If you could time travel back to a decade in the 1900s, which decade would you pick?

[Rain Man]

Assume that you won't be able to give your young self any advice on bets to place or anything. You'll just go back and hang around, and you won't change the future.

[PastorMikH]

1950 no question about it.

[Skip Towne]

'50's. They were wonderful.

[PastorMikH]

If I went back to the 50s I could meet Skip back when he was middle-aged.:thumb:

[Macroach]

I might change my vote to the 1920s (pre 1929). I would liked to have experienced the gilded age.

I initially thought '60s or '70s. Free love!

[Rain Man]

I'd go back to the 40s. It'd be cool to see how people reacted to the war on a daily basis, and to see the news as it unfolded.

[Taco John]

The 90's were cool with me.

[Nzoner]

Back to the 70's,I loved that decade,great music & movies not to mention the Summerjam outdoor concert festivals,hanging at the drive-in theatre every weekend,disco dancing :D

[Miles]

Got to go with the party years. Late 60's or the 20's.

[KCN]

I was watching "I love the 90s" the other day and realized how much I wish it were still the 90s, culture-wise. Of course, if I were to travel back to 1969 (I guess technically 70s) I'd actually get to see the Chiefs win the super bowl.

As far as the 50s: NO THANKS! Any time that encouraged segregation is not ok w/ me.

[Skip Towne]

If I went back to the 50s I could meet Skip back when he was middle-aged.:thumb:
Yeah, I'm probably the only guy on the board who actually experienced the '50's. But I turned 10 in 1955.

[Sure-Oz]

The 90's rocked for me, there were some things i'd do over, man I miss being in my teens. :sigh:

[PastorMikH]

Yeah, I'm probably the only guy on the board who actually experienced the '50's. But I turned 10 in 1955.



Man, you are as old as my dad then.:eek:

[Frazod]

Probably the 50s. The country starting going straight to hell after that.

[Frazod]

Man, you are as old as my dad then.:eek:

Mine too.

[Skip Towne]

Man, you are as old as my dad then.:eek:
I was playing golf with Herzig one day when he said "You know, you're older than my dad". It ain't getting any better either.

[KCN]

Probably the 50s. The country starting going straight to hell after that.

I'm kind of surprised so many are saying the 50s. To me it's the decade that encouraged conformity and began the era of sprawling suburbs and declining downtowns across America. Plus I really doubt any minority would want to travel back to that decade. Then there is the cold war and McCarthyism.

50s just seem too culturally sugarcoated. Of course, the 50s also brought the dawn of rock and roll so it definitely had its good parts.

[Rain Man]

We aren't seeing much love for the 1910s yet. I guess some of you haven't had your influenza shots yet.

[Slayer Diablo]

1900's -- Pretty much peaceful despite some revolts in the far east
1910's -- The Great War; the last time the Cubs win a World Series
1920's -- Prohibition; invention of television; movies; Dust Bowl (late, IIRC)
1930's -- Great Depression; Dust Bowl (early, IIRC)
1940's -- World War Two; NATO; beginning of the Cold War
1950's -- Korean War; McDonald's sells hamburgers for only 15 cents; Sputnik; Castro; Civil Rights Act
1960's -- Vietnam War; Man on the Moon; relations with Cuba broken; MLK Jr. assassinated; John Kennedy assassinated; Robert Kennedy assassinated
1970's -- Hippies; Nixon resigns; Panama Canal
1980's -- Reagan; Olympic boycott; Nuclear freeze; Jesse Jackson runs for President; AIDS in America; Bush Sr.; Metallica; Iron Butterfly
1990's -- Iraq vs UN; race riots in LA; Simpsons; the last good cartoons are produced

Aw hell, I'll choose World War One....

[teedubya]

Since we cant sports bet... I would go back to 1952 armed with lots of cash, and purchase a fat stash of Mantle Rookies... then travel to 1987 and buy plenty of Microsoft stock.... then to 1992 to buy some cheap cheap AOL stock, then go to late 1999 and sell all the shit, and live like RINGLEADER does now.... except without all the ridiculous political tripe.

[stevieray]

Televison in the twenties.... :shake:

[Rausch]

We aren't seeing much love for the 1910s yet. I guess some of you haven't had your influenza shots yet.

I picked the 20's...

Swing'n women, underground booze, and no AIDS...

Al who?

