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The Baby Boomer Radio, TV, Movies, Magazines, Music, Comics, Fads, Toys, Fun, and More Show! — 276 episodes
"All I Want To Do Is Play The Hits!"
TV Network Anniversary Specials of the Late 1970s
Car Memories!
Where Will it All Go, When We Go?
"A Little Dab'll Do Ya", and Christmastime with Ian Rose
Baby Boomer Retirement, As Seen From Author Laura Black: "Climbing Down the Ladder"
BREAKFAST IS READY!
Earning Money During Summer Vacation
"Life" is a "Risk" That Requires "Concentration" (Board Games of the Past)
We Welcome a New Co-Host / Blog Contributor
All Aboard! Two Railroad Buffs Share Childhood Memories
Dinnertime!
Understanding Death as Children
Vinyl Records, Audio Cassettes, and Portable Players
The Money Show: Saving Up for Things We Just Couldn't Live Without
Childhood Thrills, Chills, and Spills...and An Occasional Trip to the Emergency Room
Say Cheese! Remembering the Days of Film Cameras and Home Movies
Push Mowers, Ice Trays, Pencil Sharpeners and Other Manual Devices of the Past
Things We Did Before Internet, Smart Phones, and Video Games
School Cafeteria Food, Recess, and More School Days Memories
A Visit Back to Radio Shack
Medicine Cabinets and Junk Drawers
Trick or Treat! Remembering Nights of Fun and Sweets
Remembering Tony Dow
KFRO - The Radio Voice for East Texas
Toys, Candy, and Fun Things of The Past
"We Interrupt This Program..." Breaking News and Special Bulletins of The Past
Early Days of Home Video
Kiddie Rides Outside the Grocery Store
We Remember High School Graduation
It's Summertime!
Kid's Show Musical Themes
"HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!" Mighty Mouse, and Saturday Cartoon Friends
Looking Back to the Places We Loved So Long Ago
We Look Back at The Golden Age of Radio/TV Premiums
Kicking Back as Kids, at Little (or no) Cost
Let's Have a Record Hop, (or an 8 Track Music Fest)
Shortwave Radio, Civil Defense, Bomb Shelters, and of Course: COVID-19
The Return of Vinyl Records and Cassette Tapes
"Dad Can Fix It"
We Remember Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethons
Today Marks 30th Anniversary of the Last Issue of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Creepy Things and Scary Monsters (From 2016)
All Aboard the Galaxy Moonbeam Express!
Collecting Historical Military Items
Sears and Roebuck Memories
American International Pictures - Baby Boomer Low-Budget Cult Classic Movies
The AMC/Nash Rambler Story
"Hey Kid, Where's Your Bus Pass?"
Valentines Day at School in the Mid 20th Century
Driver's Education - Learning to Drive Safely While Getting Our First Drivers License
Collecting Things as Youngsters
The U.S. in World War I: "The War to End All Wars"
The 1968 TV Season, Doing Projects as Kids, Favorite Teachers
Growing Up: A Show of Firsts
Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music
Silly Songs, Toastettes for Breakfast, and more!
TV Moms of the 1950s-1960s
Remembering Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood
Simple Toys of Our Youth, and, Saying Goodbye to Founder of The Weather Channel
Scouting, and Those Great Candies fromBack in the Day
60 Minutes turns 50 Years Old This Year
A Day at the San Diego County Fair (From 2017) Part 1 of 2
A Day at the San Diego County Fair (From 2017) Part 2 of 2
School Open House, Old Photos, and Piggy Banks
Sounds From Our Childhoods
We remember Glen Campbell, Walter Becker of "Steely Dan", Tom Petty, and Fats Domino
"Gee Beev, I Can't Believe It's Been 60 Years Since Our First Show"
Ring-Ring..."Avon Calling"
Exploring the Neighborhood
The Back to School Show
Cereal Premiums, Giveaways, and Free Prizes
Still Going Strong Half a Century Later!
The DIY Episode - When Things Could be Fixed by Mom or Dad
Jack Vincent: Remembering an AM Top 40 Radio Legend
Garage Bands, Train Travel, and Black & White Movies and TV Shows
Our 200th Show!
Watching Wild Kingdom on Sunday Nights, and Goodbye to a Radio Broadcast Pioneer
We Remember Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher
Late Night Talk Shows, John Glenn, and Remembering CBS News
Pep Boys, Blue Chip Stamps, and More!
Star Trek - 50 Years of Space Adventure
Saturday Morning Cartoons, and Sears Holiday Wish Books!
