NOSTALGIA

[Mikado]

This thread is for things in your past, or a story about your past , something that brings a tear to the eye, or just a distant memory. It can be an old ad, old movie or an old car, or maybe something totally BEFORE your time like a Model-T Ford, w/e brings to mind the word.......Nostalgia!!! :)

The pic is the Magic Palace at the old Crystal Beach Park (about 45 mins from here).....there's condos there now :(

[Mikado]

When I was young, maybe 7 years old, i remember going to my first flea market and seeing what was to me a wonder! A stereoscope!!!! From that day on, I wanted one SO much, but, lets face it, back in 1968, $10 for a stereoscope and 50 cards seemed like a fortune to me! Well, last fall i decided to finally fulfill that childhood dream, only, now it cost me $90 for the viewer and $5-20 EACH for the cards!!!!:eek: Oh well, it may take me some years to get a large collection of the cards (I have about a dozen now), but, at least its a start!

[tv star collector]

My parents bought me a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder (it ran on a
transistor battery) back in the sixties. I still have it, but it doesn't work
anymore. I still have the reel-to-reel tapes (wonder if they would still play
if I could find a small reel-to-reel tape recorder anywhere?). It was my first
tape recorder (long before audio cassettes were invented).

[theshark8777]

Cedar Fair just closed Geauga Lake, an amusement park close to here, that I have been going to since I was a kid. It will be sad next year not to go.

[Mikado]

My parents bought me a portable reel-to-reel tape recorder (it ran on a
transistor battery) back in the sixties. I still have it, but it doesn't work
anymore. I still have the reel-to-reel tapes (wonder if they would still play
if I could find a small reel-to-reel tape recorder anywhere?). It was my first
tape recorder (long before audio cassettes were invented).
Chances are the tapes have decomposed or demagnetised by now, but, you might look for a professional service that specialises in sound recording that might help you out...its worth a shot. I got a cassette recorder when i was 12, but, after 35 years, my oldest cassettes are barely audible.

[Mikado]

Cedar Fair just closed Geauga Lake, an amusement park close to here, that I have been going to since I was a kid. It will be sad next year not to go.
I know how you feel Sharkey, going to Crystal Beach park (top of the page), was a yearly treat every summer from my young childhood until my early teens....it closed in the 80s.....I was one of the last people to walk on its grounds as a security guard, when it was being demolished. (I took some of the VERY last pics ever taken of the park!) < I'm going to look through my albums and add one or two of them

[Mikado]

I took these pics at sunrise about 6 am, one morning after working the night shift on security (After i smuggled in my camera). Crystal Beach as I knew it had been mainly built in the 1940s (Though there had been some amusements there since the late 1800s ) and was an Art-Deco wonderland in wood, sheet tin and paper mache. By the early 1980s the park was in dire straights and, eventually closed just around its 100th anniversary! You'll notice demolition had begun on the "Laff in the dark" ride, when i returned that night for my next shift, it was just a pile of rubble! The building on the bottom pic is the old ballroom where acts like Glenn Miller had once played; later it was a skating rink.

[Mikado]

I was given this pass, but, never used it

[tv star collector]

Chances are the tapes have decomposed or demagnetised by now, but, you might look for a professional service that specialises in sound recording that might help you out...its worth a shot. I got a cassette recorder when i was 12, but, after 35 years, my oldest cassettes are barely audible.

I still have my first audio cassette (from January 1974). It's the final episode
of ROOM 222, which I recorded off the TV set (with a microphone). It
doesn't sound great (never did) but is still listenable. That's nearly 34 years
ago (but still about 12 years newer than my reel-to-reel tapes). And I have
a 78 rpm phonograph record that my mother had made of her and me when
I was a toddler, which must be at least 55 years ago--and it still plays.
But then vinyl is much more permanent than magnetic tape, of course.

[Ireneparalegal]

This thread is for things in your past, or a story about your past , something that brings a tear to the eye, or just a distant memory. It can be an old ad, old movie or an old car, or maybe something totally BEFORE your time like a Model-T Ford, w/e brings to mind the word.......Nostalgia!!! :)

The pic is the Magic Palace at the old Crystal Beach Park (about 45 mins from here).....there's condos there now :(
I get the feeling they were trying to make that place look or feel like Disneyland. ;)

[Ireneparalegal]

I still have my first audio cassette (from January 1974). It's the final episode
of ROOM 222, which I recorded off the TV set (with a microphone). It
doesn't sound great (never did) but is still listenable. That's nearly 34 years
ago (but still about 12 years newer than my reel-to-reel tapes). And I have
a 78 rpm phonograph record that my mother had made of her and me when
I was a toddler, which must be at least 55 years ago--and it still plays.
But then vinyl is much more permanent than magnetic tape, of course.
OMG I used to do that too. I had a tape recorder and I used to record audio of my fave shows, like Happy Days. I would play the episode over and over again. It was fun. I used to imagine what it would be like to actually record a show and WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. :lol: Sounds like my dreams came true.

[Mikado]

I get the feeling they were trying to make that place look or feel like Disneyland. ;)
More likely the other way round :p (CB came first)

[Mikado]

OMG I used to do that too. I had a tape recorder and I used to record audio of my fave shows, like Happy Days. I would play the episode over and over again. It was fun. I used to imagine what it would be like to actually record a show and WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. :lol: Sounds like my dreams came true.
I used to do it too, with Gilligans Island...I'd fill in any dead spots by describing any action "Gilligan walks to the hut, walks up to the Skipper" "Hey Skipper...." (Like a described video DVD for the seeing impaired) then id listen to the show after dark when i was supposed to be asleep! :D

[treky]

I also used to record shows off of the TV; back in the 70s; on a cassete recorder that I had at the time. I remember I used to record HAPPY DAYS, MASH, THAT'S MY MAMA, reruns of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, THE JACK BENNY SHOW and DUSTYS TRAIL. Even episodes of THE TONIGHT SHOW....the ENTIRE 90 MINUTES!!! (back then it was 90 minutes long)
In fact, I have one recording of that where you can hear my brother yelling at me to turn the TV down, because he was in bed at the time.:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Mikado]

And all this time I thought I wasthe only one who put old TV shows on audio tape :eek: ...of course, once we got a VCR, that habit ended forever

[freshprinceofLA]

Probably my old neighborhood in the suburbs in Palmdale, CA. I lived there when I was just a little kid. We had a really big house! Better than the one I'm living in now. The cost of living was way cheaper than it is now or than it is here in LA. But all the kids were nice it the neighborhood we would go on long bike rides around the neighborhood, play with our motorized jeeps, play sports, go to each other's b-day parties and all that fun stuff. Also I went to a great school with great teachers. Plus we had all the great stores next to us. But in the mid/late 90's we had to move back to LA due to the long commute for my dad's job :( . Boy those were the days

[Mikado]

Hopefully, someday you can move back to the place you love ^_^

[Mikado]

GE had a new idea on what to DO with household garbage

[Mikado]

And Plymouth had lovely new art-deco styling in 1937

[freshprinceofLA]

Hopefully, someday you can move back to the place you love ^_^
Thanks well my cousin bought a house in Palmdale but its not in the section where I used to live hopefully I can come visit my old house someday

[Mikado]

Thanks well my cousin bought a house in Palmdale but its not in the section where I used to live hopefully I can come visit my old house someday
I know what you mean, I've been in the same city all my life but, i still walk to the "old neighbourhood" sometimes, and check out all the changes!(Which makes me feel a little sad)

[Mikado]

But i think it belongs here too

[Mikado]

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[theshark8777]

The sad thing was Friday when I was driving to Virginia, I passed a roller coaster on the back of a flatbed on the Turnpike that came from Geauga Lake. It was heading east somewhere. Kings Dominion maybe...

[Mikado]

The sad thing was Friday when I was driving to Virginia, I passed a roller coaster on the back of a flatbed on the Turnpike that came from Geauga Lake. It was heading east somewhere. Kings Dominion maybe...
I know what you mean, many of the Crystal Beach rides still exist in other parks! (Such as the big Coaster):(

[Mikado]

Wouldnt it be nice if you could buy a car for THIS price today? ( Bear in mind, the average wage was about $2 A DAY at the time )

The Chandler Motor co lasted from 1913 until 1929 when it was absorbed by Hupp (Huppmobile)

[Mikado]

In the late 1820s, the town of Dunnville was established as the western part of the Welland canal system, here, the Grand River was dammed to afford a water feeder to the Welland Canal (At that time the canal was too shallow to take its water directly from Lake Erie as it does now) this dam and feeder canal quickly became a prime location for water powered mills. What you see here, is the remains of the second canal feeder dam ( the first canal dam was made of wood, dirt and stones) and the last water powered mill on the site (At one time there were six of them side by side ), about ten years ago, both the dam and mill were taken down...theres a condo where the mill was. My mother remembers driving on the rickety old wooden bridge that sat on the dam, apparently it was one SCARY ride!

[Mikado]

Personally, I couldnt STAND the stuff, but the girl next door loved it, the smell used to gross me out!! :lol:

[Mikado]

Actually, i still have mine, but, its in poor shape :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I got to post on this thread! I will get to it later this evening.

TARA!!!!! YOU GOT IT GOING ON GIRL, I TELL YA!!!! I love it!! WHOO HOO!!!

[Mikado]

Awwww. memories...I still have the top and the skirt...:lol:
Do they still fit? Nice hook....Gogo boots, Tara!:lol: ;) (dont hit me!)

[Mikado]

HUH!!!, are you saying that I am looking like a hooker!!! shame on you, Mikey:p

It was a crazy, 80s get up, that I wanted to try on, just for a laugh...
Makes me think of the movie "Pretty Woman" ........umm anyway, youre a lovely woman, Tara.

[Mikado]

:lol: :bighug: <for Tara

[Mikado]

( Thx Tara ;) *Blushes*) Ahem, anyway, back to the main focus of this thread ....
ANNIE EDSON TAYLOR (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921)was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, the former "School Marm" was looking for a way to find fame and fortune, and came up with the idea. She used a bike tire pump to fill the barrel with fresh air and legend has it, tried the system out on a kitten, before going into the sealed barrel herself. Finally, she went over the falls in her barrel on 24 October 1901 and came out of the ordeal bloodied and bruised, but , very much alive. She never did find the fortune she craved, as a crooked business manager stole both her heart AND all her money!

[Ireneparalegal]

Makes me think of the movie "Pretty Woman" ........umm anyway, youre a lovely woman, Tara.
She is one hot mama!!!! ;) :D :cool: "Pretty woman, walking down the street, pretty woman..."

[Ireneparalegal]

Honey, I would be too scared to walk down the street in that outfit...

