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Pop culture icons from your childhood Oh my gosh. February was gone too soon. Sometimes, the bulk of TV's black history programming is seen in old movies from the 1970 -- movies that remind me of my childhood and catching them on DC- and Baltimore-area television channels such as 5, 7, 20, 45, 50 and 54 (my MD-DC old-schoolers know what I'm talking about). And, last month's showing of "King" with Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson took me back.
Here are some pop culture elements that take me back to that period in my life: Movies Spider-Man (the original movies) Captain America King Claudine The Greatest King Kong Laser Blast Star Wars (the first/last 3, not the most recent ones) Foul Play A Night to Remember Superman series Eddie Murphy's stand-up films TV Sesame Street "... and a stick of butter." Zoom Voyagers Dukes of Hazard The Incredible Hulk The Blue Marble Villa Allegra Saturday Night Live (Mr. Bill!) H.R. Puffenstuff and the Kroft show that ran its episodes The Gong Show Merv Griffith Love, American Style Good Times The Jeffersons Chico and the Man Sanford & Son Barney Miller Fish Remington Steele Rhoda Fat Albert Mr. Yuck Dallas Bare Essence Dynasty (Ok, I'll fess up: My parents didn't let me watch those last 3...) Music Lou Rawls Herb Alpert's "Rise" Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" King Kong Kung Fu Fightin' Jackson 5 My Girl Freda Payne Natalie Cole James Brown The Commodores Stevie Wonder (especially "Superstition," "Happy Birthday" and "You are the Sunshine of My Life") Literature That illustrated children's Bible they always put in doctors' offices and hospital waiting rooms Anything by Judy Blume Where the Wild Things Are And, a host of books whose titles elude me but I'd know immediately upon sight. Inventions/Products Cable TV (anyone remember Super TV) and pay channels like HBO The VCR The Walkman Video games, such as Pac-Man & Space Invaders 8-Tracks Bean-bag chairs Lava lamps 
 I'm old!!! When did that happen? | |
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ThreadBare said: I'm old!!! When did that happen? | |
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althom said: ThreadBare said: I'm old!!! When did that happen?Uh-huh, and when that birthday hits, you'll be how old, my friend? | |
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paula abdul and janet jackson were big pop icons from my childhood. | |
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LMAO @ Villa Allegre!
~~nanananananananana VILLA ALLEGRE!~~ | |
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Oh, I could go on with this but in a nutshell:
Good Times ("Damn, damn, damn!" weren't the Evanses everyone's favorite ghetto family?) Soul Train (w/host Don Cornelius) | |
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2the9s said: LMAO @ Villa Allegre!
~~nanananananananana VILLA ALLEGRE!~~ what's villa allegre? | |
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jessyMD32781 said: 2the9s said: LMAO @ Villa Allegre!
~~nanananananananana VILLA ALLEGRE!~~ what's villa allegre? I think my bald head just sprouted 5 gray hairs. 
It was a kids TV show on public TV. A good portion of it was in Spanish. | |
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ThreadBare said: jessyMD32781 said: what's villa allegre? I think my bald head just sprouted 5 gray hairs.
It was a kids TV show on public TV. A good portion of it was in Spanish. it might just be a regional thing. how old are you, if you don't mind me asking? | |
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New Kids on the Block! | |
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ThreadBare said: jessyMD32781 said: what's villa allegre? I think my bald head just sprouted 5 gray hairs.
It was a kids TV show on public TV. A good portion of it was in Spanish. And Carascalendas! (sp?)  | |
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jessyMD32781 said: ThreadBare said: I think my bald head just sprouted 5 gray hairs.
It was a kids TV show on public TV. A good portion of it was in Spanish. it might just be a regional thing. how old are you, if you don't mind me asking? I'm in my early thirties. Early. Very early. 
I think Villa Allegra was national. But, before the time of many.  | |
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2the9s said: ThreadBare said: I think my bald head just sprouted 5 gray hairs.
It was a kids TV show on public TV. A good portion of it was in Spanish. And Carascalendas! (sp?) Oh, snap! "Villa Allegre" and Carascalendas! Okay, I used to watch Iris Chacon and Menudo on Sunday afternoons. | |
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UptownDeb said: 2the9s said: And Carascalendas! (sp?) Oh, snap! "Villa Allegre" and Carascalendas! Okay, I used to watch Iris Chacon and Menudo on Sunday afternoons. "Menudo on ABC! Menudo on ABC!!"
Was Ricky Martin part of that lineup? | |
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ThreadBare said: jessyMD32781 said: it might just be a regional thing. how old are you, if you don't mind me asking? I'm in my early thirties. Early. Very early.
