Once in a while I'll blog about things not related to pedal pumping or brake failure. This is the first of them. This weekend will make the 50th anniversary of The Beatles landing in the United States to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. Unfortunately, I was 3 years old at the time and way too young to comprehend what was going on pertaining the rock group. I didn't know about the Beatles until a year later when they appeared on a Saturday morning cartoon (today Saturday Mornings is nothing but news and infomercials, but back then (before Cartoon Network and Boomerang) the three networks filled the Saturday morning schedules with cartoons).
The Beatles first visit to America was not the only thing celebrating a 50th anniversary. Its seems a lot of things that were important to my childhood in the 1960s are also celebrating 50th anniversaries. This year also mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Being black, I occasionally literally thank God for having me born at the right time and place. But the biggest thing that looming in the fall of 2014 is that the eight of the childhood shows of that time that are near and dear to me will also hit the big Five O.
Bewitched, Gilligan's Island (R.I.P. Professor), The Man from Uncle, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Underdog (the original cartoon, not the gnaw awful live action movie), Jonny Quest (the original prime time animated series. Yes, there prime time cartoons back then. The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad owe a special debt to Jonny, The Jetsons, Top Cat, and the animated family that started it all, The Flintstones), and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (the tv version with Richard Basehart, not the original Walter Pigeon movie) are also celebrating their 50th anniversaries.
I know this may not much of a big deal, but those eight shows were emotional anchors throughout my childhood in the 1960s as well as my teen years in the 1970s watching the syndicated reruns. A lot of the people in those shows has since passed on, but they lives on in my memories as well as in my heart.
The Beatles first visit to America was not the only thing celebrating a 50th anniversary. Its seems a lot of things that were important to my childhood in the 1960s are also celebrating 50th anniversaries. This year also mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Being black, I occasionally literally thank God for having me born at the right time and place. But the biggest thing that looming in the fall of 2014 is that the eight of the childhood shows of that time that are near and dear to me will also hit the big Five O.
Bewitched, Gilligan's Island (R.I.P. Professor), The Man from Uncle, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Underdog (the original cartoon, not the gnaw awful live action movie), Jonny Quest (the original prime time animated series. Yes, there prime time cartoons back then. The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad owe a special debt to Jonny, The Jetsons, Top Cat, and the animated family that started it all, The Flintstones), and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (the tv version with Richard Basehart, not the original Walter Pigeon movie) are also celebrating their 50th anniversaries.
I know this may not much of a big deal, but those eight shows were emotional anchors throughout my childhood in the 1960s as well as my teen years in the 1970s watching the syndicated reruns. A lot of the people in those shows has since passed on, but they lives on in my memories as well as in my heart.
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