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Folklore: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread)
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: katlaughing Date: 22 Dec 00 - 01:45 PM Ah, puir Spaw. I also have a very tiny, about 2-3 inch six-shooter cap gun which I bought two of at the Kress's store; they were just supposed to be for keychains, so I bought one for my dad and one for me. I used mine and still have it; he carried his on his keychain for years. Annamill, I was too young to know about any of them. The only thing I remember listening to on the radio was Gunsmoke on Saturday nights and we didn't have a tv until I was 8 or 9 years old. Anyway, though, I WAS a tomboy, too and made a boy cry. We were playing cowboys & indians, I always wanted to be the Indian. I was chasing him, grabbed his new coat and it tore, great big long rip! He was scared of what his mom would say, as was I. I can't remember what happened except being scolded by the teacher. Ha, what fun! kat |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Hutzul Date: 22 Dec 00 - 01:47 PM Winky Dink! My parents were late sleepers, so I'd walk next door to my grandmother's house for breakfast. I'd slap my Winky Dink screen on the TV and away I'd go. One morning my grandfather walked in and nearly had a stroke. Why is that child scribbling on the TV! (but in Ukrainian). MAYPO - Anyone remember "I wonder who's sleeping in the lving room? It's Uncle Ralph! Wake up you old rattlesnake... I want my Maypo" Just who was Uncle Ralph and why was he sleeping in the living room? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Hutzul Date: 22 Dec 00 - 01:50 PM I am so sorry. I have no idea why the above appears 4 times! Hutzul
Don't worry about it, Hutzel. Extra bits of nostalgia removed at no charge.:-) |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 02:29 PM Hutzul, often that happens when you use the "Back" button after having posted something. There are other causes, but I can't recall what they are. Annamill, "Long" Ranger, I am told, is a whole different thing. I think you might find some of his movies in that "other" part of your video store. *G* |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: annamill Date: 22 Dec 00 - 03:56 PM LOL, Allan! I remember seeing a movie by that name. L.,A. |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: KT Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:25 PM Haha, Hutzul!! I'd forgotten about ol' Uncle Ralph! Rattlesnake??? Okay...as long as we're strolling down memory lane, who can complete this sentence.... "You'll wonder where the yellow went......"
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:49 PM "....When you brush your teeth with Pepsodent." Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: kendall Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:54 PM Hell, I was 13 before we got electricity! I was 14 before I got shoes..by then, my feet were so tough, I wore them out on the INSIDE first.. |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:54 PM "You'll wonder where the yellow went..." Spaw. "Brusha, brusha, brusha. Its the new..." |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:58 PM Ipana Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 04:58 PM Oh, I missed seeing KT's post. |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 05:17 PM That's OK Allan....worked out anyway! Do you remember when "Stripe" toothpaste first came out? Everyone thought it was some kind of miracle or something. It could have been the world's worst toothpaste, but everybody had the stuff at least for the novelty value. Ya' know what you don't see anymore? Tooth Powdwer to brush with. I'm not talking baking soda, but the stuff came in little cans like talc, but you sprinkled it on your toothbrush or made a little paste with it in a glass. I mean it was really worth a crap, but I don't see it anymore....probably for obvious reasons. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 05:28 PM You don't see Ivory Soap Flakes anymore either. I don't know if they were any good for washing clothes; but there was never anything better to use as snow in a theatre production. |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: roopoo Date: 22 Dec 00 - 05:34 PM Well I don't know how far back you lot are going, but I was telling my 85 year old mum (who had forgotten where the washpowder Christmas decs had come from) about this thread today. She says when she was small they used to give away little plastic fish shapes in the lids of cocoa. When you put them on your hand they curled and moved. We could be into early 1920s here. And I too had a spud gun and a Mr Potatohead! I also remember the first stripe toothpaste in the UK. I think it was Signal "with the mouthwash in the stripes". It's still going. I remember Euthymol tooth powder and another that was specifically for smokers. I don't think they make it any more. But you can get beefy flavoured stuff for dogs! Andrea |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: bassen Date: 22 Dec 00 - 06:17 PM Allan C. You mentioned the little tinplate steampowered boats being still available? Check out the poppop Titanic. Fifteen inches long! Have a look at the other tin plate toys, amazing stuff huh? bassen |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: bassen Date: 22 Dec 00 - 06:21 PM Do we want to try that again? Something strange sure happened. This is where I was trying to send you http://www.hawkin.co.uk/acatalog/Hawkin_Catalogue_Tin_Toys_from_India_15.html Sorry 'bout that bassen You had missed a closing quote in your last post. I've fixed it as they lock threads up for Netscape users. JoeClone |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 06:42 PM Blue clicky to bassens site CLICK Spaw
