# For Geezers Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855 "2011-10-26T14:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/61 "2011-10-28T06:04:16Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Sorry for the nitpick, but 2-13 are VHF, 14-up UHF. Aw, crap. I never could get that straight. People really ought to be more careful about the clear linear progression of terms when choosing superlatives for naming standards. Hmmph! 😉 **Zeldar:** It was, “Believe It … Or Don’t!” (One of my very favorites!) Edit: Oooooh! Ooooooh! Jerry Reed! _“he’d just knock 'em in the head with a stump that’s all he got left cos a alligator bit him, hah!”_ ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/62 "2011-10-28T06:09:28Z")
Me again. Two words: GREATURE FEATURES!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/63 "2011-10-28T07:55:12Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > **Zeldar:** It was, “Believe It … Or Don’t!” (One of my very favorites!) That made me go look it up to be sure and it’s [Strangely Believe It With Ernie Kovacs](http://wallywoodart.blogspot.com/2010/01/strangely-believe-it-with-ernie-kovacs.html) but the examples shown aren’t as familiar as I would have hoped for. Other Geezer stuff to think about: - free road maps at every gas station - somebody else to fill your tank, check your oil and tires, clean your windshield and give you green stamps for your trouble of having to wait - gas prices in the double-digit cents range - beer and cigarettes for less than $1.00 - movies with concession stand fill-ups for less than $2 And for a sidetrack that’s been visited before: > **[Goodbye from OldTimeCandy](https://oldtimecandy.com/top-candy.htm)** [http://www.candyattic.com/oldtime.html](http://www.candyattic.com/oldtime.html) [http://www.bulkcandystore.com/Other-Old-Time-Candy-Favorites-C301.aspx](http://www.bulkcandystore.com/Other-Old-Time-Candy-Favorites-C301.aspx) > **[ebulkcandy.com - This website is for sale! - ebulkcandy...](http://ww16.ebulkcandy.com/sys-tmpl/oldtimefavorites/?sub1=20250805-2046-38e2-90ed-12f11c8e8633)** > > This website is for sale! ebulkcandy.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, ebulkcandy.com has it all. We hope you find what you are... [http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/](http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/) > **[Bulk Candy Store | Online Candy Shop | Candy Warehouse](https://www.candywarehouse.com/)** > > Candy Warehouse is the online bulk candy store that has it all! Browse the vast selections of over 6,000 fresh candies ready to ship right to your door! ETA: Old thread on candy: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507464&highlight=candy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507464&highlight=candy) Candy and junk food from the good ole days ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/64 "2011-10-28T08:16:06Z")
I think we’re thinking about two different features. Try as I might, I could not find a picture, but here are cites: \*"In my 1950s childhood, Ripley’s Believe It or Not was part of everyday life, a syndicated comics page feature where you could stumble upon such mind-boggling facts as: "If all the Chinese in the world were to march four abreast past a given point, they would never finish passing though they marched forever and forever.” Or if you were young and iconoclastic, you could chuckle over Mad magazine’s parody, ‘Ripup’s Believe It or Don’t!’ " \* from [this site.](http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175228/) And also: _“Ripley’s Believe It or Not continued to be operated under license in a number of U.S. cities, including Chicago, Illinois, and Orlando, Florida. His feature gave rise to numerous parodies as well, from a 1950s Mad Magazine spoof titled “Ripup’s Believe It or Don’t” to the National Lampoon’s True Facts: The Book, a photo archive of funny roadside signs, and Kevin Goldstein’s The Leslie Frewin Book of Ridiculous Facts.”_ from [this site.](http://www.bookrags.com/history/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-sjpc-04/) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/65 "2011-10-28T08:30:17Z")
[Found it!](http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/brujaja/madworst4-1961Sunday6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/66 "2011-10-28T14:03:20Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > [Found it!](http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/brujaja/madworst4-1961Sunday6.jpg) I just have to say “Wow” over this one. Aside from the Kovacs page in MAD for several years in the 50’s, the “original” _Ripley’s Believe It Or Not_ which appeared in syndication in quite a few places, was the only one I knew about. I was aware of at least one Ripley’s Museum in Gatlinburg, but the MAD thing was my main parody. You have enlightened me, **brujaja** , and I appreciate it! [Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not)! Perhaps more recent than pure Geezer days, there’s [Bullshit or Not?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yVZCVLK3E) from [Amazon Women on the Moon - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Women_on_the_Moon) which (aside from being a step removed from the parodies we have been mentioning) is some great entertainment! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/67 "2011-10-28T15:47:12Z")
