The 1960's

[Yooper]

I remember "Louie, Louie", the lyrics were inarticulately recorded which led to the controversy. I wonder if they recorded the song that way intentionally? Maybe they thought it would sell better if it was controversial?

[augusta]

I used to go around when I was a real little kid singing 'Louie, Louie', even tho Einstein couldn't have made out the words. I'd go, "Uh Louie, Louie. Ohhhh bebby! Have a mayo-time!"

Ha! No, Kat, I never skiied. I have trouble enough on regular land, let alone on a downhill slope of snow.

My father always wanted me to take up skiing. It was something he wanted to do, but he couldn't because of his bad knees. (He also wanted me to be a stewardess, and I have a total fear of flying. )

The ski jackets and ski pants were just all the rage here, and nobody skiied. It's funny to see Laura Petri pants come back after so many years. I just loved pedal pushers. I was like 3 or 4 years old, and I had to have pedal pushers just like my older sisters. I thought they were so cute and summery.

[augusta]

How about that haircut for girls called a "poodle" cut? My mother sent me to the beautician with my sisters when I was five and I had a perm and a 'poodle cut'. Geez... that beautician was so rough on your hair. She'd pull it bad when she was combing it, and I couldn't yell like I did at home. Then she rolled those perm rods so tight, my head still hurt after I got home. The sickening thing about it is the perm didn't take, and my hair bore no resemblance to the 'poodle cut' I so craved. My sisters' hair didn't turn out any better than mine. I never went back to that woman again, but they and my mother did. I guess because she was the only one in town.

[Debbie]

augusta you mention the "Laura Petri pants" and I'm glad to see them coming back too. We also called them pedal pusher and coolots. I don't think you hear them being called that today. I only hear them being called capri's.

[augusta]

Debbie, if I haven't said 'Welcome to the Forum' - "Welcome to the Forum!"

That's true - they don't call the capris 'pedal pushers' today. I hadn't thought of that. Maybe they don't want the old name to resurface, tho they also called them 'capris' back then. It does sound swankier.

Oh, yeah - culottes (sp?). I remember those as not quite pedal pushers, but they were shorts with big legs that looked like a skirt when you wore them. Those were all over the place. I haven't seen a pair of those in years. Maybe that'll be the next trend.

How about Toni home perms, with those commercials with twins in them? Some commercials back then used to be pretty entertaining. I remember when a Doublemint gum commercial came on (they usually used twins) everybody in the house watched it. Oh, Bert Lahr eating Lays potato chips. "Nobody can eat just one." And Lady Clairol ones: "Only her hairdresser knows for sure." There was one that had a young looking mother with a like 19 year old daughter who looked alike, and you had to guess which one was the younger one based on their hands. They were advertising some kind of dishwashing liquid, and I can't remember what it was ..

How about "Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it". And "You Can't Fool Mother Nature." And the Slinky song. I can remember the tune but not the words. "Everyone knows it's Slinky." We used to change the words to tease one of my brothers and sing to him, "Everyone knows it's Stinky." Oh, how awful we were back then ...

[Tracie]

Gaheris I remember hearing How do You mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees while camping at the Cape Cod canal when I was 12 or 13. I loved that song and still do.

Does anyone remember the Rifleman? Lucus MCann and his son Mark? My brothers and I could watch that and then we had to go to bed. It was like 7:00pm --- my mom believe in putting us to bed early. On Sunday mornings we watched Davey and Golith (sorry for the spelling) and Gumby. Sunday night was "The Wonderful World of Disney.

We always watched Lassie and I was in love with Timmy. My mom came home from the hospital after giving birth to my youngest brother in 1962 and said what do you think we should name your new brother? Can you imagine bringing a baby home without a name today? So I looked him over and he had blonde hair like Timmy and said name him Timmy after Timmy on Lassie and she did. His name is Timothy Daniel. lol

I never liked the Beach Boys but my middle brother did. So to enlighten him, I gave him Pink Floyd's Dark side of the moon and Jethro Tull's Aqualung. He was like oh I don't know about this music, but his friends were like cool and he broaden his musical taste. Of course we always had the Beatles. I was 8 years old when I sang Yellow Submarine camping in NH in the rain--lots of laughs.

Thanks for bringing some memories, oh and Kat I don't like clowns either, never have but I watched Bozo the Clown but After reading Stephen Kings "Thing", I knew my suspsions were correct--clowns are evil!

Tracie from Taunton

[DJ]

Walt Disney was the big treat on Sunday nights, for many years-- also, "Bonanza"

Jackie Gleason on Saturday's, along with "Flipper"

Monday was "Gunsmoke," "The Lucy Show," and "The Doris Day Show"

Was lucky to live in a Central Standard Time zone, so I could catch those programs before a 9 p.m. bedtime.

Love the story about "Timmy"-- my Grandmother had promised her eldest son that he could name the new baby, my Father! So, my Father received the name of his eldest brother's best friend!
Now, it's my middle name and my nephew's middle name!
After my Grandmother died-- at 102-- discovered a state-issued document on my Father with a different name! It was changed when the promise to his brother was kept.

[augusta]

I found "pedal pushers" for sale in a clothing catalog. First time this decade. I guess they are calling 'coulottes' "split skirts" now.

My Three Sons on Saturdays. My Favorite Martian, My Mother the Car, Ozzie & Harriet and the Donna Reed Show. The Andy Griffith Show! Ed Sullivan on Sunday nites too. And when we look at today's massive listings for tv, we often say "There's nothin' on!"

The Dating Game! The Newlywed Game. Eye Guess with Bill Cullen. To Tell the Truth and Truth or Consequences. (I wish they'd rerun some of those "T or Consequences" shows.)

Yes, I remember the Rifleman. Chuck Conners, who played Lucas McCane, also did a tv series called "Branded". Nick Adams in something good. Chris Jones in something good (did I have a crush on Chris Jones!). F Troop! Rin Tin Tin. The FBI Story with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Ben Casey! Dr. Kildare with Richard Chamberlain! My mother and older siblings loved "The Fugitive". I used to pretend that I liked Bonanza just so I could stay up on Sunday nights to watch it (it was on from 9 - 10 est). Death Valley Days where they advertized Borax.

Yes! Davey and Goliath! I STILL watch it! I think Gumby came out when I was just a little too old to enjoy it.