70s Childhood: This or That?

[HardyGirl]

Hey guys which one would you pick?

1) Brady Bunch or Partridge Family?
2) Chips Ahoy or Oreo?
3) Cap'n Crunch or Freakies?
4) Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter?
5) Wacky Packages or Star Wars trading cards?
6) Bike or skateboard?
7) Six Million Dollar Man or GIJoe action figures?
8) Star Trek or Planet Of The Apes Megos?
9) Pro-Keds or Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers?
10) Creamsicle or Fudgesicle?
11) Hershey's or Nestle's Crunch candy bars?
12) Garbage Pail candy or Fun Dip?
13) Superman or Batman Ben Cooper costumes?
14) Baloney or ham and cheese sandwiches?
15) Superfriends or Jonny Quest cartoons?

Have fun!

[Mikey]

1) Brady Bunch or Partridge Family? (actually didn't watch either - used to watch Nanny and the Professor)
2) Oreo or store brand equivalent
3) Cap'n Crunch
4) Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter - both
5) Wacky Packages or Star Wars trading cards - both
6) Bike --- all roads around my area were dirt so a skateboard wouldn't do much good
7) Six Million Dollar Man or GIJoe action figures? --- both but having to make a choice it would be GI Joe
8) Star Trek for sure
9) Pro-Keds or Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers --- neither mostly wore store brand sneakers
10) Creamsicle
11) Hershey's or Nestle's Crunch candy bars? - both
12) Garbage Pail candy or Fun Dip?-- neither
13) Superman or Batman Ben Cooper costumes? - neither
14) Baloney as long as it's not Oscar Meyer (too gritty)
15) Superfriends

[4NDR01D]

Partridge family
Oreo
Capt' Crunch
Happy Days
Wacky Packs
Skateboard
Gi Joe
POTA
Chucks
Fudgecicle
Nestle's Crunch
Fun Dip
Batman
Baloney
Superfriends

[MRP]

1) Brady Bunch or Partridge Family? Brady Bunch by a wide margin.
2) Chips Ahoy or Oreo? Chips Ahoy, especially dunked in a glass of cold milk
3) Cap'n Crunch or Freakies? Neither (didn't like Cap'n Crunch and never heard of Freakies. I was a Cocoa Puffs and Count Chocula kid)
4) Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter? Watched both, preferred Welcome Back Kotter
5) Wacky Packages or Star Wars trading cards? Star Wars!
6) Bike or skateboard? Bike
7) Six Million Dollar Man or GIJoe action figures? Had both, loved both, if I had to choose, GI Joe
8) Star Trek or Planet Of The Apes Megos? Trek
9) Pro-Keds or Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers? Neither, I only got cheap sneakers from places like Bradlees, K-Mart, Zayre or Caldors, never brand names
10) Creamsicle or Fudgesicle? Fudgesicle
11) Hershey's or Nestle's Crunch candy bars? of the 2, Crunch, but Snickers was my favorite, followed by Reese's Cups when I got candy, which was rarely
12) Garbage Pail candy or Fun Dip? Never had either
13) Superman or Batman Ben Cooper costumes? Had Batman 1 year, never had a Superman
14) Baloney or ham and cheese sandwiches? only liked baloney fried, so ham and cheese
15) Superfriends or Jonny Quest cartoons? hmmm loved both, but would have to go with JQ

Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

-M

[Mawni]

I grew up in Canada so some of these don't apply.

1) Brady Bunch
2) Chips Ahoy or Oreo? I don't really remember either of these at our houses…
3) Cap'n Crunch or Freakies? Froot Loops on a special occasion; never heard of "Freakies".
4) Happy Days. The Fonz forever!
5) Wacky Packages or Star Wars trading cards? This is a tough one. I loved Wacky Packages before Star Wars came out.
6) Bike. Schwinn with a yellow banana seat.
7) Six Million Dollar Man or GIJoe action figures? My friend had both. I didn't have either.
8) Star Trek. It's why I'm here.
9) Pro-Keds or Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers? Some generic rip-offs of these.
10) Creamsicle
11) Hershey's or Nestle's Crunch candy bars? Neither. Crispy Crunch.
12) Garbage Pail candy or Fun Dip? Ooooh. This is a tough one. I thought Garbage candy was the best
13) Superman or Batman Ben Cooper costumes? I actually had the Superman one.
14) Baloney or ham and cheese sandwiches? Baloney
15) Superfriends or Jonny Quest cartoons? Superfriends if we were in Montana on vacation.

That was fun! Thanks!

[HardyGirl]

Hey you know guys, this doesn't have to be what you had as a kid. You can just think w/ your 8 year old brain as to which you would have preferred.

[warlock664]

1) Partridge Family
2) Chips Ahoy
3) Cap'n Crunch
4) Happy Days
5) Star Wars trading cards
6) skateboard
7) GIJoe action figures
8) Planet Of The Apes Megos
9) Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers
10) Creamsicle
11) Hershey's
12) Fun Dip
13) Batman Ben Cooper costumes
14) ham sandwiches
15) Superfriends

[LonnieFisher]

This is how I would pick today.

1) Brady Bunch
2) Chips Ahoy
3) Freakies
4) Welcome Back Kotter
5) Star Wars trading cards
6) Bike
7) Six Million Dollar Man
8) Star Trek
9) Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers
10) Creamsicle
11) Hershey's
12) Fun Dip
13) Batman Ben Cooper costume
14) Plain bread
15) Superfriends cartoon

This is probably how I would have picked in the 70's.

