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Postby Spoonallard » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:08 pm

Wingman wrote:Wild Kingdom...that was the best show. I remember the Indian Chief who was crying because of all of the litter. Remember that?


I had his autograph on a poster. I wonder what happened to it.
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Postby Wingman » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:13 pm

I had his autograph on a poster. I wonder what happened to it.


I think you threw it out the car window.
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Postby Koz » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:49 pm

Man did any of you guys have the coleco handheld football game? That thing rocked.

What about a green machine, also rocked.
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Postby Dutch Dog » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:25 pm

I liked the old "mattel" football games...I was thinking they were the coleco ones you spoke of, but they weren't. Here's what I'm talking about.
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Postby mudsucker » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:14 am

Heck. I learned to dance watching Soul Train! :wink: We got lots of mileage out of the vibrating football game on rainy sat. afternoons! 8)
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Postby Deadeye » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:13 am

duckter wrote:Bugs Bunny at 8am
Pink Panther at 9am
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Fat Albert at 11am
American Bandstand at 11:30

And, before church on Sundays, throw in a little Three Stooges!


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Postby Spoonallard » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:32 am

Wingman wrote:
I had his autograph on a poster. I wonder what happened to it.


I think you threw it out the car window.


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Postby rustypjr » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:48 am

I rember GI Joe and Transformers.
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Postby Spoonallard » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:49 am

rustypjr wrote:I rember GI Joe and Transformers.


You must be a young fellow! :lol:
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Postby rustypjr » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:57 am

yea but I rember only having 3 channels on tv, party phone lines (sharing with neighbors) spending all day outside because we had no nintendo oh and the thing we did all lot of that I don't see much of anymore is collect baseball cards. Walmart used to have a whole isle of baseball cards now I don't see them anywhere
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Postby marionfd708 » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:00 am

stretch armstrong and hot wheels cars!!!! wooo hooo
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Postby Koz » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:27 am

Dutch-

I thought it was made by coleco as well. I guess it was Mattel.
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Postby GulfCoast » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:28 am

Wingman wrote:Wild Kingdom...that was the best show. I remember the Indian Chief who was crying because of all of the litter. Remember that?


Yeah, "Iron Eyes Cody". Turns out he was Italian, and not even a Native American! :shock:
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Postby Spoonallard » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:12 pm

rustypjr wrote:yea but I rember only having 3 channels on tv, party phone lines (sharing with neighbors) spending all day outside because we had no nintendo oh and the thing we did all lot of that I don't see much of anymore is collect baseball cards. Walmart used to have a whole isle of baseball cards now I don't see them anywhere


I've still got the baseball cards. And party lines. That was the day. Has anyone mentioned heman and the smurffs? :x
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Postby rustypjr » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:18 pm

I still have the baseball cards it just seems kids don't do that anymore.
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