Remembering The 1950's

[dethklok745]

I think my dad is lucky for being born in 1953 with the old Alvin and the Chipmunks, Atom Ant, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and the really old Andy Griffith shows like I watch now (:

[gta4rox47]

Cant they make a time traveler already

[NiNtIEs4EvEr]

I was born in the 80s and I wish I was a girl of the 50's

Everything was so simple and more people were sincere and honest and caring....

young people respected older people and vice versa...

in fact everyone respected everyone else...

women expressed their sexuality with class, elegance, grace, femininity and charm, unlike now where it is expressed through garish exposure of flesh or underwear show...

[thacuban13]

I find every era has it thing. But out of all the eras I would pick the 50's. And I was born in '96.

[DrearSkaa]

I wish I was born some time between the 1910s of my grandparents and the 1940s of my parents. Mid-late 1930s seems about right. I'd have to be American like my paternal side of the family and miss WWII over here in Denmark though. My mom doesn't remember growing up in inner city Copenhagen in the 40s-early 60s as much fun.

[calihartley2010]

Iam glad that Gleason got to say 'Merry Christmas' Now it would be 'Happy Holidays'. What have we become. We need the 50s back and end this liberal crap against our Judeo Christian beliefs.Isn't it sad that people can say Inshallah and not Jesus in public? thsi shows that our society is degrading.

[999YORK]

The fifties would of been perfect if two things were non-existent - Wars and all forms of smoking.

[49jubilee]

IMO, we baby boom generation really didn't do much for the world--in fact segregation was ended by the WW2 generation(King and others) --they also gave us the '50s-although, many who went to college in the EARLY 60s did a lot too, (forget about college kids after 1967)

[Deader87]

I formally declare & knight the 50s one of my Top-3 Favorite decades. Thumbs up if you agree

[Deader87]

I formally declare & knight the 50s one of my Top-3 Favorite decades. Thumbs up if you agree

[dolliciousart]

There were bad things in the Fifties, but economics is a powerful source, and that was definitely better...

[tuns18]

I don,t know why every one worships the 1950's so much it was a time full of sexism, segregation and racism. All of yall are ridiculous.

[EarthPig09]

Every thing was cheap,simple,And it's worser Now'a day's......

[jamisvu]

who cares about your opinion. Compared to the rest of human history, the fifties was heaven on earth.

[essaness27]

worship? no. grew up in and have sentimental feelings for some of the bette aspects, like the comedy. if you couldn't laugh while all that segregation and sexism was going on then what would make any decade worth it? there are sentimentalists out there who claim theirs is the best decade, but they all are great to people living through them. I didn't like the music of the '80s but my kids did. it's all relative.

[VAMPiRiTADEGTO]

They worship the music cuz it brings everyone together =D but ur right

[EnuffBS1]

Maybe they were great because we didn't have pinheads like you all wrapped up in self, and reasons to be "offended" about every damned thing! Yes they had their negatives, but compared to this age, and twits bitching about all the 'isms' -- they WERE the golden age to live in. And by the way, if you like all the idiotic debt-spending and bitch-bitch-bitch of this age so much you're welcome to it; but don't rain on our parade. The 50's rocked!

[myspace2525]

@tuns18 Let's see it's 2010 and things are so much better today. We have reverse sexism (that's where you can't say anything bad about women and everyone has to hire them or you get sued), we have reverse racism, (that's where you can't say anything bad about a minority and you can't fire them, or you get sued), and no segregation modern style, (that's where you have black entertainment channel, viva la raza, asian american societies, naacp). You get the idea.

[waserman123]

cause it was a time were people carred 4 each other, times were simpler, cars were prettier and better built, tv shows were funny in a clean way, woman were hot, clothes were nicer and people were better mannered, a time were your wife didnt half to work, a time were u had the oppurtunity 2 live the american dream, own your little 4 bed, 1 bath ranch home, the cadillac in the driveway, and the boys were playing ball in the front yard, and mom and daughter cooked and cleaned, thats why we love it

[lonewulf44]

Because it was about a billion times other great and fantastic other things ... the good and fantastic far out weight the bad. Every decade has its bad and good ... the 50's is overwhelmingly more good. Sexism and racism have been around forever, and it's those same 50's (ww2 generation) people who ended segregation!

[naganokumas]

I enjoyed it.Thanks.

But didn't understand a word of it.

I especially liked the mechanical clock sketch. But that didn't need effective audio to appreciate it.

But I really wanted to hear all the other bits.

Surely we can clear the audio up a bit.

I'm sure Groucho and the other protagonists would love to know that their words are clear.

