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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 8:48 am
I don't remember the Donna Parker books. But I loved Trixie Beldon, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:22 am
i loved the Happy Hollister books. also, the original "Box Car Children" and first sequel "The Little Yellow House". my other favorite books as a kid were "Escape from Warsaw" about small children during the war, and "My True Love Waits" about a young woman on a wagon train journey across the Oregon Pass. i read all the Trixie Beldon books and also all the Lennon Sister books!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:30 am
my favorite SNL spoof was when walter matthau was a camp counselor. and john belushi's character gets caught playing with himself. they are all dressed as bees. all the other campers make fun of john and the counselor comes in. the campers tell the counselor that john has been buzzing off and john insists he wasn't. then they point out, "look, there's honey all over your sheets!" and he's still denying it and the others tell him they recall when they all 'gang stang shelley behind the hive'. well, the counselor tells them there is nothing wrong with buzzing off and that one of baseball's finest players did the same thing and hit 3 home runs in one world series. the campers all say, "reggie jackson buzzes off?!" counselor tells them yes. then the lights go off and you hear all the bunk beds squeaking like crazy. the counselor had a stack of Playbee mags, too! ______________ i also laugh when i remember the skit about a circumcision being performed in a car. they used to have a real commercial where a diamond cutter cuts a perfect diamond while riding over a rough rode. it was to show how well a certain car rode. the skit was about a baby's family jewels being cut. they hit a huge new york pothole and then the baby screams and the rabbi says, "another perfect briss".
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:58 am
I loved the Bobbsey Twins then I graduated to Trixie Beldon and Donna Parker. Loved those more than Nancy Drew although I couldn't tell you why. I also had the Lennon Sister books and also Lennon Sister paperdolls which were my favorites. My favorite SNL commercial spoof was the one they did about the Navy recruiting ad. Hubby was in the Navy then. The real ad used to entice with exotic places and the slogan "It's not just a job...it's an adventure." The spoof started out with "Port of call...Bayonne, New Jersey" and ended with something like "It's not just a job...it's $27.89 a week."
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 2:02 pm
I never saw the bee skit, but just reading it makes me laugh. thanks I needed that
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 3:12 pm
Whenever I see the title of this thread, I want to start singing the Alan Jackson song. Mary, I had the Lennon Sister paperdolls too! I had quite a collection of paperdolls. Lots of Barbie, Twiggy, Family Affair, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang....
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 9:41 am
I remember the box car children I think I read all of those books. they were great
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:11 am
Oh Mamie! I loved paperdolls! They were one of my favorites...along with Colorforms.
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Readonly
Member
04-16-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 11:58 am
I had Lennon Sister paperdolls too. Also Annette, Debbie Reynolds, and a Bride and Groom. I still have them all packed away somewhere. Remember how long it took to cut out all those clothes, but it was so worth it!!! I still have my Trixie Beldon books too.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:13 pm
Pcakes, I loved colorforms. They are just not the same now as when we had them.
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:22 pm
Neither are paper dolls. I wanted to get some for my nieces and when I FINALLY found some they were nothing like what I had when I was little. Remember when our cable "remote" was that slider box with the really long cord that extended from the tv? Remember when we had to get up to change the channel? Remember when we had 3 channels? Those slider boxes were super cool. They need to bring those back somehow - so much easier than punching in numbers - and way more fun. Scotty totally thinks I'm making it up when I tell him this stuff!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:26 pm
I still remember when we got our first color tv. It was a big Magnavox console. Those tvs were pieces of furniture!
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Readonly
Member
04-16-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:50 pm
My best friend's family were the first to get a color TV in our town. I'll never forget the first time I saw the Hawaiian punch advertisement in color and the first time I saw Dr. Kildare in color!!! Seeing both on the same night was almost too much for my 10-year-old heart to take!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:53 pm
I know, the first time we watched the Wizard of Oz when she steps out the door into Oz, I thought I had died and gone to heaven!
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Conejo
Member
08-23-2002
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 1:13 pm
I remember when the TV Guide used to put a C beside the listing IF the show WAS in color.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 3:37 pm
I remember when only part of our town had cable access. It was such a new thing, and remember how small TV guides used to be before cable.
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 8:22 pm
I remember when we got our first microwave - it was huge!
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 9:38 pm
I remember my very first VCR in 1981. Top-loading Panasonic behemoth of a machine with 13 tuneable channel 'presets' and a 4-function wired remote control with forward & reverse search, pause, and channel advance. I bought this fine machine at the Military exchange for the low low price of only 825.00!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 10:32 am
Our microwave had a huge dial on the front of it. What were the movie players that were played the big flat square movies? I remember watching superman on those. Ok Remember Karate Kid Supergirl Goonies Gremlins Howard the Duck Adventures in Babysitting The Gate Nightmare on elm street 1 The first Texas Chainsaw Massacre Space Balls Monty Python and the Holy Grail Life of Brian Revenge of the Nerds National Lampoons Vacations European Vacation
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 3:16 pm
I remember Giant, console TV's. I also remember when there wasn't remote controls. I remember being my dad's remote control.
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Littlec
Member
11-14-2003
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 4:04 pm
I remember Pong and atari. Yikes I feel old now! lol
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Cher
Member
08-18-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 4:04 pm
I remember being in love with David Cassidy and seeing him in concert in Portland at the age of "13" My Dad dropped me off and I went all by myself (this was a long time ago) but lots of fun
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 4:15 pm
I thought Ricky Nelson was the cutest guy! For you youngsters - Ozzie and Harriet Nelson's son. lol
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Cher
Member
08-18-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 4:26 pm
I remember Ricky Nelson - I am not sure if I am considered a youngster anymore LOL
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 5:27 pm
I remember Milli Vanilli. How scary is that!
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