1. The Automatic Electric Can Opener When electric can openers first hit the scene, they seemed like the ultimate kitchen upgrade. Why strain your wrist cranking a manual one when this sleek little machine could do all the work for […]
1. Sleeping on the Roof Back before central air and ceiling fans, some folks figured the coolest spot in the house wasn’t in the house at all—it was on the roof. Especially in cities with flat-topped buildings, families would haul
1. Homemade Volcanoes With Real Fire We all remember the thrill of mixing baking soda and vinegar for a classic volcano eruption. But some kids (or maybe their parents) took it up a notch by adding flames to the mix,
1. Knocker-Up Before alarm clocks became a household item, people actually paid someone to bang on their window to wake them up. These folks were known as knocker-ups, and they used long sticks, batons, or even peashooters to tap on
1. Chuck Cunningham – Happy Days Poor Chuck. He started out as Richie and Joanie’s older brother, a basketball-loving college kid who’d drop in for scenes here and there. But then one day… he was just gone. No big send-off,
1. Sizzler Walking into a Sizzler back in the day felt like entering a castle made of sneeze guards and cheese toast. There was something magical about the salad bar — endless Jell-O cubes, ranch dressing in vats, and those
1. Blockbuster If you grew up in the ’80s or ’90s, there’s a good chance your parents made Friday nights feel special with a trip to Blockbuster. Rows of VHS tapes (and later DVDs) gave everyone a chance to pick
