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[[File:Yc50s.jpg|thumb|right|Youchew in the '50s, where all the cool cats are.]] | [[File:Yc50s.jpg|thumb|right|Youchew in the '50s, where all the cool cats are.]] | ||
| − | [[File:50sfamily.jpg|thumb|right|Another fine and dandy day in our swell suburban home, and no [[evil]] Russians to ruin it, daddy-o!]] | + | [[File:50sfamily.jpg|thumb|right|Another fine and dandy day in our swell suburban home, and no [[evil]] [[Soviet Union|Russians]] to ruin it, daddy-o!]] |
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{{VidCaption|GR3i3H2nR-A|An example of that hip, new-fanged Rock and Roll music.}} | {{VidCaption|GR3i3H2nR-A|An example of that hip, new-fanged Rock and Roll music.}} | ||
| − | + | ''The '50s'' were the peachy keen decade situated between [[War|the '40s]] and [[the '60s]]. In the '50s, under President [[Soldier|Dwight D. Eisenhower]], all the cool cats were [[War|World War II]] veterans that had normal jobs and wore suits and fedoras, and, upon walking in to their swell suburban homes, [[Luigi I'm Home|announced their return home]] to their beautiful wives and small children, while their hip teens hung out at the [[cheeseburger|drive-in]], dressed in leather jackets and poodle skirts while dancing to [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Fat|Chubby Checker]]. Meanwhile, the [[evil]], square [[communists|beatniks]] on the college campus, wearing berets and playing bongos, tried to destroy it all by corrupting the youth with their [[evil]] [[Communist]] ideals. | |
==By Year== | ==By Year== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | [[File:Joseph McCarthy.jpg|thumb|left| | + | [[File:Joseph McCarthy.jpg|thumb|left|A real cool cat who helped keep the Reds out of America.]] |
*In the '50s, [[American]] cars were long, steel, chrome-clad beasts, where sleek, Jetsons-esque styling was normal, and a V8 was the standard. And that was a family car. | *In the '50s, [[American]] cars were long, steel, chrome-clad beasts, where sleek, Jetsons-esque styling was normal, and a V8 was the standard. And that was a family car. | ||
*Back then, space-age architecture was also popular, as well as space influences themselves. This type of architecture was called "Googie". | *Back then, space-age architecture was also popular, as well as space influences themselves. This type of architecture was called "Googie". | ||
*In the '50s, every household had a single [[Rock TV|television]] set in their living room, which the family would watch together every night. | *In the '50s, every household had a single [[Rock TV|television]] set in their living room, which the family would watch together every night. | ||
| + | *Back then, [[Communists]] were shunned in [[American]] society, with the term even becoming taboo. | ||
| + | **[[Homosexuals]] and homosexuality were viewed in a similar manner. | ||
*In 1951, while out for a walk, [[Mario|a baby]] landed on [[Yoshi]]'s back. Eventually, Yoshi and his friends would rescue [[Luigi|the baby's brother]], and rescue the stork originally tasked with delivering them to their parents. | *In 1951, while out for a walk, [[Mario|a baby]] landed on [[Yoshi]]'s back. Eventually, Yoshi and his friends would rescue [[Luigi|the baby's brother]], and rescue the stork originally tasked with delivering them to their parents. | ||
| − | *Joseph Stalin and [[:Category:Characters - Geniuses|Albert Einstein]] were among those that [[die]]d in the '50s. | + | *[[Joseph Stalin]] and [[:Category:Characters - Geniuses|Albert Einstein]] were among those that [[die]]d in the '50s. |
*The '50s were the decade that saw the first prominent usage of transistors (in applications such as radios), and also the invention of integrated circuits, the basis of future technology, daddy-o. | *The '50s were the decade that saw the first prominent usage of transistors (in applications such as radios), and also the invention of integrated circuits, the basis of future technology, daddy-o. | ||
**As a matter of fact, all sorts of technological and scientific breakthroughs came from the '50s. Goodbye, polio, hello integrated circuits! | **As a matter of fact, all sorts of technological and scientific breakthroughs came from the '50s. Goodbye, polio, hello integrated circuits! | ||
| − | *In reality, the way the '50s are commonly viewed can vary. | + | *In reality, the way the '50s are commonly viewed can vary. On one hand, some look fondly back at the decade and its values, while on the other hand, some like to criticise the decade. |
*''[[I]] heard [[you]] on the wireless back in '52...'' | *''[[I]] heard [[you]] on the wireless back in '52...'' | ||
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<The '40s | [[The '60s]]> | <The '40s | [[The '60s]]> | ||
