# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/261 "2018-08-18T18:07:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I remember those Tamagotchis; they also came out around the same time as the first “Baby Think It Over” dolls, which are programmed to cry randomly, etc. and a lot of people said Tamagotchis could pretty much accomplish the same goal, which was teen pregnancy prevention. [Sheldon Cooper still has his.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XipdeKQgCs) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/262 "2018-08-18T18:27:00Z")
How about [Rapidograph Pens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_pen)? And [K&E Leroy Lettering Sets?](http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/KELeroy/3245-15L/3245-15L.htm) I used them for years and years in mapping. Mostly with a very difficult 0000 pen. We where constantly looking for the best ink to use. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/263 "2018-08-18T18:45:28Z")
Using catch phrases from old tv shows or commercials can make you look like an idiot to younger people. It’s a shame because at the time, these were very current, pop cultural expressions. Dyn-o-mite Jimmie Walker Aye! The Fonz I’m Coming Elizabeth, Fred Sanford Can’t believe I ate that whole thing. Alka-Seltzer Where’s the beef. Wendys commercial ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/264 "2018-08-19T00:34:18Z")
Wow, I’ve not thought about black snakes for decades! I now need me some. I’m 51yo, some of my toy memories: EZ Bake ovens (the originals that “baked” via lightbulb). HippityHop balls (with the horse head). Rock 'em Sock 'em robots. Fisher Price: farm with the moooooooing barn door, airport set, and car garage (with an elevator!) Dip-a-Flower kit. Stretch Armstrong. Beautiful Chrissy doll with extendable hair; I cut the hair off, mom was pissed! My brothers had every GI Joe and accessory ever made. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/265 "2018-08-19T00:42:31Z")
I’ve mentioned this in other threads, but I’ve never met anyone who remembers the _[Whoosh!](https://photos.app.goo.gl/gt6WQoneUgrPL7Rn7)_ compressed air powered glider from the Sears Wishbook. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/266 "2018-08-19T00:48:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Using catch phrases from old tv shows or commercials can make you look like an idiot to younger people. > > It’s a shame because at the time, these were very current, pop cultural expressions. > > Dyn-o-mite Jimmie Walker > > Aye! The Fonz > > I’m Coming Elizabeth, Fred Sanford > > Can’t believe I ate that whole thing. Alka-Seltzer > > Where’s the beef. Wendys commercial Missed it by that much … and loving it Thats the second biggest _fill in the blanks_ I’ve ever seen. Would you Believe “The old\* (such-and-such)\* trick” Well Excuuuuuse me! Nevermind [SIZE=2]“Jane, you ignorant slut”[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] ---
**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 19, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/267 "2018-08-19T01:15:31Z")
Sock it to me! Verrrrrrrry in-teresting! Would you call me … sexy? Would you call me … exciting? Would you call me … an ambulance? The Devil made me do it! Sorry about that, Chief! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/268 "2018-08-19T01:27:11Z")
Here comes the Judge! ---
**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 19, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/269 "2018-08-19T01:38:50Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > “The old\* (such-and-such)\* trick” Second time this month! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/270 "2018-08-19T04:33:42Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > And then there were Fizzies, soft drink tablets that bubbled like Alka-Seltzer. My favorite was root beer. Anybody remember those? I do. But I think the ones we got were a version flavored with saccharin or something because I remember the aftertaste. > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > One my favorite and earliest cartoon memories was Pow Wow the Indian Boy. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who remembers it. I remember it, but only slightly. Just the first 2 lines of the song. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Ever hit the whole roll with a hammer? Oh, yes. Many times. I believe I damaged my hearing slightly before I thought I should use ear plugs. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Does anyone remember the [Girder and Panel sets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girder_and_Panel_building_sets) for making buildings? I had a skyscraper and an airport version as a kid. Lots of fun and you could make it work with Matchbox cars and Hotwheels. I even built some buildings for my HO train set to run into. Me, too. But I got frustrated because the tiny male connectors broke easily. > [@terentii](#): > > Now tell me who remembers Marty Engels? 😛 Chico Marx’s cousin. 😃 [aside]The very early Second City did the “interpreter” improv with one character answering questions as JFK, and the other as Khrushchev (in mock Russian), whose answers would be translated by the interpreter. One night Groucho Marx was in the audience, and he was heckling them. Tony Holland, who was the interpreter on this occasion, stepped to the front of the stage and spoke to Groucho, in character: “That will be enough. You’ve had your chance, Mr. Engels.” From _Something Wonderful Right Away_, edited by Jeffrey Sweet. ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/271 "2018-08-19T04:54:05Z")
Exit, stage right! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/272 "2018-08-19T05:43:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Magnet? Luxury! > Ours had a felt sheet with pre-punched oval shapes that served as the ball. > On the other hand, our set had a kicker that could actually kick the ball. [Tudor Electric Football](https://www.tudorgames.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwh9_bBRA_EiwApObaOBnzx41K1aW7uLt8RodzvpKso_v1jtmZlfSfUx7VQI5h_q9Wn5pJDRoC4U4QAvD_BwE) is still in existence, though it seems to be more of a niche hobby for adults who played it when they were kids. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/273 "2018-08-19T09:07:48Z")
There are too many familiar things here to list, but I’ll add one. For years, my ultimate tough trivia question was “what was the name of the ski jumper on the beginning of _Wide World of Sports_?” There was a time when everybody had seen that clip; he was the “agony of defeat” guy, but almost no one knew his name. With _Wide World_ fading into the mists of obscurity, I need a new question. I have one for _All In the Family_, but I fear that’s not much better. ---
**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 19, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/274 "2018-08-19T09:21:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There are too many familiar things here to list, but I’ll add one. For years, my ultimate tough trivia question was “what was the name of the ski jumper on the beginning of _Wide World of Sports_?” There was a time when everybody had seen that clip; he was the “agony of defeat” guy, but almost no one knew his name. With _Wide World_ fading into the mists of obscurity, I need a new question. I have one for _All In the Family_, but I fear that’s not much better. I have his name filed away somewhere; all I remember off the top of my head was that he was from Serbia or Croatia, or someplace like that. What’s the one for _ **All in the Family** _? ---
**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 19, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/275 "2018-08-19T09:25:30Z")
I have one but it’s almost as dated: What American TV series was the first to have real-life twins playing twins? Another, somewhat more recent: On which popular American TV series was one of the main characters named “Rosalinda”? ---
**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 19, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/276 "2018-08-19T09:56:59Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I remember those Tamagotchis; they also came out around the same time as the first “Baby Think It Over” dolls, which are programmed to cry randomly, etc. and a lot of people said Tamagotchis could pretty much accomplish the same goal, which was teen pregnancy prevention. > [@beowulff](#): > > [Sheldon Cooper still has his.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XipdeKQgCs) So does [Wonderella.](http://nonadventures.com/2016/01/30/virtual-petulant/) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/277 "2018-08-19T10:33:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ok, I was just going to ask the Teeming Millions, but my google of “interactive tv series toy” nailed what I was thinking of in the first hit: > > Captain Power > > Anyone remember this? 1987/8. There was some sci-fi Saturday morning TV series that I completely forget the plot of, but you can buy these toy spaceships that were interactive with the series, such that you could “play along” with the action sequences and score points using some light-gun type interface to shoot at the screen at appropriate times. I had a lot of the toys from it … The show was odd it was too grown up for kids but too kiddie for adults… The s hooting at the show part was just a couple of minutes here and there > **[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Power_and_the_Soldiers_of_the_Future)** > > Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a science fiction-action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication. A toy line was also produced by Mattel, and during each episode there was a segment that included visual and audio material which interacted with the toys. A production of Landmark Entertainment Group, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future was created by Gary The stor... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/278 "2018-08-19T10:34:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What’s the one for _ **All in the Family** _? What two regular cast members[sup]\*[/sup] from _All In the Family_ have been nominated for Oscars? - For “regular cast members”, I mean that their names were in the opening credits of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/279 "2018-08-19T10:36:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I have one but it’s almost as dated: What American TV series was the first to have real-life twins playing twins? Jean and Liz Sagal on _Double Trouble_? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/280 "2018-08-19T10:54:16Z")
[Tom Terrific](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Terrific), with Manfred the Wonder Dog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=15)