If You Grew Up in the 1960s…YOU REMEMBER THIS! PART 3

The 1960s were a great time to grow up! See how many of these things you remember from being a kid in the 1960s.
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[@grumpyoldwizard]

Thanks!

[@julenepegher6999]

Being a child in the 60’s was an absolute honor! We had the most fun on my street growing up! Thanks mom and dad!

[@thetrumpnewsnetwork7503]

absolutely

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

Wouldn’t change anything about my childhood in the 60s… wasn’t perfect, but it was real.

[@Hunnie_B]

Yup, being a child of the 60's was so awesome, best memories ever 💖

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

@@Hunnie_B Cub Scouts, boy Scouts, little league, church choir … Apollo, G I Joe matchbox cars Yo-yos …

[@earleneslay7977]

I enjoyed being a child in the 60’s!!! I didn’t have a care in the world!!! All of my family members who I loved so much were alive and well!!!! I enjoyed all of my friends in my neighborhood as well as in school. It seemed like there were so many activities and things to enjoy! Thanks Recollection for the memories! Life is good, but it’s nice to enjoy the memories too.

[@genebigs1749]

I was born in 1959...and I remember a childhood on Long Island, NY where you didn't lock your doors at night and you could leave your windows open. I remember playing with my friends all day and being out of the house (no cell phones, of course!) and not going home till dinnertime. Our parents didn't worry about our safety. Nobody worried about your safety back then. We built tree forts in the woods (yes, woods!) before suburban cookie-cutter houses took up every corner of the Island. As a teenager, we use to hitch- hike to the beach without worrying we were going to be assaulted or kidnapped....or worse. It was a time of innocence that sadly is gone forever. I'm glad I grew up in those days, because the world was a much better place then!

[@karenh2890]

I was born in 1955 on the opposite coast...San Francisco. Hitchhiking was safe on Long Island? Yikes.

[@julenepegher6999]

I was born in 59 also, everything you said we did except the beach I’m from Pittsburgh, but we always played in the woods. We built shacks and played release. Yea as teens we hitch hiked too. Great Times !

[@thetrumpnewsnetwork7503]

I was born in 1960 and grew up in a little farming community in upstate NY called Granville.

[@monkeygraborange]

Everyone’s mom was your mom, everyone’s dad was your dad. Everyone looked out for each other, and people tended to share what little they had. The Wizard of Oz was televised once a year, and time stopped while every child was glued to the TV. The school gym was opened on Saturday for Dodgeball, and everyone showed up. You wore your school clothes to school and changed into play clothes when you got home. Boys were boys and girls were girls... there were no questions about that!

[@makmebad1]

I remember growing up in the 70's we never locked our doors. That is until a guy down the road from us kidnapped a girl and mutilated her and was caught with her breast in the trunk of his car.

[@aandc2005]

60's and 70's were the greatest times if you were lucky enough to be young and growing up in those times... I miss the old simple good times and not to mention everybody was alive then...

[@jamesmiller4184]

Yes, "... everybody was alive then..." but now not. Turned eighteen in '63 but still young of heart for those later decades, which I recall most fondly.

[@julenepegher6999]

I was a child of the 60’s and teen in the 70’s. The best times ever, so blessed.

[@user-Danswife]

Yes, I am at that age now where all my family members are dying. I've lost both of my parents already and I'm only 54.

[@lmb1962]

Born in 1962. What a great time being a kid. I sure do miss those times. Plus, I miss my body not hurting 😅

[@bobprescott]

​@@lmb1962 6 years older then you and my body hurts

[@susanservin1949]

We had the prettiest aluminum tree with blue bulbs and blue lights. As a kid, I thought it was magical.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the best times to have been a kid, as far as entertainment was concerned, was between 1960 and 1985.

[@heathermichael3987]

It was over by 1987. 😞

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

@@heathermichael3987: Definitely by then.

[@Hunnie_B]

Yes!!

[@davidjames8031]

I was born in 68, and I agree100%! Especially watching Sid and Marty Kroft shows on Saturday mornings.

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

The banana splits underdog, HR puffin stuff, cap’n Crunch… the planet of the apes, Charlie Brown, Frosty the Snowman, born free

[@BritInvLvr]

My grandma had a rotating aluminum tree with a color wheel. I would love to sit in her living room watching the colors dance against the walls with her again. She passed away 30 years ago and I still miss her.

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

Both of mine did as well, nearly that long ago. I miss them too, and my grandfathers, and great-grandparents.

[@LannieLord]

I used to see those color wheels at garage sales - and I had no clue what they were used for ! One year we had a fake WHITE tree !!

[@ghw7192]

So did my mother.

