Submitted by C Rother

Docs have been popular with a number of different groups — blue collar Brits in the ’60s, punk rock and New Wave kids in the ’70s, and grunge-era Americans in the early ’90s. For a fashion trend, Dr. Martens were of a particularly high quality, which is probably why they’ve been so beloved by so many different subcultures.

Submitted and Written by Charles H

The glass Skippy Peanut Butter jars were an essential part of my childhood. They had a million uses ranging from where dad held screws, nail and other various items on the workbench in the garage to providing a terrarium for all the bugs I hunted as a child. They were way bigger (and more useful) jars than the other brands used. There was nothing that sounded quite like that metal lid being unscrewed from the jar…it was just so satisfying.

Charles H is tapping into something big here (great write up too!). More than a win for the Skippy jars themselves, every kid had a secret container to hold their valuables. What did you use to hold your precious things — a Skippy jar, a shoebox, an ammo box from the Army Surplus Store? What’d you keep inside of it?

When I was a kid, I used a hollowed out book. I glued the pages together, then cut the middle out. That’s where I hid my basketball cards.

Submitted by Ryan B

(Only this job would take me to the Wikipedia entry for “Dairy Queen.”)

Dilly Bars were introduced in 1955. Soft-serve ice cream on a stick, dipped in delicious chocolate. There were also other flavors like cherry, butterscotch, and the infamous lime Dilly Bar, which was coated a light green.

Submitted by A Ng

(I have no idea why that clip is ten minutes long. I would skim it if I were you…)

Ah, Number Munchers — one of the original math games. I’m still pretty good at basic mathematical functions, and I owe it all to you, Number Munchers. Hooray!

Though Number Munchers is an epic win in its own right, does anyone else think Math Blaster is just as worthy of the title? And I’m talking the DOS version of Math Blaster where you did a subtraction problem and got to shoot aliens, not garbage.

One o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock, rock
Four o’clock, five o’clock — what? oh…

I always confuse the Happy Days theme with this.

Sunday, Monday, happy days
Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days
Thursday, Friday, happy days
Saturday, what a day, rockin all week with you!

Happy Days was a classic ’70s sitcom about the ’50s (filmed in front of a live studio audience, no less!).

Ron Howard would go onto become an Academy Award-winning director (he won that for Angels and Demons right? I kid, I kid). Henry Winkler would go onto become, uh, “the guy who played the Fonz on Happy Days.”

Neat fact: Henry Winkler was afraid of motorcycles, so the only scene where he actually rode one was in the opening credits (I don’t think it’s in the clip above, though).

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