Icon Re: Songs/Movies/TV Shows that defined the 60's both good and bad
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MJG (view)

TV
Good:  Ed Sullivan, Astro Boy (I used to do shampoo horns of the haircut and imagine I had jets in my feet), Dragnet   
Bad:  My Mother the Car, Mister Ed, Hazel, Patty Duke
Movies
If you ever get a chance, rent "Matinee" It's a John Goodman film.  I went to one of those "Creeparama" shows when I was about 8.  There weren't electrodes in the seats, but after three BAD horror movies (One featured a guy - "Victim of a nuclear accident" who could walk through walls.  The Kindly Doctor found out his molecular stucture was coming apart, so he commited Suicide by walking into the reactor core at the end.)  they brought out guys in costume - Frankenstien, the Mummy, Dracula & the Wolfman.   Without warning, the music from the "Psycho" shower scene comes on and the lights go out - All the lights. Scared the crap out of me.  Pitch black and all you could hear is running footsteps and screams... Then they turned on the lights and showed an even worse movie.
Music:
Oh God ,where do I start???  I was the Youngest of 5 kids, born in 55, and my siblings had wide ranging tastes, so I heard Everything.  The first singles I owned were Buddy Holly's "Every Day" b/w "Peggy Sue" and Jimmy Rodgers "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"  I found them down by where my family had a cabin along with a few more.  My sister told me these were the only ones worth keeping.  From there, I proceeded to play every one of my siblings records I could get hold of, and being a kid, scratch the hell out of them (Some feathers are still rufflled) One sister was into Dylan and the folk scene, the other two were top 40 all the way, and my brother was strictly Motown & Stax/Volt.  I particularly remember burning through The Four Seasons "Big Girls Don't Cry", Otis Redding "Dock of the Bay", Paul Rever & the Raiders "Hungry", The Monkees, The Association "Cherish" (The first record I ever wore out - and it hurts to admit that) The Kinks "Lola" (the nuns were Shocked, just Shocked) and then The Beatles came out with "Revolver"....   I think I'll go listen to the oldies station now...

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