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I think anyone out there over 60 who grew up in the good old USA,
Remembers Burma-Shave advertisements back then in their day.
This poem recalls some of the entertainment provided by them,
As we traveled the highways with our parents way back then. Continue reading
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When I was a young boy with not much to do inside at night,
We turned on the radio and listened to shows with no sight.
As the characters that we listened to, we could not see
My imagination conjured up faces that were only for me. Continue reading
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Our girls had a color TV to watch since the day they arrived.
We watched black and white TV in high school, thinking it jived.
American Bandstand was one of those shows we all did watch,
With a black and white picture and that fine stereo music touch. Continue reading
The Songs We Grew Up With
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When the mid fifties came around, there was a music revolution,
Everyone had to try making music, thus there was an evolution.
So much good music resulted and there were hundreds of labels.
Never again will we see a time where such fine music was enabled. Continue reading
Then And Now
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For purposes of this poem, “Now” is 2015 and “Then” is 1955.
The changes that occurred during 60 of the years I’ve been alive
Are so great that it is so very hard for anyone to really believe,
The wonders that our technology have been able to achieve. Continue reading
Just reminiscing a little about a few things I remember well from when I was a young boy. Perhaps this will stir some of your memories also. Continue reading
I think the real life art work we had in the 1950s was much better than all the crazy things you see today they call advertising. Here is some of the advertising art I really liked way back when. Continue reading
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When I was a kid in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, I got to go to the movies maybe once every two weeks and the quality of the picture was not always great. Today, the kids may watch three or four movies per day in high definition on Net Flicks and/or Amazon Prime sitting at home. When we went to the movies it was somewhat of an adventure. Here’s a little about our home area movie theater choices we had and how we enjoyed them. Continue reading