[Frazod]

Televison in the twenties.... :shake:

IIRC, television was first unveiled to the public in 1939 (obviously it took a while to catch on). Don't know when it was invented, though.

[stevieray]

IIRC, television was first unveiled to the public in 1939 (obviously it took a while to catch on). Don't know when it was invented, though.

I thought it was the early fifties.. :hmmm: maybe diablo is right.

[Slayer Diablo]

We aren't seeing much love for the 1910s yet. I guess some of you haven't had your influenza shots yet.

I'm pick'n the 1910's...rather go into World War One than deal with the other decades or even relive the 90's.

Influenza? Ha! Builds character...and for some strange reason, I work better when I have a mild case of it.

[KCN]

1990's -- Iraq vs UN; race riots in LA; Simpsons; the last good cartoons are produced

Don't forget Seinfeld, best sitcom ever. And may I remind you that Family Guy and King of the Hill are still in production
:harumph:

[Miles]

IIRC, television was first unveiled to the public in 1939 (obviously it took a while to catch on). Don't know when it was invented, though.

Your probably right I think practical CRT TV's were invented in the early 30's. There were sucessful but primitive experiments with transmited images in the 20's.

Im suprised that Slayer was messed with about TV in the 20's over Iron Butterfly from the 80's.

[Frazod]

I thought it was the early fifties.. :hmmm: maybe diablo is right.

No, he's wrong. There were no television stations until the late 40's, and television didn't take on any cultural significant until the mid-50s. When it was invented is irrelevant. It doesn't matter when something was invented - it matters when it finally got around to meaning something.

[Slayer Diablo]

IIRC, television was first unveiled to the public in 1939 (obviously it took a while to catch on). Don't know when it was invented, though.

Television was invented around 1927 or 1928...very primative and expensive, but yes, people had them.

[Rausch]

It doesn't matter when something was invented - it matters when it finally got around to meaning something.

Tesla says "A$$holes like you are why I died broke..."

[Slayer Diablo]

No, he's wrong. There were no television stations until the late 40's, and television didn't take on any cultural significant until the mid-50s. When it was invented is irrelevant. It doesn't matter when something was invented - it matters when it finally got around to meaning something.

Stations or no stations, there were still small broadcasts that the wealthy could view. If you want to level this out to what the common man had, then you most definitely have a point.

[Frazod]

Tesla says "A$$holes like you are why I died broke..."

Yeah, but Westinghouse thinks I rock. :D

[Slayer Diablo]

Don't forget Seinfeld, best sitcom ever. And may I remind you that Family Guy and King of the Hill are still in production
:harumph:

What I meant by produced was that they were originally started in the 1990's...IIRC, Family Guy was '98 or '99, and King of the Hill was about a year or two before it.

[Frazod]

Stations or no stations, there were still small broadcasts that the wealthy could view. If you want to level this out to what the common man had, then you most definitely have a point.

View WHAT? Take your cellphone back to the 20s and try to order a pizza.

[Slayer Diablo]

View WHAT? Take your cellphone back to the 20s and try to order a pizza.

There were some Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig cartoons dating back that far, IIRC.

[Miles]

Television was invented around 1927 or 1928...very primative and expensive, but yes, people had them.

Im pretty sure it was still in the experimentation stages at that point. I think the earliest brodcasts were in the early 30's.

[Macroach]

One more reason to love the 60s/early 70s ...

Chief Super Bowls! Okay, IV would have been a little more fun than I. Would have loved to see Len Dawson toss the rock.

[Frazod]

There were some Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig cartoons dating back that far, IIRC.

Bugs Bunny wasn't introduced until 1939.

[Rausch]

Bugs Bunny wasn't introduced until 1939.

On the big screen...

[Miles]

And no one has jumped on him about saying Iron Butterfly was from the 80's...

[Frazod]

On the big screen...

Yes, I know.

BTW, I just googled the "invention of television." Philo T. Farnsworth applied for the patent of his "image dissector" in 1927.

[Rain Man]

Wasn't Steamboat Willie created in the 20s?

On another topic, I recall reading that FDR was the first president to have a TV in the White House, but it wasn't overly useful at that point, just more of an oddity.

I also just read that the U.S. was the first country to have a color TV broadcast, in 1954. The second country? Cuba, in 1958, followed by Japan in 1960.

