Bad Nostalgia.

[Raffine]

Alabama circa 1971:

George Wallace was governor and Channel 19 showed Little Jasper cartoons to us kiddies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxnDrs_Djnw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tatMIFT4OjY&feature=related

For years I've had vague, disturbing memories of scary singing watermelons.

Now I know the source of this particular nightmare.

[Allhallowsday]

 

Meanwhile... back at The Blue Whale: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUt_7k9l3Ps

[RCMerchant]

Back in 1970,my dad yanked us kids out of the foster home and moved us all into an old farm house on a dead end street in the boonies of Michigan.
In the upstairs bedroom me and my brother Mike shared was an old school desk-and in the drawer under the seat was a big stack of Superman comics from the 50's and early 60's.

Now old Superman comics had some of the stupidest,cornyiest storylines EVER.
Yet I read and reread this cheezy stuff alla time.
You would think stuff like that would entertain an 8 year old kid-and it did.
But you gotta remember-I was already starting to read more intelligent stuff-like Castle of Frankenstein magazine and the Warren line of comics.

But dam-they were just plain old fun.