"but officer, I am NOT what you think I am":lol:
The officer would stop you, but not for what you think either. ;) "Can I see your I.D. please, I'd like to have your number!" :D

[Ireneparalegal]

Ok, in my family home (the home that my sister and her family now live in) we grew up with an RCA Victrola that my mother had. It was given to her by a dear friend who loved antiques. I am not sure what year it was made, I think I would have to look at the serial number on it or see if there is a year on it. Anyhoo, it has been in our home since 1960. My sister has it prominently displayed in the living room, where it has always been since my mother received it. Many times over the years, especially at parties or gatherings, my brother-in-law would pull out some of the records and play them for guests. I swear, hearing that music and that "scratching" sound (can't think of a better word to describe it) brings back memories of my mother playing the victrola at dinner parties for entertainment. It is valued at over $900 but the sentimental value is priceless. Here are some pics that show what it looks like, mind you, these pics are off the internet, not pics of our actual victrola:

[Mikado]

Ok, in my family home (the home that my sister and her family now live in) we grew up with an RCA Victrola that my mother had. It was given to her by a dear friend who loved antiques. I am not sure what year it was made. I think I can help you there Irene, it just do happens (Talk about a coincedence) that I just happen to have the ORIGINAL ad for that model in a 1921 National Geographic in my collection :)
(Sorry this took so long Irene, my scanner jammed and ive been fixing it the last 45 mins, so i could do this)
Here you GO:

[Ireneparalegal]

Sorry you had problems Mikey.

Yep, there it is. I wasn't sure, but I knew it was around the 20's that it was made. That victrola is heavy. It is so hard to move around. Doesn't matter it has caster wheels, the wood and the player itself make it heavy.

[Mikado]

Pretty cool that i just happened to have that Natl Geo :) Now you know the model AND the original price....something you can tell your sister next time...the Antiques Roadshow recommends that you write the info down and place it near the antique in question :)
Heres the cover of the magazine, in case you would like a copy of the ad....I bought it cause it has vintage pics of Japan near the turn of the last century! :D

[Ireneparalegal]

Really, vintage pics of Japan. Oh my, I bet those are some awesome pics. You know me!

$4.00 a year for N.G.???? :faint: What a bargain.

[Ireneparalegal]

And all this time I thought I wasthe only one who put old TV shows on audio tape :eek: ...of course, once we got a VCR, that habit ended forever
Yeah, here I thought I was the only one who did that too! Proved me wrong. :lol: Isn't it amazing the same idea we had? I used to play that audio cassette over and over til I had the episode memorized. Even now, when I have seen an episode of Happy Days that I had recorded on my cassette player, I hear it the way I heard it on my cassette player.

[Mikado]

yeah I figure you might be able to find it on ebay or something (mine isnt for sale...until im destitute and need the money REAL bad ! :lol: )

[OH Nuts!]

I remember as a kid how much I used to love viewmasters. I also remember what a kick I'd get out of seeing the color TVs in dept. stores. When I was 9-10 having a color TV was a bid deal. Only one family on our block had one, and we'd all go over to their house to watch Walt Disney IN COLOR.

[Mikado]

I remember as a kid how much I used to love viewmasters. I also remember what a kick I'd get out of seeing the color TVs in dept. stores. When I was 9-10 having a color TV was a bid deal. Only one family on our block had one, and we'd all go over to their house to watch Walt Disney IN COLOR.
i know excatly what you mean Rich, we didnt get colour until 1972!!! when I was 11, it was amazing to see that the Gold Key Comics had been miscolouring the Looney Tunes and Disney characters for years! :lol:
(until we had colour, i thought Mickey Mouse had a white face as in the comics, rather than the pink flesh tone the studio used) Funny thing, back then (To save money, presumably), many TV ads had terrible colour, compared to the show, and often had green or orange skin tones.....they apparently learned their lesson cause, when stereo TV came in, the ads had the BEST sound on TV, for many years! :lol:

[Mikado]

$4.00 a year for N.G.???? :faint: What a bargain.
Well, yes but, bear in mind, that at an average salary of $3 a day in 1921, youd have to work 1 1/2 days for a subscription! :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I remember as a kid how much I used to love viewmasters. I also remember what a kick I'd get out of seeing the color TVs in dept. stores. When I was 9-10 having a color TV was a bid deal. Only one family on our block had one, and we'd all go over to their house to watch Walt Disney IN COLOR.
I always wanted a viewmaster as a kid. Never got one. :( My son has three different kinds. :eek: I guess I was making up for the fact that I never got one. :lol:

When I was 7 years old, my sister bought me a CRISSY DOLL. I loved that doll. You turn this small knob in her back and you could make her hair "grow" or shorten it. I loved that! Abt five years ago in an antique store I found that doll in its original box. I WANTED TO BUY IT SOOOOO BAD!

http://www.dollinfo.com/icrissyfam.htm

[Mikado]

I always wanted a viewmaster as a kid. Never got one. :( My son has three different kinds. :eek: I guess I was making up for the fact that I never got one. :lol:

When I was 7 years old, my sister bought me a CRISSY DOLL. I loved that doll. You turn this small knob in her back and you could make her hair "grow" or shorten it. I loved that! Abt five years ago in an antique store I found that doll in its original box. I WANTED TO BUY IT SOOOOO BAD!

http://www.dollinfo.com/icrissyfam.htm
I remember a Baby Crissy Doll, but, I dont remeber the teenage version which one did you have? I still have my viewmaster, btw, and most of the slides too!
(The viewmaster was a descendant of the Stereoscope...the parlour toy that actually inspired this thread ;) )

[Ireneparalegal]

I remember a Baby Crissy Doll, but, I dont remeber the teenage version which one did you have? I still have my viewmaster, btw, and most of the slides too!
(The viewmaster was a descendant of the Stereoscope...the parlour toy that actually inspired this thread ;) )
I had the teen version.

[Mikado]

I had the teen version.
I'd expect that to be the rarer (and more $$$) of the two!

[Ireneparalegal]

Here is something I found immediately on ebay. OMG the memories are flooding back...

Ok, when I was around 8 years old, my sister bought me this tin metal stove and sink with S&H green stamps. Those stamps that grocery stores used to give out with your receipt, depending on the amount of $$$ you spent. Here are pics but keep in mind, these are old and rusty. I kept mine in tip-top condition:

[Mikado]

Nice little stove, reminds me of one my Mom had that had a little flint and wheel sparker which when you pushed the lever made sparks come out of the burners ( a very sophisiticated toy, for the 1940s, id think )
Anyway, for the whole week, Ive been wondering whether to make a seperate thread for nostalgic toys, but, since you started the ball rolling Irene, I present a toy I used to have, that Id kill for now! (Sadly, it got lost when we moved....it cost me $7, a real fortune for me, at the time!)

[Ireneparalegal]

Ooooooo nice!
Sparks came out of the burners? Not around these dry parts of California!!!! :eek:
Why don't you edit the thread title so it includes toys, maybe that way people will get the idea of the thread. Like this:
NOSTALGIA, TOYS YOU LOVED, ETC.

[Mikado]

Not a bad idea at all, Irene ^_^ Ill think about it....my only prob with the idea is, it might make some think "Collector's thread" and scare them off, wheras "Nostalgia" is kind of a "catchall"...maybe i can add the toys thing to the thread explanation on the first post; what do you think?

[The Great One]

Does anyone remember this toy? I got it in the early eighties but it originally came out in the seventies. It was my favorite toy to play with and I had hours of fun setting up ramps and having the Evel Knievel doll on the motorcycle jumping over various things I would set up. Those were the days!
:D

[Ireneparalegal]

Oh I remember that toy. Some boy in my neighborhood had gotten it for Christmas.

[Ireneparalegal]

I never had the Osmond dolls. I never even had the Sonny & Cher doll:

http://www.dollreference.com/mego_cher_fashions1.html

[Ireneparalegal]

DAMN, that Sonny Bono doll, is the UGLIEST thing I have ever seen...I think I would have terrible nightmares if my parents gave me that!:lol:
It sort of reminds me of Al Pacino in Scarface, sans the moustache. :rofl:

[Mikado]

DAMN, that Sonny Bono doll, is the UGLIEST thing I have ever seen...I think I would have terrible nightmares if my parents gave me that!:lol:He looks like one of those 1970s male porn stars! :lol: "Sonny the pimp"! :p

[Ireneparalegal]

All that doll needed was a hairy chest and gold medallions around its neck. :rofl:

[Clint Eastwood Fan]

Does anyone remember this toy? I got it in the early eighties but it originally came out in the seventies. It was my favorite toy to play with and I had hours of fun setting up ramps and having the Evel Knievel doll on the motorcycle jumping over various things I would set up. Those were the days!
:D
OMG I had that thing. I haven't thought of that in years. :eek:

[Ireneparalegal]

How abt the Star Wars craze??? Here is the Princess Leia doll, sans clothes....:eek: :crazy: :rofl:

Click on the link and scroll down and you will see the doll like this. http://www.dollsntoys.com/1970s.htm

[Mikado]

Does anyone remember this toy? I got it in the early eighties but it originally came out in the seventies. It was my favorite toy to play with and I had hours of fun setting up ramps and having the Evel Knievel doll on the motorcycle jumping over various things I would set up. Those were the days!
:D
I never had that toy, though I do remember it, I did have something similar, the Kenner SSP Smash up derby.....I had the Bug, but, instead of the truck, I had a 1957 Chevy Nomad wagon!

(Actually, Im pretty sure they are still in my closet somewhere....minus the "fly-off" pieces)

[Mikado]

That Princess Leia doll proves something I've always said...even naked, Carrie Fisher wasnt hot! :rofl:

[Ireneparalegal]

That Princess Leia doll proves something I've always said...even naked, Carrie Fisher wasnt hot! :rofl:
Yeah, she was better off with that hellish robe she wore. :lol:

Ok, ready for the bionic woman and the six million dollar man dolls? Here they are:

[Ireneparalegal]

It took me a while to find this on the internet only because I couldn't recall what it was called. My brother gave me this board game for Christmas. It was a 3D board game. I so remember having so much fun with this. I miss my brother. :(

Snoopy sits on top of his doghouse, clad in his world war I pilot's gear. His arch rival, the Red Baron, bears down on him, firing blue and white marbles. Snoopy maneuvers the roof of the doghouse trying to block the blue marbles from entering and catch the white ones in his house.

[Clint Eastwood Fan]

Yeah, she was better off with that hellish robe she wore. :lol:

Ok, ready for the bionic woman and the six million dollar man dolls? Here they are:

I never had the Bionic Woman but I did have this version of The Six Million Dollar Man.

[Ireneparalegal]

I never had the Bionic Woman but I did have this version of The Six Million Dollar Man.
Yeah, that's the one I remember. I don't know what the hell that other one is. I remembered the eye on him. :rofl:

[Mikado]

Ok, ready for the bionic woman and the six million dollar man dolls? Here they are:
THAT's supposed to be the Bionic Woman??? She looks more like Prince Charles wife Camilla, the future "horse consort" of England! :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

THAT's supposed to be the Bionic Woman??? She looks more like Prince Charles wife Camilla, the future "horse consort" of England! :lol:
I know there is another version of the Bionic Woman doll. Those two are horrid, I don't like them. Sonny showed us the real Bionic Man doll.

