Remember these??

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Aunt Bea]

I remember I wonder what the list will look like for today's kids.

 

[IKE]

I must be a old fart because I remember everything on the list.

Anybody remember cap guns and caps ?

 

[ClassicRockr]

Remember these ?

My favorite cap gun as a kid......The Mattel Fanner 50.


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Actually, I had a toy gun like that for my U.S. Marshall Halloween costume years ago. Wore a real holster and belt and the toy gun was so small, could barely see it in the holster, but it was there.

 

[SifuPhil]

18 out of 20 - not bad for a youngster.

Only missed Howdy Doodie and soda fountains.

 

[SifuPhil]

I remember I wonder what the list will look like for today's kids.

Do you remember ...

• Flip phones
• Cars that YOU had to drive
• NOT visiting Mars
• Donald Trump
• Sit-down restaurants
• Marriage
• Religion
• ...

 

[ProsperosDaughter]

I remember 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20. So the others I probably have forgotten

I had a six shooter cap gun (similar to the one above) with a holster that belted and tied in my thigh.

I also had a snub-nose 38 with a shoulder holster. I really liked the smell of the caps.

I was a tomboy.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I remember one of the older kids making a contraption similar to this one for popping caps on the sidewalk.

The caps were inserted into the nut and the bolts were gently turned into the nut.

The next step was to hurl it to the sidewalk and hear the pop.

Not very bright, sort of an introduction to pipe bombs.

 

[IKE]

I had a six shooter cap gun (similar to the one above) with a holster that belted and tied in my thigh.
I was a tomboy.

The Roy Rogers gun and holster set could be tied down and came with a few fake bullets.

 

[helenbacque]

So I'm certified Older Than Dirt. Is there a badge? As a matter of fact, I have children who would remember some of them.

 

[jujube]

It's official.....I'm older than dirt.

 

[AZ Jim]

20 for 20. Remember those "throw your voice ads"?

 

[applecruncher]

I remember all except 2 and 20.

@SifuPhil
I'm surprised you didn't remember Howdy Doody.

 

[SifuPhil]

I remember all except 2 and 20.

@SifuPhil
I'm surprised you didn't remember Howdy Doody.

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I don't know if it's because I fell just outside the age group or it wasn't on the air anymore. Let's see ...

Okay, thanks to the great god Wikipedia - it went off the air in 1960, so I would have been 2 years old.

 

[applecruncher]

 

[applecruncher]

These weren't on the list, but I had Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead dummies.

 

[C'est Moi]

I remember one of the older kids making a contraption similar to this one for popping caps on the sidewalk.

The caps were inserted into the nut and the bolts were gently turned into the nut.

The next step was to hurl it to the sidewalk and hear the pop.

Not very bright, sort of an introduction to pipe bombs.

I can remember just hitting caps with a hammer.

 

[applecruncher]

I remember liking the smell of caps. Kind of like burning Sulphur.

 

[SifuPhil]

Oh, thank Buddha I never watched that - I would have had night terrors for years! Clarabelle is a killer clown and Howdy reminds me of those Twilight Zone episodes with the dummies. All playing out for an audience of Thorazined kids.

Ugh - I'm glad I grew up with Bugs Bunny.

 

[SifuPhil]

These weren't on the list, but I had Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead dummies.

Now Winchell Mahoney I remember! I rather enjoyed his show.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Now Winchell Mahoney I remember! I rather enjoyed his show.

Paul Winchell.

 

[IKE]

Ken, I can remember Paul Winchell and I also remember Victor Bergen with his dummies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd being on the old Ed Sullivan Show.

 

[SifuPhil]

Paul Winchell.

But the name of the show was Winchell Mahoney, wasn't it?

 

[IKE]

Correct, at one time Paul Winchell (along with his dummy Jerry Mahoney) had a kids TV show called "Winchell-Mahoney Time."

 

[squatting dog]

Yep. tied down gun. sure sign of a bonifide gunslinger. been there, done that.
Of course, the boots, vest, hat completed the outfit. (sigh) a great Christmas except for not getting the horse.