Two that I thought of (unrelated) “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!” Microfiche. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/68 "2011-10-28T15:57:24Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > When you get to 0:20 of [this music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KAjt7v4t4), you think of cigarettes. > > “You can take Salem out of the country, but… you can’t take the country out of Salem.” Those who recall with varying degrees of nostalgia and regret, those old cigarette commercials, may enjoy browsing: [UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos](http://www.archive.org/details/tobaccoarchives) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/69 "2011-10-28T17:40:12Z")
Is it bigger than a breadbox? Put _that_ in your Funk and Wagnalls! Sock it to me! Kilroy was here. 23-skidoo, but oh, you kid! Racoon coats and the bee’s knees Touring in the old jalopy That’ll be the day! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/70 "2011-10-28T19:44:26Z")
Purple mimeograph ink. Library paste. (Mint-flavored. How do I know that? Uhhh… I dunno.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/71 "2011-10-28T19:53:36Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Purple mimeograph ink. > > Library paste. (Mint-flavored. How do I know that? Uhhh… I dunno.) You’ve helped me remember tasting and chewing that glue/cement used in model airplane kits. Dope, was it? ( [Covering a Model Airplane in Tissue : 6 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables](http://www.instructables.com/id/Covering-a-model-airplane-in-Tissue/) ) Were we weird, or what? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/72 "2011-10-28T20:49:49Z")
Don’t know about you, but I’m \*\*still \*\*weird! Yikes, that airplane glue smelled really poisonous to me! Dope indeed. There is a Ripley’s Museum in San Francisco too; I remember going as a little kid. Big fun. There was a Madame Touddaud’s as well, but it’s gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/73 "2011-10-28T21:30:17Z")
For a fun “hangman styled” puzzle with a theme similar to this thread’s, check out [DAILY POST - Unexpected Error](http://www.puzzability.com/cgi-bin/commonknowledge.pl) Anytime before Monday ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/74 "2011-10-28T21:45:29Z")
Gleem – the toothpaste that makes your teeth so tough, you can fire a submachine gun at a jet aircraft canopy, or something like that. Timex, it takes a licking but it keeps on ticking. The Legion of Superpets: Krypto the Dog, Comet the Horse, Beppo the Monkey and Streaky the Cat. [QUOTE=Pai325] Not knowing anybody who listened to FM - because it was just a couple of classical music stations from Highland Park or somewhere. [/QUOTE] Sunday afternoons the AM station would broadcast one channel of a symphony and the FM station would broadcast the other channel, so you could listen in stereo! [43-man Squamish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43-Man_Squamish) _Arthur Murray’s Dance Party_. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/75 "2011-10-28T22:49:05Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Whoops, looking over the responses above, I can see that we are probably talking about two separate decades, with some overlap. Heh, you geezers get offa my lawn! To remember the Banana Bunch, we must be almost exactly the same age. But you got UHF and VHF backwards. (We only got VHF, and not all of those because we lived in a valley. Never could watch Ultraman, though!) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/76 "2011-10-28T23:05:16Z")
Let’s not forget Pogo. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/77 "2011-10-28T23:22:06Z")
“Lloyd Thaxton,” “Where The Action Is”, “Dark Shadows” (loved "Quentin’s Tune"[http://youtu.be/fwaFCXEYJ14](http://youtu.be/fwaFCXEYJ14)and don’t gimme no shit, okay? :)) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/78 "2011-10-29T00:02:57Z")
Gleem! Yow! Earth Born apricot-scented shampoo! _“The Point!”_ _“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father!”_ **SlowMindThinking :** March 3rd, 1963. I never got to watch Kimba or Speed Racer either, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/79 "2011-10-29T00:09:06Z")
I wadn’t **done** yet! 🙂 When I really _do_ “geeze”, this is the one I [geeze](http://youtu.be/k_UOuSklNL4) to. And _rap_? I’m all over it, _Homages and Plasmas_! How about the [Sugar Hill Gang](http://youtu.be/vQObWW06VAM)? And me and **D** sure did some “Hip-Hoppin” to [this](http://youtu.be/tFh0J8Ph18U)one. Oh yeah: The [white guys](http://youtu.be/YXZ3yUZTlrA), I know, right? So, let’s cut to the chase, okay? Me and **D** are totally _aware_, and neither one of geezes! “The Twist”? Who did that one? David Bowie, right? See what I mean? So don’t try to lay no [Boojie Woojie](http://youtu.be/85hbRg_DF9Y)On the King of Rock’n Roll! Hope y’all enjoyed these a little. Sometimes, I just need to make y’all smile! Y’all _know_, right? 🙂 Y’all’s Pal Quasi Quasi ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-geezers-only/600855/80 "2011-10-29T01:48:55Z")
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