More Mr. Bingle



Old Tv AD Mr.Bingle and Miss Holly


1963 Lowensteins Dept Store

1962 Lowensteins Dept Store



My oh my how the world has changed since those days......




Here is a copy of a receipt for a copy of a 45 record of the Mr. Bingle Song. This was done in Memphis, TN for the Lowensteins store. The purchasers name has been erased to protect identity. I thought it was interesting. 1948-1952. Memphis Recording Service was also Sun Records owned by Sam Philips.

Quote:"Sam Phillips, by his own proclamation in the newspapers opened up the Memphis Recording Service to give an opportunity for the great Negro artists of the South to record. He wanted to give them an opportunity that they simply had not had up till then. And the rush of talent to his doors indicates how sorely needed the Memphis Recording Service was. To see Rocket 88 with Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm, to see Howlin'Wolf, to see all of these great artists just flock to Sam's door shows what a lack there was at that time.

     Now, to keep the doors of the Memphis Recording Service open, obviously it was necessary to do anything and everything. As the motto of the Memphis Recording Service proclaimed, "We record anything, any time, anywhere." So Sam would record weddings, he would record bar mitzvahs, he had field equipment to go out and record wherever it was necessary to record. These recordings give a documentation of a particular time. He then leased all of these recordings in the first two or three years of the history of the Memphis Recording Service to labels which put out those recordings, or put out the recordings that they chose to put out on their own label. Recordings to labels like Chess and RPM.

     When the Sun label got fully underway in 1953, Sam really had very few records coming out. He basically promoted each record individually. But at that point, he started going on the road quite a bit. To all the Sun distributors who were independent distributors in each town. To Houston and Dallas and to Atlanta. And these were the great independent distributors of those times.

     At that time, I can't believe that the Memphis Recording Service continued on a very strong level. I'm sure when Sam was in town he was still prepared to do recordings any time, any place, anywhere, if he wasn't doing recordings of his own. But he started having success with Rufus, with Little Junior Parker, with the Prisonaires. And so obviously as that success pyramided, there wasn't going to be a lot of time for the kinds of things he had been doing because now he was getting into what he really wanted to do. As Sam said, he was scrambling to make a living for his family and he was determined to express himself creatively and he was also determined to survive. And through all these stratagems, Sam worked out what every freelancer has to work out in some way, the ability to make it possible for him to do what he wanted to do."

Cletus Wrote:More Mr. Bingle



Old Tv AD Mr.Bingle and Miss Holly


1963 Lowensteins Dept Store

1962 Lowensteins Dept Store



My oh my how the world has changed since those days......




Here is a copy of a receipt for a copy of a 45 record of the Mr. Bingle Song. This was done in Memphis, TN for the Lowensteins store. The purchasers name has been erased to protect identity. I thought it was interesting. 1948-1952. Memphis Recording Service was also Sun Records owned by Sam Philips.

Quote:"Sam Phillips, by his own proclamation in the newspapers opened up the Memphis Recording Service to give an opportunity for the great Negro artists of the South to record. He wanted to give them an opportunity that they simply had not had up till then. And the rush of talent to his doors indicates how sorely needed the Memphis Recording Service was. To see Rocket 88 with Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm, to see Howlin'Wolf, to see all of these great artists just flock to Sam's door shows what a lack there was at that time.

     Now, to keep the doors of the Memphis Recording Service open, obviously it was necessary to do anything and everything. As the motto of the Memphis Recording Service proclaimed, "We record anything, any time, anywhere." So Sam would record weddings, he would record bar mitzvahs, he had field equipment to go out and record wherever it was necessary to record. These recordings give a documentation of a particular time. He then leased all of these recordings in the first two or three years of the history of the Memphis Recording Service to labels which put out those recordings, or put out the recordings that they chose to put out on their own label. Recordings to labels like Chess and RPM.

     When the Sun label got fully underway in 1953, Sam really had very few records coming out. He basically promoted each record individually. But at that point, he started going on the road quite a bit. To all the Sun distributors who were independent distributors in each town. To Houston and Dallas and to Atlanta. And these were the great independent distributors of those times.

