Older Baby Boomer: 72-80 years old. CBS Documentary on 1966 High Schoolers and their parents in Webster Grove, Missouri, USA 1960s. Rich Missouri Baby Boomers Who Never Questioned Authority https://youtu.be/3sBSNYNe2-0?si=KHplNHeBba1Ew8hL What were you like as a teenager? Be honest. A “Socie”, Normie, Fringe/Wild One/Rebel or None of the Above? Personally I was a mix of the first three: artist, rebel, intellectual from good middle class family. I wasn’t a good looking athletic elite. I didn’t want to live like my parents did beyond having a roof over my head, three squares a day and some money to spend. And a car. I like having a car. Always did. I didn’t want to be a tradesman, I wanted to work at a higher intellectual level, like an artist that charges lots of money to museums or maybe as a computer artist making computer generated videos. And oh, lots of sex, drugs and rock and roll. I got As on my grades but also was happy with Bs or Cs. Party on, I was sweet 16 Hilarious the slow-witted townsfolk's reaction to watching the finished documentary. We acted like rich, entitled <deleted> who don’t question authority in the middle of the turbulent 60’s that we’re trying desperately to ignore and pretend it’s not happening... And when we get to see ourselves acting like that on film, we don’t like it! But oh, they liked saying those arrogant words to the camera, didn’t they? Also funny that the one sensible, clear thinking individual in the town who almost had what could be considered an alternative viewpoint was the police officer, 555.
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