With Lucille Ball and Lucie Arnaz in a “Here’s Lucy” segment.
F Troop Season 2 Opening
A politically incorrect TV show in the 60’s is even more so today about US soldiers and American Indians in the wild west. It ran from September 14, 1965 to April 6, 1967. The first season was 34 episodes in black and white and 31 episodes in color in the second season.
Relive the memories here! Makes a great gift!
Who Remembers Falstaff Beer?
Falstaff Beer reached it’s peak of production in 1965 with over 10 million barrels brewed that year but watched it’s sales drop 70% in the next ten years. Today the brand is owned by Pabst Brewing Corporation. Mmmmm, Beer!
Bat Masterson Intro
Actor Gene Barry played a fictionalized role of the real-life marshal William Barclay “Bat” Masterson in the NBC series that ran from 1958 until 1961.
Freddie and the Dreamers – Do The Freddie
Do The Freddie was a dance fad in 1965 by the British band Freddie and the Dreamers. To do The Freddie, simply stand in place; then, in rhythm with the music first extend the left leg and raise both arms, as if you were doing jumping jacks; then extend the right leg and raise both arms again. Repeat until the song’s conclusion.
Frederick “Freddie” Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006 was the frontman/lead singer of Freddie and the Dreamers. He died of emphysema.
Kimba The White Lion
Kimba the White Lion was an anime or cartoon as we called it from 1965 to 1967. It was the first color animated series in Japan.
Madonna Pepsi Commercial
Released for March 3, 1989 for her Like A Prayer album, Pepsi-Cola signed Madonna to a $5 million deal to use it as a commercial and sponsor her world tour. There was just one problem, Madonna refused to sing or dance for the video so the portrayed her revisiting childhood memories.
Ball Buster Game
I just don’t know how this game didn’t become a classic! LOL. Players move around groups of playing pieces set up similarly to checkers. Each piece consists of a plastic ball mounted on a long springy stem which is mounted on a peg which fits into holes in the board. Players can attack an opponents piece by pulling back on one of their own adjacent pieces and releasing it, causing the plastic balls to collide.
Robin Williams As A Cheerleader
This was during an actual game Nov. 11, 1979 Denver versus New England. It was a stunt for the TV show Mork and Mindy.
McDonald’s You Deserve a Break Today 1971
In its heyday, McDonald’s hired jingle writer Barry Manilow to write the theme song.