Dave Smith

Dave grew up listening to the Beatles, Eric Clapton, fascinated by his parent’s stories about the Sixties, and is looking very forward to shouting his parents out to a night out when the musical has opened. Dave adds a younger perspective to our Carnaby Street journal.

Journal entries by Dave Smith

Popular Films in the 60s

1) Psycho…
A twisted film if ever I did see one. Norman Bates was one hell of a cross-dressing freak. Talk about issues.
Marion Crane nicks $40 grand from her employer and karma comes to bite her on the tush in a MAJOR way. She checks into the Bates Motel and the rest is history. Cue one [...]

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Popular Cartoon Characters in the 60s

1) Mary, Mungo and Midge…
Aww, little Mary, Mungo and Midgedy Midge.
Mary was a 5 year old girl, Mungo was a dog and Midge was a mouse (of the non-ewww kind).
And together, they lived in a town with streets (wow!), cars (double wow!) and buses (triple frikkin wow!).
At the tippity top of a tall block of [...]

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Some of the Most Popular TV Programs In the 60s

1) Dr Who
The double-hearted, self-regenerating, time-travelling alien doctor from the planet Gallifrey leapt onto British screens in 1963. With his space-hopping vehicle of choice, the TARDIS (a 1950s police box), he travelled through space and time, picking up companions along the way, kicking some serious extraterrestrial butt, and trying to save the world at the [...]

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Famous Celebrity Couples in the 60s

1 ) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (1964)
These two actors were very famous in their own right. Elizabeth Taylor was regarded as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood and Burton was a hunk and a half.
So when they got together on the set of the ‘Cleopatra’ film, it was probably predictable that sparks [...]

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