Bonomo Turkish Taffy? Absolutely. In the heat of summer, however, it was much easier to "whack" Bonomo after it was put in the refrigerator for a bit. Vanilla was also my favorite. Never cared much for strawberry.

PF Flyers? Oh yeah...to this day I still wonder if there really was a "wedge" built into the heel. I have this mental image of loads of kids secretly dissecting their sneakers.

Spaldeens? Definitely. Nobody, but nobody ever called it "Spalding", regardless of what was printed on the ball. ("Spalding" was The African Explorer...hooray, hooray, hooray! I'll have to ask Signora V.

Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."