# 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:** 9
**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 16, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/161 "2018-08-16T19:56:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > He had a girlfriend, **Poil**. But since Spooky had a thick Brooklyn accent, her name was probably really “Pearl”. And he wore a “doiby.” 🆒 ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/162 "2018-08-16T20:06:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I saw the Flubber movies, in glorious black and white, at our local downtown cinema, gone these 48 years. Wasn’t Dorothy Provine in those? Dorothy Provine, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Even when I was six or seven years old, mmmmmmmmmm! :o > [@](#): > > I remember Dobie Gillis, too – both the original animate opening and the later “Dobie” version. I always liked the idea of shooting Dobie’s inner monologues with Dwayne Hickman standing in front of a giant copy of Rodin’s _The Thinker_. I watched _ **Dobie Gillis** _ every night at 6:00 on KSTP, channel 9. On Tuesday nights, the outro would be overdubbed with “Tonight on _ **Combat!** _, Sgt Saunders must decide on …” I still get goose bumps thinking of that! :o ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/163 "2018-08-16T20:11:19Z")
I got special pleasure out of watching _ **Dobie Gillis** _, because my mother hated it. The same was true for _ **Hennessy** _, _ **McHale`s Navy** _, and _ **Star Trek** _. (Believe it or not!) ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/164 "2018-08-16T20:14:19Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Candy cigarettes and big wax lips. Wax cola bottles. ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/165 "2018-08-16T20:16:19Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Year TV series began: > > _The Lone Ranger_: 1949 > _Adventures of Superman_: 1953 (No “The”.) > _Whirlybirds_: 1957 > _Sea Hunt_: 1958 > > When you’re right, you’re right. Sky King 1951 My Friend Flicka 1956 ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/166 "2018-08-16T20:36:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sky King 1951 > My Friend Flicka 1956 Actually, my baby book lists my first favorite shows as \*\*\*Lassie \*\*\*and _ **The Mickey Mouse Club** _. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/167 "2018-08-16T20:44:04Z")
I remember growing up in the 80’s there were over two dozen different action figure line: THE MOST POPULAR G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero He-Man and The Masters of the Universe Kenner Star Wars Thundercats Marvel Comics’ Secret Wars DC Super Powers Collection THE MORE OBSCURE ONES Sectaurs M.A.S.K. Dino-Riders Defenders of the Earth Rambo: The Force of Freedom Crystar The Incredible Crash Dummies M.U.S.C.L.E. Blackstar BraveStarr I sure I missed quite a few. The majority of these toylines were marketed with a cartoon on Saturday mornings. The popularity of action figures seemed die in the 1990’s alongside the death of Saturday morning cartoons. ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/168 "2018-08-16T20:51:24Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero The GI Joe of the '80s paled in comparison to the GI Joe of the '60s. Unfortunately, his popularity declined along with that of Vietnam. ☹ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BKwxYHDstFY/hqdefault.jpg "GI Joe Commercial 635") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKwxYHDstFY) ---
**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 16, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/169 "2018-08-16T21:04:35Z")
Anybody but me remember a cartoon show from the 60’s called _The Amazing Three_? I Believe it may have also been called _The Wonder Three_. It was a show about a cute kid having adventures with three aliens who looked like animals. I know I’m not the only one because there’s an episode posted on Youtube. The strange thing is that this was the third show imported to the US that was written by Osamu Tezuka, creator of _Astro Boy_ and _Kimba the White Lion_. I guess it never made it big like the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/170 "2018-08-16T21:18:33Z")
On the _Captain and Tennille TV show_, the Captain’s favorite TV show was **The Bionic Watermellon**. I think I am the only living person who remembers it. 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/171 "2018-08-16T21:20:55Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > On the _Captain and Tennille TV show_, the Captain’s favorite TV show was **The Bionic Watermellon**. > > I think I am the only living person who remembers it. 🙂 I do not remember the watermelon, but that was a terrible show my parents watched for some inexplicable reason. ---
**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 16, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/172 "2018-08-16T21:34:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Fun! But no one’s put the Howdy Doody version we sang on YouTube yet… > > _It’s Howdy Doody TIme/ > So turn to Channel Nine! > And you’ll see Frankenstein/ > With a bottle of turpentine… > …on his head…_ > > (the last line is sung quietly and quickly, as if you know it’s a crappy rhyme) Ha! That reminded me: \*How dry i am How wet ill be if i dont find the bathroom key I found the key i open the door but i just went on the bathroom floor\* ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/173 "2018-08-16T21:50:07Z")
> [@digs](#): > > _It’s Howdy Doody TIme/ > So turn to Channel Nine! > And you’ll see Frankenstein/ > With a bottle of turpentine… > …on his head…_ > > (the last line is sung quietly and quickly, as if you know it’s a crappy rhyme) The really odd thing about us singing this so enthusiastically for at least one summer (and then showing up when second grade started, belting it out and getting the other kids to annoy the teacher with it) is… that none of us had ever watched Howdy Doody. He went off the air a year before we started kindergarten. ---
