What were the 1950s like?
People wore letterman jackets, ate burgers and drank milkshakes made by Mel and served by Flo, and rocked around the clock. The rebels did the same thing but their jackets were leather and they jumped jetskis over a shark. Wearing leather jackets.
Mel used to drink at the same bar as me on occasion during the shows run.
The Fonz wasn’t on a jet ski. Just plain old water skis...behind a boat.
You could run the neighborhood on bikes with your friends and all of your dogs without fear of getting snatched by a perv.
Every show on your black and white TV was family friendly and the whole family watched together.
One of the greatest thrills was putting your pajamas on and going to the drive in for a John Wayne movie on Saturday night. My dad would roll the windows down and light a punk coil on the dashboard to keep the mosquitoes out. My Mom would pop a huge bag of popcorn at home to take with us.
People wore letterman jackets, ate burgers and drank milkshakes made by Mel and served by Flo, and rocked around the clock. The rebels did the same thing but their jackets were leather and they jumped jetskis over a shark. Wearing leather jackets.
For the kids; TV, cowboy movies. Good guys wore white hats. And the good guys always won. Bicycles, summers without shoes.
To quote Charles Dickens; "It was the Best of Times..."