The memory lane thread :)

Forge3 · Oct 7, 2012

I am 49 so let us share our treasured memories as kids. Before we had video games we would just play ball hockey, hide and seek and stuff. We never got bored without video games and the technology we have today.

My favorite shows:

The Six Million Dollar Man
Get Smart

Chico and the Man
Fantasy Island
Sandford and Son
Barney Miller
Kolshak The Night Stalker
The Night Gallery (scary stuff for a kid lol).
The Twilight Zone

And I remember that for only 25 cents I got a big brown bag of penny candies to take home

MountainBluebird · Oct 16, 2012

I remember playing kick the can with my siblings and cousins at my grandmother's house, it was a lot of fun. I also remember playing in the tall grass that grew in the ditches along my street. We made whole networks of paths and "houses" in those ditches.
I didn't watch a lot of TV because we didn't have cable, but I do remember the six million dollar man, the bionic woman, and fantasy island.

One day at a time · Oct 22, 2012

We used to play in the wheat fields (which the farmer didn't like!) and just enjoyed our times riding bikes and picnics along the road. Things our kids never understood!

We didn't have a tv for most of my childhood...we only got one around Christmas when my grandparents came to visit.

mnphysicist · Nov 18, 2012

Whoa, I remember setting a wheat field on fire with homemade fireworks that went up, over, down, and then boom... I dont think I ever ran as fast or jumped as fast to get that fire put out. I'm sure the farmer went ????? when it came to harvest and there was a 3 meter circle of no wheat in the middle of his field. Today, I dont think a 12 yr old can buy black powder, or any of the other nifty chemicals we played with back then.

I seem to remember the Night Gallery as pretty scary too LOL

Forge3 · Nov 20, 2012

mnphysicist said:
Whoa, I remember setting a wheat field on fire with homemade fireworks that went up, over, down, and then boom... I dont think I ever ran as fast or jumped as fast to get that fire put out. I'm sure the farmer went ????? when it came to harvest and there was a 3 meter circle of no wheat in the middle of his field. Today, I dont think a 12 yr old can buy black powder, or any of the other nifty chemicals we played with back then.

I seem to remember the Night Gallery as pretty scary too LOL

The Night Gallery was scary.

My friend and I went to Florida with my family and got fireworks. We were bad and put some in red ants nests. After they blew up we were covered in angry red ants. :/

Forge3 · Dec 23, 2012

Lol this area does not get much traffic. Inb4 cobwebs and crickets.

morethanenough06 · Dec 23, 2012

Well... I can't say I never got bored!! I'm the youngest, by a gap, so I was alone a lot and often bored! But I do have great memories...

I'm a little younger than you, at 43, so a few different memories...
Bionic Woman... my favorite, I wanted to be just like her!! I even had bionic shoes!!
Wonder Woman
The Brady Bunch
Charlie's Angels
so many more....

I remembering hiking in the bushes, snowmobiling, playing hide and seek at night (my fav!!), hanging out with friends. Fun times!!

Peripatetic · Dec 29, 2012

My favorite TV from the late 70s and early 80s were action/adventure (Magnum PI, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Incredible Hulk, Dukes of Hazard, etc.) and Sci-Fi (Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, V, etc.). I still remember the magic of staying up 'till 10:00 to watch The Incredible Hulk on Friday nights when I was about 8. I thought the opening theme music to Dallas was cool too, but then I went to bed.

One day at a time · Jan 11, 2013

Carol Burnett was a favorite (when we had a tv)....or watching a Disney movie-when it was a treat to watch a movie like that.

rainy · Jan 11, 2013

Remember Nancy Drew and Hardy boy mysteries, Mr Ed, little house on the praise the Walton's . So many more shows.
Games like don't kick the donkey, Dunkin Yoyo's, Headache, Parchese, Don't break the ice, and of Operation. Many more of those.
Movies like Grease, Staying Alive, Star Treck, and so on.

Provision · Jan 11, 2013

Movies: Police Academy, Crocodile Dunde, Adventures In Babysitting, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Tootsie, Can't Buy Me Love, Raiders of the Lost Ark. Etc, etc.

TV Shows: Happy Days, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Night Court, Family Ties, Silver Spoons, Solid Gold, Three's Company (although its very painful to watch now.) Police Squad (which was the precrurser to the Naked Gun movies,) AL TV, etc. I am sure I am forgetting a lot here.

rainy · Jan 14, 2013

Here you on that John Ritter was a talented actor. loved three's company
The love boat, Charlie's Angels

country woman · Jan 19, 2013

I used to play outside most of the time
I had cats and chickens as pets
I mowed the lawn and other outside chores
My dad and I would go fishing too

BlueWildflower · Feb 1, 2013

I remember playing with my dolls, playing in the woods, running through the sprinkler on a hot day, playing outdoor games like Red Rover, spending the night over my friends' houses, and of course all the tv shows that were mentioned.

MountainBluebird · Feb 2, 2013

I remember red rover and Simon says but playing kick the can at my grandma's house after dark with my cousins and siblings was my favourite.

country woman · Feb 3, 2013

riding horses

nick garai · Feb 22, 2013

Wow I sure miss those good ole years. I used to always watch Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek and V. I also watched Three's Company, Dukes of Hazard and Carol Burnett with my family.

I had tons of LEGO and my Star Wars toys. I also had an Atari 2600 which kept me occupied for hours on end playing Yars Revenge and Defender.

I also played Dungeons and Dragons all the time with friends until the late hours of the night.

I do miss those nostalgic years.

MountainBluebird · Mar 1, 2013

I loved Three's company and the Carol Burnett show, and remember watching them with my mom on our black and white TV. We were a little behind the times

1hope · Mar 8, 2013

"The Dukes of Hazzard!!" I had the biggest crush on Luke Duke.

"Little House on the Prairie". Every episode hoping Laura would punch Nellie out again.

CHIPS

The Mikey commercials

Nothinbuttheblood · Mar 10, 2013

Forge3 said:
I am 49 so let us share our treasured memories as kids. Before we had video games we would just play ball hockey, hide and seek and stuff. We never got bored without video games and the technology we have today.

My favorite
Kolshak The Night Stalker
The Night Gallery (scary stuff for a kid lol).
The Twilight Zone

And I remember that for only 25 cents I got a big brown bag of penny candies to take home

Night Gallery was super scary! I'll never forget the one about the carosel horse that got bigger and bigger and,,,,!

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