The Brady Boomers - The 'Tween Generation - 5

[WIMom]

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Most who were born at the tail end of the baby boom

- 1956 to 1964 or the beginning of GenX - 1965 to 1970 -

feel we are not part of those generations.

Therefore, it has been decided, we will be forever know as

THE BRADY BOOMERS

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Post your memories of tunes, movies, shows, fashions, school stuff, or anything from OUR generations! And remember, have fun!

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1. We were too young to serve in Vietnam, but remember the news.

2. As far as we're concerned, the music, television and popular entertainment and heroes of the 60s were and still are a matter for personal taste, and don't represent the shining apex of all civilization, icons to be revered by generations to come - in short, the Beatles were just a band that some might not like, and old Trek was cheesy and not well written.

3. Old boomers came into adulthood at while we were playing with Barbies or G.I. Joes.

4. Our clothes and music tended to be lighthearted, and we are more conservative/libertarian as a whole than the older boomers.

5. And of course, we faithfully watched The Brady Bunch every Friday night.

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Here's a story,
Of a lovely lady,
Who was bringing up three very lovely girls.
All of them had hair of gold,
Like their mother,
The youngest one in curls.

Here's a story,
Of a man named Brady,
Who was busy with three boys of his own.
They were four men,
Living all together, but they were all alone-.

Till the one day when the lady met this fellow,
and they knew they were much more than a hunch.
That this group,
Must somehow form a family.
That's the way we became the Brady Bunch,
The Brady Bunch-.
That's the way we became the Brady Bunch.

[Mad Dawgg]

Remember this guy?

You Betcha!

Or how about this guy?

He scared me even more than Barnabas!

[SM4Twenny]

I consider myself to be a hippie of the new era. I wasn't born until '77.....all I ever learned about Vietnam was that it was wrong......It feels like the same thing is happening now.....

[SM4Twenny]

Which batman? I'll have to go with Val--only because I loved his impersonation of Jim Morrison in the movie the 'Doors'

[Sabertooth]

"all I ever learned about Vietnam was that it was wrong......It feels like the same thing is happening now....."

Don't feel, think.

Learn about WWII, Pearl Harbor, and Hitler. Those are the appropriate analogies.

[SarahW]

Herr's a see'n say - I remember my little brother had those, but I liked to play with them too.
The cow says.... MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo

[Nowhere Man]

Never had the Kneveil toy, but it sounds like it could put an eye out! Thank God! How in god's name did we ever live this long, we had lawn darts, M-80's, asbestos in the schools, no helmets when we rode our bikes, we didn't recycle, we wore petroleum based shiny polyester clothes, we didn't have the internet, push button phones, video games, or cell phones!

Oy! these kids today...

I know. It's a shame these kids today don't experience the same things we did. I think the dumbest of all is the helmets for bike riders, I mean, I didn't have them. I've fallen on my head a couple of times and I'm still sane. B-)

[Nowhere Man]

How about GI Joes with "life-like" hair and "Kung -Fu" grip?

I had one ofthe originals that came out in 1964-65 maybe. It was my cousins and I eventually gotten rid of it. Boy do I ever regret that, if I go on any more, I feel like I'd want to jump out the basement window and commit suicide. B-) They are worth so much, anywhere from $1200 - $4000 depending on various factors. Uh oh, where'as that basement window? B-)

[Nowhere Man]

What about those cars that had the rip cord and when they would run into something the doors, trunk, and hood would fly off!

Those were SST cars too, they had a special model that did that when you wreck them into something. I just had the regular cars but my cousins down on Florida had the smash-up ones.

BTW, those Hot Wheels that you charged from the gas pump and they ran were called "Sizzlers."

[Nowhere Man]

After watching the Sid and Marty Croft shows of the 70's (HR Pufenstuf, Lidsville, Bugaloos, Sigmund and Sea Monsters). I can only conclude that they were on some serious amounts of windowpane acid...very scary stuff to watch sober..