[@patriciakesler317]

We did as well miss those days

[@polarbear353]

I had an Aunt that had the exact same tree.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Born in 1958 I remember all of these amazing things!!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂

[@kennykittrell2549]

I'm a child of the 60s and I remember all of those things.

[@BeeFunKnee]

Far out, man! Be a big bummer if ya didn't remember all the cool stuff we experienced back then.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

1960s Nostalgia is absolutely fascinating and historic

[@aandc2005]

60's and 70's were the greatest times if you were lucky enough to be young... I miss the old simple good times and not to mention everybody was alive then...

[@saminaneen]

@@aandc2005 I remember, in the 1960's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@birdsfan57]

And sometimes sad...especially for those of us who were 60's kids and 70's teens and young adults. Those who meant so very much to us (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, childhood and high school friends and "loves") are sadly, no longer with us and are missed beyond measure. That, kids, is the absolute worst part of growing old(er) and the saddest aspect of the "reality" of "nostalgia".

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@birdsfan57 My Mom was a 60s Kid and I couldn't agree more

[@karenh2890]

​@birdsfan57 So very true. A lot of sadness in growing older.

[@angelmission]

I wish they'd bring Quisp back. Just long enough to have another taste of my childhood! It was my favorite cereal.

[@justintyme7213]

Boy, if they did bring it back it would sell out fast I bet

[@winter-starlight]

They do sell it. I saw it the other day at the store.

[@sonyafox3271]

Yes, they have it some of the stores in my Tri- State Region of South Eastern, Indiana, ( below Cincinnati)South Western Ohio and, Eastern Kentucky! I knew someone, who grew up in the 60s and, always brought the cereal when, he could get it!

[@Reubenhubert]

Quake was better than Quisp. 😊

[@justintyme7213]

@@Reubenhubert I agree 👍

[@darrenkrivit6854]

Coppertone & aluminum foil reflecting the suns rays directly into our skin, good times 😁 loved growing up in 60s-70s ✌️

[@footballlvnlady]

The aluminum trees were made after WWII. The company is a short distance from me in Manitowoc, WI. Today they are still around and at Christmas have their windows with many aluminum trees in varied colors. My parents always got flocked trees. When they got too expensive we got a green artificial tree. We had a color wheel for our flocked trees. I can still smell it when it got hot running hours on end. I remember having a troll doll in the 60’s. When the Troll movie came out I got my grandkids each one. I always thought the hair color on the trolls was so crazy. Now, I drive down the street and see kids and people with the same hair colors. I wish I could teleport back to the 60’s and early 70’s.

[@msvaleriah]

I was a little girl through this whole era. This one brought back lots of memories. Thanks for the smiles!!

[@jedidrummerjake]

Quisp!!!! My brother liked Quake. I saved the box tops and 6 weeks later, got a battery operated Quisp hat. The propeller spun!

[@christopherpuylara6355]

I don't like you now and I'm jealous 😂😂😂😛😝

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

I got the quake hat with the light in it. What a wonderful time.

[@samanthab1923]

@@MarkTurner-vs7ucVery cool

[@saminaneen]

@@christopherpuylara6355 I remember, in the 1960's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@LannieLord]

Mint in the shipping box : $1000.00 !! On the collectors market. VERY hard to find with the propeller (ALWAYS BROKEN!!!!)

[@jmdecato]

Lucky to have grown up during the 60's. The Super Ball was a favorite along with the Frisbee, Play Doh, Slinky and Silly Putty but I think they all came out prior to the 60's. As far as cereals go, I was a Frosted Flakes and Captain Crunch kind of kid...I think Captain Crunch is a 60's creation.

[@matrox]

I remember getting Silly putty as a tyke in the late 50s. Super Ball was 1960s.

[@shelley6595]

Remember all!!! I had the biggest collection of troll dolls, still keep a few around for good luck. Great times to be a youngster.

[@karenh2890]

I had a few troll dolls in the 60s. So much fun!

[@gracekostelnick5242]

Aahhh, the 60's. Some of the best television as a kid, even though you only got 3 channels. I loved the Irwin Allen sows...Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. Sci-Fi at it's best...

[@polarbear353]

Lost in Space was my absolute favorite. I had such a crush on Penny.

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

1967 cable TV arrived in Calgary. 2 bucks a month and 4 new stations from Spokane to add to the 3 local stations on the 12 channel radial dial.

[@grumbygrumble2762]

My grandmother gave me a Superthing Maker for Christmas. Creepy Crawlers, Creeple People, Fun Flowers, Best Gift EVER!!

[@karenh2890]

I loved Creepy Crawlers!

[@SharonAnnMenefee]

My brother had creepy crawlers.

[@ohsugar5431]

Mister Rogers taught us the realities of life in a loving way. A wonderful childhood 😊

[@stevansikes8477]

A more sweet and innocent times, and Charley Brown's Christmas special was anticipateded welcome for the holidays.

