Archive through October 22, 2001

The ClubHouse: Archive: Do you remember when ....Long haired short people need not apply: Archive through October 22, 2001

Franny

Saturday, October 13, 2001 - 06:47 am Click here to edit this post
Oh I just remembered..Remember when 45rpm records came with that little plastic disk so you could play them on your record players, that looked like little pieces of square luggage. Those were great cuz I could take it anywhere and pretend I was Connie Francis, and even an empty toilet paper roll could be your microphone.

Weinermr

Sunday, October 14, 2001 - 12:50 am Click here to edit this post
Sunshinemiss - How wonderful you still have your Creeple People! I swear I was thinking about them when I came to this thread right now and saw that you mentioned them. Holy coincidence Batman! I loved that Plastigoop too. I don't know where to get it, but I envy you that you still have yours.

I went through a period about 18 through 21 when my mom periodically asked me if I wanted to keep certain things - she was in a major garage sale period in that time, and was getting rid of things. Being the brain dead teenager that I was, I would tell her no, that I didn't want any of that "stuff" and she might as well get rid of it.

Well, wouldn't you know it I came to my senses, and wanted EVERYTHING that reminded me of my childhood and growing up, and most of it was gone by then. Stupid stupid stupid. What I wouldn't give right now to have so many of my things back - my books, my records, toys, games, etc. (She should have kept it all anyway, but I guess I can't blame her).

Is it soup yet?

Weinermr

Sunday, October 14, 2001 - 01:02 am Click here to edit this post
Sunshinemiss - UPDATE!!!!!

Here is a website where you can read about Creepy Crawlers, Creeple People, etc. Thingmaker etc.

And here is where you can buy Plastigoop etc. from a company called Toymax!!!!! Plasti-Goop

Enjoy!!!

Sunshinemiss

Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:00 am Click here to edit this post
Hooray! You are my hero de jour, Wienermr. I will think of you when I peel my first Creeple Person out of the non-child-safe mold.

The wonders of the Web never cease to amaze!

Whoami

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 - 10:36 am Click here to edit this post
I remember going to the drive in. Mom would give us each a quarter and take us to the drug store to pick out candy to take to the movie. We were so excited over the quarter, cause that meant we could get FIVE whole candy bar/candy choices. Sis always got Neco Wafers as part of her selection. I'd get Lemon Heads.

Hard to find candy these days: Licorice Pastels, Ice Cubes (yea, those are still around, but man are they expensive-well worth it though), Licorice Pipes, Candy Cigarettes. Any more?

I remember Mom driving into the gas station, and complaining that it had gone up to $0.35 a gallon!

Creeple People and Creepy Crawlers! Oh yes, we made a bunch back then. Remeber the edible goop? It was expensive, so we never got it, but I remember seeing it advertised.

Llkoolaid

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 - 01:05 pm Click here to edit this post
Whoami, I was to the drive-in this summer, we have one about 2 miles from my house , we are lucky engouh to have one of the few remaining drive ins but you sure don't get anything for a quarter, and you can still get licorice pipes and candy cigarettes here. We still have the same intermission show, with the count down and the hotdog that does tricks and finally jumps in the bun, do you remember that.

Zed

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 - 06:43 pm Click here to edit this post
Remember Rock Candy? It was a dentist's nightmare! A little box of pure sugar formed into crystal rocks.....yummy,yummy,yummy...

Abbynormal

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 - 10:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Rock Candy is a big deal here. It comes on a stick in about a billion different flavors. I have never been able to finish a whole one yet before I start feeling sick from sugar overload. But they are yummy...up to a point. lol

Sunshinemiss

Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 06:12 pm Click here to edit this post
Pop rocks!

I still run across them now and then.

What was the name of that taffy that came in long, flat pieces? Like 3 inches wide and 8 inches long, roughly. I never could get the paper all the way peeled off and as a kid usually ended up consuming some of the wrap along with, rather than lose out on even one bite (ugh, in retrospect)

Oregonfire

Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 06:47 pm Click here to edit this post
What about Weeble Wobbles? You know "Weebles wobble but they won't fall down." I had the tree house too. It had a secret door molded into the plastic that I kept on trying to saw open with every sharp object I could get my hands on because I SWORE that I had opened it before. I remembered opening it up and everything. I was a weird kid.

