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Along the same line as the Kilroy theme were the Bill Mauldin cartoons "Willie and Joe"

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I'm so dirty that I will be 70 on June 13th, I remember a lot of stuff like 2 cent and 5 cent deposit gas soda bottles, Chinese Laundries there was Charlie Sing's Laundry on Stratford Ave in Bridgeport, I remember going home for lunch during the school day and walking across the street to school, I remember Religious instruction Tuesdays afternoons during the school day since I went to a Public School (Lincoln School) a bunch of us Catholic kids walked over to the nearby Catholic School (Blessed Sacrament School) to be with the Nuns, it really wasn't that bad being a Bridgeport kid growing up in the 1960's and very early 70's. PS the saddest day when I was kid was the day JFK was shot and seeing Teachers cry.
 
Vincent Black Shadow and Ariel Square Four motorcycles. I once rode a Vincent; it could go over 120 mph, but it took a city block and some foot dragging to stop it. I owned a BSA 441 Victor that nearly broke my leg several times with its kick.
 
The Datril 500 commercials with John Wayne. Datril was the same as Tylenol and came out around the same time.
 
The list is wildly out of chronological order. For example, the last episode of Howdy Doody was in 1960, before my time. S&H green stamps were still in service in the 1980's. I've heard of most of the items on the list, but only experienced a handful, like metal lunchboxes, 45's, and drive-ins.
 
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I lived in Fairfield County so we got all the New York City TV Channels... Here's some TV I watched when I was a Kid
N E S T L E S Nestles makes the very best Chocolate - Danny O'Day and Farple
Sharry Lewis and Lamp Chop
Soupy Sales - Black Tooth and White Fang
Wonderama with Sonny Fox
Out of the western sky files Sky King - his airplane was Song Bird and his niece was Penny
The Sandy Becker Show
Fury- Tv show about a horse
My Friend Flica - Tv Show about a horse
Lets Have Fun - Chuck MCann
The Million Dollar Movie
77 Sunset Strip
Hawaiian Eye
Combat
I could go on and on but I won't :)
 
HuskyNan said:
I came across this today. I always wondered where Kilroy came from

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Nan,

During Operation Provide Comfort (the Kurdish relief) in Northern Iraq there was a "Kilroy Was Here" scrolled on the wall in the Sirsenk Airport, as well as Saddam Hussein's Northern Palace, I have some of the granite from his palace.
 
cuzinvinny said:
I lived in Fairfield County so we got all the New York City TV Channels... Here's some TV I watched when I was a Kid
N E S T L E S Nestles makes the very best Chocolate - Danny O'Day and Farple
Sharry Lewis and Lamp Chop
Soupy Sales - Black Tooth and White Fang
Wonderama with Sonny Fox
Out of the western sky files Sky King - his airplane was Song Bird and his niece was Penny
The Sandy Becker Show
Fury- Tv show about a horse
My Friend Flica - Tv Show about a horse
Lets Have Fun - Chuck MCann
The Million Dollar Movie
77 Sunset Strip
Hawaiian Eye
Combat
I could go on and on but I won't :)
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I'm only 2 years younger, but the only show I watched on your list was Shari Lewis. I do remember others on the list as existing, but we didn't watch them. Of course, we were not big TV watchers, really, when I was younger. As I got older, of course we watched a bunch of '60's comedy and crime shows, but if we are talking about when I was a "kid" the main things I remember are:

  • Romper Room
  • Some cartoon with a robot boy - I don't remember the name, but I think on around 4PM when I got home from school
  • Gunsmoke, and maybe something called The Virginian? My folks were also fond of Have Gun Will Travel which was in reruns when I was around, I think.
  • NY Yankees games
  • Army / Navy football game

And honestly that's all I really remember. As I mentioned earlier, Hollywood Palace and Lawrence Welk at my Grandmother's on a Friday night sleepover, which I did from time to time in my early teens.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
I'm only 2 years younger, but the only show I watched on your list was Shari Lewis. I do remember others on the list as existing, but we didn't watch them. Of course, we were not big TV watchers, really, when I was younger. As I got older, of course we watched a bunch of '60's comedy and crime shows, but if we are talking about when I was a "kid" the main things I remember are:

  • Romper Room
  • Some cartoon with a robot boy - I don't remember the name, but I think on around 4PM when I got home from school
  • Gunsmoke, and maybe something called The Virginian? My folks were also fond of Have Gun Will Travel which was in reruns when I was around, I think.
  • NY Yankees games
  • Army / Navy football game

And honestly that's all I really remember. As I mentioned earlier, Hollywood Palace and Lawrence Welk at my Grandmother's on a Friday night sleepover, which I did from time to time in my early teens.
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I was always disappointed watching the NY Jets back in them olden days so I became a Eagles fan, I liked the green color.

Most of the show I mentioned were Saturday/Sunday morning shows.

we had a 19 inch black/white TV and sometimes we had to go to the local drug store to test a tube and replace it, no solid state

how the about The Red Skelton Show with his ending remark "Good night and may God bless"?

My favorite show was Then Came Bronson from 1969

We always watched the Dean Martin Show...

I had a grown up taste of TV shows when I was a kid

I watched all the WWII Tv shows The Rat Patrol, Combat, 12 O'Clock High, McCail's Navy, The Gallant Men. Victory at Sea

right now I am enjoying Clark sitting on the bench with 4 fouls and 3 turnovers with the Sun leading the Fever 85 to 67 with 3:16 to go...

