In the 1960’s and 70’s before the dangers of smoking were so well known, cigarette ads were everywhere. With the kid-friendly Joe Camel and the strong silent Marlboro Man beloved by everyone.
Or as the Lucky Strike slogan proclaimed: “It’s toasted”. But as public opinion thankfully turned against smoking, tobacco advertising on billboards was banned.
The Phone Book
Phone books used to be delivered to your door every year and if you needed to call someone you had to flip through this heavy book and find the number alphabetically.
What a waste of paper and after all that you had to deal with the rotary phone... sigh.
Jell-O in everything
There’s always room for Jell-O, but this jiggly dessert does not go with everything.
During the 60’s, savory Jell-O was a big hit, mixed with pork, fish, lamb, cottage, cheese, fruit and more. Thankfully this trend has gone away just like flowered bell bottoms.
Cool like Newman
It’s a sad fact that kids today only know Paul Newman from his brand of salad dressing or frozen pizza, but baby boomers know that he was one of the coolest guys who ever lived.
Not only was he a famous movie star who starred in Cool Hand Luke, but he also raced cars!
TV stations sign-offs
It’s almost impossible to believe in this day and age of 24/7 tv and video on demand, but TV channels used to end their programming at night.
They changed the screen to static and many even played the national anthem before signing off.