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: kendall Date: 22 Dec 00 - 08:17 PM How about Lifebuoy soap? the original one..very distinctive odor. Or, Brillianteen hair tonic? How about sweet spirits of nitre? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Sorcha Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:01 PM Oh my gawd........why do we have to show our age on here, anyway? "Trust your car to the man who wears the star.." "5 years or 50,000 miles......." Who sponsored the Friday Night Fights? Tiddly Winks....Pick Up Sticks...Buterfly sunglasses with sequins....ladies swim suits with box pleated skirts on them.....Follow the Bouncing Ball....the Lennon Sisters... My kids are STILL mad at me because I refused to buy cereal for the Prize.....their revenge? A plastic soda bottle half full of vinegar, with baking soda in a twist of tissue......(and I had Soda Submarines, too. I also had Sea Monkeys.......) |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:20 PM Well let's see Sorch............. The Texaco slogan was carried on TV by Uncle Milty, but even more well known to me as a kid was Ed Wynn as the Texaco Fire Chief. Then it would be the Chrysler Corporation who first advertized the 5/50 warranty. The fights? "To look sharp" Gilette Blue Blades........And haven't razors come a long way in safety and durability? Gawd, I love this thread....... Spaw
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:31 PM What was (gee, I've never seen this written down before!) Rudy Kazootie's claim to fame (special power)? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: kendall Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:32 PM One lives in the past when they have no future. Remember "You bet your Life"? Groucho Marx. Sponsored by DeSoto - Plymouth |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:35 PM Or "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy". Who starred in that show? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Sorcha Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:39 PM I don't know, but "THIS IS YOUR LIFE!!" |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:49 PM Scroll down this page to find clickies for hearing radio commercials from *G* a few years ago. http://www.old-time.com/commercials/index.html |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 09:51 PM Andy Devine.......Sponsored by Sugar Corn Pops? And Kendall, who could forget "See your DeSoto dealer and tell 'em Groucho sent you." Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:04 PM Andy (who also starred as Jingles P. Jones as Guy Madison's sidekick on "Wild Bill Hickok") got the gig when the original star had a heart attack. |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Bill D Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:21 PM to "Sweet Betsy from Pike"
"I'll tell you a story you'll never forget,
Pall Mall, Pall Mall, (yes, that's how you spell it.) and I can also sing the entire "Rayco Seat Cover" song... Oh...and about "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy"..BEFORE Andy Devine was Smilin' Ed McConnell, sponsored by Buster Brown Shoes...."ARF, ARF"..."That's my dog Tige; he lives in a shoe. I'm Buster Brown Brown...look for ME in there, too!" |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:22 PM Sorry Allan but I missed Rootie Kazootie up there. I remember he played his kazoo (kazootie) and he had a dog (Pooch?) and his special girl was Polka Dottie or something like that. There was a bad guy too anmed Poison Sumac or something like that too.......Never was a biggie for me, but I do remember bits and pieces. My favorite of the puppet types including Howdy Doody was "Kookla, Fran, and Ollie." Spaw
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Mark Clark Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:25 PM Kat reminded us of the towels packed in boxes of Breeze laundry soap but what she forgot to mention was that Breeze was a sponsor of Porter Wagoner's syndicated TV show when Dolly Parton was still working for Porter. Porter and Dolly used to do the commercials live and pull the towels out of the box to show that they were really in there. At the end of the commercial Dolly would always flash that heavenly smile and say---about the towels---"Can't buy 'em." I got to see Porter and Dolly do a show in the high school auditorium in Hammond Indiana one time. Buck Trent was still there on electric banjo. What a great show, talk about something you can't buy... Thanks, Kat. - Mark |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Rick Fielding Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:32 PM Little bit of trivia for you (us) oldsters. What BIG radio show was Andy Devine on before he joined Wild Bill? I only discovered this when I took a bunch of old radio shows from the library for my last drive to the States. Rick |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:33 PM Dolly also had that line........and you kin oanly git them in boxes of Braize......gotta' love it. Didn't Fab have something in the box too, besides soap? