The great drive-in culture of our era was a unique and fascinating experience, and a very special treat on a Saturday night. When we were small, we went in our pajamas. That was one of the best parts of all. Then, when the sun sank down below the rim of the trees and the majestic rectangle of the movie screen, the action commenced.
There was nothing like the snack bar. Between movies, the snack bar was Grand Central Station. And was it any wonder? They had all sorts of candy, popcorn, ice cream and soft drinks. If you needed it they had it.
If any of you have a favorite memory of the drive-in please email it to me and I will post it here.
Father Knows Best Season 1 Ep 26. 03/27/55. Bud is slacking off-he's not doing his chores and he's put off memorizing a poem to recite in church. Margaret insists he skip his softball game to catch up on his work.
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The Rifleman: The Sharpshooter. Season 1 Episode 1. 03/07/58. Lucas and Mark decide to enter a local turkey shoot to make money to buy a ranch.
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The Dick VanDyke Show. The Sick Boy and The Sitter. Season 1, Episode 1. 10/03/61. Comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their "sick" son with a baby sitter while they attend a big party.
Remember....?
When the worst thing you could do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, flunk a test, or chew gum
And the banquets were in the cafeteria and we danced to a jukebox later, and all the girls wore fluffy pastel gowns and the boys wore suits and we were allowed to stay out 'till midnight
When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber and watch drag races
And no one ever asked where the car keys were 'cause they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked
And you got in big trouble if you accidentally locked the doors at home, since no one ever had a key
Remember lying on your back on the grass with your friends and saying things like "that cloud looks like a..."
And playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the ruled of the game? Back then, baseball was not a psychological group learning experience-it was a game.
Remember when stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals 'cause no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger
And everyone knew about Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel & Hardy, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk
When everyone was familiar with the sound of a real mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled with bike rides, playing in cowboy land, baseball games, bowling and visits to the pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder mixed with sugar
When being sent to the prinicpal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we all survived because their love was greater than the threat.
And...with all our progress...don't you wish,...just once...you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace...and share it with the children of today....
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
And was it really that long ago?
You may have grown up in the fifties if you heard your parents say...
I'll tell you one thing, if thing keep going the way they are it's going to be impossible to buy a weeks groceries for $20.00.
Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long until $5,000.00 will only buy a used one.
Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?
If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.
When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon?
I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by saying 'damn' in Gone With The Wind, it seems every movie has a 'hell' or 'damn' in it.
Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in the same bed in the movies. What is this world coming to?
Pretty soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar.
I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it here in Texas.
Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,00.00 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president.
Oh--we can't forget Woolworth's--loved that place!!
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