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1951
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Lucky Pup
Well, I do remember the show. Apparently only from it's last season when it was called Foudini the Great (or so it says). -- But I distinctly remember it being called Lucky Pup. -- But I also remember that Lucky Pup was not in the show. It featured only Foudini. Pimhead and Jolo the Clown.
I also remember wearing a pair of suspenders that had pictures of Foudini, Pinhead and Jolo. And I remember my "girlfriend" (I was 5 at the time, I think), asking me 'where's Lucky Pup?' Beat me. Ol' Lucky Pup must have diapperared from everywhere.
Of course, one day, just to see what would happen, I took a pair of scissors to the suspenders. That was the end of that! Stupid me! They'da been worth a fortune today. LOL!
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1952
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Time For Beany
I've been meaning to go to this site and add this memeory. The show has, in the past few years had extra meaning for me. It was while trying to fimd information on Time For Beany in the summer of 2001 that I stumbled upon YL. The rest is history. :-)
Now for the memory (the same one I posted on YL.) I used to watch the show religiosly. When I was in second grade, Time for Beany ran a theme in which the Leakin' Lena (which on this occasion doubled as a rocket ship) flew to a newly discovered "square planet." I don't really recall much about the show or the planet itself, but I remember going to school and asking the teacher if there really was a square planet. I told her I had seen it on Time for Beany. As teachers sometimes do, she decided that this would be a good class project to teach writing letters. Thus, everyone in the class had to write a letter to the producers of Time for Beany and ask them if there really was a square planet. The package of letters was sent, and a few weeks later the class got a response (I don't know who it was from - maybe Bob Clampett.)The letter basically said that in one's imagination, anything is possible. Even better, they had enclosed pictures of the Time For Beany "cast" - one for each student. I treasured mine for a while, then it got put away, and eventually lost. I wish I had it today.
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1954
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Kool-Aid
Kool Aid -- I probably didn't drink it more than a dozen times during my childhood. It just wasn't a favorite in my house. But --- if us kids wanted to open up a refreshment stand on the sidewalk? It was ALWAYS Kool Aid. Nickel a cup. Sometimes we'd add other food. Like one time we added a plate of Oreos - nickel a cookie. Along came the neighbor's dogand slobbered over the whole plate. That was the end of that! But I don't know how many times we sold Kool Aid (never lemonade!) from the sidewalk stands. -- But I know it was more times than I drank it!
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1960
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The Twilight Zone
I remember the episode that Sheindie mentioned fairly well. It's called "Walking Distance" One of those "you can never go back" themes.
One of my personal faves was called "The Hitch-Hiker." It starred the late Inger Stevens. She played a young woman who was driving cross-country alone. (Not a common thing for a young woman to do in 1960!)The show starts with a state trooper changing the woman's tire, as she had a blowout along the road. Shortly after she starts out again, she sees this little man hitchhicking by the side of the road. (In fact, the little montage at the top of the TZ Memories Page shows him.) As the show goes along she sees the same hitchhicker everywhere. She is at first confused, then frightened and then terrified. She even tries to run him over, but he keeps showing up farther down the road. Finally she runs to a pay phone to call her mother, thinking she needs a familiar voice to reassure her and calm her down. But a neighbor answers her mother's phone, and says that Mrs So-and-so is too distraught to speak to anyone because her daughter was killed in an auto accident when her tire blew out. The hitchhiker was, of course, Death.
Scared the crap out of me the first time I saw it.
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1965
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Lost in Space
I remember that when Lost In Space was being hyped prior to its debut, I was really excited. A "real" prime-time space travel-based sci-fi dramatic series. As I remember it, the first few episodes were excellent. Great story lines, etc. A key factor for me was that Dr. Smith was pure evil.
Then all of a sudden, Dr. Smith became a buffoon and the series became a silly comedy. Most people ate it up, but myself (and likely many other sci-fi buffs) were not at all happy with it.
Today it is regarded as camp. But in my mind, it lost its place as the first prime time space-travel dramatic series. That honor goes to Star Trek, which came out a year later.
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1981
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Atari
I bought the 2600 in 1981 when my son just turned 3. Of course, I wanted to play myself. So I'd give him an unconnected joystick, and he'd think he was playing. Then I connected his joystick. By the time he was 4, he was beating me soundly 10 out of 10 times. Never failed. The best game? IMO it was defender. The graphics were weird, but pretty good for the time, and there were so many MORE things that could happen in that game than in any other. ALIEN INVASION !!
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