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Quote from: Brownie on February 26, 2019, 11:37:45 AMHuey should probably answer this but you do realize that there wasn't a whole lot on television in 1949?Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 26, 2019, 10:45:02 AMQuote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AMQuote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AMQuote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AMQuote 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.
Super Circus aired from 1949 to 1956, so your 16-year-old Dad was tuning in to this?
Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 26, 2019, 10:45:02 AMQuote from: flannj on February 26, 2019, 10:32:23 AMQuote from: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AMQuote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AMQuote 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: Quality Start Machine on February 26, 2019, 08:35:03 AMQuote from: Canadouche on February 25, 2019, 10:18:24 AMQuote from: Quality Start Machine on February 25, 2019, 08:46:43 AMQuote 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.
Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 25, 2019, 07:32:42 PMQuote from: CBStew on February 25, 2019, 02:03:24 PMQuote from: Tonker on February 25, 2019, 08:37:47 AM
Shows what I know, huh?
Yeah. Me too. Apparently the movie didn't come up to Spike Lee's standards.
Why would it? It was Viggo for best lead actor, Mahershala Ali for best supporting. That should tell you who the film is actually aimed at. At least BlacKkKlansman centers a black man in the story instead of having a cartoon stereotype of a white guy literally driving the whole movie. Oh and there's also the whole part about Don Shirley's family saying they weren't even consulted and the supposed true story depicted in the film is full of shit. The guy who wrote it said he wasn't even aware Shirley's family existed, which is fucking embarrassing and should immediately render the movie's factual content as suspect. The movie was aimed squarely at Academy voters who want to make a nice feelgood statement on race without concerning themselves with the uglier details.
What a surprise, that the son of the white guy made his racist but well meaning dad the hero when he wrote the screenplay. When he wasn't busy thirst-tweeting our big dumb president in support of his latest racist rant, that is. If I were Spike Lee I'd probably be pissed off that "White People Solve Racism, Again" beat "An Actual Story About Black Lives" for anything and, just to add further insult, is being hailed by (white) critics as a stirring portrait of race, too. Maybe we're not the best ones to judge Lee's reaction!
Please tell me you didn't love Crash...
Quote from: CBStew on February 25, 2019, 02:54:54 PMQuote from: flannj on February 25, 2019, 02:27:54 PMI haven't seen BlacKkKlansman, but I intend to do so, in spite of Spike Lee.Quote from: CBStew on February 25, 2019, 02:03:24 PMQuote from: Tonker on February 25, 2019, 08:37:47 AM
Shows what I know, huh?
Yeah. Me too. Apparently the movie didn't come up to Spike Lee's standards.
You surprised by that?
And I really liked BlacKkKlansman, probably my favourite (hah) of the the best picture nominees that I've seen so far.
But acting like a baby is unfortunate.
Quote from: CBStew on February 25, 2019, 02:03:24 PMQuote from: Tonker on February 25, 2019, 08:37:47 AM
Shows what I know, huh?
Yeah. Me too. Apparently the movie didn't come up to Spike Lee's standards.
Quote from: CBStew on December 31, 2018, 01:26:46 PM
Possibly the best movie that I have ever seen.
Quote from: World's #1 Astros Fan on February 09, 2019, 10:47:36 AM
"What's the rumpus?"
"I'm dead"
Quote from: Bort on February 05, 2019, 12:40:53 PMQuote from: Oleg on February 05, 2019, 11:25:47 AMQuote from: Quality Start Machine on February 05, 2019, 08:46:30 AMQuote from: Wheezer on January 31, 2019, 11:44:53 PM
... I may have the Tuvan one on a CD somewhere, but the Inuit throat singing is drawing me in.
Dreamed I was an Eskimo...
Don't eat the yellow snow.
Got to save room for the pancake breakfast.
Quote from: CBStew on February 03, 2019, 11:41:40 AMQuote from: Bort on February 03, 2019, 07:18:21 AMQuote from: flannj on February 02, 2019, 10:54:14 PMQuote from: CBStew on February 01, 2019, 11:12:39 PM
By coincidence I watched My Darling Clementine on TCM this evening. There is a great line. Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp says to the bartender, "Mac, have you ever been in love?" Mac answers "No. I've been a bartender all my life."
I thought of another one. Gary Cooper in "The Westerner". Walter Brennan, as usual, stole every scene.
Best line ever in a movie?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLPJuy9oyQ
This is my personal favorite exchange in movie history.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0gC29ArkGG0
You must have forgotten this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYUfPTeE0DM
