I was 23 before I saw "Wizzard of Oz" in color. I almost fainted.
Stamps were .06 and gas was $.16 a gallon. Bread was .30, pop was .12 and we played outside from dawn till dusk. There were only 3 stations on the TV (It had a round screen B&W) and we could only get the 3rd one if there was a clear sky and the aerial was pointed toward Detroit, there was no such thing as a rerun. Most of the few shows that we watched were live. The radio stations AM went off the air at dusk and back on at dawn. If I was lucky I could get the Detroit (motown) station at night on my 9V transistor radio that was about the size of Mr Spock's tricorder. The turntable played 78's, 33 1/3 & 45's. In the summer the only "air" that we had was the window open at night. We were in the city so we had 5 digit phone numbers & i still remember grandma's number. The ride on the city bus downtown was .10 & the movie was .50 at the Michigan Theater complete with bats flying around the balcony. I used to take that trip when I was 10. Grandma worked downtown so I had someone to report in with.
Thanks, I needed that tonight.
