Hedgehogs4 Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) Charlie's Angels shoes that had designs on the bottoms of them like "big foot" or "paws" saddle shoes with pom-poms banana bikes 8-track tapes archaic hand-held electronic games (simon, football) space invaders someone else mentioned the lemon twist! that was one of my favorite toys!!! when i was really, really small i had an inchworm ride-on toy that i loved i do remember the frustration pencils. they were great! pop-rocks candy cigarettes ponchos playing outside all day until the street light came on. somehow we survived. cartoons were only for saturday mornings. Edited June 27, 2010 by Hedgehogs4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiller Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I remember 'Romper Room' on PBS. Of course, my sister and I had to have Romper Stompers! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 I also remember we could ride just about anywhere in town we wanted to on our bikes. We were gone for hours. I could never let my guys do that now. YES! I rode my bike all over the place and my mom never kept track of me. She'd just tell me (i.e. summer vacation) to be home when the streetlights turned on. I'd never do that today! LOL ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Okay, I have to say this. All you Shaun Cassidy fans. Parker Stevenson was and always will be the better looking Hardy Boy. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 The freedom to be out from dawn to dusk with no cell phone, mom never worried for we were always home by dinner. I had a paper route at age 11 and walked along a busy highway to deliver them by myself every evening and Sunday mornings. No one ever bothered me. We use to walk through our neighborhood, through a cemetary and to the firestation to buy candy. For some reason they had soda and candy machines there. I wish I could give my boys this same freedom. What happened:confused: Why are there so many more bad people to be cautious of in this world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Going to see star wars at the local movie theatre at North Park mall in Dallas Tx when I was 7 years old. I still love that movie! The sunshine family dolls (they always looked like the perfect family) Wearing a leotards and a skirt to go ice skating in at the local Ice skating rink. The little poison stickers with a face on them saying Yuck (at least I think so...I have a vague memory of this). Backless heeled shoes for girls Really ugly clothes :lol: I have been shocked on some of the styles that have made a comback. Some style were just ugly then and still ugly today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Okay, I have to say this. All you Shaun Cassidy fans. Parker Stevenson was and always will be the better looking Hardy Boy. That is all. Admittedly, I was a Shaun Cassidy fan, for all of his "chipmunkness", but Parker Stevenson always reminded me of a barn cat, with those close-set eyes :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiller Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Oh and remember the coca cola machines where you would put in your quarter, open the door and pull out an ice cold bottle of soda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Disco jackets. Okay fess up. Who had one or who really, really wanted one but never got one. Donny and marie (I had the dolls and stage) March of Dimes walks. When did this become an adult thing? It use to be just kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpsings Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Grease and the big John Travolta crush that followed... YMCA Rainbow socks barrettes on either side of my head, with no bangs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 On the Shaun Cassidy vs. Parker Stevenson note, I was always a Bo Duke fan, too. I must say John Schneider has aged quite nicely and looks WAY better than the Dukes of Hazzard days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 No, no, no. Luke was the better looking Duke. However, John Schneider has definitely aged well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 And Windsong. Her Windsong stays on my mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Candy shaped like cigarettes :lol: Yes! I told my son about those... he couldn't believe they made those for kids! (Oooh. Does anyone remember when the cigarette companies would make FREE sample packs? I recall being in junior high and grabbing those suckers. Aiiiiyeeee. We'd sneak off and smoke -- and CHOKE -- trying to look cool. OMG. :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Body on Tap shampoo Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 "It's not nice to fool mother nature!" I showed my teen this commercial: He did not believe me when I said there was a Ty-D-Bol man who lived in your toilet (on TV). LOL ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPBnciNAqI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Do we really haaaaaaaave to do this! :lol: In 1967 I was 10.......remember the fish net