Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Remembering the 1950's

Baseball cards and hula hoops
  Baloney sandwich, Campbell’s soup

Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse
  Mamie and Ike in the White House

American Bandstand, Rock 'n Roll
  Elvis the Pelvis, Nat King Cole

Pez Dispensers and Kool-Aid
  Bedtime for Bonzo, Panty Raids

Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile
  Superman was the ‘Man of Steel’

Archie & Veronica, Mad Magazine
  Skirts and Bobby-Sox, Jukebox Scenes 

The Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry
  Durward Kirby and a Moore named Gary

The Price is Right, Let’s Make a Deal
  Hostess Twinkies – b & w newsreels

A Dog named Lassie and Rin Tin Tin
  Yankees and Celtics always win

Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks
  Whitey Ford, Hammerin' Hank

Joe McCarthy and the Red Scare
  Semi-Crewcuts or Slicked-back hair

The 1950’s weren’t built to last
  Still and all ~ quite a cast!

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Caren Krutsinger April 22, 2022 at 2:28 AM This should be POTD, POTW and POTC - century "Archie & Veronica, Mad Magazine Skirts and Bobby-Sox, Jukebox Scenes " Loved it!

Robert Gorelick April 19, 2022 at 4:26 PM Wow nostalgia in the fast lane! Or, as Eddie Haskell would say: You've developed into quite the bard, Gershon. Just kidd'n, you really are a fine poet. Robert Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:47 PM Thank you for your kind words, Robert. Takes one to know one I always say! :)

I Am Anaya April 19, 2022 at 4:21 PM Enjoyed them on the flip-flop as they continued on down through the decades! Thank you for the trip down memory lane. --Flower Child Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:45 PM And to think that I left out 'Our Miss Frances!'

Kenneth Cheney April 19, 2022 at 10:57 AM Great nostalgia. The 50's certainly did include "quite a cast" Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:45 PM Indeedy-do, Marichal and Warren Spahn too. Remember that 1-0 game that Spahn won (age 41) in 1961 (I think). Both pitched complete games... And then there was that Harvey Haddix perfect game through 12 innings that he lost to Lou Burdette, somewhere in the late '50's. Those were the days... Now Kershaw is lifted after 7 innings of a perfect game. What happened to this country?!

Ilene Bauer April 19, 2022 at 9:43 AM so much i can relate to here, gershon! well done! Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:42 PM Thanks, Ilene. Meant to include 'pedal-pushers' though...

Tom Cunningham April 19, 2022 at 7:54 AM Those were certainly the good times Gershon, didn't become too aware until the early sixties, another good era. Tom Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:39 PM Ah, you missed out on a great decade there, Tom. Nothing like the '50's. ~ Hair E. True Man

John Lawless April 19, 2022 at 5:48 AM ...and Rocky and Bullwinkle still search for the "Kerward" derby Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:36 PM Boris and Natasha still trying to kill 'Crazy Moose and Squirrel?'

L Milton Hankins April 18, 2022 at 8:52 PM This is so strange, gw, because just this afternoon I made a list of somethings I remembered from my childhood (the 40s and 50s). Amazing! You're showing your years, my man! I loved the way you made it rhyme. Gershon Wolf April 19, 2022 at 5:35 PM My years are showing and so are my ears. I have big ones. :)