# 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:** 17
**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 21, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/321 "2018-08-21T02:26:55Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I don’t think I could have dreamed the whole thing… > > I’m 48. Right off the top of my head, I’d guess your number is from a really old Popeye cartoon, probably one from the Fleischer Studios. They did parodies of things like Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, with lines such as “Salami … salami … baloney…” Olive Oyl would almost certainly be in it, dressed in a harem costume. (“Salami” instead of “salaam.” This might earn you a \*fatwah \*today. :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/322 "2018-08-21T03:07:49Z")
I’m also wondering if it could have been something on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. I hardly ever saw that show, but a few times I did. Weird. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/323 "2018-08-21T03:11:07Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > A dayyy in the life! > A dayyy in the life! > A day in the life of a food! > > My favorite was the orange juice, because Floyd cracked up drinking it and nearly did a spit take. I’ve skipped over a couple pages in this thread, but oh, yeah, I definitely remember that! The sound effects were a riot. That was one reason I watched “Night Flight.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/324 "2018-08-21T03:13:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It was Vinko Bogotaj, from then-Yugoslavia. > [Vinko Bogataj - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinko_Bogataj) His surname is actually pronounce bo-ga-tie. Nowadays, he’s a fairly well-known artist in his region. Erector Sets are still sold, although AFAIK they are no longer marketed exclusively to boys, which is great. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/325 "2018-08-21T03:30:03Z")
One of my Facebook friends, who works at a college library, lamented today that nobody she works with knew who Yahoo Serious was. Not that I personally was a fan, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/326 "2018-08-21T03:30:48Z")
Speakng of construction sets, I had this thing with plastic plates with holes in the edges and little bullet-shaped rubber “rivets.” The “rivet gun” gripped the rim of the “rivet” and extended a metal pin through the body to strech it. You stuck it in the hole, released the grip on the “rivet gun” and the “rivet” would re-shorten, holding pairs of plates together. ---
**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 21, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/327 "2018-08-21T03:33:29Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Erector Sets are still sold, although AFAIK they are no longer marketed exclusively to boys, which is great. In 1980, Ann-Margret co-starred with Bruce Dern in a film called _[Middle Age Crazy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081157/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_51)_, about a man who’s going through a midlife crisis. Ann-Margret appeared on the Tonight Show, as Johnny Carson’s guest, to promote the movie, and she had a box filled with what she termed a “Midlife Crisis Survival Kit.” She pulled a[Pocket Erector Set](http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/images/Z004/Z00431/Z0043135.jpg) out of the box, and handed it to Johnny, with an innocent smile. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/328 "2018-08-21T04:03:38Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > OK, here’s one where Google has totally failed me, but maybe one of my fellow Dopers can come through. > > Los Angeles, summer of 1958\*. I remember this song being on the TV repeatedly. Something like: > > _Adventure is everywhere, > adventure is in the air > you can see it in the rockets or exploring outer space > there’s adventure in flying or something something some, > wherever you look, adventure time, oh, > adventure is everywhere, > in the sea and in the air!_ > > I was four years old at the time, so I’d guess no more than 50% accuracy on the lyrics. It was sung by a male chorus of some sort, in a vigorous style. I have no idea whether it was the intro or outro or ad for a TV show, or a PSA of some sort, or what. I have no idea whether it was on national or only local TV, or what. > > Seriously, anyone else remember this thing, or know what it was? > > - No later than summer of 1958; we moved to Maryland that August, and I never heard it again. And not much earlier, since I was only 4 that summer, and I couldn’t have remembered that much detail about anything much earlier. I remember that from the Mickey Mouse Club. It was the theme song for some filmed series presented in the show. I think your lyrics are pretty accurate, except I remember the ending differently. > [@](#): > > Adventure is everywhere, > On the land, on the sea and in the air! > Look around! What have you found? > Adventure! > Adventure everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/329 "2018-08-21T04:24:32Z")
Bunch of mentions of ‘construction’ sets but did anyone else have [Build-O-Fun](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&biw=1067&bih=449&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=95J7W-nmIsyD5wLtuqmAAg&q=Build-O-Fun&oq=Build-O-Fun&gs_l=img.12..0i30k1l3.189881.189881.0.192015.1.1.0.0.0.0.109.109.0j1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.img..0.1.108....0.6mLocifkoi8)? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/330 "2018-08-21T05:28:19Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > His surname is actually pronounce bo-ga-tie. That’s just what it says, but with more precision, in the IPA pronunciation given on Wikipedia. B normal O as in hot G normal A as in father T normal A as in father J as in Yumpin Yiminy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/331 "2018-08-21T11:23:27Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I’m also wondering if it could have been something on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. I hardly ever saw that show, but a few times I did. Weird. 🙂 Huh. I just ran across a thread mentioning that show [Please help identify 1970's TV show - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=663974) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/332 "2018-08-21T18:06:09Z")
