ON FRIDAY.
>>> WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BABY BOONERS,
GENERATIONS X, AND ALL THE AGE
GROUPS IN BETWEEN?
DIFFERENT-AREAS -- ERAS.
>> WE'RE TALKING BECOME WHAT'S
HOT TO DETERMINE WHAT SEPARATES
THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
WE HAVE MICHAEL GARFIELD.
WE ALSO HAVE LAUREN KELLY WITH
THE MIX 96.5.
AND WE ALSO HAVE DJ -- LIKE THE
KELS.
FROM KCCO-
>> YOU HAVE BOYS.
HOW DID YOUR BOYS KEEP YOU YOUNG
OR DO THEY MAKE YOU FEEL OLD?
>> THEY DON'T.
IT'S A CHALLENGE BUT IT'S A
GREAT CHALLENGE BECAUSE I WANT
TO BE HIP-HOP AND HAPPENING AS
OLD DAD LIKES TO SAY.
AND SO, I GOT A KIT OLDER THAN
HER.
HE'S A 22-YEAR-OLD, 19-YEAR-OLD,
16-YEAR-OLD.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE COOL
DAD.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE ONE
WHO WAS ALWAYS OUT THERE PLAYING
SOCCER AND COACHING SOCCER AND
ALSO THE MUSIC WE LISTEN TO AND
THE STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT'S NEAT THAT I HAVE THESE KIDS
THAT DO KEEP ME YOUNG.
>> TELL US, IS IT COOL OR IS IT
NOT TOOL WHEN MOM OR DAD TRYING
TO BE COOL?
>> AAH, I LIKE IT WHEN IT'S JUST
NATURAL.
IT'S COOLER WHEN YOU CAN LIKE
PICK OUT WHAT THEY LIKE.
INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR DANCES AND
YOU'RE LIKE, MOM, DON'T DO THAT.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> 21.
>> MY GOSH.
>> YOU WERE BORN IN 1991?
>> '95.
>> MY MATH IS WRONG.
>> SHE COULD BE MY KID.
>> I GRADUATED COLLEGE BEFORE
YOU WERE BORN!
LET'S ESTABLISH AGES.
MID 30.
>> 35.
>> EARLY 50s.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY RIGHT AT 50.
>> COME ON.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE OLD
GUY ON THE PANEL.
>> YOU'RE 21.
AND LAUREN --
>> I'M 34.
>> SO WE HAVE A NICE BLEND.
WELL, WE WANTED TO SORT OF BREAK
THIS UP.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT
GENERATIONS ALL DAY.
WE WANTED TO BREAK IT UP INTO BE
A FEW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SO WE
CAN FOCUS ON SOME OF THE FUN
THINGS IN OUR DISTANT PAST.
>> OKAY.
>> NOW, GUM.
CLOVE GUM?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER CLOVE.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER --
>> THAT WAS -- A LITTLE OLDER
THAN OUR GENERATION.
FOR ME, DOUBLE BUBBLE.
THIS IS WHEN --
>> HUBA BUBBA.
>> THESE WERE THE HARD CHEWING
BUBBLE GUM.
AND REMEMBER WHEN GUM USED TO
COME IN TRADING CARD PACKS, TOO.
I GUYS PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE GUM THAT
YOU COULD CHEW THE WRAPPER?
IT WAS SINA BURST IT LASTED FOR
TWO SECONDS?
>> YOU COULD CHOW THE WRAPPER.
>> FOUND OUT IT WAS TOXIC.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE GUM IT IN
THE PACKET AND IT LOOKED LIKE
TOBACCO?
AND YOU COULD PULL IT OUT --
>> CHICK LETS.
>> BIG LEAGUE CHEW.
>> THEY USED TO MAKE CANDY
CIGARETTES.
HOW FAR WE'VE COME ALSO.
>> SO WHAT ABOUT WRIGLEY?
>> WRIGLEY, YEAH.
>> YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
>> WRIGLEY?
>> WRIGLEY NUMBER?
>> YOU ARE KIDDING.
WE'VE GOT --S THIS IS VERY OLD
WRIGLEY.
>> YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE
GREENING PACKAGE?
>> IT WAS SEVEN STICKS FOR 25
CENTS.
IT'S ON THE PACKET.
>> IS WRIGLEY GUM GONE NOW?
IS IT TO ETLY GONE?
>> IT'S NOT GONE.
>> I THINK WRIGLEY OWNS FIVE AND
SOME OF THE OTHER BRANDS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT HIP.
>> INTERESTING.
WHAT ABOUT FORTUNE BUBBLE GUM.
15 CENTS A STICK.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> THIS IS KIND OF LIKE
BUBBLEITIOUS, JUICY FRUIT.
JUICY FRUIT LOST ITS FLAVOR IN
LIKE FIVE SECONDS.
>> WHAT ABOUT FIVE?
>> YES.
>> THAT'S THE NEW STUFF.
>> THERE'S A FORTUNE BUBBLE.
>> WHAT ABOUT FIVE?
>> I KNOW 5.
>> THEY DID TV COMMERCIALS.
>> AND THEY ALSO REBRANDED.
THEY HAVE LITTLE MINI FIVE
PACKAGES SO YOU COULD TAKE ONE.
IT FITS IN YOUR PURSE, FITS IN
YOUR BRA.
>> TO ME THAT PACKAGE LOOKS LIKE
THE DEODORANT STICK.
>> IT DOES.
>> SAME THING.
>> I LOVE IT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT
I'M A BIG FAN OF.
WE ALL ARE.
THE NEW iPHONE WAS JUST
RELEASED.
BUT PHONES WERE NOT ALWAYS IN
OUR POCKETS.
THEY USED TO BE ON STANDS ON THE
SIDEWALK AND WE WOULD PAY THEM.
PAY PHONES.
HAVE YOU EVER USED A PAY PHONE?
>> NEVER USED A PAY PHONE.
I HAVE SEEN ONE BUT BY THE TIME
I SAW IT, IT WAS ANN WORKING.
-- WASN'T EVEN WORKING.
>> IT'S A PHOTO OP.
IT'S A SELFIE OPPORTUNITY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> HOW MUCH WAS THE FIRST PAY
PHONE YOU REMEMBER?
>> IT WAS 10 CENTS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY 25 CENTS.
LET'S GO BACK.
THERE'S ROTARY PHONES AND THE
PRINCESS PHONES BACK IN THE DAY.
I REMEMBER THE TYPICAL RJ45
JACK, THERE WAS A FOUR-PRONGED
JACK.
MY GRANDPARENTS HAD THIS.
YOU HAD TO DIAL SOMETIMES A
LITTLE BEFORE MY TIME, THOUGH,
IT WAS OPERATOR.
>> THE ONE --
>> THE SAM DRUCKER STORE.
>> IT DIDN'T HAVE THE
MOUTHPIECE.
>> I'M NOT NEAR THAT OLD.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE PARTY LINE?
MY MOM HAD A PARTY LINE PHONE
WHERE SHE WOULD PICK UP THE
PHONE AND YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO
LISTEN IN AND SEE WHO WAS ON THE
PHONE.
>> DO YOU GUYS EVER --
>> THAT WAS BEFORE FACEBOOK
GROUP.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU
COULD CALL IN AND LISTEN TO A
STORY ON THE PHONE?
>> YEAH.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER.
>> STORY TIME.
>> WE HAD TO FINE ENTERTAINMENT
SOMEHOW.
REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHERE
WE HAD TV WHERE YOU ONLY HAD
THREE CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
>> HOW ABOUT THE DOUGHNUT
PHONE -- THREE CHANNELS.
>> HOW ABOUT THE DON'T NUT
PHONE.
-- DOUGHNUT PHONE.
>> ONE WITH A --
>> YEAH.
>> I'M DOING THIS.
YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> YOU COULDN'T HOLD OUT YOUR
SHOULDER.
>> WAIT AS BOX.
>> DID DID YOU EVER HAVE A LAND
LINE PHONE?
>> I DID.
I HAD A.
