Dude! That's A Farrel's Ice Cream Parlor Hat!!!Originally Posted by rgw825
God dammit, I miss the 80's. At least you California folks still have one - lucky bastards...
Dude! That's A Farrel's Ice Cream Parlor Hat!!!
God dammit, I miss the 80's. At least you California folks still have one - lucky bastards...
Very cool thread, good times
I see if I dig up an old pic of me playing pong in a Star wars T-shirt back in 77' 78ish. If it's still around?
Oh yes Farrel's. We went there a few times for my birthday when i was a kid. I remember they would come out banging this giant drum and sing happy birthday to you. A very unique experience. As i recall they also had a couple arcade games off to the side. Just a couple.
I have this fond memory of getting my first Kazoo there. lol (just a cheap 2 cent plastic kazoo they sold in the gift shop), but i thought it was so cool. I guess it didn't take much to entertain me.
Too bad they shut it down.
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I have very fond memories of going to the one in Birmingham, AL. before it closed in 1983. One time we went, our family split one of those buckets of ice cream they had (the trough? I forgot the names...But it was HUGE!!), I played Pac-Man or Centipede when I wasn't browsing through the candy store. Then we all went to see The Cannonball Run. As a kid, I loved when someone had a birthday and they would all come out singing, ringing bells, and beating that giant drum - then trailing behind them was a giant tub of Ice Cream with sparklers as candles. The kids loved it! The adults, on the other hand....Oh yes Farrel's. We went there a few times for my birthday when i was a kid. I remember they would come out banging this giant drum and sing happy birthday to you. A very unique experience. As i recall they also had a couple arcade games off to the side. Just a couple.
I have this fond memory of getting my first Kazoo there. lol (just a cheap 2 cent plastic kazoo they sold in the gift shop), but i thought it was so cool. I guess it didn't take much to entertain me.
Too bad they shut it down.
They need to hurry up and open a new store on the east coast, where they are dearly missed!
Last edited by diskoboy; 11-16-2010 at 02:06 PM.
awww man you guys had the best experiences
all i had was twistee treat ice cream in fort myers florida when i was a kid. which was a ice cream shop in the shape of a giant ice cream!
on a side note about the kazoo. I too was easily amused by simple cheap toys and stuff too. When i was a kid when i went to go get my hair cut. If i was good at the end i could take my hair and they had this machine where you toss in a lil bit of hair it would dispense candy or a toy or something! it was crazy
oh and i sadly don't have a photo of me playing games when i was little
We have a Twistee Treat in Clyde OH to this day. And it's a small brown ice cream cone shaped building. I had no clue it was a chain.
My oldest brother received an Atari 2600 for Christmas, and his grades went down, so my parents threw it out. Thus began a long dry spell of no video games for many years until I finally got a gameboy for Christmas when I was 10 or so, in '92 or '93. I was obsessed with games, but couldn't get my hands on them unless I went to a friends or neighbors.
Thus, I don't remember having any pics of myself playing games, but it's also why I'm such a big collector now. My kids have video games everywhere. Amazing what happens when you suppress a kid's interests.
Hmm. I was 15 when we got an Atari 2600, but my parents didn't take any photos of it. And I was 24 when I got the NES and Genesis but no photos taken then either. There may possibly be a photo somewhere of me playing Pong at age 12.
i don't have a photo of me playing video games (i am looking through old family photos)
But.... i did find a photo of the atari my uncle had when he in his teens
and wouldn't you know he had a Vader Atari
i would say this photo was 1985
Still have that TV set (from JC Penny bitches!)
and ironically... i have a wood grain atari hooked up to it right now
HA nice to hear great traditions continue!i don't have a photo of me playing video games (i am looking through old family photos)
But.... i did find a photo of the atari my uncle had when he in his teens
and wouldn't you know he had a Vader Atari
i would say this photo was 1985
Still have that TV set (from JC Penny bitches!
and ironically... i have a wood grain atari hooked up to it right now
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WHERE DID THEIR HAIR GO?
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