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This is in follow up to my previous Post about Saigon Kids Home Movies. As mentioned in the Post a few days ago, the idea is being kicked around of compiling a video of old home movies from our days in Saigon. As promised here is an example of the kinds of old home movies we’d be looking for to make the video. Continue reading Saigon Kids Home Movies – A Pretty Yellow Dress On a Pretty Saigon Kid 1963 Okay, so you are sitting there wondering what the heck are *Second Generation* Saigon Kids. Well … they are the off-spring of First Generation Saigon Kids (you know like you are First Generation and your children are Second Generation Saigon Kids). Duh! I guess that wasn’t rocket science – now was it!?! – LOL Now the story goes like this – once upon a time, back in the good ol’ days around 1960, in a far, far away place called Saigon there lived a loud mouth bratty beer drinking girl chasing Marlboro smoking cussing baseball playing rock n roll dancing teenage kid who thought he was, as Bo Diddley would say, “I’m an M – A – N … mannnnnn!” Many of you may have come across the story of Teddy Stoddard in the past, as it has been circulating around the Internet for years. But, perhaps this video by Dr. Wayne Dyer tells it best. As always, you are welcome to leave your comments below. Bob I’m sure we all recall, from the days of our youth, spending Saturday afternoons at the movies when we were younger. As we moved into our teens – Saturday nights at the movie theater was a place we could meet up with our friends (and, hopefully our latest *crush*). Ahh … those sweet memories of pop corn, candy and soda pop while sitting in the back row holding hand (or as the famous song from those by-gone days said, ” … hugging and kissing with …. ” ) as we watched the News Reels (like we really cared about those – lol ), then the cartoons (they were great), and finally the featured movie would appear on the BIG screen as the music sound track echoed through the theater – mesmerizing us into worlds of fantasy, adventures and entertainment. |
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