Posted on 07/08/2008 10:27:50 AM PDT by 11bravo wolfhoundf
I remember when....
A small bottle of coke was only 5 cents
Hollywood candy bars
Hide and go seek
Wild Root Hair Tonic
Building Forts
Playing Army
Collecting bottles for the deposit
Winky Dink
When there were only a few people who had a TV and the screen was really small
the test pattern
Feel free to add your own memory
Burma-Shave
Howdy Doody
Snooky Lansen
Topo Gigio
Carbon paper
Beta-Max
Beta-Max
"google" the peanutbutter stuff
Tests in school produced on a mimeograph machine
The first Jared commercial.
I vaguely remember a time when I could remember things.
No.
Hollywood candy bars
Yes. They were awful.
Hide and go seek
Yes.
Wild Root Hair Tonic
No.
Building Forts
Yes.
Playing Army
Yes.
Collecting bottles for the deposit
I still do.
Winky Dink
He's still around.
When there were only a few people who had a TV and the screen was really small
Still the case.
the test pattern
Yes.
I remember when gas stations had giveaway promotions, such as steak knives and salad bowls. I remember the Dino dollars game at Sinclair stations. I remember when you could get free road maps at a gas station.
I remember getting S & H green stamps at gas stations and supermarkets.
I remember when gas stations normally had a repair garage attached, instead of a convenience store.
I remember Esso gas,before it was Exxon.
I remember Atlantic and Richfield as separate companies, not Arco.
I remember Cities Service gas stations, before they were Citgo.
I remember nickel bubble gum with baseball cards.
I remember when you could get an afternoon newspaper in most cities.
I remember VHF as opposed to UHF TV channels.
I remember drive in theaters.
I remember amusement parks such as Glen Echo in Washington, and Riverview in Chicago.
I remember fins on cars.
I remember when a Toyota was a rare brand.
I remember Ramblers and when American Motors was one of the big car companies.
I remember Larks and when Studebaker was a major car company.
I remember cigarette commercials on TV.
The Lone Ranger...(on radio)
The Cisco Kid and Pancho
Lash Larue
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Sky King
Pinky Lee
You Bet Your Life (Groucho Marx)
8-Tracks
reel-to-reel
Milk AND Bread were delivered, as was the Coal—All by truck...
"Yeah, he'll eat anything."
"He likes it!"
"Hey, Mikie!"
But back then, a week's allowance was a quarter.
Of course, if you raided the couch cushions, you could end up with a jackpot.
I remember when television wasn’t 24 hours and the regular broadcast dead spots weren’t filled by infomercials for ‘Girls Gone Wild’, ‘Make Money on Ebay’, and the latest Ron Popeil ‘set it and forget it’ kitchen gadget.
Used to be up before television broadcast started. Broadcast day started and ended with ‘The Star Spangled Banner’
It wasn’t really that long ago either if you think about it.
I remember when FM radio was mostly classical music or hard rock. And in any case, FM stations weren’t listened to as much, because most clock radios in the home and car radios only got AM. But in the old days, the big music or Top 40 radio stations were all on AM.
I remember summer nights listening to AM radio, when the radio signals travel farther. I remember hearing broadcasters such as Ernie Harwell on WJR in Detroit, and Haray Caray on KMOX in St. Louis, broadcasting Tiger and Cardinal games. I remember all the rock and roll music on WOWO in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, broadcasting to half the country at night.
Good times. Good times.
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