Fridays with Tab and Chance: Childhood Memories

[@officiallykenab]

Recording songs off the radio with cassettes and making mix tape.

[@lisalewis4181]

A little younger, but somewhat similar. Holding your phone up to the radio to record a song and making it your ringtone! Haha terrible quality. 😅

[@kevingamble5152]

I remember that and I would get mad when the DJ would cut the song short just to talk. Lol!

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

Yes....& my cousins & I would pick which girl in the girl groups we wanted to be! For example....I was Tiny from Xscape!

[@Biscuitplease]

Finding music off Limerick and making CDs

[@jennifers1977]

OMG...I told my daughter that we can "tape" a movie meaning DVR and she was all, mommy why would you put tape on it? LoL having to realize and say record instead.

[@barbarag5387]

Chance is the BEST! I love Chance’s quiet strength. You not “holding her back” but holding her up. Black love!!!

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

YAAAAAAAAAAS! #BlackExcellence #BlackLove

[@theresaforte2202]

Barbra G I agree witcha! 😉

[@Heav3n7]

Love that! Perfect description. 💕

[@junquette3000]

Agreed! If this is holding someone back...hold me back every day! Chance, you're awesome, and both of you make an excellent team.

[@pamelajones3918]

Amen to that !

[@shavaughnbyrd794]

They will never know what rewinding the cassette tape with a no.2 pencil is like or recording your favorite songs off the radio trying not to get the commercials!!😄🤣😄🤣😄🤣😄 Love You Guys!!!💜💜💜💜🌠🌠🌠🌠

[@tasha3322]

Yes indeed 🤣🤣

[@subsistence73]

Yes, or vhs. I recorded everything on VHS over some of my mom's favorite movies 😂🤣

[@shavaughnbyrd794]

@@subsistence73 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yolandam611]

Wow I remember doing exactly that. Hadn't thought about that in years

[@shavaughnbyrd794]

@@yolandam611 Right?!😄😄😄

[@LLCoolCooper]

Watching Soul Train and American Bandstand on Saturday morning/afternoon.

[@newjerseylove1373]

That's a good one!

[@dianenails6525]

YES YES YES 👍 That was the thing to do

[@mzteelew]

Yes!

[@pritthorn37t13]

Or eating cereal, peanut butter Capn Crunch for me 😂 and watching cartoons. And then you better clean the house before momma get back from the grocery store. Running 🏃🏽‍♀️ trying to clean up the house.

[@tonyaya1386]

Yes Lord 🎶

[@shadymccoy7]

Taking pictures and getting them developed! Sometimes you would forget what was on the camera roll!! It was a treat! Lol

[@dzwilson06]

😊

[@KembaA]

Now this is a childhood memory that brought a smile to my face..😬

[@tonyaya1386]

Yes and the Polaroid camera. Pictures developed right then. 😃

[@faithfullyresilient]

Lol your thumbs or fingers are all in the corners of the picture! Not one good picture.

[@shadymccoy7]

@@faithfullyresilient you are so right about that LMBO! Had to make sure your fingers weren't near the flash too!!

[@sakinahiman3301]

Saturday morning cartoons. And the commercials, like conjunction junction, what's your function! They will never know a payphone either. Good times, those were the days!

[@jackieclarke6781]

I use to LOVE conjunction function! Good times and Great days!!

[@cyrhea66]

Sakinah Iman I had the pay phone rigged... continuously shaking the change return, I use to JACK POT allllll the time..... lol Forgive me Lord! I’m a change woman now🙏🏼

[@bakerjones1263]

Not that schoolhouse rock!!!!!😂😂😂😂.

[@annasmith7867]

Yelp, wow...

[@tfsmith1074]

Yes they were!!😊

[@floridagirl5207]

These kids will never know candy lady, corner stores and penny candy.

[@sakinahiman3301]

I was the candy lady a few years ago...lol Some of them know

[@cjola9773]

.25 cent chips and "cool cups"...Love it! LOL

[@Dimples4dayz]

You could do damage with a quarter. That .25 cents made u rich at the corner candy store lmaooooooo!!!🙌🏾🤣💯

[@shavaughnbyrd794]

😄😄😄 My Grandma was the candy! Still didn't get free stuff tho🙄😒🥴

[@Isyi1234]

Omg yes the candy lady one day i missed the school bus because I went to the candy lady OMG, I cried, cried and told the lady im going to whipping for missing the bus woo.

[@liltbennet]

Freeze batteries to get every bit of the power out of them! The push lights during a storm. Not being able to talk on the phone or use any electronics during a storm because the Lord was doing his work. Candy lady houses. I can go on and on 😆

[@lilojay6623]

Yessss! We had to sit down on the couch and not mutter one word when the Lord did his work.💜🤣

[@liltbennet]

@@lilojay6623 y'all my type of people in these comments. I can relate to most of these comments. Oh but what about how Saturday mornings were old school cartoons and on Sunday nothing came on but Christian content ALL DAY!

