Memories from over 40 years ago
2 years ago
It was nice after having the new black and white stunt airbag set up outside and being able to walk around it. It brought back a lot of memories of when I was a just about 7 years old. When I was 6 years old I was watching a stunt show on TV. They had people doing all kinds of stunts but it was the lady that fell out of a helicopter and landed onto a large airbag that got me interested in doing highfalls onto an airbag. Then near the end of the show they had a bunch of kids doing 20 or 30 foot highfalls onto a much smaller airbag. The airbag they were landing on had blue sides with a white top and white events on the sides. The size of the airbag was 15 feet wide 15 feet long and stood 5 feet high. The black and white airbag is the same size as the one the kids were landing on in the show.
When I had it inflated in the living room I could not get a real good since of just how big the airbag was. Then when I got it set up outside and was able to walk around it a few times I got to really see just how big it really was. When I saw the airbag fully inflated all the memories of watching the TV show started to come back and remember watching the kids falling from a tower and landing onto the airbag. When I was standing next to the airbag looking up at the window I would be jumping from I started remember what falls the kids were doing and even what some of them were wearing on the stunt show on TV. Now most of the kids on the show were doing a suicide fall or the header. One girl that did a 20 foot header was wearing a green t-shirt and a black puffy vest along with blue jeans. Another boy was wearing light blue t-shirt and long blue jeans. A 3rd boy was wearing a white t-shirt and blue shorts. Now it was not until the memories started to come back that I realized that all the kids on the show were not wearing any shoes. The kids from the show were doing highfalls and landing onto the airbag bare foot. When I started remembering more about the kids I thought maybe this is why I love doing falls onto the airbag bare foot. I would say there was about 6 to 8 kids that were jumping onto the airbag on the TV show. I could not remember all the kids but just those 3. I think it was because they showed those 3 kids jumping from the scaffolding from a few different angles and landing onto the airbag. They first filmed the kids jumping with the camera at the back of the airbag and you could see them falling and landing onto the airbag and as they rolled off the side. Then they filmed a few of the kids with the camera on top of the tower and filmed it looking down. From this angle you could see the kids landing onto the bag and sinking down into it before rolling off the side of it. It was when I had the set up that all these memories started to come back to me.
When I had it inflated in the living room I could not get a real good since of just how big the airbag was. Then when I got it set up outside and was able to walk around it a few times I got to really see just how big it really was. When I saw the airbag fully inflated all the memories of watching the TV show started to come back and remember watching the kids falling from a tower and landing onto the airbag. When I was standing next to the airbag looking up at the window I would be jumping from I started remember what falls the kids were doing and even what some of them were wearing on the stunt show on TV. Now most of the kids on the show were doing a suicide fall or the header. One girl that did a 20 foot header was wearing a green t-shirt and a black puffy vest along with blue jeans. Another boy was wearing light blue t-shirt and long blue jeans. A 3rd boy was wearing a white t-shirt and blue shorts. Now it was not until the memories started to come back that I realized that all the kids on the show were not wearing any shoes. The kids from the show were doing highfalls and landing onto the airbag bare foot. When I started remembering more about the kids I thought maybe this is why I love doing falls onto the airbag bare foot. I would say there was about 6 to 8 kids that were jumping onto the airbag on the TV show. I could not remember all the kids but just those 3. I think it was because they showed those 3 kids jumping from the scaffolding from a few different angles and landing onto the airbag. They first filmed the kids jumping with the camera at the back of the airbag and you could see them falling and landing onto the airbag and as they rolled off the side. Then they filmed a few of the kids with the camera on top of the tower and filmed it looking down. From this angle you could see the kids landing onto the bag and sinking down into it before rolling off the side of it. It was when I had the set up that all these memories started to come back to me.

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Reddit is kind of on the way out, but maybe r/tipofmytongue might help you figure out what show it was, and maybe find a video (YouTube, etc) of the show if one exists. Basically, you describe an old TV show, movie, etc, and the people there try to help identify the show or series it was from.