I think Pong came out in the 1970s

Was it the cat's meow?

Back when I was a youngster we didn't have video games because the thing hadn't been invented yet. We just had a stick in the back yard.

That is true!

In the 1970's (before ANY video games) i took a stick to the backyard hornets' nest of one of the only two kids in my neighborhood my age (both girls), playing hero (after playing tea), and swinging enough to half dismember the nest, resulting in three wasp stings that hurt like a bugger but it didn't compare to the single bee sting in high school that landed me in hospital and had me diagnosed with the worst bee allergy the doctor had ever seen, the only upside was the huge swollen site of the sting was on top of the right bicep and - as a soccer and football player - i was keen, chomping at the bit, to show the bulge around.

i was keen, chomping at the bit, to show the bulge around

As for my mention (not the point of the post - but it lingers apparently) of the showers after football practice in which a guy (my point was never i) was often berated and ridiculed for their physique (it was cold; certainly not hot). It was wrong to do that but no one ever said so.

before whispering in Van's ear 'The CIA killed JFK'. However at this point Billy morphed into Van's father, who kept him pinned despite Vans bucking attempts. Father-Billy continued whispering about hucking mooses and killing nazis on trains until Van woke up screaming, him and his cats covered in a cold sweat.