[Ireneparalegal]

Here is a link since I can't copy the picture. It shows the real bionic woman doll that I remember:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-KENNERS-1976-THE-BIONIC-WOMAN-DOLL-IN-BOX_W0QQitemZ220163042768QQihZ012QQcategoryZ95246QQcmdZViewItem

[Mikado]

From the May 1923 Ntl Geographic:

[The Great One]

I never had the Osmond dolls. I never even had the Sonny & Cher doll:

http://www.dollreference.com/mego_cher_fashions1.html

I have to agree with the comments being made about the Sonny Bono doll.
Damn, that sure is ugly!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[The Great One]

I never had that toy, though I do remember it, I did have something similar, the Kenner SSP Smash up derby.....I had the Bug, but, instead of the truck, I had a 1957 Chevy Nomad wagon!

(Actually, Im pretty sure they are still in my closet somewhere....minus the "fly-off" pieces)

I remember a friend of mine having this toy.

[Mikado]

I had one as a kid.......I have NO idea what happened to it!!!!! ( I think someone stole it, but, I just dont know, it just disappeared one day:( )

With it you could see over fences and around walls, and with the flip of a switch, behind you! :D

[The Great One]

Does anyone here remember the board game "Which Witch?" I had it when I was a little kid! This was my favorite one to play with my friends. I checked on e-Bay recently and saw a few of them offered there for around $80.00 in good condition.

[Ireneparalegal]

I never had that game, but I do remember it. Ahhhh to be a kid again. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

Ok, I will post some games I had growing up, but so I don't forget, anyone remember this classic 70's kids show that aired on Saturday mornings, LAND OF THE LOST?:lol:

Here are some pics to refresh your memory:

[Ireneparalegal]

Ha, here is a video of, The Land of the Lost; just, to show how they spent a FORTUNE on this series..."WOW, that is so realistic!!!"


CRAP TV, at it's BEST, folks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6LZzVCpYDY)
:brent :rofl: Thanx for that girlfriend!!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol: Seeing them on that raft in that cheesy waterfall going down!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Mikado]

I loved LOTL especially Holly :p (Although the sleestak was also pretty hot :rolleyes:)


The remake on the other hand, SUCKED

[Ireneparalegal]

Ok, first of many of the games I had as a child. I had to research real good for three of them because I couldn't recall what the names of the games were, but a little researching paid off:

[Ireneparalegal]

#2

A game called VEGAS. I had totally forgotten abt this game until I was researching for another game and this came up:

[Mikado]

Yummy Rummy? Rum and pizza? :lol: I dont remember THAT one in the least!

[Ireneparalegal]

#3

PAYDAY...Do they even make this game anymore?

[Ireneparalegal]

#4


Ok, I didn't have this game but the first of many BASED ON TV SHOW GAMES:

[Mikado]

#2A game called VEGAS.
"Vegas comes with all you see here........Beer, cigarettes and "collection goons" not included"

[Ireneparalegal]

#5


Another game I didn't have but based on HAPPY DAYS:

[Mikado]

My cousin had Payday...but......we never DID figure out the rules :eek:

[Ireneparalegal]

Another tv show game, nope I didn't have this one either but I sure would have liked it:

[Ireneparalegal]

Ok, this one I had THE HAUNTED MANSION GAME. My brother bought this game for me and I had a heck of a time finding it on the net but I found it and I can't even remember what the rules were but it was fun playing I know that:

[Ireneparalegal]

I loved this game. Me and my friends played it a lot and I always won:

[Ireneparalegal]

And this game was based on the tv game show CONCENTRATION, I got this for Christmas when I was 9:

[Mikado]

:lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

:lol:
Really huh? :lol: Make the hair redder and there you have it ALFRED E. NEWMAN. Notice Ralph Malph isn't featured but everyone else is.

[Mikado]

Really huh? :lol: Make the hair redder and there you have it ALFRED E. NEWMAN. Notice Ralph Malph isn't featured but everyone else is.
The weird part is, Ronny Howard HAD red hair :crazy:
Maybe Donny Most wanted too much $$$ for his "image"...more likely they just didnt WANT him though! ;)

[Mikado]

:drool:

[The Great One]

Ok, I will post some games I had growing up, but so I don't forget, anyone remember this classic 70's kids show that aired on Saturday mornings, LAND OF THE LOST?:lol:

Here are some pics to refresh your memory:

I remember watching this show on saturday mornings. At that time I never noticed how low-budget the props were. It's interesting looking back on all that stuff now.

[Mikado]

Which show, Concentration? (Which I really loved, btw)

[The Great One]

This was my favorite of all the monster cereals...I can remember watching saturday morning cartoons and having a bowl of Boo Berry cereal right there with me. This cereal always had the best toys in it too! :D

[Ireneparalegal]

OMG that cereal is perfect for Halloween. :lol:

[Mikado]

This was my favorite of all the monster cereals...I can remember watching saturday morning cartoons and having a bowl of Boo Berry cereal right there with me. This cereal always had the best toys in it too! :D
I prefered Count Chocula...When I was a kid, Shreddies had thebest toys , mostly Walt Disney toys like the Love Bug elastic racers and Mickey and friends wobbly walkers!

[Ireneparalegal]

Check out this link for vintage cereal, it won't let me copy and paste or copy the pics:

http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-kelloggs.html

Anyone remember these cereals:

[The Great One]

Check out this link for vintage cereal, it won't let me copy and paste or copy the pics:

http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-kelloggs.html

Anyone remember these cereals:

Wow! Awesome website!!! Thanks for posting the link! :)

[Ireneparalegal]

You are welcome! If anyone finds great links for vintage stuff, please post here. Thank you.

[Mikado]

My stupid Casper costume:

I was just thinking back to how many Halloweens I wore the same costume (The only "store bought" costume I ever had)...it was a Casper the Friendly ghost costume I got at about 5 and that I wore till I was about 9 or 10 (previously, i was a ghost by wearing a bed sheet with holes for the eyes), the weird part of my Casper outfit? It was mismatched! Whether the switch was made at the store or in the factory I'll never know, but, while the mask was Casper, the "costume" part showed Caspers cousin "Spooky" (The one with the black nose, freckles and bowler hat) flying out of a "Haunted house with the word "SPOOKY" in big black letters! The last few years I went out for T or Ts, I wore a sheet again, and at age 13, decided I was too old for that stuff and have spent most Halloweens since, watching the annual Halloween hockey games :lol:

[The Great One]

You are welcome! If anyone finds great links for vintage stuff, please post here. Thank you.

I agree!!! If anyone knows of some great links dealing with vintage stuff, please post them in this thread. It will be greatly appreciated. :)

[The Great One]

Does anyone here have a favorite singer from the "Good Ol' Days" when they wrote quality songs that everyone could listen to. My favorite singer is Frank Sinatra.

[*ClassicPinUp*]

Does anyone here have a favorite singer from the "Good Ol' Days" when they wrote quality songs that everyone could listen to. My favorite singer is Frank Sinatra.
Um, I LOVE HIM! Young or old people always know Ol Blue Eyes and the greatest Voice ever!
Frank Sinatra is by far my favorite singer/actor. I've grown up on his music and listen to it almost every day. :D I will also add; Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole.
http://i1.tinypic.com/644ibvc.jpg

[Mikado]

I love a lot of singers of that era but, I think Bing Crosby and Judy Garland were by far the best...others of that era i love are the Andrews sisters and the great (though mostly forgotten) Bob Eberly!

[Mikado]

This Poster of Betty Grable is probably the best known image of the era, and was displayed in Alied army barracks all over the World! A bit of trivia, the reason the this pic was taken from behind is, she happened to be pregnant at the time!!!

[Ireneparalegal]

I received this Brady Bunch album by my sister for either Christmas or my 8th birthday, can't remember which:

[Mikado]

the Brady Bunch cartoon...i forgot that existed....but, at least they werent in outer space like Gilligan and the Partridge Family! :lol:

[The Great One]

Um, I LOVE HIM! Young or old people always know Ol Blue Eyes and the greatest Voice ever!
Frank Sinatra is by far my favorite singer/actor. I've grown up on his music and listen to it almost every day. :D I will also add; Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole.
http://i1.tinypic.com/644ibvc.jpg

Hey AndAwayWeGo!!! It's nice to hear from you again. Where have you been?
It seems like the Honeymooners message board has become an empty place to visit lately. I'm looking forward to being able to chat with you there hopefully soon or on any of the other message boards. :wave:

[*ClassicPinUp*]

Hey AndAwayWeGo!!! It's nice to hear from you again. Where have you been?
It seems like the Honeymooners message board has become an empty place to visit lately. I'm looking forward to being able to chat with you there hopefully soon or on any of the other message boards. :wave:
I PM'd you! :D

[Mikado]

My Great-Uncle's old Taxi cabdriver "cap badge".......There was a time when cabbies., like so many others in the "service" sector had to wear uniforms with caps (much like those a policeman wears). Milkmen, bread delivery wagon drivers, truck drivers, gas station attendants all wore caps and uniforms at one time, but, today, these jobs either no longer exist ( milkmen, for example), or the job no longer has the "formal look" it once did.

lower pic, a couple of cabbies from the 1920s

1940 Chev taxi

[Ireneparalegal]

the Brady Bunch cartoon...i forgot that existed....but, at least they werent in outer space like Gilligan and the Partridge Family! :lol:
:lol:
Do you remember when the Harlem Globetrotters ended up on Gilligan's Island? :lol:

[theshark8777]

:lol:
Do you remember when the Harlem Globetrotters ended up on Gilligan's Island? :lol:

I do!! And they made that robot to try to beat them.

[Ireneparalegal]

I do!! And they made that robot to try to beat them.
:rofl:

That was some crappy television!!!!! :crazy: :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

http://www.shockcinemamagazine.com/harlem.html

THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND (1981).
AARRRGGHHHHH! I've still got the emotional scar tissue from watching this wretched disaster! How bad is it, you ask? Imagine the worst possibility, and then triple it! What a chunk of ****!... Though the entire bunch of castaways was rescued in one of their two previous TV movies, the Howells have turned the island into a hotel complex and all of the aged sitcomers have returned as co-owners. They still live in those idiotic bamboo huts, sleep in hammocks and fall over each other like nitwits -- but now there are Love Boat-style bikinied tourists roaming about, so that Skipper can ogle them, like some kind of pot-bellied pervert. Almost all the old cast members who couldn't get work for the last 20 years are back, and gosh, it's pathetic watching these no-talent buffoons run about the backlot. (Bob Denver looks worst for wear, with greying hair & skin to match.) Tina Louise is the only one with the dignity to turn down the paycheque (of course, she was also pushing 50 at the time), and although Jim Backus gets third billing, he only turns up during the last three minutes... Meanwhile, somewhere over the Pacific, The Harlem Globetrotters are in their private plane when Coach Scatman Crothers informs them of an electrical malfunction. Landing in the ocean, they're menaced by the shark in Jaws (they throw basketballs at it and it goes away) borrowed from the Universal Backlot Tour, and wind up on Gilligan's Island, practising b-ball with coconuts... Martin Landau and Barbara Bain then appear as a pair of villains (along with their orange robot, George) who want to take over the island because of its supply of Supremium, a new form of energy with which they can rule the world (oddly enough, it looks just like a plastic rock with a 100 Watt bulb inside). Even those who forgave Landau & Bain for SPACE 1999 won't be so kind- hearted to the pair this time around... After a few lame attempts on the castaways' lives (none of the them successful, unfortunately), it all comes down to a basketball game for the possession of the entire island (complete with network sportscasters) between The Globetrotters and The New Invincibles, a team of radio-controlled, bucket-headed robots led by Landau. Add to that the typically horrible laff-track and you get a movie that's so insultingly inane that you can't believe your eyes -- it makes that original series look like Beckett. Chewing on broken glass is more fun.

