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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4350415, member: 591"] Born in the 50's but would say I grew up in the '60's. Black and White TV, absolutely and of course all the western TV shows. My "kiddie" show was called Romper Room. My parents also did a lot of radio, the type of programs no longer being on, of course. Mom did "WOR" Rambling with Gambling in the morning, switched over to Don McNeil's Breakfast Club (where I got to "March around the Breakfast Table" (his kid's feature). Dad listened to Jean Shepherd at night and there were still serials like the Phantom available at least once a week. I don't think radio has much of a following any more. You were not bombarded with sports 24/7; my folks were Yankees fans and that was about it. I remember odd things my Dad would sometimes put on - he always watched Army / Navy football and I remember him watching the famous Knicks game where Willis Reed limped on. Of course that was a bit later, but seemed random to teenager me. Boy, sports have changed. As to the comments about folks being "different" and all - yes, it was an era of folks being picked on. I was, considered a bit of a sissy I think, but now would I think be considered a "nerd" more accurately. The suspected gay kids (and there were always the "gay" kids) who were not called that were picked on worse than I ever was, with a lot of name calling. My town was somewhat segregated, probably not that unusual in the '60's, the town was mostly middle class white (and with a significant "Jewish" population) but one area was predominantly black. Although there was only one high school, the black and white students did not mix much, because they largely didn't know each other, since the black students all went to one elementary school due to geography. This was changed after my time, I'm sure for the much better. It took a court order. No, we don't need to return to those days. I'm glad I grew up in the later Baby Boomer generation, but as I just said, I'm not interested in reexperiencing it. [/QUOTE]

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