05-06-2008
( Reply#: 1993 ) |
Tom J |
Please forgive my mixed use of comma, semicolon, and colon. One of these days I might learn to PROOF READ before posting. I don't know where in the world the colon came from; I must have been holding down the shift key when I was trying for a semicolon.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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05-06-2008
( Reply#: 1994 ) |
duane |
OK Tom....I'll jump in.
Two Ton Baker - spokesman for Riverview, "Come in and Laugh your troubles away!"
Capt. Kangaroo - - what about dancing bear, Mr. Moose, Mr. Greenjeans?
Garfield Goose- Every Christmas eve, WGN (on Cable now so available all over the country) shows a special on Bozo, Garfield Goose and the Ray Raynor show. Garfield also had his pals Romberg Rabbit, Garfields mom, and a dog, who wore a sherlock holmes hat, but I forget his name. Also, the host (Frazier Thomas)would show the Adventures of Clutch Cargo (with moving lips in a still picture that Conan Obrien adopted as cutting edge humor nearly 40 years later).
Ray Rayner had his own morning show, with his pet duck (again I forget her name), then Ray was Oliver O' Oliver on the Bozo show. Prior to the Bozo show, there was a show called "Lunchtime little theatre" that had Ringmaster Ned on it I believe. Also on Bozo's show was a clown that was played by Marshall Brodine - who also was a professional magician and sold TV magic cards. Remember his commercial?
Mickey Mouse CLub - we all watched to see ANNETTE!
Sky King - of course there is the tie to Christmas STory movie!
Bonanza - Each son was born of a different mother, that Ben Cartwright must have been tough on wives...they all died.
Do you remember the Storyteller on the educational channel (it was before they called it public television). The program started out focusing on an elf-type character that was a bookend, and cut to a live person dressed as the elf, who would then read a story.
How about Frazier Thomas's Family Classics - Tobor the Great was my favorite movie that Frazier would frequently show on this program. Tobor was robot spelled backwards. |
05-06-2008
( Reply#: 1996 ) |
Tom J |
Great post, Duane!
OK, the dog on Garfield Goose who wore the Sherlock Holmes hat was none other than Beauregard Burnside I. Had not thought about him in YEARS, but I knew his name the second I read your post. Had also forgotten about Dancing Bear, but your post triggered my memory of him, too. Mr. Greenjeans, I remembered without assistance, of course. I had forgotten about Romberg Rabbit, but, like the other characters you mentioned, I immediately remembered him when I read your post.
Ray Raynor! Thanks for correcting me. I had his name wrong and called him "Ray Raymer." He had notes pinned all over the jumpsuit he wore on the show, right? Man, I cannot think of the name of his duck, either! BUMMER!
Lunchtime Little Theater I only vaguely remember, but I DO remember Ringmaster Ned.
What show was it where the host pretended that he could look into the homes of the kids through their TV sets and would call out first names of kids he could "see?"
This is going to be FUN!
Tom
EDIT:
Did a little cheating and looked up Ray Rayner (not Raynor) on Google. The duck's name was Chelveston. There was also a stuffed dog named Cuddly Duddly.
EDIT EDIT:
Just found out that Ray passed away on January 21, 2004, at the age of 84.
Ray was a prisoner of war for two years in Germany during WWII, after his B17 was shot down.
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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05-07-2008
( Reply#: 1997 ) |
Bill Bucko |
I remember almost all the names Tom mentions above. In addition to Crusader Rabbit, Ramar of the Jungle, Rocky Jones Space Ranger, and Crimestopper Cruiser with Ray Raynor and his talking dog puppet. And the wonderful Kukla, Fran and Ollie! A lot of 50s TV is available on DVD--just search Amazon and E-Bay.
Anyone remember which program had a man slowly sinking into quicksand? Was that Jungle Jim? I remember one of the Uncle characters on tv revealed how it was done: the actor stood on one end of a big lever, while the other end was slowly raised to make him sink.
Duane, hanging in my living room is a big one-sheet poster (27x41") of Tobor the Great, as well as two or three 11x14". Still my favorite robot.
Anyone who wants scans of a mint-condition Garfield Goose Secret Service membership card--or the 1957 Secret Squadron manual--just send me your e-mail address in a private message. I'll even share with you the back of Garfield's card, with his secret code. I will NOT, however, give away Captain Midnight's code! ... Come to think of it, I worked out most of Garfield's code using Herbert S. Zim's dandy little book, "Codes and Secret Writing." (That would be a great book to give to grandchildren, to spur an interest in language!)
I also have copies of a newspaper article or two on Uncle Johnny Coons. There's a little information on him in the book "Saturday Morning TV," available at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Morning-TV-Gary-Grossman/dp/0517641143/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210145864&sr=1-1
But I haven't yet read "The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television":
http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-Chicago-Childrens-Television/dp/1893121178/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210145927&sr=1-1
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
05-07-2008
( Reply#: 1999 ) |
Tom J |
Sorry, Bill, but I don't know who it was that sank in quicksand, but your mention of it seems to be stirring some recollection within me. Maybe it will come to me. Did the guy wear one of those safari hats, and did he have a monacle?
You should have my email, and I would love to get copies of those scans you offered.
Thanks.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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05-08-2008
( Reply#: 2003 ) |
duane |
Bill - What a great story about your TOBOR poster! Remember the house that Tobor lived in? They had a grandfather clock that would answer with a voice, giving the time if you asked "What time is it?" We all thought that was very futuristic...no so uncommon now.
OK here's another. Anybody remember Diver Dan, Trigger, & the Triggerfish?
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05-09-2008
( Reply#: 2004 ) |
Bill Bucko |
Tom, of course he wore a safari hat. They all did. It went with the territory (so to speak).
No, I never saw anyone wear a monacle--except Nazi spies. And, I believe, good old Cosmo Topper.
Duane, the Tobor movie is readily available on DVD, at Amazon and probably elsewhere. Although the big movie poster features Tobor carrying off a scantily-clad lady, there was of course no such scene in the movie. It was a boy-and-his-robot story. The boy (grandson of Tobor's inventor) was named Gadge (for Gadget).
As I said, a great deal of early TV is available on DVD. Unfortunately, much has been lost forever (including most early Kukla, Fran and Ollies, and almost all of Captain Video).
What has been preserved is occasionally frustrating. For instance, I own DVDs of the Long John Silver show. Missing, however, are the segments I remembered the most, of the peg-legged pirate recommending Dean's Milk to his "maties" at home (a singularly odd beverage for any pirate to be drinking).
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
05-09-2008
( Reply#: 2005 ) |
duane |
Here are some Youtube links to Garfield Goose, Ray Rayner and Bozo.
Remember Hardrock Coco and Joe (Santa's 3 elves), Suzy Snowflake and Frosty cartoons? How about the funny company (and Super Chief!) They are all in the Youtube list.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Garfield+Goose&search_type=
This was before my time, but I had a record by Winkie Dink. Apparently he was a cartoon person that starred with a live action guy and they would have kids write with crayon on the television screen and do magic. |
05-10-2008
( Reply#: 2006 ) |
Tom J |
Man, it was cool seeing Baron Baracuda and Triggerfish again! Thanks, Duane.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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05-11-2008
( Reply#: 2010 ) |
seejay2 |
Bravo, gentlemen, for hitting on this topic! I would like to add some of my unforgettable favorites such as:
"Elmer the Elephant" who always was able to put something over on his caretaker, John Conrad (sorry about the lousy quality photo).
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/ELMER1.jpg
Then there was the one show my folks let me stay up late for, "Shock Theater", with major screwball 'Marvin' (Terry Bennet).
