Do you remember wax lips? When J.F.K was shot? The Real McCoy's?
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"We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads." So I'm not fat, I'm just really intelligent and my head couldn't hold anymore so it started filling up the rest of me! "Mama Tater"
How about the Indian head test pattern when NBC signed off for the night? The sit-com, "I remember Mama"? Nickle fizz at the local drug store? Buck Rogers, Captain video, The Buster Brown Show, Sky King? God, I am old!
Who remembers Boston Blackie on the TV? Arthur Godfrey on the radio? For N.C. residents: Hurricane Hazel? The year it snowed every Wednesday the entire month of March?
I've actually heard old radio broadcasts of "Boston Blackie". A couple of radio stations here in Chicago have old time radio shows. One is locally-produced and the other is syndicated.
Old stuff I remember:
"Hey Mikey! He likes it!" "Where's the beef?" The McDonald's Big Mac jingle ("Two all beef patties/special sauce/lettuce/cheese/pickles/onions/On a sesame seed bun) The Oscar Mayer bologna jingle (That's how I remember to spell bologna-"Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A" ) Rubik's Cube The endless debates I had with friends as a kid over which game system was better-Atari or Coleco Vision Hearing "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" for the first time When what people now call "Power Rangers" was called "Voltron" (it was just as lame back then as it is now) Seeing the first three "Star Wars" movies when they first came out Microwaves that used to take up most of the counter space When Nike first came out with the Air Jordans (I still think those are sharp!)
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Mike F.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
If you think you can hold me down I beg to differ If you think you can twist my words I'll sing forever
Tha gach uile dhuine air a bhreth saor agus co-ionnan ann an urram 's ann an còirichean. Tha iad air am breth le reusan is le cogais agus mar sin bu chòir dhaibh a bhith beò nam measg fhein ann an spiorad bràthaireil
If you think you can hold me down I beg to differ If you think you can twist my words I'll sing forever
Do you remember Howdy Doody? Eisenhauer as the president? How about when 5 cent candy bars went up to 7 cents because of the Cuban crisis and the price of sugar? And when the flag went from 48 to 49 and then 50 stars? I remember Hurricane Hazel more by name, but her sister in the same year I remember vividly as a big fright of wind and flooding, huge ripped out New England maple trees and a bathtub full of water for drinking (I might have been 4 years old, in Rhode Island).
i remember spending the summers at my grandparents, following grandpa around learnning things from him, climming the apple tree in the back yard. having family stop by and play penny poker till the early hours (not me to young) and playing wiffle ball with my cousin from sun up till sun down (rock lobster anyone) i am sure that this will bring back those days for most of us
I remember the soft nose of my first horse and her breath on my cheek and how gently she took the apples out of my hand and she tried not to let me fall when I rode around the pasture standing on her back pretending I was in the circus with Toby Tyler.
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JaneyMae
Tangle Goblinwitch: She is only seen in the enchanted moment between sleep and waking
"Never miss a chance to shut up." Will Rogers
Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter. Lullabies, dreams and love ever after. A thousand welcomes when anyone comes... That's the Irish for You!