I had to wear my glasses all day on Sunday because Scott Baio gave me pinkeye. Not really, of course, but ever since the first episode of "South Park" wherein Cartman was abducted by aliens and Scott Baio gave him pinkeye, everyone in my family has blamed their subsequent cases of conjunctivitis on Scott Baio.
It reminds me of my grandparents’ favorite pop culture reference, "…ever since Don Ameche invented the telephone." Everyone of my grandparents’ generation knew that Don Ameche played Alexander Graham Bell in a popular 1939 movie. My generation only knows of Don Ameche from the movie "Cocoon." Anyone much younger than I am has probably never heard of him.
I can imagine myself in the nursing home with one red eye, jokingly cursing Scott Baio for giving me pinkeye as the young nurses shake their heads uncomprehendingly and make a note to increase my meds to quell the hallucinations.
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