Picture Pages

In 1974, Picture Pages started as a local Pittsburgh kids show. It went to a national segment of the Captain Kangaroo show in 1978, in which Captain Kangaroo himself would do the lessons on his "magic drawing board." In 1980, the segments were taken over by Bill Cosby and the lessons were used with his Mortimer Ichabod/MI marker.

Raggedy Ann and Andy Talking Alarm Clock

Raggedy Ann and Andy Talking Alarm Clock was made by Janex in 1974.

Raggedy Ann wakes you saying:
"Andy, Andy, please get up. It's time to call our friends. Ok, Ann, I'm awake, let's shout it once again. We were sent to wake you, so here we are to say, 'Please get up, brush your teeth and start your Happy Day.'"

I had this clock when I was a child. My mom had decorated my room in a Raggedy Ann theme. I also had a set of 4-5 Raggedy Ann dolls that varied in sizes. I also received a Raggedy Ann Colorforms set. I will write more about them later!

Lemon Twist Toy

Lemon Twist by Chemtoy was released in 1975. Put the loop around your ankle, then skip in place while the plastic lemon at the end of the rope twirls in a circle.

Alice

Alice was a television sitcom series which ran from August 31, 1976 to July 2, 1985 on CBS. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son, Tommy, to start her life over again. She finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona called Mel's Diner. Alice works alongside Mel Sharples (Vic Tayback), the grouchy, stingy owner and cook of the greasy spoon, and fellow waitresses and friends, sassy, man-hungry Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry (Polly Holliday), and neurotic, scatterbrained Vera Louise Gorman (Beth Howland).

1985 Wrigley's Doublemint Gum Commercial

Another classic commercial! Wrigley's Doublemint Gum commercial released in 1985.

A double pleasure's waiting for you!

3-D Puppet Books

The My Tiny 3-D Book Series, published by Playmore Books in the 1980's, consisted of 14 titles. They featured 3-D covers and puppet displays by Rose Art Studios. I had these 2 books (Three Little Kittens and Snow White) when I was a child. The images were very unique and I remember looking through them often.

Marching Mickey Mouse

Marching Mickey Mouse by Hasbro-Romper Room was released in 1975.

To make Mickey march all you had to do was squeeze his hands! This caused his legs to kick out and march in time. A real classic toy!

Mr. Mouth

Mr. Mouth by Tomy was released in 1976.

My sister and I used to play this for hours! The object of the game is to flip colored tokens into the big, yellow head as it spun around opening and closing its mouth. The first one to successfully flip all of their tokens won.

I vaguely remember the commercial's song repeating, "Mr. Mouth, Mr. Mouth."

Ice Bird

Ice Bird by Kenner was released in 1974. This toy made shaved ice by shaving a large block of ice you froze yourself.

Ice Bird, Ice Bird - you're such a nice bird, let's make ice bird treat!

Richie Rich Cartoon

Richie Rich was an animated Saturday morning television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1984. The most visible character, other than Richie, was Richie's dog, the appropriately named Dollar. Other characters included Professor Keanbean, Gloria (Richie's girlfriend), Irona (robot maid) and Cadbury (butler).

Sesame Street Records

Two of my favorite Sesame Street records are The Count Counts (1975) and Sesame Street Songs (1974).

The Count Counts Tracks

Side One: (1)Introduction; (2)Ladybug's Picnic; (3)Counting Is Wonderful; (4)It's a Lovely Eleven Morning; (5)The "15" Commercial; (6)Ten Turtles; (7)The Count's Weather Report; (8)Martian Beauty; (9)Numerical Correspondence (Sing a Song of Numbers); (10)Candy Man; (11)It's Been a Long, Long Time; (12)The Alligator King; (13)Count It Higher

Side Two: (1)Counting is Wonderful; (2)Country Six (The Snail Song); (3)Numbers in the News; (4)1-2-3-4-5!; (5)Beep; (6)Four Big Lions; (7)I Just Adore "4"; (8)The "3" Song; (9)Subtraction Blues; (10)Doll House; (11)The Song of the Count

Sesame Street Songs Tracks

Side One: (1)Roosevelt Franklin Counts; (2)Goin' For a Ride; (3)A Face; (4)Everybody Wash; (5)I Love Trash

Side Two: (1)My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/Good Morning to You/Froggie Went A Courtin'; (2)Clap Your Hands/Pesky Sarpent/The World Turned Upside Down/Hush Little Baby; (3)John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt/Michael Finnegan/My Uncle Roasted a Kangaroo/Fiddle Dee Dee/Eensie Weensie Spider/Hokey Pokey

80's Band-Aid Brand Commercial

Here's a classic Band-Aid Commercial from the 80's. Too cute!

Winnie the Pooh Music Box TV

Winnie the Pooh Music Box TV
Made by Fisher-Price from 1971-1973 and sold exclusively at Sears.

Just turn the pink knob to wind it up and watch pictures of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore and all of your favorite Pooh characters roll across the screen while the Winnie the Pooh theme song plays...

Winnie the Pooh,

Winnie the Pooh,

Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff.

He's Winnie the Pooh,

Winnie the Pooh,

Willy, nilly, silly old bear.

Romper Room Clown in the Box

1970 Romper Room Clown in the Box

Played the tune, "Pop Goes the Weasel"

Does anyone have any additional information on this?

Operation

Operation is a battery-operated game made by Milton Bradley and has been in production since 1965. It consists of an "operating table," lithographed with a comic likeness of a patient (nicknamed "Cavity Sam") with a large, red light-bulb for his nose. In the surface are a number of openings, which reveal fictional and humorously-named ailments made of white plastic. Players take turns removing a particular ailment, using a pair of tweezers connected with wire to the board. If a player successfully removes the ailment they collect the amount shown on their card. However, if the tweezers touch the metal edge of the opening during the attempt (closing the circuit), a buzzer sounds, the patient's nose lights up red, and the player loses their turn.

70's Operation Commercial

80's Operation Commercial

Connect Four

Connect Four is a two-player game in which the players take turns in dropping alternating colored discs into a seven-column, six-row vertically-suspended grid. The object of the game is to connect four singly-colored discs in a row -- vertically, horizontally, or diagonally -- before your opponent can do likewise.

The game was published under the famous Connect Four trademark by Milton Bradley in 1974.

Don't Tip the Waiter!

Be careful, too many dishes tips the waiter!

Don't Tip the Waiter is an action, balancing game for 2-4 players ages 4 and up. Made by Colorforms in 1979.

The object of the game is to stack up plates of food on top of the waiter's tray one by one. Oops! One plate too many and over he goes. The player who tips the waiter over has to tip the waiter with Colorforms money. The last player with money wins the game.