[@janettemasiello5560]

The Wizard of Oz, if I remember correctly, was always in the fall, then the trilogy of Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and then Charlie Brown Christmas. Good times 🤗

[@davidschumaker8107]

@@janettemasiello5560 I would have sworn that the specials were hours long and as I got older, I realized that they were only about 1/2 hr.! Yes, very good times!

[@janettemasiello5560]

@davidschumaker8107 Yes they did seem longer ! and two weeks summer vacation seemed like a lifetime. The sense of time speeds up as we get older. Sigh

[@davidschumaker8107]

@@janettemasiello5560 Probably because we realize that we are running out of it! Also a sigh!

[@janettemasiello5560]

@@davidschumaker8107 🌠

[@reallydarlings-se2xf]

One whiff of Coppertone and I'm back at my grandparents' place in Palm Springs in the late 60s, splashing in the pool. Memories!

[@Emily-Whitfield]

Born in 1963. Loved growing up in the late 60s and the 70s! I remember all these delights ❤❤❤❤

[@timwiechmann1519]

Born in 61. Always thought growing up in the 60s,70s and 80s was the best. So much has changed

[@bunnybachman]

I remember loving Spirograph, Peanut butter Captain Crunch, Christmas Specials, comic books, getting my first stereo record player, candy cigarettes, NowandLaters, the long package of green or purple gum, I can't remember the name. We got a real tree every Christmas. We also always had a elf on top. I never knew it was a thing till Elf on the Shelf came out several years ago. It looked just like the one we had. Ours had bendable arms and legs. It always looked like it was hanging on for dear life. I had paper dolls. I finally got a Barbie but it was in a small case with a few outfits. No car or Ken, just grateful to have one. I have a troll doll. I have so many more memories. Growing up in the 60's, 70's and 80's were so awesome.❤️

[@lizlocher3612]

I remember all this, having been born in 1957, n having a sister born in 1959, a bro born in 1961, n my little sister was born in 1966!! We went through the total gamut of 60's n 70's clothes, styles n toys we were ever soooo lucky to get in droves from our parents!!! They provided us with a life of fun, fascination, crafts, vacations, souvenirs, slides on our projector we still have n fashions n hair do's n toys n projects n holidays like no other generation ever had before or since, because we also had family, n our family had stuck together to this day!!! I actually just came back from a "Sister's Yearly Reunion Vacation" for two weeks where we sisters get together n hang out n do roadside attractions n motels n stuff like cook family recipes together play board games n swim n play croquet on the lawn like when we were kids growing up!!! Thank you ever so, Mom n Dad n Grandparents n aunts n uncles n cousins, that made our lives so gracious n wonderful and exposed us at early ages to all the finer things in life!!! I actually saw a set of Peewee's Playhouse Colour Forms in a vlog today at a Horror Comic n Toy Store , which I very fondly remember, a long with sticker fun, colouring n activity books, paper dolls n Barbies!!!!

[@davidschumaker8107]

Thanks a lot, now you got me bawling for some reason!

[@gregwasserman2635]

I was born in the late 60s and grew up in the 70s. When the Charlie Brown Christmas special was broadcast, I never understood what the whole aluminum tree was about. My family always got a real tree and all my friends and relatives had either a real tree or artificial tree made of something besides aluminum. My mom said they were an actual thing but for years I thought it was something they made up. As for Quisp, you can still get it, though mainly online.

[@MomentsInTrading]

I was born mid 60s and never got the tree thing in the CB special either. Even fake trees in the 70s were made to look like real trees (sort of 😂)

[@karenh2890]

I was born in 1955, and people in our neighborhood had the aluminum trees. We always had a fresh tree.

[@jcbulldog533]

Fresh Tree always the best!! Loved that smell of Balsam or Pine

[@reb1050]

The act of becoming blood brothers sometimes had the possibility of serious injury. My best friend and I performed it back in the late 50's but instead of cutting our fingers or palm, we decided the wrist was the best place. We were extremely stupid and extremely lucky. He was killed (dog attack) on March 26, 2020. I will be remembering him on his birthday in 6 days (Aug. 31, 1950) R.I.P. Roger. You will never be forgotten.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Oh wow that's awful. I'm sorry about your friend. 😢

[@matrox]

A Pit Bull attack?

[@reb1050]

@@matrox Actually, it was a Pit Bull. But I have nothing against Pitts. I have owned a couple myself as well as Pitt and Boxer mixes. All were great dogs. When it comes to Pitts, when I hear of a vicious one, I blame the owner more than I blame the dog. I have had numerous Boxer and two that I had were brother and sister. The male was huge, but not aggressive unless I was threatened or "his" territory was invaded (His yard, our house) But the female, who was also not aggressive at all until she was 2 yrs. old, and then for some unknown reason, she could not be taken anywhere without a muzzle on her. I have no clue what brought that on, but we recognized it and kept her confined and restrained when we took her to the vet.

