I hate to admit this but,.....

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,.....

I like the Monkees;

[desertechn]

I'm a believer................

[Mike McFarlin]

I'm taking the last train to Clarksville.

[Camella Black]

Love 'em, aint ashamed to admit it; I was a huge fan and my week was not complete without watching them, Paul Revere and The Banana Splits, okay I watched HR Puffin Stuff too...

[stormgoalie]

Love 'em, aint ashamed to admit it; I was a huge fan and my week was not complete without watching them, Paul Revere and The Banana Splits, okay I watched HR Puffin Stuff too...

AHHHHHHH the shows of my youth Of course I loved all of the above, and Scooby Doo before they added Scrappy Doo

[ruth13]

and I am not your steppin' stone.....

[xobxdoc]

Charles Manson auditioned for the Monkeys. Now that would have been a different group!

[Camella Black]

and I am not your steppin' stone.....

this was one of my favorite songs!!!

[Marlin]

I can't hear one of their songs without visualizing their show.

****************************************

Dang'it Camella, now I have the HR Puffinstuff theme song stuck in my head.

[Rennhack]

Hey Hey, We're the monkeys....



.... We're too busy singing, to put anybody dow....

[stormgoalie]

Another great show song.....


Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship........

[Rennhack]

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny ship........

Did you know that there are 2 endings to that song?

[RDTroja]

Did you know that there are 2 endings to that song?

First season vs. remaining seasons:

Season 1: "The Movie Star, and the rest..."

Other Seasons: "The Movie Star, The Professor and, Maryann...

There was actually a big fight at the beginning of the first season with Bob Denver being outraged over Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells getting stiffed in the song and he almost quit until they told him not to (better to be employed and ignored.) They were originally supposed to be minor characters compared to the others. After the first season, the producers realized that all of the characters were necessary and had the song edited.

Ummm... I mean, no, Mike I didn't know that! 

[Marlin]

I like Neil Diamond too,....

go figure,.....

How about Show Tunes... 

[xobxdoc]

First season vs. remaining seasons:

Season 1: "The Movie Star, and the rest..."

Other Seasons: "The Movie Star, The Professor and, Maryann...

There was actually a big fight at the beginning of the first season with Bob Denver being outraged over Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells getting stiffed in the song and he almost quit until they told him not to (better to be employed and ignored.) They were originally supposed to be minor characters compared to the others. After the first season, the producers realized that all of the characters were necessary and had the song edited.

Ummm... I mean, no, Mike I didn't know that! 

D1G Prototype was in an episode of this show. It was a cameo shot from the air. It was supposed to be a secret hideout of a spy on the island.

[retired nuke]

Did you know I only watched because of Mary Ann?!?!?!....

She was the hot one....

[Camella Black]

I can't hear one of their songs without visualizing their show.

****************************************

Dang'it Camella, now I have the HR Puffinstuff theme song stuck in my head.

Life was so much simplier then; sitting back and watching a big green dragon, a wacked out witch and a boy and his talking flute...

[crusemm]

a boy and his talking flute...

That's just wrong on so many levels

[Camella Black]

Good grief I went back and looked at this and well, no wonder some of us are so messed up!

[sammoyers]

I find myself watching.....





OMG...








"Keeping up with the Kardasians" 

How sick am I?   

[Marlin]

Good grief I went back and looked at this and well, no wonder some of us are so messed up!

Did you know that Penny Marshall tried out for the part of Whitchiepoo and was turned down? Probably a good thing for her career.

[stormgoalie]

Did you know that there are 2 endings to that song?

Nope, didn't know.  Now I will have to do some light internet surfing to find them........

[xobxdoc]

Starting?

[retired nuke]

My year of birth is 1959.

I hate to admit this but,.....

1959 is starting to look like a long time ago,....

Got you by a couple...

got a dead kennedy for my birthday once....

[RDTroja]

Good grief I went back and looked at this and well, no wonder some of us are so messed up!

I am proud to admit that I never once watched this show. The unfortunate part is the reason... I was already too old for that kind of show when it came out.

[Camella Black]

So Roger, you must be older than dirt? LOL... well if you didn't watch this, what did you watch... please share 

[RDTroja]

So Roger, you must be older than dirt? LOL... well if you didn't watch this, what did you watch... please share 

Not older than all dirt, just older than some.

I watched Rocky & Bullwinkle (before it became The Bullwinkle Show), Merrie Melodies Cartoons on various shows, Captain Kangaroo when I was very young, The Little Rascals, The Mickey Mouse Club, Bozo the Clown, Howdy Doody... I even remember watching Amos & Andy.

