What US President do you remember as a kid ?

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Johnson when I was born,
Nixon was the first President I remember (even him running against McGovern)

[david_b]

Nixon. I remember being annoyed at how all the Watergate stuff interrupted TV. They were always pre-empting cartoons and Batman or something for a special report. So Nixon was always a bummer to me. I remember Carter winning and my mother hating him. I remember Miss Lillian guest starring on Lucille Ball's sitcom. The 80 election was the first one I paid attention to. Couldn't vote til 88.

Ah, yes, the '73/74 Watergate Hearings. I must admit, it got me away from television and played ball with all my neighborhood friends a lot more. Loads of fun back then.

'Course it also got me more into comics, the Captain America/Falcon 'Secret Empire' storyline especially, which was cool when Steve Englehart concluded it in the White House. I wrote to him about that a few months ago and he shared some interesting ideas he had about developing it at the time, and how Marvel had to tell him to tone down his original ideas.

[Mikey]

My earliest flashback was in reference to Nixon ........

One year he asked if people would not use outdoor Christmas lights in order to save energy.

I specifically remember my mom saying --- God damned Nixon, i'll bet he keeps his lights on.

[ScottA]

Kennedy

Nixon

[Cosmicman]

1. Richard Nixon

2. Jimmy Carter

[vulcan2074]

Ronald Reagan
Sammy

[megoscott]

My earliest flashback was in reference to Nixon ........

One year he asked if people would not use outdoor Christmas lights in order to save energy.

I specifically remember my mom saying --- God damned Nixon, i'll bet he keeps his lights on.

My God, Mike, there's actual Mego content there!

From Neil Kublan's Interview:

NK: Yeah, there was even ladies garment stuff after we went public. Wasn't our company but some guys started a company called "Dizzy Girl" and they were making these Polyester pants and Lionrock was the broker, the agent.

They were in a lot of accounts and that's why bought some of the companies we did after we went public, Christmas trees was another stroke of good fortune

Mego Museum: Tell me about that?

NK: We had bought a very successful Christmas tree lights company and after about a year or so, they were chaffing, it was three brothers and a father and they hated Marty and they hated being controlled.

They wanted to buy the company back, Marty always a tough negotiator cut a marvelous deal for Mego.

The day they signed the deal was a Friday and that same evening Richard Nixon went on television and said "Turn your Christmas lights off, Save Energy" These guys had paid now paid an incredibly exorbitant price to get their company back. You'd think Marty had a direct line to Richard Nixon

[Mikey]

Interesting ....