“He left out a very important part of the 1930 - 1979 time period. Everybody was bored to tears.”
No, they weren’t. They had imaginations, something today’s kid lack. If some vidiot device doesn’t give them a full color 3D motion video they don’t know what to imagine.
Kids today with all their electronics are the most bored brats out there. They have “meltdowns”, i.e. temper tantrums, all the time from being bored.
Ain’t that the Truth! Back then people were so much calmer!