[@Estrellitawilliams]

Lord I remember my dad cutting off all the lights and not letting us use any electronics in the house during thunderstorms because he was sure we’d get electrocuted.

[@lady4real75]

Still do that!!!

[@seraphinasb988]

Kids will never appreciate the fun and anxiety of passing notes in class, getting up early on Sat morning and watching Satuday cartoons, making up games in the back yard, and watching nick at night (90s baby)

[@subsistence73]

Yes, "one saturday morning!"

[@elisebryanne1315]

That’s a 2003 thing too😂😂😂

[@pritthorn37t13]

Saturday morning “Cartoons, cereal, and cleaning.” 😂🤣

[@nechelewatts9127]

Preach 🤣

[@seraphinasb988]

@@pritthorn37t13 in that order!!!

[@tasteofsweettee8762]

Getting a whoopin with a switch that I had to pick for myself 🤦🏾‍♀️😂😩

[@gloriaharris8636]

Yes and it better not be a small one 😬😂😂

[@tracymoore-streeter1111]

Yes! I'd pick the smallest one and get a double whooping for bringing it back all skinny! 😂

[@TheDallasHopeDealer]

How did we all grow up together 😂😂😂😂

[@akaziaj]

This was back when everybody in the community was on the same page.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@lady4real75]

I long for those days. My parents have lived in the house me & my brother was raised in for 47yrs. We went outside & played. My parent knew were we were, because our bikes was in the yard. Community is all I know & I have several brothers & sisters that aren't my blood, but have known me since I was born. 4 houses have lost the Dad's since 2014, my Dad being the last May 23, 2020. I couldn't do anything but move back @ 45 yrs old and take care of my Mom. My Dad, her husband of 56 yrs is gone. I swear I still hear him walking down the hallway.... Some of the OG as I call them neighbors got together in my den & watched the NBA Playoffs, like we us to do & it was so good for my spirit. It was only 9 off us & we've been quarantineing, so I wasn't worried

[@allenalexander2700]

He Loves her. Like LOVES her. I’m obsessed with you two.

[@davidasingleton8943]

That’s how it SHOULD be! This should not be a shock but expected! We got amazing faithful God fearing men! I thank God for my Boaz! ❤️

[@germyw]

@joshua19942 Of course! That's how love works. How much effort is it to adore someone who causes absolutely no waves or impact? It's love because he loves all of her even the annoying parts. Same with him.

[@Estrellitawilliams]

joshua19942 if your partner doesn’t annoy you from time to time your relationship is not authentic. As long as they’re not disrespectful when expressing their frustration it’s all good.

[@camillesimmons7774]

I Remember: Jump rope, Pat & Ball, Red Light, Playing w/ Jacks, In before street lights come on, Sitting On Porch With Friends For Hours, Soul Train on Saturday!!

[@tboykin13tb]

"RED LIGHT".... 😉

[@ursalawooley971]

I watched American Bandstand at 11am and then.... the SOOOOOUUUUL TRAIN!!

[@mizjazT]

My son will never know about turning the channel on the tv with a wrench or some tool. I’m only 28 but grew up with my great grandmother so everything was so old lol.

[@karenneely9176]

Playing Jack's, playing with a bat and ball, shooting marbles.

[@terrispencer6262]

I Loved Jack’s so much that I taught my daughter how to play and DoubleDutch Rope. She was born in 97.

[@LG-kx8xl]

Alright now! A couple of years ago I must've been missing those days because I was on the hunt for some metal jacks (not that foolishness they call jacks now). I finally found them around Christmas at Kohl's on a "nostalgic" games table. I got on my kitchen floor & had a ball with my kids laughing watching me turn back into the 10 year old champion!

[@desharteedwards7425]

My kids will never experience putting foil on the tv antenna

[@kevingamble5152]

Sometimes you were the antenna!! Lol!

[@shantel7107]

@@kevingamble5152 - And the remote control. Change the channel to 4, 9 or 13 .11 that was all.

[@lg8479]

A facebook friend of mine said that foil is not a lid for pots and pans. I said not only is it a lid, but it is also a plate, on some occasions, and part of the tv antenna! Lol!

[@tonyaya1386]

Okaaay. 😆

[@Lindaross3966]

I remember my daddy putting color paper on the black and white t v screen Lol to have a little color because we couldn’t afford a color television

[@SKY77713]

Playing kickball in the middle of the street and using the holes in the road, rocks, almost anything for the bases! Flipping your bike over and turning the pedal fast like you was revving up a car engine. Racing down the street with your friends just because.

[@chroniclesofthecurvaceous7888]

Oh yes blowing the cartridge but getting alcohol and cleaning the CD when it skips

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

Cleaning the CD??? Whatchu talkin' 'bout chile? I never saw a CD till l was 40. I'm from the days of 8-tracks and turning the dial on the record player with about 4 records on the stick as each record drops to continue the playing.

