Drive-In The 1960's

Imagine a time when being cool meant long hair, a slick car, and tickets to the weekend double feature at the drive-in. The 1960s made this dream the goal of teenage boys; near the end of the 2010s, if a person has similar things, they can still be considered cool, hip, and with the times, excluding the drive-in. Drive-ins are nearly extinct, so maybe just a normal movie. With its share of similarities, the 1960s did have profound differences in many categories. Some of these categories include communication, cars, and toys. To begin, communication in the 1960s was much less sophisticated and streamlined, but still maintains some similarities, like the use of televisions and telephones. The average person, wanting to talk to his or her loved one or friend, needed a dime to access the nearest payphone, only for talking a short time. Caught in a dire situation, Ji-li Jiang had to use one to contact a close friend of her dad during the Cultural Revolution of China (Jiang, 181). A tremendous difference is that the average person now carries their own telephone almost literally everywhere. Spanning the years since the ‘60s, one thing has stayed in culture: the television. Slowly making its way into homes, televisions brought news quicker than ever. Graphically enhanced and colored, today’s televisions still can get news and media out almost
Contrary to today, Plymouth had a good edge in the car game, compelling even the best NASCAR drivers with Ford to switch to a Hemi engine. Kenny and the Watsons even drove one, although the car was a 1948 model, for upwards of 20 years (Curtis, 6). Likewise, Chrysler today does still have a good reputation, but Plymouth is excluded and they are now a division of General Motors, merged with Fiat. Popular and powerful, Chrysler-Fiat makes the Dodge Charger, Ram 1500, and Fiat 500 cars, just to name a