Yes Gem rocked! And with the doll, there was a little switch in the back that turned her earings on.
I loved skip it too! I had an imitation skip it, i think it had a strawberry on the end of it. The skip it's have also made a return. In the nicer weather the kids bring them to school and I wow them when I'm out on duty by showing them that Miss M is not so old afterall!
Rosie - YES, I remember the pop it beads. Matter of fact everytime I go to a estate sale or something like that I look for them, but I have never found any...they were really cool.
Ozzie and Harriet.....and oh lala, Ricky Nelson....
lol we have moved to TV i see..... how about.... Punky Bruster? and of course the best TV show ever The Cosby Show!!!!! Oh and I think the show your talking about Katie was Family Matters or something like that.....