Fears from the 50s and 60s Seem Trivial Now
Smokers especially seemed worried.
I’m at the point in life to where the temptation is to look backwards, and not forward. Generally speaking, that’s not a good thing to do. But if we do look backwards maybe we can learn from the past. I recently looked at the past via old TV commercials. I discovered the things people used to stress over seem so trivial now.
In the meantime, I try to find new things to enjoy. Recently I’ve discovered the wonderfulness of stretchy pants. Where have these things been all my life? Nacho Libre was really on to something. Things like that discovery give me hope for the future.
But I was talking about insignificant fears of years gone by as expressed via TV commercials. And here we go:
1: Having dandruff was devastating.
One commercial for a dandruff shampoo followed the adventures of an attractive young woman who suffered from dandruff. Everybody was talking about it behind her back until some young boy blurted out the ugly truth. Our heroine had dandruff.
Armed with this knowledge, our intrepid hero bought the right shampoo. Problem solved. Afterwards she interacted with her boss whose inner monologue said in a leering voice, “Pretty hair.” At that point I’m afraid dandruff wasn’t her…