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/shock.jpg
Then there was this guy who could get away with pie-facing anybody, "Soupy Sales". Does anybody remember the 'Naked lady at the door' episode?
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/Soupy.jpg
Then there was my all time favorite, Flash Gordon. I think the "Clay People" were the coolest beings on the planet (along with the music that played when they were present). I wanted the sound effect that played when Ming & Co. turned on their 'telescreen'. I couldn't find it, so I bought the whole 15 chapter series just to get it. It's still a scream.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/Flaash.jpg
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05-11-2008
( Reply#: 2012 ) |
Tom J |
Chris:
Thanks for those memories. I watched Elmer the Elephant very often as a kid.
Hey, Flash Gordon was a hoot. How about that mean old "Ming the Merciless?" He was rotten to the core, wasn't he? Who was the chic that Flash was sweet on? Queen something or other, right? The Clay People were definitely cool. How about those "high tech" special effects? Remember the spaceship scenes? The was some kind of flaming liquid being spewed out from the nose of the spaceship, and we were supposed to believe that some kind of weapon was being fired.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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05-11-2008
( Reply#: 2013 ) |
duane |
I remember that Flash was on TV on Sunday late morning/early afternoon and I would rush home from church to watch.
My favorite was the floating city....it always reminded me of how my brother would describe the coke batteries at Inland steel!!
The poor workers (of the floating city) would have to shovel coal into the furnaces to make the city float.
I also like the clay people... and Dr. Zarkohv - he always had such great scientific stuff, like the two antennae wires that would have the electrical current rising up between them. |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2016 ) |
Bill Bucko |
You wanna know about Flash Gordon ... you come to me.
For a complete DVD set of all 40 episodes (very high quality prints), go to
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Gordon-Soldiers-Conquers-Universe/dp/B00004Y2QO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1210575975&sr=1-2
Tom, King Vultan's prisoners in the Sky City shovelled radium, not coal. Azura, Queen of Magic on the planet Mars, was sweet on Flash, but he was not sweet on her. Flash had eyes only for "the earthwoman," Dale Arden.
Proudly displayed in my apartment are personally autographed photos sent to me in the 1970s-80s by Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers (who played Dale in the first two serials). Both wonderful people, both now departed. And gone many decades ago were the great character actors Frank Shannon (Dr. Zarkov) and Charles Middleton (Ming the Merciless).
Also in my collection: numerous movie posters (mostly from my favorite serial, "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe," in which Ming unleashed the Purple Death); and models of Ming's and Dr. Zarkov's spaceships.
I searched for years to locate and identify the music used in the serials. Someone finally published a scholarly study on the subject. And several years ago I located a Flash Gordon website that offered clips of most of the themes, along with their provenance. Some classical music was used, from Liszt, Wagner and Schumann; but most themes were composed by Franz Waxman ("Bride of Frankenstein"), Heinz Roemheld ("The Invisible Man," "The Black Cat"), Karl Hajos ("Werewolf of London"), and a few others.
Looks like there are more than one website devoted to the subject, now! See
http://flashgordon.ws/The_Music.htm and
http://flashgordon.homestead.com/
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2019 ) |
Joel357 |
Hey guys, how about Clutch Cargo and his sidekick Spinnerfoot? I used to watch the Ray Rayner show all the way through til Ray pulled the plug. It's a real shame that there isn't kiddie shows like we had back in the 60's.
Joel |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2020 ) |
wvcogs |
Why haven't any of you younger people mentioned Dirty Dragon? It came a little too late for me -- in the mid '60s -- but my oldest son sure enjoyed it. Dirty even ran for President in the 1968 and had a campaign rally at Harrison Park. (Why can't the campaigns these days be as much fun?) I even remember his campaign song: "It's Dirty Dragon for President, Fee, Fie, Foe, Fum. He'll be the best that we have sent to Washington. He'll look the enemy in the eye and blow him over with one big FIE...." It was sung to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Well folks, I did have to be there with my son while he watched the show, didn't I???
Anyway, for information about Dirty, Mother Plumtree, The Lemon Joke Kid, The Old Professor, and the mound of modeling clay affectionately called The Blob as well as information about the competition between the kiddy shows in the 1950s and 1960s in Chicago check this link: [url]http://www.chicagotelevision.com/wfldtv.htm[/url] .
Ken... |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2021 ) |
Joel357 |
I am correcting myself here, in the Clutch Cargo series, it was Spinner and Paddlefoot. Call this a senior moment.
Joel |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2022 ) |
cartoonguy |
Ever since the local channels, like WGN and WFLD, have been bought up by the big corporate networks; Time-Warner and Fox, you don't see any more local children’s shows, instead you get programs that lack the quality you saw in the 50’s and 60’s. One interesting note of trivia; I recall reading Edwin "Ted" Gillette developed the Syncro-Vox technique, in which actors' lips voicing the scripted dialogue were laid over the animated figures, most famously in the cartoons produced by Cambria Studios: Clutch Cargo, Space Angel, and Captain Fathom. The article stated Mr. Gillette came up with the technique so his daughter, who was deaf, can read the lips of the characters. |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2023 ) |
seejay2 |
I hate to admit to this, but I do remember watching "Ding,Dong School" at some point. That was Chicago, wasn't it? A Miss Frances or something?
Someone also mentioned "Winky Dink". Was anyone as fool enough as I was not to apply the film to the TV screen and then go ahead and try to decode the picture with the crayons? Oh Yeah! Wait 'till the old man sees that one!
Another show I used to watch was "One Step Beyond". I remember the haunting melody they played thru the show sent chills up my spine; probably even moreso than the story itself. I bought the CD with that music on it ("Fear" and "Wierd") and they are still just as haunting to me today.
"Whirlybirds"!(sp?) Everybody wanted to fly a helicopter after that.
How about "Rescue 8" and "Highway Patrol"?
There was also a show called "You Asked for It". I remember they profiled some Hammond cop for being the first in the country to patrol the highways from an airplane, but I don't remember the cop. Could it have been Dowling? I don't know........Cj |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2024 ) |
Joel357 |
wvcogs,
I don't remember Dirty Dragon etc because my family didn't get color tv until 1968. We had old repos that barely worked and didn't have UHF. So was limited to 2,5,7,9,11 and if the band was open we could get 13 in Milwaukee. By that time, was not interested in kiddie programs, except Bozo's Circus, until they took it off the air.
Joel |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2025 ) |
seejay2 |
You want to know the funny part, Joel? We have DirecTv and cable going which means there are 200 million channels to pick from. Wife still heads right for 2,5,7 & 9!
Bozo's Circus? I'm not so sure that show was for kids. Lot's of adult innuendo in there and I loved it. We had guys in school get into trouble because they went home for lunch and failed to return on time for class because they go wrapped up in the Bozo show....Cj
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05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2026 ) |
cartoonguy |
Hey I was at the campaign rally with Dirty Dragon for President in Harrison Park, B.J. and DD also came to the Parthenon Theatre for a big stage show, it featured cartoons, and sketches, fun times they were. Some of my favorite childhood television memories; The Three Stooges with Bob (Bozo) Bell as old Andy Clyde, Little Rascals, Creature Features, Charlie Chan ,Sherlock Holms, Laurel & Hardy, and Abbott & Costello films shown every weekend. |
05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2027 ) |
Joel357 |
Yeah seejay, Andy Clyde (Bob Bell) would always warn, us kids, not to do what the Stooges were doing. He said it was just an act, kind of like "you'll shoot your eye out kid" type of warning.
