This subject was inspired by posts in another thread. What things from "The Brady Bunch" are now rare or extinct? Here are some.
S&H Green Stamps
typewriters
pay phones
TV with only antenna service
rotary dial telephones
record players/albums
cassette tape recorders
kids doing deliveries (newspaper, groceries, etc)
contests for most popular girl.
kids working after school jobs
local TV talent shows
transistor radios
cars with wood on the side
doctors making house calls
There are still a few soap operas left, but they were much more popular during the '70s and '80s. Alice sometimes watched a soap when she took a break from cleaning.
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6 teenagers in a house and all of them virgins!
And none of them do drugs!
Nowadays a lot of people take selfies. In the "Click" episode Greg took photographs with an old camera that used film. Those seem much less popular.
Kids Quiz Shows
teachers dressing up for work: dresses, heels, pantyhose
selling door to door
kissing the postman, I never do that anymore
A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star.
Postmen or mailmen are now known as letter carriers. My letter carrier only gets kissed if someone needs a napkin. When I was a little kid our mailman was part of the community, similar to the police or fire department. Now postal employees are just an aggregate of lazy bums who think the world owes them a living. They pretend to be nice this time of year because they are looking for Christmas gifts. But I don't think federal employees are allowed to accept gifts.
shareAre there still organized groups of parents opposed to smoking? Smoking declined significantly in popularity since the '70s. And that is a good thing.
shareBack in the '70s and '80s Fotomat photo development kiosks were in shopping center parking lots all over America. Was one ever shown on The Brady Bunch? I am not sure when Fotomat went out of business.
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