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Marvel the Mustang!

He's almost for real -
just saddle him up,
with spurs on your heels-
no windingggggggggg,
no batterieeeeeeeeeeees...
(I can't remember the rest, but I REALLY wanted one! :))
Jodi

[ March 07, 2002: Message edited by: jodi ]

Oh yeah, I remember Marvel, too. My brother had one. And I can hear the jingle too, except for the end, just like you Jodi!
Of course, now it's going to be running through my head all day today...

Well, it's been going through my head all day, Jodi. And while sitting at an elementary school "night with the arts" tonight, it was running through my head. On about the fiftieth looping of the song in my head, I remembered the end of the jingle, simply enough:

"...Marvel the Mustang,
We love you."

Man, you all are OLD!!! Trouble is, I REMEMBER ALL OF THESE THINGS!!!

I think some of you are laying back a little and pretending not to remember some of this stuff. I am only 47 and the only thing in Larry's list that I did not remember was the words for the phone number prefix. I grew up in a town so small you only had to dial the last five numbers of the phone number.

How about flubber and nickel candy bars or The Man From U.N.C.L.E. or can anyone finish this:

"From out of the blue of the western sky comes...."

Actually it was "out of the clear blue of the western sky comes"....

Sky King.......

So do I. Not one I missed.

"Look, up in the sky. it's bird! It's a plane! No it's Superman!

Yes it's Superman. Strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman. Who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands.

And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metroplitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way!"

24 out of 25 (I've never seen a cork pop gun, just drawings of ones in cartoons). This is the first time I've really felt old, except for the time I came across my WWII ration stamp book.

Larry,

I really don't remember it this way but, in light of this discussion, that may be a good thing.

yeah,
and i remember the marvel the mustang song ending like this:

"..marvel the mustang
DO we love you."

(emphasis mine)

now was that great jingle writing or what? probably no one reading this is going to be able to get that tune out of their head for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately, I DO remember That ending that way (Emphasis mine).

I'm surprised that Roy, Dale, Trigger, Buttercup, and Nellie Bell haven't come up.

Seems like Blackjack (and Clove) gum were around long after Ipana toothpaste disappeared. Don't you want teeth like Bucky Beaver? And does you chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

Pique, wow, all my favorite TV shows when I was growing up! We were the first family on the block to get a color TV and all the kids in the neighborhood came over to see it. There were only 2 or 3 shows that you could get in color back then.

We also "roamed the countryside" far and wide all day without our parents worrying about us. And I grew up in Los Angeles!

Larry, thanks for this entertaining thread. I'm not that old (really) but I can remember 17 of these items. However, I can't seem to remember what year my kids were born in (I was there, too) or what comes next when I'm trying to play a piece from memory. Maybe I'm a geezer after all.

[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: nancyww ]

Well, no one seems to be hitting my generation yet, so I offer this.


Monchichi, Monchichi
Oh, so soft and cuddly

My dad used to tell us, "We have a color TV. It has two colors, black and white".

Geezer here, I remember all of Larry's list.



It WAS from a previous life. One of the things that has changed most in this country is the notion that one has one life to live. We each have many that we can live in serial order. The most common variety of this phenomenon is serial monogamy. When I was a kid in the 1950's, younger than ten, only certain types were divorced. Kids from "broken homes" were rare and usually troubled. Dad always did the same kind of work all his life. Mom always stayed home.

How many of these TV personalities do you remember?

Perry Como
Liberace
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Art Linkletter
Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams
George Goble
Lawrence Welk
Jackie Gleason
Red Skelton
Ceasar Romero and Imogene Coca

[ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: David Burton ]

All of them. I've Got a Secret. What's My Line. The Real McCoys. The Bob Cummings Show (Love that Bob.) Richard Crenna as a high school kid. Warren Beatty and Tuesday Weld on the The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. George Carlin with short hair and wearing a suit/tie.