I know. Still though when I think about it, it gives me a warm feeling back into my childhood. I absolutely loved "Land of the Lost." There was a lot of serious science-fiction potential there, too bad it was cheaply made and be the third season, it "jumped the shark." Still though, even though I'm 35, thinking about the Sleestak still gives me the willies. B-)

BTW, if you want a good side about TV shows and memories/thoughts, go to Jump The Shark

[mdittmar]

Had the sizzlers set and about a "mile" of track.Down the stairs,through the loop,shoot out of the gas station into the livingroom.

Drove my dad nuts.

[Nowhere Man]

I can't remember, was there two versions of Evil Knievil's bike? I'm certain I had two of those crank up things. May have had two bikes, I don't know.

I know he had a rocket cycle, that one he tried to jump Snake River Canyon in. I remember the parachute deployed early and it was knows as the "Mistake that saved his life." My buddy had one. I think the one you have pictured, it was a different motorcycle than mine, mine was just the basic motorcycle and the wind-up thing was plain white.

Dang all this talk is making me want to look and get it out, wish I had time to play with the stuff now with all this talk. However, I have a web page design business to run and clients to please. I know we have to grow and assume responsibility but it would be nice to go back to being a kid just for the weekend every so often. B-) Then again, it won't be the same today so I'll just cherish my memories.

[Nowhere Man]

My nieces love to make houses with Lincoln Logs. I was such a sucker the first time, we buit a house with fences and other stuff. I told her to get a doll or something to live in the house we built. errrrr She crashed a car in to it.

Then asked if we could build another and crash again. { sigh } I know the Legos are going to be next. (At least they can make the crash-car!)

Those were cool too. When my cousins and I got together at grandma's for the weekend, some of them brought Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars and a Lincoln log sets. We used to build houses and played cars and such. I still like to collect die-cast cars, even the newer ones until they went to being made in Red China. I miss the old Matchbox cars that were made in England by Lesney. I still use them on occasion when I get my RPG (role playing game) group into session to help out with vehicle combat.

[Sabertooth]

"I know. Still though when I think about it, it gives me a warm feeling back into my childhood. I absolutely loved "Land of the Lost.""

Have you checked this out yet?

Saturday Morning Golden Age

[FReethesheeples]

;^)

[Gun142]

I know we have to grow and assume responsibility but it would be nice to go back to being a kid just for the weekend every so often.

That's what nieces and nephews are for! Well, if you don't have kids of your own.

My parents saved most of my favorite toys. Not so much for me, but for visiting grandkids. They have all my Matchbox and Hot Wheels and MB cities/garages/racetracks.
All my cars are stored in those 'vinyl boxes' with the plastic trays.

Here's one for ya, I have my first computer, an Apple IIc.
It still works! Matter of fact, I think it's never crashed. I have info stored on the (real) floppy disks in Appleworks format. I wish my printer would hook up to it, I like some parts of Appleworks better than MSWorks.

The IIc was the first portable computer I ever saw. You had to buy a special suitcase (large) which was outfitted with battery packs and a near-impossible to read LCD screen. The regular monitor is a 9 inch green screen.

[mdittmar]

Pete,Julie,LIN...coln

[Sabertooth]

I've still got a Mac SE.

[Gun142]

Apple IIc

I remember using a Mac in 1985-86 at a computer store.
In junior high, we had Apple IIe. In high school we had Tandy R. Shack, an older computer.

Check this out

[WIMom]

LOL! It still looks like Jim Carey!

[WIMom]

Bobby Sherman or David Cassidy?

Tough choice, David Cassidy, closer to my age.

Davy Jones or Herman from Herman's Hermits?

Davy Jones, definately!

Which Beatle? Paul always won (because of the baby face) John 2nd, George & Ringo for girls who wanted to be different, but nobody really liked them.

None

Luke Skywalker or Hans Solo?

Hans Solo, no contest here.