[@chroniclesofthecurvaceous7888]

@@MrCJ-qz9dl 😂😂😂That is hilarious I heard about 8 tracks and Saw record plays the 45's and all...Those were the good ole days I was so excited to get a Walkman from Family Dollar

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

@@chroniclesofthecurvaceous7888 a Walkman???? Hahaha

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

@@chroniclesofthecurvaceous7888 l don't know if l ever thought l'd live to see the day when youngsters would be laughing at my generation. I remember laughing at my grandmother's old days. I remember when l thought 30's was old.🤪😜😛

[@chroniclesofthecurvaceous7888]

@@MrCJ-qz9dl I know right I remember when 30 was old and now that I'm 36 and they're trying to call my favorite songs from the 90's oldies I clutch my Pearl's 😂

[@tamika8469]

Block parties in the summer, going to the phone booth to make a call.

[@yolandam611]

Yes the phone booth

[@xstend2]

Yea, making sure you had enough nickels/dimes to stay on the phone. Sometimes if, the payphone had it's number posted, you could give the number to whoever you were talking to so they could call you back and you could talk as long as you wanted... for free😂😂

[@tamika8469]

@@xstend2 yaaas honey facts

[@jaxpax2566]

@@xstend2 yes

[@TrukaLyf01]

WE NEED ANOTHER CHILDHOOD EPISODE 🥰😍🤩🤗 This brought memories of playing kickball in the street, where you learned to kick that ball in a straight line 😁 You better not hit nobody house or car 😂🤣

[@geeniality4215]

Yes! And you hated when a car started coming. Oh oh and when you running the bases hope you don't slip on a pebble on the road and skin your knees and elbows.

[@TrukaLyf01]

@@geeniality4215 Yes! So true!

[@geeniality4215]

@@TrukaLyf01 oh and arguing with who ever is guarding the base they moved it three inches to the right because last time it was over here. 🤣🤣🤣

[@DanyellBordeaux]

My cousins and I grew up right across the street from our first elementary school, so the school yard was our personal playground after school was out. We played kick ball and hop scotch all the time, and had free reign all summer! We had traffic free bike riding space too, man those were the days

[@bigdezol]

One thing they will never know is missing an episode of your favorite show meant missing that episode forever.

[@christinawright309]

I remember my mom picking up the upstairs phone line, embarrassing me, telling AND WAITING for me to hang up with my friends. I also remember,NO MATTER WHAT MY FRIENDS AND I DID,ON SATURDAY, YALL GETTIN YALL BUTTS UP FOR CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!🙌🏾🙌🏾😂😂😂

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

When my mom would pick up the other phone & join in on the conversation to embarrass the mess outta me! I got smart & started unplugging her phone when she fell asleep! 😂

[@nechelewatts9127]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDallasHopeDealer]

Omg! That was my dad ! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lalamende8627]

Kids will never understand having 1 house phone with several siblings and everyone waiting or fighting for their turn to talk on the phone

[@renesimmons6652]

My older sister would have the operator cut into the call and say it was a "emergency call "cause I was on the phone too long and she needed to get a message to our mom. Those were the days!!

[@merediththomas2329]

Oh, but did you share a party line with your three neighbors where you could listen in on their calls?

[@renesimmons6652]

Oh wow, NO!😂

[@jadoresophya]

Or causing the phone to be busy because you're in a 3 way call. My mom would be so pissed if she was downstairs with groceries trying to call us. 🤣🤣

[@mrsemeraldgem506]

I believe that’s the very reason I don’t like talking on the phone now. I very seldom had that chance. By the time I did have the phone to myself (they moved out) I was in the streets, wasn’t at home.

[@arlenetatum9511]

You can tell that the both of you are SOULMATES not CELLMATES. Such a Beautiful Couple 💑.

[@indigenousone4093]

Say what! I get it though...😂😂😂😂

[@germyw]

I miss going to the WHOLESOME, FAMILY OWNED corner candy stores. No crackheads hanging outside just me with s fist full of nickels getting my LIFE. Me and my cousins in Mississippi had a "birthday" party one day. I think we had TWO DOLLARS. We went to store and got a pack of now or laters, pack of those Lance strawberry cookies, 4 slices of ham and a fruit punch. No lie! We split that ish between 3 of us and had a GOOD time. I think I was around 8 and visiting my g-mama for the summer. Yessssss😊😊💛

[@mwatsonification]

Oh yeah!! I forgot about them parties though!! We're in Texas 🤠, and I remember asking for change from my mama and daddy so me, my sister, my little brother, Shelia, and her little brother and sister could have a party in our backyard! Thanks for reminding me!!

