Does Anyone Alive In the '60s Know What This Is A Parody Of?
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I was a kid when that as came out. It was terrifying since I also had lived during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I went to school in Alexandria Va right under the Wilson bridge Any atomic bomb hitting DC would obliterate those of us who lived nearby and we knew it. Duck and cover under a desk was useless.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-daisy-ad-changed-everything-about-political-advertising-180958741/#:~:text=On%20September%207%2C%201964%2C%20a%2060-second%20TV%20ad,massive%20nuclear%20blast%20in%20a%20classic%20mushroom%20shape.
We did duck and cover in our 3rd-floor classroom. Think about that.
I remember. I also remember we were given a half-day off and told to run home as fast as we could to Mommy, when the Cuban Missile Crisis was happening, and also the day that JFK was assassinated. Back then, every home had a Mother at home, just waiting to take care of you when you arrived. The school didn't have to alert the parents that their kids were being released early. We just ran home all by ourselves and we were fine.
The same thing happened to me--I was in 1st grade and ran home, it was over a mile. Just released into the wild to find our way home on a terrible day--and we all made it home. We were given more independence then, and had more freedoms--but with that came responsibility: to get home before dark, find a garden hose for water, not get hit by cars as we rode bikes everywhere (without helmets), etc. We made decisions at an early age and learned, and became more responsible.
It was a very good time.
Yes.
I was in first grade when JFK was assassinated. The school got a call from the Superintendent to not talk about it and continue with the day as normal. It was a Friday. Many teachers didn’t know until the end of the day. We didn’t find out until we got home and it was the only thing on TV. I think the principal confiscated the private radios any teacher had in the school until the end of the day.
I was in third grade. Here's my very clear recollection of that day:
Our grade school had an intercom speaker at the top of the wall behind the teacher in each classroom. The principal would make morning announcements and other news and reminders at the start of each day.
On the day of the JFK assassination, I remember sitting in class with the teacher giving a lesson and suddenly the intercom speaker sounded with the principal's voice. He called for attention for an important announcement. The classroom went silent. His calm but earnest voice told that "President Kennedy was shot in Dallas today and has been killed!" A gasp from my teacher followed. The principal then directed all students to go out and have a recess for a few minutes to allow the teachers and staff to confer on what to do with such terrible news.
I remember a group of the young female teachers (all dressed in sensible shoes and modest dresses) standing together outside the classrooms, expressing disbelief and dabbing at their eyes. (Kennedy was pretty much beloved by everyone back then.)
While standing around on the playground, I remember one classmate saying, "Does this mean Barry Goldwater is going to be the president?" That sounded like a bad thing, but I didn't know for sure. Soon, we were called back in and then promptly sent home, and told to run. Run home without delay to our mothers. We did (it seemed fun and exciting) and I arrived home to see my mother standing in the living room on the landline phone with a distressed expression on her face, speaking with a neighbor. The black and white console TV was on quietly in the background and I could see our trusted network anchors gravely and respectfully telling us the word as it came to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDypP1KfOU&pp=ygUcYmFycnkgZ29sZHdhdGVyIHBvbGl0aWNhbCBhZA%3D%3D
It was an anti-Barry Goldwater TV ad, branding Goldwater as a war hawk who would jeopardize the lives of innocent Americans if he got elected.
I wasn’t alive in the 60’s but I’m genz and I definitely know
https://youtu.be/riDypP1KfOU?si=vMjztQPdrk8ga9xH
OK I see. Thanks.
What's the message here? Liberals totally ignoring what Biden is doing and admiring nature instead?
This is a parody of a commercial in which LBJ ran against Goldwater in the 64 election. LBJ alluded that Goldwater would wreck the world in a way equivalent to a nuclear bomb.
The real irony here is that LBJ wrecked the world when he was relected president in 65 with the Gulf of Tonkin fraud, and the subsequent loss of the 58,000... On the home front, he wrecked inner city families with his War on Poverty and the Watts riots.
https://youtu.be/riDypP1KfOU?si=vMjztQPdrk8ga9xH
It was an anti-Barry Goldwater TV ad, branding Goldwater as a war hawk who would jeopardize the lives of innocent Americans if he got elected.
Hiroshima? Funding both sides of a war? DingDongs ignoring reality? Lot of possibilities here…
It's a parody of a commercial that LBJ ran against Goldwater in the 64 campaign.
Ok - a year before I was born…
^ Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
The term "flower child" was fairly common. And while the art style isn't exactly Peter Max (Yellow Submarine and more psychedelic stuff), it's in line with 60s-70s color schemes generally.
Not sure if there's a direct reference to a single artwork, or just throwback style.
It's a parody of a commercial that LBJ ran against Goldwater in the 64 election.
Gotcha. Thanks.
It was based on an ad used to scare the public just before the election between Goldwater and LBJ and the main reason Goldwater lost. Also the reason why we have so many laws on campaign ads, besides the fact govt sucks and just likes to get more control
The main pretext for why Goldwater lost, anyway. Apparently they've been rigged for quite some time. Thanks for the reference. And for the link above.
Good point! I don’t often think about how long they’ve been stealing elections, probably much further back then I initially thought
It looks like a young 1977-era Amy Carter, President Jimmy Carter's daughter. See image below:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qR0AAOSwaX1jJndf/s-l1200.webp
Yes. A Goldwater commercial which I believe had a little girl with a daisy AND a nuke going off.
I remember tiny little chocolate pills teachers gave us once a week in case of radiation exposure.
What was really in those pills?
We were only told they were to help us stay healthy. Must not have been too bad cuz I am 74 and still kicking….lol