Johnny Downs lived “out in the sticks” — Lemon Grove!
I also remember playing on the dinosaur in MV and there used to be an ice skating rink in what was called “Mission Valley Center West.”
Okay, one last trip down memory lane for me: Anybody else remember cramming as many people in the car as you could (back in the days before mandatory seat belts) so you could get the two-bucks-per-car rate at the Tu-Vu?