Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer I remember when you could go into a local mom & pop owned corner grocery store and buy penny candies that were big enough to actually see.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Where to start??? I remember when my mom made matching outfits for Ursula and I. I hated it but now looking at the pictures we were kind of cute. I remember my dog Snoopy-the best dog in the world. He died when I was 13, but I wouldn't trade those years for anything. His pictures make me smile. I remember our first VCR, our first cable box, and our first DVD player. They were each as big as a house. I remember loving to splash in puddles in the rain. I remember concerts costing about $10. I remember pinwheels. I remember that we were never allowed to eat fast food or junk food except for Friday night movie night. We would pick up pizza and have hot chocolate. On the weekends we popped popcorn and made lemonade. I loved watching B-horror movies! I, too, loved my Snoopy snow cone machine. We made homemade candles as a family. I remember being in CampFire Girls and camping. I really love camping. I haven't been in a while. Loved Twilight Zone and Three Stooges marathons.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Wait a minute, wait a minute. Somebody mentioned fudge. Lady Starlight, do you make your own, or do you parcel out the fudge from DL? And what does Tiger Butter taste like? You're talking about the only food group now, so I had to intervene. I need details. And a recipe. And I promise to only make it and eat it on my free Friday nights.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 I remember looking forward to seeing "Cinderella" on TV with Leslie Ann Warren and Stuart Damon. ... my Incredible Edibles machine ... Barbies! ... H.R. Pufnstuf ... Watching American Bandstand EVERY Saturday! ... My best friend and I LOVED the Cowsills! I was in love with John! ... My grandfather taking me to Candlestick Park and seeing Willie Mays play ... My friends and I would constantly be going to the movies. Then we got old enough to go to work and never found the time. ... Going to the State Fair in Sacramento I could go on forever on this topic!!!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight omg!I remember watching H.R.Puff n' Stuff and Lidsville and The Banana Splits on t.v.. I remember seeing H.R Puff n' Stuff live on stage at Knotts Berry Farm with the real cast that played them on t.v. remember when Dittos pants and leather with wooden wedge shoes were the coolest?
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight <<Somebody mentioned fudge. Lady Starlight, do you make your own, or do you parcel out the fudge from DL? And what does Tiger Butter taste like?>> Oh my heavens no I don't make my own.. I only eat Disneylands! They have THE most scrumptilliyumptious fudge ever! Tigerbutter flavor my very very most favorite and it's flavor is, Chocolate with Peanutbutter and white/vanilla chocolate and its swirled together.. Pure decedance!
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 I was SOOOOOO in love with Jack Wild (HRP)!!! I also remember seeing the Brady Bunch live at Knott's. Even got Maureen McCormick's autograph (she wasn't very nice about it, tho).
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Anybody out there remember the "It's A Small World" game (bought in Disneyland)?? I've been trying to acquire another one on ebay in good condition, but no luck so far.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 I remember visiting relatives in Arkansas: playing in the summer rain, experiencing the lightning & thunder storms & going down to the creek after the storms lookin' for crawdads, catching lightning bugs and putting them in a jar (then releasing them, of course!). Everytime I go on POTC and I see the fireflies, I think of those long ago days.
Originally Posted By JazzCat Since Shiva mentioned the yearly "Wizard of Oz" and disneylandfan8 mentioned R&H's "Cinderella", I'm not sure what to say! I did have the Cinderella album when I was about 10 and my sister had the Haunted Mansion scary sounds album.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I remember getting in our jammies and the folks popping up a big brown grocery bag full of buttered popcorn with lots of salt and going to the drive in! And riding the miniature ferris wheel there. And putting those speakers on your partially rolled up windows, and hiding behind the seat when it got too scary. And dad having to carry us in the house when we got home cause we were too tired to walk. Remember watching Family Affair with Buffy and Jody and Uncle Bill and Mr. French and the older sister (Sissy?)? I would get home from school just in time to watch Dark Shadows! That was the coolest show. Remember Quintin Collins and Angelique? How about having posters on your wall from 16 magazine or Teen Beat. My walls were plastered with them. And going to the movies for about 50 cents and being able to stay all day and go from movie to movie. (Though I doubt we were suppose to be doing that...but I never gave it a thought then) And going to the pool in the summer and having to wear a swim cap so your hair didn't clog up their drains. And laying out on the hot cement to dry off (who needed a towel?) And buying a frozen candy bar on a stick and burning your tongue from a cup of hot chocolate. I remember coming home from school for lunch and watching Let's Make a Deal! And playing in the creek. Oohh, I loved playing in the creek. We had one that ran in back of our house and I usually spent a good portion of every weekend down there. Usually looking for Indian arrow heads or just sitting and watching the rats under one of the overpasses. Or catching Yellow Bellied lizards. Sometimes we (friends and I) would make these forts out of empty fruit crates that were stacked up near the pear orchards. And we ate the green pears until we practically turned green. Remember Blue Chip stamps or S&H green stamps? I think later they had some called Gold Bond stamps too. We spent hours licking those things to fill up books so our mom could trade them in for things for the house. Remember you used to get things inside your boxes of laundry detergent...like drinking cups or dish towels or melamine plates. Aahhh, the "good ol' days"... One banana, two banana, three banana, four...
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight OMGOSH Tinkeroon.. I remember some of that( actually most of what youposted)..that was a GREAT Post, boy can I identify with it! Major flashback I had! Thank YOU!
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 OMG Tinkeroon, we have got to be about the same age! The drive-ins, 16 and Tiger Beat magazines, and especially Dark Shadows! And, yes, just loved Barnabas, Quentin and Angelique!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Yes! Barnabas Collins...I think he was played by Jonathan Frigg. Don't ask me how I remember that! I can still hear the music to that show in my head. What a great show...sort of a gothic soap opera.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Matter of fact, DH still has the original first issue of the Dark Shadows comic book complete with a poster of Jonathan Frigg as Barnabas in there.
