When Phones Had Cords
These sat on top of TVs to get reception from the stations.
What are antennas? They were also called rabbit ears, and reception could be spotty during storms.
A graham cracker or plain piecrust with a filling of cream cheese and sour cream are the basic ingredients for this dessert.
What is cheesecake?
This is the typical emotion signified by a red rose.
What is love?
Featuring upbeat music with relatable lyrics, this ’60s musical group is synonymous with surfing, sun, and summer fun.
Who are the Beach Boys? Their first album, Surfin’ Safari, cemented their association with surfing culture.
One of this artist’s unforgettable hits, featured in Blue Hawaii, begins, “Wise men say only fools rush in.”
Who is Elvis Presley? The tune is “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
Metal ice trays had these on top.
What is a lever?
Strawberries piled high with a generous dollop of whipped cream, served on this type of cake, make a favorite summer dessert.
What is shortcake? It’s a crumbly cake, more on the order of a scone or a biscuit.
Of seeing lightning and hearing thunder, we do this first.
What is seeing lightning? Light travels faster than sound, so you see lightning before you hear thunder.
To do this is to flip through TV channels with a remote.
What is to channel surf?
This 1964 tune, titled “Fly Me to [this place],” was released by Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.
What is the moon?
To make a copy of a handwritten or typed document, you slipped this between the sheets of paper.
What is carbon paper? It was black and flimsy, and it transferred more carbon to your hands than it did to the copy.
This Italian dessert features a hard shell filled with ricotta cheese and flavorings.
What are cannoli?
The deepest point of Earth’s surface is located in this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean? Known as Challenger Deep, it is nearly seven miles deep and is located in the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands.
This is the Beach Boys’ only album with surfer in the title.
What is Surfer Girl?
Roy Orbison’s breakthrough came in 1960 with his hit about “only” these people.
What is “Only the Lonely”? “Only the Lonely” was Orbison’s first No. 1 hit.
Cameras didn’t have built-in flash capability; instead, you had to buy these if you needed more than room light.
What are flash bulbs? They were single-use items. At that time, photography was not a thrifty hobby. Film and flash bulbs were consumables, and the most expensive part of the equation was developing the film. Today, it’s all provided with smartphones.
This classic layered Southern dessert is made with bananas, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, and vanilla wafers.
What is banana pudding?
When wearing a man’s shirt, the buttons are on this side.
What is right? Women’s shirts have buttons on the left side. There is no definitive reason for this. However, it might date back to the Victorian era, when wealthy women had dressers. Since most people are right-handed, it is believed that dressers had an easier time if the buttons were on the left. Men dressed themselves more than women did, so their buttons were on the right.
The first account of surfing took place in these islands.
What is Hawaii? It was reported in 1778 by Captain James Cook.
Dean Martin originally performed the 1954 tune that begins, “When marimba rhythms start to play, dance with me...”
What is “Sway”?
Before the 1980s, these one-way radio devices were primarily used by doctors.
What are pagers? Monthly rental in the 1950s was around $120.
This is the Italian version of a snow cone.
What is Italian ice?
The Statue of Liberty holds this in her left hand.
What is a tablet? The tablet is inscribed July 4, 1776, the date America declared its independence.
This term describes a wave going over a surfer.
What is barreling?
This 1960 Paul Anka hit is about adolescent infatuation.
What is “Puppy Love”?