October 27 2008 at 17:25:12 Name: Tim Topic: Sheridan
Lanes Comments: We lived at 67th and Jasper (my parents still do)
and I remember when the roof collapsed. I went with my dad and we "recycled"
some of the roof decking. In fact, the wood is still part of one of his
outbuildings.
October 27 2008 at 13:18:10 Name:
Lee Woodward Topic: Made
bail Comments: Digging through some stuff and found this. I forgot
I was doing felonious work in 1969:
Webmaster: Along with Lee's "feline-ious" work. Jack Purdie was the Chief
of Police at that time. His wife, Hazel, worked with my dad at Warren Petroleum
then.
October 26 2008 at 16:19:10 Name: Joe Cunningham Topic: Sheridan Lanes Email: Joetul ta xoc tod ten Comments: Does anyone recall the roof caving in at Sheridan
Lanes in approximately 1971? There was a major snow storm that caused the
roof to collapse. Before the roof collapse, Sheridan was just "one" set of
lanes, not the "L" setup it is today.
If I remember correctly, the roof at White River Fish Market collapsed around
that era from snow.
October 25 2008 at 22:05:08 Name: Gary Chew Topic: A Prairie Home
Companion Comments:
Hey, it was good for Garrison to take me back to Tulsa one more time.
Delmeaux de Gillette du Coffeyville
October 25 2008 at 21:15:54 Name: Stan Topic: re: Bowling Alley
pictures Comments: I think the top picture with
the AMF lanes is Yale Bowl (how sad it is not still there) from the area
south of Skelly Drive on the east side of Yale. At one time there were 60
lanes there, although I think they originally started with 40 lanes (or less)
and added the other ones later. At Yale Bowl, they also had the team names
above the lanes as are shown on lanes 3 through 8 in the picture.
As far as the other picture, I think the Huckett's guess might be correct.
At first, I thought it be Brookside Bowl, but I think Huckett's had more
lanes, plus as someone else pointed out the ball returns were not on every
pair of lanes, but every fourth lane.
October 25 2008 at 15:42:52 Name: Webmaster Topic: In T-Town
today Comments:
A Prairie Home Companion
(official web site) is being
broadcast from Tulsa's Performing Arts Center today, 10/25 @ 5 pm, encore
broadcast 10/26 @ 1 pm. Listen online at 89.5 FM
KWGS or at the APHC site.
I ran into John Erling at the Tulsa Run today.
From where we stood after the race, there was a great morning view of the
new BOK Center with an ocean of people
in the foreground. Erling: "Tulsa is alive!" That might be a pretty good
marketing slogan.
(Later) APHC was a load of fun to listen to. I learned new things about
Tulsa and heard great music, plus there were a lot of local shoutouts, including
one to Wilson's BBQ: "You need no teef to eat our beef!"
Whit Smith of Hot Club of Cowtown was an in-studio guest on
John Wooley's KWGS radio show, "Swing
On This" immediately following APHC.
October 25 2008 at 09:05:52 Name: Kenny Bolen Topic: Green Hornet Music Trivia Email: bojoker@att.net Comments: A little more information on the Green Hornet music
if interested.
October 24 2008 at 12:37:10 Name: P. Casey Morgan Topic: Bowling alleys Email:
p.casey.morgan@gmail.com Comments: On the advice of my older sister, I contacted my
older brother about the bowling alley pictures.
He said, "The first one could be Yale or Sheridan, pretty standard AMF setup,
can't tell. The second one, I'm sure, is Huckett's on Main. I remember very
well the ball returns (2 every 4 lanes), also the scoring tables. Probably
had the same at the other 2 Huckett's on Peoria and 15th, but they had less
lanes, like 6 and 8. Could be Wagle's (never saw it), not Southwest because
it was upstairs, doubt they would have 16 lanes upstairs."
