Before my time but I do enjoy a lot of the music from the 60's and the historical importance of the decade and how it shaped the way forward to today's world. Also, Rod Serling and his Twilight Show is one of my favorite things to catch on Thanksgiving Day and NYE when its commercial time for football.
Combat, The Untouchables, and Maverick were really good too.
And seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
The movie "A Hard Days Night" at the Texas theater downtown on Houston Street.
Hushpuppies thrown in the San Antonio River.
Niagara Falls for the first time.
The structural change in the country after Kennedy was killed.
Toy guns in stores. It was a glorious time. And my dad was keen for this stuff so he'd buy it hand over fist for Xmas and then watch my brother & I with a satisfaction I finally realized (years later) it's origins and design. There was no orange highlights all over the ing things (like you see now), or, even pot metal. This stuff was real steel. And the rifles were real wood and steel. They had a machine gun on a tripod one Fall. It was just something else again. & it worked. It was quality and ran on 8 (D-Cell) batteries. I God's. It's all I wanted, but, they were out everywhere so I didn't find it under the tree that Christmas and I remember I held a grudge on that one for years. Finally about age 45 I forgave mom & dad and moved on. They had one rifle where you ed it and it had a lot of force coming out the barrel with a loud bang for effect. So I'd dig up some dirt (good dirt in Ohio) and stuff the barrel then it and shoot it. It would blast that dirt a good 20 feet with force.
Candy cigarettes.
Anyone know how to post a photo?
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Unfortunately the first thing that pops into my head is racism.
Flower Power
. Cant figure how to post photos.. I keep screwing it up then I can't delete posts using the edit function
Flower power was over rated by TV. Never saw any of that living as a kid and I lived every second of the 1960s. I guess some of that went on at college and rock concerts but it was over rated as its frequency.
Aurora HO racing cars
Ford Mustangs
I liked the Ford GTO in the HO set. It had a wide body. Seemed to stay on the track better than the other cars.
I used to watch this as a kid..
We saw so many firsts in the 60's.
First Superbowl
The AFL
First sub10.0
First 28 plus long jump
First sub 20.00 200m
First black footballers in the SWC/SEC
First White QB at an HBCU
First president killed in Dallas
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I didn't watch this but I do remember the show being on and of course the theme song.
All the kids watched this.
a lot of members here were born in the late 80s or the 90s, at least it seems like
Great great show.
How about the Ernie Kovacs Show?
The Munsters was the greatest!
1966
I used to watch this.
I bought the series on DVD.
Best car chase ever......
1966
1969
Two rarities that got some airplay when they came out and not played anymore.
The cars, tbh.
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