Category: 1960’s
Buster Brown Shoe
Richard F. Outcault create the Buster Brown comic strip in 1902 which first appeared in the New York Herald. Buster…
Fizzies-What Was Your Favorite Flavor?
Fizzies came in seven flavors- orange, cherry, grape, lemon-lime, strawberry, and root beer. Each package contained eight tablets for just…
Send In The Clowns- Jimmy Durante
In a new feature on the Retro Site we will explore the lives of the comedians of our most popular…
Jeep Mail Trucks
The Jeep, after proving itself as a reliable, go anywhere vehicle during World War II, the United States Postal Service…
60’s Valentine Cards
Who remembers the Valentine cards we shared with our classmates in school? I remember being excited receiving one from the…
TV Cartoons Of The 60s
Remember those Saturday & Sunday morning cartoons we watched as kids? Some of us watched them in the 60’s, kids…
The Jackie Gleason Show
Watch for when Crazy Guggenheim and Joe discuss the movie The Hustler. I love it when Crazy says he remembers…
Festus Parts the Waters
Gunsmoke, the TV show was based on a Radio show by the same name. Gunsmoke ran from 1955 to 1975,…
The Beatles HEY JUDE
This song, recorded by The Beatles in 1968, and originally titled ‘Hey Jules’, was written by McCartney to comfort John…
Discovery – Sunday Morning Kids Show
From October 1962 to September 1971, ABC aired a “highbrow series for children” called Discovery. Historical and cultural themes were…