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The Brady Boomers - The 'Tween Generation - 5

Posted on 10/12/2001 3:54:37 PM PDT by WIMom


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


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


  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.


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.


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To: lanceboyle
LOL! Didn't he win an Emmy for that?
41 posted on 10/12/2001 5:18:08 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: WIMom
I was just talking to my hubby the other day about this stuff we used to have that was kind of like a cross between Play-doh and Silly Putty but it came as a powder and you added water to make it. I can't for the life of me recall the name of this stuff--does anyone else remember this?

Also, we had a REAL Thing-Maker! Nothing but an out in the open hot plate with those stupid little tweezer things to remove the metal mold. I had a butterfiles and flowers one, and my bros had the Creepy Crawlers (and later the "Incredible Edibles"). I can't tell you how many times we burned our fingers - probably every time we played with it! My kids have one and you can't even open the fool thing unless it's cooled down to a certain level. Kinda takes all the excitement out of it....

42 posted on 10/12/2001 5:18:53 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom
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To: WIMom
Yeah, what a ripoff. I guess I would've picked the Professor if I had to choose, but all he ever thought about was that coconut radio.
43 posted on 10/12/2001 5:19:57 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: Mygirlsmom
LOL! I had the flowers and my brothers had the bugs too!



44 posted on 10/12/2001 5:28:33 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: WIMom
Most who were born at the tail end of the baby boom-1956 to 1964. . . .

Leaves me out. I was born in '53.

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

My birth date was in the draft lottery for 1972, but I had a deferment and the combat was winding down anyway.

. . . the Beatles were just a band that some might not like . . .

The Beatles--at least the 1964-65 Beatles--were definitely the Fab Four! They were terrific! And what a sensation they created! We haven't seen anything like it since.

. . . and old Trek was cheesy and not well written.

I saw a bunch of the episodes when it first came on, but was not crushed when it was cancelled.

. . . we are more conservative/libertarian as a whole than the older boomers.

A lot of us "older boomers," born in the early '50s, are pretty conservative.

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

Never saw the show. Haven't watched much series TV since the early '70s.

45 posted on 10/12/2001 5:29:25 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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46 posted on 10/12/2001 5:29:29 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: vikingchick
I'd go for Mr. Howell, only because of the money...LOL! (no gold digging here. hehehehe)
47 posted on 10/12/2001 5:30:42 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: WIMom
Stop it! :-)

Stone Cold's date of birth: May 10th, 1977.

WRONG GENERATION!

48 posted on 10/12/2001 5:41:06 PM PDT by StoneColdGOP
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To: Mad Dawgg
Bitchin'! (oops - wrong Generation again...)........so, wasn't "Tourist Guy" around then?

Hit it, o photoshop meisters!

49 posted on 10/12/2001 5:47:26 PM PDT by ErnBatavia
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To: WIMom

The Talking View-Master.

I remember getting this under my Christmas tree every year during the early 1970s. This was high-tech stuff at the time! There were literally thousands of "reels" available during the "hey-day" of the Talking View-Master. Cheesy mini-episodes of Gilligan's Island and Disney films. Reels about the Grand Canyon and Yosemite National Park. The Monkees, The Banana Splits, and of course, The Partridge Family. After a while, the film would start popping out of the reels and then you had a one-dimensional view (each image had two photos that superimposed upon each other and gave a colorful 2-D effect).

Here is this week's selections from the 70s Jukebox from hell. I'll pick the year 1976:

"Muskrat Love" by Captain & Tennille

"Fernando" by Abba

"I Only Want To Be With You" by Bay City Rollers

"Jeans On" by David Dundas (later turned into commercial)

"You Are The Woman" by Firefall

50 posted on 10/12/2001 5:51:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: StoneColdGOP;Sabertooth
Sorry, I copied links that sabertooth used from the last thread. And quit scolding me, I could be your mother, for pete's sake. LOL!
51 posted on 10/12/2001 5:52:32 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: WIMom
Whooooaaa!

Those pics gave me some serious Flashbacks complete with olfactory stimuli!

Burnt fingers and and the smell of singed plastic goop!

Woohoo them was fun times!

52 posted on 10/12/2001 5:53:02 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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To: SamAdams76
We had a view master. I feel so cheated, ours didn't talk.

Muskrat Love....Boy what we listened to.

53 posted on 10/12/2001 5:54:49 PM PDT by WIMom
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To: WIMom
I got Creepy Crawlers when they first came out. I was all of 3 and a half. Darned near every picture my family took of me for the next four or five years had Creepy Crawlers hidden them. On my shoes, hanging out of my pockets... The coolest toys.

I also had Creeple Peeple...


54 posted on 10/12/2001 6:22:50 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: WIMom
I'm curious as to why you included me in your post. I never watched the Brady whatever and have no interest in it now.
55 posted on 10/12/2001 7:19:19 PM PDT by FreePaul
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