October 24 2008 at 03:50:54 Name: Stacy Richardson Topic: Name Them Lanes! Email: stacyr@usa.net Comments: Regarding the two photos of bowling
establishments: the top one, showing AMF lanes and the AMF circular ball
returns, could have been Harvard Lanes, which had 16 lanes on each of two
sides, for a total of 32.
Harvard Lanes definitely used that model of AMF pinspotters and the circular
AMF ball returns.
A bowling establishment in Fort Smith, Arkansas -- I think it's Midland Bowl
-- uses the same configuration even unto this day, although their equipment
has, of course, been updated.
I went to Harvard Lanes as a child to see the travelling Falstaff team, which
consisted of five of the finest bowlers of that day ("that day" being the
late 50s). My favorite was a gentleman from Pennsylvania named Harry Smith,
who had an unusual delivery. He was probably the first athlete of any description
of whom I was a fan.
And I am going to take a stab at the lower photo by saying I think it may
have been the Huckett's on Main Street (or perhaps Peoria). Reason: no automatic
pinsetters. You notice ball returns only on every fourth lane, which was
characteristic of establishment which used pinboys. The Huckett's alleys
on Peoria and on Main used pinboys, although the Main location converted
to automatic pinsetters during the latter part of its sojourn.
Interestingly, if I've got my addresses right, all three Huckett locations
-- there was also one at 230 E. 15th, which used AMF automatic pinspotters
-- were wiped out by freeways -- the Broken Arrow Expressway in the case
of the Main and the Peoria Huckett's -- and an overpass, that thing which
takes you from 13th street to 17th street alongside Cincinnati.
Okay, the Huckett's on Peoria was probably already gone by the time they
began building the expressway through that area. But the Main location was
operating as recently as 1973 or 1974, and was the last surviving Huckett
location.
Never knew the first thing about Wagles, so the photo could have been of
Wagles, for all I know. But you're definitely seeing a bowling alley which
didn't have automatic pinsetting equipment.
October 23 2008 at 20:41:54 Name: John Hillis Topic: Hefti
Bags Comments: Hefti did do the Batman TV theme. Da da da da da
da da, Batman!
However, I don't think Al Hirt did the sound track for the Green Hornet,
in spite of the photo on the front of "The Horn Meets the Hornet" album,
which was a collection of TV themes. Somewhere in the basement, I've got
the album, jacket autographed by Hirt.
In his long ago standup days, Woody Allen told the story of the kid who played
"Flight of the Bumblebee" as a tuba solo.
Webmaster: You can just make out "arranged and conducted by Billy May"
in this
photo
of the back cover. From
IMDb:
"The music of 'Flight of the Bumblebee' was so strongly identified with The
Green Hornet that it was retained as the theme [for the TV series], orchestrated
by Billy May (who also composed the new background scores) and conducted
by Lionel Newman, with trumpet solo by Al Hirt, in a jazz style nicknamed
Green Bee."
I wonder about that Lionel Newman credit. Since Billy May both arranged
and conducted the album version, and the TV version is so clearly from the
same arrangement, he "may" well have done both duties on the TV version.
Newman IS credited elsewhere for conducting on at least 4 episodes.
Then again, May was a heavy boozer until the mid-60s, so maybe he had
an off day when the theme was scheduled to be recorded, though drinking didn't
impair his ability to conduct (see
Space Age Pop for more about
the colorful May). Pure speculation on my part.
(Trivia: The Green Hornet was the Lone Ranger's grand-nephew, and Randy
Newman is Lionel Newman's nephew.)
The album version is farther down this page. Here's
the TV opening for comparison:
October 23 2008 at 11:51:18 Name: Jeff H Topic: Bowling alleys Email: Picking up the 7 - 10
split Comments: As regards the photos of Tulsa
kegel palaces(below), I think the top photo could be Sheridan
Lanes. Dave stated that Sheridan had straight ball returns which I remember
from my rookie year in "Pepsi YBA bowling all star league" circa 1964 and
we kept score on paper sheets. However in my second year, I think the alley
was remodeled and the round ball returns and overhead projection was added
and we kept score on acetate sheets. I could be all wrong since I remember
this AMF set up at other alleys. I wish I still had my "Pepsi League" shirt
with the big Pepsi patch on the back.
