Do you remember the 1940's?
.... when minimum wage was $.43 per hour?
Do you remember the 1950's?
.... that only 48% of Canadian homes had indoor plumbing?
.... Antartica being discovered?
.... Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care"?
.... the Jitterbug?
.... the invention of frozen dinners?
.... the invention of that marvelous thing, the television!
.... the Original Amateur Hour, Texaco Star Theater, Toast of the Town?
.... Kukla, Fran, & Ollie as Junior Jamboree & the Howdy Doody Show?
.... the invention of tupperware and aluminum foil?
.... 80 feet of coiled steel spring that "walks down stairs", the Slinky?
.... men dressed in hip "Zoot Suits".
.... big bands, Be-Bop, and Rhythm and Blues.
.... Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dinah Shore, Kate Smith, Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonious Mon, Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Woody Herman - to name a few!
.... when the average salary was $2992.00?
Do you remember the 1960's?
.... when bread cost $.09 a loaf?
.... gray flannel suits and dresses with pinched in waists & high heels?
.... the opening of Disneyland?
.... the advent of Barbie dolls, hula hoops, silly putty?
.... Roy rogers paraphernalia, Davy Crockett coon skin hats, & Dale Evans gear?
.... Bill Blass and his blue jeans & poodle skirts made of felt?
.... pony tails for girls and flat tops and crew cuts for guys?
.... Heart throb James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause?
.... the introduction of "live TV" and then......in 1954 COLOR!
.... Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? Baby Doll?
.... the American styled Rock N' Roll and transistor radios?
.... the Honeymooners, Lassie, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, I Love Lucy, The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, & Guiding Light.
.... when the minimum wage was $1.00?
Do you remember the 1970's?
.... skateboards, barbie doll and GI Joe wars, The troll doll (Dammit doll), & slot cars?
.... miniskirts, hot pants & go-go boots, POLYESTER PANTS SUITS, peasant skirts?
.... granny dresses, 5" wide patterned ties, bell-bottomed jeans, love beads?
.... Elvis, Neil Sedaka, Jerry Lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Del Shannon, Frankie Avalon?
.... Gladys Knight, Martha and the Vandellas, the Supremes, Aretha Franklin?
.... Smoky Robinson, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, & the Temptations?
.... folk music from Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Peter Paul & Mary?
.... The Beatles?
.... acid rock from Jefferson Aeroplane?
.... the original Woodstock? 400,000 hippies grovin' in love, peace, and happiness!
.... musicals like Camelot, Hello Dolly, Oliver, Man of La Mancha, Hair, and Funny Girl?
.... the death of Marilyn Monroe?
.... the release of six James Bond movies including Dr. No and Goldfinger?
.... The Twist, the Mashed Potato, the Swim, the Watusi, the Monkey, and the Jerk?
.... Go-go girls in large bird cages?
.... the Flintstones, Alvin & the Chipmunks, the Jetsons, and Mr. Magoo?
.... the Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, The Addams Family?
.... My Favorite Martian, I Dream of Jeannie, Star Trek?
.... the Outer Limits and the Twillight Zone?
.... when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended to include gender?
.... Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Cesar Chavez, Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan?
.... when you could get milk and bread for $.50?
Do you remember the 1980's?
.... mood rings, Rubik's cube, Sea Monkeys, pet rocks, & Smiley face stickers?
.... streaking nude through very public places?
.... family RV'ing?
.... hip hugger pants, platform shoes, earth shoes, clogs, and gyspsy dresses?
.... LEISURE SUITS for men?
.... the invention of the videocassette recorder (VCR)?
.... the neutron bomb that destroyed living beings, but left buildings intact?
.... in science when genes were discovered?
.... July 25, 1978 when Louise Joy Brown was born -- the first test tube baby?
.... the first and only resignation of US president -- Mr. Richard Nixon?
.... the breakup of the Beatles and the death of Elvis Presley?
.... soft rock, hard rock, country rock, folk rock, punk rock, shock rock and disco?
.... Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, and Ozzy?
.... the BeeGees, David Bowie, ELO, Billy Joel, Elton John, and John & Yoko?
.... All in the Family, Saturday Night Live, Happy Days, The Brady Bunch, and PBS?
.... Star Wars, Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Poseidon Adventure, Airport, Rocky movies, The Godfather, Jaws, the Exorcist, Kramer vs. Kramer, American Graffiti, Grease, and Apocalypse Now?
.... when minimum wage was $3.10?
Do you remember the 1990's?
.... a BMW was $12,000 - a Mercedes 280 E was $14,800?
.... when the mascot was a Smurf?
.... Rainbow Bright, ET, Cabbage Patch kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
.... Nintendo, Pac Man, Game Boy, and HUGE ghettoblasters?
.... like y'know, the "valley girls", like so cool, like totally awesome?
.... "Preppy" clothes, the "Punk" look, and "Head Bangers"?
.... the birth of cable TV?
.... the death of John Lennon?
.... slam dancing, break dancing, vogueing, moon walking?
.... black and white rock T-shirts?
.... Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Poison, Motely Crue, Twisted Sister, and Guns N Roses?
.... KISS
.... Milli Vanilli, M.C. Hammer, Vanilla Ice, LL Cool J, Michael Jackson, & Dirty Dancing?
.... the night club stand up comedy of: George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, and Eddie Murphy?
.... the discovery of the new supervirus - AIDS?
.... the Nancy Reagan drug campaign slogan that is still used today, "Just say No!"?
.... On Golden Pond, Tootsie, Arthur, The Big Chill, Beverly Hills Cop, Back to the Future, Cocoon, The Breakfast Club, Platoon, Hambuger Hill, Good Morning Vietnam, Fatal Attraction, Rain Man, and Top Gun?
.... Roseanne, Married...With Children (who could forget the Bundi's!), the Wonder Years, Cheers, Cosby Show, Golden Girls, Empty Nest, and the talk shows Geraldo, Phil Donahue, Sally Jesse, and the newcomer...Oprah?
.... the Grunge look?
.... DKNY, Tommy, Guess, Bluenotes?
.... Tae-Bo, rollerblades, beanie babies, Furby, Tickle Me Elmo, Playstation?
.... the 1991 all-years SA reunion celebrating 150 years of history?
.... the 1992 LA riots after 4 white policemen were acqitted for beating Rodney King?
.... the 1993 bombings of the World Trade Center, Oklahoma City, and Columbine?
.... the OJ Simpson case?
.... the first set of surviving septuplets born on Nov 19, 1997?
.... Jesse Ventura, Warren Beatty, and Jane Alexander in entertainment and government?
.... music exploding into multiple categories of alternative country, austin music, classic rock, country, grunge, metal, pop, salsa, techno, dance, and classical?
.... Ellen, Will and Grace, NYPD Blue, Friends, ER, South Park, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, NFL Monday Night Football, Frasier, and the end of Cheers?
.... Dances with Wolves, Silence of the Lambs, Unforgiven, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, The English Patient, Titanic, Shakespere In Love, and The Full Monty?
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