<p>Catholic Masses in Latin…World Series games in the afternoon…Building model cars…“The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” comics…Cousin Brucie, Larry Glick, and Arnie “Woo Woo” Ginsburg…Baseball Edition of the newspaper…The Fugitive TV Series…The Mountain Men on Walt Disney…The AFL…Six teams in the NHL…</p>
<p>My high school homeroom was in the typing class…My state college tuition was $150 per semester, waived because I was a Vietnam-Era vet…the giant Grandpa Burger at A & W…The Hardy Boys…49 cent singles…Beatle Boots.</p>
<p>Another Baltlimorean here. I remember Romper Room, Miss Nancy and the magic mirror. We were pretty desparate for entertainment back in the 60’s. Hayden, I’m jealous that you got to be on the show, even if it was a disapointment.</p>
<p>I loved Wonderama and Sonny Fox. On Channel 5, if I remember correctly. I remember my older sister going on Wonderama once, around 1959. (I was only 4 at the time, so I wasn’t old enough.) For some reason, I remember the “Treasure Chest” competition particularly well, where kids would be sitting there trying a thousand keys to open it.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember Sandy Becker, another children’s TV host in New York City? I think it was just called The Sandy Becker Show. How about Chuck McCann? Officer Joe Bolton?</p>
<p>I remember Romper Room, and was greatly disappointed that they called me to be on the show, but mom didn’t want to drive all the way into the city. ( In that case I wonder why she even told me about it)</p>
<p>I also remember Art Linkletter. For years the extent of my sexual education was what I gleaned from his record " Where did you come from?" but because I had no imagination, it just left me confused.</p>
<p>Just thought of something. Back then no one wasted time on the computers- because there were none! Gotta go be productive (leaves to be raked before sunset).</p>
<p>I remember Officer Joe Bolton; I think he was on Channel 9. For some reason, I think he introduced the Three Stooges on TV.</p>
<p>That is SO sad about the Romper Room lady, Hayden. I would have been scarred for life as well.</p>
<p>I remember that K was half-day but I went both halves because my mom worked at the school. It was divided up so that January 1 - June 30 birthdays went in the morning and the second half of the year went afternoons. I was so upset when I couldn’t go in the PM because they got pretzels for snack. In the morning, we got chocolate chip cookies and I have never liked chocolate. My classroom had a piano and our teacher played for us every day. We sang and acted out songs like “Farmer in the Dell,” “I’m a Little Teapot,” “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Bluebird, Bluebird.” We fingerpainted. I already read and wrote by then and I have NO memory of doing either in K, just at home. We just had fun. </p>
<p>I also had the gorgeous gym suit. Navy blue bottom with horizontal blue and white stripes on top. My parents refused to spring for a new one, so I got a raggedy one from the lost and found with a hole in the back. It was ok because gym was all girls until the winter day when there was a fire drill and we had to go outside … with no time to go to the lockers for our coats. Ever after that, my friends and I hid old jackets on the route outside but it never happened again.</p>
<p>Another Southern Baptist here - back then anyway. We also had training union. We went to Sunday School, “preaching” then training union and another “preaching” after that. During the week, we had “prayer meeting” on Wednesday, choir rehearsal on Thursday and Sunbeams, GA’s, thrown in for good measure. I spent a lot of time in church. It didn’t take, however.</p>
<p>I must be really old: I remember all this stuff. Our exchange was Granville and then when we moved Cresent. My mom worked from the time I was six. No babysitter…I was alone until my parents came home. (Calling child protective services!!)</p>
<p>Definitely didn’t know the Sunbeam song.</p>
<p>I remember hearing (from other mothers not mine) about their upcoming divorces. I remember them saying, “I’m going to take him to the cleaners!!!” and didn’t know what that meant.</p>
<p>Saw Neil Diamond at the Troubadour…and Joan Baez at UCLA…I was fourteen.</p>
<p>And now that my kids are grown: cutting school and going out with my best friend. She drove a yellow convertible (with the air conditioning on) and she chased several famous stars up into the hills. Oh…and having my first cocktail…at fourteen. (My mom helped me cut school…as long as I told her where I was going and kept my grades to As.)</p>
<p>My husband grew up right near Ossining or MadMen fame. He was the exact age of the character Sally. He sees LOTS of parallels in Sally’s fictional life and his real life.</p>
<p>Oh the 70s…our high school had a smoking lounge for students and no dress code. We wore Brady Bunch-type skirts or jumpers so short they barely covered our underwear, but somehow they weren’t trashy; it was just the style. We felt so sorry for our friend Judy because her mom made her wear skirts down to her knee.</p>
<p>Colored nail polish—had to be changed every day to match your outfit. Black was so daring! The government teacher even let us change our nail polish during class!</p>
<p>We all had POW bracelets and wore them for a couple of years. My POW never did come back, and I finally took off the bracelet.</p>
<p>I remember Thunderbird but not Tyrolia. A bunch of us in high school got drunk off Ripple in New York City at the yearbook convention. We all got sick. </p>
<p>At college in the 70s, we were allowed to bring kegs into the stadium for football games - can you imagine? The keg would be at the top of the stadium and we’d just pass our cups up and they would be passed back down full. We didn’t even have to get up from our seats.</p>