You remember it right. It aired in early December way back when. (Dates lifted from Wikipedia)

* 1959 - CBS - Sunday, December 13
* 1960 - CBS - Sunday, December 11
* 1961 - CBS - Sunday, December 10
* 1962 - CBS - Sunday, December 9
* 1964 - CBS - Sunday, January 26
* 1965 - CBS - Sunday, January 17
* 1966 - CBS - Sunday, January 9
* 1967 - CBS - Sunday, February 12
* 1968 - NBC - Saturday, April 20
* 1969 - NBC - Sunday, March 9
* 1970 - NBC - Sunday, March 15

ABC has been running Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments during the Easter/Passover period since the early 70s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_on_television

" The film was not broadcast in the U.S. in 1963, 1992, 1995, or 1997."

"1964 - CBS - Sunday, January 26 - 6:00 p.m.
The reason that the film did not air in December 1963 has never been stated, but some say that it was because of John F. Kennedy's assassination, others say room needed to be made for more Christmas themed specials and that the movie fit in better during January. The movie continued to air early in the year rather than late in the year from 1964 until the 1990s."
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JFK was assinated in Nov. 1963.

I was 11 at the time. I can remember a strange feeling coming over me. Its was a school day, a Friday. I recall that it brought a lot of people to tears.

I cannot say it affected me deeply, at all. I was just dumb kid worrying about dumb kid stuff.

I lived in Dallas for 5 years and never bothered to visit the JFK Museum in downtown Dallas. Now, it is something I would like to go visit.

EDIT: In a historical perspective, I would how Viet Nam would have turned out if JFK had still been around. Historically, from what I have read is that JFK was going to pull out of Viet Nam. What a different world that would have been.

I found this issue of Life tucked away in a closet while I was cleaning out my childhood home.

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It's quite an interesting place. Been there several times, usually because some out-of-town visitor wants to see it.

I like how they don't play up the conspiracy stuff, but don't really shy away from it either.

Ok, Heres one! Actually, I have a couple.

Can you guess the Name of this Toy? or Find any info?

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This was the image that broke my heart. John-John on his 3rd birthday.

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Christ, I didn't know it was his birthday. Good lord.

Was it just one man, Oswald? I have a hard time seeing how one man could crank out three rounds with a bolt action rifle, while shooting at a moving target; All in just 6 seconds.

But when Trump forced the release of the Warren commission papers, it sound like they were classified for so long due to some FBI types covering their ass and not for any big secret deal. A lot of people made a lot of money writing and speculating about this stuff through the years.

I watched a documentary years ago where they demonstrated quite convincingly that one gunman could indeed pull that off. At least the doc's marksman could. Oswald was trained by the Marine Corps after all.

Hey Art, don't leave us hanging here! What the heck is that thing? I'll make a wild guess. You load some sort of projectile into the tube, and then slam that black bulb end on the ground, sending said projectile into the air. What do I win?

The tube is closed off at the bottom, so it must just be a handle. I'm scratching my head too!

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I wonder if it’s some sort of pool toy. Like a dive toy that sits on pool floor to retrieve.

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I have no idea what that is but I had one of these as a kid.

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Hmm... I dunno.

A plastic stick from a hobby horse?

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Maybe it’s the pole from everyone’s favorite childhood toy— Parking Meter Coin Bank!

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I've got it!

It's a PinShield holder-downer!

we had those driving simulators. they were quite boring so most of us didn't drive and just let the car bounce from side to side like the old timey cars at the amusement parks that drove around a track with a railroad tie in the middle.

when we actually got to driving a [real] car, we had a girl that was so bad that it was the first time that our instructor had to use the brake on his side in his 20+ year career as a driving instructor (she was so bad that the rest of us covered our eyes instead of watching her attempt to drive). additionally, she made him so nervous that he literally whittled one of those long, plastic dairy-queen spoons to a nub with his teeth every time she got behind the wheel.

