Let's Scare Mom

To many folks the phrase "growing up in the fifties" brings to mind the suburban lifestyles romanticized by Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best...my Technicolor recollections paint a much different picture. Admittedly, my mom had a few things in common with June Cleaver, but the words "father knows best" never occurred to me during that entire decade. Those households were built on the cornerstones of patience and understanding. Bullethead, my father, employed a more unconventional sty...