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

Ours was more of a nightclub at night & a store in the day! He had the best pickled pig feet! You couldn't pay me to eat that now!😂 What part of Mississippi? That's where I'm from!

[@tonyaya1386]

Omg my now latter's candy in the big plastic jar ❤

[@germyw]

@@Queen_of_Kingz Wait. Mine was too, I just didn't want to paint an incorrect picture. There were little corner stores and what was just trailers as small stores too. But, like you, for this particular "party" we went to Bubba's which was a barroom in the back but a deli/store in the front. The drunks didn't hang out in the front or anything like corner stores now but YEP! Bubba's in Pascagoula on a residential street. Happy memories!

[@germyw]

@@mwatsonification You're welcome. Tab reminded ME. Lol BTW, we have the same last name. Lol

[@taraclark3656]

Black and white t.v.s!!! Having to hit it when it lost the picture. 😂😂😂 Or color t.v.s with twist channel knobs that broke off and you had to use a fork or pliers to turn the channel !!😂😂😂😂

[@rondarobinson2799]

😅🤣😂😆😅😂🤣

[@katrinarandle5966]

Or that TV channels went off. The national anthem playing and the beeeeep sound with the color bars showing.

[@ursalawooley971]

@Tara Clark yep!! I remember my mother using the pliers when the knob broke off!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm loving this episode because we get to remember the good ol days

[@dedehodo8890]

When the TV channels went off at a certain time! That’s waaaayyyyy back in the day.

[@Silver.Forest]

When your favorite cassette tape ribbon breaks and you put a little piece of tape on it to bond the two pieces together. OR when the tape would get tangled and you had to pull the tape out and use a ✏️ pencil to rewind it.

[@CS-wd6xt]

Kids will never understand the time and effort it takes to write the perfect love letter.

[@tboykin13tb]

Awwwwwhhh a Love Letter, which took hrs & it had to be PERFECT.... 🥰

[@CS-wd6xt]

@@tboykin13tb Absolutely, I definitely wrote my fair share. Those were the days. Didn't really know what love was then. But those emotions brought out some creativity in those letters

[@niecybaby1960]

Using an hanger as a antenna to make the TV work! Y’all did very good today! Keep it up...

[@ursalawooley971]

I remember that and myself or my mother being the remote control to turn the channel. At 12 midnight the channels would sign off and all you saw was snow or vertical lines

[@cconway1007]

Turning the Tv with pliers because the knob broke!

[@LadyCaramel33]

I remember when I was growing up in NJ my mother said she was coming home late so she left me $3 to get something to eat. I took that money to the corner store/deli and had a feast. I got a bologna sandwich. I’m talking about sliced off of the roll bologna on thick bread with cheese and mustard wrapped in white paper. I got the expensive bag of chips (35 cents). I got a drink, some cookies, and a pack of mystery now and laters. I went up to the counter praying that I had enough money for my purchases and ended up getting change back.

[@SpeakUpWorld]

I remembered all of this in Saint Louis

[@tboykin13tb]

"MYSTERY MIX", NO U DIDN'T!!!! YASSSS LAWDY!!!! 😉

[@sassyspoiled]

Yes, you could eat all day for 3 bucks.

[@denisedavis4851]

Back in the days, man I am a bit older than y'all, I grew up in the 70's, I remember 8 tracks and vinyl albums 😁 I remember hanging out with friends engaging in conversations about whatever, no phones no devices, just chillin'. Remember my mother who was a single mom as well sending me and my siblings to the community center and telling us not to come home until it closed...We were like, "what about lunch?" she said, "they serve lunch there" (LOL).

[@vicToryousVegan]

Playing run, catch and kiss, playing dodge ball, having tea parties at your friends house, the neighbors would tell on you if you did wrong and can beat you before your parents got they turn, the switch you had to pick off the tree yourself. Man memories....thanks Tab and Chance for the memories. Yes today's kids will never know about house phones or the rotary phones. Oh man y'all bringing it back. House parties were the bomb, roller skating rinks...yass!!

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

I miss my Easy Bake Oven....I thought I was Betty Crocker or Sara Lee....😂😂😂

[@stephanieclark7229]

Yes! House parties and skating rinks! I loved them both.

[@tboykin13tb]

Not a rotary ☎️

[@liltbennet]

The hum noise from the street light coming on was the scariest sound effect, and I promise I was just on my porch or in my driveway at the time 😆 oh and I'm 26 and from the South.

[@ME-yy5ex]

Ya’ll so wrong for this!!!! We used to be hauling tail before that street light came on, the entire neighborhood! We had a kid who would yell, “STREET LIGHT!!!” Thank you both for being so inspirational! You both are amazing!!!

[@reneeredmond530]

Chance, you really brought back memories with the street light story! My mother had the same rule with us coming up, when those street lights came on,we had better be in the house or we would be in a world of trouble!🤣🤣

[@tierrasardine562]

*Let her go😂😭Ba-dom-bo-bump* ooooo I can relate to the streets light Mr.Chance 😂😭 28 and still get talked to about being out.