     At that time, I can't believe that the Memphis Recording Service continued on a very strong level. I'm sure when Sam was in town he was still prepared to do recordings any time, any place, anywhere, if he wasn't doing recordings of his own. But he started having success with Rufus, with Little Junior Parker, with the Prisonaires. And so obviously as that success pyramided, there wasn't going to be a lot of time for the kinds of things he had been doing because now he was getting into what he really wanted to do. As Sam said, he was scrambling to make a living for his family and he was determined to express himself creatively and he was also determined to survive. And through all these stratagems, Sam worked out what every freelancer has to work out in some way, the ability to make it possible for him to do what he wanted to do."

I think this is Mr. Bingles cousin.

Cletus Wrote:More Mr. Bingle

Whatever happened to Sluggo? Did he retire?

tigerjeb Wrote:

gwade56 Wrote:Anyone remember Trent Wood and Looney Zoo on WMC-TV ?  What was the name of his clown sidekick?

All Aboard with Mr. B was a channel 10 program featuring Mr B., a train engineer with his puppet pals Poncey D. Lion (who would spout poetry) and Troilus the Train Loving Troll.

Oh my goodness!!! I have searched the net for years trying to find something about "All Aboard with Mr. B" and found absolutely nothing. My memory says "Alan" or "Allen" Bates was Mr. B and of course that bombs you out because of the actor Alan Bates. The show was in Black & White and I remember the Poncey D. Lion character vividly.

I grew up in Jackson, TN and we had the giant antenna just to get a somewhat decent reception of the Memphis channels and I would SCREAM and RUN from the room whenever Sivad came on. The show went off the air soon after we obtained a color TV and I think his makeup was green? My family laughed at me about it when I forwarded news of Sivad's passing.

One last one to test memories ... wasn't there a "Captain ... Something?" show that would always advertise for Hart's Bread? Can't remember the name though. A kid would write a numeral or big letter on a big tablet and he'd turn it into some impressive drawing. Wish I could remember!!!

RIP Sivad, RIP!

Is it Capt. Bill Killibrew. He would wear something like a sailor's outfit and draw characatures???

tigerjeb Wrote:

gwade56 Wrote:Anyone remember Trent Wood and Looney Zoo on WMC-TV ?  What was the name of his clown sidekick?

trent woods sidekick was Tiny the Clown. this is burned into my brain because as a toddler fan boy, my mom got me into the peanut gallery for one show. keep in mind, i had only seen the show in black and white. out comes Tiny in the most garish green and red face make up you have ever seen. it scared me so bad i ran out of the studio and would not return.

Happy Hals puppet pal was indeed Little Bo. my dad HATED happy hal because he was allways plugging his toy shop on that show.

All Aboard with Mr. B was a channel 10 program featuring Mr B., a train engineer with his puppet pals Poncey D. Lion (who would spout poetry) and Troilus the Train Loving Troll.

Mr. Bingle and Miss Holly showed up around Christmas time and were Lowenstiens answer to Goldsmith's Enchanted Forrest

It was considered waaaaay cool to be able to get on Looney Zoo. Thanks Jeb for refreshing my memory on Tiny. Sorry you were so traumatized by him, but that's a funny story. Still have nightmares?

I used to ride my bike to Happy Hal's toy store on Union Ave all the time as a kid. I don't even want to think how much money I spent in that place.

Cap'n Bill and Mr. Bingle both take me back as well. Cletus is right, how the world has changed since those days. :(

gwade56 Wrote:

tigerjeb Wrote:

gwade56 Wrote:Anyone remember Trent Wood and Looney Zoo on WMC-TV ?  What was the name of his clown sidekick?

trent woods sidekick was Tiny the Clown. this is burned into my brain because as a toddler fan boy, my mom got me into the peanut gallery for one show. keep in mind, i had only seen the show in black and white. out comes Tiny in the most garish green and red face make up you have ever seen. it scared me so bad i ran out of the studio and would not return.

Happy Hals puppet pal was indeed Little Bo. my dad HATED happy hal because he was allways plugging his toy shop on that show.

