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How DID We Survive?
#50re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:56pmSee, now, Lael, my mother put me in front of the TV - she was one of the first to use it as a babysitter. I used to think Ms. Garland was my Aunt Judy, I spent so much time with her.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:56 PM
#51re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:58pmOuch. We didn't even own a TV until my mom moved out, six years ago.
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Intolerant of intolerance.
#52re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:58pmWell we had the small black and white until long after all the neighbors had color, but a tv was a tv, and it kept me quiet and out of the way! And I'm still a huge tv addict.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 1/25/05 at 01:58 PM
#53re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 1:59pmMy mother tried many times throwing me on the street to play but I always ran back in and played with my little phonograph..I would play "Blamne it on the Boss Nova" by Edyie Goyme over and over and over until I'm sure my mother had my destructive cousin break it on me...I now own the whole CD !!!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#54re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:00pmYeah! You showed her, Boobs!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#55re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:01pm
OHHHH!! Thanks Boobs! I loved the Micronauts comics as well. Fun stuff!
I also drank juice from the Road Runner jelly glasses. And I always looked forward to receiving my issues of Boys Life and Ranger Rick. I also belonged to a book club where I would get my hardback editions of Danny and the Dinosar, Oliver, and Spot books.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#56re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:02pmI had a big box black and white tv in my room and was allowed to watch tv after doing my homework--I Love Lucy, Dick Van Dyke, Mr. Ed, and much later my favorite ... DARK SHADOWS
#57re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:02pmYou had YOUR OWN TV??? And you were allowed to watch Dark Shadows??? *jealous*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#58re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:03pmSOMMS..I would run home from school everyday to watch Dark Shadows....I now own some episodes on VHS and they're so funny...I'll bring them for our sleep over.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Updated On: 1/25/05 at 02:03 PM
#59re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:04pmSome years ago SciFi channel (I think) ran Dark Shadows - it was crazy bad.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
bongoboy
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#61re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:12pm
Zoom was actually filmed in Boston for Public TV Station WGBH. You are probably a titch too old to remember or care 
. You were already "discoing" away by then.
#62re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:13pmI lived in Mass. I remember one of my friends from school auditioned for ZOOM but she lived too far to commute.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
bongoboy
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#63re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:15pm
ZOOM!
Box 350
Boston, Mass
0..21..34..
SEND IT TO ZOOM!
Do they still sing that on the new ZOOM?
#64re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:16pm
Remember their Alice in Wonderland sketch? It was the best thing they ever did...
Twinkle twinkle little bat...
how I wonder where you're at...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#65re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:16pmHow about if I disco on your head tonight Zoom boy?
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#66re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:17pmHey - get a room, boys.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#67re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:19pmI've still got a pair of five inch disco boots, boobs, I'll give you a hand dancing on the little chippy!
#68re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:21pmYea !!! I'll get out the disco ball and strobe light while I'm at it. Time to.......Do The Hustle !!!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#69re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:22pm
Aaah, did someone call me? It's a return to the "Original" Adults theme! I fondly remember purchasing 45 records that cost 79 cents - my first four were "Little Willy" by the Sweet, "Love Train" by The O'Jays, "Last Song" by Edward Bear, and, I think, "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - yep...early 70s. I spent all summer long swimming at the pool playing "Sharks and Minnows", "Corner Tag" and "Marco Polo" without a care about sunscreen. What was that? Mom had pigtails at that point and Dad drove a 66 Mustang which I thought was a very cool car. Football in the backyard, games of catch with my Dad, kickball, and flashlight tag were common neighborhood events. On rainy days, we'd play board games like "Clue", "The Magnificent Race", "Sorry", and "Trouble" and movies were a treat. I think it cost 75 cents or $1 to go to the movies. I also developed a love of reading early on with wonderful kids books like "The Phantom Tollbooth", "The Pushcart War", the Hardy Boys series, and the great Roald Dahl books ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "James and The Giant Peach"...). I thought nothing of riding my bicycle all over the neighborhood - and I loved playing with my friends. Mom was a great cook and dinner was usually on the table at 6:00PM. She took great interest in knowing what her kids what up to and who they were doing it with. Dad loved sports and took me to professional football, hockey, baseball, basketball, and soccer games as well as college and high school events. I saw my first musical during this time - the tour of "A Music Man" with Peter Marshall. We met him backstage and I began my love for live theatre. We took family trips - to the beach, to see relatives in New York, to Washington DC, to Disney World in Florida - when the Magic Kingdom was new and the other parks were just dreams... I enjoyed school and learning new things. Aaah...the memories come flowing back to me. I enjoyed my childhood and appreciate that my family tried to give me the opportunity to have so many different great experiences. I also realize that I --and my friends--made our own fun. PCs, gameboys and cell phones are wonderful things, but give me a walk in the park with my dogs anyday. Thanks for letting me walk down memory lane.
Jungle
#70re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:22pmLast da-ance...last cha-ance..fo-or looooooove...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#71re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:25pmMiss Donna! Aaah, yes I remember going to my first disco dance in 1976! Updated On: 1/25/05 at 02:25 PM
#72re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:25pm
I watched ZOOM. That is how I learned to pass a needle and thread through a balloon without popping it. "Do a ZOOM Do...DO a ZOOM Do..." Remember the girl whose big talent was doing the arms thing? "I can do this with my arms!"
I had a green and blue record player. My brother had one too, but my parents had to buy another one because all he would play is Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay over and over for hours. My favorite 45s were the ones that my parents collected. I loved Pin a Medal on Joey, Slippin' and Slidin', and If You Wanna Be Happy. The first popular 45 I ever bought was On the Radio by Donna Summer. How gay is THAT? And the first LPs I bought were Voulez Vous and The Visitors by ABBA.
By the way, my mom and I were having an interesting conversation. I was thinking about buying a toy for my brother's stepson who is 2 and I stumbled across a Dapper Dan doll. I told my mother how much I loved mine as a kid and she said, "Of course you did. You could undress a boy over and over again." I was wondering how many other gay guys out there owned this little gem of a doll. Dapper Dan is probably more responsible for cultivating a gay community than Spongebob could ever hope. The female version was Dressy Betsy.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#74re: How DID We Survive?
Posted: 1/25/05 at 2:27pmMy favorite Zoomer was Maura. Do you remember her? Boston, Mass...0-2-1-3-4!
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