[Mikado]

Add to that the typically horrible laff-track and you get a movie that's so insultingly inane that you can't believe your eyes -- it makes that original series look like Beckett. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Now THAT is BAD!!! (Im glad I missed that one!) I did see the first GI movie......That was plenty, besides, who could take the movie seriously when the NEW ginger was at least 20 years younger than she would have been, had she aged like the rest of the cast!!!!!:lol: :lol:

[Mikado]

Something i forgot to mention about my Great-Uncle's badge, it was from his days driving in Crowland town, which no longer exists.....the town of Crowland was absorbed into Welland, the year I was born!

[Ireneparalegal]

My Great-Uncle's old Taxi cabdriver "cap badge".......There was a time when cabbies., like so many others in the "service" sector had to wear uniforms with caps (much like those a policeman wears). Milkmen, bread delivery wagon drivers, truck drivers, gas station attendants all wore caps and uniforms at one time, but, today, these jobs either no longer exist ( milkmen, for example), or the job no longer has the "formal look" it once did.

lower pic, a couple of cabbies from the 1920s

1940 Chev taxi
Having watched old movies or seen old photos, I knew there was something on a taxi driver's cap, but never knew what that was. Thanks to you, now I know. Them were the days when people were professional and took their jobs seriously. ;)

[Mikado]

yup....wouldnt it have been something to be around back when 4 uniformed gas jockeys actually checked the pressure and filled your tires, washed your windsheild , checked your oil, pumped your gas and did it all without being asked?

[Ireneparalegal]

yup....wouldnt it have been something to be around back when 4 gas jockeys actually checked the pressure and filled your tires, washed your windsheild , checked your oil, pumped your gas and did it all without being asked?
We had a gas station that still did that! But that station finally closed down. I think the owner retired. :( I remember how that used to be. You would drive up over that hose that would "ring" to let someone know you were there.

[Mikado]

We had a gas station that still did that! But that station finally closed down. I think the owner retired. :( I remember how that used to be. You would drive up over that hose that would "ring" to let someone know you were there.
Now even Brent looks good , by today's gas station standards ;)

[Ireneparalegal]

Yeah he does. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I don't know if this was just in So. California but we had a fast food place called PUP-N-TACO. They sold hot dogs, tacos and other items.

Also, I miss Taco Bell's Bell Beefers. Those were so damn good. If they still sold them, I'd be at Taco Bell at least once a week for those. I don't care much for fast food but that is something I really enjoyed.

[Mikado]

Ive never heard of Pup-n-taco...... makes you think of dog meat served on a cracker, or something @_@....but , seriously folks! :rolleyes:

[Mikado]

When I was a kid (60s/early 70s), milk was still delivered in this city by horse-drawn milk wagon!! Delivered right to your door! In summer, you had the bottles sweating on the porch; in winter, the bottles would freeze and the cap would be forced out of the bottle top and sit on top of a column of ice made from the frozen milk. I spent 2 days looking for a pic of one of the old carts online and found only older models, but, if you look at the van in the milkman pic, just imagine a horse where the engine is, and you'd have a pretty good idea what they looked like! :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I remember the milkman coming to our door. I also remember having to "write a note to the milkman". :lol: I would add my own goodies such as chocolate milk. Ahhhh memories.

Hey Mikey, I just seen on the History Channel a shoe x-ray device that was used in shoe stores so customers could see their feet x-rayed. It was used by salesman to get the exact measurements of the customers feet. Which was futile since they could easily have used the standard foot measure stick. Anyways check out this website showing this monsterous device that was later discovered to have given off radiation in such high doses that it was
20 times the radiation than a standard chest x-ray...:faint: :eek:

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/shoefittingfluor/shoe.htm

[Mikado]

I remember the milkman coming to our door. I also remember having to "write a note to the milkman". :lol: I would add my own goodies such as chocolate milk. Ahhhh memories.

Hey Mikey, I just seen on the History Channel a shoe x-ray device that was used in shoe stores so customers could see their feet x-rayed. It was used by salesman to get the exact measurements of the customers feet. Which was futile since they could easily have used the standard foot measure stick. Anyways check out this website showing this monsterous device that was later discovered to have given off radiation in such high doses that it was
20 times the radiation than a standard chest x-ray...:faint: :eek:

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/shoefittingfluor/shoe.htm
Wowwwwww that is insane!!!:eek: :eek: Well; this is one time you really scooped me ;) :thumbsup:

I never added my own note to the milkman, but i saw Mom do it now and then...............he was my Dad's cousin, actually, when his horse died, he got a truck, but, it wasnt the same for him without the hayburner, and when they offered early retirement, he took it. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

Wowwwwww that is insane!!!:eek: :eek: Well; this is one time you really scooped me ;) :thumbsup:

I never added my own note to the milkman, but i saw Mom do it now and then...............he was my Dad's cousin, actually, when his horse died, he got a truck, but, it wasnt the same for him without the hayburner, and when they offered early retirement, he took it. :lol:
Thank you Mikey. :D I couldn't believe it til I heard it and was watching old film footage of these customers x-raying their feet!!! :faint: Crazy!!!!:crazy:

Was that foot pic on that website? :lol:

[The Great One]

"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs,
And makes a slinkity sound?
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing,
Everyone knows it's Slinky?"

"It's Slinky! It's Slinky!
For fun it's a wonderful toy,
It's fun for a girl and a boy!"

I had the "Slinky" toy when I was a kid but I could never get it to go right no matter how hard I tried. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I DID I DID!!!!!! *irene raising her hand* But we didn't have stairs in my house so it made the toy not as fun as I thought it would be. :lol: I had to make my own steps with our encyclopedias.

[tv star collector]

I get a kick out of listening to old-time radio shows. I have a collection of
them (some aired before I was born), on records, cassettes and CDs. Among
my favorites from "those thrilling days of yesteryear" ...

Dragnet
The Life of Riley
The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show (1st show; with Lucille Ball)
Red Skelton
The Jack Benny Show
The Chase & Sanborn Hour
Popeye the Sailor
The Mel Blanc Show
The Charlie McCarthy Show (with Edgar Bergen)
My Little Margie
Meet Millie
No School Today (with Big Jon & Sparkie)
The Shadow (with Orson Welles)
Suspense (with Cary Grant)
War of the Worlds (with Orson Welles)
Gunsmoke (with William Conrad as Matt Dillon)

Also radio versions of movie classics:
Casablanca (with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman)
The Fuller Brush Man (with Red Skelton)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (with Danny Kaye)

[Ireneparalegal]

KLACKERS!!!!!!! OMG these were so fun until they broke! :lol:


Also known as Clackers, Klick-Klacks, Whackers, Ker-Knockers, Whack'os, Bangers, Poppers, Bonkers, Clack Clacks, K-Nokkers, Mini Poppers, Rockers, Super Clackers, Whak Kos, Quick Klacks, Quick Clacks, Quick Wacks, Zonkers, Popper Knockers, Crackers, Wackers, Knockers and various other names you wouldn’t want to type into an Internet search engine!

Klackers came on the market in the late 60's and lasted into the early 70's. They were constructed of two acrylic or glass balls on a string with a ring or small handle in the middle. The point was to get the two balls clicking against each other. If you got really good you could do fancy tricks with them, like build up momentum until they were hitting on the top and bottom in an arc . . . and make a hugely annoying racket.

Kids loved them, but doctors and teachers weren’t so impressed after a frightening succession of serious Klacker accidents.

Unfortunately they allegedly had a nasty habit of shattering or exploding in a shrapnel-like shower and were promptly banned from every school in the western world - but kids all knew it was really a conspiracy from grown-ups because they hated the sound they made!

The similarity between this supremely popular toy and a South American hunting weapon called a bolo did not escape most teenage boys. In this capacity they proved extremely effective. After a nation outbreak of badly bruised arms and black eyes they were pretty much withdrawn from sale.

In the 80's, novelty companies produced a chintzy version with lightweight plastic balls with plastic rods connected to them to hold them in place. You could klack them, but it took absolutely no skill & was boring after a few minutes. But they were a lot safer.

click here to hear the sound the Klackers made...:rofl: http://www.timewarptoys.com/klackers.htm

[Mikado]

Was that foot pic on that website?Nope, found that elsewhere, while looking for something else :)

I never could get my slinky to go down more than maybe 2 stairs before it would either stop or fall sideways and roll of the stairs........apparently, the steps in the TV commercial were a certain height and if your steps were different, it wouldnt work< read that somewhere :(

My fave old radio shows are
Dragnet
Henry Aldrige
Fibber McGee (and Molly)
Jack Benny
The Great Gildersleeve
The Shadow
The Life of Riley

[Mikado]

They were soon made illegal here, after some kids got glass shards in the eyes
(I never owned any, they were too expensive, blessing in disguise, i guess)

[Ireneparalegal]

They were soon made illegal here, after some kids got glass shards in the eyes
(I never owned any, they were too expensive, blessing in disguise, i guess)
As I look back I can't imagine such a toy even existed. :eek: But then I see toys now that are on the market and I realize it is all abt what can be sold and give companies the old mighty dollar.

[Mikado]

As I look back I can't imagine such a toy even existed. :eek: But then I see toys now that are on the market and I realize it is all abt what can be sold and give companies the old mighty dollar.
I guess they just assumed the tempered glass would be able to handle it (and it did , short term....too short ) Speaking of toys that shouldnt have been, we HAD "lawn darts" ...they were taken off the market after some small children were killed!!!!! :eek2:

[Ireneparalegal]

I guess they just assumed the tempered glass would be able to handle it (and it did , short term....too short ) Speaking of toys that shouldnt have been, we HAD "lawn darts" ...they were taken off the market after some small children were killed!!!!! :eek2:
:eek: I don't recall those. Funny, those obviously look dangerous and were, however, regular darts still exist. :confused:

[Mikado]

:eek: I don't recall those. Funny, those obviously look dangerous and were, however, regular darts still exist. :confused:
lawn darts were about a foot long, and were weighted in the front so they landed a couple inches into the ground Irene, you threw them 20 feet into a target that resembled a small hula hoop....it was fun to play, it never occured to us that they could kill a small child, fortunately, we never had that problem.

[Ireneparalegal]

lawn darts were about a foot long, and were weighted in the front so they landed a couple inches into the ground Irene, you threw them 20 feet into a target that resembled a small hula hoop....it was fun to play, it never occured to us that they could kill a small child, fortunately, we never had that problem.
:eek:
Oh my, the picture sure doesn't show that.

