Puzzle 430

[Moesha]

You -ids today have it easy. When I was a -id everything was HUGE.
My dad was nearly -our times -igger than me. You -ouldn't even see the to-s o- -ounters ...
Then gradually everything -e-ame smaller until it was the managea-le si-e it is today.

~ -i-arro -omi- stri-

Letters to guess:
BC F JK PQ V X Z

ChrisH 26 E + 11 R + 11 N + 10 Y + 8 U + 7 M = 107
Karen 20 A + 16 I + 8 D = 80
Randi 11 O = 22
shepgirl 17 T + 14 S + 7 G + 8 L = 46
The_Duck 9 H = 9
pitc9 4 V = 4
mina'smomma 5 W = 5

[shepgirl]

A C please Moesha

I think I know the quote but can't get a grip on the first word of author.

[mina'smomma]

I submitted my guess.

[Moesha]

mina'smomma correctly guessed the puzzle! I know the "author" of the puzzle was a little confusing. Sorry about that. She isn't able to host the next puzzle at the moment, so I will ask if ChrisH would be willing to do that for us. In the meantime, here's the correct answer:

You kids today have it easy. When I was a kid everything was HUGE. My dad was nearly four times bigger than me. You couldn't even see the tops of counters ... Then gradually everything became smaller until it was the manageable size it is today.
~ Bizarro comic strip

Thanks to everyone for playing!!

ETA: Karen has agreed to host the next puzzle since ChrisH wasn't able to this time.