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Re: Old Commercials - 2 days ago
jgoodman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At middle age Ann Miller was a real > CHICK.....built like a brick s**t-house! Do you > remember the record Stan Freeberg did? "Hello > mudda, hello fadda, here I am at Camp Granada" > By the way, who was the person who came out with > the record about the J.F. Kennedy family? He had &by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 3 days ago
mongoose00 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anybody remember the Quaker Oats ad for a product > that was Shot From Guns? I remember it on radio > but not TV. Seems the FCC msde them stop their > ads. Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice, I think it was. Shot from a cannon. I think it was Quaker that sponsored Sgt. Preston of the Yukoby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 4 days ago
Kent Cigarettes- It was a demonstration. Two glasses were turned upside down on white paper. Kent smoke was blown into one of them and BrandX was blown into the other. The glasses were lifted and there was a big brown circle under the BrandX glass. Ken't, of course, was clean and white.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 6 days ago
The girl who fell in the well was probably Cathy Fiscus. They tried to rescue her for several days but were unable to. It was the first continuous TV coverage incident ever. It was sometime in the late 1940s. We all rememebr Baby Jessica. That rescue was more successful, thank goodness. That was sometime in the 1980s.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 6 days ago
I remember the Jones Blair song- although I hadn't thought of it in 50 years. 7-11 jingle- From a 7 to 11...from a 7 to 11...we've got soup and nuts, that's why we sing, 7-11's got everything. It seems like there were a couple of ducks or chickens singing it. That goes back to the early '50s.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Anyone remember the Greenfields office furniture radio spot? - 7 days ago
DeSoto Gal Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That jingle has been stuck in my head for years. > "No service, credit or delivery fees are added > 'less you ask for these. Hey, Mr. Greenfield, you > sound just great to me." > > My favorite part was always the banjo playing. At > the end of the jingle, there was a very discordaby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Radio Programs - 8 days ago
I heard those soap operas around 1949-1952. My mother listened to them while she did housework. A couple more I remember- Lorenzo Jones, Just Plain Bill and Our Gal Sunday. My grandpa and I listened to The Lone Ranger, Gangbusters and Mr. District Attorney at night. He liked Lum and Abner. I think thay came on Sunday afternoon. BTW- Ma Perkins was sponsored by Oxydol. Don't ask me howby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 8 days ago
"I can't believe I ate the whole thing" was Alka-Seltzer.by BillB - DHS Archives
Old Radio Programs - 9 days ago
I remember listening to radio before we had a TV. I was little but I still remember some of the shows. Cornbread Matinee was a local afternoon hillbilly show hosted by Johnny Hicks. Gangbusters Mr District Attorney Lone Ranger Ma Perkins Stella Dallas Portia Faces Life Lum and Abner I'll think of moreby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 9 days ago
Pale dry Grand Prize- I think they sponsored part of the wrestling matches. Remember Fearless Fosdick's Wildroot Cream-Oil commercials? You better get Wildroot Crea-Oil Charlie...by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 9 days ago
mongoose00 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Willie the Penguin - Cools, Speedy - Alka Selcer, > Micronite Filter - Kents, Johnny - Call for Philip > Morris, and the dancing cigarette packs - > Chesterfields. I liked the Hamms bear - from the > land of sky blue waters. May have more later. > Ah! Those were the days. Old Gold had danciby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 10 days ago
Hello Mellow Jax- Here are a couple of old Jax commercials. Do you remember Lovera cigar commercials? Grand Prize beer?by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fritos, Cheetos and Tatoes - 10 days ago
jgoodman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can see why certain groups became inflammed by > Amos and Andy, but why Dizzy Dean? Wasn't Dizzy > Dean a sports-type personality? Educate me. I > suppose these "individuals" were upset with the > character Rochester on the Jack Benny show. You > don't see Speedy Gonzales anymore now thaby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Old Commercials - 10 days ago
Dennis H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't Pearl beer used to advertise itself as the > beer from the country of 1100 springs? Yes. I rememebr that.by BillB - DHS Archives
Old Commercials - 11 days ago
Some of my favorites. From The Land Of Sky Blue Waters Bucky Beaverby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fritos, Cheetos and Tatoes - 11 days ago
