Monthly Archives: March 2013

One banana, two banana….

45 years ago this is what I was watching every Saturday morning. the banana splits adventure hour (original intro) – YouTube.

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Not Exactly Sophie’s Choice

I really liked “The Munsters” TV show when I was 4 and 5 years old. At the time, I couldn’t imagine anything more entertaining on television, but one day the unthinkable happened!  ABC began running promos for a new program … Continue reading

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A Lost Family Heirloom

The Flintstones (Welch’s) Grape Jelly Commercial – YouTube. For several years in the 1960’s Welch’s grape Jelly was packaged in jars with art work from The Flintstones cartoon show. In our household we used them as drinking glasses once the … Continue reading

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I want my flying car, but I’ll settle for the talking dog!

  I’m sure most of you are familiar with the cartoon series The Jetsons. Created in 1963 it pretty much takes the opposite approach, timeline wise, that is, to The Flintstones. I thought it was a visually clever cartoon. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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