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<p>I loved the ModSquad
( Peggy Liptons ex husband attended my daughters high school- they named the auditorium after him)
what about the Ed Sullivan show?
and
Wonderful World of Disney?</p>

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<p>Re: 21 Jump Street</p>

<p>The series started in Canada in 1987 so it’s kind of late for this thread. Most people who recall this program that starred a young Johhny Depp live near the Canadian border (Michigan) and watched it via the CBC.</p>

<p>How about the early Today Show with Dave Garroway? And Sunday morning there was a cultural arts program called Omnibus on ABC. Had to look it up on the Net where the original show started on CBS in the late afternoon (which I don’t recall…).</p>

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<p>The series started in Canada in 1987 so it’s kind of late for this thread.</p>

<p>oh I know :wink:
but thedad is apparently the spitting image of Mr Depp</p>

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<p>M-I-C
see ya real soon
K-E-Y
why? because we love ya
M-O-U-S-E</p>

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<p>ok dudes and dudettes: bonus points for naming Mousketeers:</p>

<p>I’ll start…Annette</p>

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<p>For horse lovers: the good old days of TV viewing</p>

<p>“The Lone Ranger” every day after school…especially the opening credits with the white stallion galloping to the “William Tell Overture”
I suspect I would still watch this regularly if I had it! </p>

<p>Not to mention, Jay Silverheels <3 <3 <3 Tough to decide between his exotic appeal, or the boyish charm of Wally Cleaver. </p>

<p>Already mentioned…Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, especially the episode “Run Appaloosa Run” I have been trying to find this episode to show my 13-year old daughter! </p>

<p>And, later “Kung Fu” of course. Remember when every boy in junior high school had numchucks or whatever they are called, and throwing stars?</p>

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<p>But even as a horse lover, “Mr. Ed” was too dumb to watch!</p>

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<p>TheDad, I also enjoyed Burns and Allen, also the Loretta Young Show. Anyone remember December Bride with Spring Byington? I loved her name, even as a little girl. Bonanza was also a favorite in our house.</p>

<p>Johnny Crawford was my favorite Mouseketeer (also liked Cubby!). I had such a crush on him and was ecstatic when he went on to star in the Rifleman with Chuck Connors. I can also remember watching the Lawrence Welk Show with my great-grandmother and loving the Lennon Sisters.</p>

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<p>Though I can still remember every word of the stupid Mr. Ed. theme song. It’s stored next to the old Pepsi theme song… </p>

<p>“Pepsi Cola hits the spot,
12 full ounces, that’s a lot,
twice as much for a nickle, too
Pepsi Cola is the drink for you”</p>

<p>Wow, it is disturbing to realize all this garbage is still in my mind. If this old junk never gets deleted, I fear I’ll be unable to learn new things eventually… “Disk full”</p>

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<p>George: Well, Gracie, which one of your relatives are we going to talk about today?</p>

<p>Gracie: my invisible Uncle Herman.</p>

<p>George: your invisible Uncle Herman? </p>

<p>Gracie: Yeah, my family never saw too much of him.</p>

<p>George rolls cigar in his fingers, looks at Gracie, looks at the audience, looks back to Gracie: “Say goodnight, Gracie.”</p>

<p>Gracie: “Good night, Gracie.”</p>

<p>===</p>

<p>EK, I have no idea what Johnny Depp looked like when we were younger. Note that I <em>look</em> like Johnny Depp, not that I <em>am</em> Johnny Depp.</p>

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<p>citigirlsmom-
It was Micky DOLENZ in the Monkees. He doesn’t look so great now… <a href=“http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/images/gallery/mh0015.jpg[/url]”>http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/images/gallery/mh0015.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>And as for the Mouseketeers…Sheryl, Bobbie, Annette, Karen, Cubbie, Sharon, Darlene, Donna, Dorene, Roy and Jimmy. Later there were others like Mike, Jay-Jay, Lonnie and Jimmy. Boy, I AM old (though apparently not as old as dadofsam :))</p>

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<p>wow, jym626, that pic sure reminds us of our age!</p>

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<p>I just read through this thread and am having terrible flashbacks.<br>
Lots of hair memories.
Spoolies
Whose mother wrapped toilet paper around her head at night to keep the “do” an extra day or two (and somehow it seemed to work!).
My friends with short curly hair would scotch tape their bangs down at night. This was before the pink tape stuff.
The brush rollers were so painful I finally took the brushes out. I still have the rollers in a pillow-ticking bag my sister made with “Roller Queen” painted on one side. </p>

<p>The year was 1969 and Santa brought me and my sister our first hot curlers. I’m sure I still have scars on my head from the extraordinary heat and the metal clips you slid down the middle to keep them on. </p>

<p>Candy necklaces that left a lovely multi-colored incrediby sticky mess on your neck and shirt. Why didn’t we take them off to eat the candy?</p>

<p>We had been married for 3 years when my husband’s grandparents got a toilet. I won’t bore you with the details of the heat and spiders in the outhouse during the Texas summers.</p>

<p>If we wanted to twirl on the monkey bars we had to wear shorts under our dresses and then take them off when recess was over.</p>

<p>In my cabinet I still have (and occasionally use) the glasses my mom got in the oatmeal boxes. She also collected hand towes from soap of some kind. And my boys swear milk tastes better in jelly glasses. (Remember the ones with the Flintstones?)</p>

<p>Little Golden Records (my favorite was “Put Another Nickel In, In the Nickeloden.” And I wore out “Running Bear” (let someone try to market that song today). </p>

<p>Wooden tennis rackets with those wooden screw-on frames. Still have 2 of those.</p>

<p>Sun-in or lemon juice on the hair, and a spray bottle filled with baby oil and iodine for that healthy glow.</p>

<p>I did SRA readers through elementary school.</p>

<p>I not only watched the Monkees, I took my kids to see them at the county fair about 10 years ago - they didn’t see the attraction. Free with admission. </p>

<p>Lancelot Link
Slam books
huarache sandals, hip-hugger bell-bottoms. wool pleated skirts worn with sailor blouses</p>

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<p>Dadofsam, I listened to Hopalong Cassidy on my Hopalong Cassidy red radio with a foil like man on horseback across the speaker. I vaguely remember the shadow. But the shadow knows…:)</p>

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<p>CGM-
Here’s a pictureof Micky Dolenz with Davy Jones <a href=“http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/images/gallery/mh0021.jpg[/url]”>http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/images/gallery/mh0021.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
I do think the alcohol preserved Davy a bit better over the years…</p>

<p>And sadly, the fellow that played Clarabelle on the Howdy Doody Show just passed away. We used to have Clarabelle, and Princess Ticklefeather at our school carnivals, because Buffalo Bob Smith owened the local liquor store! His brother Vic owned the shoe shore. They used to have an x ray machine where you’d step in and see the bones in your feet. Not too safe with all the radiation, but it was fun.</p>

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<p>… and Saturday mornings were spent watching “My Friend Flicka” and “Fury” . What was the name of the show with the airplane pilot? It was circa 1958ish.</p>

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<p>Are you thinking of “Sky King”?</p>

<p>dudedad–on Mouseketeer naming: Darleen or Darlene, Sharon, Bobby, Cubby</p>

<p>on car seats-- in my childhood there were none- six kids could enjoy sitting together in the back storage space of a station wagon.</p>

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<p>Thats it! Thanks, pye.</p>

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<p>Hey, remember Klackers?</p>

<p>What was the attraction (aside from the lethal factor?)</p>