Originally Posted by Dillinger
Do you remember when Band-Aids had that silly red pull string down the inside that invariably pulled out and left you ripping the package open anyways?
Do you remember when music, REAL MUSIC, used to come on vinyl and had to be played on a record player?
Do you remember when TANG was the breakfast drink of NASA and every kid under the age of 10 in the US?
Does ANYONE besides me remember that the D@mn Energizer Bunny started as a competition between cymbal clanging monkeys and was supposed to simulate long battery life, and not a drum banging bunny rolling from commercial to commercial?
And so on....
Heck, I still remember the band-aid theme song.
Not only do I remember Tang, but I also remember its byproduct, "Russian Tea" and Space Sticks as well.
The Energizer Bunny has become obnoxious ... but I do remember the cute and cuddly days.
I've still got shelves of mint condition vinyl 33s - figure they might be worth something some day. But I remember the days when no one bought albums, all they bought were 45s and you were lucky to have a turntable that wasn't shaped like a box, red in color and would only play one record at a time ... oh, and you had to drop the stylus just right our it would bounce and scratch your vinyl.
I also remember when families only had one car, when there were no color TVs - and if you had a TV at all, you only had one. I remember when FM radio came on the scene and created a stir similar to the one Sirrius and XM caused a few years ago ... "AM will never survive!"
I remember going Trick-or-Treating ... without adult supervision. And no one worried about their kids.
I remember when you were not cool if you did not own a coonskin hat like the one Fess Parker wore.
I remember when you could buy a gun (without a background check) ... from your local Mom & Pop hardware store, or KMart, or anywhere for that matter. Nary a worry about who was buying what in those days.
I remember when Chet Huntley and David Brinkley owned the Nightly News ... "Good Night Chet, Good Night David ..." and you knew it was dinner time.
I remember when "The Wonderful World of Disney" was the number one rated show on TV ... followed by (literally) Bonanza - which was considered racey at the time.
I remember when the ritual family outing was the monthly trip to the drive in movie theater in the back of the family station wagon or family pickup ... because there was no such thing as SUVs back then.
I remember when you could paddle kids who misbehaved at school ... and then they would get another paddling from their parents when they got home.
I remember when a "C" was considered a bad grade.
I remember the first Super Bowl ever played like it was yesterday. And I remember the first time Monday Night Football came on the air. And I remember the first overtime game. I remember when Mohammad Ali was known as Cassius Clay and I remember every fight between Ali and Fraizer ... they were all broadcast on a major network channel, live and free.
I remember exactly where I was when both Kennedys were shot, where I was when MLK was shot, where I was when we landed on the moon and where I was when Vince Lombardi died.
I remember when cable TV was launched and the first time I saw "The Super Station," HBO .... and the music videos they used to air in between movies.
I remember exactly where I was the day they took the hostages in Iran.
I remember when we wished to be an Oscar Meyer Weiner ... that is what we truly liked to be ...
I remember when the VW Bug was all the rage.
I remember the Tet Counter Offensive like it was yesterday.
I remember Richard Nixon's resignation/fairwell speech like it was yesterday.
I remember the Cuban Missle Crisis like it was yesterday ... we were living in Florida at the time. I remember my Dad digging a hole in the backyard for three straight days and nights so we would have a shelter. And I remember "Duck & Cover" vividly.
I remember when a box of shotgun ammo was $1.12 ... Winchester, paper shells, birdshot.
I remember never wanting to miss a Roy Rogers episode on Saturday mornings. That darn Trigger ... every kid's dream.
I remember when Jonny Quest was the coolest cartoon ever made ... still is.
I remember the Princeton haircut, the Beatles invasion and The Andy Williams Variety show.