# Culture artifacts that ...maybe not ONLY you remember....but its getting close. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633 "2018-08-15T03:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/201 "2018-08-17T05:39:02Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > Duckman. The only show I’ve ever watched that, in my estimation, got the repulsive-jerk-as-hero formula right. There were a lot of reasons this worked, but in short, the jokes hit, the cast was diverse and interesting, and, most importantly, _it knew where to draw the line_. It’s so rare nowadays to see any show that manages to show its unpleasant, sordid side without becoming utterly repulsive and unwatchable, and this show nailed the balance _perfectly_. Definitely deserved more than four seasons. > > . Ren & Stimpy first season… then it trailed off to disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![bowlweevils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@bowlweevils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bowlweevils)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/202 "2018-08-17T09:00:09Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I seem to be pretty rare in that I remember watching the Star Wars Holiday Special. Perhaps even more rare because I enjoyed it, but that’s a different topic. I saw it when I was 4. Around the same time my father took me to Watership Down in the movie theater. This was the time in my life when I learned the things that anything that you love can turn on you in horrifying ways. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/203 "2018-08-17T09:09:46Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Surely you mean Bob Clampett! :dubious: > > It was even in the outro music: \* “A Bob Clam-pett car-too-ooooon!”\* I remember when I first saw the movie version of the bicentennial musical “1776.” Missives from General Washington were always closed with: “Your obedient servant, (_drumroll_) George Washington.” Then one day, I was reflecting on the outro to Beanie and Cecil, and it hit me: _And your obedient serpent is…a Bob Clam-pett car-too-OOOOON!_ 😃 IIRC\*,the animation even had [“Your obedient Serpent”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RiXUrEz2Sp0&t=17m39s) displayed at the bottom. I DO RC. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/204 "2018-08-17T09:25:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > McKeever and the Colonel . No one else remembers this… > [@terentii](#): > > I loved this show! I always wanted to go to military school and play Army all day for real! :o I forget the name of the kid who played McKeever, but the Colonel was Allyn Jocelyn, who was also in (among many other shows) the pilot episode of _ **The Addams Family** _ as the politician who didn’t want the Addamses to endorse him. I named one of my cars in the late 70s “McKeever,” because it was an Opel Kadett. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/205 "2018-08-17T09:38:50Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > Okay, here’s a toy that used to be ubiquitous but I can’t seem to find any trace that it existed. I think it was called “Fidgit” but it was NOT a fidget spinner. It was a thin, round-ish disk that appeared black on top. But you could move your finger around on the back & all sorts of fun colors & swirls would appear. Leave it alone & it would go black again, so obviously some sort of gooey oil-based viscous liquid was sealed up inside & the pressure of your finger would push it around to reveal colored gooey liquid. Very similar in effect to coloring a piece of paper with crayons & then covering it entirely in black pastel, then scratching it off. But reusable over and over! I remember these as well - easy to look up because I remembered the shape was an octagon. Had one called the Space Fidget in the … umm, '70s, I think. > **[Space Fidgit: The cosmic color-changing disc toy from the '70s & '80s -...](https://clickamericana.com/toys-and-games/space-fidgit-the-magic-color-disc)** > > Remember that little round toy from the '70s where you pressed on the back and it changed colors? Well, they were called Space Fidgits. Find out more here! > **[in the 70s, Toys of the Seventies, Fidget](http://www.inthe70s.com/toys/fidget0.shtml)** > > 70s Nostalgia page devoted to toys of the Seventies Or, maybe you were thinking of the ones that used (I think) the same material as mood rings? The colors on the disk changed when you rubbed the back and warmed it up. Drat, can’t find a picture of these -would be easier if I recalled what they were actually called. Really made pretty colors on the black front! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/206 "2018-08-17T09:45:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Before _ **The Lone Ranger** _, before _ **The Adventures of Superman** _, before _ **Whirlybirds** _, before _ **Combat!