How Much Do You Remember About Vintage Culture?

The term was first used not to refer to the generation of people who were born between 1946 and 1964, but the phrase was later used to describe the generation after the 1940s, when there was a surge in births in America.

An operator was a switchboard operator, whose job it was to assist phone users with their calls. They connected calls by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks on a switchboard.

In the old days, television stations used to sign off each night. The channels themselves would show static during the nightly hours of the day. They would then sign on again in the morning.

Donna Reed received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Lorene Burke in the drama “From Here to Eternity.” She also appeared in movies such as “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Faithful in My Fashion” with Tom Drake.

Chubby Checker’s version of the famous song was a cover of Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, who released the original version of the song in 1958.

Bell-bottom pants with flares that get wider below the knee were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. The legs were originally a functional design to keep pant legs clear of boots or other shoes.

Paramount Studios executives asked Francis Ford Coppola to modernize his script for “The Godfather” and bring its story into 1972. He refused and kept the setting as post-WWII New York.

It is estimated that 73 million Americans tuned into the episode of the Ed Sullivan show where the Beatles made their U.S. television debut.

Pepsodent’s minty flavor is derived from natural sassafras. The brand has been around since 1915 and they continue to sell toothpaste today.

Swanson sold just 5,000 TV dinners when they were first released on the market in 1953. One year later, the company had sold over 10,000,000 TV dinners.

A transistor radio was an old portable radio receiver that could be used to communicate with other transistor radios. The first commercial transistor radio was released in 1954 and it started a wave of transportable music players.

“I Dream of Jeannie” starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie who falls in love with an astronaut. The show ran from 1965 to 1970 and produced 139 episodes.

The first color broadcast occurred in 1954, but it wasn’t until 1972 that the sales of color television sets surpassed sales of black-and-white sets.

The Nehru jacket was modeled on Indian garments, such as the sherwanis worn by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964.

Mays was nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid," but stories regarding the origin of the nickname differ.

With a total of nine seasons, "The Beverly Hillbilllies" was the top-rated show in America for two years.

Bardot has been married four times, to Roger Vadim, Jacques Charrier, Gunter Sachs and current husband Bernard d'Ormale.

Buffalo Bob Smith created Howdy Doody when he was a radio announcer. The character originally was just a voice Smith performed.

Although Tang is closely associated with the United States space program, astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitted in 2013 that "Tang sucks."

Quick Draw McGraw's sidekick, Baba Looey, inspired the nickname of "Howard Stern Show" producer Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate.

Iconic as the "hippie van," the Type 2 is officially known as the Transporter, the Kombi or the Microbus.

The town of Mayberry was partly based on Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The town holds an annual festival called Mayberry Days celebrating the show each year.

Ekberg was born in Sweden but worked mostly in Italy, becoming a permanent Italian resident in 1964.

The hairstyle popularized in the 1950s by Elvis Presley and James Dean has also been called a ducktail, quiff, jelly roll, rocker, greaser, or simply “the Elvis cut.”

With its 20 seasons and 635 episodes, "Gunsmoke" is still the longest-running, primetime, live-action, American TV series of all time.

Atari was later replaced by Nintendo as the most popular home video game console so if you want people to know exactly how old you are then talk about the Atari you had as a kid.

One of the great entertainers of all time, Tom Jones is still touring and delighting audiences all over the world at age 80.

"The Honeymooners" originally was a recurring comedy sketch on the variety series "Cavalcade of Stars" and "The Jackie Gleason Show."

Sean Connery played James Bond in seven Bond films including “From Russia with Love,” “Goldfinger,” and “You Only Live Twice.” The creator of the character originally thought that Connery wouldn’t suit the role, but changed his mind when he saw him on screen.

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots are still sold today but they're a bit smaller than the original toys were.

Julie Andrews was always director Robert Wise’s first choice to play Maria Von Trapp. Upon viewing “Mary Poppins,” he told screenwriter Ernest Lehman, "Let's go sign this girl before somebody else sees this film and grabs her!"

Lite-Brite: the toy that most exemplifies '80s culture with its glowing neon art.

When Johnny Cash was young, his mother paid for him to have singing lessons, but his teacher advised him to not take formal lessons because it would change his unique singing tone.

“Gone with the Wind” broke attendance records upon its release and it was the most profitable film ever made up to that point, making MGM Studios $32 million on its first release.

Before Diana married Prince Charles, she had only met with him about a dozen times in person. They were first introduced by Diana’s sister, Sarah.

Jello salad was popularized in the ‘60s, but a similar recipe was written by Mrs. John E. Cook in 1904 under the name “perfection salad.”

Only people who were around in the 1990s remember when you couldn’t use the internet if someone else was using the phone.

The sales of record players and vinyl records have been increasing in the last 10 years, with 18.8 million LPs being sold in the United States in 2018.

Hot Tamales are spicy cinnamon flavored candies that were originally introduced in 1950. A spearmint version called Hot Tamales Ice was sold in the late 2000s.

Elizabeth Taylor made her final film appearance in the 1994 live-action film adaptation of “The Flintstones,” which also starred John Goodman as Fred Flintstone and Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble.