Remember Friday nights in 1975 when we only had three major networks to choose from? ABC, CBS, and NBC. No streaming, no recording everything to watch later. Which of the Big Three would you have been watching on Friday night?
Heavenly Birthday, Suzanne Somers! Suzanne Somers would have turned 80 on October 16, 2026. She had a way of making us laugh without even saying a word. Do you remember her best as Chrissy Snow or Carol Foster Lambert?
The dime store, the drug store with the soda counter, the movie theater and the bowling alley, all on one street. You could spend a whole Saturday downtown and never get in the car. What was on your Main Street?
The blue one for mixing, the red one for salad, the green one for mashed potatoes, and the big yellow one for popcorn on Friday night. Every mom seemed to have this set, and somehow they never broke. Which one got the most use in your house?
On some cars, the gas cap was a mystery. You pulled into the station, the attendant flipped down the license plate, and there it was. Plenty of cars in the '50s and '60s hid it right behind the plate. Did your family's car have one?
At Catholic school, the nuns didn't need a ruler to check your skirt. You knelt on the floor, and if the hem didn't touch it, you were in trouble. Did you ever get measured?
Who else had a Crissy doll? You pushed the button on her tummy, pulled her ponytail, and her hair just kept growing. Ideal came out with her in 1969, and every girl on my street wanted one. Did you have Crissy or her cousin Velvet?
On October 15, 1951, a little television show called "I Love Lucy" premiered on CBS. Happy 75th premiere anniversary to "I Love Lucy!" What was your favorite "I Love Lucy" episode?
Happy 85th birthday to Paul Simon, born October 13, 1941!From "The Sound of Silence" to "Bridge Over Troubled Water," he and Art Garfunkel wrote the soundtrack to so many of our lives.Which Simon & Garfunkel song still gets you every time?
Did your family have these?Every backyard barbecue had a row of them. They folded flat, weighed nothing, and left a criss-cross pattern on the backs of your legs every summer.What color were yours?
Did you eat them like candy?Luden's Wild Cherry cough drops were supposed to be for sore throats, but somehow a box never lasted more than a day in our house.Be honest... did you fake a cough just to get one?
Wash or dry? Which one were you? Every night after supper, two kids, one sink, and one argument about whose turn it was. Whoever washed got wrinkly fingers, and whoever dried got stuck putting everything away. Which job did you always end up with?
Peace, love, and flower power, man! Those were the days! I remember the long hair, bell-bottoms, love beads, peace signs, and those groovy little round sunglasses with colored lenses. So tell me, were you a real hippie, or did you just dig the look? Peace out!
I remember trying to fake being sick, so I could stay home from school. I'd put on my best miserable face, complain about my stomach hurting, and hope Mom would believe me. Did you ever try to fool your mom into letting you stay home from school?
I always thought “Where, oh where are you tonight?” was made for Hee Haw. It turns out the song was recorded back in 1952, years before the show began. Archie Campbell brought it to Hee Haw, where he and Gordie Tapp made it a regular comedy bit.



















