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Compare [[When I Was Your Age]].
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* The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch from ''At Last the 1948 Show'', popularized by [[Monty Python]].
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* One of ''[[The Daily Show]]'''s essential pieces is the [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-28-2004/bootstrap-story "Bootstrap Story"] segment mocking the candidates' milking of their humble origins at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (the one at which [[Barack Obama]] upped the stakes forever by relating that his father was once a goatherd). [[Stephen Colbert]], in turn, tells Jon how hard his father worked mining [[Solid Gold Poop|turds]] in the Appalachians and how grateful he was not to have to [[But You Screw One Goat!|lick goats' balls]] like ''his'' father used to back in the old country.
{{quote| '''Jon:''' ...How is that a job?<br />
'''Stephen:''' You have to understand, Jon, in the old country the most important thing was to keep the goats happy. Now, as it turns out, the easiest way to do that... ''[makes a helpful illustrative gesture]'' ...was to work the balls.<br />
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