{"id":2034,"date":"2008-10-17T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2014-09-21T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T14:40:09","slug":"do-call-it-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2034","title":{"rendered":"Do Call It a Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>An article on CNN.com <\/b>[that is no longer available]\u00a0<\/b>brought back a flood of great memories<\/span>. When I was a kid, mom [and sometimes dad] used to load my brother and sisters up in the car and off to the drive-in<\/span> we’d go.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It wasn’t unusual for us to make a stop at a little stand that sold the best popcorn<\/span> and candy<\/span>. The place was hardly bigger than a phone booth. [What’s that? You’ve never seen a drive-in or a phone booth?] That little shop was where I first experienced flavored salts<\/span> for popcorn. Celery salt<\/span> was my favorite. Sounds pretty mundane now, but back in the 60’s<\/span> that was a big deal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nWe’d get to the movies early so we could go down to the playground<\/span> [all drive-ins had a playground consisting of some swings, teeter-toters and that octagon shaped thing that you’d push around as fast as possible with the hope of getting someone dizzy]. Parents would just send their kids down to the playground without supervision. It was a different time then. We’d head back to the car before the movie started. Usually my sisters and brother would be pretty tired and fall asleep before the second movie. Me, I was there until the end.<\/p>\n

When I was old enough to drive, drive-ins<\/span> were still popular. I loved the fact that you could always count on at least a double feature<\/span> and sometimes you’d get real lucky and there’d be a marathon<\/span> of sorts. Usually it was monster movies<\/span> [who doesn’t like those?] or comedies<\/span>, or even a mismash of genres. I hit the drive-ins<\/span> [we had two in our town] almost weekly and since we lived in Florida<\/span> at this point, we could go year round.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s said that video<\/span> killed the radio star<\/span>. I don’t know about that, but I do know that video killed the drive-in theater<\/span>. According to some reports, drive-ins<\/span> have been making a comeback the last few years. I hope that’s true because, man, I miss those days.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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