I think Villa Allegra was national. But, before the time of many. that's not old...when i was little all i watched was sesame street and 3, 2, 1 contact. Oh yeah, and mr. rogers and the smurfs. | |
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5 star.  ]
Hell yeah.
Button moon, bric a brac, the flumps, trumpton, battle of the planets, Morph. The day i was most  about an invention was when "remote controls" ceased to have a cord which had to be plugged into the TV... | |
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ThreadBare said: Oh my gosh. February was gone too soon. Sometimes, the bulk of TV's black history programming is seen in old movies from the 1970 -- movies that remind me of my childhood and catching them on DC- and Baltimore-area television channels such as 5, 7, 20, 45, 50 and 54 (my MD-DC old-schoolers know what I'm talking about). And, last month's showing of "King" with Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson took me back.
Here are some pop culture elements that take me back to that period in my life: Movies Spider-Man (the original movies) Captain America King Claudine The Greatest King Kong Laser Blast Star Wars (the first/last 3, not the most recent ones) Foul Play A Night to Remember Superman series Eddie Murphy's stand-up films TV Sesame Street "... and a stick of butter." Zoom Voyagers Dukes of Hazard The Incredible Hulk The Blue Marble Villa Allegra Saturday Night Live (Mr. Bill!) H.R. Puffenstuff and the Kroft show that ran its episodes The Gong Show Merv Griffith Love, American Style Good Times The Jeffersons Chico and the Man Sanford & Son Barney Miller Fish Remington Steele Rhoda Fat Albert Mr. Yuck Dallas Bare Essence Dynasty (Ok, I'll fess up: My parents didn't let me watch those last 3...) Music Lou Rawls Herb Alpert's "Rise" Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" King Kong Kung Fu Fightin' Jackson 5 My Girl Freda Payne Natalie Cole James Brown The Commodores Stevie Wonder (especially "Superstition," "Happy Birthday" and "You are the Sunshine of My Life") Literature That illustrated children's Bible they always put in doctors' offices and hospital waiting rooms Anything by Judy Blume Where the Wild Things Are And, a host of books whose titles elude me but I'd know immediately upon sight. Inventions/Products Cable TV (anyone remember Super TV) and pay channels like HBO The VCR The Walkman Video games, such as Pac-Man & Space Invaders 8-Tracks Bean-bag chairs Lava lamps
I'm old!!! When did that happen?im right up there witcha, lol we had WHT aka wometco home theatre.. it was this box that sat on top of the tv, and it was a UHF channel 68,and the box had a speaker and the movies would play out of that if u didnt have the box it was scrambled lol | |
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jessyMD32781 said: ThreadBare said: I'm in my early thirties. Early. Very early.
I think Villa Allegra was national. But, before the time of many. that's not old...when i was little all i watched was sesame street and 3, 2, 1 contact. Oh yeah, and mr. rogers and the smurfs. "oooh, "3, 2, 1, Contact!" How'd I forget them or the "Great Space Coaster?" Used to love The Bloodhound Gang. Wow! | |
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ThreadBare said: Literature That illustrated children's Bible they always put in doctors' offices and hospital waiting rooms Anything by Judy Blume Where the Wild Things Are And, a host of books whose titles elude me but I'd know immediately upon sight. One of my all time favourite books.
Each peach, pear plum too. Anyone remember that? "Each peach, pear plum - i spy tom thumb."  | |
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ThreadBare said: jessyMD32781 said: that's not old...when i was little all i watched was sesame street and 3, 2, 1 contact. Oh yeah, and mr. rogers and the smurfs. "oooh, "3, 2, 1, Contact!" How'd I forget them or the "Great Space Coaster?" Used to love The Bloodhound Gang. Wow! i don't remember the great space coaster and as far as i know, the boodhound gang is that band who sang 'the roof is on fire' and that other song about fucking like animals... 
I do remember where the wild things are. i loved that book and into the midnight kitchen. both by maurice sendak, no? | |
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When I was a kid….
Movies Addams family Who framed Roger Rabbit Ghostbusters TV Burther Choca block Postman pat Thomas the tank engine Parallel 9 Music The Outhere brothers Fresh Prince Dana Dawson 20 fingers N-Trance Coolio Bobby brown THE ORIGINAL The Bucketheads Strike Soul II Soul Cypress hill House of pain Nicki French Clock Scooter 2 Unlimited Jinny Literature We had TV! Inventions/Products Sega mega drive / Nes / Snes / CD player [This message was edited Tue Mar 2 11:06:31 2004 by Kamille] | |
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I like the 80's better 
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moderatorKamille said: When I was a kid….
Literature We had TV! 
"That's the problem with kids your age. Everything's been handed to you. You haven't had to crack a book. Why, when I was your age, i had to lug a suitcase ... no, 2 suitcases ... full of books to school. Uphill... both ways ... an' I never complained!!!" | |
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