Relax, Laugh and Remember with Reminisce Magazine. Each issue is a "time capsule" of life from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's filled with reader-written stories, pictures from the past, embarrassing moments, ads from the Old Days and much more!
Our cover story about the 90th anniversary of the Empire State Building takes me back to the first time I saw the famous edifice. I was a college sophomore, and I joined a New York excursion organized by the international relations society at the University of Toronto. I wasn’t a member, but through a friend of a friend I snagged a spot on what was, at the time, the cheapest all-inclusive trip to the Big Apple available. I soon learned why it was so cheap. Beyond the usual student cost cuts—four to a room, takeout, walking instead of cabs—we had to observe and write reports on United Nations committee meetings. (Well, the trip was supposed to be about international relations, right?) Sigh. By Day Three, I was ready for some…
LOVE, THEN AND NOW We’re celebrating love that has stood the test of time. Send us an early dating photo or your wedding portrait, a few lines about how you met and a recent snapshot of the two of you. Label your submission “Love, Then and Now.” DEPARTMENTS Submissions for our many standing departments are welcome. Below are a few favorites. Still can’t decide where your story belongs? Send it along and let us figure it out. » Growing Up: Joys of childhood and the teenage years. » Pictures from the Past: How we lived and looked back when. Is it a fantastic picture? Send it for consideration for our Back Cover. » Last Laugh: An experience that still makes you chuckle. » At Work: Jobs that earned a place…
President Lyndon B. Johnson sends combat troops—3,500 Marines—to Vietnam. Civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, brave attacks, prompting passage of the Voting Rights Act. Tethered to the Gemini, Ed White is the first American to walk in space. Ironworkers in St. Louis weld the final piece of the Gateway Arch into place. The Rolling Stones release “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” their first No. 1 single in the U.S. Muhammad Ali keeps his world heavyweight title, dropping challenger Sonny Liston with a KO in under two minutes. And Merriam-Webster adds these entries. BOGART: Slang for bullying, and later for monopolizing something, such as cigarettes, inspired by the actor’s tough-guy image, right top, and style of smoking. DOO-WOP: Vocal groups who sing in harmony—and use the nonsense syllables that give this…
Two 16-year-olds calling themselves Tom and Jerry recorded a single in 1957, “Hey, Schoolgirl,” an Everly Brothers-influenced ditty. The Queens, New York, buddies enjoyed transitory stardom from the minor hit, which made it to the middle of the Billboard charts. For the next several years, the musicians tried to duplicate that first effort, without success. Then in early 1964, the pair reappeared with a new sound and using their real names, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. As Columbia Records artists, Simon & Garfunkel recorded their debut album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., an acoustic work of Simon originals, folk songs and traditional tunes. Released that October, the LP sold a paltry 2,000 copies, a victim of that year’s Beatlemania. Simon and Garfunkel went their separate ways—for a while. “I rate it…
Would you believe this quiz is all about Get Smart? Grab a shoe phone and dial up what you know about 1965’s in-spy-ered sitcom. 1 This pair of comedy legends dreamed up the show. 2 According to its creators, Get Smart pays homage to these two Hollywood spies. 3 He stars as the bumbling Maxwell Smart—code name Agent 86—and she is the brainy, but unnamed, Agent 99. 4 The agents work for this counterespionage agency based in Washington, D.C. 5 This is the evil spy network trying to take over the world. 6 Dick Gautier plays this robot, who was best man at the wedding of Max and 99. 7 This contraption for sharing top-secret information rarely works, much to the chief’s frustration. What’s it called? 8 Agent 86 has…
Relatively cheap to produce, talk shows crossed over readily to TV from radio, accounting for a large chunk of network programming by the 1950s. Late-night hosts established the entertainment format of monologues, jokes and celebrity interviews, but Merv Griffin’s 1965 interview with Mitsuo Fuchida, the commander of the Pearl Harbor attack, proved that talk shows also had cultural weight. That year, Merriam-Webster gave the term an entry (page 12). This month’s Crossword recalls some big names in talk shows (page 58).…
