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markus_zhang
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Sounds like a Johnny Cash song.
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dhosek
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It was the prolog to a 70s sitcom as I recall, about the dad going to the corner for cigarettes and only coming back years later. I can’t remember what the show was now though.
smelendez
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The dad who went out for cigarettes is a big trope in American culture. The joke only really works if you know that. See
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ParentNeverCameB...
busyant
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Also Springsteen (at least the opening lines):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJhWtw-6Gg
petermcneeley
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Probably this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU
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