There was also mention of "Utica Bowl". My mom bowled in a league there until
it burned down. I can not find a picture of Utica Bowl other than an aerial
view of Utica Square on the Beryl
Ford website (located about where Miss Jackson's resides now). Also among
the several pictures of "Utica Square" was one of "Wolferman's" located where
the post office is now,seeing this photo was very timely since I just received
my first holiday catalog from Wolferman's.
One last note... If you like photo history of Tulsa or just want to see how
much this city has changed,I highly recommend you check out this site. Want
to know what 31st and Memorial looked like 50 years ago or other intersections
in Tulsa? They're probably in the collection.
October 23 2008 at 11:44:17 Name: Webmaster Topic: Club cards and
more Comments:
I just noticed that the Hale High School
Ranger78 Memorabilia
page has new TTM-related artifacts: Mick Fine's club card collection and
the Mazeppa single sleeve.
Plus, your seemingly ubiquitous webmaster is seen playing a Fender Telecaster.
(Why did I appear at Hale's "Halebaloo" when I was an East Central grad?
It's a long story.) This is David Bagsby's class, though I didn't know him
at the time.
October 22 2008 at 21:44:31 Name: David Hoffman Topic: Kids' shows in the 50s in Tulsa Email: dhoffman34@juno.com Comments: Amazing to find a site in which to recall numerous
memories.
We moved to Phoenix from Tulsa in Dec of 1956 but not until after
"Uncle Hiram" and the "Davy Crockett" era.
I attended Bryant Elementary (Grades 1 thru 2 and part of 3 before we moved
to Arizona). Was chosen to appear among other kids on "Uncle Hiram" late
in 1956.
Does anyone remember "Zeta"? He used to have a particular
hand-signal when signing off after his show.
We had phone numbers(Batesline link) back then such as "TE" (for 'Temple') and it was
something new that the phone numbers went from 5 digits (plus characters)
to the new format of 7 entries.
There were no freeways at all, but the newly-opened Turner Turnpike was a
showcase piece because of its restaurant straddling the divided highway between
Tulsa and OK City.
"Sugar Jets" cereal; the Ralston-Purina "rocket" that toured the countryside
at various shopping centers; "Sky King"; "The Tales of Texas Rangers";
"Jitney Jungle";
"Crown Drug Stores".
"Skyview Drive-In" and certainly the twin theaters at the
"Admiral Drive-In"...not to mention so many others
that I don't readily recall. (The former might refer to either the
Airview or the Skyline
Drive-Ins...webmaster)
Simpler times, better years.
October 22 2008 at 21:14:10 Name: Dave Topic: Bowling you
over Comments: About the photos: they're definitely different bowling
alleys. The one in the top photo has a round receptacle for the bowling balls,
which I recall that Yale Bowl had and that seemed unique to me at the time.
Perhaps other alleys did too, but I don't know of any. The bottom photo has
straight-line bowling ball receptacles, which I recall Sheridan Lanes did
but most others probably did, too.
October 22 2008 at 17:13:35 Name: P. Casey Morgan Topic: Bowling alleys Email:
p.casey.morgan@gmail.com Comments: Mike - regarding the bowling
alleys(jump to the photos below), you either have two different
places pictured or the same one years apart. Look at the difference in the
seats and the scoresheet stands. Because one has 16 lanes, I think it might
be Brookside. I'm going to see if I can get my older sister to look at these
and see if she can identify them. I was raised in bowling alleys but I stopped
hanging out there in junior high. Both my sisters, my brother and both parents
all bowled in leagues and tournaments for years. Just name a bowling alley
in Tulsa in the last 40 years; I probably got grounded there.