I also remember coming home for lunch and watching Bozo's Circus. We lived on Belmont Place, in Munster and I went to James B. Eads Elementary School. It would take about 5 or so minutes home. Enough time to watch a good part of the program. I wanted my mom to send away for tickets but she said that by the time we would get them, I would be 15 or 16 years and would no longer be interested in going. I said not true and when I was older I would tease her about not getting them. There was always something interesting to watch but now sometimes we have all these channels and sometimes I can't find anything interesting on.
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05-12-2008
( Reply#: 2028 ) |
Joel357 |
CJ, I got into Rocky and Bullwinkle also. I enjoyed thay cartoon alot, it was good entertainment when you were a young kid. If you watched that show continuously over the years you grow into the adult humor. I wish TV Land would play them every so often they used to a few years back. |
05-14-2008
( Reply#: 2039 ) |
Tom J |
OK, this is a test of my memory, and I would appreciate someone telling me if I am correct.
I'm trying to recall the TV stations that we grew up watching in The Region and their network affiliations. Please remember that I have not lived in Hammond since 1971. I'm pretty sure that I have this right, but I would like to have someone confirm it for me.
Is this list correct?
2 CBS
5 NBC
7 ABC
9 WGN
11 PBS
If the above is correct for the 1950s and 1960s, is it still correct today, as far as network affiliations?
Thanks.
Also, am I correctly matching the TV show with its channel in the following list?
Gunsmoke 2
Wonderful World of Disney 5
Andy Griffith Show 2
Bonanza 2
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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05-14-2008
( Reply#: 2041 ) |
cartoonguy |
Bonanza was on channel 5 (NBC)
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05-14-2008
( Reply#: 2042 ) |
seejay2 |
Channel 11 is WTTW now and PBS is a cable channel, Ch. 56 I believe in this area. It is in Merrillville. I have a nephew who was a cameraman for PBS a few years ago until he went to Californee to take a shot at super-stardom on some soap opera, "All My Children" I believe. He didn't make it. He now waits tables in Frisco.
I didn't realize that Bob Bell was "Andy", Joel. I knew those clowns could cover their drunkedness falling all over themselves on Bozo, but Andy came on reletively straight.
As much as they tried to tell us not to do what the Stooges did, there were always those guys who saw nothing wrong in slapping someone across the mouth or trying to hook another guy in the nose with a crowbar just for looking at him the wrong way......CJ |
05-14-2008
( Reply#: 2043 ) |
Joel357 |
When my family finally got color TV, around the timme of the 1968 Democratic convention riots, we were able to see it in living color. However, we discovered UHF. On Sundays there was professional wrestling and womens rollerderby on channel 26. One of the sponsors was Ben's Auto Sales, I believe. It was real shlock TV but, very funny and entertaining. The professional wrestlers, most of them appeared to be overweight, beer guzzlers. The women on rollerderby, I could have sworn a few them were men. |
05-14-2008
( Reply#: 2044 ) |
cartoonguy |
Anyone remember the awful “Kiddie A Go-Go”, it was on channel 26 during the mid sixties? That was a time when you had to hook up your antenna to a toaster to get a clear picture. Here are some memories courtesy of YouTube;
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kiddie+a+go-go&search_type= |
05-15-2008
( Reply#: 2045 ) |
seejay2 |
Oh Good God! I never knew of "Kiddie A Go Go"! After watching one episode of that on YouTube (the New Colony Six one), I probably could have gone through the rest of my life without ever hearing of it. How long did that last, I wonder?...Cj |
05-21-2008
( Reply#: 2049 ) |
duane |
Here's a fun site to explore. All you Clutch Cargo, Spinner, Paddlefoot, Diver Dan, Baron Baracuda, and Trigger Fish, and other early Chicago TV fans can find something you like and watch as much as you can afford! If you explore a bit within this site, you'll dredge up childhood memories you'd long forgotten. Or as Shep would say "the effluvia of your juvenilia" will come flooding back!
http://www.tvondvdshop.com/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=193&deptnr=1043 |
05-29-2008
( Reply#: 2059 ) |
Jim R |
Of course, who could forget the saturday morning cartoons and the saturday afternoon westerns?
Harding Class of '67
Morton Class of '72 |
07-16-2008
( Reply#: 2132 ) |
Alan Vandever |
I have two names for you. Does anyone remember Lash Rarue? He was a bull whip snapping cow boy clad in black and my hero when I was about 6.
How about Mr. Peepers? Oh, and does anyone remember the science professor. I forget what it was called, but he always had a guest boy or girl and did experiements. |
07-16-2008
( Reply#: 2137 ) |
Tom J |
Oh, man, Alan! Mr. Peepers! I'll bet the last time I thought about that show was over 40 years ago, maybe 50. I was born in 1949, and the show ran from the time I was three until just after I turned six. My memories of the show are very vague, but I do remember it.
quote:
Originally posted by Alan Vandever
I have two names for you. Does anyone remember Lash Rarue? He was a bull whip snapping cow boy clad in black and my hero when I was about 6.
How about Mr. Peepers? Oh, and does anyone remember the science professor. I forget what it was called, but he always had a guest boy or girl and did experiements.
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
07-16-2008
( Reply#: 2138 ) |
Alan Vandever |
I'm two years older than you but I don't remember it that well either. I do remember he was a small man with glasses and a twinky voice. It was a comedy.
Hey, how about The Life of Reilly? "What a revolting development this is." |
07-17-2008
( Reply#: 2140 ) |
Bill Bucko |
quote:
Originally posted by Alan Vandever... Oh, and does anyone remember the science professor. I forget what it was called, but he always had a guest boy or girl and did experiements.
WATCH MR. WIZARD, of course! (Real name, Don Herbert.)
I own an autographed copy of one of his experiment books. His website is:
http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/
Hundreds of scientists say they owe their early inspiration to him. A gem of a man. (No, don't bring up that cynical rumor about him. It's nothing but a dirty rumor.)
I just see that he died in June of last year:
http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/05/mr_wizard_qanda
But he will be fondly remembered, for a long time to come!
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
07-17-2008
( Reply#: 2141 ) |
Bill Bucko |
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert :
"Donald Jeffry Herbert (born Donald Herbert Kemske; July 10, 1917 – June 12, 2007), better known as "Mr. Wizard", was the host of two popular television shows about science aimed at children ...
the series Watch Mr. Wizard premiered on March 3, 1951. The weekly 30-minute show featured Herbert as Mr. Wizard, with a young assistant who watched while Herbert performed interesting science experiments. The experiments, many of which seemed impossible at first glance, were usually simple enough to be re-created by viewers. The show was very successful. 547 live episodes were created before it was canceled in 1965 ...
Awards
Herbert won a Peabody Award for his work on Watch Mr. Wizard.
Three Thomas Alva Edison National Mass Media Awards
In 1991, Herbert received the Robert A. Millikan award from the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for his "notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics."
1994 James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry from the American Chemical Society "
Some of the DVDs for sale at his website include shows from the '50s! I've just ordered 2 DVDs!
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
09-08-2008
( Reply#: 2286 ) |
dilligaf717 |
The guy on Clutch Cargo that was always sinking in the quicksand was his pal, Swampy. Also, wasn't it bueuregard Burnside the third? Had to really kick some cobwebs out for that one. I'm glad I found this site. It is already on my favs list.
My family moved back to Hammond in early 1959. We lived on Bertram Street (7931) until March of 68, when we moved to Munster. My Dad got transferred to Ohio between my junior and senior years of high school, 1970. I moved to Texas in75 and have been here ever since.