Babyruth

Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 06:48 pm Click here to edit this post
BONOMO Turkish Taffy. Came in banana, vanilla, other flavors.
Remmeber Charleston Chews? Freeze 'em and crack 'em up! Are they still made?

Babyruth

Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 06:50 pm Click here to edit this post
I would have been your buddy, Oregonfire. I preferred the creative kids. :)

Yep, I remember Weebles.

Sunshinemiss

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 05:06 am Click here to edit this post
Yay Babyruth! Appropriate name given the subject- and yes they still make Charleston Chews but they are hard to find.

A good source for bizarre old- style candy is californiacandy.com they carry blackjack gum and wax lips and the little wax bottles with that awful syrup inside (that I also loved as a kid) and all SORTS of good stuff.

Chippy

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 05:18 am Click here to edit this post
Sunshine, I hadn't thought about that taffy for a long time. I loved it. It came in pink, yellow, blue, orange- all with a white stripe down the middle. Can't think of the name. Talk about eating paper- how bout those candy dots you peel off and eat. Yep, I've eaten some too. Thankfully, I've grown out of that... now my kids are doing it.

Franny

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 06:56 am Click here to edit this post
anyone remember those rice paper candies where you actually ate the wrappers? Remember eating pomagranets at Halloween and WHY? They stained your fingers had little tiny pits inside, but we thought it was a Halloween tradition of sorts.

Braveheart61901

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 02:37 pm Click here to edit this post
Did anyone have the Betsy McCall doll? Her knees had joints so they bent. That was probably my favorite toy back in 1960.

Also, those long stick pretzels with mustard on them?

Sunshinemiss

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 05:28 pm Click here to edit this post
Hey Chippy, I loved those candy dots too. Not sure why, there didn't seem to be much to them, but who knows.

Obscure cartoon characters from the past? My favorite is Lippy the Lion (from the Touche' turtle folks) "Heavens to Mergatroid!"

Babyruth

Friday, October 19, 2001 - 08:21 pm Click here to edit this post
Snagglepuss used to say that, too "heavens to Mergatroid!". He was such a dandy lion....

Sunshinemiss

Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 12:15 am Click here to edit this post
Uh oh, Babyruth- is my memory going? Maybe I have my felines mixed up. Which one said "Exit, stage left!"?

Babyruth

Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 07:22 am Click here to edit this post
I always thought that was Snagglepuss, but it's entirely possible it is MY memory that's shot...

Llkoolaid

Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 07:24 am Click here to edit this post
I remember it as snagglepuss for both heavens to mergatroid and Exit stage left

Sunshinemiss

Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 08:09 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok, Saturday morning TV has gone to the dogs, I tried to find some old cartoons this a/m to check and yuck, some of the drivel they are showing these days.

Snagglepuss it is then.

I liked Little Audrey and Baby Huey too.

Remember when they used to give away glassware in your detergent boxes?

Braveheart61901

Sunday, October 21, 2001 - 02:50 am Click here to edit this post
How 'bout the Campbell Soup Kids......mmm-mmm good....I ordered the dolls and never got them!
Circa - late 50's, early 60's.

Sunshinemiss

Sunday, October 21, 2001 - 03:39 am Click here to edit this post
Loved them! They are very collectable now. So is my favorite of the 60's (and early 70's) Peter Max. Very psychedelic! Wish I still had all of my 8th grade schools supplies, they were all Peter Max's butterfly design (sigh)

The old story, along the lines of "I would be rich if my Mom hadn't thrown out my baseball cards", etc, etc...

Pcakes2

Monday, October 22, 2001 - 07:46 am Click here to edit this post
There is still a alot of great Peter Max stuff to be had on ebay. A lot of it is pricey, but you can get some really cute inexpensive stuff too.
There are a couple of buttons available that he did for NYC 2000. It depicts NYC (twin towers included) ontop of the earth, and reads First Night NYC 2000...Five Boroughs 1 City, Mayor Rudy Guilini. This will definitely be a collectors item.....there's a few of them for sale starting at $4.99