Test For Older Kids...:)

[gene_sc]

Big_Bill Made Me Post This...



01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man?  Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________.

02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.

03 'Get your kicks, __________________.'

04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'

05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, _______________.'

06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.'

07. Nestle's makes the very best . . . . _______________.'

08. Satchmo was   America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.

09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.

10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________ ________. '

11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.

12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.

13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.'  This was a tribute to ____________.

14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it.   It was called ___________________.

15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________.

[RedFeather]

I think I got them all.  Not so sure about the other Red's hobo.  Did the names start with a P and an S?  Jackie Gleason had one, too, so I might have them mixed up.  To paraphrase The Great One, "Mmmmmmmm......How sweet it WAS!"

And he NEVER drank tea out of the tea cup.

[Big_Bill]

Like Red,

I,m not so sure about the name of Red Skelton's Hobo, but I believe that I have the rest of the post correct !

GOD BLESS !

Bill

[gene_sc]

Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'

[cactusrat]

I thought I was getting old. Now I see I’m only half old.

I missed number 3,4,5,8, half of 10, and 13.

[TCups]

 silver bullet (before Coors)
 Ed Sullivan (a big, big, really big show)
 Rt. 66  (I always liked the 66 Camel - "Humpin' to Please")
 protect the innocent.  (just the facts, ma'am)
 the lion sleeps tonight (ah-weem-ah-whep)
 Limbo (before Harry B went nuts)
 choclate (I always did like Poindexter)
 Louis Armstrong (satchel mouth)
 Timex (let's see, worn on the wrist of a cliff diver, strapped to the agitator of a washing machine, etc. etc.)
 Freddie the freeloader,  God bless you
 Draft cards (not to be confused with bras or the American flag)
 Beetle, Bug

[Progun]

So who was clem kadiddilhopper? 13) Buddy Holly, 14)Sputnik,)15Hoola Hoop

[TCups]

Clem K. hung out with Gertrude and Heathcliff.  Buddy went down in flames.  Sputnick launched the American space race.  Shoop Shoop HulaHoop - Whamm-O's first big toy hit, along with, as I recall, the Water Wiggle and the Slip and Slide.

[ezman604]

Guess I'm older than dinosaur poo. Got them all except I could only think of Clem Caddiddle Hopper too...
Dave
 

[RedFeather]

It wasn't just Buddy Holly in that plane.  It was also Richie Valens (sp? "LaBamba") and The Big Bopper.  


"Look sharp!  Stay sharp!  Be sharp!"  (Which was, I believe, actually sung in B sharp.)  Gillette's Friday Night Fights.

[TCups]

To look sharp, you should shave Gillette
To feel sharp, you should shave Gillette
To be sharp, you should shave Gillette
It's the closest shave a man can get!

[North Pack]

Knowing the answers to those ( and I do) kinda "says something" - unfortunately.

[ezman604]

Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is...

[a1Bogey]

That was a time when "entertainers" did not need to result to Obscenity and Profanity to generate laughs.

[gamo2hammerli]

I got eight out of 15.  Geez...how time flew.

[CharlieDaTuna]

Got them all but Freddy the Freeloader. Thought it was Clem also but as soon as I saw the name....oh well.

[TCups]

Yep, Red was two of the world's most famous clowns.  I'll bet you Freddie never cashed a welfare check in his entire life.  He did like a fine cigar, though.

Freddie the Freeloader


Clem Kadiddlehopper


Check out:  http://www.baby-boomers-r-we.com/fifties-television.html

[airgunandy]

I missed Freddy the Freeloader. All I could think of was Willie Lumplump. Also missed the burning draft cards, I was thinking American flag. Oh well, not bad for someone born about a week before JFK was shot!   

[TCups]

"Humpin' to Please"

[deanda]

hahahaha......jeeez...........that stuff seems like yesterday! Life seemed much more simple thinking back. I missed the draft card, used flag, missed Clem....just had brain fade.

Nice thread....