I'm so old I Remember when:

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Who was it who did "Cocktails for Two"? Another one is "Ghost Riders In The Sky."

I always loved the Spike Jones spoof version of "Cocktails for Two", complete with wild sound effects. Mom said she nearly drove off the road laughing when it first came on the radio!

 

[Nomadicus]

 

[Brooks_]

This probably falls between then and now, when radio stations would let the one minor four letter word slip through. Within the past year, local radio has started muting (not full bleep, but mute) one word in Money by Pink Floyd. You ruin the song that way; just don't play the song.

 

[Eggcessive]

Saw that too and the big fuss they made about it. I remember the Lawrence Welk show.

Lawrence Welk is still on on my PBS channel, old ones from early to late 60’s. TV was so boring when I was a kid, that you had to watch it. Now, for some reason, it seems pretty good, LOL. Gunsmoke and Twilight Zone episodes from late 50’s and early 60’s are on cable, but I saw many of the originals.

 

[BarnyardChaos]

9/11. I was driving to work in Kansas City, and turned on the radio. Horrified to hear the reports of hijackings, I heard the broadcasters as the first plane hit the North Tower. When I arrived at work and entered my workroom, my coworkers were standing around staring at the TV. I joined them in time to watch the second plane hit the South Tower. No one got any work done that day. We just watched the news - and also heard as the Pentagon was hit, and then the downed plane in the Pennsylvania field.

We'd heard that all planes, every airport, were grounded that day. NO ONE in the air. Except the President, of course. We heard they picked him up from that school in Florida, but no one knew exactly where he was headed. We thought it must be Camp David. I stepped outside the building for a smoke, and looked up to see a single airplane and contrail overhead, headed north. whaaaa??? We learned later they'd taken Air Force One to Texas for refueling, then were headed north to somewhere in Iowa(?) I think. Ferrying him from place to place, not knowing if the White House or Camp David would be next. So I watched him fly overhead, the only plane in the skies after the attacks.

I was privileged later to visit the Pentagon after the repairs had been made. They have a room and memorial dedicated to the people who lost their lives that day, and the first responders who tried their best.

 

[fuzzi]

I always loved the Spike Jones spoof version of "Cocktails for Two", complete with wild sound effects. Mom said she nearly drove off the road laughing when it first came on the radio!

 

[Cynthia12]

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[fuzzi]

This probably falls between then and now, when radio stations would let the one minor four letter word slip through. Within the past year, local radio has started muting (not full bleep, but mute) one word in Money by Pink Floyd. You ruin the song that way; just don't play the song.

They took a whole verse out of Money for Nothing by Dire Straits.

 

[Cynthia12]

Now that's old!

 

[Nomadicus]

9/11. I was driving to work in Kansas City, and turned on the radio. Horrified to hear the reports of hijackings, I heard the broadcasters as the first plane hit the North Tower. When I arrived at work and entered my workroom, my coworkers were standing around staring at the TV. I joined them in time to watch the second plane hit the South Tower. No one got any work done that day. We just watched the news - and also heard as the Pentagon was hit, and then the downed plane in the Pennsylvania field.

We'd heard that all planes, every airport, were grounded that day. NO ONE in the air. Except the President, of course. We heard they picked him up from that school in Florida, but no one knew exactly where he was headed. We thought it must be Camp David. I stepped outside the building for a smoke, and looked up to see a single airplane and contrail overhead, headed north. whaaaa??? We learned later they'd taken Air Force One to Texas for refueling, then were headed north to somewhere in Iowa(?) I think. Ferrying him from place to place, not knowing if the White House or Camp David would be next. So I watched him fly overhead, the only plane in the skies after the attacks.

I was privileged later to visit the Pentagon after the repairs had been made. They have a room and memorial dedicated to the people who lost their lives that day, and the first responders who tried their best.

My youngest son had left the Pentagon a few hours before the plane struck it. For about 6 months afterwards he had to work at the pentagon which was unsettling for us in the family.