I brought my wife back to Hammond in 06, took her around to all of the places I could find. Place has really changed in the last thirty years.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
09-08-2008
( Reply#: 2289 ) |
briz57 |
WELL IF THE TOPIC IS T.V.SHOWS THEN YOU HAVE TO PLUG IN:
CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU, SKY KING, COMBAT, THE RAT PATROL, McHALE'S NAVY, THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, LASSIE, MY MOTHER THE CAR, GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, 77 SUNSET STRIP, DRAGNET, HAWAII 50, MANNIX, THE 3 STOOGES, LAUREL AND HARDY, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE OUTER LIMITS, THE HONEYMOONERS, THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW, I LOVE LUCY, BRANDED, THEN CAME BRONSON, THE MUNSTERS, THE MONKEYS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, I DREAM OF JEANIE, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, THE BRADY BUNCH, IT'S ABOUT TIME, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, GOMER PYLE USMC,
ROMPER ROOM{ANSWER FOR THE QUESTION ON A PRIOR POST}, THE BIG VALLEY, PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES, THE TONIGHT SHOW, CREATURE FEATURES[WITH SVENGOULIE][ MAY HAVE BEEN EARLY 70's], TOO MANY TO LIST...MY FINGERS ARE CRAMPING !!!LOL
BRIZ 1957 |
09-08-2008
( Reply#: 2290 ) |
Jim R |
Car 54 Where Are You. I loved that show. My favorite was the "Muldoon's Girlfriend" episode. I would love to see that series brought back as reruns.
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09-08-2008
( Reply#: 2291 ) |
briz57 |
WASN'T TOBOR THE GREAT [ROBOT SPELLED BACKWARDS]ANYWAY WAS THAT NOT THE SAME ROBOT [ROBBIE THE ROBOT] IN PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE ???
SEEMS LIKE IT WAS...OR VERY SIMILAR ANYWAY...
I KNOW IT WAS FAR DIFFERENT THEN THE ROBOT IN LOST IN SPACE...
B
BRIZ 1957 |
09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2319 ) |
dilligaf717 |
Soes anyone remember a program called "Cannon Ball?" It was about two truck drivers who went around doing good deeds for people. I remember it vivdly but I can't fing any information anywhere on the net.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2320 ) |
briz57 |
DON'T REALLY REMEMBER IT VERY WELL, BUT HERES A LINK FOR INFO...
www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/Can/Cannonball.htm
BRIZ 1957 |
09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2322 ) |
Alan Vandever |
OK, I have a couple more.........Stoney Burke, staring Jack Lord as a rodeo champion. I do remember Canonball but don't remember who was in it. How about Route 66? What was the name of the series with Robert Conrad and another guy with "Kricket" the singer. I think it was set in Hawaii. They were private eyes living on a houseboat. I think it was Conrad's first series.
Hey briz57, if you still live in the area, you can still see 90% of the shows you mentioned on channel 23, (Me TV).
Does anyone remember "Highway Patrol" with Bradrick Crawford...10/4, 10/4, 10/4. |
09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2323 ) |
dilligaf717 |
After I posted the message about "Cannonball," I looked harder. Seems like the more words you use, the better the response you get. What A Concept. Anyway, look at imdb.com. They have a great description of the show. A few reviews also. The episode about the kid with the iron lung was one of my more prominenet memories of this show.
Sitting on the Texas gulf coast, waiting for Ike to make up his mind.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
09-11-2008
( Reply#: 2325 ) |
duane |
I don't believe the robot from Tobor the great is the same as Robbie.
It's been years since I've seen either movie, but I think Tobor was his own unique robot. Someone else commented about this a while back, so I know that there is a TOBOR expert out there in Sheptalk land who can definitively provide the answer to this. Where are you? |
09-12-2008
( Reply#: 2329 ) |
briz57 |
WELL, I'M ABOUT 2mi FROM THE OLD M G M STUDIOS (NOW SONY PICTURES STUDIOS) AND 3mi FROM THE OLD DESILU STUDIO (R K O PICTURES)NOW CULVER STUDIOS...
I MISTAKENLY POSTED "PLAN 9" WHEN I SHOULD HAVE POSTED "THE FORBIDDEN PLANET" WHICH WAS AN MGM PRODUCTION A YEAR LATER THEN "TOBOR"...
ROBBY WAS IN ANOTHER MOVIE CALLED "THE INVISABLE BOY"...
BUT NOT "TOBOR THE GREAT" WHICH WAS MADE IN 1955 OR A YEAR EARLIER THEN "FORBIDDEN PLANET"...
THIS WAS BUGGING ME SO I LOOKED THE INFO UP ON IMDb SITE...
I GUESS I SHOULD TAKE THE TOUR THRU SONY/MGM AND SEE WHATS THERE... LOL
BRIZ 1957 |
09-12-2008
( Reply#: 2335 ) |
Alan Vandever |
I thought Robbie was introduced in, "Monsters from the ID". |
09-12-2008
( Reply#: 2337 ) |
briz57 |
I PULLED THIS OFF THE IMDb SITE... IT'S THE SAME MOVIE, JUST A DIFFERENT TITLE...
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THE OLD SHOWS STILL IN RERUNS, BUT EVEN MORE LIKE ROY ROGERS, THE LIFE OF RILEY, CAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU?, AND OTHER GREAT SHOWS WILL NEVER BE ON AGAIN... EVEN T.V. LAND WILL PROBABLY NEVER SHOW THEM...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/trivia
Height
7' 6" (2.29 m)
Mini Biography
Robby was the brainchild of, and designed by Robert Kino****a, and built in mid-1955 by the MGM prop department, at a reported cost of $125,000.00 from blueprint plans provided by industrial designer, Japanese-American engineer Robert Kino****a, to 'star' in the epic science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956) and its B-movie followup The Invisible Boy (1957) a year later. Robby the Robot has become one of the most popular robot icons in the history of movies and media, as recognizable as George Lucas' erstwhile comedy team of R2-D2 and C-3PO who 'co-starred' in his epic sci-fi fantasy Star Wars (1977).
IMDb Mini Biography By: Donald John Long
BRIZ 1957 |
09-13-2008
( Reply#: 2338 ) |
seejay2 |
Just for kicks, does anybody remember what the name of the robot was in "Lost in Space"?...........Cj (No, it wasn't "Cj") |
09-13-2008
( Reply#: 2340 ) |
duane |
I had to google it, because I only ever heard him called Robot.
However, the website I found said he came in a crate which was labeled with the following:
General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Robot. With the first letter of each word in bold red on the crate, the Acronym, which could be said to be his name was GUNTER. (I like Robot better!) |
09-13-2008
( Reply#: 2342 ) |
seejay2 |
To my knowledge, "Robot" is the only way they ever addressed it. "Robot, go here! Robot, do that!". I always got a charge out of how it would start with the "Danger! Danger! Aliens approaching!" routine and his arms would swing around like slinkies.
Maybe they should buy up a couple thousand of those and place them along the Mexican border.......Cj |
09-13-2008
( Reply#: 2343 ) |
dilligaf717 |
I live close to Mexico, believe me, they'd be made into bar b que pits in a heartbeat. LOL.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
09-14-2008
( Reply#: 2347 ) |
seejay2 |
If you could program the arms to flip the burgers and brush the ribs, you might have product here......Cj |
09-14-2008
( Reply#: 2348 ) |
dilligaf717 |
With my luck, I'd be one of the "Lucky" ones caught hiring illegals and end up in the jailhouse. LOL
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
09-14-2008
( Reply#: 2349 ) |
Alan Vandever |
Com'n now, Robby the robot was designed to do more than flip burgers,
I'd really like to train him to wash and wax my car. |
09-14-2008
( Reply#: 2350 ) |
seejay2 |
That particular model could be your car.....Cj
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/Robey.jpg[/IMG] |
09-15-2008
( Reply#: 2351 ) |
Alan Vandever |
I'm afraid the chassis of my car doesn't have such smooth lines. |
09-28-2008
( Reply#: 2366 ) |
scienceguy |
You talked about Ray Rayner the duck's name was Chevelston not to mention Cuddly Duddley. I still have a photo hand out that Ray handed out with Hi, Signed Ray Rayner.
