Without telling your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today wouldn't know about?

[jo-jo]

I remember the first time I saw Wizard of Oz . It was on Thanksgiving Eve and when the movie was over , it was snowing as we walked home. I was 7 then.

The scene where it goes from black and white to color...... I thought in the middle of making the movie, color film was suddenly invented. Had no idea of the effect they were going for.

 

[nw6675]

ABC Afterschool Specials.

I remember when some would be kind of "taboo" and some sort of sensitive topic.... I couldn't wait to get home and watch LOL Funny comparing to the things kids are exposed to on TV now in comparison!!

 

[low-key]

finding a court that has lights, so you can get a few more hours of Basketball in

 

[BK2014]

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at WDW and the heyday of Innoventions and the Wonders of Life Pavilions at EPCOT

 

[Kittyblue]

I remember when some would be kind of "taboo" and some sort of sensitive topic.... I couldn't wait to get home and watch LOL Funny comparing to the things kids are exposed to on TV now in comparison!!

I remember some sitcoms doing "a very special episode". I don't think they bother putting warnings anymore.

 

[BK2014]

Walking over to your friend's house, knocking on the door and having to ask their parents if they could come out and play.

 

[fla4fun]

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at WDW and the heyday of Innoventions and the Wonders of Life Pavilions at EPCOT

Or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or the Skyway over MK, or the Flight to the Moon, or my favorite of the closed attractions, Horizons. Sitting on a bench discussing which rides you wanted to use your tickets for, because there were never enough and dad would only let us have what was in the ticket book. Riding the monorails that had rows of seats with a door for each row (slam, slam, slam as the CM’s ran down the line at the end of the night). If we could go back to the first 15 years of WDW it would feel like another planet compared to today.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Bermuda bags. The purses with changeable covers.

Monogram circle pins.

Monogram sweaters.

Fair Isle sweaters

 

[DebbieB]

Romper Room. When she called out the names she could see in the Magic Mirror at the end and she called my name it was so exciting!

 

[Mysterian]

Game systems from Atari, Intellivision and Coleco

And computers like Commodore 64 and the Commodore Amiga!

Side note - 15yo dd has Metallica and Def Leppard t shirts and cannot name one song by either. Quite frankly it’s embarrassing.

I see many millennials wearing Nirvana shirts. Back in the 90's alot of teens wore Led Zeppelin shirts, so every era has it's posers.

Thundercats (The Original), Masters of the Universe (He-Man), Saturday Night Main Event WWF Wrestling, and Showbiz Pizza.

They actually sell new Masters of the Universe toys for kids today. Really everything 80's from Transformers to Garbage Pail Kids, and Madballs to My Little Pony, all has still been selling in one form or another. Those handheld football games came back too, and I believe they even brought back the Speak n' Spell.

 

[Mysterian]

Walking over to your friend's house, knocking on the door and having to ask their parents if they could come out and play.

Yes! And when kids didn't have smart phones, and spent more time playing outside.

 

[Mysterian]

Halloween Edition

Ben Cooper/Collegeville costumes that came in boxes with a cellophane window.
Inside was a thin plastic mask that made your face sweat, and that nylon printed thing that you wore over your clothes. You looked stupid but felt AWESOME.

Treats: apart from the usual candy and candied apples, there was popcorn balls, pennies, and the McDonalds coupons. Some kids hated the coupons, but not I.

 

[nw6675]

Twisty beads and banana clips!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at WDW and the heyday of Innoventions and the Wonders of Life Pavilions at EPCOT

Or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or the Skyway over MK, or the Flight to the Moon, or my favorite of the closed attractions, Horizons. Sitting on a bench discussing which rides you wanted to use your tickets for, because there were never enough and dad would only let us have what was in the ticket book. Riding the monorails that had rows of seats with a door for each row (slam, slam, slam as the CM’s ran down the line at the end of the night). If we could go back to the first 15 years of WDW it would feel like another planet compared to today.

On the West side, for me it would be dancing the friendship dance with the Native Americans in Frontierland (today Splash Mountains is there), or becoming as tiny as atoms, blasting off to the moon, or riding the Skyway through the Matterhorn to get to Tomorrowland from Fantasyland.

 

[Mysterian]

Twisty beads and banana clips!

What about jelly shoes? I had parachute pants and a Member's Only jacket, so you're speaking to a kindred fashionista here.

 

[Silver saucer]

Vertical and horizontal hold knobs on the tv.
Curtsying
HR Pufnstuf and The Banana Splits after school
Blue Chip stamps along with the Green Stamps
Feeling absolutely safe playing outside
Patent leather shoes
Calling adults Mr and Mrs etc
Being really happy

 

[low-key]

I remember some sitcoms doing "a very special episode". I don't think they bother putting warnings anymore.

and also about sticoms, when a person was holding out for a better contract, they said "they were away visiting a uncle"

 

[nw6675]

What about jelly shoes? I had parachute pants and a Member's Only jacket, so you're speaking to a kindred fashionista here.

Yes yes yes and so much YES

Eta: now all I can think about is how sweaty dirty and smelly your feet would get in jelly shoes...and the blisters!!

 

[Jennasis]

Getting in trouble for being a butt in school or for getting bad grades....teachers who were allowed to and DID yell at the class and dole out punishments.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

Clackers
I almost took out a cousin of mine during a camping trip. All of us cousins had them. I might consider them a weapon now, LOL!