[@matrox]

@@reb1050 I never trusted them. My cousin had one, I could never get freindly with him, he was one of the big muscular ones with a wrist size of a heavyweight boxer.

[@reb1050]

@@matrox You probably would have not liked one of the Boxers I had. Although he was a sweetheart, he was shy around others and he was HUGE. He could lay his head on the dining room table. I am 6'1" and did not have to bend over to pet him. When he died, he weighed 115 lbs. He was white with large fawn spots and had one blue eye which gave him a very vicious look...especially because of the size of his head. It was proportionately huge as well.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

This video was awesome. I was a little kid in the 60's (born in 1959) and this video brought back so many wonderful times! Thank you so much.

[@heidiwagner1363]

ON TOP OF spaghetti SONG OMG FUNNY!😂

[@aaronlopez492]

I loved Quisp Cereal and Kellogg's Sugar pops. Some of the healthiest cereals you could buy.😂😅 🤣

[@larryhall7998]

I use to tell my son, why don't I just pour you out a bowl of sugar!

[@saminaneen]

@@larryhall7998 I remember, in the 1960's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@suzannelawson9215]

Yes, tanning was very popular during the 1960's and Coppertone was the # 1 tanning lotion. I remember it well and no one spoke about skin cancer from exposure to the sun in those days.

[@julenepegher6999]

Yes, we used baby oil!

[@jcbulldog533]

​@@julenepegher6999All my friends used The Real baby oil & dropped some drops of iodine in it,shook it turned purple in color Then slathered it all over ourselves in attempt to get the best Summer tan..It was like a competition in my area on who had the best tan!! Love my memories of those time's,what a blast!!

[@cheryldevine42]

Back when the sun was good for you lol...The best times ever!

[@randyronny7735]

Superball was one of my favorites. The other was the new 10" air filled light plastic balls, that we loved to throw over the garage or house and did not worry about damaging anything. Now those balls come in sizes up to 18".

[@karenh2890]

Born in 1955. Loved Superballs!

[@trish5556]

Superballs were fun in a hallway when they bounced from wall to wall almost endlessly.

[@werners5191]

I was born in 1963, and my first bike had a banana seat and swept-back handlebars. We took baseball cards and attached the cards to the front fork with clothes pins so that the cards flapped when the spokes hit them, which I think was an attempt to mimic a motorcycle. My first toy gun was a little rifle- styled toy that you fitted a cork to the end of the barrel, cocked the lever, and when you pulled the trigger, the cork popped out, but you didn’t lose the cork because it was attached with a string. Also, we had cap guns: imitation guns that you’d feed a long red strip of paper that had little pockets of gunpowder in it, so that pulling the trigger made the hammer come down on the gunpowder and make a pop. Also, we had small 45 (rpm, I think) records with a song on each side, and a big hole in the middle that you fitted with a red plastic piece that had a small hole in the center. Btw, (new edit), every year when I was a kid - and I think this extended into the ‘70s - one of the networks on our 12-channel TV played The Wizard of Oz once a year, and it was an event we always waited for and watched. Also, games we played were Cowboys versus Indians, and flashlight tag. Also, around 1968 and ‘69, when I was in kindergarten and first grade, we practiced Duck and Cover in the hallway of the school- getting in line against the wall, getting down on our knees, and going into a protective crouch.

[@davidschumaker8107]

Oops, sorry Mom, but I don't know how the cork string got cut and it hit my little brother!

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

Even though I was born in 63, I remember the late 60s when I was little. I lived with my granny, and she bought me pretty much anything I wanted, as long as it wasn't too pricey. So I had a Troll, a Super Ball, and a banana seat bike. I loved Halloween because of the cheap plastic costumes, and loved the wax lips and pan flute. I don't know what flavoring they use in those, but for me it is addictive. I sure wish I could go back and do it all over again.

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

The greatest time ever. I want to go back with every fiber of my being.

[@TinCupChalice40]

Me too!!!

[@julenepegher6999]

Same 👍

[@saminaneen]

@@julenepegher6999 I remember, in the 1960's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@jamesmiller4184]

All, do search for the Twilight Zone episode "Kick The Can" The example it presents is perfect for that here-expressed desire.

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Me too😢

[@barbarahiggins583]

I wasn't born yet, but the 60s seemed like such a simple and fun time to grow up in.

[@nancybarta8167]

Sorry the 50s beat the 60s.

[@timjohnson2186]

Love you

[@matrox]

@@nancybarta8167 And the 60s beat the 70s. And I was born in the late 50s so I remember part of the 50s and all the 60s and 70s. America was becoming a sh!thole by the late 70s. But never even dreamed it would be the sh!thole it has become today.

