I don't remember the TV show, but my grandmother had the plastic model of the mule team that you could get by saving the boxtops.
Death Valley Days hosted by Ronald Reagan
Btw, I keep some Borax in the kitchen. It is great for removing odors and cleaning certain kinds of messes.
yup death valleys days and Ronnie Reagan ... how could I forget! I didn't know the stuff was still around!
Wasn't it wagon train?
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Lily
guess i'm not as old as you folks
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Lily
could have been wagon train also but I was thinking earlier .. death valley days ... and yes getting older then dirt!
what makes me so sad is that our grandchildren will never be able to make a post like this. we all use to watch the same shows growing up, learn the same jingles, and sing them together at school and on the playgrounds. Nowadays, with hundreds of channels to watch, how could any two people be watching the same thing long enough to learn a jingle?
It was 20 mules hooked up as a single team pulling 3 wagons hooked up in tandem.
The Wikipedia article has pictures that explain it better than I can .
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If anyone is interested in history, this sight has an excellent article on the history of the 20 mule team
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