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Originally Posted by hagatha
Clackers --invented in a time when it was still okay for an 8 year old to go to the store and buy smokes for their parents. And candy ones for themselves, Popeye cigarettes were my brand of choice.
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And David Cassidy was all the rage with the girls....
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- clackers - nunchucks on string. In the winter they would shatter into pieces from the cold.
- Pop Rocks??? oh yes. My brother and I had loads of fun feeding those to our cat.
- David Cassidy, Peter Frampton & Bobby Sherman. All the girls liked 'em
TV shows (hopefully they havent been mentioned yet):
H. R. Puffnstuff
Rocket Robin Hood
Rocket Ship 7 (from Buffalo)
Space Ghost / Herculoids
Donny & Marie Osmand (I must say that I was a little bit country!)
Beachcombers
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (with Marlin Perkins i think)
The Gong Show (Jean Jean the Dancin' Machine!)
Fernwood 2Nite (Martin Mull)
Commercials:
my fav: the timex watch (for the Marlin) with the diver at Acapulco
- Resdan (dandruff control - with the black market guy in a trench coat selling it to Americans cause you could only buy it in Canada)
- Brylcream: a little dab will do ya
- what about the phrase: "the wet head is dead" ? for non greasy hair product
Toys:
MAJOR MAT MASON!
Smash Up Derby
AND....
Anything from K-Tel.