On Apr 21, 11:20*am, George Shirley > wrote:
> Andy wrote:
> > George Shirley said...
>
> >> My second favorite was and still is Whoppers malted milk balls.
>
> > But... but... you only got those at the movies.
>
> > Or maybe I was deprived!??
>
> > Andy
>
> They were available at five and dimes, candy stores, and some grocery
> stores when I was a kid. I first found them at the Saturday movies. My
> folks would give me a quarter and I would ride my bike the five blocks
> to the Lamar Theater in Beaumont, TX. Cost a dime to get in and then you
> could get a cold drink and a bag of popcorn for fifteen cents or a cold
> drink and two nickel boxes of Whoppers for the same fifteen cents. You
> got to see a couple of cliff hangers and then either a western movie or
> a Tarzan movie. Then there would be contests for prizes. Go at 8 am,
> turn you loose at noon. Cheap baby sitting.

Ya also got cartoons, a newsreel, serial, and our shows ended with a
Three Stooges episode.

Good and Plenty (white, and pink on black licorice)seemed to be the
candy of choice for tossing around in the dark or raining down from
the balcony.
A Sugar Daddy would last thru the whole show.