Conversation Pits Were a Popular Home Feature from the 1950s to 1970s, Designed for Social Interaction

[u/kennny41]

[u/EntryProper580]

Big group nap. It's a social activity.

Edit: This comment seems to have gotten out of my control, but thanks. :')

[u/BullsOnParadeFloats → u/EntryProper580]

Yeah. Napping. That's exactly what these were used for.

The keys in the fishbowl were for finding your napping partner.

[u/Alb4t0r → u/BullsOnParadeFloats]

House of Cards from Radiohead has this line: "Throw your keys in the bowl; kiss your husband goodnight", and I remember once reading it was a vague reference for swinging, but here after all these years I find someone else referencing the same expression.

[u/Anonymike7 → u/Alb4t0r]

You should look up "key parties."

[u/nexusjuan → u/Anonymike7]

There was an episode of Love American Style where the lead played by Andy Griffith is a hillbilly who somehow ends up at a key party but can't catch on to why everybody's putting keys in a bowl. He thinks they're trading cars he's like oh boy I got a convertible!

[u/TacoCommand → u/nexusjuan]

Wait like THE Andy Griffith from the cop show?

[u/BearstromWanderer → u/TacoCommand]

No, Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show.

[u/New_Boysenberry_7998 → u/BearstromWanderer]

wait until you meet The Man Who Met Andy Griffith.

[u/nexusjuan → u/TacoCommand]

Yep he played Matlock too. I found the episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMn5c6BTsYE&pp=ygUrYW5keSBncmlmZml0aCBsb3ZlIGFtZXJpY2FuIHN0eWxlIGtleSBwYXJ0eQ%3D%3D I completely mis-remembered it. It's Mike from the Brady Bunch hosting it, and I don't recognize the hillbilly.

[u/naazzttyy → u/Anonymike7]

Ang Lee’s 1997 The Ice Storm explored the idea of “social interaction” quite well.

[u/Dangerous_Mix_7037 → u/naazzttyy]

With Sigourney Weaver and Christina Ricci - should be a mandatory Reddit watch.

[u/lolslim → u/Anonymike7]

Nonono I watched Jim Carey how the Grinch stole Christmas, I'm good.