Yesterday my wife told me on the phone that she had bought me something. When I got home this vintage slot car set was on the table. I never had a set when I was a kid but some friends did. I've been talking about how cool they were. Sweet!

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Sorry for the delay (Vaccine day!).....But thanks for the guesses!!!

Heres the original Tag. Its Called a POPKANE!

You would cut squares of newspaper as "Ammunition", and when the hinge is opened and the Paper placed in, you
would slam the bulb end into the ground for a "Pop", equal to a cap gun.

Because of the Distance, and size of Kane, along with being a kid, you could slam it down near a friend or adults feet from a bit of distance....Just enough to be out of reach of an older brothers awaiting slap!

I have another type in this genre, Ill share later.....Thanks for playing!

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Man, if that had been from Wham-O, I'd have found it! Thanks for the puzzler, it does a brain good to noodle over such mysteries.

I have never heard of Eldon brand slot cars before.

I'm kind of new to this myself but seems to be a fairly well known brand from the early 60s. There are parts available and nice video online on how to tune-up/refurbish them. Pretty excited.

Who had or remembers this?

To bad it went the way of Yard Darts.

I didn't but the 8 year old in me giggles as it looks like a phallic symbol!

Yeah bummer, my favorite water toy! I'd always thought it was deemed too dangerous for kids getting hit, but it turns out it was a choking hazard.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1978/recall-of-wham-o-water-wiggle-toy

Something else my wife picked up for me earlier this year. 1977 Toho Godzilla (Japanese version). Has a couple flaws but pretty cool.

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Yes but she's the best of the bunch.

That paper popper reminds of how much I loved blowing up paper bags and popping them. Another treat was finding an empty milk carton to stomp on.

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More unnecessary noise: When I was young, I couldn’t resist twanging any ruler I had off the edge of a table or desk to make loud wobbly noises. I spent a lot more time doing this with rulers than I ever did measuring things. So I guess twanging was their main purpose.

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After one year, the city library has opened its doors again. I have been wanting to go and look for something I saw in the papers when I was a kid. I did not find what I was looking for but I stumbled into another picture I remember seeing in the newspaper and forgot all about.

You have to be a baby boomer to appreciate this. I found this copy with a Google search for "The Beatles with buzz haircuts ( The other picture I am looking for will require me to return to the library.)

Before The Beatles we wore our hair like this:

Yes. This is Bobby Rydell

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And this is just some guy on Google with a flat top.

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And here they are with their artist rendered buzz cuts. The Beatles came to America on February 7, 1964. One week later, this picture made the papers. And for the next 4-5 years it was a battle between the kids, their parents, and the school principle as to how we kids could wear our hair.

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It took a lot of years but now buzz cuts are all the rage, again.

Seems like I got yelled at for doing that every time we got our rulers out!

I still have those!!

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Cory Doctorow posted this picture on twitter today:
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I remember building this as a kid.

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(Upper right corner)

I still find it funny that the early Beatles were considered long hair, half of them their hair didn't even touch their collar. I was told as long as I lived at home my hair had to be kept cut and I couldn't move out until I was 18.

If you had a mom that cared

I was stationed at a small Naval Air Station outside of Dallas in the 70s. Many times, transient pilots would load up their aircraft with Coors as they returned home to the east coast where there was no Coors

Paul Newman: I read one time, years ago, that a beer company wanted to hire PN to advertise its beer. Newman's response: "I don't drink your brand." I have no idea which brand was the center of attention. For sure, no cheap shot actor whoring hisself out for the money

And in a similar vein, transport planes returning from Viet Nam might have some Tia (sp) stick stashed somewhere inside of a wing or some other hidey hole on an airplane. I never saw this; I just heard about it.

I hope your Grain Belt beer will taste as good as you remember it to taste

My good old mom used to mail me 12 packs of Stroh's while I was in college in Arizona.

Thai, like in Thailand, Thai food, etc.

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