[@sluttyboy69]

​@@nancybarta8167 Nope the automobiles in the 50s were hideous automatically ruins the era for me the late 60s American muscle is when Cars started looking good and woulda been the greatest time to be alive imo as a young 23 year old

[@marklane61]

First time I've seen a Quisp box since I was a kid. Thanks

[@bobcranston3414]

🎶 "On top of spaghetti...all covered with cheese...I lost my poor meatball...when somebody sneezed" 🎶 That's all I can remember from that song.

[@janethrindo3418]

It rolled off the table, and onto the floor. and then my poor meatball rolled out of the door. It rolled in the garden, and under a bush, And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush. So if you eat spaghetti, (something something something) hold onto your meatball, and don't ever sneeze. (That's what I remember.)

[@bobcranston3414]

@@janethrindo3418 Awesome Janet! Thanks for filling in the blanks for me.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

@@janethrindo3418 The missing line in the last verse is just a repetition of "All covered with cheese."

[@guybassett12]

I agree with everyone that’s talking on this channel the 60s and 70s were the best years to be alive I feel sorry for the kids and now they missed so many good times it makes me cry

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

My dad wasn't the sentimental holiday spirit type guy. But we always had a fresh tree. I remember going to tree farms for them back in the day. Sugar water in the base to keep it fresh and it stayed up until New Years day. That was our tradition anyway.

[@kentborges5114]

I have an aluminum Christmas tree from 1963 with all 93 branches !

[@birdsfan57]

OMG! i had one of those plastic wigs that the little girls are sporting at the end of the video! I had completely forgotten about it until I saw the photo. Thank you for evoking such sweet memories of what seems like a lifetime ago.

[@LannieLord]

They had them in kindergartens too.

[@keithwilson6060]

Superball was just one of several amazing toys put out by Wham-O. Slip-n-Slide, Water Wiggle, Plastic Bubbles and Water Wienie were all toys we had. They could be dangerous, but we survived them.

[@SharonAnnMenefee]

I used to eat the plastic bubble compound.

[@mpetersen6]

Jarts!

[@jandkhilbert]

I grew up in the 70s but ALL of this was part of my childhood

[@elderlypoodle9181]

I remember that wax Halloween flute! 👍😁

[@robertadams5107]

I'm 69 now I remember spending most of my time on the ball field we could get a game a game started in a matter of minutes everything back then was so cut-and-dry if I could I go back in a heartbeat

[@dizzysdoings]

My aunt had one of the aluminum trees. There was also one in the window of the town hall. The Flying Nun was one of my favorite shows. I wanted to be able to fly like that.

[@SpotTheBorgCat]

I always wondered why the wind picked her up and not just her hat. But I was a weird kid.

[@dizzysdoings]

@@SpotTheBorgCat I always assumed it was tied to her head. But then again, I was little.

[@Kate-it7cn]

Fly like her and do magic like Bewitched!

[@dianefiske-foy4717]

I was born in 1953 and I still have a troll doll all these years later and remember everything in this video, except the Quake and Quisp cereals.

[@davidsquires154]

I,was born in 1957and I grew up in the 1960's. I remember seeing the brand new toys,and the aluminum Christmas Trees and I also remember eating QuispCeareal and I also remember Sally Fieldplaying in the Flying Nunand,and Gidget.I still remember the 1967,Detroit Riots in July. I also have a lot of memories about the 1960's.

[@marknesselhaus4376]

Yup, I was a 1956 kid so remember exactly the same 😀

[@larryhall7998]

The 1967 Detroit Riot's stands out still today for me, I remember the flames and smoke. My dad almost got arrested for bring out past curfew ( he was coming home from work!)

[@saminaneen]

@@larryhall7998 I remember, in the 1960's, teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@birdsfan57]

Same here...born in '57. We always had a real Christmas tree. They were usually between 5-8 dollars. One year we went to pick out the tree and they had raised the price to 10 dollars. Dad had a "fit" but we got it anyway. And he was always "in charge" of the tinsel distribution on those trees, which consisted of at least two boxes. His reasoning was always "the more, the better"...Lol. Miss him, and Mom, every day, but, especially at Christmas. They always made the holidays magical for my brother and I.

[@earleneslay7977]

I remember the 1967 riots in Detroit! I also remember the aftermath of the burned out buildings the loss of so many businesses.

[@EricPetersen2922]

Nailed it, I remember it all. 😃

[@JustAllinOneResource]

Man those superballs were deadly. This sure does bring back memories. Every pic you posted here I do remember. I am old.

[@davidschumaker8107]

The larger ones for sure! Remember the mini ones that came out later? Not so potent, but very easy to lose! We are all here with you brother (1959)!