By the time HR Puffenstuff and the Banana Splits came along, I wasn't into that stuff (my younger sisters were) but I stayed faithful to Rocky and Bullwinkle and Bugs Bunny for many years.

[Marlin]

but I stayed faithful to Rocky and Bullwinkle and Bugs Bunny for many years.

I can verify that having attended some of the "Bugs and Brew" parties (early 80s I think) on Saturday mornings after night shift at the house he and others were renting.

[stormgoalie]

This thread is dredging up all kinds of memories....... some not so good.  Like having to watch Sonny and Cher, or worse Donny and Marie   And I thought I had buried them somewhere soooooooo deep that they would never again haunt me LOL.

[RDTroja]

I can verify that having attended some of the "Bugs and Brew" parties (early 80s I think) on Saturday mornings after night shift at the house he and others were renting.

Winter/Spring 1979. Millstone. Good parties. Even started attracting some locals (attractive ones, too!)

[stownsend]

My year of birth is 1959.

I hate to admit this but,.....

1959 is starting to look like a long time ago,....

It was a long time ago,a long time ago.

[Marlin]

Winter/Spring 1979. Millstone. Good parties. Even started attracting some locals (attractive ones, too!)

If I remember right Black Point was a summer rental community for vacationers, but then I am surprised anyone at those parties remembers anything.   There was a St Patty's Day party that outage that just about wiped out the HP staff for the next day. If "the road" was like that again there would be more people wanting to travel (alas, fitness for duty prevails).

[RDTroja]

If I remember right Black Point was a summer rental community for vacationers, but then I am surprised anyone at those parties remembers anything.   There was a St Patty's Day party that outage that just about wiped out the HP staff for the next day. If "the road" was like that again there would be more people wanting to travel (alas, fitness for duty prevails).

I can still remember waking up to the sound of the phone ringing and realizing immediately that it was dark outside which meant that nightshift had already started... and all four of us in the house were nightshifters. I heard Bob answer the phone, not with "Hello" but with "We'll be right there." If I remember correctly, over 90% of nightshift was either late or absent that night. We were told we couldn't have any more parties... which made for a great laugh at the Bugs 'n' Brew the following Saturday morning. (It was a force of nature. Even if we had cancelled it, the people would have shown up.)

[sovbob]

You're gonna have to explain to me how this is a bad mamory,....

Clever pun, or Freudian slip?

[Camella Black]

I hate to admit this but,....

I miss the gong show,.....

Thanks so much, I cannot get the image of this show out of my head!

[LaFeet]

My year of birth is 1959.

I hate to admit this but,.....

1959 is starting to look like a long time ago,....

Sorry Marssim.... but 1959 already looks like a long time ago to me and I still feel young.  BTW  I was born in 61.

Carma  Carma  Carma Chameleon to you

[retired nuke]

I hate to admit this but,.....

I'm one of those kids you're mother told you that you did not want to be;

Remember? the ones who used to ride their bikes behind the mosquito truck and play blind bike tag in the billows of DDT fog?!?!?!

Our whole neighborhood used to line up to chase the fog truck... nobody knew any better back then.
Funny, most of my neighbors from back then are still alive. Those that passed succumbed to unrelated things...

[LaFeet]

I hate to admit this but,.....

I'm one of those kids you're mother told you that you did not want to be;

Remember? the ones who used to ride their bikes behind the mosquito truck and play blind bike tag in the billows of DDT fog?!?!?!

Yeah  Eglin AFB ..  between 2 and 4 am in the morning on weekends........ and we are still all alive if slighty demented

[mostlyharmless]

The mosquito man, playing with mercury,crimping split shot lead sinkers with my teeth t, blowing up gi joe and my big jim action adventure set ( with tent and alligator) with firecrackers, and oh yea, cherry bombs and real m-80s. For less than a dollar you could by a small bomb. And the inevitable taste of leaded gas when siphoning. I'd probably be a lot smarter if it wasn't for the good ole days. Mercury has a distinct smell and is a lot of fun until you drop it in the dirt and cant recover it all.  Aaaaaaah, the environment ,the environment!

[HydroDave63]

The mosquito man, playing with mercury,crimping split shot lead sinkers with my teeth t, blowing up gi joe and my big jim action adventure set ( with tent and alligator) with firecrackers, and oh yea, cherry bombs and real m-80s. For less than a dollar you could by a small bomb. And the inevitable taste of leaded gas when siphoning. I'd probably be a lot smarter if it wasn't for the good ole days. Mercury has a distinct smell and is a lot of fun until you drop it in the dirt and cant recover it all.  Aaaaaaah, the environment ,the environment!