[@sharonbrown7806]

Love this!!!! Takes me way back to the GOOD OLD DAYS!! I remember..50 cent- movies with 2 movies, double Dutch jump rope, Chinese rope w the rubber bands, jacks, skating in street, dodge ball, bus fee was .$.50 with a free pass, Sat morning cartoons with a big bowl of Frosted Flakes or captain crunch! When I got older...blue light basement parties, putting the quarter on the record player arm- 45’s with the yellow disk in center, hot peanuts and popcorn at Sears and this one is for the OG ‘s hotdogs w the toasted buttered bun at Woolworths stores!!!! Phone numbers had 7 numbers, black dial rotary phones, taking glass bottles back for 3-5 cents! Oh the memories...butter cookies that you stacked on your pinky finger... squirrel nuts, milk duds, sugar babies n daddy’s, waxed juice drinks, 3/.01 candy n cookies, and last but not least...getting an allowance of .10 cents per day for chores done on Saturday morning! And if your parent called your WHOLE NAME you were in BIG TROUBLE!! And I can go on n on too! OMG I miss the good old days!”

[@hangwithmetwee5097]

I love how much his family makes him smile. Chance even be trying to hold his smile in. ❤ You guys are so cute! Street lights was the alarm clock.

[@karohndabaker6544]

Oh the memories! I'm older than you guys but I had the street light rule too. I remember black n white TV, I remember when the TV networks would go off the air at a certain time of night and wouldn't come back on until the morning (there was no cable TV back then), I remember afternoon and Saturday morning cartoons, I remember the black n white Atari gaming system, I remember blowing into the 8 track and cassette tape (like you would do for your game) to make it play right lol, rotary phones, playing outside in the rain, catching lightning bugs...I could go on and on. I'm telling my age but those were some good memories. Kids today will never know or understand. Thanks for taking us down memory lane. Love Y'all! ❤ #TabAndChance #Memories #GoodTimes #Childhood

[@celesterae2154]

We must be around the same age, cuz I remember ALL those things too! Sitting playing, "That's my car"; chasing down the ice cream truck; Walkman clipped on your hip; kickball at recess... Those times were precious!

[@karohndabaker6544]

Girl yes! I just turned 55 last month. I remember playing hopscotch and 2 or 4 square on the side walk. Ooo and remember we were the remote because TVs didn't have remotes back then and our parents used to call us in the room to change the channel for them? 🤣🤣 TVs back then had a dial with 2 settings UHF/VHF! 🤣 Whew! The kids today got it good! Lol

[@celesterae2154]

@@karohndabaker6544 I turned 51 in June. Hop scotch was always in front on our house because we had the smoothest sidewalk. 🤣 You took it baaack with 4 square. We played that at recess too. My absolute jam was playing jacks on the porch. Because when the porchlight came on, I better be sitting on it!

[@tonyaya1386]

Yes. The TV will go off around 12midnight and will play oh say can u see.

[@stephanieclark7229]

We must be around the same age because I have all of those memories too. And other games, Simon says, Captain may I, red light. Wow! Precious memories.

[@jessicawilliams1620]

The penny candy store, Soul Train, and double Dutch

[@tboykin13tb]

I always wanted to Double Dutch, just Could Not Get It.... 😔

[@dteat03]

In order for me to go to the arcade on the weekend. I had to do chores to earn the money, but I also had to return soda bottles to the local grocery store to get extra money. Those bottles paid for a few trips to the arcade. Another one that the kids will never experience. I remember my mother making me tell the bus driver that I was under a certain age so, I could ride the bus for a dime, but only on the weekends. So, she could stay within her budget to go visit my Grandma. Lord, those were the good old days.

[@fullmooninbloom]

Memory: Calling friends after 9pm!! **free minutes**

[@DanyellBordeaux]

I remember my teen years, sneaking on the house phone til all hours of the night & morning. I would call the 'time' over & over, listening to the recording while I waited for my friends/boyfriend to call me back so the phone wouldnt ring and wake my mama up 😅. Luckily we had call waiting, so I could answer the other line when the phone beeped. Man, I had that 'time' recording memorized 😅

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

Hearing that line beep (especially if it was you boyfriend) was equivalent to hearing the icecream truck as an elementary kid! 😂 I had to sneak & unplug my mom phone cause her phone would light up if someone was on it! 😂

[@cyrhea66]

yanyell4 lmbo... sounds like me

[@Lindaross3966]

I remember calling the operator saying it was an emergency to interrupt someone’s call to talk to them

[@DanyellBordeaux]

@@Lindaross3966 oh wow 😅😅

[@SpeakUpWorld]

you bringing back memories

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

That aol dial up....I can still hear the noise it made & plugging it up to the phone line! Wifi who? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ScorpioSaurus-Rex]

