I must admit, the Lawrence Welk
Show is probably my first musical memory.
sitting my Nanny’s lap…she smelled like baby powder…
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
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I must admit, the Lawrence Welk
Show is probably my first musical memory.
sitting my Nanny’s lap…she smelled like baby powder…
What makes that video so comical is that Mr Welk was utterly clueless as to what the song was really about (smoking dope), actually believing the song was, in his words, a modern American spiritual.
Well…it had the name Jesus pretty prominently displayed, and that’s all he, and a Buncha folks, heard.
Oh…I’m betting Mr Welk was clueless about a Lot of things!
Oh…I’m betting Mr Welk was clueless about a Lot of things!
Austin Magic Pistol
If you thought little Ralphie’s Red Ryder BB gun was dangerous, it’s got nothing on the Austin Magic Pistol. You could take on a small army of Ralphies and repel them with your superior fire power with the Austin Magic Pistol, which, although horribly inaccurate for hitting what you aim at, had the added fun of flames shooting out of its barrel. How did it accomplish this? With “magic crystals” the toy advertised. The “crystals” were actually calcium carbide, a hazardous material.
If you thought little Ralphie’s Red Ryder BB gun was dangerous, it’s got nothing on the Austin Magic Pistol. You could take on a small army of Ralphies and repel them with your superior fire power with the Austin Magic Pistol, which, although horribly inaccurate for hitting what you aim at, had the added fun of flames shooting out of its barrel. How did it accomplish this? With “magic crystals” the toy advertised. The “crystals” were actually calcium carbide, a hazardous material.
I worked a few years ago with a sax player that had been with Welk for a while. He had a few stories about Welk's lack of a grasp on what was happening.What makes that video so comical is that Mr Welk was utterly clueless as to what the song was really about (smoking dope), actually believing the song was, in his words, a modern American spiritual.
I’ve watched a few of his programs. I don’t get how they loop the same video in the song for…let’s say a saxophone part. It’s identical video footage…
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I saw quite a few of those at rock concerts back in the day. Never knew what they were called!
There's a similar story about Mother Maybelle Carter and "One Toke Over the Line" - she had to be clued in by one of her daughters, then she laughed and laughed.
Because she was One Toke over the Line!
Heh. From the days before:
"SIR, I DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL. STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE PLEASE..."
"If I could step out, I wouldn't be driving".Heh. From the days before:
"SIR, I DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL. STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE PLEASE..."
Metal playgrounds
(Ah, those were the days!)
Where today's tots get soft rubber mats and slides that barely have any slide to them, kids of the 1970s got to hang off of two-storey spiderweb domes, zip down steep slides, go flying off enormous metal merry go-rounds, and probably land on pavement! If you were really fortunate, your playground might be bedded with gravel. And the best part was, everything was made of steel, so it all became 'surface-of-the-sun' temperature in the summer.
(Ah, those were the days!)
Where today's tots get soft rubber mats and slides that barely have any slide to them, kids of the 1970s got to hang off of two-storey spiderweb domes, zip down steep slides, go flying off enormous metal merry go-rounds, and probably land on pavement! If you were really fortunate, your playground might be bedded with gravel. And the best part was, everything was made of steel, so it all became 'surface-of-the-sun' temperature in the summer.
Metal playgrounds
(Ah, those were the days!)
Where today's tots get soft rubber mats and slides that barely have any slide to them, kids of the 1970s got to hang off of two-storey spiderweb domes, zip down steep slides, go flying off enormous metal merry go-rounds, and probably land on pavement! If you were really fortunate, your playground might be bedded with gravel. And the best part was, everything was made of steel, so it all became 'surface-of-the-sun' temperature in the summer.
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And getting off the seesaw while the other person was up high. Sometimes there was a tire buried underneath, sometimes just dirt.
Weren't several well-known serial killers hit by errant Swing Seats in their childhood? Leading, obviously, to brain pattern impacts?
I think I still have one of these in my garage ... built it from a kit. Built my own 64k ram board. 64k was mondo ram back then, the first PC's had 1k ram boards (using the 2101 static ram chip that I worked on). I worked at Intel back then and had access to memory (I was a memory design engineer) so I was lucky!
I had a cassette tape interface for program storage. You could also load a Basic interpreter from the cassette. It took forever just to load a small program.
I had a cassette tape interface for program storage. You could also load a Basic interpreter from the cassette. It took forever just to load a small program.
