My mother LOATHED Shirley Temple. Thought she was an smart-mouthed little brat, and consequently we were FORBIDDEN to watch her movies in our house. Sometimes, if we wanted to annoy her, we'd sing "Animals Crackers" in little baby voices and then run away laughing. What I'm … [Read more...]
Hot look of the day?
Of course I am an ABSOLUTE FIEND for battered top hats, don't you know. When I was growing up in the '30s, during The Great Depression, there was nothing more emblematic of the period than cartoon hobos wearing top hats … [Read more...]
Newsweek shocker: old people were once cute kids!
Newsweek Online asked a number of prominent old-timers to talk about the fun times they had growing up in the Great Depression. Bob Barker remembered sliding down barn-sized … [Read more...]
