Category: 1960’s

Milk And Cereal

This is sort of a history of cereals we enjoyed as kids. Cereal actually started as a granola style concoction in the 1800’s that needed to be soaked in liquid to soften it up. Water made it soggy but the milk did the trick!

So which was your favorite as a kid? How about now as an adult? My all-time favorite is probably Lucky Charms. I also like Count Chocula from time to time. Cheerios, Frosted Flakes, Wheaties have stood the test of time unlike fad cereals like Mr. T and CP3Os . But what about Crispy Critters? Wow, think about that!

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Search For Tomorrow

How many of you remember soap operas with organ music played throughout the episode to set the mood? The organ was used in soap operas all the way to the 70’s and it took a musician strike for them to actually stop using the organ!

Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera that ran on CBS from 1951 through 1968 as a fifteen-minute show sponsored by Proctor and Gamble. In 1968 the show went to thirty minutes. It was then picked up NBC in 1982 until it’s final episode in 1986. The show was actually performed live from the start until 1967 in favor of recorded telecasts. If you look at this clip from 1962 you can see it looks like theatrical stage acting as opposed to TV acting. Its fun watching the old dial-up telephone in use

The show was set in a town called Henderson but they never revealed the state. The main characters Mary Stuart and Larry Haines. At the time it was the longest-running soap opera at 35 years and was canceled due to low ratings.

At one point you were able to watch reruns during the late 80’s on USA Network and then on America Online video service in 2006. Who knew AOL had a video service?

I remember watching this with my grandmother in the 80’s. I use to watch General Hospital but preferred to share time with grandmother. We would get our lunch after I cleaned her house and sit and watch her soaps. Such sweet memories and a way to connect with her!

Oh, and what about the commercial for Dash? I was able to find it available for purchase only from an Italian website: https://piccolosgastronomia.com/products/dash-polvere-actilift-powder-1-625kg-box?variant=31401458925671&currency=USD

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Organ music was still used in this 1962 soap opera.

Aladdin School Lunch Boxes

Aladdin Industries was founded in 1908 as a kerosene lamp and stove company as Mantle Lamp Company (now you know why it’s called Aladdin as in Aladdin’s Lamp). In 1914 it diverse to manufacture vacuum bottles and thermal jars. In the 1950’s the company began producing lunch boxes. Their first licensed character was Hopalong Cassidy. Sales went from 50,000 units to 600,000. As a result TV branding was their focus and they dominated the lunchbox market. By 1965 the Aladdin acquired Stanley Bottle which helped them dominate the market.

I always envied the kids at school who had the school bus lunch box. Having four other brothers brown paper bagged lunches would have to do. Which one was your favorite?

Today, metal lunch boxes are not permitted in many schools in fear that they could be used as a weapon. How times have changed.

Lorraine Warren Interview Part 1

Both videos were recorded on October 29, 2009 at their home in Monroe – Stepney home. I don’t know why she had a WV pillow behind her.

Since 1952 the Warrens have been the directors of the New England Society for Psychic Research and they have investigated over 4,000 hauntings. Here is a detailed early history of how they met. Here is Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJeUcyS82g

Lorrain Interview Part 2

Ed and Lorraine Warren ghost hunters always called Connecticut home. I had the privileged of interviewing Lorraine on October 29, 2009 and posted it right away. I forgot about Part 2 but many have asked for it so here it is. Part 1 can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2RgO30lPk

When we left off at the early years interview Ed was in the north Atlantic when the US Navy ship he was onboard collided with another ship and Ed’s strong ability to swim helped save a shipmate who did not know how to swim. Lorraine’s had appendix ruptured and doctors were afraid to operate. In Part 2 we pick up with Ed and Lorraine’s marriage and how they became know as “Artists on the Hill” in Stepney Village in Monroe, Connecticut way before their ghost-busting days.

American Graffiti Trailer

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Is it just me or is it impossible to find American Graffiti on TV anymore? The 1973 coming of age movie was directed and co-written by George Lucas of the Star Wars fame. American Graffiti is one of the most profitable movies of all time, produced for just $777,000 and has an estimated return of $200 million at the box office, not including TV reruns which we don’t see anymore!

Where were you in ‘62? The movie follows the lives of four friends in 1962 in Modesto, California. Many say this movie launched the TV show, Happy Days but its success renewed an interest in a script ABC already had called Love and the Television Set from their already hit show Love American Style.

American Graffiti star studded line up included Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, and Wolfman Jack. There were many cameo appearances like Suzanne Somers as the elusive blonde in the T-bird.

Crochet Toilet Paper Cover

Whose mother or grandmother had a toilet paper cover in their bathroom? It was like seeing a spare roll of paper was forbidden or taboo. Or, was it they were looking for a new crochet project to do? Some were really ornate with doll heads, others were made for the holidays. The one on the lower right is what i remember my mom would make but her’s had a pom on the top of it. What type do you remember?

Mott’s Clamato

Introduced as a drink in 1966 by Mott’s or Lord Mott’s Canning as known then. It was a combination of clam broth and tomatoes. They even secured a trademark for the Clamato brand.

Today the drink is used as a mix for alcoholic drinks or cocktails mainly in Mexico and Canada but not so much in the United States. They also have Beefamato which you guessed it is a cross been beef (broth) and tomato juice. Again, it’s main use is for cocktails.

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Search For Tomorrow

Originally aired on March 29, 1962 Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reels from Monica’s decision about the adoption and goes to best-friend Joanne and Arthur for solace.

Search for Tomorrow began on CBS on September 3, 1951 and it’s final episode was December 26, 1986 on NBC.

The program was one of many packaged from the 1950 through 1980s by Proctor and Gamble Productions, hence the term “soap” operas.

Search for Tomorrow was Search for Tomorrow was created by Roy Winsor and was written by Agnes Nixon. The show was originally a fifteen minute live broadcast at 12:30pm eastern time. The show expanded to a half hour show September 11, 1967, and by now was a recorded show.

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