I was 16 durint the Cuban missile crisis and remember fearing that I'd die before I got laid. I was making contingency plans them the damn Soviets chickened out. The only thing that got laid was my best plans.
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Yep. Scared me, too.
And Toxic Shock Syndrome! I hadn't hit puberty yet, but I was freaked out by the idea that tampons could kill you.
I remember some Night Gallery episodes that freaked me out completely---especially that one with the earwig. *shudder*
Carnation Breakfast Bars scared you?Three words:
CARNATION
BREAKFAST
BARS
Spiders (a fear I've conquered in the past decade) and that movie with Cliff Robertson: Magic.
Yep, I remember that.And we lived here at time, not Chicago. It didn't scare me though. My mom explained what was going on, and we briefly switched to Advil.
It's also how we found out I was allergeic to Advil.
THAT scared the hell out of my mom, who was convinced that somebody had poisoned the Advil too.
Carnation Breakfast Bars scared you?
sorry, I forgot we were only talking about scary stuff.
Cliff Robertson never made a film called "Magic." Are you thinking of the 1978 film with Anthony Hopkins as the ventriloquist?
Could be. The Twilight Zone is always good for freaking little kids out.
And ventriloquist’s dummies are creepy anyway. Especially when they start talking back to you.
I do remember the TZ opening theme seriously freaked me out.
My favorite version of the show itself is the 80's version, but the original 1959 theme is something that always got the shakes going.
My favorite version of the show itself is the 80's version, but the original 1959 theme is something that always got the shakes going.
Yep you're absolutely correct. I've only seen Magic once as an adult, over fifteen years ago and forgot it was Anthony Hopkins (and Ann Margaret and directed by Richard Attenborough!). I have seen The Dummy more recently, so that's how Cliff got in my brain.
The trailer would just pop up with the dummy's eyes filling the screen as I recall and his creepy voice reciting the tagline. My sister and I were so scared of this advert that the channel had to be changed immediately or we needed to leave the room and cover our ears so as not to hear the voice!
I remember finding the now lost Dr Who story " Fury from the Deep" scary, It was probably the most frightening episode of all the early Who. I was about 10 years when it first ran and I saw it in a rerun a couple of years later.
^ It's probably been classified as lost since about 1980, as there was only a period of a few years when the BBC was chucking out old tapes. I imagine that some episodes of that story are lost and others aren't.
I was a shy, nervous, kid, everything terrified me when I was a kid; loud noises, heights, the dark, big digging machines on building sites, large dogs.
I often think I was sent here from a Terminator style future...
oh dear gawd yes, and the ones about electric pylons!
I remember that I didn't watch that - pretty sure I was the only one who didn't, and every one else was walking around with crucifixes and bibles
I often think I was sent here from a Terminator style future...
oh dear gawd yes, and the ones about electric pylons!
I remember that I didn't watch that - pretty sure I was the only one who didn't, and every one else was walking around with crucifixes and bibles
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No episode has survived. The only footage that remains are a few clips that survived because the Australian censor cut those clips before the episodes aired in Australia. These clips can be seen below
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2H-ZrHx2ZM[/yt]
Well, if you are over 40 (I suppose he was iconic enough for 20 year old's to know him) you certainly remember Andy Rooney who passed away last night 
Well, if you are over 40 (I suppose he was iconic enough for 20 year old's to know him) you certainly remember Andy Rooney who passed away last night
Sad news. I loved to watch him on 60 Minutes.
In the recent Mr. Grumpy avatar contest, mine was the only vote for him. I don't think any of the youngsters recognized him.
In his honor: You ever notice how young people just don't seem to care anymore?
Here's to you, Andy.
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