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Quote from: CBStew on February 26, 2019, 06:33:02 PM
"...but apparently one of the show's stars,  Mary Hartline, who was considered one of television's earliest sex symbols, was an attraction. We can maybe wait for Stew to confirm, depending on whether or not this show reached California, but Hartline's Wiki entry describes her looks and figure as making her "a national star and a sex symbol for thousands of boys, young and old"..."

I have a recollection of Super Circus, but I don't remember whether I saw it before or after my family moved from Chicago to San Francisco.  I definitely remember Mary Hartline.  She was a diversion from the guy with the top hat, red cutaway coat and white riding pants.  He had a whip, but even as a randy 13 year old I didn't connect that with any kinky activity.

In your face, TJ.

Quote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 12:13:31 PM

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Quote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AM
I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.

This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.

I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries.  His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4.  She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs  that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.

Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.

Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day".  One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent.  I read the answers when my daughter got home that day  and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched.  His answer was something called Super Circus which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of   this clip.)  I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having this as your entertainment?

So now you know the rest of the story.

Super Circus aired from 1949 to 1956, so your 16-year-old Dad was tuning in to this?

Huey should probably answer this but you do realize that there wasn't a whole lot on television in 1949?

Pretty much this. In fact, as my daughter was in 4th grade during this particular visit, the question was asked "What TV shows did you watch as a 4th grader?" to which my dad responded that they "didn't have television" when he was in 4th grade (he was certainly the only grandparent in the room whose birth pre-dated widespread television programming). Pressed to name one, he came up with Super Circus. There's a good chance he came across it when his younger brother (by 7 years) was watching it, but apparently one of the show's stars, Mary Hartline, who was considered one of television's earliest sex symbols, was an attraction. We can maybe wait for Stew to confirm, depending on whether or not this show reached California, but Hartline's Wiki entry describes her looks and figure as making her "a national star and a sex symbol for thousands of boys, young and old"

In any event, as flannj suggests, there was such a scarcity of television programming that this was probably one of the only shows he could think of.  I'm guessing he was probably trying to come up with a show that would equate to what 4th graders were watching around his time.  In short, rather than come off as true dinosaur in front of his granddaughter, he used Super Circus as a proxy. I mean, it's possible he rushed home off the Ravenswood El (today's Brown Line) after a day of attending school at Quigley Prep to catch it but, more likely, it was simply the earliest show he could think of that would equate to "children's programming", even if he was 15 (he was born in late August) when it first aired.

Quote from: Tonker on February 26, 2019, 09:16:15 AM

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Quote from: Tonker on February 26, 2019, 02:03:46 AM

Quote from: CBStew on February 25, 2019, 02:07:28 PM
Who is that guy doing the audio for Cub games on MLB TV?  He sounds like he is 14 years old.  What happened to the crew who did the games for WGN?

I don't know who he is either, but during last night's game he informed us that not only did David Bote have two walk-offs last year, but he hit them both when the Cubs were behind!

You can't hit a walk-off with your team tied?

It doesn't make much difference, does it?  Your team's not winning, and then all of a sudden, you win!

Sorry to split hairs here, ole mate, but I've gone on some Twitter crusades about announcers failing to make the distinction between a walk-off hit and a lead-changing walkoff hit.  It actually makes quite a bit of difference in that in one case you're about to lose the game but in the other there's no such risk.  Lead-changing walkoff homers are far more exciting than walkoffs that occur when a game is tied, in my humblest of opinions.

Also, do we know for a fact that Bote even hit 2 lead-changing walkoff homers?   I know the granny off Ryan Madson was a lead-changing shot, but I don't think his other one was.  I'm pretty sure I'd remember it if it was because, as I've just demonstrated, I'm pretty goddamn vigilant in recognizing the difference (and goddamnit, Tonker should be too).

Quote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AM

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Quote from: flannj on February 24, 2019, 01:07:01 PM
So while I was setting up the DVR on WGN for this afternoons Hawks matinee game I came across what was currently being broadcast.
Apparently Channel 9 discovered a bunch of the "Bozo's Circus" episodes from the 1960's and have digitally remastered them.
So they are replaying them as an hour long special.

They shouldn't have, God it's horrific.
The stuff we we used to watch while eating lunch was not exactly formative.

I don't know how we all didn't get seizures from the camera swinging around looking for Grand Prize Game contestants.

It's how they weened the weak out of society. Only the strongest failed to seize and die. You weren't just a fan of Bozo, you were a survivor.

Even getting tickets was some Hunger Games shit. People ordered tickets the day their child (or grandchild) was born, and the classified ads were full of people looking for Bozo tickets. I'm guessing that was quite the cottage industry.

I actually went to one of the shows. Some very long time friends of my parents were the Chicago distributors for 7-Up (could this conversation be any more 60's?) and they had connections. I was friends with their son and they invited me. I was 6 or possibly 7 which makes it 1965 or 1966. I remember bits and pieces of it. The stands are just bleachers and they herd you around in order to get everything in place because it was broadcast live. Most of the black kids were sitting towards the back. I remember being severely disappointed because i wasn't picked for the grand prize game. I think all the cast members were drinking and although I wouldn't have recognized it at the time I'm sure everyone smelled like cigarettes because everyone smelled like cigarettes back then. I wanted to meet Bozo and that didn't happen so now I just light devotional candles to Bob Bell.