[@JustAllinOneResource]

@@davidschumaker8107 Thanks. Amazing the toys we use to play with would normally kill us but that didn't matter, we had fun playing with them. I laugh today when I watch these videos how care free we all were. Those were the days, and I miss them so much.

[@kymburriss4260]

Oh my goodness.... I remember it all..... I still have my two headed troll doll, my super ball, and my original aluminun tree. The tree is still in the originalbox, in the original tubes, and still has all the branches. I use it every year. Thanks for the memories ❤

[@swankray6319]

Quisp and/or King Vitaman. While watching Rocky and Bullwinkle. It rarely gets better.

[@georgiasmith64]

King vitamin with his crown that had spoons on it😊

[@scottthomas3792]

When I was in first grade (1968), the teacher, a woman if average build, took us out to demonstrate a Superball...I guess she hadn't tried it before. She slammed it down, and it just kept bouncing, and we all went after it ( small class, maybe 15 students). My Mom had one of those wearable hair dryers. As a six year old, I thought it was absolutely hilarious. She'd put the headpiece in, and the dryer would sort of inflate it. I thought she looked like a " Lost In Space" alien with it on...

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

I remember those orange wax Halloween harmonicas!! Youd hear them tooting all over the neighborhood and then you could chew them into a big blob of orange wax.....which we all thought was fun!! Also...Unicef jars came out then and collecting for Unicef was a big deal in suburban NY.

[@guybassett12]

I was an extra on many of these different TV shows I did work on Gilligans island Gomer Pyle big Valley gunsmoke and 100 others it was so much fun I miss those times more than anything

[@angelajones168]

I was born in 1963 so yea alot of these I remember makes me feel so old so much better back then

[@keithwilson6060]

I know they’re still around, but the ice cream Street vendor trucks that patrolled the neighborhoods daily as a kid were on another level in the 60s. The variety of frozen treats, the popularity of the trucks surrounded by kids clamoring for their favorite treats was something I’ll never forget. We’d run first to our parents for spare change, and then outside to chase down the truck if it wasn’t already stopped serving kids.

[@jcbulldog533]

We actually had a Mr.Frosty box car type with a window on the side which is where all orders were taken..We also had a local Mr.Snow Cone man that drove in a red car & sold the best ever damn snow cones out of the trunk of his car,he actually would ring a bell to alert all his customers

[@Bob-d5j]

@@jcbulldog533We had Mr. Softee. You could get anything from a cone to a milkshake. The snow cone guy was the son of my Little League coach. He rode around on a Cushman cart with a gas powered ice grinder. Snow cones for a nickel. Those were the days.

[@debbierobbins360]

I remember the getting excited when we heard the ice cream truck going down the street playing "Turkey in the Straw",

[@francesfarmer736]

Born in 1955, I grew up in the 60#, it was the best time ever, I remember all of it including rock and roll music, lucky for me my mom took me to 11 rock concerts in our town from 65+67…..what great memories!

[@stevencooper2464]

I remember Quisp cereal...I loved that cereal. Even now, I can remeber the taste; I wish it would come back.

[@melissabibby7310]

Memories for my mom! Thanks for sharing .👍❤️

[@vanessadobbins2963]

Quisps cereal was by far my favorite growing up. Not happy it was discontinued 😢 thanks for the memories 😊

[@tommybotts]

We use to hit superballs with baseball bats. Most times it was a one time deal because those things really took off, never to be seen again.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I loved growing up in the late 1950s and 1960s in Virginia . We had great times playing in the Woods, learning skills and woodcraft from our Boy Scout manuals

[@zerozero9085]

TV show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". I had no idea what a "Beatnik" (Bob Denver) was, but my mom watched it, so I did, too.

[@susanroutt6690]

Born in 1956. Cereal was big. Quisp was my favorite! Now I use Captain Crunch for my occasional Quisp fix.

[@DaughteroftheMostHighGod-h6c]

FIRST ONE TO SEE THE STREETLIGHTS COME ON!!! Yes, the 60’s childhood was priceless.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

That's the way it was in the 80s too. 😊

[@TW1257]

Transistor radios...Polaroid Swinger. It's not the one I had but I have one. Hot Wheels and Creepy Crawlers.

[@larrygrebler5054]

Man, this was my childhood! Remember too many things from this video to mention them all. I was born in 1960 and loved Quip cereal.

[@lyndapisano6373]

I grew up on the Jersey shore, (Asbury park) and remember riding our bikes behind the rolling cloud of the mosquito spray truck! Then getting a strawberry cake ice cream from the Good humor truck!

[@jima9356]

I remember all of them, except for Pifco, even with growing up with 3 girls in our house. I'm surprised you did not mention cigarette advertising which was constantly bombarding us on television commercials.

