There was a commercial you may remember from the ’80s, pre–cell phone, for a tracking/beeper-type supposedly lifesaving device that depicted a fallen senior screeching, “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!” This was a commonly repeated and mocked line at the time, partially because the commercial seemed a low-budget production and the line was dramatically delivered by the actress, but perhaps also because no one thought such a thing would ever apply to them anyway since we were all in high school just bouncing around on our pain-free joints with nary a click in our knees.