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 10:39 PM Rootie also had an extender on his baseball glove (which he wore constantly). It was one of those doodads that accordioned out to catch baseballs or whatever else came anywhere near him. Now for a moment of revelation. I'll bet that nearly everyone thinks that the "C", as in Allan C., is an abbreviation of my last name. Not so. It stands for a name I share with a very early kid's TV show character. My initials are A.C.C.. |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:05 PM A free mountie hat to anyone who recognizes this: XNY 556 Cheers, Bardford |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: katlaughing Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:09 PM You're welcome Mark, but I never saw the program you mentioned. We lived in a one tv channel town, got CBS and mom sort of frowned on any kind of *kuntree* music stuff, plus no tv in our house until spring of 1961, if I remember right, so you all ARE remembering stuff I was too young and too deprived to catch, except a bit of the tail end!**BG** Question: where is Art Thieme? He ought to have some good ones for this. Art? Are you there? Bring us in some of the musical conenctions, why doncha?:-) Anybody want to move on into the late 60's and 70's and take a whiff of Hai Karate with me? Or tell me how you guys have Trouble...all day? I have a promotional calendar that Trouble put out that first year, I think it was 1970, each month has some funny qute about Trouble. "from the land of sparkling wa-ah-turs" this is fun, makes me feel young, thanks ya'll! **BG** kat |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Matt_R Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:10 PM Thanks Kimmers! C'mon there must be more of us young folks....right? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Matt_R Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:15 PM Heh heh heh...the orange Wacky Wallwalkers glowed in the dark. I wanted mine to glow REALLY bright, so I stuck it on the lamp...heh heh heh...just a liiiiiiittle too close to the light bulb..... But hey, I was 7. Isn't melting rubber part of being 7?
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: catspaw49 Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:25 PM Rick you have a toughie there. I do remember him doing a lot of "sidekickin'" with Roy Rogers in the movies before moving to Wild Bill on TV. Allan and Bards.....Still thinkin' Kat.......Hai Karate was the "poor man's" Jade East(:<)) Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:26 PM Hey, Mat, we've got stuff for you here,too! For instance: Did you have a crush on Christa or was it Heather on "Zoom"? What was the first line of the theme song? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: katlaughing Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:28 PM or was it "sky blue waters?" Spaw! I was working in health & beauty aids by then and we did NOT discriminate! LOL!! So do you remember Trouble? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:33 PM Just a guess, Bardford, could that have been the "number" of Sky King's plane? Or was it the license plate of "My Mother the Car?" |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Matt_R Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:34 PM I might be able to tell you Allan...but I have NO IDEA what you're talking about!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Mark Clark Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:35 PM Rick, I'm not certain but I'm guessing the answer to your question is here. If that's wrong, at least you'll get to hear a great radio show. I think Andy Devine replaced Smilin' Ed McConnel when Froggy the Gremlin moved from radio to TV but I don't think Devine did any of the radio programs. "Plunk your magic twanger Froggy!" "Hiya kids, hiya, hiya, hiya." or
"Woof! Woof!" - Mark |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Mark Clark Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:47 PM While wandering around I found this Saddle Pals & Sidekicks site I think several people here might enjoy. - Mark |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Allan C. Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:54 PM "Zoom" was a popluar kids' TV show when you were growing up. It was a great variety show and many young guys had crushes on one of the hosts. There were no adults on screen during the show. "We're gonna Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! Zoom-a, Zoom-a, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!" Memorable lyrics, no? |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 22 Dec 00 - 11:59 PM Allan C.- Nope. The reference is a little more north. Although concurrent I think, with My Mother the Car, it was later than the Sky King radio and TV series. I don't know if the show was carried in the U.S. More clues later. Over and out, Bardford |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Matt_R Date: 23 Dec 00 - 12:07 AM That's weird Allan...I never heard of it... |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: Matt_R Date: 23 Dec 00 - 12:14 AM I checked it out on IMDB...it was supposed to be out last year. I still never heard of it! I think I'm too old! |
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: KT Date: 23 Dec 00 - 12:22 AM This is too funny! I have No idea what some of you are talking about but it's a delightful thread, anyway! Makes me smile to read "Hiya kids, hiya, hiya, hiya!!" Don't know where it comes from, but my brother always says it! Was that Froggy the Gremlin? Okay Here's another fill in the blank. "Saddle your ponies, here we go..................." And no one has mentioned Mr Green Jeans and Grandfather Clock yet!
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Subject: RE: Cereal Box Treasures.(nostalgia thread) From: KT Date: 23 Dec 00 - 12:28 AM Allan, give us another clue!
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