[Mikado]

Heres a pic that while hard to see*, this pic gives a good idea how large (and dangerous) they were, now, they weighed at least 2 1/2 pounds, were thrown 20 feet and had a 31/2 inch long dart tip!!! (* I think its blurred on purpose because the old style lawn darts are illegal, and the poster wouldnt want to be indentified)

http://mysite.verizon.net/olderelder75/jarts2.jpg

[Ireneparalegal]

Heres a pic that while hard to see*, this pic gives a good idea how large (and dangerous) they were, now, they weighed at least 2 1/2 pounds, were thrown 20 feet and had a 31/2 inch long dart tip!!! (* I think its blurred on purpose because the old style lawn darts are illegal, and the poster wouldnt want to be indentified)

http://mysite.verizon.net/olderelder75/jarts2.jpg
Geez...they are big. :eek:

[Mikado]

Now they sell a blunted variant with no "flytes" and a round weighted end, they are safe, but, boring cause they skip and roll rather than plant into the target.....of course, they wont jab into your toe like the old ones

http://followingedge.com/images/lawn-darts1.jpg

[Clint Eastwood Fan]

I guess they just assumed the tempered glass would be able to handle it (and it did , short term....too short ) Speaking of toys that shouldnt have been, we HAD "lawn darts" ...they were taken off the market after some small children were killed!!!!! :eek2:
I had them. :eek:

[Ireneparalegal]

Now they sell a blunted variant with no "flytes" and a round weighted end, they are safe, but, boring cause they skip and roll rather than plant into the target.....of course, they wont jab into your toe like the old ones

http://followingedge.com/images/lawn-darts1.jpg
:brent Forget those...what is the point? :lol: :crazy:

[Mikado]

#1 on the all time worst toys list!

http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/2006/12/toys.php

[Mikado]

:brent Forget those...what is the point? :lol: :crazy:
there WAS no point, that WAS the point ;) :lol:

[The Great One]

I DID I DID!!!!!! *irene raising her hand* But we didn't have stairs in my house so it made the toy not as fun as I thought it would be. :lol: I had to make my own steps with our encyclopedias.

At least you got the Slinky to work. I couldn't!!! :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

#1 on the all time worst toys list!

http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/2006/12/toys.php
OMG that is funny...I think. :eek: :lol: Seeing that toy in the shoulder of that child...And the whole article is funny!!!!!!!!! :brent

"...Lawn Darts, or "Jarts," as they were marketed, would never fly in our current ultra-paranoid, safety-helmeted, Dr. Phil toy culture. Lawn darts were massive weighted spears. You threw them. They stuck where they landed. If they happened to land in your skull, well, then you should have moved. :rofl:
During their brief (and generally awesome) reign in 1980s suburbia, Jarts racked up 6,700 injuries and four deaths."

[The Great One]

I get a kick out of listening to old-time radio shows. I have a collection of
them (some aired before I was born), on records, cassettes and CDs. Among
my favorites from "those thrilling days of yesteryear" ...

Dragnet
The Life of Riley
The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show (1st show; with Lucille Ball)
Red Skelton
The Jack Benny Show
The Chase & Sanborn Hour
Popeye the Sailor
The Mel Blanc Show
The Charlie McCarthy Show (with Edgar Bergen)
My Little Margie
Meet Millie
No School Today (with Big Jon & Sparkie)
The Shadow (with Orson Welles)
Suspense (with Cary Grant)
War of the Worlds (with Orson Welles)
Gunsmoke (with William Conrad as Matt Dillon)

Also radio versions of movie classics:
Casablanca (with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman)
The Fuller Brush Man (with Red Skelton)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (with Danny Kaye)

I like old-time radio shows too. My favorite is The Abbott & Costello Show and The Jack Benny Show.

[tv star collector]

I like old-time radio shows too. My favorite is The Abbott & Costello Show and The Jack Benny Show.

I have three Jack Benny shows. The Christmas show with Mel Blanc is my
favorite. Mel plays a department store clerk, and Jack keeps giving the poor man a hard time. It's hilarious. I also have the very first show and the very last show. The latter also features Mel (as the sound effects man) and is very funny, too.

[Mikado]

OMG that is funny...I think. :eek: :lol: Seeing that toy in the shoulder of that child...And the whole article is funny!!!!!!!!! :brent

"...Lawn Darts, or "Jarts," as they were marketed, would never fly in our current ultra-paranoid, safety-helmeted, Dr. Phil toy culture. Lawn darts were massive weighted spears. You threw them. They stuck where they landed. If they happened to land in your skull, well, then you should have moved. :rofl:
During their brief (and generally awesome) reign in 1980s suburbia, Jarts racked up 6,700 injuries and four deaths."
And the next one seems even scarier in a way....Imagine getting your own nuclear laboratory for Xmas.......it came with "three "very low-level" radioactive sources, a Geiger-Mueller radiation counter, a Wilson Cloud Chamber (to see paths of alpha particles), a Spinthariscope (to see "live" radioactive disintegration), four samples of Uranium-bearing ores, and an Electroscope to measure radioactivity." ....I can see it now........

Kid #1- What did you get for Xmas? WOWWY! I got a new peddle car!
Kid #2- OBOY, I got a cowboy suit!
Kid #3- I got a new dolly, YIPPEE!!!
Kid #4- WOOHOO! I GOT RADIUM POISONING!:rolleyes:

[Ireneparalegal]

And the next one seems even scarier in a way....Imagine getting your own nuclear laboratory for Xmas.......it came with "three "very low-level" radioactive sources, a Geiger-Mueller radiation counter, a Wilson Cloud Chamber (to see paths of alpha particles), a Spinthariscope (to see "live" radioactive disintegration), four samples of Uranium-bearing ores, and an Electroscope to measure radioactivity." ....I can see it now........

Kid #1- What did you get for Xmas? WOWWY! I got a new peddle car!
Kid #2- OBOY, I got a cowboy suit!
Kid #3- I got a new dolly, YIPPEE!!!
Kid #4- WOOHOO! I GOT RADIUM POISONING!:rolleyes:
Yeah, I seen the rest on the list. As I read the laboratory kit toy and seen "very low level radioactive sources..." I just :eek:
As I continued to read it, it was scary as it stated who knows how many children had exposed themselves to radiation...:faint:

[MonarC]

Im not buying any more toys from china. Im gonna have to start making my son homemade toys. :lol:

[Mikado]

Im not buying any more toys from china. Im gonna have to start making my son homemade toys. :lol:
Go for it ;)

[Ireneparalegal]

Yeah did you all hear abt that damn toy Aqua Dots? It is made with the same thing that you can make the date rape drug with? :faint: Some kids swallowed the beads and they became sick.

[MonarC]

I know these people making these toys can't be that stupid. :mad: It feels like it's on purpose.

[Ireneparalegal]

I heard that this is the next way the terrorists will get us...via incoming products from other countries.

[Mikado]

IDENTIFY THIS OBJECT (It's a common household item of the late 1800s, but, modern versions are still made today)

[The Great One]

I have three Jack Benny shows. The Christmas show with Mel Blanc is my
favorite. Mel plays a department store clerk, and Jack keeps giving the poor man a hard time. It's hilarious. I also have the very first show and the very last show. The latter also features Mel (as the sound effects man) and is very funny, too.

By the way, do you know for how many seasons Jack Benny did his radio show? If I remember correctly, he started in the early 30s but I'm not sure when he ended his time on the radio.

[The Great One]

When I was a child I loved bubblegum . I first learned to blow a bubble with the Bazooka Joe single gum. The ones with the little comics in them. Some of those were pretty funny. But as a kid growing up, Fruit Stripes was my most favorite gum ever! I used to munch the gum stripe by stripe, making it last, trying to taste the different flavors. I remembered walking to the local candy shop to buy Fruit stripe gum after a long summer's day of fun. Back then, it came in packs of 4 juicy flavors: wild cherry, lemon lime, and orange. Nowadays, they come in five flavors: cherry, lemon, orange, peach, and melon flavors.

[Mikado]

MOJO CHEWS Hey Great one, got a guess on the puzzle object?

[Ireneparalegal]

When I was a child I loved bubblegum . I first learned to blow a bubble with the Bazooka Joe single gum. The ones with the little comics in them. Some of those were pretty funny. But as a kid growing up, Fruit Stripes was my most favorite gum ever! I used to munch the gum stripe by stripe, making it last, trying to taste the different flavors. I remembered walking to the local candy shop to buy Fruit stripe gum after a long summer's day of fun. Back then, it came in packs of 4 juicy flavors: wild cherry, lemon lime, and orange. Nowadays, they come in five flavors: cherry, lemon, orange, peach, and melon flavors.
Ohh I loved that gum when I was growing up. Then, Bubble Yum was introduced and that took over for bubble gum. What was weird was when for some reason there was a shortage of some ingredient and Bubble Yum wasn't able to be made for quite some time. I can't recall how long it was but it was too damn long (everything seems like a long time when you are young). Me and my friends were dying without our beloved Bubble Yum.

I remember you sharing that above pic with me Mikey, but I can't recall what it is.

[Mikado]

MOJOs were a chewy candy that had mild fruity flavours, you could chew it like gum, or let it slowly melt in your mouth...DELICIOUS! (I'm not sure if it's still being made, it was available online a few years ago....but , i havent seen it here in Canada for about 10 years)

[treky]

By the way, do you know for how many seasons Jack Benny did his radio show? If I remember correctly, he started in the early 30s but I'm not sure when he ended his time on the radio.
I think his radio show ended sometime in the late 50s. I know that; when he first started his TV show he was still doing the radio show but only about once every couple weeks or so.

[Mikado]

ABOUT THE PICTURE PUZZLE (hint one)

it has to do with something grown in Washington state

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

When I was a child I loved bubblegum . I first learned to blow a bubble with the Bazooka Joe single gum. The ones with the little comics in them. Some of those were pretty funny. But as a kid growing up, Fruit Stripes was my most favorite gum ever! I used to munch the gum stripe by stripe, making it last, trying to taste the different flavors. I remembered walking to the local candy shop to buy Fruit stripe gum after a long summer's day of fun. Back then, it came in packs of 4 juicy flavors: wild cherry, lemon lime, and orange. Nowadays, they come in five flavors: cherry, lemon, orange, peach, and melon flavors.
OMG. I used to get that gum allll the time when I was little. I used to call it Zebra gum though ha. And that was as recent as the 90s. It's wicked hard to find now.

[Mikado]

When i was little, Id take my nickle and buy 10 marshmallow bananas (1/2 penny candy, times have really changed!) :D

[tv star collector]

By the way, do you know for how many seasons Jack Benny did his radio show? If I remember correctly, he started in the early 30s but I'm not sure when he ended his time on the radio.

Yes. The very last radio show was broadcast on May 22, 1955 (that's the
date on the audio cassette's label). The very first program, on the flip side of
the tape, is dated May 2, 1932. According to THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO by
J. David Goldin (a collector of old radio shows who once interviewed Jack Benny), Jack's radio program ran for 925 broadcasts between 1932 and 1955.
That's 23 seasons! The TV version ran for 15 seasons, from 1950 to 1965
on CBS (the last season on NBC). Repeats were aired on CBS in August 1977.
So, yes, there was some overlapping of the radio and TV shows.

