Remember WENN.

[Aristus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_WENN

[Rhiannon12866]

1. I remember! I loved that show!

I used to watch it with my mother. There were some great characters, I particularly liked the sound effects guy.

[Aristus]

2. Me too.

I love the setting of the 1940's.

I loved the clothing styles. I have some clothes that are very much in the 1940's style.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I certainly agree!

They did a terrific job and the clothing, along with everything else, was believable and authentic. I don't remember that period, but my mother did. And the characters were authentic, too. They effectively captured that whole time period - along with telling a compelling story. Though I don't remember liking the end as much - when - was it the station manager? - went to war.

[Aristus]

4. Having posted this with a play on the word 'remember',

it's funny that there are a lot of things I've forgotten about the show. I saw it first-run, only once, twenty years ago.

I latched onto it because I had always been interested in the times, the clothes, the music, and the culture of the 1940's. The US was going through sort of a 40's revival at the time, too. Spectator shoes made a comeback, there were a huge number of pseudo-1940's tribute groups ("Zoot Suit Riot" was big at the time), and The Gap set one of their khaki commercials to "Jump, Jive, And Wail".

I'll have to look around on Hulu or someplace and see if it's available for viewing.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Oh, I'd certainly watch if it was on again!

I do remember the retro look of the '40s. And my Dad was a musician when he was quite young - had a band and played sax and clarinet - and he actually had a Zoot Suit!

[Aristus]

6. It must have been fun to watch him play.

I don't have a Zoot Suit, but I have two pairs of spectator shoes, black-and-white and brown-and-white, that get a lot of attention when I wear them. I usually pair them with a nice sport coat and slacks combo. It's not Cary Grant or anything, but I get a kick out of the way it looks.

I love the look of the women in the show, with those hairstyles and their bright red lipstick. Very alluring.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Well, I was hardly around in the '40s. My Dad had a band in his teens

And he did play through college. I have vague memories of him playing his sax, but he got busy and pretty much gave it up. I did, however, inherit his clarinet. When we had to choose an instrument in fifth grade or so, that's what I played, second clarinet in the school band. But I never had a gift for it like my Dad did.

And I think that look is still popular today. It has a timeless style that never looks silly - like a lot of eras have a tendency to today.