Folklore: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 10:21 PM

Zonkers were high (!) on my list of munchies at one time.

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 10:20 PM

Well Mark, you DO bring up another one......"Life of Riley" which starred William Bendix. He must have been one of the most unlikely looking TV and movie stars of the time. Like Andy DeVine though, perhaps we valued individuality more than looks back then....at least in the male roles.

Back to the guns.....Remember the "Buntline Special?" I don't recall anyone having a "pot metal" one but somebody had a plastic kit and of course I HAD to have it. It had this great honking long barrel and looked really cool. Of course I wasn't satisfied to have it sitting around in my room......no, I had to go play with it. About the second time I took it out of the holster I'd special cut for it, the barrel broke off. I was pretty upset, but it was plastic, so I glued it back on. Now anyone who has built models knows that repairs are usually a gluey, gooey, mess and of course it was. But I took it out again (never been too bright) and broke it again......and glued it again.....and broke it again.........Eventually this was the most dubious looking firearm the world had ever seen with the barrel pointing off to one side and a big glue encrusted gauze wad wrapped around it. I finally gave up on it and it went to the top of my closet where it would occasionally remind me of my foolishness.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:53 PM

I recall collecting tiny replicas of sidearms of the old west. I think these came in Sugar Pops. I say that because they sponsored "Wild Bill Hickok" and one of the featured pistols was the Peacemaker which was, according to the show, Bill's choice of pistol. I think I eventually acquired the whole set. Gotta have my Pops!

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:47 PM

Damn, I wish I had the time to read the whole original thread. My earliest TV memories are Superman, the Mickey Mouse Club, the Life of Riley, and Popeye Theater, with Sally Starr, which may have been a local Philadelphia show. All I can remember of Tom Terrific is that he had a hat that looked like a funnel, and the cartoon started with "Terrytoons presents....the real great adventures of me, Tom Terrific! And Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog."

Speaking of cereal, does anybody remember the Checkerboard Times? It was a whole one-page "newspaper" that was printed on the back of Chex cereals. Since I was (and still am) a compulsive reader, who used to read the ingredients list on cereal boxes (that's where I found out about butylated hydroxytoluene), this was a welcome diversion.

And speaking of reading boxes, this one's for kat: SCREAMING YELLOW ZONKERS!!! Oh, man, I could go on and on, but I don't have the time. Didn't we have this conversation recently on PalTalk?

A-thi-a-thi-a-thi-a-that's all, folks! (But it isn't, of course, fortunately for all of us geezers--of any age!) Now if I could only remember the name of the store in Seattle that SELLS all this stuff...I used to go there on a Saturday and just drool...I even bought one of those thin fish somebody mentioned that wiggle in your hand from your body heat!

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Clifton53
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:39 PM

The darn cereal folks, they always put the prize in with the cereal instead of leaving it outside the inner waxy bag. I can't tell you how many times I got blasted for opening the box and digging my little mitts all through the contents until I found the prize.

Clifton

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:22 PM

Sourdough mentioned Shredded Wheat and I assume he's talking of the BIG biscuits jobbies. I liked the things really, just a little sugar and milk. However my grandmother had to mess with them all the time. She'd heat the things up in the oven or scald them with boiling water, making a soggy mass, and THEN put the milk on. Geeziz....it was awful. Anybody else do that stuff?

And Peter----Are "Shreddies" Shredded Wheat?

I got to thinking about the most fun toys in cereal and outside of the subs and divers, Post used to put balsa gliders in some cereals and they were just great. Just like the ones you'd buy. I bought a couple of the things a couple years ago and they have really gone downhill!!! Complete junk. The ones years ago and even the ones in Post boxes were great flyers, well made, and they'd really last!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 08:32 PM

Not at all, Matt. Go right ahead.

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Matt_R
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 08:29 PM

I guess we've stopped talking about cereal now...?

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:50 PM

No, but he defended Patty Hearst, the Boston Strangler, and OJ.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:41 PM

Same one who prosecuted Manson?

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:30 PM

Dorothy Kilgallen covered the first Sam Shepherd trial in Cleveland and was instrumental in getting him a new trial ten years later. She testified that the the trial judge had granted her an interview during the trial because of her fame (columnist and TV personality) and had said to her that Sam was "as guilty as hell." And thinking of that...Do you remember what attorney handled the second trial for Dr. Sam?

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:24 PM

4.....Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, sometimes Steve Allan, and the woman who sat next to Bennett Cerf....Damn, what's her name???? John Daly hosted.

ARLENE FRANCIS!!!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:18 PM

Yep. Beat the Clock.

How many members of the panel on What's My Line? can you name?

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:16 PM

Beat The Clock?

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: Allan C.
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:14 PM

In the previous thread we had just learned that Bud Collier was the voice of Superman on the radio show. Does anyone recall the name of the television quiz show he was best known for hosting?

Subject: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Dec 00 - 07:08 PM

Here's the link to the previous thread.....a real winner!

CLICK HERE FOR PREVIOUS THREAD

And Rick, you can still buy unopened boxes of Maypo at the store. If its not available in Canada, I'll send you a box!! We have a box in the pantry and the kids (and Dad and Mom) love it. Just that hint of maple makes it soooo different than oatmeal.

Spaw