In the 60s, we had the ‘summer movies,’ where my parents bought a group of ten tickets for a dollar and we’d watch one a week, mostly somewhat forgettable, but it was better than staring at the broken TV set in our living room.
About 1960, I could get into a double feature Saturday matinee for ten cents and six Pepsi bottle caps. About 1930, my father could ride a streetcar for a nickel, see a movie, and get a comic book and candy bar for a quarter. At home, he reached into the back of the battery-powered table radio to get shocked. Anything for a buzz.
Tom Sawyer? Charlie Brown does remind me a bit of Twain’s character here, though he’s not trying to get out of a chore. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Happy Thanksgiving
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
nice try, Charlie Brown you blockhead
orinoco womble almost 8 years ago
“Going to the show”…do people still say that? My parents did but then they were born in the 1920s.
Rufus The naked mole rat almost 8 years ago
I long for the days when it only cost a quarter to go to the movies.
The Old Wolf almost 8 years ago
In New York it was four bits, but it was cool inside…
tripwire45 almost 8 years ago
You could go to the movies for a quarter in the early 1950s?
Godfreydaniel almost 8 years ago
Violet obviously wasn’t going to see Ed Sullivan, since that would’ve been a “really BIG show”…….
Kip W almost 8 years ago
In the 60s, we had the ‘summer movies,’ where my parents bought a group of ten tickets for a dollar and we’d watch one a week, mostly somewhat forgettable, but it was better than staring at the broken TV set in our living room.
grainpaw almost 8 years ago
About 1960, I could get into a double feature Saturday matinee for ten cents and six Pepsi bottle caps. About 1930, my father could ride a streetcar for a nickel, see a movie, and get a comic book and candy bar for a quarter. At home, he reached into the back of the battery-powered table radio to get shocked. Anything for a buzz.
gantech almost 8 years ago
Nice setup, Chuck!
knight1192a almost 8 years ago
Tom Sawyer? Charlie Brown does remind me a bit of Twain’s character here, though he’s not trying to get out of a chore. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Happy Thanksgiving
jrankin1959 almost 8 years ago
“Save your money – don’t go to the show… watch out where the huskies go…”