Sooo 1958!


I'm about Eddie Hodges' age, so remember the year and the era well, with its emphasis on a rigid social conformity that was starting to crack around the edges with the appearance of beatniks, the color turquoise (Shirl's bathing suit/dress), and, of course, the Hula Hoop fad. Glamorizing smoking and drinking martinis in nightclubs, being a smooth operator trying to score it big with no effort, driving a Cadillac convertible with big fins...YUCK! We're not perfect yet, but have come a long way since 1958!

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I remember the '50s. I don't care much for big fins on cars, but I'd take that decade back instead of the Age of Mass Hysteria and Stupidity we're stuck in now in a second.

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