[Ireneparalegal]

When i was little, Id take my nickle and buy 10 marshmallow bananas (1/2 penny candy, times have really changed!) :D
The only thing I liked with marshmallows were Scooter Pies:

[Mikado]

never heard of them ..mind you, i doubt id like them, Ive NEVER liked anything with both marshmallows and chocolate together

[Ireneparalegal]

never heard of them ..mind you, i doubt id like them, Ive NEVER liked anything with both marshmallows and chocolate together
Like Smores. Yuck! Never understood why people like those. Remember when Karen was eating them on Corner Gas?

[Mikado]

yeah......I can stand smores, but, im not big on them.
I prefer Jos Louis to scooter pies< Not named after Joe Louis (I think)

[Ireneparalegal]

yeah......I can stand smores, but, im not big on them.
I prefer Jos Louis to scooter pies< Not named after Joe Louis (I think)
Isn't that marshmallow? Or is it whip cream?

[Mikado]

its whipped cream inside of a chocolate covered chocolate cake......yummy, but, not too healthy, Karen and Davis would love it :lol:

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

mmkaye, time for some stuff from the 90's kids era :p

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8413/mrbucketav0.pngmr. bucket, buckets of funnnn lozklrs

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6412/elefunli8.pngElefun, where the thing shot butterflies out of his nose and you had to catch them...yeah

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1574/skydancersev0.pngI loved skydancers, where you had to pull the string and the thing flew off...and then you had to run and find it or possibly jump over a fence :)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7144/furbyfq4.pngfurby...nough said. creepy little sob.

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9831/teddyruxpinjn2.pngand what 80's/90's kid didn't have teddy ruxpin? another creepy little sob. It's sitting in my garage and stares at me when I go out there. It's plotting to kill me, I'm def sure of that.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9228/beaniebabieskr1.png and about a million and one of these

maybe more laterrr

[Mikado]

mmkaye, time for some stuff from the 90's kids era :p.Sure Ash, if it's nostalgic to someone (no matter how young), then it belongs here! :)


Elefun, where the thing shot butterflies out of his nose and you had to catch them...yeah.Ok, that's just plain WEIRD! :eek: (I've never seen or heard of that toy before!)


I loved skydancers, where you had to pull the string and the thing flew off...and then you had to run and find it or possibly jump over a fence :).There's something about them on the worst toys link I put up! :lol: http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/2006/12/toys.php

furby...nough said. creepy little sob..
Yup.....looked like a space alien had kinnapped a kitten and had a strange hybrid offspring with it!!! :p

and what 80's/90's kid didn't have teddy ruxpin? another creepy little sob. It's sitting in my garage and stares at me when I go out there. It's plotting to kill me, I'm def sure of that.
:rofl: :rofl: :clap :clap !!!!!! "I'm Teddy Ruxpin, and I want to tell you a story...you can't hide, cause, I knowwwwww where you live! MWAHAHAHA!!!"

[The Great One]

OMG. I used to get that gum allll the time when I was little. I used to call it Zebra gum though ha. And that was as recent as the 90s. It's wicked hard to find now.

Your right! I haven't seen it in the candy stores for a long time.

[The Great One]

Yes. The very last radio show was broadcast on May 22, 1955 (that's the
date on the audio cassette's label). The very first program, on the flip side of
the tape, is dated May 2, 1932. According to THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO by
J. David Goldin (a collector of old radio shows who once interviewed Jack Benny), Jack's radio program ran for 925 broadcasts between 1932 and 1955.
That's 23 seasons! The TV version ran for 15 seasons, from 1950 to 1965
on CBS (the last season on NBC). Repeats were aired on CBS in August 1977.
So, yes, there was some overlapping of the radio and TV shows.

Wow! Great details!!! Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. Jack Benny sure had a long career in radio and tv. I wonder if there's anyone else who comes close to what he accomplished.

[The Great One]

Ohh I loved that gum when I was growing up. Then, Bubble Yum was introduced and that took over for bubble gum. What was weird was when for some reason there was a shortage of some ingredient and Bubble Yum wasn't able to be made for quite some time. I can't recall how long it was but it was too damn long (everything seems like a long time when you are young). Me and my friends were dying without our beloved Bubble Yum.

I remember you sharing that above pic with me Mikey, but I can't recall what it is.

I definitely missed that one when it happened. I didn't know that Bubble Yum
has a shortage of an ingredient. :confused:

[theshark8777]

ELEFUN!!! We played that last Christmas!

[Ireneparalegal]

I definitely missed that one when it happened. I didn't know that Bubble Yum
has a shortage of an ingredient. :confused:
Yeah, in the 70's shortly after it came out, for some reason the company didn't have their supply of a certain ingredient and therefore, had to temporarily stop making the gum. I remember when it came out in the newspaper, that is how us kids found out.

Ok, here are a couple more:

Pixie Stix:
If you need a fast rush of adrenaline and can’t find a coke dealer, slam a couple Pixie Stix. Kind of like sucking down a pre-sweetened packet of Kool-Aid.

Fun Dip:
Fun Dip is a less grainy version of Pixie Stix. The sticks that you use to get the sugar dust out of the packet are kind of lame, even though they are edible.

[Ireneparalegal]

mmkaye, time for some stuff from the 90's kids era :p

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8413/mrbucketav0.pngmr. bucket, buckets of funnnn lozklrs

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6412/elefunli8.pngElefun, where the thing shot butterflies out of his nose and you had to catch them...yeah

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1574/skydancersev0.pngI loved skydancers, where you had to pull the string and the thing flew off...and then you had to run and find it or possibly jump over a fence :)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7144/furbyfq4.pngfurby...nough said. creepy little sob.

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9831/teddyruxpinjn2.pngand what 80's/90's kid didn't have teddy ruxpin? another creepy little sob. It's sitting in my garage and stares at me when I go out there. It's plotting to kill me, I'm def sure of that.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9228/beaniebabieskr1.png and about a million and one of these

maybe more laterrr
What an awesome post!!!! Those are great!! :lol: Keep adding stuff from the 90's!;) I remember I gave my daughter a Teddy Ruxpin. :lol:

[tv star collector]

Wow! Great details!!! Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. Jack Benny sure had a long career in radio and tv. I wonder if there's anyone else who comes close to what he accomplished.

Probably very few. For over forty years, Jack spread laughter through his
radio and TV shows. The only others who might come close to that kind of
longevity are George Burns and Bob Hope, who each outlived Jack by twenty
years (Benny was 80; both Burns and Hope lived to 100). For the record,
Jack Benny made his film debut in "Hollywood Review of 1929" and his last
film appearance was "Guide for the Married Man" (1967). Had he lived, he
would have co-starred with his friend George Burns in "The Sunshine Boys"
(in the role that went to Walter Matthau). Jack's very first radio appearance
was as a guest on Ed Sullivan's radio show on May 2, 1931. Jack made his TV
debut in March 1949, when he participated in the dedication of the Hollywood-based TV station, KTTV (Channel 11). In 1964, his weekly CBS
series--which had run for 15 seasons--couldn't compete with NBC's Western
series BONANZA and was cancelled. But he returned to NBC for the 1964-
65 season on Friday nights, opposite a new sitcom called GOMER PYLE.
Jack's show got trounced in the ratings again, which led Jack to say: "I
didn't mind getting beat by BONANZA--but GOMER PYLE!" [For more info
and anecdotes, I recommend the out-of-print book "THE JACK BENNY SHOW,"
by Milt Josefsberg (1977), who by the way has put in more years on more
hit TV and radio shows than any writer in broadcasting history. Josefsberg,
as writer, script consultant or producer, logged over 30 years with Bob
Hope, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, Joey Bishop and, of course,
Jack Benny. In fact, he created Jack's most famous gag ("Your money
or your life" said the burglar .. long pause .. Jack replied "I'm thinking it
over!").]

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Okay these...I don't even remember the exact name, gigapets or something like that. They started coming out when I was in 2nd grade and EVERYONE had one. http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2756/doganimsa5.gif

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1082/skipitqu2.png skip its...a great way to trip yourself

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9881/mario64ig3.png nintendo 64!!! ha I always made someone else play super mario because I couldn't win it, and I wanted to see what happened at the end when you beat all the levels. :)

and ugh, I can't find a pic of it but I had this talking dollhouse...where when you plugged the dolls into these certain holes throughout the house, they said something related to the room they were in. I loved that thing. There's a home video of me and my cousin and sister when we were little asking for it for Christmas. I don't have it anymore, though.

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

All of the disney princess movies that came out when I was little. Thank God they stopped making them once I got older and not when I was little, because I'd have missed out seeing as I was obsessed. Lame arses. Pixar can suck it. Eh, okay I like pixar...but it's not the same :mrtarver:

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6752/beautyandthebeast2sg4.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3603/aladdinsi0.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/213/pocahontasdw5.jpg

[Ireneparalegal]

Seeing how cartoon movies are made nowadays, they sure put to shame the classics as far as how they look.

[Mikado]

Seeing how cartoon movies are made nowadays, they sure put to shame the classics as far as how they look.
I agree with PT....Give me good old hand-drawn animation ANYDAY over this CG stuff! Especially if it's made in Japan ;) :p

[Mikado]

Of course, I prefer classic anime to most of the new stuff, so, thats kind of nostalgic ;)

[Mikado]

This series began the career of Rumiko Takahashi (Who's latest anime was Inuyasha)

[The Great One]

Yeah, in the 70's shortly after it came out, for some reason the company didn't have their supply of a certain ingredient and therefore, had to temporarily stop making the gum. I remember when it came out in the newspaper, that is how us kids found out.

Ok, here are a couple more:

Pixie Stix:
If you need a fast rush of adrenaline and can’t find a coke dealer, slam a couple Pixie Stix. Kind of like sucking down a pre-sweetened packet of Kool-Aid.

Fun Dip:
Fun Dip is a less grainy version of Pixie Stix. The sticks that you use to get the sugar dust out of the packet are kind of lame, even though they are edible.

I remember Fun Dip. That stick was hard to chew but I thought the candy was ok. Do you remember a wax candy in the shape of a soda bottle that you had to bite the cap off in order to drink the juice in it? What was that called?

