Do You Remember?

[ranitidine]

I remember being in the Peanut Gallery of the Howdy Doody Show when I was about 5 years old....it was the first moment of disillusionment with the world that I can recall.I thought that we could jump up and down and have unlimited Fun,but there were grown-ups on the sidelines telling us to shush or get happy at assigned moments.This wasn't what I'd bargained for.....

 

 

Yes.

 

Also, Uncle Fred Sayles and his Junior Frolics show on channel 13, long before it was an uplifting, educational channel. He played a lot of Felix the Cat cartoons, and you would jump up and cheer when the light went on. You would sit and be absolutely quiet when the light went dark

 

Somewhere, I'm sure my mother still has a picture of me and my cub scout pack clustered around Uncle Fred.

 

Old NY TV Programs

I Remember going to a taping of the Perry Como Show with my father when I was 7 years old....when I saw the APPLAUSE sign blink on,I was Shocked....they're Telling me when I'm supposed to like something,and signify?Yes,even at that early age,it was bah humbug! for me....

 

Taping? I believe those shows were broadcast live. I went to one in the mid-50s.

[StephanieL]

My first concert was the Eurythmics and Howard Jones in 1984.

[wingding]

The first 2 concerts that I ever attended were milestones for me,of a sort.My father had a subscription to Variety,an entertainment trade paper.One summer day,[probably 1964]I noticed a small paragraph announcing that the Supremes were going to do a concert at Lincoln Center.I nearly fainted on the spot,but begged to get on a train That Day,and go and get tickets....which I got,2 front row seats,plus 3 in the second row for my mom,aunt,and little sister.This was the premiere of the Supremes white gown[and white audience]days.We were surrounded by an audience wearing gowns,for that matter....but my best friend Pam and I jumped up and down and had a good time.Yes,it was Fabulous.A year later,I saw the Byrds perform in a small auditorium,with lots of screaming girls running all over the place.I had gone to a big antiwar protest on Fifth Avenue earlier in the day,remember the Brownshirts along the side of the march....the worm had turned,for me,and a lot of others,and I felt the loss of innocence.

Whoops,accidental duplicate post.....

[foodie52]

I was in the Romper Room audience once when I was 4.

 

Awww..that is so cute! How did you manage that? What was the name of the teacher? I used to be so jealous of that show because it showed the kids at snack time and I was convinced that THEIR snack was a thousand times nicer than anything I would ever get at home!

 

What DID you get for snack, anyway? I always imagined something involving chocolate and marshmallows.

[Chad Ward]

Oh, man, if we're going to talk about concerts . . .

 

My first -- KISS at the Omni in Atlanta 1977, the Alive II tour. Cheap Trick opening. Both just back from Japan. So, yeah, for those keeping score, Cheap Trick did a live show of the just-recorded Budakon set (not released until 1979, as I recall). I have huge swaths of my childhood that are blank to me, but this concert, at least parts of it, are jewel clear. Coolest thing ever.

 

My brother and I were huge KISS fans, but the moment I recall most clearly is Robin Zander launching into I Want You to Want Me and hearing Rick Nielson's guitar kick in and thinking, "God, I've got to learn how to do that."

 

Chad

[GrantK]

My first concert was Nazareth with White Snake opening (back when they were still a Deep Purple cover band ) in Stuttgart, 1978.

[SLBunge]

Oh, man, if we're going to talk about concerts . . .

 

My first -- KISS at the Omni in Atlanta 1977, the Alive II tour. Cheap Trick opening. Both just back from Japan. So, yeah, for those keeping score, Cheap Trick did a live show of the just-recorded Budakon set (not released until 1979, as I recall). I have huge swaths of my childhood that are blank to me, but this concert, at least parts of it, are jewel clear. Coolest thing ever.

 

My brother and I were huge KISS fans, but the moment I recall most clearly is Robin Zander launching into I Want You to Want Me and hearing Rick Nielson's guitar kick in and thinking, "God, I've got to learn how to do that."

 

Chad

I listened to Cheap Trick at Budakon so many times in high school (1981-1985) that I'm sure I could still sing along.

 

Interesting that the word on the street is that Cheap Trick's new album is quite good. I haven't heard it.

[elyse]

I think my first concert was Simon and Garfunkle in the park. That was pretty cool. IF you stayed on your blanket.

 

I wasn't allowed to go to concerts.

[Wilfrid1]

My first was Roxy Music at a local theater, but the week they were due to play they appeared on TOTP, "Virginia Plain" went into the top 10, and they cancelled.

 

The first band of any stature I saw, who actually showed up: Dr Feelgood at the Kursaal Ballroom, Southend-on-Sea - a local gig for them, in a dramatic venue, an old-fashioned mid-century dancehall.

 

I think they were supported by the George Hatcher Band, who we naturally disdained.

[Daisy]

One of my first was probably seeing the Grateful Dead at the 'little' theater in Madison Square Garden. I was probably about fifteen, my fourteen year old sister was with me, and my father drove us to the garden, parked outside, and sat in the car and waited for us.To quote Snagglepuss: how humiliatin'.

 

My brother was a huge Cheap Trick fan. I seem to recall him dragging me to see them, but I think love of Cheap Trick may have been a sex-linked characteristic.

[g.johnson]

Embarrassingly, my first was Focus (of Hocus Pocus fame).

[SLBunge]

My brother was a huge Cheap Trick fan. I seem to recall him dragging me to see them, but I think love of Cheap Trick may have been a sex-linked characteristic.

If you mean lack of sex then it would apply to many of the people I know who were listening to that Budokan album at the time.

[Squeat Mungry]

First concert was Patti Smith. Second (or maybe third?): The Tubes.

[akiko]

I was in the Romper Room audience once when I was 4.

 

Awww..that is so cute! How did you manage that? What was the name of the teacher? I used to be so jealous of that show because it showed the kids at snack time and I was convinced that THEIR snack was a thousand times nicer than anything I would ever get at home!

 

What DID you get for snack, anyway? I always imagined something involving chocolate and marshmallows.

 

I loved Romper Room! And Zoom. And then later, I thought The Great Space Coaster was the greatest show ever written.

 

My first concert was Pat Benatar. I still love her.

[StephanieL]

I was in the Romper Room audience once when I was 4.

 

Awww..that is so cute! How did you manage that? What was the name of the teacher? I used to be so jealous of that show because it showed the kids at snack time and I was convinced that THEIR snack was a thousand times nicer than anything I would ever get at home!

 

What DID you get for snack, anyway? I always imagined something involving chocolate and marshmallows.

I honestly remember very little about it. Somehow, my mom managed to get tickets--it was taped in NYC and we were living in Brooklyn at the time.