You also mention Dirty Dragon I have a couple of Dirty Dragon for President buttons that are still in good shape after 40 years. |
09-28-2008
( Reply#: 2367 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by scienceguy
You talked about Ray Rayner the duck's name was Chevelston not to mention Cuddly Duddley. I still have a photo hand out that Ray handed out with Hi, Signed Ray Rayner.
You also mention Dirty Dragon I have a couple of Dirty Dragon for President buttons that are still in good shape after 40 years.
I think the duck's name was spelled "Chelveston." That's the way it was pronounced, anyway.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
10-01-2008
( Reply#: 2371 ) |
duane |
I loved how Ray always had that one piece jump suit on and would feed Chelveston lettuce! They sure don't make shows like that anymore. I miss the simplicity of it all. |
01-20-2009
( Reply#: 2688 ) |
seejay2 |
I just saw today that Bob May, the guy inside of the "Robot" suit on the "Lost in Space" series, passed away. I don't know how long it will last, but here is a link to the story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyL-6Yym4W__Filb61G4GeeWuUvAD95PTFL01
Cj |
01-21-2009
( Reply#: 2689 ) |
diskojoe |
Hey gang, I was over my friend Bob's house a couple of nights ago. He's into old Hannah-Barbara cartoons & he had a DVD set of Lippy the Lion cartoons, which, shall we say, was not exactly kosher. Anway, one of the bonus features was a 1/2 hr. worth of old commercials for kid products from the 50s to the 70s. It started out w/the Flintstones shilling for Winston cigarettes, w/Fred & Barney actually puffing away on the cigs. There was also a bunch of commercials for Ipana toothpaste featuring the Mickey Mouse Club kids, with an offer of autographed pictures of the gang if you pestered your mother to buy a lot of Ipana toothpaste. There was also a series of cereal commercials for Kellog's Corn Flakes, Wheaties & some cereal called Honey Oats made by Nasbisco, as well as an Etch-A-Sketch commercial & for other games. Finally, there was a commerical for Tootsie Rolls in which they depict employees of the Tootsie Roll plant coming home from work in an armoured car to prevent the neighborhood kids to mob them. The condition of the commercials was amazingly good, considering the source. |
01-23-2009
( Reply#: 2691 ) |
svea3 |
[:I]Sounds like real ole fashioned fun. I remember Honey Oats, BUT I only got oatmeal with raisins and , of course , milk.
Linda
Morton from K to 12 |
01-30-2009
( Reply#: 2716 ) |
SpaceCat |
Lots of great memories here!
As a now-old space guy, of course I was nuts for space shows as a kid... Flash Gordon, Tom Corbett, Captain Midnight.... and there was another one from prime-time in the early '60's I think called "Men In Space." I remember the hero astronaut was Col. McCaully- and we were envious of the kids on the block that had Col. McCaully space helmets. I never got one- they were expensive for the time- but I did have a Steve Canyon jet pilot helmet. [:D]
Some obscure '60's shows I liked- I mentioned "The Everglades" in my post on Shep's Signal Corp days, and when the spy craze hit my favorite was "T.H.E. Cat" with Robert Loggia. While not actually a spy, 'Cat' was the coolest guy on TV ever! [8D] |
01-31-2009
( Reply#: 2722 ) |
Bill Bucko |
Don't forget "Science Fiction Theatre," from 1955-57, with great theme music, hosted by Truman Bradley. Distress calls from outer space, voices from the death of Pompei frozen in rock, flying saucers, a scientist eaten alive by termites, mysterious living lights, death rays, a South American cave holding the skeleton of a visitor from the sky--that series had it all. I bought a complete set of the show on E-Bay.
Another favorite was "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger," earlier in the decade. I saw only one or two episodes of "Captain Video"--unlike other shows, very little from it has survived.
"Man and the Challenge" -- great music -- only one episode is currently available, on VHS.
The greatest thrill of all, though, was watching the old "Flash Gordon" serials on TV on Sunday mornings. I still treasure the personally autographed photos Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers sent me.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
02-01-2009
( Reply#: 2723 ) |
seejay2 |
You could not pull me from the TV when it was "Science Fiction Theater" time. That was one of my favorites. Another one, presented by "Alcoa" was "One Step Beyond" hosted by John Newland. The music, by Harry Lubin, that played throughout the show was (and still is) the most haunting and yet beautiful score I have ever heard. They were, appropriately enough, named "Fear" and Wierd". Not long ago I bought the CD with the Harry Lubin "One Step Beyond" music on it.
There was another Chicago based show I can't remember the name of though. I think they showed the Flash Gordon series, but the part I liked was during the break, just before the commercials, the kids would call in and pick one of the planets displayed on a board. The show host would then take that planet from the board and underneath it would be some kind of question that would earn you a prize (a box of Snickers or something) if you answered it right.
To me, that was easier than tossing a ping-pong ball into buckets. I still can't get past two.....Cj |
02-01-2009
( Reply#: 2724 ) |
duane |
I wasn't the avid sci-fi buff like some of you forum members, but Sunday mornings were Flash Gordon time! Being raised in a Catholic family, going to church was mandatory (under penalty of mortal sin), but I would hurry home to watch Flash.
Dr. Zarkov was my favorite...the science officer long before Spock ever took that role. I loved his machines and gadgets with the dials, knobs, and that thing that had an electric arc that climbed up between two electrodes.
Even as a kid, I always wondered about the Space ships however. While they looked very cool, their propusion system (those puffs of dark smoke and the buzzing) always seemed inadequate and like they would fall out of the sky at any moment.
Other favorites were Ming...very good in his alien sinister way. The big guys with the Wings - they were Flash's friends, but I don't remember the name of their species; and the great Floating City. |
02-01-2009
( Reply#: 2725 ) |
duane |
Does anyone remember "the Story Teller" on Channel 11 (public TV)?
The show would open showing a bookcase full of books and then zoom in on a bookend holding up some books. The bookend had a little statue of a guy (who kind of looked like Link from the Zelda game). Then he would come to life and read a story to all the listeners. |
02-01-2009
( Reply#: 2726 ) |
Bill Bucko |
Duane, you're far better than I am at identifying earth flora, but I clearly have the jump on you when it comes to the denizens of Mongo. Those were the Hawk Men, of course, led by King Vultan--Flash's enemies, at first, but later they became allies.
Dr. Zarkov was a great favorite of mine, too. I have models of his rocket ship, and of Ming's.
In "The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll" (from Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories) Shep tells (page 272) of a fist fight he had with Schwartz, over who was better, Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. That fight was (1) utterly pointless, since Buster Crabbe portrayed both heroes in the serials, and (2) totally a figment of Shep's imagination, as you can see by doing the math. As I recall, the Buck Rogers comic strip premiered around 1929, and Flash Gordon in 1935. Now, Shep was born in 1921. Fourteen+ year olds fighting over a girl--maybe. Over comic strip characters--no way.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
02-04-2009
( Reply#: 2742 ) |
Cindy M |
TV was great!
I remember if we wanted to watch the cartoon shows that came on early in the morning, we had to be very, very quiet!
H.R. Pufnstuff was a favorite of my little sister, along with B.J. and Dirty Dragon show featuring Speed Racer.
The Prize Movie with Ione was a hoot. She hosted a really chopped down movie, and did exercises and things during the movie breaks.
