Tagged “60s”

G.I. Joe: The Toy Line That Invented the 'Action Figure' Because Boys Weren't Supposed to Play With Dolls

Hasbro needed a word that let boys buy what was, mechanically, a doll. 'Action figure' solved that problem in 1964 and became the industry's default term ever since.

Pop Culture

Drive-In Movie Theaters: The Big Screen Under the Open Sky

You pulled in, hung a tinny speaker on the window, and watched a movie under the stars. The drive-in was part cinema, part carnival, part private world — and nothing else has ever quite replaced it.