Volume 6 , Issue 2

How Well Do You Remember...

"Kookie; Kookie; lend me your comb. -- The 'battle cry' of the hippies in the sixties was 'Turn on; tune in; drop out.' Many people who proclaimed that 30 years ago today are Wall
Street bond traders and corporate lawyers. -- The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. -- When the rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window and I'll be gone. You're the reason I'm traveling on; Don't think twice,it's all right." -- The group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in Chicago
in 1968 was known as the Chicago seven. -- When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched
them on the Ed Sullivan Show. -- Some who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning their draft cards. -- Dick and Jane's dog was Spot. 'See Spot run.' Whatever happened to them? Rumor has it they have been replaced in some school systems by 'Heather Has Two Mommies.' -- A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the Sharks and The Jets in West Side Story. -- In the late fifties early sixties, the drop-out, non-conformists were
known as beatniks. Maynard G. Krebs was the classic beatnik, except that he had No rhythm, man; a beard, but no beat. -- At the end of 'The Life of Riley,' Chester would turn to the camera and exclaim, 'What a revolting development this is.' -- 'Get your kicks, on Route 66.' -- 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.' -- The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special way:
shaken, not stirred. -- In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight. -- That adult book by Henry Miller was called Tropic of Cancer. Today, it would get a PG-13 rating. -- Back in the sixties, members of the math club used a slide rule. -- The day the music died was a reference and tribute to Buddy Holly. -- After the twist, the mashed potatoes, and the watusi, we danced under a stick in a dance called the Limbo. -- N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very best....chooo-c'late. In the television commercial, chocolate was sung by a puppet - a dog. (Remember his mouth flopping open and shut?) -- In the late sixties, the full figure style gave way to the trim look, as first exemplified by British model Twiggy. -- Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was Louis Armstrong. -- The Russians put the first satellite into orbit; it was called Sputnik. -- What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? A Timex watch. -- The large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist was called the
hula-hoop. -- The Age of Aquarius was brought into the mainstream in the Broadway musical Hair. -- Red Skelton's hobo character was Freddie the Freeloader. (Clem Kaddiddlehopper was the hay seed.) Red ended his television show by saying, 'Good night, and may God bless.' "   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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