[mass55th]

Your childhood sounds alot like mine. Besides the programs you mentioned, we also watched Andy's Kids, Captain Midnight, Rin Tin Tin, Fury, Circus Boy, Super Circus, etc...all on a black and white TV. We played cowboys and indians and dodge ball, plus board games like Go to the Head of the Class, Clue, Monopoly, Sorry! and Parchesi. We also played checkers, Chinese checkers, along with outdoor games like hide and go seek, Red Light-Green Light, and Simon Says. That imagination thing worked well for us in our youth, and we enjoyed ourselves doing simple things.

On the weekends my mother would give us money to go to the local movie theater. Every so often they'd offer a Saturday cartoon marathon. Back then it cost us 15 cents to get in, and 10 cents for a box of popcorn. I'm glad I was a kid in the 50's. It was a time when you didn't lock your doors, and you knew everybody on your street.

[Bellflower]

Yep, after I wrote the post about our childhood countless more things that we did came to my mind including most all the things you mention. Those were the days!!!