Those Unforgetable Icons of Mid 20th Century Business
Dime Store Memories
Election 2016, Some Things Never Change.
Galaxy Guys Visit San Diego County Fair - 2016 - Part II
Galaxy Guys Visit San Diego County Fair - 2016 - Part I
Remembering Glenn Frey, Natalie Cole, and David Bowie
Heeere's Johnny!
Golden Age of Cartoons
Another Birthday Candle for Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site
Dave Leonard Talks About Golden Years of TV Guide
Top 40 Radio Author Returns to Galaxy Moonbeam Nightsite
Haunted Houses and Strange Phenomenon
Looking Back to Things Of Long Ago
The Life and Career of James Dean
The 70th Anniversary of the End of World War II
Twilight Zone, revisited.
Hunting for Coins and Metal Items, and Hunting for Antique Bottles
Local Historian Talks About 1915 San Diego/Panama Exposition
Will You Be My Pen-Pal?
Four-Legged Notables from Golden Age of TV, radio, and movies.
Series Finales From Past TV Series.
One Step Beyond: The Early 1960s TV Show About the Paranormal
At the 2015 San Diego County Fair - Part II
At the 2015 San Diego County Fair - Part I
Music Videos of the 1980s, Stan Freberg, and Jaws Turns 40.
Twilight Zone: Still Frightens and Dazzles Decades Later
Malt Shops, Drive-In Restaurants, Car Hops, and More!
We Visit a Collectible Shop and Swap Meet for Man Cave Dwellers
The Beatles Hit San Diego: 1965
Always Wear Goggles When Working in Junior High Metal Shop!
Junior High Fund-Raising Drives, and Smitty and Mike Recall "Boy's" Haircuts of the Past
We Remember Gary Owens, Stan Chambers, and Bob Simon
A "Must-Read" Book About The Beatles, and We Remember Galaxy Good Guy Ian Rose
Five Years of Baby Boomer Memories
TV Network Variety Shows of the Mid-20th Century / Scandal Sheets of the Past
We Look Back at Our Favorite Classic Holiday Movies of the Past
Gumby and Pokey Revisited, plus, We Remember the Careers of Cream Bassist Jack Bruce, and Jimmy Ruffin of the Temptations
Spy TV Shows of the 1960s, plus, We Take the Gold at San Diego Press Club 2014 Awards
Coke Bottle Transistor Radios, and Other Novel Ways to Listen to Your Favorite Prgrams
Galaxy Good Guy Tom McCoy Talks About Mancaves, and His Mantiques Shop in San Diego
Part 3 of Our 3 Part Rez Radio Special from San Diego County Fair - Summer 2014
Part 2 of Our 3 Part Rez Radio Special from San Diego County Fair - Summer 2014
Our Summer 2014 San Diego County Fair Special Show - Part I
Our 150th Show
Looking Back at the Fall TV Show Premiers in The Days of Only Three TV Networks
New Book Covers, Clothes, School Supplies, and More! It's Back to School Time!
Recalling the Days of Pay Phones and Phone Booths.
Our First Disneyland Visits, and George Talks About Aerospace, and His New Book
We Look Back 70 Years to D-Day
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Where Were You on July 20, 1969?
Shelly Fabares, Double-Features at The Movies, and Ford Mustang Turns 50.
Ice Cream Trucks, Soda Fountains, and Root Beer Stands, plus, We Remember Mickey Rooney
Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Candyland, and More! We Talk About Board Games of the Past
"I'll Trade You a Malawi Airmail Stamp for a 1955 S Lincoln Penny"
Looking Back 70 Years on June 6, 1944. D-Day, and The Invasion ThatChanged the Direction of World War II
We Remember A Voice Talent Legend, and Welcome "Shotgun Tom" Back to L.A. Airwaves
Matchbox Cars, and Famous Male Duos of Motion Pictures
We Remember Sid Caesar, Video Rental Shops, and those Clunky VHS Tapes
School Dress Codes, the First "Portable" Computers, and We Remember Shirley Temple
Springtime, Easter Break, and Wearing Our "Sunday Best" to Church Services
We Continue the Journey: 50 Years Ago with The Beatles
The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 1964
Smitty and Mike Recall Customizing Their Bikes, Modifying Household Items, and Taking Things Apart
Phil Everly Remembered, and, We Look Ahead to Our 2014 Program Lineup. Maxwell House Coffee
The 45th Anniversary of KNX Radio in Los Angeles As a Leader in News Radio Reporting
Baby Boomer Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween Memories, with John and Susan Fox of Rez Radio, Pala, CA
Weather Channel Founder John Coleman Shares Memories of TV Weather Forecasting
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963
75th Anniversary of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds"
Dave Leonard and Top 40 Radio (Part IV)
Dave Leonard and Top 40 Radio (Part III)
Dave Leonard and Top 40 Radio (Part II)
Dave Leonard, and Top 40 Radio Memories
Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets. And We Look Back at 1973.
