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Post by Mugsy on Oct 11, 2012 19:13:22 GMT -4
And Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were sex symbols.
Friday nights meant Love Boat (which, by the way, do NOT watch in reruns, don't do it, all your fond memories will shatter).
Canadian oldies - Mr. Dressup, followed by that French show with the two women and a puppet which was just time to go to the bathroom until The Friendly Giant came on.
"One little chair for one of you, and a bigger chair for two more to curl up in, and for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair in the middle." And Jerome the (obviously gay) giraffe.
The mournful recorder strains of "Early One Morning" which was played as the drawbridge closed always made me cry for some reason. I was five.
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Post by Shalamar on Oct 12, 2012 12:56:08 GMT -4
Me too! The song itself is so pretty and kind of sad, plus I was always bummed to see the Giant go away. I think I was five, too. I honestly believed that the rooster (Rusty?) was actually playing that little harp while the Giant played the recorder.
Come to think of it, I can't remember any of that show EXCEPT for the ending with the chairs and "Early One Morning". Did the Giant make stuff with arts and crafts like Mr. Dressup did?
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Post by TrafficChick on Oct 12, 2012 15:49:07 GMT -4
He's appearing in my city tonight, so I thought I'd mention Weird Al Yankovic. (I'm not seeing him this time, but I saw his concert a few years ago and it was GREAT.) The guy's been performing for over 30 years. Unreal! Which brings me to my "When I was your age ..." thing - WIWYA, Weird Al had a Top 40 hit for weeks with Eat It. And if anyone had told you then that in 30 years Weird Al would still be on the charts and touring and Michael Jackson would be a) dead and b) remembered more as a child-diddler, you wouldn't have believed them.
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Post by bailey on Oct 12, 2012 16:31:00 GMT -4
Chez Helene ? And, I actually met the woman who played that recorder piece. She was a completely awesome recorder player.
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Post by batmom on Oct 12, 2012 18:25:40 GMT -4
Me too! The song itself is so pretty and kind of sad, plus I was always bummed to see the Giant go away. I think I was five, too. I honestly believed that the rooster (Rusty?) was actually playing that little harp while the Giant played the recorder. Come to think of it, I can't remember any of that show EXCEPT for the ending with the chairs and "Early One Morning". Did the Giant make stuff with arts and crafts like Mr. Dressup did? Me too! I remember everything that Mugsy describes and then... nothing! What did that Giant get up to?
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Post by scarletprincess on Oct 12, 2012 21:00:24 GMT -4
Friday nights meant Love Boat (which, by the way, do NOT watch in reruns, don't do it, all your fond memories will shatter). Was that in Canada? Because I watched Love Boat on Saturday nights, followed by Fantasy Island/
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 12:57:22 GMT -4
Anyone remember when all you had to do to make travel arrangements was a 15-minute phone call to a travel agent? This was on my mind recently after spending over an hour online with a simple flight reservation, going through all the possible options (about 60 gazillion) and realizing I made a mistake and starting over and then there's confirmations and pre-printed boarding passes that don't seem to make any appreciable difference in the time you spend in line once you get to that Circle of Hell known as the Airport and wanting to throw the monitor out the window and so on.
Oh, for the good old days . . .
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Post by Sunnyhorse on Oct 15, 2012 13:20:59 GMT -4
Was that in Canada? Because I watched Love Boat on Saturday nights, followed by Fantasy Island/Same here, SP! And we watched, I believe, The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes before the ABC stuff came on? My mom would make popcorn, and my sisters and I would split a can of soda. Party down! ETA: Wiki says that FoL and DS did air on Saturday for a while, but it was after I would've no longer been watching the programs. Wonder what we were watching at 7 p.m.?
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Post by batmom on Oct 15, 2012 13:56:44 GMT -4
Anyone remember when all you had to do to make travel arrangements was a 15-minute phone call to a travel agent? This was on my mind recently after spending over an hour online with a simple flight reservation, going through all the possible options (about 60 gazillion) and realizing I made a mistake and starting over and then there's confirmations and pre-printed boarding passes that don't seem to make any appreciable difference in the time you spend in line once you get to that Circle of Hell known as the Airport and wanting to throw the monitor out the window and so on. Oh, for the good old days . . . They do still exist, you know I book all my work travel myself, but our upcoming Disneyland trip, I enlisted the help of an agent. I didn't want to fuss around putting together the best package and figuring out transfers.
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Post by Mugsy on Oct 15, 2012 14:44:17 GMT -4
I book domestic travel online, but for anything out of country I still use a travel agent. Which only takes a quick email. Travel agents do not charge more for their service; they are compensated by tour companies and airlines. I guess if you book yourself, the airlines and tour companies save that money. Plus, if something happens while you’re away – like the tour company goes broke, the pilots go on strike, a hurricane hits, a volcano spews ash and grounds all flights or political unrest – the agent has your back. They know you’re there and will work to get you back. If you booked it yourself, you’re on your own.
Yes, Chez Helene was the show with the two French women and the puppet. And the Friendly Giant (and I loved, loved, loved all the miniature scenes they would pan over until "there’s a boot, now look up, waaaaaaay up". It was only a 15-minute show and after a bit of chat with Jerome and Rusty, the Giant read a book. That was it. Sometimes there would be other puppets of the vermin variety (squirrel, badger, raccoon?) who played music. I didn’t like them.
And maybe The Love Boat was on Saturdays. I was a young teen, unable to drive and in the country, so that was my weekend thrill.
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