Comments on: This childhood was brought to you by. . .

By: bigbrotheriswatchingyou

bigbrotheriswatchingyou — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:38:20 +0000

there ought to be more reruns of sesame street, electric company and batibot.

By: cvj

cvj — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:20:15 +0000

Sad to here about David. I remember it used to be him and Maria as a couple. Then at some point it became Luis and Maria. I think it’s still them. The other couple was Bob and Linda (the deaf woman). I also remember the Gordon who had an afro (the one before the actor who was bald and had a beard).

By: jove francisco

jove francisco — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:39:18 +0000

Hi Jessica! Happy New Year! Where can I get the Sesame Street book, any clue? Thanks! (btw, for those who miss the Sesame cast, an updated version of Sesame Street is being shown on TV5, weekdays, 2-4pm ata)

ps: I’m currently reading the Flip book. I’ve read almost all the contents of the 8 issues when they came out in the market, pero okay pa rin basahin uli ang mga sinulat mo, ni Roby (of SEAPA) and my TEN (The Evening News) co-presenter Lourd. Thank you for coming up with the compilation book.

By: Mew Mew

Mew Mew — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:23:58 +0000

learned the words roadster and sleuth from the nancy drew series

By: emperorbananaketchup

emperorbananaketchup — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:00:32 +0000

Would you believe I also had a Nancy Drew phase back at my childhood…

Guess who first got me hooked to ND? Myrene Academia, Sandwich bassist…we were classmates back at Grade 3.

Nice bit about Sesame Street…still love the original with the funky countdowns, Oscar’s ode to trash and the walang-kamatayang C is for Cookie. Sad to hear about David’s fate…did they get someone to fill in his shoes just like what they did with Gordon? I remember seeing 2 Gordons – one with the typical (for the 70′s) Afro and the other lookin’ like Isaac Hayes (RIP brother)

By: hellobilly

hellobilly — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:38:39 +0000

I was more of a Nancy Drew reader than a Hardy Boys fan back in the early 80′s. I subsisted on Sesame Street and Electric Co. even if our TV set was black and white. I just kept watching them everyday. They were all part of my childhood. I miss being young again as I write this.

By: opgatorx

opgatorx — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:30:08 +0000

Northern Calloway died of cancer at Phelps Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. Unfortunately his family first rushed him to the nearest hospital, which turned out to be a psychiatric hospital, giving rise to the rumor that he died of other causes.

Barney and Teletubbies, what crap! It’s a good thing that Sesame Street survives to this day, my son grew up watching it too.

By: humanum777

humanum777 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:08:41 +0000

Looking at your Nancy Drew books makes me regret not preserving my Hardy Boys collection. I’m tempted to buy a couple of vintage titles from Amazon to recover part of my childhood.

I remember reading a couple of Nancy Drews, one of which was “Whispering Statue.”

I memorized “11 Mornings” from Sesame Street when I was a kid.
I can still sing it the full song now!

By: chou

chou — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:52:27 +0000

I love Nancy Drew! I’ve read different versions of Nancy Drew – hardbound, Nancy Drew Notebooks, and Nancy Drew Files. I don’t own any hardbound but I have the latter two. I still like re-reading them. :)

Btw, happy new year Jessica. :)

By: IceQueen

IceQueen — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:26:43 +0000

P.S. I was wondering why Sesame Street suddenly disappeared though I watched it on Betamax tapes as a kid cuz there was still no cable back then

By: IceQueen

IceQueen — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:25:04 +0000

Waaah, the story of my childhood…. Which the world is trying to rewrite into something cooler now that I’m on the way to becoming a doctor… I have a feeling that if Ms Jessica were a mirror to break into a thousand pieces, I’ve got a piece of her embedded in me somewhere. A heart if I had one.

By: kaigino

kaigino — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:37:37 +0000

I didn’t know that Mildred Wirt Benson is the culprit behind my fascination for crime / mystery novels. I would frequent our grade school library to borrow Nancy Drew books. Now, I read Patricia Cornwell’s (her characters grow old) :)

Oh, I still remember the Ernie-Bert scandal…