Here are the answers to the 50's and 60's questions......If you haven't taken the test yet.....go back a few posts before you look at them!
1. "Kookie; Kookie; lend me your comb." If you said "ears," you're
in
the wrong millennium, pal; you've spent way too much time in Latin
class.
2. The "battle cry" of the hippies in the sixties was "Turn on; tune
in; drop out." Many people who proclaimed that 30 years ago today are
Wall Street bond traders and corporate lawyers.
3. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. Several of you said he
left behind his mask. Oh, no;
even off the screen, Clayton Moore would not be seen as the Lone Ranger
without his mask!
4. "When the rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window
and I'll be gone. You're the reason I'm traveling on; Don't think
twice, it's all right."
5. The group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in
Chicago in 1968 were known as the Chicago seven.
6. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early1964, we all watched
them on the Ed Sullivan Show.
7. Some of us who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning our draft
cards. If you said "bras," you've got the right spirit, but nobody ever
burned a bra while I was watching. The "bra burning" days came as a
by-product of women's liberation movement which had nothing directly to
do with the Viet Nam war.
8. Dick and Jane's dog was Spot. "See Spot run." Whatever happened to
them? Rumor has it they have been replaced in some school systems by
"Heather Has Two Mommies."
9.It was the VW Beetle, or more affectionately, the Bug.
10.A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the Sharks and
the Jets. West Side Story.
11. In the early sixties, the drop-out, non-conformists were known as
beatniks. Maynard G. Krebs was the classic beatnik, except that he had
no rhythm, man; a beard, but no beat.
12.At the end of "The Life of Riley," Chester would turn to the camera
and exclaim, "What a revolting development this is."
13."Get your kicks, on Route 66."
14. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed
to protect the innocent."
15. The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special
way: Shaken, not stirred.
16."In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight."
17 That "adult" book by Henry Miller was called Tropic of Cancer. Today,
it would hardly rate a PG-13 rating.
18. Back in the sixties, members of the math club used a slide rule.
19."The day the music died" was a reference and tribute to Buddy Holly.
20.The matching slogan was "Let Hertz put you in the driver's seat."
21.After the twist, the mashed potatoes, and the watusi, we danced"
under a stick in a dance called the Limbo.
22. "N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very best...........
chooo-c'late." In the television commercial, "chocolate" was sung by a
puppet a dog. (Remember his mouth flopping open and shut?)
23 In the late sixties, the "full figure" style gave way to the "trim"
look, as first exemplified by British model Twiggy.
24.Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name
was Louis Armstrong.
25.Joe's regular visitor at the bar was Crazy Googenhiem.
26.The Russians put the first satellite into orbit; it was called
Sputnik.
27.What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? A Timex watch.
28.The large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist was called
the hula-hoop.
29.The "Age of Aquarius" was brought into the mainstream in the
Broadway musical "Hair."
30. Red Skelton's hobo character was Freddie the Freeloader. (Clem
Kaddiddlehopper was the "hay seed.") Red ended his television show by
saying, "Good night, and may God bless >> |
