Sorry, people. This is my Rick Roll.
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) October 20, 2016
I EVEN PINNED THE TWEET FOR YOU. WHY WONT YOU LET ME LET YOU BE GREAT?
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) October 20, 2016
Forget it, I'm rolling. https://t.co/yrfQ0v8AZb pic.twitter.com/dFplrTBtqH
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) August 24, 2016
Hopefully, this all leads to more people learning the reference for the next time this happens.
Please oh please. This was funny & now just depressing. Cinematic greatness gone unseen. https://t.co/0d3wrHJFlc
— Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) October 20, 2016
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