"I want my Mapo!" (Maple flavored oat meal like concoction that I HAD to have....then didn't like it! Parents almost killed me...!
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Marx "Rock'em Sock'em Robots?
Mattel "Shootin' Shell" toy guns?
AMT Model car kits?
Revell Model Airplane Kits?
Monogram Models....best plastic models anywhere!
A&W Root Beer stands...that weren't a part of the KFC empire... GREAT foot longs with chili, cheese and onions and those Frosted Mugs of foamy root beer?
High School Football games with your squeeze...then goin' parkin' afterwards and gettin' the windows all fogged up?
Gettin' stuck in the middle of the field where you and your squeeze went parkin'...then having to explain to her father 1) why you were late gettin' her home, and 2) what all that damned mud was all over you and the car...?
You Mom finding a condom wrapper on the floor of the car and her reaction? Then your Dad finding out from your Mom and his completely DIFFERENT reaction?
Hearin' the Volunteer Fire Department answer an alarm and then jumpin up and gettin' dressed and followin' the sirens in the middle of the night?
Then stopping back by the 'diner' on the way home for a glass of milk and a piece of homemade apple pie?
Black and white TV's that took 20 minutes to "warm up"....and every home had a TV antenna on the roof?
Bud Collier and "Beat the Clock"?
Jack...somebody....and "Queen for a Day"?
Gary Moore and Durwood Kirby...?
Arthur Godfrey with Arthur Treacher?
"What's My Line" with John Daley, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, Jane Meadows and some nerd with glasses and a flat top....hell, can't remember HIS name.......BILL CULLEN!!!! THAT was his name!
Allen Funt and "Candid Camera"?
"Ding Dong School" with Miss Francis?
Grandfather Clock, Mr. Moose, Mr. Greenjeans, and of course Captain Kangaroo and all his keys? Bob Keeshian....if I recall correctly.
God...I could go on forever...