Without telling your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today wouldn't know about?

[BrianL]

The scene where it goes from black and white to color...... I thought in the middle of making the movie, color film was suddenly invented. Had no idea of the effect they were going for.

Do you know what's amazing about that scene? They filmed it ALL in color, but created a sepia-toned bedroom set and clothes/makeup for Dorothy so that they could get the look into Oz all in one shot.

 

[ahutton]

Sunday morning cartoons

And only on weekend mornings!!!

If you missed an episode it's gone until summer reruns!
8 Tracks
Places having smoking sections.

 

[maxiesmom]

Having to watch sports live on tv or being out of luck.

 

[shh]

I also had Spearmint Bonne Bell lip gloss and Root Beer.

And Love's Baby Soft? I still occasionally wear it even though I'm middle-aged. It's the only perfume I've ever worn where people have asked me what I'm wearing and where they can get it.

Root Beer....that was another big "yum".

 

[holden]

The anticipation of your favorite Christmas specials to come on tv (Rudolph, etc) because you could only watch them once a year.

 

[maxiesmom]

Riding in the car, and being bored out of your mind, listening to your parents music.

 

[goofyernmost]

Cars with no seat belts, S&H green stamps, Howdy Doody puppets, lawn darts, real milk shakes that didn't make you burst all the capillaries in your face trying to drink them with a straw, connected were malts. Captain Kangaroo when he had a black jacket with huge pockets, no calculators, going for a ride on summer evenings to get a Frozen Custard (man, I can still taste them), sitting in front of a black and white TV with a single oscillating fan that gave you a flash of "cool" air every few minutes. Party line phones. Gas @ 27 cents per gallon. Road side Carnivals. Everywhere was a smoking section.

 

[fly girl]

ooh - someone mentioned Loves Baby Soft which I so remember, but I've got another good one - ladies? How much of this stuff did we slather on? Bubble gum lip gloss!!!

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ooh - your post reminded me of these little beauties,



I'd have one of those in my Jordache pinstripe jeans


playing some Chinese Jump Rope at recess (in, out, side, side, in, on)

 

[fly girl]

Speaking of recess ...

kids today wouldn't know that burn from a hot metal slide (or the one rivet that could give you a nice gash.)


After you burned the back of your legs on the slide, you took your chances on injury-go-round. Oops, I meant merry-go-round.

 

[penn19]

Bandstand (later American Bandstand)......I give it a 82. I liked the beat and it was easy to dance to.

Bandstand started in Phila. There were other shows, I think were local. But I'm curious It if anyone outside of Phila know these shows. One was the Gene London show , Pixanne and the Sally Star show...

And Captain Noah!

 

[MrJT]

HR Pufnstuf

I watched and loved this show when I was little, back in the 70s. However, this wasn't just something that my kids wouldn't know, but 20-25 or so years ago, this was something that people my own age didn't know. My wife was sure that I made it up.

 

[hereyago]

New Zoo Review show

 

[jdb in AZ]

Speaking of recess ...

kids today wouldn't know that burn from a hot metal slide (or the one rivet that could give you a nice gash.)
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After you burned the back of your legs on the slide, you took your chances on injury-go-round. Oops, I meant merry-go-round.
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It was real fun to jump onto the only space available on one of these, then discover the space was available because the handle was covered in barf.

 

[NotUrsula]

Made of glass and it wasn't a holdiday unless at least one set exploded.
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FWIW, Clackers were not glass; just acrylic plastic, though they could definitely shatter into jagged pieces. I had several sets, and I accidentally partially melted one of them by leaving it in the sun all day on a reflective metal surface. My dad actually made me a wooden set out of walnut (I think he did it mostly for the challenge of seeing if he could make perfectly round balls. Took him a few tries.)

 

[CogsworthTN]

I loved my lemon twist toy.

 

[pigletliz]

FWIW, Clackers were not glass; just acrylic plastic, though they could definitely shatter into jagged pieces. I had several sets, and I accidentally partially melted one of them by leaving it in the sun all day on a reflective metal surface. My dad actually made me a wooden set out of walnut (I think he did it mostly for the challenge of seeing if he could make perfectly round balls. Took him a few tries.)

I begged for those clackers for the longest time! Finally got a set on vacation. They shattered before we even got home. Lucky I didn't put my sister's eye out

 

[Jennpickle]

Knowing everyone’s phone number

 

[TheRAEmanPTTfan]

Pizza Time Theatre, Showbiz Pizza Place, Christmas lights that would go out if one bulb was loose, stella dora breakfast treats, tom carvel.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

8 tracks

 

[SCDVC2000]

Orange Bubblicious......man i miss that stuff