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The debut of 'The Three Stooges Show"on WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC in February,1964.
That explains my memory - I would have been 5.
I mentioned to my Dad that I found this forum...It turns out he had a few meetings with Chuck McCann on McCann's boat - supposedly famous for his parties... he didn't give me any details
I stumbled over your blog about your dad. You won't remember me since you are the youngest, but I grew up withRandi Linda and Amy on Croydon Rd. My street name was Brother. I remember your dad's white MG sports car, which he gave me rides in many times. One sponsor on the show was Arnold Brick Oven cookies. Your dad told a story on the show one day about the little boy across the street called Brother who ate all his mom's Arnold Brick Oven Cookies. I was watching that day and got excited and excllaimed to all in the house he's talking about me, he's talking about me! I well remember his straw hat, striped jacket and the ricky ticky piano he always played on the show.
Glad to find other who rember your dad. We were devestated upon the passing of your dad.
One last story Rani should remember well he climbed over the 6 ft high fence leading to my inground pool in the yard one day giving everyone a heart attack. and got in trouble w ith your mom for that.
Hope all is well with the family and look forward toyour reply.
Tonyjeep
To all the kids who survived the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's. ...
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight. Why?
Because we were always outside, playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times,we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. We had friends and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers problem solvers and inventors problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If you are one of them: Congratulations!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?
. I was born in 1959. No compteers, videos, cell phones, call waiting, dvds, cds ect and i turned out all right. Children and youth did not take the kids if the parents spanked them. spanking was done in theschool. Kids did nottalkl back to their parents or hit or kill them. we should go back to the good old days. It was better and more fun. I played with my friends, watched tv, listened to music read a book and watched the one or two paid tv programs that my parents brought and talked on the phone that i did not carry with me. we did not have scanners that did the prices and things were very cheap back them. I miss everything from the 60's and 70's and my parents were still alive. god bless their souls.
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As an outsider growing up off island and recent resident, I relate to most of the stories here, times were different wherever you are from.
We do have it better than most here on Long Island. Most out of state suburbs are even more bland. Cookie cutter subdivisions and strip malls are everywhere. Play dates and never taking your eyes off your children are the norm.
Moving here last year it was like going back in time. Few chain or big box stores. Kids walking, riding bikes or scooters everywhere, and without parents near by! I let my kids ride their bikes or walk to a friends house a few blocks away without fearing the unthinkable (well, I still worry, but not excessively). The icecream truck shows up every day. Lemonade stands on the weeknds, I hadn't seen neighborhoods like this in years. Not just my neghborhood in BV, but I recall getting the same vibe and seeing the same things house shopping in several towns and neighborhoods.
Times have changed, but I bet it's still a pretty awesome place to be a kid.
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Welcome back, Fun city man . I was wondering where you'd gone. I do remember seeing The Merry Mailman Show on channel eleven, back when that was the kids' channel , along with channel five. I also met Ray Heatherton and a very small Joey on the Bridgeport Ferry probably almost 55 years ago.
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the good old days.