And then the disappointment when it failed cause someone was calling 😢

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

@@ScorpioSaurus-Rex I use to block the phone lines....my mama used to tell me I was too sneaky & smart for my own good! 😂🤷🏾‍♀️

[@ScorpioSaurus-Rex]

Queen Of Kingz Damn you were good, id just be like “ok wasn’t meant to be” I really wish I was sneakier back in the 1900’s

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

@@ScorpioSaurus-Rex My dad, God rest his soul, use to tell me to put that energy to use in a more positive manner....but I was always confused on how I would do that! I'm not too fond of law enforcement, so what else would I do with it? I used to get away with stuff my parents NEVER caught on to. Still to this day, I could tell my mom something I did & got away with that she knows nothing about. But even though I'm grown with a whole husband & 2 whole teenagers....if I told her some of that stuff, she would probably whoop me off principle alone. EXAMPLE: _(promise I'm not saying this with any kind of pride cause it was dead wrong)_ I had a job & wanted a 2-way pager so bad my freshman year in high school. If added to our at&t landline, my bill would be $45/ month. My mom of course told me no! (LORD FORGIVE ME) But my sneaky tail came up with a plan. Before the bill was posted & mailed to the house, I would go to Jitney Jungle & pay $50 or $55 on the account. My mom never looked at the detailed bill as long as it wasn't high. So for the entire 18 months that my 2-way was on that phone bill, my mom never knew & thought her bill went down $5 or $10 every month. That's one she has yet to find out! Needless to say, I'm getting my karma with my teenagers!🤦🏾‍♀️

[@MsIvebeenthinking]

Sitting in the back of a station wagon with your siblings and cousins with no seat belts, laughing, joking and playing cards.

[@LG-kx8xl]

That street light story had me laughing with all the good memories of childhood! When Chance said he'd be coming in hot on that bike, I almost fell off my seat🤣 'cause I remember taking chances at the last minute to get home & yes, that light would flicker & buzz before it slowly got up to full glow.😂😂😂😂

[@janismcelrath1317]

Being able to walk to the movies without adult supervision. Eating dinner at the table most days as a family.

[@jennastewart7473]

You can see how much love there is between you. I love the way Chance looks at you, even when he tried to act like he is annoyed by you.

[@mmharp17]

On the East Coast catching it early, but Aunite Tab----listen to Unc Chance! No Sound Effects. Let the beat man be! LOLOLOLOLOLLLLL!!!!!!

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

Agree! I love her dances moves & singing....but that extra beat....it's not needed! 😂

[@cyrhea66]

The Culture's Counselor! She sounds good

[@msmimi3462]

They will never experience the TV going off and the National Anthem playing.

[@TheMammad31]

Yep, not too long after three's company Alice, mash and rockford files, for those of us who didn't have cable.( Lord, I'm showing my age)

[@naturalelation1631]

We're telling our age, now! Lol

[@renesimmons6652]

YESSSS!!🤣😂

[@LG-kx8xl]

@@TheMammad31 I watched them all. We didn't get cable until I was in the 8th grade...MTV.

[@ceecee366]

How about using a hanger as your antenna 📡so that the picture could tune in or using pliers to turn the channel. Getting our #goodtimes on! Lol! Even though craziness happened back then too, there was an innocence about living.

[@LG-kx8xl]

PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE MEMORIES. I ENJOYED THIS SO MUCH. IT MADE ME LAUGH & ALMOST CRY. THOSE WERE VERY GOOD TIMES!

[@shoppnbagreicee]

Kids these days will never experience having to have a pen and notepad on deck so that you can “write my number down” 😂 stationary was vital back in the day

[@SpeakUpWorld]

I loved approaching the female to get the number. nowadays they get on social media and get the number

[@celesterae2154]

🤣 When I would see a boy reaching for that tiny spiral book out his pocket... Good times at the mall arcade.

[@tonyaya1386]

Turning the tv antenna on the outside to get a clear picture and someone inside telling you " right there, no turn it back the other way, a little more, stop, you just had it" 📺😆.

[@indigenousone4093]

Yep! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@aldyja]

Hey Tab, Let Chance handle the beat. I’m with him on that one. 😂

[@anitralovett1359]

Let the ba domp domp go....... Let Chance have his beat Tab. Btw Beautiful family!

[@larettawilliams5295]

Lol. Getting your hair pressed and rolled. Picking out fluffy easter dresses, socks, ribbons, and shoes. Definitely late nights on the house phone. Going to the penny store for candy. Playing and making forts in the woods🤣🤣🤣

[@milesla105]

Waiting until the ‘Top 9 at 9’ came on to record that one song...hoping you got only the song & not the DJ talking

[@AngelAustin]

Yes! If you heard the DJ's voice, it would ruin EVERYTHING!