Mom usually had the Lee Philip Show on at what seemed like around lunch time.
All us kids in the neighborhood went absolutely wild when the Batman show began.
Dad loved to watch hockey alot. He would be stretched out in the reclining chair, seemingly sound asleep, mouth agape and snoring. One of us kids would sneak over to change the channel, when...whadda ya know...Dad: "I'm watching that!". |
02-05-2009
( Reply#: 2745 ) |
cartoonguy |
---In reply to---Does anyone remember "the Story Teller" on Channel 11 (public TV)?
I do; The Storyteller - about a bookend elf that comes to life when 'Greensleeves' is playing and then proceeds to read a story of the day for us kids. I recall watching it around 1966, and it was part of a thirty minute time block, along with the show “The Friendly Giant”, each running fifteen minutes long.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Giant |
02-05-2009
( Reply#: 2746 ) |
duane |
Thanks....I was beginning to think it was all a dream. I'd forgotten about Greensleeves as the theme, but your mention of it brought it all back. Thanks again. |
05-11-2009
( Reply#: 3064 ) |
wvcogs |
Garfield Goose and Friends
How about this familiar looking jacket? I took the picture about ten years ago at the radio and television museum in the old Chicago Public Library building at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. For pictures of Frazier Thomas wearing this jacket with his friend Garfield and others, take a look at this site: [url="http://www.rogersbasement.com/Garfieldgoose.htm"]Garfield Goose and Friends [/url]
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/FrazierThomas.jpg[/img] |
05-11-2009
( Reply#: 3066 ) |
tom w |
Alan:
The name of the show that you mentioned was Surfside Six. Cricket Blake was Connie Stevens. Kookie was Eddie Burns. Remember the song, Kookie, Kookie, Lend me your comb? Surfside Six was the address of the boat in Miami Beach. Thats the way I remember anyhow.
My favorite will always be Soupy Sales with his dogs "Pooky and Hippy" Tom W
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05-11-2009
( Reply#: 3068 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
Garfield Goose and Friends
How about this familiar looking jacket? I took the picture about ten years ago at the radio and television museum in the old Chicago Public Library building at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. For pictures of Frazier Thomas wearing this jacket with his friend Garfield and others, take a look at this site: [url="http://www.rogersbasement.com/Garfieldgoose.htm"]Garfield Goose and Friends [/url]
Ken...
Thanks, Ken!
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
05-11-2009
( Reply#: 3069 ) |
Alan Vandever |
Tom W.
You're right, it was Surf Side Six but, Kookie Was from 77 sunset strip. |
05-11-2009
( Reply#: 3070 ) |
tom w |
Alan;
You are absolutely correct. Also Soupy's dogs were White Fang and Black Tooth. Well, I guess old age is catching up with me. Thank you.
Tom W. |
05-12-2009
( Reply#: 3072 ) |
Bill Bucko |
Ken, why didn't you say you were interested? As Tom J. already knows, I have special connections. In addition to being an official card-carrying member of Captain Midnight's 1957 Secret Squadron, I also have an "in" with Garfield Goose:
[IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w292/billbucko/GarfieldGoosecard1950sfront.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w292/billbucko/GarfieldGoosecard1950sback.jpg[/IMG]
How's that! I'm even giving you his secret code!
(Though actually, any kid with a copy of that old stand-by, Herbert S. Zim's Codes and Secret Writing, could break such a simple code in a few minutes.)
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
05-15-2009
( Reply#: 3075 ) |
Pro2am |
Tom,
I thought that Kookie was one of the characters on "77 Sunset Strip". Not sure; it's been a long time. [?]
As was already mentioned, White Fang (a la Jack London) and Black Tooth were Soupy Sales' dogs. Pookie was a lion and Hippy a hippopotamus.
The Soupy Sales Show (the originals, not the late '60s and on version [or was it '70s?) was also one of my favorites. He released two albums in 1961-'62, both of which we still have.
Mike Rapchak Jr.
quote:
Originally posted by tom w
Alan:
The name of the show that you mentioned was Surfside Six. Cricket Blake was Connie Stevens. Kookie was Eddie Burns. Remember the song, Kookie, Kookie, Lend me your comb? Surfside Six was the address of the boat in Miami Beach. Thats the way I remember anyhow.
My favorite will always be Soupy Sales with his dogs "Pooky and Hippy" Tom W
|
05-15-2009
( Reply#: 3076 ) |
tom w |
Pro2am;
Yup. I think of all the shows on TV, Soupy was by far the fastest. It seemed to me that it was over way too fast. He will always rate up there with my all time kings, Stanley and Oliver. You are lucky to have that momento just like Bill is with the membership card. Tom W. |
05-28-2009
( Reply#: 3133 ) |
wvcogs |
[:D] [:D] DIRTY DRAGON FOR PRESIDENT [:D] [:D]
Yep, here are a couple more photos from the O'Neal archives (as in attic) that were taken at the Dirty Dragon presidential campaign rally in Harrison Park in Hammond in 1968. My oldest son was 5 at the time and was a "card carrying" supporter of Dirty.
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Dirty-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Dirty-2.jpg[/img] |
05-30-2009
( Reply#: 3147 ) |
svea3 |
quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
Hey, something good old Bill Bucko said in another thread gave me the idea to start this thread.
Why don't we talk about those great old shows that we used to watch so faithfully during the 50s and 60s? Kids shows, regular shows, whatever.
Anyone remember Two Ton Baker? Captain Kangaroo; Garfield Goose; Howdy Doody: Kukla, Fran, and Ollie; Mickey Mouse Club, Rin Tin Tin, Sky King? What show did Ray Raymer host? Who watched Gunsmoke? Bonanza? Wagon Train? What about "The Wonderful World of Disney?"
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG]
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05-30-2009
( Reply#: 3148 ) |
svea3 |
What a blast to read all your info. I was talking to my friend who a year older and a Finn from Minnesota and she had never heard of Kukla Fran and Ollie . It must of been our proximity to Chicagoland!
[;)]
|
07-17-2009
( Reply#: 3362 ) |
Pro2am |
Bill,
I find it intriguing that I don't remember the show "Man and The Challenge". However, I do own an original 45rpm copy of the theme song. I love the music. [:)]
Mike Rapchak Jr.
==========================
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Bucko
Don't forget "Science Fiction Theatre," from 1955-57, with great theme music, hosted by Truman Bradley. Distress calls from outer space, voices from the death of Pompei frozen in rock, flying saucers, a scientist eaten alive by termites, mysterious living lights, death rays, a South American cave holding the skeleton of a visitor from the sky--that series had it all. I bought a complete set of the show on E-Bay.
Another favorite was "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger," earlier in the decade. I saw only one or two episodes of "Captain Video"--unlike other shows, very little from it has survived.
"Man and the Challenge" -- great music -- only one episode is currently available, on VHS.
The greatest thrill of all, though, was watching the old "Flash Gordon" serials on TV on Sunday mornings. I still treasure the personally autographed photos Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers sent me.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63
|
07-17-2009
( Reply#: 3363 ) |
Pro2am |
Spacecat,
I remember "Men In Space". I still have an old monophonic LP that contains the theme song.
Also, there was a "Steve Canyon" series back in the late '50s that aired on Saturday evenings. [:)]
Mike Rapchak Jr.
P.S. Anyone rememeber "The Buccaneers"? Also a Stauday-evening show back then.
===============================
quote:
Originally posted by SpaceCat
Lots of great memories here!