Technicolor, and the 55th Anniversary of Boeing
"Shaken, Never Stirred." The 50th anniversary of James Bond on American Movie Screens.
Memories of Route 66 - Family Road Trips of the Past, and Dick Van Dyke Pitches Bosco Chocolate Syrup
Remembering the Summers of Way Back, and the Grill Outs and Dinner Outside in a Cool Patio
Summertime, and the Livin' Was Easy, (Because We Found Ways to Stay Cool in the Sizzling Days of Summer in the 1960s-1970s)
Master Storyteller Ken Kramer Visits the Galaxy Guys and Shares Some History of San Diego
We Remember Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and Other Recently Departed Notables. Ford's 50th Anniversary Show in 1953.
The Return Popularity of Vinyl 45 and 33 LP Records
"Shotgun Tom" Kelly Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and We Remember George Barris, and Custom Cars of TV and Movies
Younger Listeners Keep Big Band and Swing Music Alive!
Living Room TV Consoles, Our First Jobs, and Zenith Color Television
A Galaxy Good Guy Will Be Getting a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
We Recall Movie Star Screen Couples of the Past, and, Scholastic Book Club
Etch-A-Sketch, Rotary Dial Phones, Second Bananas
Smitty and Mike take a Road Trip to the 65 year old KOGO AM Radio Transmitter Site
Ralph Kramden, Humphrey Bogart, and Electric Train Sets
Bazooka Joe, Pud, and R2D2 Stop By to Celebrate Bubble Gum, and 35 Years of Star Wars.
We Recall the History of Tarzan, Sinking of Andrea Doria, and the Oreo Cookie
We "Take Five" to Remember Dave Brubeck, and Hostess Twinkies
Our 100th Show and How We Got There
Thanksgiving Holiday Memories of Baby Boomers, and TV Test Patterns
JFK and The 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, Cartoons, and More!
Paying Tribute to Notables That Passed Away
Let's Go to the County Fair! Part-2 with Rez Radio
Let's Go to the County Fair! Part-1 with KOPA-FM (Rez Radio)
Dog Days of Summer, Lucille Ball, and Queen Elizabeth!
Radio Broadcast Legend Art Astor
School Film Strips, Canada Dry, Assembly Schedule, and SMOG!
Casey Kasem, KRLA, Color TV, and Bun-Busting Skateboards
More Thoughts About the Sinking of The Titanic
Cold War Movies, Plugola, and a Tribute to Dick Clark and Donna Summer
Supermarionation, and Fig Newton Cookies
Fill 'er Up, and We Look Back at FM Radio
Sporting Events of 1972, Blue Chip Stamps, and More
Transistor Radios, Famous Misquotes, Chess in World History Turns 40
Anyone For An Evening of Watching Home Movies?
Archie Comics Turn 70! Answering Machines, and Mogen-David wine
Sinking of The Titanic: The Tragedy - The Mystery, 100 Years Later
Galaxy Moonbeam Goes on a Surfin' Safari and Remembers the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean
Gravesites of the Stars
Baseball, the Great American Pastime
Adventure Movies
Route 66, Air Raid Sirens, and Short-Wave Radio
Gags, Gifts, Novelty Stores and Johnson-Smith Catalogs
Chevy Station Wagons, Surplus Stores and Mail Order of the 60s-70s
Christmas TV Specials
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World!
December 7, 1941 and the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Remembering Vincent Price, (and Honda Motorbikes)
Galaxy Good Guy and Herald Examiner expert Jeff Prescott on Collecting Newspapers
"Man, Moon, Media, and Myth"
We Remember Jerry Lieber, and Recall Sept. 11, 2001
Interview with Jack Vincent, The Godfather of So. Calif Top 40 AM Radio
Gettysburg, Model Slot Cars, and Camel Cigarettes
Sunshine Pop Music, Dana Wynter, Library of Congress Music Sites
Jackie Cooper, Campbells Soup, and Radio Pioneer Leo I. Meyerson
The Dawn (and the Dwan) of Movie Making in La Mesa, California
Nesbitts, Bireleys, Grapette, and a Visit to an Old Fashioned Soda Pop and Candy Store
Radio Historian Bill Earl Talks About KRLA and LA Radio
Interview with L.A. Radio and TV Personality Larry Van Nuys (Part 2)
Smitty and Mike Visit a Legendary LA Radio/TV Guy Larry Van Nuys
3D Movies, GI Joe, and More!