[@FT-db3ty]

Cassette mixtape classic lol

[@KuyintoB]

@@AngelAustin I'm dying. Yes!

[@thelionesssden3140]

....and your brother take your one good mix tape to play in his boom box. Have to start all over! Sibling fights were different back then.

[@milesla105]

@@thelionesssden3140 I have not heard "boom box" in time...wow!!!

[@deloresrichards9655]

Good old Days, love it!! Our parents didn’t play!

[@TheBraveIntrovert]

But the JOY on her face when she gets to dance on the intro....❤💜🖤💜❤

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

Going to the candy lady & getting icebergs or what some people called cold cups! Listen....that red one though! I remember either squeezing the cup to loosen it up & flipping it upside-down. Or biting off the Styrofoam cup at the top to make it easier to eat!

[@naturalelation1631]

CALLING CARDS and PAY PHONES... I couldnt call long distance, on the house phone, so I had to use a calling card.

[@snewman777]

I agree with Tab. The b-dump, bump, bump goes there. I feel it too, girl!

[@shoppnbagreicee]

Whew I remember Friday’s after school my mom would take me to our local video store (not blockbuster cuz they were too expensive) and I could rent 2 vhs 📼 of my choosing. HIGHLIGHT of my week 😂

[@TerryLBrown-4336]

Hey Tab!!! What i love about Chance is he keep it real , he never sugar anything he never forget where he came from, that's a good man.🙏🏽

[@Batt_n_eye18]

I’m also from NC. I remember corner stores with the jars of big pickles, pickled pig feet and pickled eggs at the cash register! 😂

[@SimplyVelca]

Oh I so so needed this tonight! I've caught myself doing the song so many times today ha! Love to you both Tab and Chance! Have a beautiful weekend everyone!

[@Cocomel444]

I sing the song with them! I swear they my online besties and they don’t even know it. 😂

[@chiantimedley6325]

Playing Ms Pac-Man at the arcade and the sound it made when you dropped yo quarters in 🥰🥰

[@chocolatechipbanana]

Saying "pick me up at the mall" on a collect call so no one had to pay

[@germyw]

Remember that commercial(for long distance, I guess) and it was about collect calling and the people tell the operator the call is from "Hadababyitsaboy"?? That mess will never not be funny because it was real. I would call my mom collect in college, she'd reject the call then call me back! Lol

[@jacki2357]

My cousin and I laying in the grass and trying to count All the Stars. 🌟

[@bkbjorn3487]

Donna is growing out nice Tab👌🏾🖤

[@kevingamble5152]

I remember having block parties!! Those were the times!!

[@thekaerichtexas]

I never seen anyone smile so hard. When tab smiles you see all 32 teeth. I just love her 😃😊😁

[@grangranphyllis9276]

TV antennas outside attached to the house We had to go out and turn it to watch two channels that’s all we had 😂

[@godisiam9614]

Chance rocking dat vegan glow; he and Quest came thru with d fresh line up 👀. Love how Chance lights up with adoration for Tab & d kids. Every family needs a hubby & dad like Chance! 💯💪🏽✊🏾👏🏾 Beautiful family and I enjoy u guys stories ♥️

[@cjola9773]

OMG! So many memories. In Elementary putting paper in the cassette tape so me and my cousins can record ourselves singing songs. Falling off of merry-go-rounds, riding in the back of my Dads pickup truck, making "pallets" with cousins at grandma's house (country name for stacking blankets on floor. LOL), playing pencil brake in middle school, "highsidin"(talking about each other) on the back of the school bus, talking on house phone with bf, 3-way calls, then caller id. Heck even being yelled at to close refrigerator because I'm letting the cold air out. So many I can't count...I miss those days.

[@aadyae]

We better get in the house when the street lights came on. Yup!!!! And you better bring your bike back in with you. Yup. And if my mama wanted us in before the street lights came on she would yell at the top of her lungs for 6 kids each of us by name. We had about 60 houses in the neighborhood and yes we heard her no matter what block we were on.the neighbors would hear her and tell us your mama is calling you. It was awesome!!!!! Today's generation is missing so much. Just basic life. It was great. Thanks mom and dad for everything!!!

[@t.jackson100]

YES to the streetlight coming on & having to be home!😂 Enjoying climbing trees, playing red light green light, walking to the corner store with a few cents to get Now & Laters & Laffy Taffy, Little Debbies or a good ol' peach Nehi soda!!! This TRULY brought a smile to my heart this morning! Continued blessings to such a beautiful family! Sending love from Virginia, enjoyed your visit here in January Queen Tabitha, can't wait for another event! Peace, love & light always!!🌻✨💖💫

[@jamiedianne6778]

The streetlights DO hum!! 🤣 the one down the street from us is still LOUD 😂😂

[@barbarag5387]

I had a smile on my face the whole time while watching this. Thank you.