It's all Proof of Hormeisis! It only kills the weak cells

[twinturbo427]

You guys are absolutley killing me!   ...and now I can't get the H.R. PuffnStuff theme out of my head!   

     

[thenukeman]

Yes HR Puf N Stuff, I guess there was no FFD back then, The  person who made this had to be on something. HAve to double click since embedded to play on youtube.

[thenukeman]

And I was just about to comment on Witchiepoo and the Vulture and who  they remind me of.  Thanks Marssim for the check.

[thenukeman]

Aw Man Marssim is right, I can't help myself, I am going to self moderate myself and start a new thread in the Gold Member PolySCI section called Marssim is Right/HR Puf n Stuf, I tried I tried I can help it, Go to Poly Sci!! For Marssim is Right/ H R Puf N Stuf Gold Member Section.          

[thenukeman]

Back On Topic!!  

I like Disco and KC and the Sunshine band!  Not the Rap Crap of today, or the so called Rock music, Maybe I am a Old Fuddy Duddy!!

[RFleming]

I hate to admit this but, I am old enough to have watched the original Monkee's show!

[LaFeet]

I hate to admit this but, I am old enough to have watched the original Monkee's show!

You mean there is a new one on TV now???  Cool

[mostlyharmless]

Take a giant step outside your mind.

[RAD-GHOST]

I hate to admit this but;

I am beginning to grow fond of stating "At the turn of the century yadda, yadda, yadda,....", or "In the last century yadda, yadda, yadda,...." or something along those lines,....heheheheheh,....

Which Century would you be talking about.................

By the way, it's also appropriate to use ,"About a Millenium Ago........"


RG...

[Creeker]

Tra la la, la la la la,
Tra la la, la la la la.

One banana, two banana, three banana, four....

[walstib]

Help Mr. Wizard, I don't want to be a nuke anymore

Trizzle, trazzle, truzzle, trone
Time for this vun to go home.

[Rennhack]

Yes HR Puf N Stuff, I guess there was no FFD back then, The  person who made this had to be on something. HAve to double click since embedded to play on youtube.

[Llama]

Which Century would you be talking about.................

By the way, it's also appropriate to use ,"About a Millenium Ago........"


RG...

Ouch! That one is gonna leave a mark       

[MacGyver]

[MacGyver]

noted,...

I still have no idea who veronica mars is ....

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,...

The passing of Davey Jones made the world a little dimmer,...

[RDTroja]

I hate to admit this but,...

The passing of Davey Jones made the world a little dimmer,...

A lot dimmer. Al Roker put it best when he said 'A little bit of my youth just died.'

I was 12 (and a big Beatles fan) when the show started -- perfect demographic.

Davey lived about twenty minutes from where I am right now.

[SloGlo]

"Quote from: Marssim on 08-03-2010, 17:28:51
My year of birth is 1959.

I hate to admit this but,.....

1959 is starting to look like a long time ago,...."

aye am guessing you never had miss francis call you out with the magic mirror.

[GLW]

"Quote from: Marssim on 08-03-2010, 17:28:51
My year of birth is 1959.

I hate to admit this but,.....

1959 is starting to look like a long time ago,...."

aye am guessing you never had miss francis call you out with the magic mirror.

No recollection whatsoever, I don't remember a Miss Francis on Romper Room,... I never got called out anyways AIRI,...

[RDTroja]

No recollection whatsoever, I don't remember a Miss Francis on Romper Room,... I never got called out anyways AIRI,...

Each location had their own 'Miss'... ours was Miss Nancy.

[retired nuke]

Each location had their own 'Miss'... ours was Miss Nancy.

Miss Jean....

[rcr26]

Born in 57. 1st outage 80 IP2.

[Laundry Man]

"Quote from: Marssim on 08-03-2010, 17:28:51
My year of birth is 1959.

I hate to admit this but,.....

1959 is starting to look like a long time ago,...."

aye am guessing you never had miss francis call you out with the magic mirror.

For us Mass kids, it was Miss Jean!  We also had Major Mudd.
LM

[retired nuke]

For us Mass kids, it was Miss Jean!  We also had Major Mudd.
LM

When a Cub Scout... went on Major Mudd....

[Laundry Man]

You friggin dog!  I did meet Rex Trailer at a horse show.
LM

[RDTroja]

You friggin dog!  I did meet Rex Trailer at a horse shoe.
LM

Was the shoe attached to a horse at the time? 

[retired nuke]

You friggin dog!  I did meet Rex Trailer at a horse shoe.
LM

went to Rex Trailer show also....

[hamsamich]

I lived for thundar the barbarian saturday mornings....

