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pipi_k

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7. Saturday afternoons in the jungle
Sat Mar 10, 2012, 10:59 AM
Mar 2012

with "Jungle Jim" and "Tarzan", both played by Johnny Weismuller.

That's if it was raining.

If not, then we were out digging holes to China, planning on building treehouses (that never got built), planting birdseed (I had parakeets) to grow new birds, playing cars and trucks with the neighbor boys, waiting for the Fuller Brush man to show up, or contemplating the fine points of garbage collection by examining the in-ground garbage pail in the backyard. Anyone remember those? You stepped on the lid and it opened up. Once a week the garbage men would come and pull the big pail out of the ground and dump it in the truck.

The good old days...



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Creature Features pokerfan Mar 2012 #1
Yep. Creature Double Feature. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #8
Touluse No-Neck! Archae Mar 2012 #12
There was a Regional afternoon block hosted by superhost. He wore a superman outfit and Justice wanted Mar 2012 #2
ABC's Wide World of Sports. During the Summer it was just baseball and in the fall it was football. madinmaryland Mar 2012 #3
I didn't really watch TV on Saturday afternoons. sakabatou Mar 2012 #4
kids watch tv on a Saturday afternoon? TorchTheWitch Mar 2012 #5
I didn't know there WAS Saturday afternoon TV. We just watched the morning cartoons. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #6
Saturday afternoons in the jungle pipi_k Mar 2012 #7
Planting birdseed (I had parakeets) to grow new birds? siligut Mar 2012 #10
The big problem was... pipi_k Mar 2012 #11
Cheetah was my favorite siligut Mar 2012 #15
The other Tarzans I knew of pipi_k Mar 2012 #29
Oh my, another literal! Doc_Technical Mar 2012 #18
Hahahah!!! pipi_k Mar 2012 #30
As a kid I was usually out playing on Saturday afternoons WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #9
I'm not sure if it was in the afternoon, but we watched The Friendly Giant in Montana. Ptah Mar 2012 #13
Oh I remember the friendly giant. applegrove Mar 2012 #14
On Saturday afternoons, RebelOne Mar 2012 #16
cheer for cowboy movies breakfast01 Mar 2012 #26
Demolition derby and roller derby. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2012 #17
Science Fiction Theater hosted by Art Grindal of Art Grindal Chevrolet! csziggy Mar 2012 #19
There were TV shows on Saturday afternoons? kentauros Mar 2012 #20
I usually had to be out of the house on Saturday afternoon Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #21
There was a show geared for kids on CBS Saturday afternoons/late morning musiclawyer Mar 2012 #22
The name of Christopher Glenn's show was Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #24
Wrestling was early Saturday evening here in Minneapolis hifiguy Mar 2012 #23
Pro wrestlers from the '60s Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #25
From the 80s pipi_k Mar 2012 #31
I met Andre the Giant. trof Mar 2012 #27
We didn't watch tv on Saturday afternoon. HappyMe Mar 2012 #28
Creature Double Feature Bill219 Mar 2012 #32
Mighty Mouse, Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Soupy, Sky King Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #33
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