This lady: “I love the ’50s!”
Every decade since the ’50s: “Things are terrible, but at least it’s not the ’50s.”
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One of the most authentic things that a family from the late 1950’s could do is sit around and watch way too much television. Which raises a conundrum: they can’t actually watch that old vintage TV without one of those digital-to-analog TV converter boxes that the government gave out those coupons for starting in 2006 to support the plan to switch over to all-digital broadcasts. Unless they’ve got an analog pirate television broadcasting unit located just outside of their home somewhere. But given her dedication maybe that’s possible.
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Surely there’s an answer amidst the 113,032 YouTube comments.
Have fun!
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Which is why I always loved Samuel Fuller’s films of that period. He was never afraid to call out the bullshit of the prejudices of the time and how “small town values” were hollow.
He got away with it mostly by working low budget genre films and doing a lot of war films. (Nobody was going to accuse a former WWII combat veteran of being disloyal).
Suggested films:
Steel Helmet
The Naked Kiss
Shock Corridor
Pickup on South Street
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Disneyland didn’t open until 1955. The Matterhorn ride opened in 1959. Maybe she wanted to be able to visit classic Disneyland before any thrill rides were built.
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Ironic given the most famous couple on TV at the time were interracial Latino/White.
I guess nobody really considered Desi Arnaz as “Brown”.
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I think I’ve got it:
February 5 – The Tybee Bomb, a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb, is lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia.
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One gives up a lot of medical advancements going back in time but she apparently drew the line at the polio vaccine being widely available.
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I stand corrected and SMH.
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Thanks for the list. The Naked Kiss is waaaaaay up on my faves list.
How’s THAT for some nice wholesome 50s nostalgia! 
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Proto MAGA?
Kitch is cool until you see the soda fountains are for whites only.
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My Great Aunt Alice always wore that ruby red lipstick like that.
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It’s all fun and games until you need the latest medical and scientific discoveries, right? For me, that’s the second reason why time travel into the past would not seem like a fun thing to do.
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December 9 – The right-wing John Birch Society is founded in the U.S. by Robert W. Welch, Jr., a retired candy manufacturer.
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I’m tempted to say live and let live, different strokes for different storks, etc.
But when white folks do it, and as many comments here have shown, there’s a lot ofracial baggage that goes along with it. A lot of baggage that needs to be suppressed or ignored in order to enjoy the nostalgia, all while ignoring how the pose is coming across to other people (many of whom can’t help but see that racial baggage…).
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My wife would disagree after watching Outlander. Something, something, Jamie’s ass.
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You’re making me wish for another season of Key & Peele…or freelance actors who could pay folks like this* a visit:
*as well as attendees at plantation-themed weddings
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After not wanting to get lynched? Absolutely…
ETA:
That Key & Peele skit is one I hadn’t seen before, so thank you!
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