hose? HA HA! MNOVA and others??? Or maybe it was a geographical thing...I'm originally from Ohio. Fish Net Hose The Monkey's Here Come the Brides and BOBBY SHERMAN!!!! Coke "theme" song Bell bottoms :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Oh, and this one goes waaaaaaaaaay back.... Smothers Brothers!!! I loved watching the Smother Brothers! I wore a Monkee's poncho in psychedelic colors. My favorite show was the Carol Burnett Show! (Heavens... remember Sonny & Cher? :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 The 70's were about MOTOWN and the Philadelphia sound! The Spinners Aretha Franklin Chakka Khan The Temptations The Commodores Barry White (early on. "Walkin in the Rain with the One I Love") The Delphonics The Stylistics The Main Ingredient The Dramatics Earth, Wind, and Fire The Ojays Oh, honey... I grew up loving Mo-Town! Was also a Disco Bunny. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Fruit Stripe :)Just mentioning it & the smell comes back! The start of arcades (moving into 80s a bit more). My son's playing a tennis game on the XBox right now & I remembered playing Activision's tennis game on the Atari 2600. "Blip. Blip." :lol::lol: Okaaaay... let's toss in the early 80's. LOL ;) I worked in a movie theatre in a sleepy rural town -- the owner would let me use tokens to play the arcade games when I was off work. Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede were my faves. Loved to get a bowl of nachos with jalapenos and a coke (in a tall FAT white styrofoam cup) to play video games. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runmiarun Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 -Charlie's angels lunchbox-I cried for 2 days when my mom made me start using the red Tupperware lunch box. -Party-line telephones-this was fantastic for sleepovers at friends' houses after their parents went to bed-we would sit for hours listening to absolutely nothing, waiting for someone to call someone else -TBS afterschool-growing up in middle GA, we only got 2 channels on tv, TBS and a station out of Macon. I can still rattle off the afternoon shows from my elementary school days as a latch key kid. -pony tail bands with the big plastic bubbles on the end -hearing "Margaritaville" and "Hotel California" for the first time on a hi-fi and being put on restriction for listening to scandulous songs -Disco Duck -one piece solid color jumpsuits with fringed collars -hee haw overalls -watching Lawrence Welk with the granparents and dancing with granddaddy Oh so many more but I'll stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 -Party-line telephones-this was fantastic for sleepovers at friends' houses after their parents went to bed-we would sit for hours listening to absolutely nothing, waiting for someone to call someone else I loved making crank calls when on a sleepover! ;) (Can't do that nowadays... caller ID.) The first gal who fell asleep got her undies/bra stuffed in da freezer. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I lived in Los Angeles.... Low riders vs surfers was a big deal. And the teens would drive up and down the streets in downtown L.A. Saturday nights American Graffiti style. And flip-flops were called thongs back then. My son gave me a funny look the other day when I mentioned going shopping for thongs for him..... Beaded curtains. Poms everywhere on lampshades and curtains. Heavy mascara and eyeliner with pale lips. Long hair with center part. Big hoop earrings. Getting a deep tan was a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) I remember all of the things quoted below and much more! I remember all the television programs and performers people mentioned. A couple of things I didn't see mentioned already were: Barry Manilow -- I was a major fan! the original (and definitely the best) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie elephant-leg pants (that's what people at my school called them anyway) McDonald's "Quarterback" promotion -- Employees wore football jerseys and you could pay $1 a regular hamburger + small drink + small fries and get a quarter back as change. Really. Oh, and they brought NFL quarterbacks to select locations to advertise. I saw Steve Bartkowksi, former Atlanta Falcons QB at a McDonald's in central GA. miniature wax bottles that looked like Coke bottles filled with colored sweet-tasting liquid 45 RPM records on the back of cereal boxes -- One of the ones I got was Sugar, Sugar by The Archies. Watergate and Water-gate inspired foods such as Watergate Salad (yummy!) my mom praying every night at family devotions for "our boys in Vietnam" (My dad's younger brother was there.) - Troll Dolls - glass soda bottles "s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d" as prizes at fairs - "Have a Nice Day" smiley face - Big Mac song - Famolare "wave" platform shoes 45s Tiger Beat magazine Love is.... Holly Hobby. Pop RocksTang Candy shaped like cigarettes Hip huggersHalter tops Jewelry with smiley faces on it 8 track tapes "Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific!" "It's not nice to fool mother