Our theme song, George Reeves, Superman, and More!
Don McLean's "American Pie" Turns 40 This Week
A New FM Station in So. Calif. and Ian talks about U.S. Grant
Pirate Radio, "Get The Red Out" and 50s era Chevys
We Visit a Paper and Postcard Collectibles Show, plus George S. Patton
Elizabeth Taylor, Flash Gordon, Tiger Beat Magazine, and More!
The Ten Commandments, Charlton Heston, Cecil B. DeMIlle, and a Cast of Thousands
Show 50 - We Go Remote: Big 3 Parts Exchange/Swap Meet in San Diego
Fritos Corn Chips turn 50, (and still, crunchy, salty, and tasty!)
Radio Historian Dave Leonard Talks About KCBQ
A Streetcar Named Desire, Jane Russell, and the Last WWI Veteran
Movie Pet Peeves, plus, Care and Feeding of Vintage Radios/TVs
We Salute Night and Weekend Top 40 Radio Hosts
We Remember Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr.. Frankenstein (the Movie) Turns 80, plus, Toys of the 50s and 60s!
Ozzie Nelson's Job Revealed on Our 1st Anniversary Episode!
Wolfman Jack, Reverend Ike, Goat Glands, and The Border Blaster Radio Stations.
Japanese Tin Toys of the 1950s, H.G. Wells Movies, and More!
History of Video Taping and VCRs, Mark Twain, KFC
Desilu Studios, Eliot Ness, The Untouchables, and The CB Radio Era
More on the Fabulous 1950s, WWII Govt. Surplus, Speedy Alka-Seltzer
Etch-A Sketch, Mr. Potato Head, Chatty Cathy, Matchbox Cars
First Baby Boomers Turn 65 This Year, and, Victory at Sea
Guy Lombardo and New Years Eve's of the Past
Mike Zuccaro Talks About Reel to Reel Tape
A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Greasy Kid's Stuff
Live Oldies Radio Resurgence in San Diego - ABC Nightline, and More
TV/Radio Coverage on Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Nov. 22, 1963
Andy Griffith Show, Sci-Fi Movies and TV Programs, and More
The Big Show, and TV series of the Mid 1960s
Captain Kangaroo (and Sidekicks), March of Time Newsreels
Did You "Dream of Jeannie" (After her TV Shows in the 1960s?) Bing Crosby's Video Tape of 1960 World Series
Is Radio Succumbing to Digital Media? And, We Remember Singing Along With Mitch Miller
Broderick Crawford, Highway Patrol TV Series, and Police Calls on Transistor Radios
"Shotgun Tom" Kelly Interview (Part 2 of 2)
"Shotgun Tom" Kelly Interview (Part 1 of 2)
Early "Portable" Radios, Radio Airchecks, Pasadena Record Swap Meet
Old Jukebox, Stereo, and Hi-Fi Gear and Collectibles
Shortwave Radio, Subway Movies, and How to Find Your Favorite DJ
Delivering Breaking News in Early TV, Remembering Jimmy Dean
All About Jukeboxes, and Goodbye to Art Linkletter and Dennis Hopper
Wolfman Jack, Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, and KFWB Color Radio
To Tell the Truth, Earl "Madman Muntz" Requiem for a Heavyweight
I Love Lucy, Ricky Ricardo, Fred and Ethel Mertz, and The Desilu Years
Smitty's TV Repair - Earl "Madman" Muntz - John Forsythe
USPS Commemorates Singing Cowboys, Drive-In Movies, Jose Feliciano Pitches Beer, Mail-Order Memories
Movie Matinees, Disc Transcription, Sea Hunt, and LSMFT
The Norman Corwin Special Episode
Galaxy Salutes Peter Graves and Fess Parker
Favorite TV Commercials, and Products of the 1950s
Candid Camera, and The Prices of Things in the 1950s
Favorite Sci-Fi Horror Movies of the Early Baby Boomers.
TV Westerns of the 1950s
Veteran San Diego Radio Personality Ian Rose Joins the Galaxy Guys
Vintage TV Antennas - Collectible?
Old TV and Radio Tubes, Surfside Six TV series and more
John Daly, What's My Line, and the Evolution of Delivering Breaking News
Premier Show - Safety Tips When Collecting Old Radios and TV Sets