(Closed: Wagles, Huckett's, Southwest Recreation,
Crystal Bowl, Brookside Bowl, Yale Bowl, Northland, Harvard Lanes, Bowl-a-Rama,
Utica Bowl, Tiffany Bowl, Timber Lanes in Broken Arrow, Bowl-Ero in Sand
Springs; open today: Riverlanes, Sheridan Lanes, Mickey's in Eastland Mall,
Broken Arrow Lanes, Sahoma Lanes in Sapulpa.)
Casey's sister, Casey Logue (not a typo; the sisters share the same name!)
added later via email:
"The first one might be Utica or maybe even Harvard but not Brookside; they
had Brunswick, not AMF machines. The second one looked like Huckett's; not
sure which one; there were three. My guess would be the one on 15th Street,
but that is only a guess. Neat pictures."
Webmaster: You're right. The ceilings look very much alike, though.
I remember being at the Bowl-a-Rama on Sheridan just south of King Street
as a kid in the early 60s. (The building is still there, now used as a
warehouse.)
It must have been summer when school was out, because it was around 10
am. My brother and I were running around the place, playing pinball and arcade
games while my mom and her friend were bowling. I recall liking the smell
of their coffee, but wondering why anyone would drink it. It wasn't good
even with sugar.
Bowling arcade machine
Baseball arcade machine
October 22 2008 at 10:39:55 Name: Greg Topic: Magic
99 Comments: In response to Stacy Richardson's
post, I fondly remember Magic 99. I listened to it regularly back in
the late '80's, I guess it was.
Among their jocks was the great Scooter B. Segraves, who returned to Tulsa
for I think the last time. I still have one of his business cards!
Also, Johnny Rivers (the DJ not the '60's rocker), as well as Gary Reynolds
& the aforementioned Mr. Richardson did stints there as I recall. In
fact, I once won a box of donuts for my office & they were delivered
by Johnny Rivers. Great memories!
October 22 2008 at 06:15:34 Name: David Bagsby Topic:
Batman Comments: I think Nelson Riddle wrote the theme for Batman...the
Riddler? Herb Alpert played the trumpet part for the Green Hornet theme..."Flight
of the Bumblebee". Bruce Lee was Kato in that show.
By the way, here is David's Phantasmagoria: episode 2 - Werewolf of
Washington, plus Hirt's version of "Bumblebee".
October 21 2008 at 22:52:17 Name: Dennis McAtee Topic: Kick
99 Comments: Filling in some gaps on the 99.5
transitions: Kick 99.5 KCKI became 99.5 The Bull KXBL on September 1,
2001. Same "Hot Country" format, different moniker. That format was blown
up in favor of Classic Country in January 2003.
October 21 2008 at 22:25:51 Name: Mike Bruchas Topic:
Neal
Hefti(Wikipedia link) Comments: Help me folks. I think Hefti wrote the theme for
the BATMAN TV show; I know that he scored the shows.
He too passed this last week.
Way back when, he was a hot jazz arranger.
October 21 2008 at 17:43:58 Name: David Bagsby Topic: Bowling
Belly Comments: It's not the Rose Bowl. Doesn't have the rounded
ceiling. There used to be a bowling alley in Utica Square...
October 21 2008 at 17:08:38 Name: Mitch Gray Topic: Alley Email: North Of You Comments: Looks like Yale Bowl to me. ???
Webmaster: I got this autograph from bowling great Dick Weber at the Yale
Bowl, probably in the 1970s.
October 21 2008 at 16:15:30 Name: Webmaster Topic: The unknown bowling
alley Comments:
Can anyone identify this bowling
alley->alley(s)?
Courtesy of the Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa
City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society
October 21 2008 at 02:25:27 Name: roy lee Topic: Rose Bowl Email: royleeshouse@gmail.com Comments: I'm going to the new Rose Bowl for the first time
tonight! There's a free punk show there featuring "Flatfoot56" which appears
to be one of those bagpipe totin' bands so popular with the kids these days.
I'm expecting greatness and recommend it. Besides, it's free!
