Old Timers Thread - Ya remember when......

[batguano]

I remember the question being asked "Why did they call it Hadacol"?
Answer They Hadacol it something.

[kgf3076]

You remember Royal Crown Pomade? Black Strap Molasses? Penny Fireballs? (Not Fireball Roberts), Wendell Scott and NASCAR? Willy T. Ribbs?

[batguano]

Originally Posted by kgf3076

You remember Royal Crown Pomade? Black Strap Molasses? Penny Fireballs? (Not Fireball Roberts), Wendell Scott and NASCAR? Willy T. Ribbs?

Man you are waking up some brain cells.


How about gimme an RC and a Moonpie.

[jagg]

I remember the question being asked "Why did they call it Hadacol"?
Answer They Hadacol it something.

This is good stuff, thanks Bat.
From what Kg says, they shouldacol'd it corn liquor.
But they Hadacol it medicine.

jagg

[kgf3076]

Originally Posted by batguano

How about gimme an RC and a Moonpie.

In the same category with fried baloney sandwiches, canned salmon patties on Wonder bread, hush-puppies (not the shoes the food...okay, the shoes too...the real ones not those stupid knock-offs they brought out in the late 1990's), the old Watkins Glen course.

[DJJSR]

Geritol.........didn't they sponsor Ted Mack's Amateur Hour? The 'American Idol' of the fifties. Good show!

[philiam]

Portia faces life, Archie's Tavern, Our miss Brooks, Gang Busters?
The Jowett Jupiter, DKW, Messerschmidt, Hillman Minx, Toyopet?

[Java Junky]

Zundapp!

[philiam]

Bultaco. Not to be confused with a bull taco.

[Java Junky]

Aye. Bultaco'z definitely got a certain "ring" to it. No denyin' that Phil.
But Zundapp! Now there'z a name'whut'z worth the sayin'. There's a name that'll bring all conversation in a small room to a screechin' halt. Try it some time.
Ga'head. Say it. Zundapp! Addictive, ain't it?
Ya can't even write it without the inclusion'a the exclamation point.
'Never much cared fer the bikes, but always carried the name aroun' with me ta wield like a club whenever the situation called for it.
Zundapp! Oooooooooooooooooooooooo! 'Gizz'me chill'z it does.
Java

[philiam]

Zundapp! Oooooooooooooooooooooooo! 'Gizz'me chill'z it does.

Drink a hot toddy, go to bed and you'll be fine in the morning.

[kgf3076]

Desoto, Eve Arden (Our Miss Brooks), Groucho Marx and the Marx Brothers, "Say the secret word and the duck will come down and give you $25"...

[batguano]

Brylcream a little dabel doya.
(sp)

[jagg]

'N a little Butch Wax, to give you that freshly angled head look.

if you use it right, one container could last up to 5 years.

[bbcricketta]

mallo cups
red rims
black knight wheel covers
baby moons
cheer-wine
roma rocket
weejuns
gant
gold cups


bat guano: you should be able to locate my early years in time and space.

[kgf3076]

Originally Posted by bbcricketta

mallo cups
red rims
black knight wheel covers
baby moons
cheer-wine
roma rocket
weejuns
gant
gold cups

Cheer-wine is still available in NC/SC and probably other places as well.
Mallo-cups are a Southern tradition- likewise still available
Weejuns have been made for over 60 years and still are.
Gant makes a ton of shirts every year...still do...

Now, red stripe sidewalls, "gangster" white walls, Pontiac Straight 8 - 4 door convertibles, tail fins, "dagmar" bumper bullets, AM only radios, 8 track tapes, "Ozzie and Harriet", Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, "Father Knows Best", Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Johnny Carson, "What's My Line", "I've Got A Secret", quiz shows, Walter Cronkite...those aren't still around...

[Java Junky]

'Left out Uncle Milty who wuz there before all'uv'em.
Dean n' Jerry hadda pretty good show with the Colgate Comedy Hour too n' lots'a folks that started out with them went on into their own: Bob Fosse fer one, n', if I'm not mistaken, Jane Meadows . . maybe.
Eight tracks???? I'll see yer eight tracks n' raise you four tracks. 'Don' need no stinkin' eight tracks.
Damn! Now I godda sweep up all these cobwebs.
You guys wear me out . . . n' I love it!
Java

[DJJSR]

Originally Posted by kgf3076

.........Walter Cronkite...those aren't still around...

Don't let this get back to him, he may be surprised. He hasn't done the evening news in probably 25 years but he's still kickin.

[Java Junky]

Same thing happened to Beaver didn't it?
'S'godda be a real good feelin' ta find ou'cher not dead.

[jagg]

" And that's the way it was, January 29th 2008."


jagg

[kgf3076]

Okay, how about Steve Allen, "Your Show of Shows", "The $64,000 Question", Audrey Meadows (Jane's sister), "Good night Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are", the "Schnoz", "Gee Wally!!", Kemosabe, Clayton Moore, "Boston Blackie", "Fibber McGee and Mollie", "The Thin Man", "With a cloud of dust and a hearty HI-HO-Silver!!!", Sky King and Penny, Annette Funicello

[DJJSR]

Now you're dustin off the stuff waaay back in the corners of the attic. I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning but I remember all of those except Mrs. Calabash. I seem to remember having a hormone overload for Penny and Annette. Oh, and don't forget Jay Silverheels, kimosabe.

[Java Junky]

Dunno kg, you were kind'a milkin' the Lone Ranger a bit.
Kemo Sabe, Clayton Moore, n' a cloud'a dust n' a hearty hi-ho Silver, away! shouldn't garner you any extra points as it all came out'a one show, y'know?
But . . . Annette? Now there'z a lady whut had my undivided attention every Mickey Mouse Club . . . n' what wuz I? 30?
'Godda admit . . never thought about Peanut Butter'z much'z when she came back n' did those commercials. Major heart-throb wuz good ol' Annette.
Although . . . my loyalty did waiver some when Ellie Mae came on the scene.
Aaaay Don . . great thread.
Java

[philiam]

Originally Posted by Java Junky

'Left out Uncle Milty who wuz there before all'uv'em.
Dean n' Jerry hadda pretty good show with the Colgate Comedy Hour too n' lots'a folks that started out with them went on into their own: Bob Fosse fer one, n', if I'm not mistaken, Jane Meadows . . maybe.
Eight tracks???? I'll see yer eight tracks n' raise you four tracks. 'Don' need no stinkin' eight tracks.
Damn! Now I godda sweep up all these cobwebs.
You guys wear me out . . . n' I love it!
Java

My father had hall that he rented out. The Colgate Comedy Hour would lease it for rehearsals Lotta big names came and went. Fred Astair was most gracious. He had a BMW V8 roadster. Nicer than the make these days. First beamer I ever saw.

Jimmy Durante was just as funny off stage as he was on. He would walk over to each one of the dancers and ask them if they'd go home with him. When they declined, He walked away singing "I'll walk alone". A secretary from a carpet store across the street would come over to watch. Durante called her rugs and danced with her.

I'd forgotten about that till you older guys jogged my memory.

[Neil]

Brylcream DA, beatlecrushers, and bluejacket with tails.........................here's one for the "Teddy Boys"...............Parker Snorkel Coats....."Vespa Mods rule"

1968..............Swansea South Wales

[philiam]

"Teddy Boys"..

Are they the ones that wore the winkle pickers?

[Neil]

As far as I remember, they used to call them "Teddy Shoes" 2 inch sole crape velvet.
I remember having a pair at about 8yr old and having put them on feeling 10 or maybe 10 and three months.

Winkle pickers basically flat shoe small heel and very pointed...............o yea slippery.......