Nancy is still around. A sad shadow of it's former brilliant past, unfortunately.Who remembers these two
this picture is from a postage stamp
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Is Slugo still part of the comic strip?
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Remember these for those "standardized tests"? It makes me wonder which was more accurate; school exams, or these tests. In school, I always tested rather poorly, generally getting Cs. But on these standardized tests, I ranked in the top 95th percentile in everything except clerical speed and accuracy. On that, I ranked in the lowest 10 percent.
On Aug, 5, 1957, television after school got cool…nationwide. It was on this day in '57 that ABC television network did the first national broadcast of "American Bandstand". The show was very popular on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia.
But the first show was interrupted for half an hour in the middle by The Mickey Mouse Club.
Host Dick Clark's first guest was the Chordettes and the first record danced to on the show was Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day."
AB ran It for thirty years straight until MTV came along in 1981. We all know what happened after that.
Happy 67th 'National' Birthday to "American Bandstand". Remember how cool that show was?
We were so lucky to have AB.
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Sorry to hear that @Lannie. Our furry friends are part of the family and when they go to the rainbow bridge it hurts.
Rainbow Bridge - A "Must Read" if you have lost a beloved pet.
Poem Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
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Our dogs come into our lives for a reason. When they've fulfilled their purpose for us, they move on.
Sorry for your loss.
I didn't mean to bring down this thread, it's just that I've been having such a good time here lately, I didn't know if anyone would wonder why I was "missing" for a while, so that's why I mentioned it. I can't read that Rainbow Bridge poem, GB, especially not right after I've lost someone. I end up crying so hard, I can't see for three hours.
But anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming. I was thinking of something the other day that I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet or not (I haven't read the whole thread from the beginning). Magic Crystals! The stuff you put in a fishbowl of water and it would grow colorful little "castles" of crystals in the fishbowl? And there was some other stuff, some kind of sand you mixed with a certain amount of water, and then squeezed it out of a little squeeze bottle. You could "build" things with the wet sand. I don't remember what that was called, but we had gobs of fun with it when we were kids.
I tried a search on Magic Crystals and of course, nothing close to what I'm talking about came up. It's a shame, but some things are gone forever, I guess.
But anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming. I was thinking of something the other day that I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet or not (I haven't read the whole thread from the beginning). Magic Crystals! The stuff you put in a fishbowl of water and it would grow colorful little "castles" of crystals in the fishbowl? And there was some other stuff, some kind of sand you mixed with a certain amount of water, and then squeezed it out of a little squeeze bottle. You could "build" things with the wet sand. I don't remember what that was called, but we had gobs of fun with it when we were kids.
I tried a search on Magic Crystals and of course, nothing close to what I'm talking about came up. It's a shame, but some things are gone forever, I guess.
I remember the magic crystals, used to order them out of comic books, I have seen pictures of them on places next time I see them I'll post themI didn't mean to bring down this thread, it's just that I've been having such a good time here lately, I didn't know if anyone would wonder why I was "missing" for a while, so that's why I mentioned it. I can't read that Rainbow Bridge poem, GB, especially not right after I've lost someone. I end up crying so hard, I can't see for three hours.
But anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming. I was thinking of something the other day that I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet or not (I haven't read the whole thread from the beginning). Magic Crystals! The stuff you put in a fishbowl of water and it would grow colorful little "castles" of crystals in the fishbowl? And there was some other stuff, some kind of sand you mixed with a certain amount of water, and then squeezed it out of a little squeeze bottle. You could "build" things with the wet sand. I don't remember what that was called, but we had gobs of fun with it when we were kids.
I tried a search on Magic Crystals and of course, nothing close to what I'm talking about came up. It's a shame, but some things are gone forever, I guess.
Here's another old timer that one could order from comic books
Ok here's a newer version
at my age jimmi i cant remember yesterdayWho remembers Fizzies
you should ask me before using my photo jimmiWho remembers Bozo
she looks a toughie!
Avocado, Harvest Gold (and Copper? We only had the avocado and harvest gold stuff, I don't remember what the brown was called). The living room carpets (shag, of course) was also the same color scheme, LOL! Green, orange, or gold!
Regarding Rudolph... my birthday is December 5th, and every year, it seemed like that was about the date they aired the Rudolph special. I always considered it like a birthday present, since I didn't get many of those, being so close to Christmas. (Boo-hoo, poor underprivileged child, huh?) Anyway, I STILL watch that show every Christmas, to this very day. I have a copy of it on VHS tape as well, but my tape player is broken, so I have to depend on the commercial airing now. Rich HATES it, but I have a very deep and special connection and I never miss it.
Regarding Rudolph... my birthday is December 5th, and every year, it seemed like that was about the date they aired the Rudolph special. I always considered it like a birthday present, since I didn't get many of those, being so close to Christmas. (Boo-hoo, poor underprivileged child, huh?) Anyway, I STILL watch that show every Christmas, to this very day. I have a copy of it on VHS tape as well, but my tape player is broken, so I have to depend on the commercial airing now. Rich HATES it, but I have a very deep and special connection and I never miss it.
Yellow appliances and orange Tupperware are what I can remember easily. I still have orange Tupperware funnels and measuring cups.
I was just watching a movie and they had the song Ghost Riders in the Sky, and it whisked me back to my childhood. My dad was a bit of a musician, and could play the ukelele, the banjo, and the steel guitar, as well as sing. He was a "cowboy" singer, but it was all wonderful to me. He sang that song "Ghost Riders" all the time while he played that steel guitar. I still get a "feeling" when I hear that song, just like the spooky feeling I had when I was a kid. All those black clouds and the sparks off the cows' hooves. It made me feel cold and alone when he'd sing that one.
(How weird, I just looked up the lyrics, and there was nothing about sparks off the cows' hooves, so I wonder if my dad added a line for dramatic effect? He was very entertaining, so I wouldn't be surprised.)
I also remember he did Rosa's Cantina and Tumbling Tumbleweed. Both those songs made me cry.
He did lots of other songs, too, though, including one about a little girl with an ice cream cone and a puppy knocked it out of her hands to the ground and it always made me cry (for the little girl who didn't get her ice cream). I've always been such a wuss. Anyway, I can remember many nights when the family would gather around my dad, all of us sitting on the floor, listening to his songs. Thinking about this really makes me miss my dad. We lost him in 1997.
(How weird, I just looked up the lyrics, and there was nothing about sparks off the cows' hooves, so I wonder if my dad added a line for dramatic effect? He was very entertaining, so I wouldn't be surprised.)
I also remember he did Rosa's Cantina and Tumbling Tumbleweed. Both those songs made me cry.
He did lots of other songs, too, though, including one about a little girl with an ice cream cone and a puppy knocked it out of her hands to the ground and it always made me cry (for the little girl who didn't get her ice cream). I've always been such a wuss. Anyway, I can remember many nights when the family would gather around my dad, all of us sitting on the floor, listening to his songs. Thinking about this really makes me miss my dad. We lost him in 1997.
Still have one.Remember the old safty razor
