This is a test for us, old kids! The answers are printed below,
but no cheatin', ya' hear?
READY????? Here we go!
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset,
the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably,
someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he
leave behind?____________
02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all
watched them on The __________________ Show.
03. "Get your kicks, ___________________."
04. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been
changed___________________."
05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________."
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we "danced"
under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called
the "_____________."
07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best _______________."
08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red
always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night, and
"_______________".
11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning
their____________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in
the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by?
____________ &
_______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music
died." This was a tribute to ___________________.
14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians
did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic
ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the
________________Scroll Down for the answers.....
ANSWERS:
01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04. To protect the innocent.
05. The Lion sleeps tonight
06. The limbo
07. Chocolate
08. Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader, and "Good Night, and may God Bless." 11.
Draft cards (Bras were also burned.) 12. Beetle or Bug 13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik 15. Hoola-hoop
Send this to your "old" friends. It will drive them crazy! I'll keep
them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes
Thanks
Randy for remindin' us just how old we really are!
Only Yesterday
I was thinking about "fender skirts" and it started me thinking about
other
words that quietly disappeared from our language with hardly a notice.
Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs." Since I'd been thinking of
cars,
my mind naturally went that direction first. Kids will probably have to
find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to them.
Remember "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and
spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a
Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "
parking
brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went
with
"emergency brake."
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the
accelerator the "foot feed." And what about the throttle? And the choke?
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you
could ride the "running board" up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore:
"store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought these
days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or
a
store-bought bag of candy.
"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and
now means almost nothing. Now we take the term "worldwide" for granted.
This
floors me.
On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes.
In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow,
wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall
carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family way?" It's
hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a little
too
graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. So we had all
that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or simply
"expecting."
It's hard to recall that this word "divorce" was once said in a whisper.
And
no one is called a "divorcee" anymore.
Come to think of it, "confirmed bachelors" and "career girls" are long
gone, too.
I always loved going to the "picture show," but I considered "movie" an
affectation.
Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s word I
came across the other day: "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
Here's a word I miss: "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And
what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." How dull! Mr. Coffee, I blame
you for that.
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern
and
now sound so retro. Words like "DynaFlow" and "Electrolux." Introducing
the
1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!"
Food for thought: Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody
complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I
never hear mothers threatening their kids with castor oil anymore.
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The
one that grieves me most is "supper." Now everybody says "dinner." Save
a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a "certain age"
would remember most of these.
Just for fun, Pass it along to others of "a certain age"!!!
Proud To Be: Just An Ole Hippy
Former VietNam Medic
Thanks
Randy & Charlie for remindin' us just how old we really are!
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Abby's
"Murder Attempt at Midnight"
Lucasboy
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Tom's
before "The Rifleman"
Abby's "No Greater Love"
David's Model - McCain Ranch
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