Aykroyd: "What do I see there, Christie? I see something there. Do you see something there?"
Newman: "Yes, I do! Tee hee! Tee hee hee!"
Posted on 05/15/2015 7:33:17 AM PDT by knarf
I feel so old ...
Oh my, does that picture ever look familiar. Thanks for the memory and the laugh.
When the first front loaders came out Sears and Roebuck had them displayed on platforms, the machines were filled with water and colored poker chips churning away to show the “cleaning action”.
Dad was happy because he didn’t have to go down to the cellar at odd hours to shovel coal into the furnace.
I still have my ‘Bass-o-Matic’ in its original box.
WE used to talk about the latest MAD Magazine !
My memories of the period are pretty sketchy..
Grandmom had the wringer washer in the kitchen. The washboard was in the bathroom by the claw-foot tub. Seems like only yesterday, somehow.
Im at the stage when I could easily have blue hair if I chose to use the brightening “creme rinses” believe me.
I saw that — LOLs! “Uhhh, khakis?”
Chevy Chase was with the very first cast, but left after one year. He was hired only as a writer but was pressed into service as a cast member at the last minute. He created the Weekend Update segment that has remained with the show. Bill Murray came in to replace him. So the photo is cast #2. And yeah, he was hilarious and very handsome.
I imagine he regretted leaving so soon. However, part of the megalomania of his act was due to his using alcohol and cocaine at the time; a couple of years later he had to go to rehab. He survived, Belushi succumbed. Such a waste.
I remember when I was 15, the cast being guests on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show the night before the premier episode.
I thought they were funny and that I would like the show, so I tuned in on Saturday night. Yes, they were funny and I liked the show.
Yes. I’m old.
Aykroyd: "What do I see there, Christie? I see something there. Do you see something there?"
Newman: "Yes, I do! Tee hee! Tee hee hee!"
Not just the clothes; also the hair.
Ive used bluing “creme rinse” intended to make white hair whiter...and over used it on one occasion...
Yep. My parents had a nickel "cuss jar." But they were both so Scottish and tight with a penny, they avoided having to put any nickels in by just not cussing. I think the worst thing I ever heard either parent say was when my brothers and I were horsing around after many hours in the back seat of the car on a cross-country trip, Dad said, "Quit farting around back there!" Pandemonium after that shocking remark!
And how about curtain drying frames and pants stretchers?
One of my favorite childhood memories is the handmade things the women would make for the church bazaar and for their sisters' households. I have still hung onto a handmade calico apron, an appliqued tablecloth, some crocheted baby clothes, a set of embroidered pillowcases,some tatted dress collars and a knitted toy squirrel holding a knitted acorn, all from church bazaars. The ladies also used to make "day of the week" embroidered handkerchief sets, yo-yo clowns, sock monkeys and calico bags that looked like aprons to put over the washline to hold the clothespins.
Along with Woman's Day and LIFE, many households subscribed to this:
I was born in 1940 and I can remember a horse drawn wagon delivering ice to my aunts “icebox” and she lived in an inner city neighborhood in Houston. We lived in a little country town out side of Houston called Bellaire and we had a horse drawn wagon come and sell us fresh vegetables. I remember when the guy got his first truck. He was so proud.
My mothers family really lived out in the country and they didn't have electricity or indoor plumbing.
Yikes I am old!
Hung the stretchers on the clothes line in the small back yard. In pre-teen years the clothes lines made for grand tents when playing army.
How many can identify spring clothes pins or wooden clothes pegs now?
Afghans were a popular item for awhile at church bazaars.
Milk in glass bottles and butter delivered to the back door and put in galvanized boxes lined with exposed asbestos board insulation.
Had to shake the bottle vigorously to mix the cream or scoop some cream off the top. Paper bottle caps. Homogrnized milk came later.
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