Starter of this subject: Terry
Last post in this subject: 4/7/2003
Messages in this subject: 4
| Terry | 4/7/2003 4 replies |
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Come Now! In my memory, cranky as it is sometimes, we always used dear President Washington Three Cent stamps on the envelopes. Stuffed in the envelope with the ovaltine labels and cereal boxtops might be some higher denomination stamps for such as a decoder ring or Roy Roger's specially made 7 inch 78rpm record, but Washington covered the postage. I've still got the record, but my Captain Midnight decoder disappeared sometime over the last sixty some years.
The big three for me were Captain Midnight at 4:30, the Lone Ranger at 6:30, and Let's Pretend on Saturday mornings. If we were really good the bedroom door was left ajar and the Philco turned up enough that we might hear a special show on Lux Radio Theater. I still own the philco, but it went to sleep about five years ago. That's okay, though. It put in a lot of years entertaining me while my eyelids grew heavy and it deserves a rest. Terry |
| tom warner | 4/8/2003 3 replies |
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hi there
do you remember the atomic bomb ring i remember sending away for it when i was a kid but i cannot rember what show it was if you know let me know. kearny, n.j. |
| Terry | 4/9/2003 0 replies |
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I'm not sure....Let me look through the episodes I've got and see if the promotion shows up. I'm pretty sure it didn't have anything to do with atom bombs though. To segue a bit, I got myself curious and found that I still have "A Captain Midnight Adventure" book I received during the war. My Dad had bought it for me before he went overseas and Mom held onto it until 44. The Title is "Joyce of the Secret Squadron." I've got 500+ "children's" programs in my collection, now. ("Children's" are in quotes because I enjoy them as much in my 60s as I did at 6.
Terry
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| Charles Sexton | 4/11/2003 1 replies |
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The Atom Bomb ring was a premium offered on the Lone Ranger. It was actually offered by Kix cereal which had the end commercial for the program. The bulk of the program was sponsored, of course, by Cheerios. So, its often called the Lone Ranger Atom Bomb Ring but its really properly called simply, an Atom Bomb ring. Check my page on this web site for coverage of this and many more premiums and ads available on tapes.
Charles Sexton |
| Hal Evans | 7/31/2005 0 replies |
| And I remember an announcer telling us to send something in on a |