[Laundry Man]

Was the shoe attached to a horse at the time? 

No, and now it is hanging in my garage.
LM

[Laundry Man]

went to Rex Trailer show also....

I'll bet you were the cool kid on the block.
LM

[Fermi2]

Guys,


ULTRA MAN!!!!

[Laundry Man]

I loved the Thunderbirds!
LM

[Rennhack]

I loved the Thunderbirds!

Here you go:

[Laundry Man]

The Christmas episode where they made show on the tropical island was great.
LM

[surf50]

My favorite was 'Supercar', a black and white marionette puppet Jetsons-like show.
Complete with a super-cheesy theme song.


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[MrHazmat]

No one will ever beat Tom and Jerry, and the Roadrunner show!!

[Marlin]

Pinky and the Brain, I loved that show.

[Laundry Man]

Fireball XL-5 was another favorite.
LM

[RTRT]

Dark Shadows with Jonathan Frid playing Barnabas Collins.....

[radbrat]

Pinky and the Brain, I loved that show

Why would you hate to admit this.....Remember the episode where Brain developed his own sovereignty in the south pacific and he was negotiating with Bill and Hillary.

Hillary: Before we recognize your country and negotiate for foreign aid.. would you be willing to store some High Level Radwaste for us?

Brain: And what would that be?

Hillary: Strontium-90 and Yttrium.

Brain: Done.

See.... the show had all our answers for High Rad Waste.

[retired nuke]

Dark Shadows with Jonathan Frid playing Barnabas Collins.....

chick show.....

[Fermi2]

chick show.....

Are you nuts!!! Hardly a chick show! I have these on DVD!

[Marlin]

Are you nuts!!! Hardly a chick show! I have these on DVD!

Soap Opera with fangs, the "Twilight" of it's day.

BZ are those DVDs locked in the "closet".   




Rig for quiet, going deep.

[HydroDave63]

A bunch of sub guys debating the "chick movie" rating of a vampire series....should we be concerned? 

[Fermi2]

TWILIGHT OF IT'S DAY!! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!?

[Fermi2]

A bunch of sub guys debating the "chick movie" rating of a vampire series....should we be concerned? 

Technically I'm not doing that! I'm defending one of the finest pieces of Day time TV of all time. I literally used to run from school, get a big glass of Cherry kool aid and watch Barnabas from 4PM to PM. Then Ultra Man, then Johnny Socko and his flying robot.

[HydroDave63]

then Johnny Socko and his flying robot.

the best Sokko episode...

[HydroDave63]

Meanwhile us normal kids enjoyed....

[Fermi2]

We didn't get that on Chanel 43 or 61 in Northern Ohio. (I rather miss the days of having 3 channels on regular TV, plus the 2 UHF channels that showed great bizarre stuff!)

[hamsamich]

Dynagirl YES!!  Ultraman YES!!  Dark Shadows....ummmm, can you say twilight 1960s style?  YUCK!  Saw a few reruns never got into it.  Tom and Jerry and the Roadrunner show were the best but that goes without saying, need to go deeper.

[RDTroja]

chick show.....

Are you nuts!!! Hardly a chick show! I have these on DVD!

My little sisters were seriously into it when they were about 10 and 12 years old, too. I tried to watch it once and came to the same conclusion as HouseDad.

[Camella Black]

I was, am still and will always be a fan of The Monkees. I was never called by name on Romper Room as I have never met another soul who has my name

I loved Dark Shadows and was scared to death of Angelique!

I believe those of us born in the 40-60's ( me 1958 ) had the best of the best; music, tv, etc. SciFi just hasn't been the same since we landed on the moon...

[xobxdoc]

Dynagirl YES!!  Ultraman YES!!  Dark Shadows....ummmm, can you say twilight 1960s style?  YUCK!  Saw a few reruns never got into it.  Tom and Jerry and the Roadrunner show were the best but that goes without saying, need to go deeper.

The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner show before they edited the violence!

[SloGlo]

Are you nuts!!! Hardly a chick show! I have these on DVD!

alls eye no is that the only place on my alma mater campus to watch it was at the  sorority houses.  wasn't on at the frats.  terrible... had to go to the girls houses to see the show.... well, i don't remember much but the title of the show however i have grate memories of the girls.         

[GLW]

The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner show before they edited the violence!

[Marlin]

Johnny Depp as Barnabas: Movie trailer

[surf50]

...and in related news, Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas Collins in 'Dark Shadows',
died last week at age 87.

[Fermi2]

On Friday 13th no less I just found Dark Shadows on Netflix.

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,...

I like hot dog flavored potato chips,...

