sing for your supper

Uf.
We have returned from the Valley of Pigflu.

Hope you are well too. Though what I’m writing about today makes me a little heart-sick.
Seems nursery rhymes are dying out. The London Telegraph reports that modern parents find them old-fashioned and uneducational.  Harumph.
I sensed the first stirrings of this 20 years ago, when [...]

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the answer, my friend, is blowin’

#1  The Great Gazoo

#2  Drive Ins

#3  Klackers.  (I know what you thought.)
“Clackers came on the market in the late 60s and lasted into the early 70s. Clackers were never made of glass. The kinda looked like glass but they weren’t. They were made with acrylic balls, (very dense type of plastic [...]

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try this on for size, you whippersnapper

Let’s test how old you are.
#1  Who is this character?

#2  What venue was this  written for?  (Extra points if you actually SAW this at its intended venue.)

#  3  What in blue blazes are these?

#  4  Can you name these guys?

ANSWERS TOMORROW.
Try to get some sleep.

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