[The Great One]

Probably very few. For over forty years, Jack spread laughter through his
radio and TV shows. The only others who might come close to that kind of
longevity are George Burns and Bob Hope, who each outlived Jack by twenty
years (Benny was 80; both Burns and Hope lived to 100). For the record,
Jack Benny made his film debut in "Hollywood Review of 1929" and his last
film appearance was "Guide for the Married Man" (1967). Had he lived, he
would have co-starred with his friend George Burns in "The Sunshine Boys"
(in the role that went to Walter Matthau). Jack's very first radio appearance
was as a guest on Ed Sullivan's radio show on May 2, 1931. Jack made his TV
debut in March 1949, when he participated in the dedication of the Hollywood-based TV station, KTTV (Channel 11). In 1964, his weekly CBS
series--which had run for 15 seasons--couldn't compete with NBC's Western
series BONANZA and was cancelled. But he returned to NBC for the 1964-
65 season on Friday nights, opposite a new sitcom called GOMER PYLE.
Jack's show got trounced in the ratings again, which led Jack to say: "I
didn't mind getting beat by BONANZA--but GOMER PYLE!" [For more info
and anecdotes, I recommend the out-of-print book "THE JACK BENNY SHOW,"
by Milt Josefsberg (1977), who by the way has put in more years on more
hit TV and radio shows than any writer in broadcasting history. Josefsberg,
as writer, script consultant or producer, logged over 30 years with Bob
Hope, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, Joey Bishop and, of course,
Jack Benny. In fact, he created Jack's most famous gag ("Your money
or your life" said the burglar .. long pause .. Jack replied "I'm thinking it
over!").]

Thanks for all the details. I appreciate it. It's very interesting to see just how much Jack Benny did in radio on on tv. It does look like no one did more than he did. Eventually I'll start collecting his radio shows on cd. Hopefully everything that he did is available.

[Ireneparalegal]

I remember Fun Dip. That stick was hard to chew but I thought the candy was ok. Do you remember a wax candy in the shape of a soda bottle that you had to bite the cap off in order to drink the juice in it? What was that called?
Yes, they had the bottles, the lips too remember? Check out this old time candy link:

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/nik-l-nips.htm

[Mikado]

I remember something similar to those pop bottles, wax "cigars" with pop inside

[Ireneparalegal]

I use to chew the wax like it was bubblegum...crazy.

[Mikado]

i did too...used to get stuck between the teeth :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

This link has a great memorabilia from classic cartoons:

http://www.kapowgifts.co.uk/acatalog/Hanna_Barbera_merchandise.html

[Mikado]

(actually, without the box its probably worth about $800-1000...$1500-2000 with the box)

[Ireneparalegal]

Ohhhh sure I can lend you $2000...:faint:

[Mikado]

Amazing what collectors will pay for antique Mickey toys, isnt it?

[Mikado]

Minnitoy trucks, made in Canada 40s 50s to LAST!!!!!!

Similar to an antique toy I really own!!!........(Except mine is orange with a yellow dumper, and has a longer wheelbase) Mine is in near-mint cond (needs cleaning, but, im not sure how to do it without ruining the perfect decals!) except im missing the dump door and someone rejigged the dump lever to make it "safer" (Wasnt me!)

http://www.tnttoytrucks.com/WMinnStraightDept2.html

[Mikado]

In May of 1937, the Nazi airship Hindenburg blew up and crashed on its moorings at Lakehurst NJ, USA....No one knows why the hydrogen-filled Zeppellin exploded, but, it had been designed to float with the much safer helium gas; which was unavailable due to an American imbargo on "war supplies" to Germany. The crash ended the reign of the rigid airship*, forever.

*A rigid airship had a steel frame under the skin, wheras a "blimp" (as in Goodyear blimp) is a kind of balloon with no interior skeleton

[Ireneparalegal]

OMG, while searching for something else, I came across this...I remember this kit...:rofl: It may have been the "in thing" to wear a knitted cap out of your empty beer cans:

http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/moks06/?p=11

[Mikado]

those look like they would be cold in winter @_@

[The Great One]

Yes, they had the bottles, the lips too remember? Check out this old time candy link:

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/nik-l-nips.htm

Yes!!! Those are the wax bottles I was talking about. It's interesting that they are still being sold these days. And I do remember those lips but I didn't care for them too much.

[The Great One]

This link has a great memorabilia from classic cartoons:

http://www.kapowgifts.co.uk/acatalog/Hanna_Barbera_merchandise.html

Wow!!! Thanks! Another awesome link!

[Ireneparalegal]

those look like they would be cold in winter @_@
or get rusty. :crazy:

[Mikado]

DOES ANYONE BESIDES ME REMEMBER MY FAVE EARLY JAPANESE CARTOON, PRINCE PLANET? (I way prefered him to Astroboy....and he had a better theme song* TOO! )
* you can listen to it ( And tons of other old cartoon themes ) on the Toontracker website:
The Toon Tracker
RealAudio Cartoon Themes
from 1966 - 1969 Page
http://www.toontracker.com/
When I was little, i made my own magical P in a star medallion out of cardboard on a string and became Prince Planet! :p

[Ireneparalegal]

^^^^^ that reminds me so much of this series. Although I don't recall the entire series, I do remember the movie that closed it out:

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/johnny_sokko.htm

[treky]

anyone remember the animated series "KIMBA, THE WHITE LION" & "TOBAR, THE 8 MAN"? They used to run in the 60s; I know "TOBAR" was a japanese series that was dubbed, I don't know if "KIMBA" was, though.

[Mikado]

i remember Kimba.....we anime fans were quite upset that they ripped off Kimba to make the Lion King! :cow: yup yup!

[Mikado]

^^^^^ that reminds me so much of this series. Although I don't recall the entire series, I do remember the movie that closed it out:

http://home.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/johnny_sokko.htm
i dont remember ever seeing that on TV here....but, I know that show as "Giant Robo" an anime classic thats still being remade every so often!

[Mikado]

Just for fun, i thought I'd show this view of the boys outhouse at the Lonsdale ghostown high school.......this must have been fun to use in -20 weather! :lol:

[Mikado]

Lonsdale is a ghostown near Napanee Ont

[Mikado]

The woollen mill (now in ruins) and the old grist mill (Now one of the few residences remaining in Lonsdale)

[Mikado]

Note the 2 buggy seats converted to flower boxes!
All Lonsdale pics by Mikado

[Ireneparalegal]

When did you take those pics?

[Mikado]

Probably close to 20 years ago, not really sure......Time passes so fast when you reach a certain age

[Mikado]

Note that the buildings are made from locally quarried "yellow" limestone, really something to see in person :)

[Mikado]

When I was a kid, towers like this one were everywhere....I lived on a street with only 2 neighbours , the Girards to the west and a cotton mill to the east; prominent in the mill yard was a tower exactly like the one you see here, including the round finial at the top. When my brother was maybe 7, he scared the crap out of our babysitter when he went missing one day.....only to be found on the walkway of the tower, where hed climbed!!! (A good 100 feet, easy!) :lol: The tower seen here also represents another lost icon, the Packard motor Company, which was once Cadillac's biggest competitor. *Mikey makes plans for his Classic Cars thread, and this pic*

[Mikado]

Youll note the Ross building (1), the old store(3) (now a gallery) and the old post office(4) on all 3 pics.....the old bank building(2) has been replaced by a newer one on the same spot, and the old city hall(5) by a commercial building

[Mikado]

:)

[Ireneparalegal]

Gorgeous pics there Mikey.

[Mikado]

Yeah, living in a historic canal town can be interesting, if youre a historian like myself :)

[Mikado]

You'll notice the 1930s canal (300x 27 feet deep) is twice as wide as the canal of 100 years ago (about 150X 15 deep) , but, the first one was only 8 feet deep and 60 feet at its widest point

[Mikado]

This pic is the second Welland Canal (1845-1887) , the Ross building (#1 on the other pics) can be seen to the far right.....On this pic, taken in 1870, the canal looks like a deep ditch, compared to it's more modern counterparts!

(The second pic also taken in 1870 shows the kind of locks that were used in the era)

[Ireneparalegal]

Man, you should write a book...you really know your stuff and these pics...just beautiful!

[Mikado]

i have thought about writing a book, trouble is, picture books are usually lost-leaders and wind up in the remainders bin...anywho, heres what the shipping looked like on the 2nd canal in 1870

[Mikado]

:)

[treky]

OMG I used to do that too. I had a tape recorder and I used to record audio of my fave shows, like Happy Days. I would play the episode over and over again. It was fun. I used to imagine what it would be like to actually record a show and WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. :lol: Sounds like my dreams came true.
yea, I used to do that too. When I was 16 I got a cassete player/recorder for Xmas (I remember my sister told me later that she knew on Christmas eve, and she was REALLY, REALLY tempted to tell me that night!) and I used to use it to record shows off of TV all the time, too. Episodes of "HAPPY DAYS", "RHODA", "MASH", "THAT'S MY MAMA", and "CHICO AND THE MAN"-even "THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON" once (the entire 90 minutes-which is how long it was back then). I'd set it right in front of the TV and everyone would have to be QUIETTT!!-that didn't always work though, and on one tape, I also have my brother yelling at me because he was trying to sleep!:lol: :lol:

I remember, when Jack Benny died I recorded a tribute show on him that was on NBC. And a local station used to show his old show, and I recorded a couple episodes of that.

[AB]

^ I used to do that too. I would put my reel to reel cassette recorder/player up next to the tv to record the partridge family singing on their show.

[tv star collector]

Does anyone remember Little Golden Records, those shiny yellow vinyl 78 rpm
6" discs produced for children back in the fifties and early sixties? Even after
Simon & Schuster (who pressed the records) phased out the 78s and began
making only 45 rpm records (in the traditional black), the "Golden" name stuck.
I owned a lot of them before I moved from New York State to South Carolina,
in 1976. Although I gave away many of them, I managed to save my favorite
ones (complete with original sleeves), including:

Bozo the Clown (45 rpm EP; voices of Larry Harmon)
Bugs Bunny Songfest (LP; voices of Mel Blanc on Side 2 only)
Flintstones (45 rpm EP; voices of Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc and
Bea Benadaret)
Heckle & Jeckle (78 rpm; voices of Roy Halee)
Howdy Doody: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (78 rpm)
Howdy Doody: The Laughing Song/John J. Fedoozle (78 rpm)
Howdy Doody: Cowabonga/Big Chief (78 rpm)
Huckleberry Hound (45 rpm EP)
King Leonardo & His Short Subjects (45 rpm EP; voices of Jackson Beck,
Allen Swift, Frank Milano and George S. Irving)
Lady & the Tramp: Lady/He's a Tramp (78 rpm)
Lady & the Tramp: Siamese Cat Song/Bella Notte (78 rpm)
Magilla Gorilla (LP; voices of Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Mel Blanc and Howard
Morris)
Mickey Mouse's Christmas Party (78 rpm)
Quick Draw McGraw (45 rpm EP; voices of Gilbert Mack & Don Elliott)
Rocky & His Friends (LP; voices of June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Walter
Tetley and Edward Everett Horton)
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: Happy Trails/A Cowboy Needs a Horse (78 rpm)
Roy Rogers: Swedish Rhapsody/Bamboo Boat (78 rpm)
Ruff & Reddy (45 rpm EP)
Three Stooges: Happy Yuletide Songs (45 rpm EP; Moe Howard, Larry Fine
and Curly-Joe DeRita)
Yogi Bear Show (45 rpm EP; voices of Frank Milano)

[Ireneparalegal]

I'd set it right in front of the TV and everyone would have to be QUIETTT!!-that didn't always work though, and on one tape, I also have my brother yelling at me because he was trying to sleep!:lol: :lol:
OMG, that's right. I would put the tape recorder up to the tv and I had to make sure there was no other background noise going on! :lol: I had a tv in my room, so that was easy, but still, if someone was making noise somewhere else in the house, that tape recorder was sure to pick up that sound.

