Seeds of Nostalgia

It's planting season...

Cocoa Pebbles

and Cap’n Crunch,

Monkees, M*A*S*H,

and Brady Bunch,

Rockem Sockem Robots,

Connect Four,

Colored-dot Twister

on the living room floor

Necco Wafers

and zingy Pop Rocks,

Saturday movies

with Doctor Shock,

Reading Laura Wilder’s

Little House Series,

Knowing Mom had an answer

for all of my queries;

 

I know it now, but didn’t then ~

These days would become my “Remember when”

And years from now, a different list

Will replace this one of good times missed

Because Life in all of its wondrous ways

Gives more than one era of “good old days”

Author's Note

Dr. Shock was a magician and entertainer who hosted a horror movie show in Philadelphia from 1969 to 1979. Saturday afternoon was not complete without him.

Reviews

[Frieda P]

Oh how fun, great read and so true, ten, twenty years from now we'll be reminiscing about today!

This one is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! :-)

[Rita L. Sev]

:) Thanks, Frieda! Did they show Dr. Shock in Jersey?

[Frieda P]

I don't ever remember seeing that one, was he like Soupy Sales with Pookie and White Fang, lol? No wonder we're all crazy! ;-)

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! I remember them, too! Dr. Shock introduced B-horror movies on channel 17 - I remember that he used to bring his daughter on; her name was Bubbles... You're right, this stuff was bizarre!

[Frieda P]

My cousin was older than me, I used to watch it with her, one day he announced that everyone should take some of those green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson on them" from their parents' wallets and send them to him, she did, man did she get in big trouble, and I think he did too...ha

[Rita L. Sev]

LOL! Counting on the gullible kids!