Tag: childhood memories
These Skeletons Terrified Me! Jason and the Argonauts
I was five when I saw this in the theatre, and it terrified me! I mean, if the skeletons are…
Saturday Morning Cartoons in 1965
It’s Saturday morning in 1965. You’ve got a bowl of your favorite cereal in front of you, the cartoons are…
Why Did Kids Have to Be Warned About Blasting Caps?
I remember seeing these warnings as a kid. They showed us what blasting caps looked like and told us never…
FUNYUNS — THE SNACK THAT ALMOST WASN’T CALLED FUNYUNS
This commercial takes me right back to when a bag of Funyuns seemed like one of the strangest snacks in…
Happy Meals
Here’s a commercial showing the beginning of something that eventually became such a normal part of childhood that it’s hard…
Enjoli: The 24-Hour Woman Who Could Bring Home the Bacon
Who remembers “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan…”? Sometimes the commercial becomes more memorable…
Who remembers when Bugs Bunny was actually on the Kool-Aid package?
This commercial takes us back to around 1965, when Bugs and Elmer Fudd weren’t just Saturday morning entertainment — they…
The Herculoids
How many of you can still name all the Herculoids just from watching this opening? Zok, Igoo, Tundro, Gloop and…
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