** _, before _ **Batman** _, before _ **Time Tunnel** _, my favorite TV show was _ **Sea Hunt** _. Because of the invention of the aqualung during WWII, scuba diving was a big thing in the '50s. One of my shipmates back in ‘87 had been accepted into diver training, and he told us that surfacing and putting your face mask on top of your head was strictly verboten (a wave could knock it off, and the school didn’t have a wardrobe mistress to fetch them a new one). “Mike Nelson” was [an epithet, not a role model.](http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1414371994_2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/207 "2018-08-17T10:07:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Wasn’t Dorothy Provine in those? > > Dorothy Provine, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Even when I was six or seven years old, mmmmmmmmmm! :o While I can endorse your review of Ms Provine’s charms, the actress in those films was Nancy Olson, the little homewrecker who stole Alan Jay Lerner away from his _Brigadoon_ leading lady, Marion Bell. I don’t really think of Nancy Olson as a homewrecker, that was a joke. Uncle Alan was a philandering cad. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/208 "2018-08-17T11:19:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > While I can endorse your review of Ms Provine’s charms, the actress in those films was Nancy Olson, the little homewrecker who stole Alan Jay Lerner away from his _Brigadoon_ leading lady, Marion Bell. Dorothy was also in _ **The Great Race** _, as Larry Storch’s girlfriend. Seeing her and Natalie Wood on the big screen at the same time was one of my great moments in cinema. :o Oddly enough, I have no memory of Nancy Olson, other than I thought she was pretty hot at the time! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/209 "2018-08-17T12:17:21Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > Arcades that actually took quarters. Completely replaced by tokens by around 1985. There were a few quarter-operated machines in diners, bowling alleys, convenience stores, etc. up to the early 90’s. > > Beanie Babies. Small, completely generic-looking stuffed animals that were supposed to be this great investment for some reason. My parents bought about 30 of them and put them in a display cabinet. If anyone made enough profit off of these to afford a pen and a stack of index cards to write “What the hell was that all about?” on, I’m unaware of it. > > Pogs, a.k.a. “milk caps” (that never came within a neighbor island cruise of a milk bottle). Little circular bits of plastic with drawings on them. From beginning to end, this never struck me as anything _but_ a brazen scam that would eat up a lot of cash and then vanish forever practically overnight. They were HUGE for a while. There were NEWS REPORTS on them, for crying out loud. > > Tamagotchis. A game, of sorts, in the same sense that a hurricane is a meteorological event, of sorts. An incessantly demanding electronic device where you had to press the right buttons at the right time, over the course of several _weeks_, and missing even _one_ assigned pressing would lead to an unfavorable ending or even an outright failure. The main reason I never had any issues with Pokemon Go. > > Duckman. The only show I’ve ever watched that, in my estimation, got the repulsive-jerk-as-hero formula right. There were a lot of reasons this worked, but in short, the jokes hit, the cast was diverse and interesting, and, most importantly, _it knew where to draw the line_. It’s so rare nowadays to see any show that manages to show its unpleasant, sordid side without becoming utterly repulsive and unwatchable, and this show nailed the balance _perfectly_. Definitely deserved more than four seasons. > > Son of Zorn (won’t bother linking my thread again; do a search for “Zorn” if for some bizarre reason you’re interested). Was completely bombarded by ads for this for weeks on Kongregate. Then it began, and…_liberal bashing?_ Seriously? That’s the whole concept?? Slimed its way through one season, not renewed. I bring it up every now and then as my go-to “This is why you don’t base anything that’s supposed to be goddam _entertaining_ on liberal bashing!” case, but pretty much the rest of the planet forgot it existed roughly 5 minutes after the final episode. You’d think it’d have a _little_ traction in the Age of Trump, but other than a couple diehards on YouTube, I haven’t heard one person say a word about it. I remember all these but Zorn. I was working at McDonald’s when they gave out the mini Beanie Babies in the Happy Meals. The horror…the horror… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/210 "2018-08-17T12:48:39Z")
Arcade games that took dimes, and maybe even nickels. There was a big arcade above Shinder’s newsstand in downtown Minneapolis, which is probably gone now. Used to spend \*\*hours \*\*there playing arcade games that had no computers or CRT graphics. I remember when comic books went from a dime to 12 cents. Must have been the winter of '61–'62. The first 12 cent comic I bought was a _ **Felix the Cat** _. I had a lot of the Harvey character comics (Casper, Richie Rich, Little Dot, et al.), ones like _ **Dennis the Menace** _, and of course all of the Disney comics (Uncle Scrooge was the best!) because the artwork in them was so good and they were written so well. But I leaned heavily toward DC war comics (Sgt. Rock, Jeb Stuart, Johnny Cloud, Gunner and Sarge, et al.). I had a smattering of Batman and Superman comics, but never cared for them as much as I did the TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/211 "2018-08-17T12:55:11Z")
