by Nurse Nancy S.
Member since:
March 7, 2007

One Ringy-Dingy, Two Ringy-Dingies

August 12, 2011 08:54 AM UTC
views: 0 | 14 people recommend this | comments: 32

If you were raised on Laugh In,  Hee Haw, Sonny and

Cher, Partridge Family, Brady Bunch, and you played in

the dirt, feared getting your butt busted, had 4

(sometimes 5) TV channels & school started with the

"Pledge", had a bedtime, rode in back of pickup trucks,

sat by the radio and waited for your favorite song,

recorded the top 40 from the radio on cassette tapes,

drank from a hose, played in the creek, rode your bike

all day without a helmet...and you still turned out ok,

then add to the nostalgia with a comment below!

Comments: 32

RedBird. B. Aug 12, 2011, 9:02am UTC
Nancy, Yes! I was Raised with all of these TV Shows! Loved them! :)
Ed Da Head Toker Aug 12, 2011, 9:02am UTC
I mooned a cop in a cop car and he crashed his car into a parked car.
Ann L. Aug 12, 2011, 9:03am UTC
Yes, to all of the above! But, we only had 3 channels! And our telephone was attached to the wall and had a rotary dial! I think I turned out okay... though some might disagree!
Mary M. Aug 12, 2011, 9:05am UTC
Well some of those were in reruns for me but most of it applies. And I liked those reruns!
Sherry J. Aug 12, 2011, 9:11am UTC
I remember all that!
JOHN BECK Aug 12, 2011, 9:13am UTC
TV shows: Sure I watch those--as an adult.
Played in the dirt--still do.
TV channels--for years we had 3.
Pledge--yes.
Bedtime--7 PM in the early grades
Rode in pickups, farm trucks, and the trunk of a car with the lid up!
Sat by the radio to hear Billy the Brownie, The Lone Ranger, Superman, Captain Midnight, Tom Mix.
Drank from a hose--still do.
Played in a creek--often, especially “Little Creek”.
Rode bike all day without a helmet--there were no bike helmets. Yes.
Turned out OK--well, I made it this far.
Pam Brittain Aug 12, 2011, 12:55pm UTC
Seems to be that you turned out really well.
JOHN BECK Aug 12, 2011, 9:22pm UTC
Sweet of you to say so, Pam.
Hev L. Aug 12, 2011, 9:16am UTC
I'm 20 years old and that right there should add to how bad it's gotten in a short time. I can remember sitting with my mom before I had to go to school and her to work watching Johnny Quest, some days it was the Monkees and The Partridge Family. I was raised on Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins. Family night was every night when dad stopped being part of the pep boys store set up. When he was me and mom would read together for an hour every night together and right before bed we talked to dad. These were my childhood and have still been a big part of my life.
Pamela Marks Aug 12, 2011, 9:30am UTC
I don't know what Laugh in is but love the name of the post which brought memories of Sesame Street back. The rest stands true to me though. We also ate rasins, apples, nuts and popcorn before the age of 5 and lived.
Stephannie H. Aug 12, 2011, 10:32am UTC
Lol... interesting.
Sharla H. Aug 12, 2011, 10:35am UTC
Yes I was raised with all of those shows and doing all of those things you mentioned
Sandre M. Aug 12, 2011, 10:57am UTC
Apparently, we're about the same age and grew up with the same danger quotient! LOL. You left out climbing trees and building treehouses, hunted down and caught lizards, frogs, snakes and bugs, snow forts and snowball fights in the wintertime. Oh, and none of our family cars had seat belts until the 70's.
Sweet S. Aug 12, 2011, 11:10am UTC
I used to do a pretty good imitation of Lily Tomlin in her 'Operator' get up!!
Bernard C. Aug 12, 2011, 11:20am UTC
You put your left leg in - you put you left leg out, in-out, in-out that's what it's all about - do the hokey kokey :-)) Simon Says..put your hands in the air, let your backbone slip Simon says... :-) I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony tra la la la lee :-) Some samples of songs from way back when.. :-)) Lost in Space was on the telly - there were 3 channels only and most turned-in at 10:30 pm :(
David W. Aug 12, 2011, 11:22am UTC
No pick-up trucks in The Bronx and for the first eleven years of my life it was radio only. My nostalgia would be the sounds of my old Phil-co set bringing The Green Hornet, Captain Midnight and the Lone Ranger to life through words only.
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Aug 12, 2011, 11:51am UTC
I go back a little further, had daily chores, knew if I did something wrong someone would tell my mother and I'd get it for sure, didn't walk on the grass unless it was our own, my transistor radio was my prized possession, pink cameo was the best color nail polish in the world, and TV wasn't on 24/7.
Wagon Train, Rawhide, Ed Sullivan, Lawrence Welk, and Band Stand were allowed.
First movie that wasn't a cartoon was Shaggy Dog.
DarkBeauty 73 (Melanie) Aug 12, 2011, 12:22pm UTC
does it count that I watched them as repeats years later. lol
Pam Brittain Aug 12, 2011, 12:57pm UTC
Nurse Nancy - now I feel really, really old. We didn't have casette tapes. Our phones were rotary, but they also were party lines. We used to really tick off our neighbors by interrupting their conversations.
Heidi S. Aug 12, 2011, 10:52pm UTC
"We didn't have casette tapes" I know! We had LP's and 45's. Old indeed :)
Steph-in-NE ..... Aug 12, 2011, 1:21pm UTC
we werent allowed to watch to much tv,, yet as we got older that loosen up.
I remember being out to play all day in the summer and yr round,, only had to be home when daddys came home.. or in the summer we hung out , till the street lights came on
Larry H. Aug 12, 2011, 2:10pm UTC
How about getting your butt pounded everyday no reason. I remember getting day old donuts at the donut shop for a nickle. 15 cent hamburgers at McDonalds
Adelaide M. Aug 12, 2011, 4:24pm UTC
Thanks for posting to Point Taken. Hope you have a great weekend!
Peter Joseph Swanson Aug 12, 2011, 4:27pm UTC
Swam in a filthy farm pond, LOL
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. Aug 12, 2011, 6:38pm UTC
Yes all of them! Not sure why but I remember it was the in thing for girls to run around putting the bottom of their shirt through the top of the shirt and pulling. Wood run around with all showing on top half but our boobs. No idea why I thought of that lol
Nancy S. Aug 12, 2011, 10:53pm UTC
I remember them and more. We only had radio until my teens. We used to meet my dad when he turned into the driveway and ride the running board up to the house.
Heidi S. Aug 12, 2011, 10:58pm UTC
I remember doing practice drills at elementary school where we had to crouch under our desks and cover our heads with our arms. And The Ed Sullivan Show. And Klick-Klacks. And my brother's Sting-Ray bicycle with the banana seat.
david f. Aug 12, 2011, 11:39pm UTC
i remember eating raw hamburger and never worried about getting sick
Major J. Aug 13, 2011, 9:45am UTC
Such a trip down memory lane! The comments are great: what a spread in the generations represented.