[@birdsfan57]

Bonnet dryers were a royal pain growing up. Especially in the early 70's, when as a curly-haired teen girl in a sea of Lady Godiva-lock counterparts, one had to maneuver those gigantic rollers under that bonnet to attempt to "straighten" the curls. Blow dryers didn't come to fruition until after I graduated high school. Boy! would they had come in handy during those "self-conscious" teen years!

[@julenepegher6999]

@@birdsfan57 I know what you mean, I had curly hair too, me and my sister used to iron our hair straight with the iron on the ironing board. Or sometimes I used dippity do on my bangs. 😆

[@birdsfan57]

@@julenepegher6999 I, unfortunately, use to use Curl Free home hair straightening kit to try to tame the curliness. Never quite worked the way it was supposed to though. Between the horrible smelly egg solution and the giant plastic rollers that were supposed to be worn while sleeping...LOL..the WORST!

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

​​@@julenepegher6999As a guy, I never understood why girls with curly hair straightened it, and girls with straight hair, curled it, lol. Am I missing something? Or is it just like Lady Grantham on Downton Abbey said, "I'm a woman, Mary...I can be just as contrary as I choose!" 😂 Lady Grantham quotes from Downton Abbey kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnXXfaKJpc5pkNUsi=7gWCXLdpvgsxbNDa

[@julenepegher6999]

@@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER hahahaha, true. I still straighten my hair til this day. Back then all the girls had long straight hair. It seemed all the boys liked the girls with the straight hair. That was my logic. I guess you always want what you can’t have. 😅

[@suzannelawson9215]

The flip was also the popular hairstyle for girls in the 1960's. You would put these rollers in your hair at night (some were very uncomfortable of wiry material and others were later made of a softer spongy material. )

[@deborahpellerito6117]

The flip and the "under curl"😊

[@debrakildau9288]

All the memories ❤❤❤❤

[@MrTPF1]

I remember the great Quisp and Quake battles very well. Then there was Count Chocula vs. Booberry. Much simpler times back then, and I really miss them.

[@BeeFunKnee]

An innocent "Fruity Pebbles" vs all the modern day, non-simple stuff they throw at us or try to stuff down our social-throats. Ok mister, I'm not intimidated, scared or even impressed that you 'wear the dresses'.

[@davidschumaker8107]

Don't forget Frankenberry!

[@korbell1089]

I can't believe that after 60 years, I found out that I STILL know the words to "On Top of Spaghetti"🤣🤣🤣

[@zerozero9085]

Those table top ceramic Christmas trees with lights

[@nomadman1196]

I remember the school drills of hiding under the desk in case of a nuclear attack I never bought it as a kid, but it was fun to take a break from class. 😊

[@mollywoolsey7677]

Duck and cover😂

[@janettemasiello5560]

I heard a comedian Lewis Black do a skit about that. Imagine, hiding from a nuclear bomb under a wooden desk, Lol

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

​@@janettemasiello5560Yeah, we all know the only thing that will survive a nuclear blast is roaches, lol!

[@janettemasiello5560]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[@davidschumaker8107]

In elementary school, we went out into the hallways, knelt down with our heads against the walls and our arms covering our necks! You can't make this stuff up!

[@Whoozerdaddy]

Troll dolls were also known as Wishnicks, which is how they were marketed around here. The were widely available in gum machines for a dime.

[@davidschumaker8107]

I was searching for this comment because I grew up knowing them as Wishnicks and thought that I was somehow mistaken. I guess that I haven't lost it after all!

[@kirnpu]

On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese...... And we'd Sing Along with Mitch as well. Great family fun! I sure loved my trolls but I could never hang on to my superballs. A couple of bounces and they were gone gone gone.

[@birdsfan57]

Sing Along With Mitch...every Tuesday night, if I remember correctly. The BEST times! 🙂

[@deborahpellerito6117]

​@@birdsfan57Yes the bouncing ball to the words

[@birdsfan57]

@@deborahpellerito6117 Yes! 🙂...so much fun for us kids to follow along. We had the BEST childhood memories to sustain us in what's now such a crazy, upside down world.

[@brianburman6580]

Great memories with this one. My parents hated my Wham-o Superball because is left black marks on the walls wherever it bounced. I would give anything for a bowl of Quisp cereal right now.

[@MustangSally7259]

Loved these times!❤❤👍

[@frogbones1968]

Born in 66, I remember more of the 70s, but watching this has brought back a few memories of my very early life.

[@rowdyyates5345]

Sally Fields will always be the bomb

[@rickschrager]

Thanks for this! It reminded me of things forgotten. For example I forgot all about the daisy ad. The ad was an ominous message during ominous times. As carefree as the '60s appeared there was always the worry of nuclear war. As kids we had drills in school to drop under our desks, like that would do any good if "the bomb" dropped. I loved my childhood. I lived mere blocks from the beach in Santa Monica. It didn't get any better than that!

