The TV Series "American Dreams"

Too bad, it was a really great show!

Wow, that's too cool! It really did seem like an interesting time to be a teenager. I would love to hear more stories, you have to PM me with them;-P

You're welcome by the way and I agree I hate that they took it off the air and probably for some NC17 tv show too pft...

I do love to remember what I call "back in the good old days".. My husband was 15 and I was 16 when we met.. We met at a small corner store that had a jukebox and pinball machines.. I used to play pinball with the best of them.. We went to the same school together and never had the same classes, but run into each other in the halls between classes.. We also got caught cutting classes and going across and down the street to a pinball hangout, where the principal always found us and drug us back to class..

I also worked as a car hop at the A&W Root Beer which had just moved to Knoxville.. I worked for .50 an hour and tips, which were spent at the K-Mart down the road after we got off of work for the evening.. We used to go to Sharps Ridge to makeout, if it wasn't too crowded with other kids and if the cops didn't come and run us off.. We also made out on the front porch until the light went on and off, that was a signal that we had better get in the house right now, which we did.. We walked each other home each night after a date, and we were in no danger, even after dark.. We dated for 3 years and were together when we heard about President Kennedy getting killed, it was just as they showed it on American Dreams, we were all in shock.. We were there when the Vietnam war started and although hubby never had to go to "Nam", we were very afraid until we found out different, he was stationed somewhere else.. We were very lucky as many of our friends got killed in the war.. We watched on TV the first time that the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, we watched and danced to the American Bandstand shows.. We took the phone into the closet to talk trash to our boyfriends.. I had 7 sisters and 2 brothers, and all of them were a pain in the behind.. We argued and fought until our dad gave us "the look", then we shut up, after a couple more smart remarks.. We knew when to really shut up.. Our brothers didn't want us around pestering them but defended us if and when we needed them to.. We heard the very best music, enjoyed ball games, went to sock hops and got into trouble at school and at home, because our parents trusted the teachers completely.. I do still have the same 15 years old that I started dating back in 1965, he is older but better.. Thanks for listening to an older "teen" reminiscing. but I gotta go now because my son and his wife are doing Karoake in the living room and I can't hear myself think.. Life is a trip, a very good one if you have a bunch of good memories to call on sometimes.. Again, thanks for listening.. Donna

You know, I was never informed of this comment and so, I didn't read it til just now. Those slackers LMBO!

I loved reading your story! It must have been so amazing to be there when all this stuff was taking place. Some of it must have been scary too I bet. Those seemed like were such fun and carefree times. I wish that I had been a part of it all!!!

It's so cool to hear stories from individuals who experienced it all. Thanks so much for sharing it all with me. That was so very cool of you!

Thanks for listening.. I enjoyed the memories.. Donna