nature!" Candies shoes Gauchos Macrame Tube tops Mood rings Shag haircuts & carpet Green carpet & avocado appliances (yep! we had it all) banana bikes ponchos cartoons were only for saturday mornings. POW/MIA bracelets Dr. Scholl's sandals Love's Baby Soft Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers QT tanning lotion that turned you orange "I'd like to teach the world to sing..." S&H Green Stamps metal lunchboxes with your favorite TV characters on them Schoolhouse Rock Kissing Potion earth shoes Farrah Fawcett wings jeans with embroidered back pockets leisure suits Edited June 27, 2010 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 And flip-flops were called thongs back then. My son gave me a funny look the other day when I mentioned going shopping for thongs for him..... Yes, and I lived in FL and everyone wore the ones that were rectangle with bamboo grass base and big, thick terry cloth or suede straps! LOL! Wow! I had forgotten a lot of this stuff! How fun! I also remember loving *Dark Shadows* :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Do you remember this.... Up, up, with people. You meet 'em wherever you go. Up, up, with people. There the best kind of folks I know. If more people were for people........ I don't remember the rest of it. Can anyone tell me what that group was? Just a singing group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I can bring home the bacon....da du dum......fry it up in a pan....da du dum.....and never ever let you forget you're a man....cause I'm a woman....W-O-M-A-N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 glass soda bottles "s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d" as prizes at fairs I won a stretched Dr. Pepper bottle with blue liquid inside & sealed with a cork. I think my mom still has it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Brut Commercial with Joe Namath soap on a rope The Muppet Show (Mondays at 7:30 EST) In Search Of... (hosted by Leonard Nimoy, Spock ALSO Mondays at 7:30 EST, tough call). Electric Football (the vibrating steel table with the plastic players and the felt football) Ricardo Montalbon Chrysler Cordova commercial "rich corrrrrrrinthian leather seats" Skarsky & Hutch (too violent for me, I was little :glare:) 1st STAR WARS movie Sports heros that stayed on the same team for most or all of their career. 21 teams in the National Hockey league ...this is fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Okay, I have to say this. All you Shaun Cassidy fans. Parker Stevenson was and always will be the better looking Hardy Boy. That is all. When I was in sixth grade, my friend Allison and I were huge Hardy Boys fans. We decided that, when we grew up, she was going to marry Shaun Cassidy, and I was going to marry Parker Stevenson. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yep. Parker Stevenson! ...and then there was Scott Baio. LOL! My friend wallpapered her room with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 (edited) Has anyone mentioned these hotties: Also, did anyone own Rock Flower Dolls or Dawn Dolls? Edited June 28, 2010 by Karenciavo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Has anyone mentioned these hotties: Also, did anyone own Rock Flower Dolls or Dawn Dolls? S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night! The Bay City Rollers! I had a major thing for Andy Gibb but by best friend loved Leif Garrett. Roller skating. Slam books. AM Radio. (my kids act like I'm crazy when I tell them of sitting around waiting for my favorite song to come on the radio) Nike tennis shoes when they first came out. Suntan Tuesday Taylor - the doll with tan lines! Gosh, I'm so old I remember when HBO came out. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Bay City Rollers! Somebody mentioned them. But I didn't see Dawn dolls mentioned. I still have mine. EK played with her too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 But I didn't see Dawn dolls mentioned. I still have mine. EK played with her too! Yes! That's the only thing I did mention :001_smile: They were my absolute favorite toys/dolls. Funny enough, they are big business now on Ebay under vintage dolls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Bay City Rollers! Somebody mentioned them.But I didn't see Dawn dolls mentioned. I still have mine. EK played with her too! Me! I had their album. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Now here's something weird to think about and really date all of us......There are people on this board who weren't even BORN till well past all of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photo Ninja Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Love's Fresh Lemon (lotion, spray perfume) Platform shoes bodyshirts (with those horrid snaps...) bamboo-like flip flops with velveteen straps light blue eye shadow Tickle deodorant smock tops (with fabric ruffles at the shoulders) embroidered denim shirts gum wrapper chains Charlie's Angels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yes, that was it, Fruit Stripe :D LOL I had forgot about the Tickle. Did it have that big bulbus top? Early 80's we had a bare chested David Hasselhoff on our wall. :D I love reading these. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 baby dolls, you know, the ones you wear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I guess I was a geek even way back then... First thing that came to mind was Apollo-Soyouz, and the dream for world peace ! If they could meet in space peacefully, that meant peace on Earth forever, right? Right? RIGHT?????? Sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 baby dolls, you know, the ones you wear OOOhhh I had those :D Thanks for the memory!!! Another sigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 OMGosh!!! I haven't thought of this stuff in ages!! Shaun Cassidy- My first album!! Ribbon barrettes Lemon twist- I bet I played with that a couple hours a day! Roller skating and shooting the duck little glass bottles of lip gloss Donnie & Marie! Wonder woman underoos Love's babysoft deodorant I never had any Barbie dollls, but I had a Bionic Woman to play with my Luke Skywalker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Oh, I always love these "Memory Lane" threads! I remember just about everything that's been mentioned, and I can't think of much to add! What about that song, "Short People?" Does anyone else remember that? Something about short people having no reason to live and driving little cars that go "beep, beep, beep?" And I had a huge stack of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew trading cards. Chinese Jump Rope green apple bubble gum Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil New York City Ballet beach towel And I can't NOT add my own SHAUN CASSIDY. in all caps, of course.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 Has anyone mentioned these hotties: Also, did anyone own Rock Flower Dolls or Dawn Dolls? ;) Saturday Niiiiiiggghht!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/10th_series/album.html Anyone remember these? Spoofs on real products...(I wasted so much allowance money...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/10th_series/album.html Anyone remember these? Spoofs on real products...(I wasted so much allowance money...) Yes! I found them not too long ago and bought a few packs for my sons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Wow, flashbacks..... Dorothy Hamil haircuts Plaid polyester(bleck) Robin Williams in Mork and Mindy "Roach" Clips with feathers worn as earrings Moccassins Sonny and Cher Captain and Tenaille Disco Duck Rock em Sock em Robots Tonka Trucks and Kitchen sets made of metal Riding in the car with no seat belts Big Wheels Skates with keys Pea green fridges and counter tops Swag lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturalMomma Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I just had to laugh about the Donnie and Marie dolls. I forgot I had this along with the stage, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piraterose Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 (edited) I had: Donnie and Marie record player (on which I played Sesame Street Live - with Grover in the Saturday Night Live John Travolta pose) Does anyone remember the promotional records that were so flimsy that you had to put pennies on it to play it - the one I remember having what a Birthday Song with my name it in - with I think was from Captain Zoom Personalized Birthday Record (did a little web surfing and found it! http://www.captainzoom.com/zoom-birthday-song-samples.html ) I remember going around twirling a baton I never was actually taught to use. I was the queen of sticker trading - I hada a "trading" book and a special "collector" book for my favorite ones. Mickey Mouse hopping balls where the handle was actually mickey's head and the ears the holes for your hands. Harlem Globetrotters were everywhere - including guest stars on Scooby Doo. - And all the other "guest stars" - The Addams family, Sandy Duncan, I Dream of Genie, etc. The last generations to really sew everyday clothes for their kids - matching outfits be it siblings or mother/daughter! I'll never feel the same way about plaids (unless it's a kilt :tongue_smilie: ) Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine barely making the 70s - 1979 Strawberry Shortcake i I remember when Plum Puddin' was a bookish boy before they changed the gender to a girl a few years later. And I know this was a couple years later into the early 80s - But "I don't want to grow up - I'm a Toys'r'Us kid......" Edited June 28, 2010 by piraterose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 The last generations to really sew everyday clothes for their kids - matching outfits be it siblings or mother/daughter! I'll never feel the same way about plaids (unless it's a kilt :tongue_smilie: ) I recall sewing a bandana shirt like this in Home Ec: http://sewretro.blogspot.com/2010/01/bandana-shirt.html and a halter top (out of a bandana) that I loved to wear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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