

When I grew up, we were “free range kids”.
When I grew up, we were “free range kids”.
Beverly Hillbillies, I Dream of Jeannie, Mission Impossible
When I’d spend a summer week at my Grandma’s in the early '60s, my cousin would take me to Luke’s Store, where a dollar would buy a bag full of candies. Always included was a sleeve of Necco wafers.
I liked the flavors and would try to eat them slowly, but usually ended up crunching through them.
In 2018 when the Necco company went bankrupt, I was traveling a bit for work and would buy bags full wherever I found them. It was a relief when the Spangler company bought the brand and resumed production.
Necco wafers
“Scream and Scream Again”, 1970.
Our parents dropped us off at the theater to see something else, like “The Love Bug”, but it had moved on and we randomly ended up seeing this horrifying film.
We were not ready for dismemberment and dissolving bodies in vats of acid…
“Faster than the Speed of Life” - Steppenwolf
Yep, and they might even try to slap on a DMCA violation