Webster has defined nostalgia as a “wistful or excessively sentimental, sometimes abnormal yearning for a return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.” Nostalgia is a psychological time machine that transplants adults to the good old days of another era. Once there, they will find that it is a state of mind, oblivious to actual or imagined barriers. For some it is a pleasant stroll through yesterday, a simple, less turbulent past. Benjie Johnson is thirteen, Black, and well on
I was born at the beginning of the “Baby Boomer” generation in 1946. Almost exactly nine months following World War II, “the cry of the baby was heard across the land,” as historian Landon Jones later described the trend. More babies were born in 1946 than ever before: 3.4 million, 20% more than in 1945. This was the beginning of the so-called “baby boom.” In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million more in 1952, and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 to 1964, when
with banana cream. The company decided to leave their twinkies this way, and to this day they are still filled with vanilla (The History of the Twinkie). The twinkie rose to a major popularity again in 1950, when it was featured on the popular Howdy Doody Show. Twinkie the Kid was the name of the character that was shown. Kids loved this character, and the sight of him made them crave a twinkie (The History of the Twinkie). Later in the ‘60’s, fears were arising about the threat of a nuclear attack
Television became widely marketed across the nation. In 1949, consumers were buying 250,000 sets a month, and by 1960, three-quarters of all American families owned at least one set. This set in motion an industry that is still popular today. Shows like Howdy Doody Time, The Mickey Mouse Club, I Love Lucy, and Father Knows Best captivated audience nationwide on a weekly basis. Along with new television shows, American were being exposed to increasingly sophisticated advertisements for products “necessary for
Before the time of 1947, the number of homes in the United States that had television sets were measured in thousands, not everybody in the U.S had a television set. By the 1990s, at least 98 percent of Americans had a television set. Most of the TVs in that Americans had been on at least more than 7 hours a day. “The typical American spends (depending on the survey and the time of year) from two-and a half to almost five hours a day watching television.” (Stephens) It is so amazing how a television
Television shows have been a big part of our culture for several decades now. The progression on how these shows have affected our lives is something I’ve come to wonder about. Whether a good or bad thing, I personally don't go a day without some form of television interaction. The medias which we are able to access a tv series have become much more vast than the limitation of only a TV set. Many teens to young adults, including myself, stream series from tablets, pc’s and also cell phones now, which
Slang is one of the most interesting parts of any language. In America, every generation has its own slang. Merrium-Webster defines slang as words that are not considered part of the standard vocabulary of a language and that are used very informally in speech especially by a particular group of people (Merrium-Webster). American Standard English has many slang words and phrases that have developed over the last century. Where does slang come from? Slang tends to originate in the subcultures of
Positive Effects of Television Upon Children Without a doubt, television is the central and principal form of communication in many people’s lives. This form is most often exposed to a child who instantly becomes accustomed to its presence. Children are televisions largest audience, as Morris shows, “Children aged two to five look at the TV tube on an average of 28.4 hours a week; those between the ages of six and eleven average 23.6 hours a week”. Television has played an important role in many
lives since the early 1920’s and beginning in the early 1960s, networks started broadcasting cartoons on weekend mornings. By the end of the decade, watching Saturday morning cartoons was a ritual in many homes to include my home too. I remember Howdy Doody, the Mickey Mouse club, Secret Garden, Sesame Street, the Electric Company, Captain Kangaroo, Hanna Bar-Berra and other programs. I remember those Lego Toy commercials; Rock ‘Em & Sock ‘Em Robots and Barbie commercials too. I remember running home