**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 16, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/174 "2018-08-16T22:06:43Z")
I just like the word **Plastigoop**! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/175 "2018-08-16T22:09:27Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Actually, my baby book lists my first favorite shows as \*\*\*Lassie \*\*\*and _ **The Mickey Mouse Club** _. OMG, Lassie was huge in our house–I recall my dad getting a ticket because we were out doing something and all us kids were losing our minds that we were not only missing Lassie but that we might also miss seeing Lassie wave goodbye at the end of the show. Inconsolable sobbing ensued, causing my dad to lose his rag and run a stop sign. Cop saw this, pulled him over and man, the pissed off look on dad’s face as he had to sit there quietly and get a ticket, a lecture AND listen to his crying kids. His worst nightmare! ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/176 "2018-08-16T22:16:27Z")
[quote=“Gatopescado, post:54, topic:819633”] Might be a little earlier, but remember “Wacky Packs”? The door to my old room in the house I grew up in is still got sticky residue from those things on it. My husband collected them as a kid… his little brother stuck them all over the house much to his dismay… I bought him a set about 10 yrs ago on ebay…worse thing I could have done, I have a child’s college education tied up in Wacky Packs now. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/177 "2018-08-16T22:40:05Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Anybody but me remember a cartoon show from the 60’s called _The Amazing Three_? I Believe it may have also been called _The Wonder Three_. It was a show about a cute kid having adventures with three aliens who looked like animals. I know I’m not the only one because there’s an episode posted on Youtube. The strange thing is that this was the third show imported to the US that was written by Osamu Tezuka, creator of _Astro Boy_ and _Kimba the White Lion_. I guess it never made it big like the other two. Maybe the premise was too odd for American kids at the time. I saw this show when I was three but for years afterward I thought it was some weird dream I had. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/178 "2018-08-16T23:06:58Z")
I must be old. I remember “Super Elastic Bubble Plastic,” fizzies (they seemed to have made a comeback in the 90s, maybe?), I had a Lite Brite, purple Klackers, and found a stash of Lawn Darts in my parents’ garage. My brothers had Creepy Crawlers, and I had the flower version. I remember a disgusting edible version, too. And Shrinky Dinks. 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! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/179 "2018-08-16T23:15:48Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > To this day, those creatures on the **[Freakies](https://www.google.com/search?q=freakies+cereal&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwipv4ic2fDcAhWBqZAKHR6LBjEQ_AUICygC&biw=838&bih=429)** cereal box make my stomach turn over. “We never miss a meal, 'cause we love our cer-ee-eal!” Form memory I can only pick out Snorkeldorf and Boss Moss. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633/180 "2018-08-17T00:21:23Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I loved mine when I was a kid too! I remember when my brother and I received them, my grandfather admonished us not to “get sick”. We didn’t understand and thought he was joking. Now that I’m old, I know I would totally be sick if I spun around on that thing for a while. > > How about [Colorforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorforms)? I had a Peanuts themed set with dozens of little pieces. I had some of those. IN fact, due to my almost-complete lack of artistic ability, I use graphics apps like Assembly on my iPad that are basically digital Colorforms. > [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Things that (it seems) only I remember: > > - [Simon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yqj76Q4jJ4) (electronic game that was a huge rage for about a year in the early 80s) In a similar vein: I had [Merlin](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwigh56P5_LcAhWinuAKHaUsBjkQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3AMerlin_Electronic_Wizard_by_Parker_Brothers%2C_Made_in_USA%2C_Copyright_1978_(Handheld_Electronic_Game).jpg&psig=AOvVaw120QHEqForaw9bhS7zI0dm&ust=1534551264087526) > [@](#): > > - [Night Flight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Flight_(TV_series)) (TV show that aired all the videos that MTV refused to air- for either being too edgy, too metal, not new wave enough, etc.) They also showed movies you couldn’t see anywhere else (e.g. _The Fabulous Stains_), and had specials like the _Rocky Horror Picture Show 10th Anniversary_. > [@](#): > > - Fridays - sketch comedy show A blatant SNL ripoff, redeemed only by the fact that SNL itself tanked at the time. Andy Kaufman did a bit where he broke character in a sketch and started a fight. Good musical guests, I will say. > [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > I had a toy gun that shot these little plastic discs: [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&biw=1440&bih=786&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ln51W-OVKcHKswX2-obwDg&q=vintage+toy+gun+plastic+discs&oq=vintage+toy+gun+plastic+discs&gs\_l=img.3...415668.416747.0.417952.8.8.0.0.0.0.84.549.8.8.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.kUOxmQ00ngU](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&biw=1440&bih=786&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ln51W-OVKcHKswX2-obwDg&q=vintage+toy+gun+plastic+discs&oq=vintage+toy+gun+plastic+discs&gs_l=img.3...415668.416747.0.417952.8.8.0.0.0.0.84.549.8.8.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.kUOxmQ00ngU) . I had the brown one. Fortunately I wore glasses so I never had to worry about shooting my eye out. My sons have the Nerf guns and now I understand my parents’ frustration at finding the ammo all over the house. PLUNKER GUNS!!! 😃 (No, actually, that wasnt’ the official name, just the one that stuck amongst my group playing the Assassination Game in my misspent youth. Everybody else had one-shot dart guns … we had the UZIs of Assassination!!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-artifacts-that-maybe-not-only-you-remember-but-its-getting-close/819633.md?page=10)