# 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:** 18
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/341 "2018-08-21T21:38:39Z")
For **What Exit?** Ringa-Majigs? ---
**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 21, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/342 "2018-08-21T22:12:22Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > For **What Exit?** > > Ringa-Majigs? Holy crap, that’s it. _Ringa-Majigs_. Minute I saw it, it looked right. I half remembered they came in a tinker toy type canister. But as I wasn’t sure I didn’t include it. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/343 "2018-08-21T22:12:29Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Obscure one: Handlit handlit (handle it handle it) Mayor Teddy Burnside, Carter Country. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/344 "2018-08-21T23:38:02Z")
I normally didn’t care for building toys since they exposed how horrible I was (and still am) at putting things together, but I loved me some Crazy Ikes. ---
**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/345 "2018-08-21T23:44:19Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Obscure one: Handlit handlit (handle it handle it) > > Or a different series: (Doorbell rings)…you want me to get that…? If you don’t mind. ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/346 "2018-08-22T04:36:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Mayor Teddy Burnside, Carter Country. Amazing. Well done. And it only ran for 44 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/347 "2018-08-22T04:39:59Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Amazing. Well done. And it only ran for 44 episodes. I liked the Mayor and used _handle it handle it_ for a couple of years. It was actually pretty well balanced. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/348 "2018-08-22T05:13:57Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > 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. My grandparents had a big Mighty Manfred stuffed animal that I used to sit on when I watched the Captain at their house. > [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Obscure one: Handlit handlit (handle it handle it) > > Or a different series: (Doorbell rings)…you want me to get that…? “Handle it, Roy. Handlit, handlit.” Roy (the sheriff) was played by Victor French, better known as Michael Landon’s sidekick in Little House and Highway to Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/349 "2018-08-22T13:43:51Z")
I remember _Carter Country_ pretty fondly. It was, strangely enough, in syndicated reruns when I was in college (which would be the late 80s), long after the Carter administration had passed into history. I remember it as being fairly amusing, as those things go. In addition to Victor French, Vernee Watson (Will’s mother on _Fresh Prince of Bel Air_, also recognizable from her recurring role as nurse Althea on _The Big Bang Theory_) was also a regular. It also featured a man with one of my favorite names of all time: quintessential good ol’ boy actor [Guich Koock](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465515/?ref_=nv_sr_1). The best part being that his real name is William Koock. He actually deliberately chose “Guich” as his stage name. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/350 "2018-08-22T13:54:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > 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. When ABC’s Wide World of Sports had a Legends Special, they brought him out…and up until that moment, he had NO IDEA he was world famous. He was flabbergasted when Muhammed Ali enthusiastically shook his hand! Albert Alligator Pencil Chomper [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymqQK9l-ApA) ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/351 "2018-08-22T14:34:30Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > 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. In my safe-box, I have a small book from the early-'60s featuring Tom Terrific and… Crabby Appleton! My siblings and I tossed that at each other when someone was acting, well, crabby. Anyone remember Little Golden Books? ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/352 "2018-08-22T14:50:31Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Anyone remember Little Golden Books? Yes. They are still being printed. Still being bought for little kids. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/353 "2018-08-22T14:51:13Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > In my safe-box, I have a small book from the early-'60s featuring Tom Terrific and… > > Crabby Appleton! > > My siblings and I tossed that at each other when someone was acting, well, crabby. > Anyone remember Little Golden Books? Yup. And “Book Trails” and “Dynamite Magazine” And…short detective stories like: “Sir, we’d like to question you about a crime. Now your aunt has been to the hospital…” “I didn’t hit her with a bat!” “Lock him up.” How did Encyclopedia Brown know!! ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/354 "2018-08-22T14:53:21Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Yes. They are still being printed. Still being bought for little kids. I’ll be durned. > [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Yup. And “Book Trails” and “Dynamite Magazine” And…short detective stories like: > > “Sir, we’d like to question you about a crime. Now your aunt has been to the hospital…” > > “I didn’t hit her with a bat!” > > “Lock him up.” > > How did Encyclopedia Brown know!! :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/355 "2018-08-22T14:56:44Z")
Anyone remember Best of the West? It was a sitcom-western. I remember liking it, but I was a kid. ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/356 "2018-08-22T15:02:29Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Anyone remember Best of the West? It was a sitcom-western. I remember liking it, but I was a kid. I feel like Christopher Lloyd was on it as a recurring villain. I remember it being kind of funny. Was the main family recently from back east and in the first show was the wife trying to sweep all the dirt off the floor but it was a dirt floor? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/357 "2018-08-22T15:16:23Z")
That sounds about right, I remember Tracy Walters was in it playing a less creepy version of the role he always plays. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/358 "2018-08-22T15:56:59Z")
I remember Best of the West, it had Joel Higgins in it a few years before he was the dad in Silver Spoons. Funnily enough, I remember two jokes from it very vividly. The first is when the town villain is about to be hanged, his last request is for a bottle of wine from a future date and when he’s told that they’re not made yet he responds “I’ll wait.” The other joke is with this Calamity Jane type character who caught an animal for dinner, when asked what kind of creature it is she says “This is a What-Yuck, when you look at it you say ‘what?’ but when you taste it you say ‘yuck!’” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/359 "2018-08-22T17:51:25Z")
The Golden Book Encyclopedias for children. Maybe early 60’s? They used to sell them in grocery stores, a new volume came out every month. I LIVED for the moment my mother brought me home the newest one. I probably memorized most of the articles. Later in life, the Womans Day Encyclopedias of Cooking - probably late 60’s, early 70’s - there were articles and recipes on regional cooking in the US, and for foreign dishes - the usual suspects, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico. Every time I go into a thrift store I take a look at the used book section, hoping to spot one or the other. ---
**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 22, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/360 "2018-08-22T18:01:49Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > The Golden Book Encyclopedias for children. Maybe early 60’s? They used to sell them in grocery stores, a new volume came out every month. I LIVED for the moment my mother brought me home the newest one. I probably memorized most of the articles. Later in life, the Womans Day Encyclopedias of Cooking - probably late 60’s, early 70’s - there were articles and recipes on regional cooking in the US, and for foreign dishes - the usual suspects, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico. Every time I go into a thrift store I take a look at the used book section, hoping to spot one or the other. There might be a set in my basement along with the classic Funk & Wagnalls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=19)