How about:
Dinah Shore commercials with her singing "See the USA in your Chevrolet"
When there was no cable TV and you had 4 channels to watch, the local CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS stations.
When Cable TV was called Pay TV and folks said people would never pay for receiving TV channels.
Seeing a first run episode of "The Dick Van **** Show".
Watching Miss Pat's Playroom and Mister Rogers, a decade before Sesame Street or the Electric Company were even thought of.
When that new hamburger place opened in town, McDonalds....and you could get a burger, shake and fries and get change back from your dollar.
Getting a Bell Beefer at Taco Bell.
Every Kentucky Fried Chicken had fried livers, and there was only the original recipe.
Watching Ed Sullivan when Topo Gigio was on.
Watching "Friday night at the Circus" while eating popcorn at home.
Drinking Fizzies, which turned your tongue different colors, and those colors turned up again when you went number 2.
When Cyclomates were the only artificial sweetner you could buy.
When soda came in glass bottles than you returned to the store for a refund.
Going with your dad in September to see the new cars at the local dealership. (Bonus points if you remember going to see that new Mustang at the Ford dealer in 1964.)
When Toyotas and Datsuns were considered crappy cars.
When you stood up in the back of your parents car while they drove so you could see better...and nobody had seatbelts in their car let alone airbags.
The first time you flew in a huge commerical plane....and it had propellers.
Milk was milk, there was no non-fat, 1% or 2%. And the milkman came to your house once a week and delivered the milk in a glass bottle that you returned. If you weren't home he'd come in and put it in your fridge because he had a key to your house.
The garbage man actually got out of his truck, went into your back yard, got your trash can, carried it to the truck, dumped it, and then carried it back into your backyard.
Making Jiffy Pop popcorn on the stove.
Having Tonka Toys.....and trying to destroy them...only to discover they were indestructable.
Before there were Legos, there were Lincoln Logs.
Your dad drank Olympia, or Schlitz, or Pabts Blue Ribbon Beer.
You'd come home from school and watch Lassie, or Dark Shadows, or reruns of I Love Lucy.
School ran from the day after labor day, until the middle of June, and you got Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the Day after, 2 weeks at Christmas, Washington's Birthday, Lincoln's birthday and Memorial day off, but there were no days off for teacher prep, and no minium days.
Little League Baseball started the last week of May, you took a week off for All Stars in July, played until the first week of August, then everyone with kids in Little League took their summer vacation the last three weeks of August.
Nobody played soccer.
There were two Professional football leagues, the NFL and the AFL.
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