Childhood Home and Toronto Nostalgia

• 🏡 Harland Williams revisits his childhood home at 10 Elfdale Crescent in North York, Toronto, Canada, a former farmland owned by the governor.
• 🏒 The neighborhood was filled with kids playing street hockey, and Harland recalls sneaking out his back window to the garage roof.

The Dawn of the Sony Walkman

• 🎧 Harland was one of the first kids to own a Sony Walkman, a groundbreaking piece of technology from the 80s.
• 🎶 He discovered the Walkman while working at the Prince Hotel, setting up banquet rooms for Sony's product launch.
• 🤯 The stereo sound of the Walkman was a revelation, comparable to seeing Star Wars for the first time.
• 🎵 He would lay on his roof at night, listening to albums like Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" on his Walkman.

Quirky Neighbors and Childhood Mishaps

• 👻 Mr. Jim, a neighbor from Newfoundland, was considered kooky and was avoided by others, but he was kind to Harland and his sisters, taking them for treats and telling fart jokes.
• 🤕 Harland recounts a childhood incident where he and friends found a dead cat near a construction site, and while playing with burning plastic straps, he was hit in the forehead by a pipe, resulting in a large bump.
• 🏫 He also shares a story about giving himself a "Dumb and Dumber" haircut the night before returning to his Quaker boarding school, Pickering College, and then having his chair pulled out during assembly.

A Gallery of Terrible Haircuts

• 🧑‍🦱 Harland shares his own bad haircut experiences, including a "Karate Kid"-esque style in ninth grade and a thick-neck mullet that reached his mid-back.
• 📸 Submissions from viewers showcase various unfortunate haircuts, with one resembling Alice from "The Brady Bunch" and another likened to Leaf Garrett.
• 💇 The show encourages viewers to send in their own worst haircut photos to thewaybackpod@gmail.com.

Fashion Fads of the 70s and 80s

• 👢 Harland discusses the shoe trends at his boarding school: elevator shoes with high heels, flat "Earth Shoes," and Dutch-style clogs.
• 👞 Boys at Pickering College were not allowed to wear running shoes, but could choose from these distinct fashion footwear options.