Don't keep it old audio just because it's the original recording. Surely efforts to make it clearer are now available.

Let us hear them as best we can.

[retrochic7899]

i was born and raised in the 90s/. movies like the sandlot and grease really inspire me to live in the 50s. maybe born around 46 so i can remember the 50s.

[johnny102marvin]

I grew up in the 50's and early 60's. I was born in 1944. I predict that this time era of the 50's will be the best times in the entire history of the United States, past - present - and future.

[KaseyluvsJamesDean]

I wish I was born somewhere around 1935 like my grandpa. I would give anything to be able to grow up in the 50's. lol my grandpa said that he would go to the neighbors to watch tv cause there was only a few people that owned tv sets were he lived :)

[lonewulf44]

I can see why you say that, I love the 50's as well. Remember that the world of the 50's and that society were built and paid for by those who fought and died for such a way of life in WW2. The great things don't just happen or are not just free. They had to be earned and won, worked and toiled for.

[pannoni1]

I wish I was born around 1941; late enough to miss WWII but early enough to fully appreciate the culture of the '50s. I would be 67 today and retired! Also, I think the 1960s-1990s were good decades to work in this world, provided I missed the Vietnam draft of course!

[Jburtonstone]

Hello Pannoni1

Yes the 50's were great, Ike, et al made the world seem safe, then along came Vietnam and the complicated world of two parents working just to make ends meet.

Love and Peace,

Jessie Burton Stone

[ethicomm]

@Jburtonstone @pannoni1 I agree with you. Many times I wished I had been born around the same era so I could have enjoyed the relative simplicity of the 1950's when things weren't complicated. Funny thing is that my late father who lived through that simple era was over the moon when he got his first computer in 2001. He was 79 at the time and loved going online to check his stocks and international news and sports. He probably felt that the good old days were right there and then!

[Jackspadeproductions]

@Jburtonstone 50's 60's 70's 80's and 90's were the greatest

todays 2000's isn't good no good music or tv. Reality tv is destorying tv

i love the old classics

[ethicomm]

@pannoni1 I agree with you. Many times I wished I had been born around the same era so I could have enjoyed the relative simplicity of the 1950's when things weren't complicated. Funny thing is that my late father who lived through that simple era was over the moon when he got his first computer in 2001. He was 79 at the time and loved going online to check his stocks and international news and sports. He probably felt that the good old days were right there and then!

[tracytcb111111111111]

@pannoni1 i agree with every thing u said it dosent matter how old u would be today you would have lived through the best years of all time i wish i could of been around then to but it would of been a bit hard when i was born in 1975

[ratchetsgirl123]

The 50's was the best time of our time period. I don't understand why people make fun of me at school for dressing like the 1950s. Oh well I guess they just don't have good taste.

[Jburtonstone]

Hello ratchetsgirl123

Sorry for the late approval, girlfriend problems abound.

I was so in love with Audrey, Groucho, Morris, Jackie, Art, Joyce, Sid, et al.

On a personal note we were planning to watch Jackie and associates the night my father died, I never get through a Honeymooners without breaking down.

"If tears could build a stairway and memories were a lane we would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again."

Love and Peace be with you and yours,

Jessie Burton Stone

[eeocsfdo370]

At last! Someone who could best Groucho with a wisecrack!! This is precious.

[rjvonbokern]

Great clips. I am a child of the '60s, but over the years I've seen & loved all these shows. I do have one

? though. Is the Howard Morris on the Sid Caesar clip

the same person who was a producer on the Andy Griffith Show & played Ernest T. Bass?

[Kind67]

Regarding the question by rivonbokern on Howard Morris: Yes, he is the same man! A wonderful comic actor who unfortunately never really got the credit due him. One of his last films (perhaps his last, I don't remember) was in a Mel Brooks comedy Life Stinks. While the film wasn't a hit, Howard Morris was wonderful in it, you may want to check it out if it's available!

[cynthiacher]

Yes, Howard Morris was Ernest T. Bass.

[georgia1946]

Well done, I totally enjoyed these few minutes. As a kid in the 50's, I remembered it well. Thanx for the Christmas episode of the Honeymooners, my all time favorite comedy show.

[Jburtonstone]

My pleasure, I loved Audrey Meadows laugh, it was infectous! as you know she passed away 5 days before her 71st birthday in 1996.

Best wishes,

Burton

[cbeg]

Did you ever read her story, "Love, Alice: My Life As a Honeymooner"? So interesting. GREAT vid. Thank you!

[Jburtonstone]

No, but I will put it on my list of things to do, Audrey was my first love, she was 28 I was 5, it was not to be.

Best Wishes,

Burton