[Slayer Diablo]

Bugs Bunny wasn't introduced until 1939.

Perhaps I'm thinking of the rabbit that launched the idea for Bugs...IIRC, there was a rabbit before him that acted in much the same way. Oh well, I must go anyway.

[Frazod]

Wasn't Steamboat Willie created in the 20s?

On another topic, I recall reading that FDR was the first president to have a TV in the White House, but it wasn't overly useful at that point, just more of an oddity.

I also just read that the U.S. was the first country to have a color TV broadcast, in 1954. The second country? Cuba, in 1958, followed by Japan in 1960.

I'm a googling fool tonight.

The first true animated cartoon was Humourous Phases of Funny Faces by Stuart Blackton in 1906.

[Rausch]

I'm a googling fool tonight.

The first true animated cartoon was Humourous Phases of Funny Faces by Stuart Blackton in 1906.

Oh, and just as an FYI, my grandfather said he served with the cat that created Buggs Bunny. Said he painted art on the bombers during WWII...

[ChiefJustice]

Perhaps I'm thinking of the rabbit that launched the idea for Bugs...IIRC, there was a rabbit before him that acted in much the same way. Oh well, I must go anyway.



By 1927, Walt's film distributor suggested a change in direction to keep Walt's animated shorts fresh. This was the impetus for Walt to develop the character of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Oswald appeared in a series of 26 silent cartoons made by Walt Disney between 1927 and 1928 under contract to Winkler and Mintz. When Walt later lost the rights to the Oswald character because of a clause in his contract, he developed the Mickey Mouse character. Meanwhile, the character of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was continued by Walter Lantz, with distribution by Universal Studios. Sound was later added to some of Walt's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit films, which continued to be shown as part of the series.



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[KCWolfman]

The Roaring 20s had to be the singular best time in our nation. We were under the assumption that war would never occur on the planet again, victimless crimes were totally ignored by the authorities, and the economy was booming. Also the greatest improvements in sound recordings, moving pictures, and automobiles all occurred at the same time.

[go bo]

I thought it was the early fifties.. :hmmm: maybe diablo is right.we got our first tv in the early 50's...

it looked like a big radio with a little circular screen near the top...

and can you believe it, it was in black and white...

[ChiefJustice]

I would pick the 50's for two reasons.

I would make sure that i was in Memphis at Sun Studios
the day a young Elvis Presley strolled in to make a record for his mother.

It would also be cool to see some of those first Sun
artists...Cash,Perkins,Orbison,Lewis.


Before Memphis,I would seek out the hipster scene in
New York and California.In NYC,i would watch the start
of Be-Bop.Gillespie,Bird,Monk,Krupa...imagine hearing
those cats wail in a smokey dive.

After NYC,i would hitch a ride with Jack Kerouac and
Neal Cassady across the country.

[David.]

60's drugs and hippie chicks. It would be greaaat.

[Rausch]

60's drugs and hippie chicks. It would be greaaat.

Wait....I want to bang Bettie Page...I need to change my vote! :cuss:

[Taco John]

The Roaring 20s had to be the singular best time in our nation. We were under the assumption that war would never occur on the planet again, victimless crimes were totally ignored by the authorities, and the economy was booming. Also the greatest improvements in sound recordings, moving pictures, and automobiles all occurred at the same time.



Aside from the victimless crimes, the same argument could be made for the 90's IMO.

[KCWolfman]

Aside from the victimless crimes, the same argument could be made for the 90's IMO.
I lived through the 90s already.

[David.]

screw the 90's. Grunge was the best music they had. :shake:

[listopencil]

20's, 40's or 60's.

I now have these tremendous urges to run some 'shine, kill a few Nazis and fight The Man.

[papasmurf]

The 60's, The last decade where kids could be kids. The music was great and the Chiefs rocked.

[Hammock Parties]

I'd go back to the 70s if you forced me, just because I believe I was born a decade too late.

But I don't think I'd really want to. If I was going to time travel I'd want to visit many times and places.

[Ultra Peanut]

I'd want to go back to 1999.

Then I'd say, "Get me the hell out of this century! I need my DSL! I need my Planet! I need my Tivo! I need my GTA!"

[htismaqe]

It was a tough call. If I could back in time, it would be pretty hard for me not to say "Take me to 1969."

In the end, I chose the 1920's. Maybe it's because I'm a "viper".