[tv star collector]

^ I used to do that too. I would put my reel to reel cassette recorder/player up next to the tv to record the partridge family singing on their show.

Yeah, I can remember having a reel-to-reel tape recorder, too (before audio
cassettes were invented). Heck, I can remember back further than that. As
a kid, I ordered a gadget from an ad I saw in a comic book that enabled me to press vinyl
records; and I used that to record TV theme songs, among other things. I
also recorded several songs sung by my nephew (who was about the same
age as I was) and me, including THE REAL McCOYS theme. (We broke up and
started giggling when I forgot the words!) I have six of those old records.
The first one featured the family Pekingese dog barking (recorded Dec. 10,
1960). The others were recorded between Mar. 18, 1961 and Sept. 5, 1961.
They sound pretty scratchy today (and, come to think of it, they didn't sound a whole lot better 40+ years ago!). :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

Does anyone remember Little Golden Records, those shiny yellow vinyl 78 rpm
6" discs produced for children back in the fifties and early sixties? Even after
Simon & Schuster (who pressed the records) phased out the 78s and began
making only 45 rpm records (in the traditional black), the "Golden" name stuck.
I owned a lot of them before I moved from New York State to South Carolina,
in 1976. Although I gave away many of them, I managed to save my favorite
ones (complete with original sleeves), including:

Bozo the Clown (45 rpm EP; voices of Larry Harmon)
Bugs Bunny Songfest (LP; voices of Mel Blanc on Side 2 only)
Flintstones (45 rpm EP; voices of Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc and
Bea Benadaret)
Heckle & Jeckle (78 rpm; voices of Roy Halee)
Howdy Doody: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (78 rpm)
Howdy Doody: The Laughing Song/John J. Fedoozle (78 rpm)
Howdy Doody: Cowabonga/Big Chief (78 rpm)
Huckleberry Hound (45 rpm EP)
King Leonardo & His Short Subjects (45 rpm EP; voices of Jackson Beck,
Allen Swift, Frank Milano and George S. Irving)
Lady & the Tramp: Lady/He's a Tramp (78 rpm)
Lady & the Tramp: Siamese Cat Song/Bella Notte (78 rpm)
Magilla Gorilla (LP; voices of Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Mel Blanc and Howard
Morris)
Mickey Mouse's Christmas Party (78 rpm)
Quick Draw McGraw (45 rpm EP; voices of Gilbert Mack & Don Elliott)
Rocky & His Friends (LP; voices of June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Walter
Tetley and Edward Everett Horton)
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: Happy Trails/A Cowboy Needs a Horse (78 rpm)
Roy Rogers: Swedish Rhapsody/Bamboo Boat (78 rpm)
Ruff & Reddy (45 rpm EP)
Three Stooges: Happy Yuletide Songs (45 rpm EP; Moe Howard, Larry Fine
and Curly-Joe DeRita)
Yogi Bear Show (45 rpm EP; voices of Frank Milano)

[Mikado]

Ive never heard of Little Golden records....were they connected with the little Golden BOOKS? (I notice they had similar "stars", such as Mickey Mouse and Roy Rodgers)

[Ireneparalegal]

Ive never heard of Little Golden records....were they connected with the little Golden BOOKS? (I notice they had similar "stars", such as Mickey Mouse and Roy Rodgers)
I don't know. I guess we can take a look on the net and see.

[Mikado]

Well, the records were by Simon & Shuster, so, if the books were from that publisher, then we have a winner! (Waits for Irene to look it up)

[tv star collector]

I can answer your question. Yes, Little Golden Records were linked to Little
Golden Books .. and so were Whitman coloring books, Whitman juvenile books,
Dell Comics and (later) Gold Key Comics. In a nutshell, this is the convoluted
story behind the empire that played such a huge part of my childhood (the
1950s and early 1960s). It all begins with Western Publishing Company, Inc.,
one of the largest (if not the largest) printers of children's books in the world.
It had its beginning in the basement of 618 State St., in Racine, Wisconsin.

Edward Wadewitz, the 30-year-old son of German immigrants, purchased the
West Side Printing Company in 1907. With only four employees, the company
showed sales of $5,000 at the end of the first year. In 1908 with commercial
job sales increasing, they hired more employees and moved into a larger building. In 1910 after the purchase of the company's first lithographic press,
the name was changed to Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Wadewitz was approached by Hamming-Whitman Publishing Company of
Chicago to print their line of children's books. What Wadewitz did not foresee
was that Hamming-Whitman would soon be going out of business. Unable to
pay their bills, Hamming-Whitman left Western with thousands of books in
their warehouse and in production. Trying to cut their losses, Wadewitz
entered Western into the retail book market for the first time. This was to
prove so successful that the remaining Hamming-Whitman books were liquidated. After acquiring Hamming-Whitman on Feb. 9, 1916, Western formed
a subsidiary corporation which they called Whitman Publishing Co. Whitman
employed two salesmen the first year and grossed over $43,500 in sales.

Sam Lowe joined the Western team in 1916 and sold Western and Whitman
on the idea of bringing out a ten cent children's book in 1918. He was able
to sell F.W. Woolworth Company and other chains the idea of having children's
books on sale the year round. Stores usually treated children's books as a
Christmas item.

Western was able to keep their plant operational during the depression years
(1929-1933) by introducing two new products: the Whitman jigsaw puzzle
and Big Little Books. With this line of books Western was setting the stage
for future inexpensive reading material like comic books and Little Golden
Books.

By the end of 1933, the Depression was nearing an end, and Western and
Walt Disney signed their first contract giving Western exclusive rights to
Disney's major characters.

Western seeing a problem in having their plants and offices so far away from
the publishing industry, purchased a plant in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. in 1934.
This event marked a close relationship with Dell Publishing Co. and Simon &
Schuster. Dell and Western produced comic books from 1939-1962. These
comics contained many of Western's licensed characters--and Western had
a contract with virtually EVERY TV or movie house in the U.S., giving them
adaptation and licensing rights to a list that included Disney, Warner Bros.,
M-G-M, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, Jay Ward, and
an innumerable horde of others.

The first twelve Little Golden Books came out in 1942: "Three Little Kittens,"
"Bedtime Stories," "The Alphabet A-Z," "Mother Goose," "Prayers for Children,"
"The Little Red Hen," "Nursery Songs," "Poky Little Puppy," "Golden Book of
Fairy Tales," "Baby's Book," "Animals of Farmer Jones," and "This Little Piggy."

Within five months, 1.5 million copies had been printed and the books were in
their 3rd printing. They became so popular that by the end of 1945 most of
the first 12 books had been printed seven times. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
published Little Golden Books while the Artists & Writers Guild produced them
and Western Printing & Lithographing did the printing. In 1958 Western and
Pocket Books Inc. became joint publishers. The company name was then
changed to Golden Press, Inc.

[Source: COLLECTING LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS, by Steve Santi (1994)]

[Unfortunately, the details behind Little Golden Records has not been as
thoroughly documented. But, in 1948, Little Golden Records
--featuring the same licensed characters as Little Golden Books--began to
appear. They were released by Simon & Schuster, produced by the Sandpiper
Press and printed by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. (the latter being
the same company that produced Dell (later Gold Key) comic books). I did
manage to find the following info on the website www.kiddierekordking.com ]

"One of the most famous children's series from this era was launched in 1948. Golden Records, a part of Simon & Schuster, publisher of the famous "Little Golden Books", started issuing small (6"), almost indestructible yellow plastic records. This series was an immediate hit with both parents and kids. They were available at almost any grocery market for 25 cents. Most of the first issues were musical story renditions of Little Golden Books. The child could read the book and follow along with the record. The series continued well into the 1960's and to this day remains as probably the largest of all kiddie record sets. Sadly, Arthur Shimkin, the founder of Golden Records, visionary and personal friend, passed away on December 4, 2006."

[Mikado]

Hey thx for the great answer TVSC , and yes, i read the whole thing :D

[tv star collector]

One of the interesting aspects of the Little Golden Record series is that some
of the television theme songs that they released include lyrics that were never heard on the air (e.g., LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN,
CIRCUS BOY, etc.).

The CIRCUS BOY theme goes like this:

It's big, it's colossal
It's the best show on earth
So go buy a ticket right away
You'll have a chance to laugh and sing
You'll have a heart that's young and gay
And you'll have a happy holiday.

The MY FAVORITE MARTIAN theme has these words:

He's a man from Mars
And we've got news for you
Out among the stars,
They're watching everything you do.

The actual title of the LEAVE IT TO BEAVER theme is "Toy Parade" (lyrics &
music by Dave Kahn, Melvyn Leonard & Mort Greene):

Hey! here they come with a rumtee turn they're having a toy parade
A tin giraffe with a pipe and drum is leading the kewpie parade.
A gingham cat in a soldier's hat is waving a Chinese fan
A plastic clown in a wedding gown is dancing with Raggedy Ann.

Fee fie fiddle dee dee they're crossing the living room floor
Fee fie fiddle dee dee they're up to the dining room door.
They call a halt for a choc'late malt or cookies and lemonade
Then off they go with a ho ho ho right back to their toy parade.

[LEAVE IT TO BEAVER theme from "THE TV THEME SONG SING-ALONG SONG
BOOK" by John Javna (1984)]

[tv star collector]

Some other titles from my childhood that I remember owning were the many
holiday songs that they released. Those featured a singer named Anne Lloyd, the Sandpipers, and Mitchell Miller's Orchestra. They included such songs as "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "The Night Before Christmas,"
"Frosty the Snowman," "Peter Cottontail," and others. [Note: on the Howdy
Doody Christmas Carol record, Mitchell Miller is shortened to "Mitch Miller,"
which makes me wonder if it is the same Mitch Miller of SING ALONG WITH
MITCH fame? Does anyone know?? :confused:

[Mikado]

In the early '50s Miller recorded with Columbia's house band as "Mitchell Miller and His Orchestra". He also recorded a string of successful albums and singles, featuring a male chorale and his own distinctive arrangements, under the name "Mitch Miller and the Gang" starting in 1950.
In the 1960s Miller became a household name with his television show Sing Along with Mitch. .....Yup, same guy!

[tv star collector]

In the early '50s Miller recorded with Columbia's house band as "Mitchell Miller and His Orchestra". He also recorded a string of successful albums and singles, featuring a male chorale and his own distinctive arrangements, under the name "Mitch Miller and the Gang" starting in 1950.
In the 1960s Miller became a household name with his television show Sing Along with Mitch. .....Yup, same guy!

Hey, thanks, Mikado! I've always wondered about that.

[Mikado]

no problem.....hey TVSC, I hope you get back online soon, the Nostalgia thread wont be the same without you!

[treky]

who remembers, when you used to turn the TV off; the screen would go blank, and a white dot would form in the middle, get smaller and smaller, then dissapear?

[Mikado]

i do, of course, the real Q is, who remembers the dials marked from 2-13 and a big "U" for the uhf stations :lol: followed by another dial from 14-78?