Anyone remember the cartoon _Tom Terrific_? It ran as part of the _Captain Kangaroo_ show. When I was a kid I thought it was great. It was the only reason I ever watched _Captain Kangaroo_. I probably would think it was stupid if I watched it now. ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/333 "2018-08-21T19:01:47Z")
I liked Crusader Rabbit, and its theme song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C3hHQvkUhJo/hqdefault.jpg "Crusader Rabbit Crusade 1 Episode 01") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/334 "2018-08-21T19:15:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Speakng of construction sets, I had this thing with plastic plates with holes in the edges and little bullet-shaped rubber “rivets.” The “rivet gun” gripped the rim of the “rivet” and extended a metal pin through the body to strech it. You stuck it in the hole, released the grip on the “rivet gun” and the “rivet” would re-shorten, holding pairs of plates together. This [was](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/construction-set-riviton-100-basic-building-set/vQEgBBo60iDKkw?ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5%2C%22y%22%3A0.5%2C%22z%22%3A8.443346834722826%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A2.1851832948290872%2C%22height%22%3A1.2374999999999994%7D%7D) [called](http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/images/Z001/Z00126/Z0012612.jpg) “[Riviton](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Cu1mVbomL._SL1184_.jpg).” Turns out [it](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1979/06/07/firm-plays-it-safe-with-voluntary-recall/57857157-04c9-4ebe-b8c0-081d3faa717d/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f4892557e9d2) [was](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1978/riviton-sets-voluntarily-held) [dissapeared](https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/01/archives/manufacturer-says-parents-fail-to-heed-a-recall-of-riviton-toys.html). (I’m pretty sure there is at least one gun and a few panels still in an old storage shed here.) ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/335 "2018-08-21T19:47:54Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I thought these American Bricks were the ones I had. But on further research, they are too big. The ones I had made buildings that were only a few inches high and wide. The bricks were about an inch square, white and had grooves in them to look like doors and windows. I believe the roofs were green. The set came with a mat that had streets lined out and came with tiny trees and stop signs and I think a little flag pole for a school. I can’t find anything like it online. The thread search isn’t working for me so apologies if someone already mentioned it, but that sounds a lot like Block City from the '50s. And yep, I had a set. Another toy that had a strange affinity for our vacuum cleaner. And with small pieces that would be condemned as certain death in today’s world - I don’t remember ever swallowing any of them though. [http://www.architoys.net/toys/toypages/blockcit.html](http://www.architoys.net/toys/toypages/blockcit.html) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/336 "2018-08-21T19:52:10Z")
[quote=“Rick\_Kitchen, post:333, topic:819633”] I liked Crusader Rabbit, and its theme song. [/QUOTE] 😕 It had no theme song.:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/337 "2018-08-21T20:21:44Z")
All this talk of building toys has reminded me of another one: Snapics from Tupperware. It was a bunch of plastic pieces of various colors which were snapped into a white plastic frame to make pictures. [http://www.tupperdiva.com/toys/pages/snapics.html](http://www.tupperdiva.com/toys/pages/snapics.html) ---
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I have a really tough one. When I was 3 or 4 or I had a very odd building set. I think my Aunt bought them for me. **What I remember:** [ul] [li]Ring toys with 3 legs of hard colorful translucent plastic.[/li][li]I think 4 colors in all. Blue, Red, Green & Yellow.[/li][li]Above the legs were little nubs for the hollow legs of the next piece to sit on.[/li][li]This would be around 1969 or 1970.[/li][li]It was only good for building towers.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/339 "2018-08-21T21:14:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I have a really tough one. When I was 3 or 4 or I had a very odd building set. I think my Aunt bought them for me. > > **What I remember:** > > [ul] > [li]Ring toys with 3 legs of hard colorful translucent plastic.[/li][li]I think 4 colors in all. Blue, Red, Green & Yellow.[/li][li]Above the legs were little nubs for the hollow legs of the next piece to sit on.[/li][li]This would be around 1969 or 1970.[/li][li]It was only good for building towers.[/li][/ul] There are things called wooden stacking men that follow the same concept. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/340 "2018-08-21T21:20:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > 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! Obscure one: Handlit handlit (handle it handle it) Or a different series: (Doorbell rings)…you want me to get that…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=18)