This is a great post; I'm hanging a star on it.

I had a friend who got to go and it was only because his aunt had put in a request for her kids several years earlier but by the time her number came up her kids were all grown so my friend and his sister were the beneficiaries.  His sister got selected for Bozos buckets and apparently shit the tub on bucket #4.  She was to receive a "years supply" of Bozo hot dogs  that in reality turned out to be like 5 packs.

Also, I never really cared for Bozo and wished more people yelled "Cookie" when they were asked "Who's your favorite clown?" and was very satisfied on the two occassions when I was watching and they engineered it for that to happen and punk Bozo's ass.

Also, if you want to go way back, a couple years ago my dad attended my daughter's school for "Grandparents Day".  One of the events they had was when the grandchild would "interview" their grandparent.  I read the answers when my daughter got home that day  and it was unsurprising stuff for a guy born in 1933 (Favorite President--Harry Truman etc.), but I was curious about my dad's answer to what TV show he watched.  His answer was something called Super Circus which appears to have been an ancestral predecessor to Bozo (indeed, check out the low-rent Bozo at the beginning of   this clip.)  I was delighted but also somewhat horrified to discover this--I mean...being born at the nadir of the Great Depression was bad enough but having this as your entertainment?

So now you know the rest of the story.

Quote from: flannj on February 10, 2019, 04:39:05 PM

Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 09, 2019, 10:47:36 AM
"What's the rumpus?"

"I'm dead"

Ooooh, I forgot about that.
SUCH A GREAT MOVIE!

It really is.  Seems like an underrated one in the Coen Brothers' canon.

"What's the rumpus?"

"I'm dead"

Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 06, 2019, 11:57:07 AM

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Quote from: Quality Start Machine on February 05, 2019, 08:45:50 AM
Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

I wonder what they could do to distract from the racist Joe story?

Further devaluing your family's most visible assets to own the libs

I think meant...

*looks around*

*whispers*

Sign Bryce Harper.

Quote from: CBStew on February 02, 2019, 06:38:28 PM

Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 02, 2019, 11:34:19 AM
My Top 10:

1. Breaking Away
2. The Godfather
3. Cuckoo's Nest
(4-10, in no particular order)
Pulp Fiction
Casablanca
Shawshank
Big Lewbowski
It's a Wonderful Life
Rain Man
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

How could I forget "The Big Lewbowski"?   Shame on me.  The rug ties the room together.

One of those rare films that gets better each time you watch it. I expect, if I'm fortunate enough to live to your ripe old, age, Stew, that it'll have worked it's way to #1 for me by then.

My Top 10:

1. Breaking Away
2. The Godfather
3. Cuckoo's Nest
(4-10, in no particular order)
Pulp Fiction
Casablanca
Shawshank
Big Lewbowski
It's a Wonderful Life
Rain Man
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

grammar deadant

Quote from: Saul Goodman on January 23, 2019, 11:41:14 AM
2019 Cubs: Harper or GTFO

Bryce Harper ain't walking through that door, homes.

Enough grab-assing....pitchers and catchers report in less than a month.  Let's light this candle.

Am I crazy to wonder why nobody seems to suggest Ian Happ at second base everyday?  I know he might be bad—but we don't really know for sure because he's hardly played it, even thought that was the position at which he was drafted.  Hell, he's probably played third more than second.  We know he's an adventure in the outfield, but this kid's bat can play—I remain a stout fan of his.  And in any event, he cannot be worse than the homophobic statue who took 11 seconds just to make the fucking pivot on the relay on 6(and 5)-4-3 DP's.  Zobrist is better at second but Zobrist is also better in RF than Happ would be if Heyward is in center vs. a RHP.

Regardless of whether Russell comes back, if Happ can play a modest second base, that would seem to solve a few problems.

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Quote from: CBStew on January 22, 2019, 12:19:02 PM
She went to the same high school that I went to, about 15 years before me.  "Hello Dolly" had yet to be written when I was in school, but nonetheless she was already a legend and our teachers reminded us of what we could become if we ate all of our spinach.  Steven Breyer, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court entered that high school when I was a student.  Undoubtedly the teachers use him as an example of what the students could become, second only to Carol Channing.  Leland Stanford Jr. went there and when he died his railroad magnet father endowed a university in his name.  (Rube Goldberg also went to that school.  Are you jealous yet?)  It was, and is, a pretty snooty public school.

We get it, you're a huge disappointment to your high school.

You said it!  They tried to stop me from going to the University of California because they thought that I would drag down the gradepoint average of their alumni. What a bunch of a-holes.  I should have flunked out of UC.  That would have served them right!

Ted Nugent went to my high school.
Beat that!

Steven Kazmierczak, who not only hails from the same high school as I do, but did one better by shooting up my college alma mater.