I’m feeling a bit nostalgic today. This is a quiz for old farts like me. It’s Saturday Morning 1954. You turn on your TV.
What is the name of the boy who lived in a shoe?
He had a dog that lived in the shoe with him. What was his name?
Who was told to “Plunk your magic twanger”?
What did he say when he appeared?
What was the cat’s name?
What did the cat say?
Who was the first host?
Who was the second host?
What western did he appear in? What was his name? What was his catch phrase?
Answers below the fold.
“I’m Buster Brown. I live in a shoe. This is my dog Tige. He lives there too.”
“Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy.” Froggy the Gremlin.
“Hiya kids. Hiya. Hiya.”
Midnight the cat.
“Nice.”
Smilin’ Ed McConnell.
Andy Devine.
Wild Bill Hickock.
Jingles.
“Hey Wild Bill! Wait for me!”
That’s enough nostalgia for today. Jeez, I’ve gotten old.
Being born in 1954, I don’t go back far enough. But here is what I remember:
1. Milk was delivered in glass bottles.
2. We had a breadbox.
3. The first President I remember was Eisenhower.
4. The first year I remember was 1959. I remember Alaska and Hawaii being admitted, and I remember the old 48-star flag.
5. Telephones had word exchange phone numbers.
6. Addressed mail had no zip code.
7. We had silver coins and silver certificates. Paper money was redeemable in lawful money (coin).
8. We had no daylight savings time yet (in Denver).
– The glass-bottled milk was left by the milkman in sort of a square two-doored porthole in the outside wall of our kitchen.
– My parents actually became good friends with the long-distance operator that connected their phone calls to my aunt who lived far away in Florida, and she visited our house once.
– I was actually watching the Jets-Oakland football game when the network cut it short to air ‘Heidi’; viewers missed Oakland scoring two touchdowns in the final minute to win.
– The World Series was often played on weekday afternoons; we used to sneak transistor radios with earplugs into high school to listen.
– On Boy Scout camping trips, we would bring two transistor radios into our tent and call it stereo. FM radio was in its infancy and mono LPs were the norm.
Our house (built in 1951) had the two-door milk portal. And, the two teams that won the pennant went straight to the World Series.
Pasta Fazooli
Froggy was the only one I remembered ’til I read the answers. Guess the ol’ memory bank is overdrawn.
Right with Eversharp!