Dennis H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Remember the Frito Bandito commercials? Yep. They were removed due to "racism" complaints. The same thing happened to Dizzy Dean and Amos n Andy.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Texas Burger - 11 days ago
Letta's Cafe in Fort Worth was ran by an old 80 year old woman. She had a big lunch crowd and she ruled with an iron hand. If somebody ordered a hamburger with complicated instructions like cut the tomato and onion and both mustard and mayonaise she was likely to run them off. I'm sure a fried egg request would get a man booted out.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: The Julie Bennell Variety Show - 11 days ago
old man from dallas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jgoodman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Gordon McClendon had a place out at Lake > Dallas. > > It was "Cielo".In the late 60s/early 70s I was > > told that some wild drug-fueled orgies went on > out > > there. In fby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fritos, Cheetos and Tatoes - 11 days ago
old man from dallas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jgoodman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > O.M. from D. There is a place up in Wisconsin > or > > Illinois that puts together an "all beef" chili > in > > a can....of course from the North it has beans > in > > itby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fritos, Cheetos and Tatoes - 11 days ago
MWT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dale Milford had the magnet thunderstorm symbols > that would flash when he put on the map for the TV > weather report. Very high tech back then. Who was > the weatherman for channel 5 at that time? I > forget his name.... Probably Harold Taft. He was around forever.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fritos, Cheetos and Tatoes - 12 days ago
I barely remember Tatos. I rememebr Frito's Chili. It was good. I still make Frito's chili pies. When i was a kid I passed by a hamburger joint on the way home from school that made Frito's chili pies. I would save my lunch money and stop on the way home and eat one. Side note- Wasn't Wes Wise a weather man before he became mayor?by BillB - DHS Archives
The Music Of Our Lives - 17 days ago
Back in the 1970s and part of the 80s, there was a radio program called The Music Of Our Lives. It must have been a syndicated package because I've heard it both in Dallas and Denver. I don't remember which sttation it came on. It was great stuff- Big Band music and pop music of the 1940s and 1950s. No rock and roll. There was a lot of Kay Starr, The Ink Spots, Frankie Laine, Patti Paby BillB - DHS Archives
Big D Jamboree - 5 weeks ago
How many of you frequented the Big D Jamboree at the old Sportatorium on Saturday nights? I was these 4 or 5 times back in the late '50s. It was a pretty rough place. I saw fights break out a couple of times with beer bottles broke over heads. If you were a Country fan they had some good big name shows. I saw Johnny Cash and Ernest Tubb.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fair Day and Free Cigarettes - 2 months ago
I've smoked ever since I was 14- mostly unfiltered Camels. I'm 68 now. The high cost made me start rolling my own about 2 years ago. It's a pain, but it costs me about $17 a week to smoke compared to $90 buying cigarettes.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Studio Wrestling KRLD Bill Mercer - 2 months ago
I remember Danny Hodge. Chief Wahoo McDaniels and Ray Gunkel were also from Oklahoma.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Studio Wrestling KRLD Bill Mercer - 2 months ago
George Preston always wore a carnation in his lapel. Now we know where he got it.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Ichamore Twerpwhistle - Slam Bang Theater - 2 months ago
Camfield had an advertising agency in the Ridglea Bank Building in Fort Worth back in the '70s. I had an office there too. I never talked to him but I passed him in the hall all the time. He always smiled and nodded.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Fair Day and Free Cigarettes - 2 months ago
rojinks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > does anyone remeber the game where you put a dime > on a color da ball came down and rolled into a > concave spot on the board what ever color it > landed on if you had your moneu y on that color > you won a package of cigarettes they were very old > an strong I remember it and used to play it aby BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Dallas Police Officer Shot Young Boy In Squad Car - 2 months ago
The court must not have agreed that it was that bad. He was sentenced to 5 years and served only 2 1/2 years. You would probably get that for robbing a vending machine.by BillB - DHS Archives
Re: Dallas Police Officer Shot Young Boy In Squad Car - 2 months ago
Officer J. E. Cheney was one of the Kennedy escorts. I knew him. I don't know if he was hurt in the riot.by BillB - DHS Archives