1) Brady Bunch
2) Oreo
3) Cap'n Crunch
4) Welcome Back Kotter
5) Star Wars trading cards
6) Skateboard
7) Six Million Dollar Man
8) Planet Of The Apes Megos
9) Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers
10) Fudgesicle
11) Nestle's Crunch candy bar
12) Garbage Pail candy
13) Superman Ben Cooper costume
14) Baloney sandwich
15) Superfriends cartoon

[Hector]

Very cool thread, Sharry...

Ok, here are my picks:

1) Brady Bunch or Partridge Family?...Brady Bunch. But don't tell my sister, as her favorite show was The Partride Family, she had a major David Cassidy crush, lol.

2) Chips Ahoy or Oreo?...Oreos, I still love them today.

3) Cap'n Crunch or Freakies?...Neither, I was a HUGE Honeycombs eater, too bad the recipe changed.

4) Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter?...Happy Days. Was never a big fan of WBK.

5) Wacky Packages or Star Wars trading cards?...Star Wars trading cards by miles...and miles.

6) Bike or skateboard?...Bike. Too many skateboard falls for me, lol.

7) Six Million Dollar Man or GIJoe action figures?...Six Million Dollar Man action figures was my favorite 12" toy line.

8) Star Trek or Planet Of The Apes Megos? Star Trek. The first Megos I've ever owned, Kirk & Spock, were given to me by my dad...still have them, albeit naked, clothes and accessories are long gone, lol.

9) Pro-Keds or Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers? I don't even recall specifics on those shoes, just plain old boring Converse, I suppose. In Mexico, Canadá Exorcistas were the rave, I've included a video of a commercial below.

10) Creamsicle or Fudgesicle?...Fudgesicle. Although now as an adult, I prefer vanilla over chocolate ice cream, by a nose, chocolate still rules too.

11) Hershey's or Nestle's Crunch candy bars?...Hershey's...still buy one once in a while.

12) Garbage Pail candy or Fun Dip?...Neither. I was a big bubble gum kinda kid.

13) Superman or Batman Ben Cooper costumes?...Neither. My all time favorite costume as a kid was being dressed as Casper the Friendly Ghost...that year was my best Halloween ever.

14) Baloney or ham and cheese sandwiches?...Baloney as a kid. Now I prefer ham.

15) Superfriends or Jonny Quest cartoons?...This may shock many here, but Jonny Quest was awesome to me as a kid, just loved the catchy jazzy theme music, and loved the adventures. Although Superfriends was not too shabby either. But my favorite cartoon as a little kid was Kimba the White Lion. I wanted to become a zoologist or zookeeper because of Kimba, lol.

Again, great thread, Sharry!


Canadá Exorcistas commercial...

[HardyGirl]

Cool shoes, Hec. But those were more like Buster Browns school shoes or Thom McCann's than sneakers. I grew up on Buster Browns!

(I had the Topsies!)

[HardyGirl]

OK, I guess I'll answer my own questions:


1) Brady Bunch or Partridge Family? I do love both, but I've always had a thing for David Cassidy so The Partridge Family
2) Chips Ahoy or Oreo? Oreos
3) Cap'n Crunch or Freakies? Cap'n Crunch
4) Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter? Happy Days! Wore my Fonzie t-shirt w/ pride
5) Wacky Packages or Star Wars trading cards? Wacky Packages, even though my mom hated them!
6) Bike or skateboard? skateboard
7) Six Million Dollar Man or GIJoe action figures? I'll have to go w/ the SMDM, b/c I had Jaime Sommers!
8) Star Trek or Planet Of The Apes Megos? Star Trek
9) Pro-Keds or Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers? Pro-Keds even though my mom never let me have any!
10) Creamsicle or Fudgesicle? Creamsicle
11) Hershey's or Nestle's Crunch candy bars? Nestle's Crunch
12) Garbage Pail candy or Fun Dip? Fun Dip
13) Superman or Batman Ben Cooper costumes? Well, since I'm a girl, I never had either, but my boy dolls have Batman
14) Baloney or ham and cheese sandwiches? Ham and cheese
15) Superfriends or Jonny Quest cartoons? Superfriends

[MIB41]

This is fun... Here are my picks -

1) Brady Bunch
2) Chips Ahoy
3) Freakies
4) Welcome Back Kotter
5) Wacky Packages
6) Bike
7) Six Million Dollar Man figures
8) Star Trek Megos
9) Pro-Keds sneakers
10) Creamsicle
11) Nestle's Crunch candy bars
12) Fun Dip
13) Batman Ben Cooper costume
14) Baloney sandwiches
15) Superfriends cartoons

[fallensaviour]

1) Brady Bunch
2) Chips Ahoy
3) Cap'n Crunch or Freakies? Neither that's pretty fancy up here in Canada I had puffed wheat or oatmeal
4) Happy Days
5) Star Wars trading cards but I'd say hockey cards were way bigger here.
6) Bike
7) Six Million Dollar Man
8) Star Trek TOS there is no other.
9) Converse
10) Creamsicle
11) Nestle's Crunch
12) Fun Dip
13) Batman Ben Cooper costumes
14) ham and cheese sandwiches?
15) Superfriends

[Hector]

I'm going to have to add peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, liked them as much as baloney sandwiches back in the day.

Heck, I still do...

[Mikey]

These were my sneakers throughout the 70's (K-mart special)

Only thing that changed was the size from one year to another



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