[@PoshProductJunkie]

I love the way Chance looks at Tab when she cuttin up 🤣🤣

[@passionatepatricia426]

The Best Couple Eveeeeeeerrrrrrr❣️ Thank you for sharing your Joy‼️🤗🙏🏽 Oops! Almost forgot to share 😂 Watching the picture develop from a Polaroid camera ... 😊

[@katrinarandle5966]

Shake it like a Polaroid picture (even though Polaroid said we weren't supposed to)!

[@pv3047]

I remember sitting by the radio with my cassette ready to record my favorite song.

[@anitralovett1359]

The street light!!!..... Was that every black parents thing? I can hear my mom telling me and my sister, you better not let that street light catch you!

[@tonyaya1386]

I know right 😆

[@christinawright309]

Anitra Lovett Definitely!,✊🏾😂😂

[@miaburns3713]

YES 🤣

[@Queen_of_Kingz]

Exactly how my parents said it....word for word! 😂 But they called it the Street Light Law! 😂

[@ceecee366]

I think so because my mama had that same rule too! 💯😆😆

[@island-girl1180]

I love listening to you guys go down memory lane Black Love 💘

[@aldyja]

Yes! I remember all of those y’all mentioned. I also remember making mixed tapes of all the jams off the radio and having to rewind and fast forward to the favorites. I remember the neighborhood kids getting together to play kickball, double dutch, the girls playing the different patty cake hand games, walking to the corner candy store or to the neighborhood icee lady’s house.

[@godsbeloved03]

I know all about that buzzing sound the street lights made!

[@Arun71150]

Recording songs off the radio onto a tape. Sitting on my bed with my radio, listening to music I'd curated and recorded.

[@ladyaries8132]

I tell my kids about the street light ⏰ all the time. As soon as that buzzing started, you better be your butt in the house before that light was completely on. Mid conversation all you heard was "Gotta go"! The phone call interruption, Skate Depot/World on Wheels sessions, pushing the game cartridge in the game system to the left side after blowing it and it still not working sometimes so you blew even harder. Spit went everywhere. Lol... It's so crazy how as a culture, we all experienced a lot of the same things from our child hood yet we don't necessarily know each other. So many great and good times!!!!

[@Shantased]

LOVELY JUST LOVELY JUST BEAUTIFULLY BLESSED👑👑 Tab this time I’m agreeing with Chance. Still watching with or without. Just lovely 👑👑👑 MUST WASH THEM DISHES BEFORE I GO TO BED. Till this day, My kitchen is clean before I fall asleep 💤. Thanks for the memories & yes I was awaken at 11:30pm & or 12:30am washing them dishes when I forgot🙏🏿 THANKS BE TO GOD FOR MY DISHWASHER

[@pallison4941]

Had to almost beg to even go outside, then I couldn't leave the yard. This was such a fun video; walk down memory lane. TFS!

[@mishafraser8733]

My Daddy got on the phone when I was talking to my boyfriend (now husband) and told me to bring him a glass of milk.

[@pritthorn37t13]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 meaning GET OFF THE PHONE!!

[@Angelcakes20]

Milk?! 😂🥛

[@nechelewatts9127]

I luv Donna Rocking it...Tab💕 Have a wonderful weekend 😘

[@heathersmith1580]

Nothing can be more embarrassing than your Mom coming out of the Livingroom as your going to answer the door bell, and I hear her say Peachy, who is that at the door? I said it's my Friend, she says what Friend? I said it's my Friend but it was a Boy who was liking me. Next thing I see my Mom came to door with a SHOTGUN! Then the Boy took off running. She then said to me I told you about them no good Boys. I was so embarrassed. But I can Laugh about it now. My Mom didnt play.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheElegantL415]

Chance I'm so happy you let Tab cut up a lil bit in the intro...lol I loved it. Now my mom had the same street light rule and she would do the samething with the phone. Believe it or not those werevthe good ole days that our kids will not ever get to enjoy. We had freedom to go anywhere in walking distance but you better be home before the street lights came on.

[@Krystal620]

Keep the “Bah dum dum dum” 🤣😘

[@marilynthomas9759]

Playing outside with the neighborhood children, playing hopscotch, double Dutch, hide and seek, and ball games. Eating dinner together at the table without the interruption of cell phones and any social media.

[@MoMotivation0304]

I have to agree with Chance, let him keep the beat and you carry the song 🤣. Love yall

[@lwilliams6127]

Chance, I can relate to your memory about the street light coming on. So funny, I’m now 50 and from Alabama I can also remember my Mom saying YOU BETTER BE IN THIS HOUSE BEFORE THAT LIGHT COMES ON!! Oh boy, you better believe when the sun started going down me & my brother was beating it in the house! That must have been a southern thing for parents back then.

[@masons5brown]

Being called in the house to turn the channel for your Momma/Daddy complaining all the way🤣