I do have concerns that potato chips which taste like hot dogs are probably worse for me than either hot dogs or potato chips,...



(sic)

[HydroDave63]

I believe those of us born in the 40-60's ( me 1958 ) had the best of the best; music, tv, etc. SciFi just hasn't been the same since we landed on the moon...

I agree we had the best, but I think the point at which sci-fi slipped into the hog confinement was after the original Battlestar Galactica, aka Exodus in Space

I hate to admit this but,...

I like hot dog flavored potato chips,...

I do have concerns that potato chips which taste like hot dogs are probably worse for me than either hot dogs or potato chips,...



(sic)

As a kid, I used to think TBHQ was some sorta chemical preservative that made the stuff taste barbecue-like and not spoiling. Turns out it is used in fracking oil fields. We're better off just eating plain bacon cured in nothing but salt water and real sugar!

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,...

I continue my mission to explore strange new chip flavors, to seek out new taste and new texture dynamics, to boldly crunch where no one has crunched before,...

"All-American Cheeseburger" is the Armus of natural and artificial flavors, the warning beacon has been placed, indulge at your own risk,...

[Rain Man]

I hate to admit this, but I wish for a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motivations being questioned. ;-)

[Content1]

I hate to admit this, but I wish for a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motivations being questioned. ;-)

Why did the chicken cross the mobius. . . to get to the same side. (Sheldon from Big Bang Theory)

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,.....

I was perusing an "Operator's Manual, Detroit Diesel Series 71 Three, Four, Six-Cylinder Marine Propulsion Units" at a garage sale this weekend,...

I caught myself humming a tune from 1986,...

a Berlin tune,...

It is a very cool manual, circa 1942(?) and includes the "Procedure for Installation of Dual-Fuel Engine Conversion Kits" plus a section on the 12 cylinder, dual-engine, dual-shaft, twin pack,...

I mentally hip-checked myself off the Berlin tune,...

I bought the manual, a good trade for 3 bucks, nothing like diesel specs to chase Berlin europop back into the dark shadowlands of forgotten nightmares,...

[HydroDave63]

I bought the manual, a good trade for 3 bucks, nothing like diesel specs to chase Berlin europop back into the dark shadowlands of forgotten nightmares,...

skip to 15:24 for about 15 seconds...

[GLW]

skip to 15:24 for about 15 seconds...

well, with a little 0.05µm paste those tribbles would make dandy cylinder polishers,...

just me, my tribble(s), some 0.05µm Al₂O₃ paste and a FM38D8-1/8 cylinder needing to be polished,...

yup,....it's therapeutic,...

I'm just saying,...

[HydroDave63]

Or use them as skeet.....would be good practice for snow geese season

[SloGlo]

put them in a h2o balloon sling-shot... 

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,...

I continue my mission to explore strange new chip flavors, to seek out new taste and new texture dynamics, to boldly crunch where no one has crunched before,...

"All-American Cheeseburger" is the Armus of natural and artificial flavors, the warning beacon has been placed, indulge at your own risk,...

and recently it was this (purchased at a building supply big box store?!?!):



yeah, you know near the top of the bag Larry exclaims;

"Boy, that's good eatin'!",...

well,...

not this flavor Larry,.....not this flavor,...
         

[Rennhack]

not this flavor Larry,.....not this flavor,...

You win some, you lose some.

[Starkist]

@GLW

If you've never tried these, I must insist you do everything in your power to get a bag (or 30).



sounds gross, but they are literally the most delicious things ever haha

[GLW]

I hate to admit this but,.....

I like the Monkees;

just in case you missed it:

The entire Monkees series is getting the 50th anniversary Blu-ray treatment

http://www.avclub.com/article/entire-monkees-series-getting-50th-anniversary-blu-225086

[Marlin]

just in case you missed it:

The entire Monkees series is getting the 50th anniversary Blu-ray treatment

http://www.avclub.com/article/entire-monkees-series-getting-50th-anniversary-blu-225086

   Peter Tork will be at a Fanboy Expo next month here in Knoxville. I had no interest in going until I saw him on the guest list. I will add his signature to my collection along with Dick Van Dyke. Yes I do "geek boy" weekends from time to time.

http://fanboyexpo.com/knoxville/celebrity-guests/

[GLW]

and recently it was this (purchased at a building supply big box store?!?!):



yeah, you know near the top of the bag Larry exclaims;

"Boy, that's good eatin'!",...

well,...

not this flavor Larry,.....not this flavor,...
         

on the other hand:



Lay's took a swat at it and Lay's hits it high... hits it deep... it is OUTTA HERE!",...