My parents also had 3 kids in tow for their "date night" at the drive-in. In those days (1950's) they always started the program with a cartoon, which was usually the highlight of the evening for us kids, along with the snack bar and the playground down in front of the screen. In addition to the cartoon there was always an ad to make you want to go to the snack bar (giant hamburgers, hotdogs and popcorn bags floating around on the screen) and the movie would be interrupted mid-way with another commercial of that sort. I think they made more money selling snacks than selling tickets. For many years one of our high school math teachers was the ticket seller at the front gate, his summer job - good ole Mr. Quinn. I think maybe he owned the drive-in. We didn't have any special provisions for sleeping in the back seat. Sometimes one of us would crawl up on the package rack to snooze or get a better view of the movie. Cars were big in those days. When we got home our dad would have to carry us up the stairs to bed, which usually woke me up about midway. Thanks for the memories!
Last edited by Rose_P; 04-24-2012 at 06:29 AM.