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This is such a wonderful thread, pj. I am so much enjoying it, just wanted you to know how much I am appreciating this effort. I have a feeling lots of others also love it.
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For a more complete walk down memory lane, and even some of these are before my time:
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My bedtime was 7:30 until I was 8 years old. The exceptions were the rare nights dad was home from work early enough to watch The Red Skelton Show. I haven’t found many clips from that show - more whole episodes -but I loved all the characters he did.
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I love Red Skelton and Ernie Ford both. This is a double pleasure.
HOWEVER. Even when I was a kid I always considered the Alan Copeland/Jimmy Joyce singers as the worst on TV, and their rendition of "Georgy Girl" in this episode did not disabuse me of that untutored opinion.
They are flat and inconsistent tempo. Its painful. I realize they only have about 6 hours total rehearsal time for these numbers if that, but they are drawn from the greatest showbiz singer pool on earth. They should be better than that.
HOWEVER. Even when I was a kid I always considered the Alan Copeland/Jimmy Joyce singers as the worst on TV, and their rendition of "Georgy Girl" in this episode did not disabuse me of that untutored opinion.
They are flat and inconsistent tempo. Its painful. I realize they only have about 6 hours total rehearsal time for these numbers if that, but they are drawn from the greatest showbiz singer pool on earth. They should be better than that.
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I used to watch the Red Skelton Show with my father every week.
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My Dad's first car was a '64 Dodge Dart with a push button automatic transmission mounted in the dash.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:27 pm We had a PontiacPlymouth Station Wagon with a push button transmission.
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My first car as a '64 Valiant (slightly smaller version of the Dart) with the same transmission.Reality Check wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:39 amMy Dad's first car was a '64 Dodge Dart with a push button automatic transmission mounted in the dash.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:27 pm We had a PontiacPlymouth Station Wagon with a push button transmission.
My Dad had a '64 Dodge 880 full-size wagon, also with a pushbutton transmission. Pushbuttons went away for the '65 model year.
Edsel had transmission pushbuttons in the center of the steering wheel - one of the many not-so-great features of that marque.
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Yeah, my first car in 1970 was a used 1965 green Dart GT. The transmission control was in the floor between the bucket seats. I loved the 225 slant 6 engine. I could do a tune up in an hour or two. Also did shocks, brakes, and water pump change myself. One thing I found quite by accident there was there was a hidden antenna trimmer capacitor adjustment if you pulled off the tuning knob on the radio. The reception was lousy until I found that little trick.
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Fancy you! I had a *170* slant six.
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noblepa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 8:39 pmThe Honeymooners would never make it on the air today. Ralph was constantly threatening Alice with physical abuse ("To the moon, Alice, to the moon!"), even though we knew he never would. For all his bluster, Ralph was a big softy, who was madly in love with Alice.
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This comes to mind so easily because I edited an SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) newsletters for many years, and this came up in a program every few years.
This comes to mind so easily because I edited an SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) newsletters for many years, and this came up in a program every few years.
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