Memories & Nostalgia

I’ve just had the best time looking at old television commercials from my childhood, a whole hour of them, ads from the 1950’s and 1960’s. They were simple commercials, often with a familiar jingle that would stick in your mind, so you wouldn’t forget. I remember almost every one that I saw, whether it was from my own childhood, or hearing them when my brother and sister were young. Things like Bosco, Good Humer Ice Cream, Colorforms, Slinky, Rin Tin Tin’s toy shopping spree contest, G.I. Joe, and who could even be SEEN without a pair of P.F. Flyers?

Remember “every boy wants a Remco Toy”, and what girl didn’t want a Tiny Tears doll. If you wanted a doll that produced “water from the “other end”, there was Betsy Wetsy - now that I’m an adult, that just sounds strange. Do girls even play with baby dolls anymore? Do they still play “Doctor” or “Nurse” with little stethoscopes and plastic toy syringes? With my children grown, and no grandchildren yet, I’m a bit out of touch.Why don’t you take a trip down memory lane if you were a child in the ’50’s & ’60’s? Here’s a whole hour of children’s toy commercials.