Talking The Talk
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During the 1950’s and 1960’s, the kids didn’t have all the communication devices they have now, so we spent a lot more time talking to each other face to face. There was a lot of things we talked about that were kind of fun. Here’s a few things I remember.
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Talking The Talk
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Tongue Twisters
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Tongue twisters were fun and we always had contests to see who could say them the fastest without getting their tongue twisted in a knot. Here’s a few that I recall:
“She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.”
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
“Great green globs of greasy grimy gorilla grunt.”
“Pretty pink pails of purple polluted panther pee.”
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Now where did you put that pink bucket, I need to pee again.
Try saying these as fast as you can while eating peanut butter.
Little Moron Jokes
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There were thousands of little moron jokes being transferred between kids every where. Here’s an example of a couple I remember.
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What did the little moron say when he slid down the telephone pole? “Goodness gracious great balls of fire.”
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Why did the little moron throw butter out the window? “He wanted to see a butterfly.”
We’ll look at that, it’s another butterfly..
Most of these were pretty corny, but it gave us something to do.
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Knock Knock Jokes
There were thousands of knock knock jokes floating around in that era also. Here’s a couple of these I remember also.
Bill: Knock, knock.
Bob: Who’s there?
Bill: Autch.
Bob: Autch who?
Bill: Gesundheit Bob, I didn’t know you had a cold.
Bill: Knock, knock.
Bob: Who’s there?
Bill: Boo.
Bob: Boo who?
Bill: Why are you crying Bob, are you sad?
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As you can see, these were a bit corny too. So on to something else.
Advertising Jingles
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There were quite a few advertising jingles that we copied and verbalized while fooling around with our friends. Here are a couple I recall.
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“From the valley of the Jolly, Ho Ho Ho, green giant.”
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“Oh, I want to be an Oscar Mayer wiener,
That is what is I’d really love to be,
Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer wiener,
Everyone would be in love with me.”
The Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile in the 1950s.
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Times were fun back in the 1950’s.
Modified Advertising Jingles
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Some of the jingles we worked over a little to make them a little more fun. Here’s a few of those I can recall.
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“Pepsi Cola hits the spot, ten minutes later on the pot.”
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“Northern Tissue, Northern Tissue is a very good buy,
Northern Tissue, Northern Tissue wipes your bottom dry.”
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Does your liver quiver, does your heart fart, if so, take Carter’s Little Liver Pills.”
Get ready for some liver and heart action with Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
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We had a lot of fun with these as we thought we were being a little nasty. Compared to what goes on today, we were little angels.
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Quirky Book/Author Combinations
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These were kind of fun also and just a bit on the risqué side.
Here’s a few that stuck with me.
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“The Yellow River”. by I. P. Freely
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“Under The Bleachers” by Seymour Butts
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“Revenge Of The Tiger” by Claude Balls
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“Blood On The Hurdle”. by Wun Hung Lo
Whew, that was too close for comfort.
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Made Up Languages
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Of course we all knew “Pig Latin” , but so did the teachers, so at Phillips High School we developed a new language that they never did master. We could communicate without them knowing what we were saying. I devoted a whole blog earlier describing “Double Talk” so I’ll leave with a sentence to unravel to see how good your memory is.
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Wulfun olfuve thelfee belfest silfingerlfers olfuve thelfee filfiftilfees walfus Elfelvulfus Prelfeslelfey.
Did you get it?
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Here’s a link to the Oscar Mayer Wiener song.on YouTube.
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Thanks for reading Talking The Talk,
Bill