The Nostalgia Thread :)

[babyblob]

So I thought since some of us are older then dirt, and more then a few of us older then the ground under the dirt it would be fun to talk about all of the things from yesterday and what we loved, hated, and everything in between from when we were kids. And hey if you youngens want to get in on the act that is cool too.

So post about TV shows, movies, music, products, just things from everyday life from the old days, or just tell a funny story.


Ill start off. We all love our wireless networks. The ability to watch shows, listen to music, send an email, or send a Tweet all from our phone. But remember the days of AOL. The classic line "You've got mail" The chat rooms, and the fact if someone picked up the phone it booted you off the net and took like a half hour to get back online.

Here is a fun ad from those days. I really dig the have access to 35 magazines

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I fondly remember the good old days of going into record stores like Sam Goody, Tower Records and smaller, non-chain stores to buy music, be it on vinyl or cassette (never 8-track, never liked it), that was so much fun, perusing the aisles for stuff I liked, then rushing home to play it, be it on a turntable or a boom box.

[K7P5V]

No matter what, the '90s will always be my favorite time for reading comic books...

[K7P5V]

As for movies, the '90s are also an all-time favorite...

[Zelena]

I remember how I could daydream walking on the streets without being spooked by a bicycle, scooter, skate…

True, some of these modes of locomotion existed back then but now there are so many of them that I feel marginalized on my legs, on the pavement…

[shooshoomanjoe]

The 90s was fun for driving around, looking for a comic shop and seeing if we could find issues we're hunting for.

[Powerboy]

So I thought since some of us are older then dirt, and more then a few of us older then the ground under the dirt it would be fun to talk about all of the things from yesterday and what we loved, hated, and everything in between from when we were kids. And hey if you youngens want to get in on the act that is cool too.

So post about TV shows, movies, music, products, just things from everyday life from the old days, or just tell a funny story.


Ill start off. We all love our wireless networks. The ability to watch shows, listen to music, send an email, or send a Tweet all from our phone. But remember the days of AOL. The classic line "You've got mail" The chat rooms, and the fact if someone picked up the phone it booted you off the net and took like a half hour to get back online.

Here is a fun ad from those days. I really dig the have access to 35 magazines

I remember the early days of computers when people were leery of them. Even the original Star Trek has some of that. Then there was Joe Mannix.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix
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"During the first season of the series, Joe Mannix works for a large Los Angeles detective agency called Intertect, which was the planned original title of the show.[1] His superior is Lew Wickersham, played by Joseph Campanella. Intertect uses computers to help solve crimes.[2]

As opposed to the other employees, Mannix belonged to the classic American detective archetype, thus he usually ignores the computers' solutions, disobeys his boss's orders, and sets out to do things his own way. He wears plaid sport coats and has his own office that he keeps sloppy between his assignments. Lew has cameras in all the rooms of the Intertect offices monitoring the performance of his employees and providing instant feedback through intercoms in the room. Unlike the other Intertect operatives, Mannix attempts to block the camera with a coat rack and questions Lew, comparing him to Big Brother.[3]

To improve the ratings of the show, Desilu head Lucille Ball and producer Bruce Geller made some changes,[4] making the show similar to other private-eye shows. Ball thought the computers were too high-tech and beyond the comprehension of the average viewer of the time, and had them removed. In the first episode of season two, Mannix explains that he had quit Intertect."

It's a classic about how the old school methods work better that people love. It was the basis of shows like McCloud and many others.

[The Darknight Detective]

I remember the early days of computers when people were leery of them. Even the original Star Trek has some of that. Then there was Joe Mannix.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannix
'
"During the first season of the series, Joe Mannix works for a large Los Angeles detective agency called Intertect, which was the planned original title of the show.[1] His superior is Lew Wickersham, played by Joseph Campanella. Intertect uses computers to help solve crimes.[2]

As opposed to the other employees, Mannix belonged to the classic American detective archetype, thus he usually ignores the computers' solutions, disobeys his boss's orders, and sets out to do things his own way. He wears plaid sport coats and has his own office that he keeps sloppy between his assignments. Lew has cameras in all the rooms of the Intertect offices monitoring the performance of his employees and providing instant feedback through intercoms in the room. Unlike the other Intertect operatives, Mannix attempts to block the camera with a coat rack and questions Lew, comparing him to Big Brother.[3]

To improve the ratings of the show, Desilu head Lucille Ball and producer Bruce Geller made some changes,[4] making the show similar to other private-eye shows. Ball thought the computers were too high-tech and beyond the comprehension of the average viewer of the time, and had them removed. In the first episode of season two, Mannix explains that he had quit Intertect."

The best improvement, IMO, was lovely Gail Fisher. God, that voice of hers is beyond sexy!

It's a classic about how the old school methods work better that people love. It was the basis of shows like McCloud and many others.

I always thought - and still do - that it was the addition of the new methods with the old that work the best.