12 Dogs of Christmas

[Teresa]

I LOVED Emergency, which is funny now, since I'm married to a firefighter! I, too, had the oven, only mine was one of the first Easy-Bake ovens. I also had the jewel maker, and every other kit they made-soap making, candle making, etc.
I think eventually the old shows will make it to DVD, it will just take a little while longer. I think they should have a show on one night that shows all the great commercials from the 70's and early 80's. It would be wonderful to watch.

[cheryl186]

In speaking of old toys...did anyone ever have "Creepy Crawlers" where you cooked your own worms, crayfish, etc?  Or the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine?  How about a Mary Poppins doll? Or a Tiny Tears....

[Ruth in MT]

One vote here for Fluffer nutters. 
Does anybody remember Winky Dink?

[cheryl186]

Ruth, what is Winky Dink?

[Ruth in MT]

Ruth, what is Winky Dink?

Winky Dink was a TV show.   You had to send away for a special screen to cover the tv screen .... then you could draw on the Tv ....
Like a bridge or ladder or something to help Winky Dink.   
1950's ... East coast maybe

(Somebody must have told me about it .... I can't remember that far back ..... Or is the problem that I CAN remember that far back ... I just can't remember yesterday ?)

http://www.tvparty.com/requested2.html

[cheryl186]

That sounds like that was a lot of fun!  I had never heard of that before.  I had a Mouse Trap game that I adored!  I also had a Crissy doll and Marcia, the first group I ever went to see in Concert was the Monkees...my big sister took me and I was just IN LOVE with Mickey   Who used to watch the original Batman and Robin on TV?  (Biff, Pow, Kazowwie!!!)

[Teresa]

Batman and Robin-yep, Creepy Crawlers-yep, Tiny Tears-yep (and they released Tiny Tears again when my daughter was 4 or 5 so she had one, too!).  Did anyone have the Whirley-Copter where you flew the helicopter around in a circle and had to pick up the objects? That was one of my favorite things my brother got. I've seen something similar out in the last year or two, and am tempted to get one for his daughter.
I just looked at the site Ruth has a link to. Wow, the memories!! I had forgotten about Hazel, then that reminded me of the Doris Day show. Of course there was All in the Family. And for some of us-Donnie and Marie! I may have to look into some of these as gifts for next year.

[Barb]

How about The Mod Squad?   I just saw a commercial that they just released it on dvd.

I remember most all of the things mentioned !!!!!

[Sandishooligans]

Winky Dink,are you kidding Ruth?  Not only do I remember that show, but I frequently get the Winky Dink jingle in my head and start humming away!  I never did have a magic screen but tried using plastic wrap on the TV once.  It didn't work very well.  I have even done internet research on said Winky Dink subject.  I remember it from the 60-70's.  I was rather surprised that it originated in the 50's. 

How about all you So Cal people.  Do you remeber Hobo Kelly??  I've done research on her too.  GRAND TV times it was.

[lucylu]

Okay since everyone is talking about classics, Who remembers THE ELECTRIC COMPANY? My husband ordered the complete DVD set for me as a Christmas present. I am so excited. I loved the ELECTRIC COMPANY. Funny, I'm almost 40 and I am getting excited.
Also, I teach first grade so I can use it as a center during reading groups. :apls:

[Teresa]

Using The  Electric Company should be fun for today's first graders! I remember when Sesame Street first came on. I watched the very first episode. I still remember wanting to be reminded to come in so I could watch it, but I had to make sure everyone knew I was watching it so my little brother would. I was 8 then and too old for Sesame St. (but you're never really too old!), and my brother was 2. I was 10 when The Electric Company came on and watched it also. As soon as I saw the title of the show in your post, the title song from the show popped into my head!