The Brady Boomers - The 'Tween Generation - 10-19-01

[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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This week's episode:

[WIMom]

I haven't heard that in years! It's still good! Thanks for finding it.

[Sabertooth]

"I always thought Mary Ann and I would settle down together someday."

Yeah, the corn girl was cute, but...

Mmmmmm... Leopard Skin Ginger.

Sabertooth say:

grrr--OOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLL!!!

[That Poppins Woman]

One of my fav's ... Ben Casey. Click here for webpage with pics and theme from show.

... I had a special "Ben Casey" doctor's shirt, that went quite well with my white go-go boots.... ahhhh ... the memories.

[CheneyChick]

Calm down, Saberkitty.

[vikingchick]

Darn. I couldn't get Stairway to load. My computer is so primitive, the Professor could have made it from coconuts and rainwater.

[Sabertooth]

But she's nearly my species!

[Sabertooth]

Guess you'll just have to forward the link to your friends, and invite yourself over. Or maybe to your boss.

[afraidfortherepublic]

*sigh* TV is just not the same anymore.

When I can't sleep and am sick of war news, I tune in to Nick at Nite for these re-runs. They never fail to put me in a good mood.

I gave birth to 4 kids between 1960 and 1965, so I never had time to watch these shows when they were "first run". Love the re-runs and wish today's TV offered such wholesome entertainment.

[WIMom]

Nick at Nite or TV Land. You are sure to catch something worthwhile there! (History channel is good too)

[MadameAxe]

Weird Al does a Gilligan's Island riff on his Amish Paradise parody.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

but what am I so afraid of...

You're afraid that your not sure of a love there is no cure of...

David Cassidy sigh.

[WIMom]

Check your mail!

[CheneyChick]

Got it!

[WIMom]

Check this out.

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND VS. THE TALIBAN

[mafree]

One of my fav's ... Ben Casey..

We should do a thread on Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare.

I don't have much to say about Gilligan's Island but I did watch the show and enjoyed it.

[WIMom]

OK! Seems to be a popluar vote.

[WIMom]

popluar = popular

[asneditor]

This is just fantastic!
I love gilligans island; soon to be 37 and still watch it every chance I get. Thurston was always my favorite. Great topic. Heres a midi of the opening music

[dead]

I swear this is a true story. When I was in high school I had a creative writing teacher who (to his credit, I guess) was extremely oblivious to any pop culture. One day we studied the ballad form of poetry. Our assignment that night was to write a ballad, following the form. I don't know why, but I realized that "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" fit the form perfectly - four line stanzas, ABCB rhyming, tells a narrative story, etc. So I wrote it down and turned it in the next day.

Before he came into the room, I told everybody in the class not to laugh and give away the joke. So when he gets to mine, Mr. Brezina starts reading it, very seriously:

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
(Ahh. Very good, Mr. Gallagher. The scene is set!)

The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour………
(Nice use of repetition!)

And on and on. By the time he got to the "With Gilligan! The Skipper too!" part, the whole class was hysterical. He just ignored the disruption, as he normally did, looked at me and says, "The Movie Star... Mr. Gallagher, I'm curious as to why you broke from the form here..."

[occam's chainsaw]

"Brady Boomer"?? All this time I thought we were "'Tweeners".

Great post!