As a now-old space guy, of course I was nuts for space shows as a kid... Flash Gordon, Tom Corbett, Captain Midnight.... and there was another one from prime-time in the early '60's I think called "Men In Space." I remember the hero astronaut was Col. McCaully- and we were envious of the kids on the block that had Col. McCaully space helmets. I never got one- they were expensive for the time- but I did have a Steve Canyon jet pilot helmet. [:D]
Some obscure '60's shows I liked- I mentioned "The Everglades" in my post on Shep's Signal Corp days, and when the spy craze hit my favorite was "T.H.E. Cat" with Robert Loggia. While not actually a spy, 'Cat' was the coolest guy on TV ever! [8D]
|
12-07-2009
( Reply#: 4126 ) |
Jay |
My favorite Chicago television program was Shock Theater on channel 7 (WLS). The male host was dressed in black and wore dark shades just like a beatnik.
I also was a member of the Dick Tracy crimefighters club. I had my own ID card with decoder, similar to the Garfield Goose card posted earlier. |
12-08-2009
( Reply#: 4144 ) |
Bill Bucko |
quote:
Originally posted by Jay
My favorite Chicago television program was Shock Theater on channel 7 (WLS). The male host was dressed in black and wore dark shades just like a beatnik. ...
I remember characters on Shock Theater named Shorty (very tall) and Orville. And fascinating movies like "The Mad Ghoul" (from which I learned the word "cardiactomy"). Unfortunately, my parents rarely let me watch the program.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
12-08-2009
( Reply#: 4150 ) |
Jim Plummer |
Don't you remember Marvin and his wife 'Dear' and how he was always killing her with kindness during the commercial breaks? Marvin's real name was Terry Johnson[?]. He and his wife relocated to Florida and I believe I found an obit on him somewhere on line.quote:
Originally posted by Bill Bucko
quote:
Originally posted by Jay
My favorite Chicago television program was Shock Theater on channel 7 (WLS). The male host was dressed in black and wore dark shades just like a beatnik. ...
I remember characters on Shock Theater named Shorty (very tall) and Orville. And fascinating movies like "The Mad Ghoul" (from which I learned the word "cardiactomy"). Unfortunately, my parents rarely let me watch the program.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63
|
07-27-2010
( Reply#: 5923 ) |
Jim Plummer |
I was going to stick this under Other Icons from the Past but then I saw this and I thought why not.
I just wanted to mention that my wife and I have been watching LAWMAN and the black and white GUNSMOKE on the Westerns channel lately. We enjoy both shows and I think they hold up well. The genuine friendship the actors have for each other comes through very well. I can see why GUNSMOKE lasted 20 years. |
07-27-2010
( Reply#: 5924 ) |
seejay2 |
Marvin's real name was Terry Bennett. "Dear's" name is (still alive) Joy.....Cj |
07-27-2010
( Reply#: 5925 ) |
Tom J |
Hey, Mr. seejay2, it's about time we heard from you!
How does it feel to officially be a Kentucky Hillbilly? [:D]
Tom |
07-28-2010
( Reply#: 5926 ) |
Jim Plummer |
I stand corrected on Marvin's last name. Just think if I hadn't brought this thead back, no one would have noticed me incorrectness! |
07-28-2010
( Reply#: 5932 ) |
seejay2 |
I didn't realize that the Marvin thing was reaching all the way back into last year until I posted it, but I swear to God I won't tell anyone about your mistake.......Cj |
07-28-2010
( Reply#: 5933 ) |
seejay2 |
Hey y'all!
Can I actually be a Kentucky Hillbilly even with all this Yankee blood flowing thru my veins??. Is it just a matter of geographic location or would it help if I threw my shoes away too?......Cjquote:
Originally posted by Tom J
Hey, Mr. seejay2, it's about time we heard from you!
How does it feel to officially be a Kentucky Hillbilly? [:D]
Tom
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07-29-2010
( Reply#: 5934 ) |
Jim Plummer |
Seejay, Have you developed the accent? I think that is the question you need to address for us. I knew a guy from Chicago who repaired escalators. He moved down to Memphis and developed the heaviest accent you ever heard in about six months! When I've been in the south, I always listen to how people voice y'all-it does vary. When I was at Morton, I thought that southern accents started someplace around Kentland,Ind. I'm not sure that's the case anymore. |
07-30-2010
( Reply#: 5937 ) |
seejay2 |
Hi Jim--When I was at Morton, the Mason-Dixon Line started for me at Route 30, but the accent layer overlapped as far north as Youngstown Sheet & Tube. This was where I began to study "Yammer 101", of course not thinking for a moment that I would ever live this far south.
My realtor did drop a few tips on me to include:
When you speak to one person, it's "y'all"; more than one, it's "all y'all" (y'alls is possesive; e.g. "this is y'alls' stuff").
Secondly, the difference between a 'Yankee' and a 'damn Yankee' is that a 'damn Yankee' is the one that doesn't go back home.
One thing that I have found out on my own though, proper etiquette says that the 'Yankee' should wave first, whether you are walking, driving or in the boat,----wave first!!
Seriously though, years ago I spent some time in Jersey and New York. I didn't realize it, but I was told I had picked up that accent, which has since faded back to "Chicago style" Foulmouth....Cj |
07-30-2010
( Reply#: 5939 ) |
Jim Plummer |
CJ, when I moved to Ca. I learned two things:There is no life east of Sepulveda Ave.(Pacific Coast Highway) and "Welcome to Ca.,Now go home!" |
07-30-2010
( Reply#: 5940 ) |
seejay2 |
Jim, I concur.
I spent about 5 weeks in Redondo Beach (1970; right after Nam). If you really want to build up a name for yourself there, do what I did:
I was with several vets one evening in my car, which was a green '69 Fury III. Someone suggested we go to some park out there. I pulled into this park and there were dozens of cars all over. The smell of grass (yes, that grass) was pretty thick in the air. Right away, cars were starting up and leaving. Shortly, my car was the only one left there. Pat (from Torrance), sitting in that back seat, starts laughing about all of this. It seems that my car was an exact match (barring the IND plates and snow tires) for one that was used by the state cops for undercover work....Cj |
07-31-2010
( Reply#: 5941 ) |
Jim Plummer |
CJ, You have my curiousity up. As I live in Torrance and have lived in Redondo,do you remember where this park is at. This is a story I'm going to enjoy telling the guys over at the gym. I didn't move out here til '74 so I missed out on this. |
08-01-2010
( Reply#: 5942 ) |
seejay2 |
I have absolutely no idea which park that was, Jim. In fact, I didn't know then. I was just doing the driving. I will drop some names on you though; Chuck Arrasmith, Pat Calderone and Pete Al(h?)grim. These were all Nam vets I hooked up with out there. Pat had a brother attending San Diego Law university and we spent some time down there as well.......Cj |
08-01-2010
( Reply#: 5943 ) |
Jim Plummer |
CJ,There's a small park up at the corner near me next to the 405 freeway-I'll just imagine that was the place. I had a similiar thing happen once when I was working an audio-video tech job at a convention in Westwood. I was attired in a jacket, tie and white shirt toting a walkie-talkie. I routed three hookers just by walking past a bench in a hotel lobby! They thought I was security. |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5945 ) |
seejay2 |
I was a little concerned that some noid just might walk up to the window and start blasting away or something, but with Pat laughing in the back seat---well, it helped..........Cj |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5947 ) |
Jim Plummer |
Did anybody notice that Mitch MIller died at age 99? |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5948 ) |
Tom J |
Yes, I did, Jim. Wow! 99 years! That's a long time to live, and it sounds like he must have been pretty healthy until just a short time before his death.
Tom |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5950 ) |
BobK |
My Uncle, Len Hood of the former Hood's Sales and Service, is 100 today.
Bob
[img]http://home.comcast.net/~rkekeis/Bob1.jpg[/img] |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5951 ) |
Tom J |
That is FANTASTIC, Bob! What kind of business was Hood's Sales and Service? Where were they located?