[@callen8908]

Born in the early sixties. What a time of freedom for kids. Played outside for hours and hours with other neighborhood kids. It was an analogue life - social media was more than a generation away

[@garyjohnson6640]

Carnation Instant Breakfast and Tang!!!!

[@zerozero9085]

We used to drink HOT Tang when we had a cold. 😊

[@jamesstark8316]

Hated the taste of Tang but I drank it because that's what John Glenn drank. That's all I needed to know.

[@amlach6148]

I miss my Troll dolls! And they still make Quisp cereal! I get mine at Holiday Market in Royal Oak, Michigan…I usually find them in the old fashioned grocery store chains still around in the USA…. I remember seeing Kaboom cereal in a town grocery outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. Such memories….😀👍

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

We had a relative who worked at General Mills, so we got to be consumer product testers for Kaboom cereal before it was named or marketed, and the accompanying survey invited us to suggest a name for the cereal. Our suggestion was "Funny Fruit Faces."

[@barrydysert2974]

You missed curtains, movie theater curtains that drew up or opened and closed at the beginning and end of the film. It always looked funny when the end of the credits got played on the wavy, colored curtains !:-)

[@boggy7665]

I remember when the Superball was introduced. Neighbor kid gave his newly-acquired Superball its first throw. It bounced once, twice, and then down into the curbside storm sewer!

[@pegs1659]

We used to sing On Top of Spaghetti all of the time lol. I turned 3 in 1960 , so the 60's was my childhood. It was great!☺

[@paul16451]

I still remember when it was common to have the word "sugar" in cereal names before it all went away in the late 70s. There was Sugar Smacks, Super Sugar Crisp, Sugar Frosted Flakes, and Sugar Pops, and probably a couple.of others I can't think of. I don't know who the companies thought they were fooling with those name changes while the ingredients didnt change, but as a kid I honestly preferred the "sugar" names!

[@whiplashfatigue1430]

I swear to god, there was a Captain Crunch TV commercial that bragged about it having multiple types of sugar. My pancreas is cramping up just thinking about it.

[@jessiemyrle4907]

I had my first baby in 63 , but I still remember them all. I especially remember the silver trees, my Mom had one. She had it long enough that my kids even remember it.

[@flashhughes1675]

I was born in 1962. I remember most of this not all. One of the biggest things I remember of that time are GI Joes. I remember circling so many GI Joe things in the Sears Christmas Catalogue.

[@frankwafer6919]

My childhood glory wonder years, thank you!💯💫👍👍!

[@itscourtney218]

I feel like I should have been born 20 years earlier bc I have always loved everything about 60’s culture.

[@samanthab1923]

Still love the smell of Coppertone. Smells like the beach. Jodie Foster was the model for the little girl in her swim suit.

[@user-Danswife]

Really..?? I didn't know that...poor kid, everyone saw her bum.

[@matrox]

Yeh...loved that smell.

[@Mithras444]

It was Cheri Irwin, not Jodi Foster.

[@jcbulldog533]

I also remember reading or hearing somewhere that it was Jodie Foster as a child..

[@samanthab1923]

@@jcbulldog533 Thanks 👋 love bulldogs too ❤️🐶

[@SandyTidwell]

Enjoy your videos so much! 'Even tho we're technically Boomers, those of us born in the early sixties grew up a world a part of from the older Boomers. There's not much focus on us, so your videos are really unique in capturing the way of life us Generation Jones kids grew up. Thank you so much for posting this wonderful video!

[@makelikeatree1696]

Well put. Born in 1960, and never really felt like a boomer. For example, during Woodstock, I was playing frisbee tag and red rover, not dropping acid. That had to wait till the 70s!

[@MomentsInTrading]

What’s funny about the Sound of Music is that, while it’s a great movie, it was promoted as a true story, and there is almost nothing true in it. The family actually hated the movie about them. Here are just some of the things not true- The number of kids The ages of the kids The names of the kids The fact that Maria was actually the mother of some, but in the movie she isn’t. The father being stern and not showing emotion. Maria not being stern. They left on a train on a musical tour and just didn’t come back. They weren’t being chased by Nazis, they didn’t sneak out in the middle of the night, and they didn’t climb over a mountain lol. A bunch of other things as well. In fact, except for the names of the parents, the entire movie is made up. Still a great movie though.

[@theteal123]

I was so lucky to have been a kid in the 60s. I remember everything. The music was great, the toys were great and life was great.

[@samanthab1923]

Trolls were my fav. So much that all these years later my relatives remember me with Wishnicks & such. When they made a comeback in the 90’s we got giant Bride & Groom ones for our Engagement party. Everybody loved that ❤️