Oh! Baby
When a baby gets wrapped loosely in a blanket during sleep hours.
What is swaddling? Historians believe that swaddling has been around for centuries due to drawings found throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and North America depicting young babies wrapped in cloth.
Glen Bell founded this Mexican fast-food restaurant in 1962 in Downey, California.
What is Taco Bell? Just five years later, Taco Bell opened its 100th restaurant in Anaheim.
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson of MIT was the first to send this kind of electronic communication.
What is an email? Tomlinson has stated he forgets what his email message said.
This is the alliterative name for the wide-legged jeans style popular in the 1970s.
What are bell-bottoms? Did you know that British and American sailors wore pants fashioned this way in the 19th century so it would be easier to snag a man if he fell overboard?
From the 1960s through the early 1990s, he said “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” every weeknight.
Who is Ed McMahon? He was Johnny Carson’s sidekick for 30 years on The Tonight Show. While in college, McMahon sold veggie slicers on the Atlantic City boardwalk.
In 1928, this brand of baby food held a contest to find the face for their advertising campaign.
What is Gerber? Artist Dorothy Hope Smith entered a half-done charcoal sketch of an adorable baby, saying that she would finish it if she was selected. She was, and she did. In 1931, the Gerber baby became so popular that the company adopted it as its official trademark.
This pizza chain got into the fast-food “game” in 1960.
What is Domino’s Pizza? The first Domino’s was in Ypsilanti (ip-suhLAN-tee), Michigan. By 1983 the chain had spread to Canada.
In 1980, Reinhold Messner of Italy became the first person to climb this mountain alone.
What is Mount Everest? He made the climb from base camp in three days, all without using bottled oxygen.
This alliterative cereal popular in the 1960s is a chocolate version of Rice Krispies.
What are Cocoa Krispies? Introduced in 1958, the cereal had several early mascots, including a monkey and an elephant.
“Live long and prosper” comes from Mr. Spock and this show.
What is Star Trek? Before making it big in show business, Leonard Nimoy, who plays Mr. Spock, drove a taxi as a side job and once drove President John F. Kennedy.
What does the idiom “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater” mean?
Don’t accidentally get rid of something important when disposing of unimportant things. It is also used to warn people against acting thoughtlessly.
This snack food company was founded in 1961 by C. E. Doolin and Herman Lay.
What is Frito-Lay? Doolin and Lay merged their business with Pepsi-Cola in 1965 to form PepsiCo, of which Frito-Lay is still part of today.
Guinness World Records declared this man the most successful songwriter in 1979 for having the most songs on the UK singles chart.
Who is Sir Paul McCartney? Guinness states that 91 of his songs have reached the Top 10, with 33 No. 1 hits.
This actress is known for roles in Calamity Jane, Pillow Talk, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Who is Doris Day? She was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff and got her start dancing and singing as a child.
This family was known for their distinctive bedtime routine that began with “Good night, John-Boy.”
Who are the Waltons? The Waltons creator Earl Hamner Jr. said this was something his own family did each night before going to sleep when he was growing up.
This brand introduced the first mass-produced disposable diapers (called CHUX) in 1935.
What is Johnson & Johnson? Shortly after, during World War II, many women began entering the workforce, leaving less time for cleaning cloth diapers. For this reason, Johnson & Johnson’s CHUX were a major success.
The Oatmeal Creme Pie was the first snack baked by this snack-cake brand, named for the founder’s granddaughter.
What is Little Debbie? The Little Debbie brand and portrait logo were launched in 1960.
Who holds the Guinness World Record for the most career goals in soccer?
Pelé. The record-setting 1,279 goals were scored across 1,363 games.
Founded in 1966, this tech store has an alliterative two-word name today.
What is Best Buy? Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler founded the company as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music. The name was changed in 1983 to emphasize the wide range of consumer electronics for sale.
The phrase “Danger, Will Robinson!” was famously uttered by a robot on this 1960s show.
What is Lost in Space? In pop culture, the phrase caught on as a way to warn someone that they were about to make a mistake or that they were overlooking something.
The 1987 film that features a trio of bachelors who find themselves taking care of a baby left on their doorstep. Hint: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson star in the movie.
What is Three Men and a Baby? Three Men and a Baby was the highest-grossing domestic movie of 1987. The Pampers brand paid $50,000 for its product to be featured in the movie.
Rival Manufacturing debuted this countertop slow cooker in 1971.
What is the Crock-Pot? In true ’70s fashion, the Crock-Pot was sold in colors like Harvest Gold and Avocado Green.
In 1987, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand became the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in this sort of vehicle.
What is a hot-air balloon?
This 1980s slang means “rebellious in an exciting way,” and is also the title of a 1982 song by George Thorogood.
What is “Bad to the Bone”? The song inspired this use of the phrase to describe a rebellious, stylish, or cool person.
Elaine introduced us to the phrase “yada, yada” on this show in “The Yada Yada” episode.
What is Seinfeld? The hit ’90s show was supposed to be a one-time, 90-minute special, but it ran for 172 episodes.