The only Marvel comic I bought was _ **Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos** _. Was never that much into superhero stuff. ---
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Re: _Night Flight_. IFC has been rerunning “episodes” of _Night Flight_. So I went to record a couple. They’re like 15 minutes long. Huh? They’re just clips of some of the filler on the show with a tiny bit of music. Not worth looking at at all. * * * _National Lampoon_, not just the old magazine but the extras like the _High School Yearbook_, complete with Larry Kroger, Mandy “Fridge” Pepperidge, etc. I recently looked back at a bunch of issues from the 70s. Egad, some of those cartoons like “Trots and Bonnie” would get people jailed now. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/213 "2018-08-17T13:07:30Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > Arcades that actually took quarters. Completely replaced by tokens by around 1985. There were a few quarter-operated machines in diners, bowling alleys, convenience stores, etc. up to the early 90’s. These aren’t completely gone- I’ve seen coin-operated games in at least three bowling alleys and two hotels this year. (although it’s possible that the machines themselves date back to the 90’s) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/214 "2018-08-17T13:27:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Lawn darts (aka Jarts). We had a set and did play with them. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I remember the TV series [Something Wilder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wilder). Particularly the episode where Alice Cooper sang the beginning of The Barney Song (I love you, you love me). One of my fellow Burners – one of the gang that is _supposed_ to be keeping an eye on safety – got to thinking, “What could be more dangerous than Lawn Darts?” As a Burner, the answer soon came: _Flaming_ Lawn Darts! Next event he brought a set of four made of brazed sheet brass with a bit of Kevlar just before the fins. We soaked a stuffed Barney in kerosene, set up up in a well cleared spot and started lobbing at him from about fifty feet. Took a while before we got a hit. They were actually a little unpleasant; once the dart was lit you had to keep your arm moving or flames would lick your fingers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/215 "2018-08-17T13:59:16Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > IIRC, NBC was already the first all-color network by 1960. The other networks followed suit, albeit slowly; by September 1966, everything was in color. A little later than 1960. The last NBC show in B&W was _I Dream of Jeannie_ in 1965 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/216 "2018-08-17T14:28:32Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > [Universal Studios Monster Models](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=567&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=0Cd2W-LoMsiOsQWWnq6YDw&q=Universal+Studios+monster+models&oq=Universal+Studios+monster+models&gs_l=img.3...26064.47726.0.48764.32.20.0.12.12.0.78.1390.20.20.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.28.1204...0j0i67k1j0i30k1j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1j0i24k1.0.zZfRipHxHKo) I built quite a few of those when I was 8-9. Made quite a mess of 'em as I recall. Were all the model kits glow in the dark? It was kind of hard to determine which part of the Wolfman you should paint; he was GITD from his head to his paws. Does anyone recognize: “My wings are like a shield of steel.” (But his feet weren’t) ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/217 "2018-08-17T15:31:38Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > Okay, here’s a toy that used to be ubiquitous but I can’t seem to find any trace that it existed. I think it was called “Fidgit” but it was NOT a fidget spinner. Edit: Crap! I got whatever you call getting ninja’d but because I didn’t read the thread, not cause of a simul-post. I had one; it was one of my favorite possessions! There was a guy selling them on eBay for a while but I don’t see any available currently. > **[Space Fidgit: The cosmic color-changing disc toy from the '70s & '80s -...](https://clickamericana.com/toys-and-games/space-fidgit-the-magic-color-disc)** > > Remember that little round toy from the '70s where you pressed on the back and it changed colors? Well, they were called Space Fidgits. Find out more here! > **['SPACE FIDGET' RETRO 70's TOY -](http://lovetheseventies.blogspot.com/2011/12/space-fidget-retro-70s-toy.html)** > >   The 'Space Fidgit' was also known as a Fidget, Figit and even “Touch me” — they were mostly green when you looked at them straight on,... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/218 "2018-08-17T17:12:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > One of my shipmates back in ‘87 had been accepted into diver training, and he told us that surfacing and putting your face mask on top of your head was strictly verboten (a wave could knock it off, and the school didn’t have a wardrobe mistress to fetch them a new one). “Mike Nelson” was [an epithet, not a role model.](http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1414371994_2.jpg) [aside]Mask on top of the head is also considered a distress signal[/aside] ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/219 "2018-08-17T17:45:27Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:200, topic:819633”] You may be thinking of this incident, in which Richards was involved: \ ***Andy Kaufman incident** On the February 20, 1981 episode, Andy Kaufman was the host. During a sketch about couples at dinner sneaking away to the bathroom to smoke marijuana, Kaufman, who was known for causing trouble on live TV, broke character and refused to read his lines (saying “I can’t play stoned”). Michael Richards got up from the table, grabbed the cue cards and threw them down on the table in front of Kaufman, who responded by throwing a glass of water on Richards. Some of the show’s cast and crew members became angry and a small brawl broke out on stage. Since the show was broadcast live, home viewers were able to see most of these events transpire until the network cut the cameras off. Kaufman returned the following week in a taped apology to home viewers. The incident was planned by Kaufman, who concocted it with his sidekick Zmuda, and was meant as a prank. The only individuals aware of the plan were producer/director Moffitt, producer/announcer Burns, and the three comedians acting in the sketch along with Kaufman: Richards, Chartoff and Burrell.[3][4] This incident was reenacted in the 1999 film Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey as Kaufman, Bob Zmuda as Burns, Norm Macdonald as Richards, Caroline Rhea as Chartoff and Mary Lynn Rajskub as Burrell. \* This is Charles Rocket’s story: \*Charles Rocket (born Charles Claverie, August 24, 1949-October 7, 2005) was a castmember of SNL in the 1980-1981 season, and was the Weekend Update/Saturday Night NewsLine anchor. Charles was touted by then-Executive Prodcer Jean Doumanian as “a kind of cross between Chevy Chase and Bill Murray”. He was known for a segment, The Rocket Report, in which he went out into New York City with a camera crew. He, Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo were the stars of the season. He became infamous for an incident in the March 7, 1981 episode. A recurring set of sketches throughout the episode included a parody of the Dallas episode “Who Shot JR”, titled “Who Shot C.R.?”. At the end of the episode, when asked by Charlene Tilton how he felt after being shot, he responded by saying “Oh, man, this is the first time I’ve ever been shot… I’d like to know who the fuck did it.” When Jean Doumanian was fired after the next episode, Rocket was also let go (along with most of the rest of the cast, save Murphy, Piscopo, Denny Dillon, and Gail Matthius, though the later two only remained for one additional episode). After SNL, Charlie did some work in independant films and other projects, such as Dumb and Dumber and the SNL movie It’s Pat!. Most recently, Charlie played a Reverend in the independant film Bleach and was in the 2003 movie Shade. On October 7, 2005, Charlie unexpectedly took his own life for reasons unknown. Initially, there was debate over whether this was true (due to lack of media coverage after the story broke), but former cast mate Denny Dillon confirmed the news. Rocket’s body was found in his Canterbury, Connecticut home; his throat was cut. The Connecticut medical examiner ruled it a suicide. \* Did you know, BTW, that Richards was once a bachelor on _ **The Dating Game** _? [/QUOTE] Thanks, **terentii**. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/220 "2018-08-17T17:46:54Z")
> [@Wallet](#): > > I remember these as well - easy to look up because I remembered the shape was an octagon. Had one called the Space Fidget in the … umm, '70s, I think. > > [Space Fidgit: The cosmic color-changing disc toy from the '70s & '80s - Click Americana](https://clickamericana.com/topics/featured/space-fidgit-the-magic-color-disc) > > [in the 70s, Toys of the Seventies, Fidget](http://www.inthe70s.com/toys/fidget0.shtml) > > Or, maybe you were thinking of the ones that used (I think) the same material as mood rings? The colors on the disk changed when you rubbed the back and warmed it up. > Drat, can’t find a picture of these -would be easier if I recalled what they were actually called. > Really made pretty colors on the black front! Yes! That’s IT! I knew it was round-ish, but octagonal sounds right. As does the time period of the 70s. Thank you! Wish I could find one. “Simple things amuse simple minds” and all that. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=12)