I can remember the telephone operator connecting your calls.

Bugs Bunny half hour cartoon show was on Tuesday nights in what is now 'Prime Time'.

Rode our bikes all over town, no fear of abductions, just be home when Mom said!

Sunday night family watched Ed Sullivan. Every Sunday night.

The last nickel Coke was before the Cuban missile crisis. Once the crisis hit, cokes went up to 7 cents. Something about sugar shortage? (My first memory of 'price gouging'.)
Risa G. Aug 13, 2011, 9:38pm UTC
I was also raised on Batman, on our B&W tv that was in the Eat-In part of the kitchen. We had 7 channels (2,4,5,7,9, 11 and 13) but one of them was PBS. It took us a few years to save up our pennies to buy a color tv and my favorite show to watch on it was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. I had to be in bed by 10 but didn't fall asleep until 11. I got a cassette player for my birthday and Dad would give me the cassettes he bought at the 79 cents store. I saved up my allowance to go to E.J. Korvettes to buy my LP's and I rode my bicycle to my friends house down the street. It was a Banana seat! It was gold, which made me think I was cool! Also, a few years later I got to watch Happy Days on Tuesday nights and act like I was Fonzie - "Hey".

We had so many family rules it was crazy. I had to do stuff around the house to make my allowance - mom said that if I dusted my room I got a quarter OR if I vacuumed the livingroom I got 50 cents. How much I got depended on me totally. Some weeks I got nothing.

Life was tough. Not like my son these days.
August Lady Sep 27, 2011, 3:45am UTC
I never liked making mud pies! :)
Diane Huizenga Oct 22, 2011, 9:59am UTC
Oh yea, was out playing from dawn till dusk, we always knew what to do outside.

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