You could hear that music from blocks away and we'd all rush home to collect whatever nickels, dimes and quarters we could scrounge up so we would be ready for when it came down our block.
You still see them in urban areas but almost never in the suburbs. That's probably because the kids in the suburbs never go outdoors!
Call in the Google maps embedded Good Humor Truck App. It sends an alert via text message to indicate the ETA to your street, so you can spend maximum time on Facebook and still get your ice cream fix.
The good humor man had a distinctive truck and jingling bells. We loved him.
Later came a soft serve truck. And music.
It is true that the kids in my suburbs never go outside - that’s because people have retreated to their backyards and built wonderful play areas and swimming pools for the kids and grandkids - behind high fences. Much safer that way.
That said, an ice cream truck heads through our area once a day during the summer playing Christmas music. One often comes later, after dinner - that one plays The Chicken Song.
We do actually get them in our suburb area.
When I was a kid, you could even get “real” soft-serve ice cream/custard in a cone, from the truck.
Nowadays, it is just something pulled from a freezer.
When my sister was about 20, she was going to do a part-time summer job in Washington, DC, which was to ride a bike for Good Humor, and sell frozen treat products. I don’t think she ever actually did it, but seems like it would have been fun (for a short while, at least).