Little Golden Book: Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier was a Little Golden Book that I had as a child. It was published in 1955 and is adapted from the original story by Mel Crawford.

The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show

The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show was a Saturday morning cartoon spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran from 1971-1972.

The show followed neighbors Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble in their teenage years as girlfriend/boyfriend. The episodes were set mainly in the duo's activities at Bedrock High School in the prehistoric town of Bedrock with their friends Moonrock, Penny, Wiggy, Cindy (Pebbles's rival) and her boyfriend Fabian, Bad Luck Schleprock, and a motorcycle gang called the Bronto Bunch (Bronto, Noodles, Stub, and Zonk). Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty were also featured on the show in supporting roles.

80's Pepsi Commercial

Catch that Pepsi spirit!! Here's an 80's commercial for Pepsi!

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies was a sitcom that ran from 1962-1971. The series was about a hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California after finding oil on their land.

The Hillbillies themselves were the widowed patriarch Jed "J.D." Clampett; his ornery mother-in-law, Daisy May "Granny" Moses; his curvaceous, tom-boy daughter Elly May Clampett; and Jethro, the brawny, half-witted son of his cousin Pearl Bodine. Pearl appeared in several episodes during the first season, as did Jethro's twin sister Jethrine.

Supporting characters included Milburn Drysdale, Jed's greedy,unscrupulous banker and his ostentacious wife Margaret Drysdale; and "Miss" Jane Hathaway, Drysdale's scholarly, "plain-Jane" secretary, who pined for the clueless Jethro.

The Brady Bunch: It's a Sunshine Day

It's a Sunshine Day is a 1973 song that was sung by the Brady kids from the popular television sitcom The Brady Bunch.

Feel free to sing along... (I know you know the words!!)

1979 Coke Commercial

Love, love, love this one! Here's a 1979 Coke commercial with Mean Joe Green!

Little Benjamin and the First Christmas (A Bethlehem Boy and the Christ Child)

Little Benjamin and the First Christmas (A Bethlehem Boy and the Christ Child) was written in 1964 by Betty Forell.

As the title implies, this book tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ through the eyes of young Benjamin.

Merry Christmas everyone and let's all remember the true meaning of CHRISTmas today and every day of our lives!

Sit 'n Spin

Sit 'n Spin is a famous toy of the 1970s and 1980s. It came in a multitude of visual designs however all were multicolored (using some or all of the primary colors red, green, yellow, blue). It features a large circular two-part plastic base. One part is in contact with the ground, and is connected to a smaller concentric plastic disk above it. The other part of the base, another concentric circle, is free to spin about the axis. A child sits on this part of the base, cross-legged and straddling the pole, and turns the disk, spinning the child in the other direction.

All in the Family

All in the Family was a sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from 1971-1979.

The show's main characters included...

Archie Bunker, frequently called a "lovable bigot," an assertively prejudiced blue-collar worker;

Edith Bunker, Archie's wife, a sweet, understanding, if somewhat naive woman. She usually defers to her husband, but on the rare occasions when she takes a stand, she proves to be one of the wisest characters.

Gloria Bunker Stivic, the Bunkers' college-age daughter, married to Michael Stivic. Gloria frequently attempts to mediate Archie and Michael's arguments.

Michael Stivic, Gloria's Polish-American hippie husband who is part of the counterculture of the 1960s. He constantly spars with Archie and is in many ways as stubborn as Archie, even though his moral views are generally presented as being more ethical and his logic somewhat more sound than Archie's.

80's Burger King Commercial

Here's an 80's Christmas commercial for Burger King!

It's Not the End of the World by Judy Blume

It's Not the End of the World was written by Judy Blume and was published in 1972.

Summary
Twelve year old Karen Newman has decided she'll never get married. Just look at her parents. All they do is fight. And now Karen's dad has moved out of the house and they're talking about divorce. But despite their fighting, Karen is sure they can work it out if they really try. Can Karen hold the family together-or is that really the best solution?"

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1971 for CBS.

The series depicted three fun-loving bears — the Afroed, fast-talking Hair Bear, confusing-talking Bubi Bear, and laid-back Square Bear — who are always trying to find a way to escape the Wonderland Zoo on some sort of get-rich-quick scheme, or a wild night of fun. Trying to stop them are the constantly aggravated head zoo director, Mr. Eustace P. Peevly, and his hopelessly inadequate assistant Lionel J. Botch. Other residents of the Wonderland Zoo include Bananas the Gorilla, Furface the Lion, Fumbo the Elephant, Slicks the Fox, Hippi the Hippo, Beaks the Pelican, Arnie and Gloria the Gorillas, and Pipsqueak the Mouse.

1977 Tootsie Roll Commercial

Here's a classic that I know you'll remember... a 1977 commercial for Tootsie Roll candy!

Whatever it is I think I see becomes a Tootsie Roll to me!

Sesame Street: Doll House Song

"Doll House" is a Sesame Street song about the number 2. The song is about two girls playing with their doll house. Eventually, two cats get into the doll house and knock things over.

Trivia!
The doll house in this film was built by Jim Henson for his daughters. The cats were owned by the Henson family.

Romper Stompers

Does anyone else remember Romper Stompers from the 70s? They were first introduced on the children’s show, Romper Room and generated such demand among the toddlers of America that the Romper Room production company decided to market the toys.

They were yellow plastic cups that you stood on with plastic cord handles that you held while you walked around on the cups. Raised almost six inches off the ground, you could trample and stomp all over linoleum, tile or concrete so they could make their signature loud racket: clomp, clomp, clomp.

Emergency!

Emergency! was a television series, combining the medical drama and action-adventure genres, that ran from 1972 to 1978.

The show focused on paramedics John Gage and Roy DeSoto of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Station 51 (actually LACoFD Sta 127 in Carson, CA), also featuring the other crew of the station and the hospital emergency room staff with whom the paramedics worked to save lives.

The crew of Engine 51 was portrayed by Chet Kelly, Marco Lopez, Mike Stoker, Captain Dick Hammer, later Captain Hank Stanley and Captain John VanOrden.

The Emergency Room staff of Rampart General Hospital included Dr. Kelly Brackett, Dr. Joe Early, Dr. Mike Morton, and head nurse Dixie McCall.

80's Tato Skins Potato Chips Commercial

I wish they still made these chips! Here is a Tato Skins Potato Chips commercial from the 80's.

Baked Potato A-Peel!