The Baby Boomer Corner
Welcome back to the world of "Wildroot Cream-Oil, Charlie!", jump rope, hopscotch, forts, black & white TV, the Mickey Mouse Club, Davy Crockett, and Howdy Doody!
Hop on your bikes (you know, the ones with the handlebar streamers and baseball cards clipped to the spokes) and ride along with the gang!
All we ask you to do is to open your mind. We guarantee you will not only remember, but you'll feel the experience of being a kid again. Here's some questions to jog your memory - have fun with them and share the answers with your friends!
Hop on your bikes (you know, the ones with the handlebar streamers and baseball cards clipped to the spokes) and ride along with the gang!
All we ask you to do is to open your mind. We guarantee you will not only remember, but you'll feel the experience of being a kid again. Here's some questions to jog your memory - have fun with them and share the answers with your friends!
- Name a character from "The Howdy Doody Show" (other than Howdy - don't cheat!)
- What was the name of your grammar school?
- Name two kids from the original Mickey Mouse Club (not Jimmie, he was the adult).
- What was your favorite 2 for a penny candy?
- Did you prefer Keds or P.F. Flyers?
- What was your favorite swimming hole?
- Where did you first play "spin the bottle"? (Extra points if you can remember who you first kissed playing the game?)
- From what dairy did your milkman deliver your milk?
- From what catalog did you make your Christmas list?
- Did you ever find that tree that "money grows on"? (The one your parents kept asking you about - "Do you think money grows on trees?)
- SPECIAL BONUS QUESTION: Who was Acker Bilk? (Try and answer this first without "Google-ing" and when you give up, listen to the answer here.)