I'm so old that....

[Route 66 Traveler]

Originally Posted by Thomson

Remember Buffalo Bill and Clarabell the clown on the Howdy Duty Show. How about The InnerSanctum, Flash Gordon, and the original Superman with Steve Reeves?. All in black and white. And how about Amos and Andy? Before there was political correctness. Let's not forget "One of these days, pow right in the kisser." from. The Jackie Gleason Show, The Life of Riley with William Bendix.

Before those shows…before TV, my favorite show on the big radio in the living room was The Lone Ranger every Saturday morning. There were many other programs that I can’t remember. Sunday nights the whole family sat around the radio and listened to comedy shows The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, General Electric Theater, Our Miss Brooks if I remember correctly. A loooong time ago.

[Thomson]

Remember the Little Rascals? If you do what kind of dog did they have and what was his name?

[Route 66 Traveler]

That's an easy one . It was Petey, a Pit Bull Terrier.

[Midnightmoon]

Originally Posted by deepsea5

My father used to build those as a hobby. Wish I'd paid more attention to the build!

My father had a Zenith console radio from the 1930s. It was a beautiful work of art that functioned as a radio! It was my grandparents radio. They purchased it from my grandmother's brother, in Farmington ME. From what I understand, he had the very first radio dealership in the state of Maine.
The radio stopped working in the early 1990s, so my father sold it to a collector.

Tucked away in one of our closets is an old wooden console radio from probably the '40's or '50's that was my grandparents. I will have to dig it out sometime and see exactly what it is. I know that it worked back in the late '70's. They would still listen to it in the mornings when I was young.

[hoppers4]

Red Skeleton. He was such a hoot!

[Thomson]

A long time ago in Erie, PA was a 5 pm show on the local TV station called The Pappy Show.Pappy was this old guy with coveralls, plaid shirt, and a beat up felt hat, who was the MC. He introduced cartoons and skits, and recognized kids on the bleachers whom were having birthdays. They got to say HI to viewers. One day there was this little boy who wanted to say Hi to his family. He said "Hi mommy, Hi daddy, hi sister" and while extending his middle finger upwards he said "Right there Herbie." We saw Pappy grab his belly and rolled back in laughter and the the TV went dark until a commercial came on. After the return to the show the kid was gone. The best part was the next day when the school greeting between the students was "Right there Herbie."

[Racinforthefinish]

How about the Tumbling Tireman? The local tire shop would give these out as advertisement. A plastic man built into this tire was put on a ladder and he would tumble to the bottom. The were about a foot tall. I can't remember which tire he advertised.

[GABob]

Originally Posted by Thomson

Remember Buffalo Bill and Clarabell the clown on the Howdy Duty Show. How about The InnerSanctum, Flash Gordon, and the original Superman with Steve Reeves?. All in black and white. And how about Amos and Andy? Before there was political correctness. Let's not forget "One of these days, pow right in the kisser." from. The Jackie Gleason Show, The Life of Riley with William Bendix.

My one aspiration in life was to be successful enough to own a string of poloponies... (Art was great!)

[t18skyguy]

Jackie Gleason and the June Taylor Dancers. and "Away we go"!!!

[TCNashville]

I remember when people were somewhat ashamed to be on unemployment.

[Tunce the traveler]

I remember when we would pickup soldiers hitching home during the war. ( Korean)

[RedHorse1]

Anyone from the DFW area remember Mr. Peppermint? And how about Sherri Lewis who was nation wide.

[JFlightRisk]

The Gulf stations gave out orange plastic double horseshoes to stick on the back of your car. In winter, they'd give you an orange Styrofoam ball to stick on top of the radio antenna. They helped to see cars coming when the snowbanks got over 5 or 6' high. Probably not popular in California!

And STP bumper stickers. Kids put them on their bikes.

[FPM III]

• When TV stations would announce whenever a TV show about to come on was in color (the birth of the NBC peacock).
• Saturday morning cartoons on TV.
• Watching Captain Kangaroo before leaving for school and Mickey Mouse Club after you came home.
• Aluminum insulated boxes that sat outside your door for the milkman to leave your order inside.
• Drinking from garden hoses before they were declared dangerous due to the cancer causing chemicals they were made from.

[Tunce the traveler]

White Wall Tires

[Route 66 Traveler]

Originally Posted by Tunce the traveler

White Wall Tires

Fancy curb feelers to protect those tires...

[JFlightRisk]

Wolf whistles plumbed to the engine intake, and a pull wire through the dash. Might still have one somewhere.

[GABob]

Originally Posted by RedHorse1

Anyone from the DFW area remember Mr. Peppermint? And how about Sherri Lewis who was nation wide.

Whatever happened to Lambchop??

[GABob]

Coal chutes built into the basement of houses. We took over a friend's basement as our "clubhouse" when their dog died...we had to clean it up, of course . The size of the chute was perfect for a fan which was our only ventilation.

[Murff]

As I got older, old timers told me the second thing to go was memory.

I forget what was first.

Murff