Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 19:13:47 GMT
Those of you that live in other countries, I would love if you shared life in the 50's there. 
Ahhh, the 1950s: The decade of the baby boomer. Exciting times indeed.
The post-war baby boom was just the beginning. Unfortunately, paranoia about Communism made a lot of good people act bad. Racism was rampant in many parts of the country, but especially in the south.
Although baseball and Jackie Robinson started the integration process in 1947, it really became an integrated sport in the 1950s. Willie Mays and Hank Aaron were two African American baseball players that, at times, completely owned the sport.
If you’re name had two M’s in it you were a guaranteed star. Mickey Mantle, Marilyn Monroe and Mickey Mouse all were some of the most famous stars of them all.
Movies were still popular, but television was starting to take a chunk out of the film industry’s revenue. Every night families huddled around the TV to watch their favorite shows, which was usually a western like Gunsmoke or anything featuring Lucille Ball.
Music in the early 1950s was much like the 1940s: crooners everywhere. And that’s not a bad thing, but apparently the kids thought it was. By the mid-1950s Elvis Presley’s new style, a sound that upset a LOT of parents, caught on like wildfire.
Don’t believe me? Look at the charts. Elvis completely dominated the late fifties. And the other artists that charted during his reign were rip-offs (I’m looking at you Conway Twitty). Guys like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Chubby Checker all ushered in a brand new style of music people called “rock n’ roll.”
The household also became much more modern. Many appliances that we take for granted now were invented or perfected in the 1950s. Truly it was the decade of the modern American family, who finally had enough money to buy these new conveniences. The average middle class fifties household had a television, a dishwasher, electric appliances and much more.
The Movies
The movie industry in the 1950s was under attack by a new foe: television. Home theater systems kept people in their homes and the cost of making a blockbuster movie rose sharply in the 1950s.
Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Rock Hudson and Sophia Loren were some of the hottest names in showbusiness.
But it wasn’t just about big stars. Technology was making huge strides. 3-D was being heavily experimented with and color was getting more and more common.
Also families found another place to hang out: the drive-in movie theater. Now people’s kids could be loud and obnoxious in the car and it didn’t matter. Plus it was a great place to try to get to second base with your date.
Ahhh, the 1950s: The decade of the baby boomer. Exciting times indeed.
The post-war baby boom was just the beginning. Unfortunately, paranoia about Communism made a lot of good people act bad. Racism was rampant in many parts of the country, but especially in the south.
Although baseball and Jackie Robinson started the integration process in 1947, it really became an integrated sport in the 1950s. Willie Mays and Hank Aaron were two African American baseball players that, at times, completely owned the sport.
If you’re name had two M’s in it you were a guaranteed star. Mickey Mantle, Marilyn Monroe and Mickey Mouse all were some of the most famous stars of them all.
Movies were still popular, but television was starting to take a chunk out of the film industry’s revenue. Every night families huddled around the TV to watch their favorite shows, which was usually a western like Gunsmoke or anything featuring Lucille Ball.
Music in the early 1950s was much like the 1940s: crooners everywhere. And that’s not a bad thing, but apparently the kids thought it was. By the mid-1950s Elvis Presley’s new style, a sound that upset a LOT of parents, caught on like wildfire.
Don’t believe me? Look at the charts. Elvis completely dominated the late fifties. And the other artists that charted during his reign were rip-offs (I’m looking at you Conway Twitty). Guys like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Chubby Checker all ushered in a brand new style of music people called “rock n’ roll.”
The household also became much more modern. Many appliances that we take for granted now were invented or perfected in the 1950s. Truly it was the decade of the modern American family, who finally had enough money to buy these new conveniences. The average middle class fifties household had a television, a dishwasher, electric appliances and much more.
The Movies
The movie industry in the 1950s was under attack by a new foe: television. Home theater systems kept people in their homes and the cost of making a blockbuster movie rose sharply in the 1950s.
Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Rock Hudson and Sophia Loren were some of the hottest names in showbusiness.
But it wasn’t just about big stars. Technology was making huge strides. 3-D was being heavily experimented with and color was getting more and more common.
Also families found another place to hang out: the drive-in movie theater. Now people’s kids could be loud and obnoxious in the car and it didn’t matter. Plus it was a great place to try to get to second base with your date.
