Spin off... 1980s | Imamother

amother

↑ IndianRed ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 6:45 pm

Some of the best Disney movies, like The Little Mermaid

vintagebknyc ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 6:47 pm

MrsDash wrote:

Well yeah, I know Vicki Lawrence was Mama, but I'm pretty sure Carol Burnett was in Mama's Family early on. She's a character that's kind of hard to miss LOL

Didn't it start as a skit on Carol's show?

amother

↑ IndianRed ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 6:49 pm

Brooke Shields and those Calvin Klein jeans ads
The rise of the "Super Model" (like Cindy Crawford)

↑ vintagebknyc

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 6:50 pm

Della wrote:

Late 60’s/early 70’s. The letters were abbreviation for a word (example an exchange was “Mayfair 1” which was MA1=621). Then the 4 digits.

This actually started early, like 50s. Lucy and Ricky were Murray Hill 5-9975

amother

↑ IndianRed ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 6:51 pm

Gefilte fish sold in jars full of slimy jelly was a perfectly normal and expected thing to serve at you Shabbos seudah

↑ syaem

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 7:28 pm

I I don’t think it was mentioned yet!

winding cassette tape back with a pencil

such fun!

↑ mindyme ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 7:45 pm

Games:
Four corners
7up
Fortune teller
MASH - predict your future
red rover
british bulldog
123olary
once I had a candy store (a song which glorifies arson lol)

↑ mindyme ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 7:46 pm

syaem wrote:

I I don’t think it was mentioned yet!

winding cassette tape back with a pencil

such fun!

Yep and taping the pieces together to try to save a tape when it ripped

amother

↑ IndianRed ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:00 pm

Recess was Chinese Jump rope and playing on playground equipment built on hard asphalt. There was an injury every recess, and there was always at least one child in the school with her arm in a cast or on crutches! Skipits were fun until they injured too many kids and got banned...lemon heads and Boston Baked Beans in little cardboard boxes were a coveted treat, and the crafty girls would spend recess making elaborate friendship bracelets from lanyard.

amother

↑ IndianRed ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:03 pm

And having tonsils removed was definitely the surgery of choice for elementary aged kids, which they accomplished between learning about the dire importance of recycling to save the earth, and the importance of those little plastic eggs filled with silly putty (OT for sensory integration and hand strength before it was a thing!)

amother

↑ Ruby ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:12 pm

perquacky wrote:

Old friends!
Who remember that Game 6 was on Yom Tov, and we missed what is probably the most exciting game in Mets history.

Nope, we looked in the neighbors windows on simchas torah. The whole shul did

execsgm

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:13 pm

Mood rings were so popular
Going directly to the airport gate, or onto the plane without security
Paper plane tickets
AOL
Days before luggage with wheels, we had those fold up metal holders and fastened our luggage with separate elastic cords

amother

↑ Ruby ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:14 pm

amother [ Milk ] wrote:

So many of these! My kids love hearing my stories of 'the olden days'

Some I'm not sure were mentioned:

Pagers - and when my father's was upgraded that he didn't simply receive a number of who wanted to speak to him, but we could speak to a live operator and send him a message! Then my father would have to find a payphone to call us back - he worked on the road in those days. Just today I was talking to my mother and asked her she managed all those years when she had no clue where my father was for hours and no way to get hold of him. She told me she would call shops on his route and ask them if they had seen him, and if he comes in to tell him to call!

Etch-a-sketch! They were so fun.

Trolls

Dummy necklaces (maybe Americans called it pacifier necklaces?)

Any brits here? - rumpler bars

Being allowed to take any food we wanted to school

Being able to park the car pretty much everywhere for free

Those hats, we called them streimel hats, they were wooly with a band of fur around the head and they tied under the chin.

We called them beepers. Was the coolest thing when they came out

amother

↑ Ruby ↓

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:16 pm

amother [ Valerian ] wrote:

yes, G & Sons, how could I forget.

Best store ever. You needed to get your school supplies there.
Sukkos decorations, we made a family trip there

doodlesmom

Tue, Nov 23 2021, 8:43 pm

Remember when teachers created tests on those stencils….

↑ MrsDash ↓

Wed, Nov 24 2021, 7:59 am

Clip on earrings were super popular.

↑ MrsDash ↓

Wed, Nov 24 2021, 7:59 am

The side ponytail.

↑ Chayalle ↓

Wed, Nov 24 2021, 8:02 am

amother [ IndianRed ] wrote:

Gefilte fish sold in jars full of slimy jelly was a perfectly normal and expected thing to serve at you Shabbos seudah

I remember when we started getting the "new" frozen gefilte fish rolls to cook. I don't think it was available where I grew up until the 80's.

↑ Chayalle ↓

Wed, Nov 24 2021, 8:15 am

MrsDash wrote:

Fisher Price Little People - Embarrassing story, but I thought they were officially called "Menschies." Discovered their real name a lot older than I will ever admit! Silly

I had a Fisher Price dollhouse growing up, and a Fisher price town set.

The town consisted of two rows of buildings, that you connected with a bridge that fit into the ends....it had a traffic light on it with a little button you could press which changed the "light" between red, yellow, and green (I think it was a little revolving thing inside...not electronic.)

The buildings were two stories each, and we had tons of accessories to furnish them. I particularly loved the dentist office, we had these little plastic chairs with a side "cup" attached that looked like the piece where you rinse your mouth.....The doors all had mail slots for "mail" and there was a mailbox.

OMG I found it online

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1.....D_BwE

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19288.....D_BwE

I had all of these! OMG that phone booth!

The dollhouse was similar to the Playmobil take-along look - it opened down the middle to two sides, and closed with a latch. It had two stories, and each floor had furniture you could set up - beds, tables, chairs, etc....The door opened and closed and there was a real bell you could pull and sound, of course not on Shabbos!

This is the one I had: https://www.ebay.com/itm/35367.....D_BwE

We had tons of "mentchies" (I knew that was a yiddish word) that were really round bodies with a hole in the center, no arms or legs, and a face on top. Girls (some pigtailed) and boys, taller ones were the adults, some had accessories (like a firehat for the fireman - there was a firestation in town but I don't remember details) or features (the adult with the mustache was our choice for the dentist).

We also had cars, a mailtruck, a firetruck, police car, ambulance and an airplane (and more, probably, that I don't remember). The seats had a center protruding piece so that the hollows of the "metchies" fit in side, so they could be seated.

I spent hours of imaginary play with this.

↑ MrsDash ↓

Wed, Nov 24 2021, 8:15 am

Chayalle wrote:

I remember when we started getting the "new" frozen gefilte fish rolls to cook. I don't think it was available where I grew up until the 80's.

I remember seeing it for the first time at my sisters house in Lakewood in 1998. Had no clue what it was LOL

(I remember the year because of how old I was at the time. Wink

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