October 21 2008 at 01:20:51 Name: Webmaster Topic: Rose Bowl
news Comments:
The Rose Bowl is back in business as a venue for music.
October 20 2008 at 20:03:11 Name: Chris Kelly Topic: 99.5 History Email:
chris.kelly3@coxradio.com Comments: I'll pick up where Stacy left off.
New Frontier Inc. was the company that LMA'd the station from Gerry Swanson,
but never bought it. It was sold to Great Empire instead and Kick 99 continued
on.
Kick 99 survived the sale to Journal, and then it eventually became Big Country.
The move from Liberty Towers to the KVOO building literally happened overnight.
We used almost the exact same equipment and the same furniture, it was taken
apart and put back together in very fast fashion. It was nuts and frankly
shocked that it all worked. If it were not for Troy Langham, that move probably
would have been more of a nightmare than a rush job. Even after the move
to KVOO, that very same transmitter status screen Stacy spoke of, said
KQMJ-FM.
October 19 2008 at 20:17:30 Name: Kenny Bolen Topic: Cable Changer Email: bojoker@att.net Comments: Mother-Mary-and-Joseph BR! Where in high-acre did
ya dig up that old Jerrold photo???? How many times did
they request if we could hide the wire??? *lol*...
Just to think...that was the smaller version...
October 19 2008 at 11:45:45 Name: Mike Bruchas Topic: Edie
Adams Comments: Heard that she has passed. She was the wife and
comedic foil of the late, great Ernie Kovacs, now so long gone.
She was a singer and voice of the Muriel Cigar radio and TV ads way back
when.
She appeared in Vegas for a long time too.
Edie Adams and Stan Getz for Muriel Cigars
October 18 2008 at 12:01:37 Name: Stacy Richardson Topic: 99.5 Email: stacyr@usa.net Comments: Darrell asked about the former
KHEN. In the mid-80s, the frequency was sold to Gerry Swanson, who bought
it as a companion FM to the AM station he owned at the time, KRMG. In fact,
the transmitter logging equipment at the station listed the call letters
as "KRMG-FM." But the call letters they finally settled on, in 1986, were
"KQMJ."
Mr. Swanson built a fairly tall tower near Mounds, in hopes of covering both
the city of license, Henryetta, and the Tulsa metropolitan area -- a hope
which, in the case of Tulsa coverage, was not adequately realized at the
time.
The newly-revived station operated in an adult contemporary format, and was
known as "Magic 99."
After that format ran its course, the station changed to an "adult rock"
presentation in the fall of 1991, with the call letters KSTM, and was known
as "The Storm." That format lasted about a year-and-a-half.
Then in the spring of '93, Mr. Swanson entered into a local marketing agreement
with a company from West Texas. The station went country as KCKI, "Kick 99."
I do not know if the West Texas company ever purchased the station, and I
do not know when Journal Broadcasting, the current owner, took over. According
to the FCC database, the call letters were changed to KXBL in September of
2001.
October 17 2008 at 15:56:56 Name: DolfanBob Topic: Digital Conversion Email: MiamiPhin@yahoo.com Comments: For those of you who are confused about Digital
Conversion. Just let your little old Granny show you.
Or just go back to the Tulsa Cable changer:
October 16 2008 at 22:51:01 Name: Webmaster Topic: Tulsa Time
Magazine Comments:
Roy Payton, editor of "Tulsa Time", a 1982-3 entertainment magazine, sent
me copies. Here is the first installment: the Feb. 1983 cover.
Coincidentally, Lee Woodward, the "subject" of this cover, just sent a
link to a Flash
presentation about all the old Western stars. Lee's brother Morgan is
seen.
Roy previously sent the Oct. 1982 cover with
KMOD's Sherman Oaks, Jeanne (Tripplehorn) Summers and Beau Chase.
Hey! A few years ago, Lee gave me a signed reproduction of
his artwork seen behind him in this shot. It has
an honored place in our house. The large-scale version hangs in BOK Tower.