Tom |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5952 ) |
seejay2 |
Does it count when you are 61 but feel like 100? |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5953 ) |
BobK |
That's about how I feel CJ.
Tom, it was an auto repair shop at the corner of Calumet and 174th Pl across Calumet from the old Model grocery store.
Bob
[img]http://home.comcast.net/~rkekeis/Bob1.jpg[/img] |
08-03-2010
( Reply#: 5954 ) |
tom w |
It was a great shop with very competent, honest, people. I used them several times. Lenny is quite a guy. Best to him on his birthday. He certainly deserve it. Tom W |
11-10-2010
( Reply#: 6233 ) |
justinkemp |
Well.... I personally don't like any of those shows :( Sorry!!!
But I do like
The Vampire Diaries
Pretty little liars
Supernatural etc.
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11-14-2010
( Reply#: 6239 ) |
Jim Plummer |
For what it's worth: there is a new Kukla, Fran and Ollie dvd set coming out from Amazon.com next week. |
11-14-2010
( Reply#: 6241 ) |
Bill Bucko |
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Plummer
For what it's worth: there is a new Kukla, Fran and Ollie dvd set coming out from Amazon.com next week.
Thanks! Looks good to me; I'm a Kuklapolitan:
Kukla, Fran and Ollie - The First Episodes: 1949-54 (will be available November 20, 2010)
http://www.amazon.com/Kukla-Fran-Ollie-Episodes-available/dp/B0046IEOR2/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1289779790&sr=1-10
2 DVDs; no price info.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
12-24-2010
( Reply#: 6364 ) |
mcgyver |
Even though this thread is a bit old I thought I'd contribute (TV a close thing to me... I am currently a TV Engineer) Robbie the Robot made several appearances in both movies and TV... on the Addams Family as an assistant for Lurch... I THINK on Gilligan's Island... He Cameo'd in the first "Gremlins" movie (at a Sci-Fi convention, no less!) AndI know I've seen him in others but can't remember which...
For those who didn't get enough "Grand Prize Game" growing up in Chicago, WGN will be replaying the "Bozo, Gar and Ray" special on New year's Day (7PM CST) along with other specicals.
http://www.wgntv.com/shows/wgntv-holiday-specials-2010,0,2782369.story
Okay, it's in annother thread, but can anyone remember the other "Monster Movie" show was on besides "Creature Features" and the original "Svenghoulie" back in the late 60's / early 70's? There was one other, but the name escapes me.
Mcgyver
Hammond Tech Class of '71 |
12-24-2010
( Reply#: 6365 ) |
mcgyver |
Hey, Bill ... My favorite memory of Larry "Buster" Crabbe was an appearance he made in the 80's Buck Rogers" series... where "retired" military pilots came to the rescue one episode... when asked by "Buck" if he'd be okay, Buster (probably in his 70's then) replies "Son, I've been doing this before you were born!"
If you are a Chicago Sci-Fi afficianado, do you remember a series called "Jet Jackson" at all? During mid-sixties.
quote:
Originally posted by Bill Bucko
You wanna know about Flash Gordon ... you come to me.
For a complete DVD set of all 40 episodes (very high quality prints), go to
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Gordon-Soldiers-Conquers-Universe/dp/B00004Y2QO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1210575975&sr=1-2
Tom, King Vultan's prisoners in the Sky City shovelled radium, not coal. Azura, Queen of Magic on the planet Mars, was sweet on Flash, but he was not sweet on her. Flash had eyes only for "the earthwoman," Dale Arden.
Proudly displayed in my apartment are personally autographed photos sent to me in the 1970s-80s by Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers (who played Dale in the first two serials). Both wonderful people, both now departed. And gone many decades ago were the great character actors Frank Shannon (Dr. Zarkov) and Charles Middleton (Ming the Merciless).
Also in my collection: numerous movie posters (mostly from my favorite serial, "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe," in which Ming unleashed the Purple Death); and models of Ming's and Dr. Zarkov's spaceships.
I searched for years to locate and identify the music used in the serials. Someone finally published a scholarly study on the subject. And several years ago I located a Flash Gordon website that offered clips of most of the themes, along with their provenance. Some classical music was used, from Liszt, Wagner and Schumann; but most themes were composed by Franz Waxman ("Bride of Frankenstein"), Heinz Roemheld ("The Invisible Man," "The Black Cat"), Karl Hajos ("Werewolf of London"), and a few others.
Looks like there are more than one website devoted to the subject, now! See
http://flashgordon.ws/The_Music.htm and
http://flashgordon.homestead.com/
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63
Mcgyver
Hammond Tech Class of '71 |
12-24-2010
( Reply#: 6366 ) |
mcgyver |
quote:
Originally posted by tom w
Alan:
The name of the show that you mentioned was Surfside Six. Cricket Blake was Connie Stevens. Kookie was Eddie Burns. Remember the song, Kookie, Kookie, Lend me your comb? Surfside Six was the address of the boat in Miami Beach. Thats the way I remember anyhow.
My favorite will always be Soupy Sales with his dogs "Pooky and Hippy" Tom W
Unless someone else corrected it already... that was "77 Sunset Strip"...(Baby, you're the ginchiest!
Soupy's dogs were "White Fang" "and Black Tooth" And we could only imagine what was going on outside the door during the Stripper bit... but the music (David Rose's "The Stripper" ) pretty much painted the picture!
Mcgyver
Hammond Tech Class of '71 |
12-24-2010
( Reply#: 6367 ) |
Bill Bucko |
quote:
Originally posted by mcgyver
... If you are a Chicago Sci-Fi afficianado, do you remember a series called "Jet Jackson" at all? During mid-sixties. ...
Mcgyver
Hammond Tech Class of '71
If it was mid-sixties, I think that was probably a cartoon series. In the 1950s, broadcasts of "Captain Midnight" were rerun as "Jet Jackson" (I think because Ovaltine owned the Captain Midnight character).
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
12-25-2010
( Reply#: 6369 ) |
seejay2 |
Okay, it's in annother thread, but can anyone remember the other "Monster Movie" show was on besides "Creature Features" and the original "Svenghoulie" back in the late 60's / early 70's? There was one other, but the name escapes me.
Mcgyver
Hammond Tech Class of '71
[/quote]
Are you thinking of "Shock Theater" with Marvin?
[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u250/seejay2_photos/shock.jpg[/IMG] |
12-25-2010
( Reply#: 6372 ) |
TestPattern |
quote:
Originally posted by mcgyver
For those who didn't get enough "Grand Prize Game" growing up in Chicago, WGN will be replaying the "Bozo, Gar and Ray" special on New year's Day (7PM CST) along with other specicals.
http://www.wgntv.com/shows/wgntv-holiday-specials-2010,0,2782369.story
I believe the "Bozo, Gar and Ray" special is on Christmas Day (7PM CST) not New Year's Day. |
12-26-2010
( Reply#: 6375 ) |
Bill Bucko |
Though I dearly wanted to watch Shock Theatre, I was allowed to stay up for it only very rarely. In the late 50s/early 60s, it was hosted by Marvin, Orville, and Shorty (who was very tall). Sometimes they played jazz music.
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
12-26-2010
( Reply#: 6376 ) |
seejay2 |
I watched that show religiously. Although I do not remember anyone other than 'Marvin' hosting it, I do remember a jazz band that occasionally played after the movie was over. They were called the "Deadbeats" and were made up to look something in between corpses and vampires. Of course one cannot forget his wife simply called "Dear" who took the brunt of every 'slicing & dicing' skit they could conjure up...Cj |