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KnightBridgeAZ said:
I'm only 2 years younger, but the only show I watched on your list was Shari Lewis. I do remember others on the list as existing, but we didn't watch them. Of course, we were not big TV watchers, really, when I was younger. As I got older, of course we watched a bunch of '60's comedy and crime shows, but if we are talking about when I was a "kid" the main things I remember are:

  • Romper Room
  • Some cartoon with a robot boy - I don't remember the name, but I think on around 4PM when I got home from school
  • Gunsmoke, and maybe something called The Virginian? My folks were also fond of Have Gun Will Travel which was in reruns when I was around, I think.
  • NY Yankees games
  • Army / Navy football game

And honestly that's all I really remember. As I mentioned earlier, Hollywood Palace and Lawrence Welk at my Grandmother's on a Friday night sleepover, which I did from time to time in my early teens.
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Even as a very young kid, I thought the Magic Mirror was dumb.

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May have missed it but how about Mr. Roger's neighborhood? I grew up in Pittsburgh and his show was on there locally before it became more nationally syndicated. Some might not know - but a bit of trivia, Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister. I didn't see all the old westerns at the time, like Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel, etc., but my wife and I catch a bunch of them many evenings on INSP (here in Connecticut). Found that channel after seeing virtually every rerun of M*A*S*H on METV.

I had two older sisters and the younger of the two (two years younger than the oldest) would apparently get up every morning and get 'all dressed up for school' and when the eldest headed off for kindergarten she would 'go to school' in front of the tv at Romper Room. As soon as the episodes was over she'd go up and change into her play clothes. There was also a local kid's show named "The Paul Shannon Show" which had a segment with local 'Mickey Mouse Club' kids, my eldest sister was on that once.
 
FridaFriend said:
Vincent Black Shadow and Ariel Square Four motorcycles. I once rode a Vincent; it could go over 120 mph, but it took a city block and some foot dragging to stop it. I owned a BSA 441 Victor that nearly broke my leg several times with its kick.
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Which is why there are so few Vincents left! People are still finding bits and pieces in the fields around all the roadside corners on the Isle of Mann.
 
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I am older than God’s puppy. Closer now to 80 than 75.

Andy Griffith? We listened to Fibber, McGee, and Molly on the radio.
 
One of my summer jobs during college was as the "runner" on a milk truck. We loaded up the milk,eggs,and butter at 3 AM(that huge freezer was so cold at that hour). I would load up each order in the metal hand carrier , and hoof it up to the front door. Great way to get in shape!
 
Butch Wax! Wow! Wild Bill was my barber; 5 minutes was all he took to run that clipper over my head. Early on that wax was critical. I was probably 30 when I finally let my hair grow.
 
boontonbomber said:
One of my summer jobs during college was as the "runner" on a milk truck. We loaded up the milk,eggs,and butter at 3 AM(that huge freezer was so cold at that hour). I would load up each order in the metal hand carrier , and hoof it up to the front door. Great way to get in shape!
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I had the opposite problem. I had a summer job in a printing place. The propane dryers ran at about 800 degrees and the ink wouldn’t dry properly if the place was air conditioned. Hottest that I remember was 142. I dropped about 20 lb and 2” off my waist. I learned what dehydration feels like and discovered salt tablets.
 
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OldSchooler said:
I still have a Flexible Flyer sled in my garage. They were the best. My first "English" bike with hand brakes and gears was a Raleigh.
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Wow,yes, the old "English Racer"! Got mine at xmas, probably 1952; went right out with it on the snow and ice. I put thousands of miles on that bike.
 
willtalk said:
How many of you have ever ridden in a rumble seat or stood on a running board?

I must admit I do not remember Black Jack gum. But then I did not pay any attention to the brand except to the double bubble kids commercial. How about the small coke bottles you bought out of the machine for 5 cents. Or how many of you ever had a Winky Dink set? I did not care for Howdy Doody. He looked too weird ( kind of the Chucky of his era ) and Clarabell and Mr Bluster were just too bazear for my taste. The same went for Pinky Lee who was just plum crazy.

Who ever remembers talking through cans connected by string?
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Rode many miles in the rumble seat of my uncle's Ford.
 
A little shaky on the 1st three; then 100%

But I'm only 85 in July, I imagine some, much older
But still playing a half hour of BB every day, hitting quite a few 15-footers and just booked January in the Dolomiti ski region.

It all has to come to an end at some point...but not yet.
 
boontonbomber said:
"Plunk your magic twanger Froggy"! Just saw a video of Andy Devine summoning Froggy.
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I used to hear Froggy the Gremlin on a Saturday radio show ...Was it, "No school today?"

Howdy doody, Claribel and Buffalo Bob

Carl Braun, "Sweetwater" Clifton and Harry "the horse" on the Knicks...Couz, Sharman and Easy Ed on Boston; Bobby Wanzer on the Rochester Royals...

"Victory at Sea" and "Omnibus" on TV

Mary Martin in the latest Rodgers and Hammerstein on B'way.

Stickball and curb ball in the Bronx

Olinville 5-4050 our telly number
Joe D, "Country" Slaughter, Johnny Mike, Scooter, King Kong Keller and ":Flash" Gordon on the Yanks

And the "breakenest" curve I ever saw from Sal "the Barber."
 
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