12 October 15 2008 at 07:03:47 Name: Jeff Topic: Teen religious programming Email: jjeffre at austin dot rr
dot com Comments: I remember a religious sitcom/drama aimed at teens
that aired on one of the local stations in the early to mid 90's. If memory
serves, parts of it were filmed at Union High School. Does anyone else remember
this?
10/10/2014: See
this
entry in the new GroupBlog for more.
October 13 2008 at 18:42:56 Name: Darrell Topic: Owners History of
99.5 Comments: I'm looking for the ownership history of 99.5 from
KHEN-FM to KXBL {Journal Broadcasting Group Inc.}
October 13 2008 at 07:06:44 Name: Webmaster Topic: OKC TV spots,
1975-78 Comments:
This video starts off with a tribute to John Hillis' and the late Lowell
Burch's favorite auto: the Plymouth Volare
(GB 51 link), seen at Stan Littleton Chrysler/Plymouth. After a weather kit
ad, Certified Furniture Rental demonstrates how to pack your bachelor pad
with babes. Balance your checkbook, or play Pong with an Apple II from High
Technology Inc. (I believe we had one in Tulsa, too.)
October 13 2008 at 06:07:47 Name: Webmaster Topic: KVOO-TV/Phillips 66 event in
1959 Comments:
Is there anyone out there who remembers a KVOO Channel 2 Phillips 66 closed
circuit event on January 14, 1959? What was it all about? The following photos
are from it:
October 12 2008 at 17:21:38 Name: Scott Linder Topic: A slow
time... Comments: I'm sure that we have all noticed a lack of responses
here on the TTM blog of late. I'm sure that the pending election and serious
economic woes have caused all of us to turn within and pay less attention
to things of less importance.
As we all work our way through this difficult time in our lives, I would
encourage all to continue your contributions to this unique site that has
become a connection to a great City and wonderful times for all of us.
No matter what we may face in the future, it's very important that we all
stay in touch with one another so that we may always preserve the past and
join together to make a better future in Tulsa..... whether it is our home,
or the home that always lives in our hearts.
So, "Keep those cards and letters coming in".... Even in the worst of times,
we all need to stay connected and enjoy some good times and a few laughs
from our home in Tulsey Town.
My best to you all....
Kind regards,
Scott Linder
Hollywood Land, CA.
Thanks, Scott.
October 10 2008 at 19:43:08 Name: John Hillis Topic: Nothing is too obscure not to have
its own DVD Comments: Space-colon-1999 as the guy on The Soup would call
it was a weak sci-fi show made for the access hour (6:30-7:00 CT) when the
FCC limited the amount of prime time networks could program. As you can see
from the link, it featured Martin Landau (so great in "Ed Wood" as Bela Lugosi)
and wife Barbara Bain chewing the scenery. Ultimately, game shows took over
the time periods, and "dramas" like Space 1999 which cost more to make, fell
out of favor.
I'm amazed that everything has its own DVD...and that anyone got the oblique
reference. Never underestimate the Webmeister!
Webmaster: I watched a few episodes of
"Space: 1999" (Wikipedia
link) on Netflix a year or so ago (I did see it in its original run in my
dorm room at OU). It was one of the best-looking sci-fi series, boasting
the model work of Brian Johnson, who had worked on "2001: A Space Odyssey".
But its premise that the Moon was knocked out of orbit by a nuclear waste
dump explosion was ludicrous. Plus, somehow, every week, the peripatetic,
now-nonlunar body ran into planets and aliens previously unknown in the solar
system.
(I just read that the episode "Black Sun," intended to be the second televised,
had the Moon traversing a black hole to reappear in a dense section of the
galaxy. This would have accounted for the multitude of alien encounters a
bit better. Alas, the episode was broadcast out of order, negating its weak
potential explanatory power.)
Many of the episodes exhibited a dearth of logic---the writing staff could
have used Mr. Spock's services. (The producer did include a funny-eared,
though highly emotional alien as science officer in the second season regular
cast.)
