How about Under Roos, Battle of the Network Stars, "De Plane! De Plane!", you know what Gopher is other than an animal, loosing the shooting claw off of your Godzilla toy (and breaking the tongue lever), watching animated Star Trek, Flash Gordon, and Planet of the Apes and then watching Isis and Shazam! Pointing and laughing at the kid at school with the Bee Gees lunch box. The Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. Watching the Greatest American Hero and Manimal religiously even though it was crap. Having Jaws scare you into not going into the water the next time your parents took you to the beach. Drive in movie theaters. Real Diners. Shrinky Dinks. Those Tupper Ware Kool Aid popsicles that your folks'd hand you instead when you asked for a Fudgecicle. Lawrence Welk. Watching the Wonderful World of Disney on ABC at 8pm est on Sunday night....being trained to dislike hearing "When You Wish Upon a Star," because that song officially meant the weekend was over. Watching the original Battle Star Galactica and the Adventures of Buck Rogers. Watching Creature Double Feature on Saturday afternoons with a host. Kung Fu Theater. Getting left in the car while your parents went into the store to do the shopping...our old Ford had black vinyl seats that cooked your legs in the summer.
And Wal Marx, I mean Mart, did not exist. We had Jamesway and WoolWorth, baby!!
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