Going to the movies was an extremely rare treat for us. I don’t know if it was just the cost of the movies or maybe my parents did not enjoy the theater. Regardless, I guess the rarity of it made special memories for us when we did get to go.
“The Gnome Mobile” is one of those movies that I still have a vivid memory of going to see. It was released in 1967 but I watched in the theater sometime during the mid 70s during an afternoon showing.
Have a good weekend everyone!
We didn’t get these as gifts, but happened upon them by chance at a garage sale. Someone was selling a whole box of these things.
Various Cox Gas Powered Toys from the 70s - part 1
(We had a couple of the blue and yellow planes from above.)
Various Cox Gas Powered Toys from the 70s - part 2
(We also had a plane similar to the one in the upper right and we had both dragsters in the lower right.)
Various Cox Gas Powered Toys from the 70s - part 3
The biggest problem we had with these toys was the fact we did not get them cleaned up enough. When the gas spilled onto the plastic, whatever you didn’t get wiped up, it would cause the plastic to become brittle. After a couple of years, they were to damaged to play with.
Pretty boring compared to the gas powered options of today. The planes only flew in a circle and the cars only went in a straight line. But it was fun back then.
My life is almost back to normal so thank you for your patience. I hope that I will be back to Monday-Friday posting again soon. Today I am posting a couple of commercials that I remembered over the weekend.
If wrinkly pantyhose was the number one clothing issue in the 70s I am guessing (from the number of these commercials I was exposed to as a child) that ring around the collar was the second greatest clothing horror!
(Waits for the groans to subside…)
Okay, you can’t talk about 70s movies without bringing up “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”.
And in case you are wondering, yes this movie is in my DVD arsenal.
Couple of interesting IMDB trivia items:
The helicopter crash was unintentional. The $60,000 dollar helicopter used up more of the budget than everything else combined.
The song “Puberty Love” was sung by Matt Cameron…
who would later become the drummer for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. 
I am guessing that most boys (and a few girls) had there own “A Christmas Story” when it comes to BB guns. Mine was the “Centennial” BB gun.
The Centennial Lever Action BB Gun from 1975
What could you not love about this gun? The gold finish… the plastic walnut grain stock… and lever cocking action just like the Winchesters in the cowboy movies.
Sadly I never received this as a Christmas present but I didn’t complain either because I did get a BB gun. My first one was just like number 9 on this page. I think I was probably around 7 or 8 when I got that BB gun. (Most of us country bumpkins were shooting guns right after we could walk. That was just the way it was back then.)
I also like the “El Dorado” but the “Centennial” was always at the top of my list. I have always loved the way the Winchester rifle looked and felt.