On the plus side, the first season was dark, pessimistic and moody, quite
a contrast to "Star Trek", and most TV. "Space: 1999" came off ultimately
as the anti-"Trek".
"Space:1999" intro
October 08 2008 at 20:36:49 Name:
(Reminded of this by John's topic...webmaster)
John Hillis Topic: Space
1999 Comments: When you're sprawling, verbose, and loaded, sometimes
clown pants are the only ones that fit. (rimshot) Thank yuh vurry mush, I'm
here all week...
If we want to compare then vs. now, I can say for my own opinion, that the
luxury of high-gloss pages makes it easier to hide lack of content. I have
forsaken pages of old I used for news browsing (Washington Post and BBC News
for two, I never cared much for CNN), because their home pages have had the
news content remarkably lessened--I guess in search of more page views. It
makes me hurt that no human hands make Google News, but at least you can
set it up to have real news in breadth on different topics, even if the stories
are occasionally not the most current breaking information.
Since I'm rambling on, a veteran observer's view from the barstool. For my
money, the current candidate debates are a waste of time (so are the candidates,
too, all of 'em, but if I get into that, Ransom'll send for the bouncers
to ask me to leave the joint). I hearken back to what Wikipedia helps me
remember was an interview with Tom Brokaw after a primary in 1988, where
Bob Dole was asked if he had anything to say to his opponent and answered,
"Yeah, stop lying about me." That level of candor and ad lib ability would
have been refreshing in this year's dreary yapfests and awkward formatics.
Where was I? Oh, 1999. Was CompuServe still around then? Don't you miss 2,400
baud spit and baling wire connections? No? Me neither.
October 08 2008 at 12:23:58 Name: Webmaster Topic: Party like it's
1999 Comments:
Google is celebrating its 10th anniversary by making search available
on their oldest index: 2001.
TTM will also be celebrating its 10th anniversary in a couple of months.
Here is the Internet Archive Wayback Machine's
11/4/1999
version of TTM. (It came online 12/29/1998.)
The main page exhibits "clown pants syndrome". It's sprawling, verbose,
and loaded with exclamation points. Eye fatigue can be a good teacher.
October 07 2008 at 14:05:43 Name: Mike Bruchas in Chicago Topic: Norman Ross,
Jr. Comments: A few months back we were talking about radio
contemporaries in Chicago when the late John Doremus
was here.
Norman Ross Jr., who was on the airways for years in the 50s and 60s, passed
this week at 86. He worked at WMAQ radio, WAIT-AM and some at WGN. He had
a radio voice but not as dulcet as Doremus spoke.
After a radio and corporate pitchman career, he and a partner opened a B&B
near Pilot Mountain, NC.
Yep, aka as "Mount Pilot" in Andy of Mayberry. Smaller world, eh.
October 05 2008 at 11:48:04 Name: Webmaster Topic:
Phantasmagoria,
episode 1 (YouTube link) Comments:
From David Bagsby and company: Good Taste Theatre presents its version
of the 1934 proto-exploitation movie,
"Maniac"
(info about the original).
Viewer discretion advised; there is a SPCA grossout/Uncle Zeb tribute
about halfway through the clip. Some liberties have been taken with the original
material.
October 03 2008 at 16:31:42 Name: Beverly Topic: Lee Woodward Email: BeverlyW58@hotmail.com Comments: I love it when Lee Woodward writes in...about anything.
Seeing him in "Things
Not in Tulsa Anymore" brought back so many fond memories of watching
Lee and King Lionel. My grandpa wouldn't have missed it and I watched with
him. I love the one where he is talking to Lionel about the fact that it
is Christmas Eve and St. Nicholas might pay him a visit. I know I was watching
that night. What wonderful, childhood memories...
October 02 2008 at 23:44:05 Name: Webmaster Topic: Previous GroupBlog
summary Comments:
Lee Woodward
