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The Babyboomers

We are the generation, born between 1946-1964, grew up watching shows like Howdy Doody and Captain Kangaroo, Leave it to Beaver, Hazel, Father Knows Best and Gidget, too many to mention but I'm sure there all there on the internet, grew up listening to rock n roll, doing the mashed potato and the Chubby Checker twist, a lot of boomers fighting in the Vietnam War and consequently losing their innocence, we also saw the JFK assassination and watched the Watergate hearings on our televisions, saw the Kent State shootings and anti-war demonstrations... now if your like me wondering about all these police shootings terror attacks and social unrest, a lot of us turning 70 this year and wondering whats going to happen next, yes were the babyboomers who grew up watching a lot of television... I'm just wondering if watching too much of it took away our true vision and wisdom, because I myself am guilty as well...

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Date: 7/20/2016 9:06:00 PM
Amen! I don't watch TV these days...ever since sinfield went off the air..lol!
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Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 9/8/2016 7:42:00 PM
Yep, that show was an original show about "nothing" as Seinfeld himself always said!:)

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