nostalgia

The Reflections was a doo-wop group from the Detroit area.  They were young sons of auto workers, with great harmony and even better hair! They hit #2 with their great song "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" in 1964.  Unfortunately they never hit gold again following this song...

I was raking my leaves at my home on Monday.  It was a bright, warm sunny afternoon.  We raked giant piles of red, orange, maroon and yellow maple leaves into the center of the back yard.  And then we started to bag them. And then I realized something was missing...

The iconic childrens shoe company began in 1875 and the cartoon characters of the little sailor boy and his dog ("Tige") came around in 1902.  The characters became one of the most recognizable corporate logos of the  20th-Century. The name "Buster" came from the popular actor of silent movies, Buster Keaton...

In the pantheon on television Dad's who comes to your mind? Robert Young from "Father Knows Best?"  How about Ben Cartwright from "Bonanza?"  Of course, one of the most famous TV fathers was Bill Cosby's Cliff Huxtable on "The Cosby Show." An...

Allen Ludden (October 5, 1917-June 9, 1981) looked like a button-down college professor and in fact made his mark on TV as the moderator of a college game show ("GE College Bowl").  But we remember him as the gentle, smiling host of both the daytime and nighttime editions of "Password."  ...

Was this the funniest movie ever made?  Many think so (including me!) This 1959 farce features a glowing Marilyn Monroe in her finest film portrayal as "Sugar" a whispery song seductress with an all-girl traveling band.  Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (in Oscar caliber performances) play two musicians on the run from the mob...

How many remember when these yellow and black tiger tails were the hottest giveaway at a gas station.  It was back in 1962. For the most part most of the giveaway premiums at gas stations were "adult oriented."  Steak knives, maps, ice scrapers, etc...

This vintage Flintstones  TV commercial borders on disbelief. To think that Fred and Barney would relax by smoking Winston cigarettes in a show aimed at children is unreal. There is NO WAY this commercial would ever be seen by today's generation...

I love this old 1955 photo of Downtown Oneonta!  Look at the old businesses, the old Bresees facade, the shoppers on the street, those big neon overhanging street lamps, and especially those great old cars!  I mean, you gotta love that great convertible in the forefront...

My Dad had these on every one of his cars when I was growing up in the1950s.  My brothers and sisters and I thought they were radio antennas that picked up the car radio!  We use to "flick" them to see if they made a noise, and of course we would get yelled at...