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  1. Inkstainedwretch

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Watched the fourth episode of Timeless. WWII Germany this time, involving rockets, Von Braun and even Ian Fleming. The one sour note was Fleming saying that Von Braun's rockets rained down on England during the Blitz (1940-41) when in fact the first V1 rockets (actually a pulsejet) did not...
  2. Inkstainedwretch

    Do you count 1945 through 1963 as part of the Golden Era?

    It was right around '63 that men stopped wearing hats as everyday business attire. Utilitarian covers like cowboy hats, baseball caps and such continued in use but the age of the fedora, homburg, trilby, porkpie and such was past. Previously you were not "fully dressed" if you wore a business...
  3. Inkstainedwretch

    War Of The Worlds Hoax

    There was a similar arrangement in Hollywood after talkies came in (silents were international, you just used different dialogue cards). Foreign-language productions would use the facilities at night, after the studio had stopped filming. Sometimes they would film the same movie the studio was...
  4. Inkstainedwretch

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Interesting radio trivia from The Day: Towering actor Ted Cassidy (Lurch the butler on "The Addams Family") was a reporter/DJ for WFAA radio in Dallas. Its studios were near Dealey Plaza and he ran down there and scored the first radio interviews with eyewitnesses. Like most giants he died young...
  5. Inkstainedwretch

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    I was a junior in high school, in Richardson, TX, just north of Dallas, about 10 miles from Dealey Plaza. It wasn't all mourning. Plenty of people detested Kennedy. But it was a terrible shock, and it came so soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis when tensions with the Soviet Union were at their...
  7. Inkstainedwretch

    whats the closest thing to Traveling back in Time? to get a feel of times past?

    I lost my youth during the '60s with the war. You'd have just lost it somewhere else anyway.
  8. Inkstainedwretch

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    I'm among the earliest Boomers - born in 1947. One of the features of growing up in the 50s was the frantic pace of school building. Towns all over America were putting up schools in advance of the kids starting classes. Kids starting college were encouraged to go into education because the...
  9. Inkstainedwretch

    Bumper stickers and license plates

    But ideal for the Fresh Air Taxi Service.
  10. Inkstainedwretch

    Unappreciated masterpieces?

    My favorite Welles moment was in the late 60s when the news came from Spain that Welles had been taken to the hospital to have his stomach pumped after eating an entire roast goat washed down with a gallon of wine. The man's appetites were epic.
  11. Inkstainedwretch

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    It just occurred to me that in almost seven decades I've never said "Do you come here often?"to a woman.
  13. Inkstainedwretch

    You know you are getting old when:

    We call it "stuffed green pepper." It's an institutional institution here. Cheap, colorful and tastes good if it's done right. Usually ground beef mixed with rice and onion stuffed into a green bell pepper (that's what we call capsicum here). It's a school, hospital and nursing home staple. You...
  14. Inkstainedwretch

    (KNIVES) Let's see some sharp pointy objects

    The pictures have disappeared from a lot of the early posts on this thread. Would some of you consider reposting? It's disconcerting to see descriptions of what sound like fascinating knives but not being able to see the picture. Meanwhile I'll see if I can figure out how to post pics of some...
  15. Inkstainedwretch

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Just watched the 3rd Debate. I guess the rules forbid me from saying anything about it.
  16. Inkstainedwretch

    Your favorite movie quotes

    "If Superman and Mighty Mouse had a fight, who'd win?" "Come on, Mighty Mouse is just a cartoon. Superman is a real guy!" Stand by Me
  17. Inkstainedwretch

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The third episode of Timeless. This time Vegas in the Rat Pack years (1962). Pretty good with the clothes and the hairdos, which I actually remember. Story still confused and I hope they're not just making it up as they go along, like in "Under the Dome," but still enjoyable.
  19. Inkstainedwretch

    whats the closest thing to Traveling back in Time? to get a feel of times past?

    I put on Chad & Jeremy's "A Summer Song," and sit with my eyes closed and I'm 17 years old again, it's late summer of 1964, the school year is about to start, and I'm driving through Richardson, Texas, and it's raining.
  20. Inkstainedwretch

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Just watched two episodes of "Westworld" and an episode of "Poldark." Sensory overload.
  21. Inkstainedwretch

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Also vanished, (thankfully), is "The Negro Motorist's Green Book," a guide for African Americans who had to make lengthy motor trips, advising which routes to take to avoid trouble, where they could get gas, food and lodging without being harassed. It was published from 1936 to 1966, when the...
  22. Inkstainedwretch

    What if FDR had lived?

    The Bay of Pigs planners concocted a fantasy where at news of the landings, this vast mass of disgruntled pro-Batista malcontents in Cuba would rise up and overthrow Castro. All it would take was a few hundred Florida Cuban exiles to trigger the uprising. Wishful thinking is notoriously the...
  23. Inkstainedwretch

    Picture of MGM Stars in 1943

    David Niven would not be in that picture. He left Hollywood in 1939 to (re)join the British Army and didn't return until after the war. Fun fact: while Niven was in a film production unit Peter Ustinov, one of the writers, acted as his batman. Though film colleagues, Niven was a Lieutenant...

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