[NOT ON MIC]
Y MOUSE PHONE, YOU HAD TO --
MICKEY MOUSE PHONE.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SUPER
PHONE WAS.
YOU COULD SEE ALL THE INSIDES
BRIGHTLY COLORED?
>> I HAD THAT.
>> THERE WERE THESE NEON LIGHTS.
IT HAD A TERRIBLE RING.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> I THINK I SOLD -- I DID SOME
FUND-RAISE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TO GET ENOUGH POINTS TO GET THE
PHONE.
>> I REMEMBER THIS.
DURING THE WHOLE SWATCH WATCH,
ALL THAT --
>> BRIGHT --
>> FIRST ROUND OF THE PARACHUTES
POINTS.
>> BOARD GAMES.
WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ROCK
'EM SOCK I EMROBOTS.
>> THAT WAS MINE.
YOU WOULD CONTROL -- IT WAS A
PLASTIC GAME AND THEY HAD THESE
LITTLE ROBOTS AND YOU WERE
CONTROL THEM AND TRY TO KNOCK
THEIR BLOCK OFF.
>> I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
BUT --
>> IT WAS EARLY MUHAMMAD ALI
TYPE THING.
IT WAS NOT ELECTRONIC.
IT WAS A PLASTIC THING.
IT WAS TWO GUYS IN A BOXING
RING.
>> I'M NOT EVEN ASKING YOU IF
YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> THERE YOU GO!
>> GO, GO, GO.
>> COULD WE HAVE --
>> YOU KNOCKED MY BLOCK OFF.
>> WHAT ABOUT OPERATION?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> ONE THAT YOU REMEMBER.
>> YES.
>> SOME OF THE BOARD GAMES AND
DIFFERENT GAMES THAT WE GREW UP
WITH KIND OF MADE A RESURGENCE
FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS.
>> PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING AS MANY
BOARD GAMES.
THEY'RE PLAYING ON THEIR PHONES
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE
PIECES.
MAKES ME SAD.
>> RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DO THE
POKEMON GO.
>> I DO.
>> I TRIED IT.
>> ARE YOU KIDDING?
>> THIS IS HILARIOUS THAT YOU'RE
THE ONE OUT OF THE GROUP THAT'S
DONE IT.
>> IT MIGHT -- MY 16-YEAR-OLD
KID AND I TALK ABOUT IT.
WE BONDED OVER THIS THING.
LAST JULY IT'S 105 DEGREES.
MY 16-YEAR-OLD AND I, WE'RE IN A
PARK LOOKING FOR THESE --
>> THAT'S NOT BONDING.
THAT'S INSANITY.
>> I THINK SO, TOO.
>> TRYING TO BE A GOOD DAD.
BUT TALK ABOUT NEW TECH AND OLD
TECH.
WORDS WITH FRIENDS.
IT USED TO BE CALLED SCRABBLE.
>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
THAT ALL OF THESE OLD CLASSIC
GAMES LIKE SCRABBLE, I LOVE IT
WHEN I SEE AN OLDER PERSON ON
THEIR iPAD OR PHONE PLAYING
ONE OF THESE OLD CLASSIC GAMES.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SODA, WHICH
BEING A GIRL I CALL ALL OF IT
COKE.
>> I LOVE COKE.
>> DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER DOUBLE
COLA?
>> DOUBLE COLA.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE.
>> I REMEMBER -- I DON'T
REMEMBER THIS ONE.
>> THIS ONE PRE-DATES ME.
>> LOOKS LIKE THE JETSON KIDS.
>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE
JETSONS.
DO YOU KNOW THE JETSONS?
>> YES.
>> GEORGE JETSON?
>> WHAT ABOUT SURGE?
>> SURGE, I REMEMBER.
>> THAT'S -- YEAH, I DO
REMEMBER.
>> I REMEMBER THAT LABEL.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> FANTA.
>> I REMEMBER FANTA.
>> I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE --
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKER
>> REMEMBER TAB?
>> THE PINK.
I LOVED TAB.
>> JOLT.
TWICE THE CAFFEINE, DOUBLE THE
SUGAR.
>> YOU'RE GOING STICK AROUND FOR