All Aboard with Mr. B was a channel 10 program featuring Mr B., a train engineer with his puppet pals Poncey D. Lion (who would spout poetry) and Troilus the Train Loving Troll.

Mr. Bingle and Miss Holly showed up around Christmas time and were Lowenstiens answer to Goldsmith's Enchanted Forrest

It was considered waaaaay cool to be able to get on Looney Zoo. Thanks Jeb for refreshing my memory on Tiny. Sorry you were so traumatized by him, but that's a funny story. Still have nightmares?

I used to ride my bike to Happy Hal's toy store on Union Ave all the time as a kid. I don't even want to think how much money I spent in that place.

Cap'n Bill and Mr. Bingle both take me back as well. Cletus is right, how the world has changed since those days. :(

Looney Zoo !!! That had to be it. It started with this song?

<a href='http://www.prepmetro.org/documents/midi_folder/Baby_Elephant_Walk.mid' target='_blank'>Baby Elephant Walk</a>

kpigout Wrote:

gwade56 Wrote:

tigerjeb Wrote:

gwade56 Wrote:Anyone remember Trent Wood and Looney Zoo on WMC-TV ?&nbsp; What was the name of his clown sidekick?

trent woods sidekick was Tiny the Clown. this is burned into my brain because as a toddler fan boy, my mom got me into the peanut gallery for one show. keep in mind, i had only seen the show in black and white. out comes Tiny in the most garish green and red face make up you have ever seen. it scared me so bad i ran out of the studio and would not return.

Happy Hals puppet pal was indeed Little Bo. my dad HATED happy hal because he was allways plugging his toy shop on that show.

All Aboard with Mr. B was a channel 10 program featuring Mr B., a train engineer with his puppet pals Poncey D. Lion (who would spout poetry) and Troilus the Train Loving Troll.

Mr. Bingle and Miss Holly showed up around Christmas time and were Lowenstiens answer to Goldsmith's Enchanted Forrest

It was considered waaaaay cool to be able to get on Looney Zoo. Thanks Jeb for refreshing my memory on Tiny. Sorry you were so traumatized by him, but that's a funny story. Still have nightmares?

I used to ride my bike to Happy Hal's toy store on Union Ave all the time as a kid. I don't even want to think how much money I spent in that place.

Cap'n Bill and Mr. Bingle both take me back as well. Cletus is right, how the world has changed since those days. :(

Looney Zoo !!! That had to be it. It started with this song?

<a href='http://www.prepmetro.org/documents/midi_folder/Baby_Elephant_Walk.mid' target='_blank'>Baby Elephant Walk</a>

I'm going to have to sleep on this one.....doesn't seem right though. Anyone else know?

gwade56,Mar 27 2005, 12:55 AM Wrote:Looney Zoo !!! That had to be it. It started with this song?

<a href='http://www.prepmetro.org/documents/midi_folder/Baby_Elephant_Walk.mid' target='_blank'>Baby Elephant Walk</a>

I'm going to have to sleep on this one.....doesn't seem right though. Anyone else know? [/QUOTE]
"Baby Elephant Walk" was the theme to a show that the Overton Park Zoo produced but I do not think it was called "Looney Zoo"...........

I did not get to see the Sunday morning shows (or Sunday night and Wednesday night) unless I was sick. Mom made sure of that................

speaking of Sivad...

anyone ever go out to Chase Mansion? the Crying Angel? the Love Sisters?

One Shining Moment

mentioned Bill Killebrew was a HUGE Tiger fan. I remember traveling on a bus with him to Ole Miss games. He really gave the Ole Miss folks grief.

Roller Derby- 60's and 70's
Crafted by Trivia Architect fireman44
Category: Entertainment Other

Introduction:
"As there have been many versions of this "sport" since the beginning of TV, these questions cover the 60's and early 70's version of the game. The first half of the quiz covers the rules and the second half the players and teams. Good luck."

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Question 1:

How many skaters were on the track at one time for each team?

5
6
8
9

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Question 2:

What was the time period in which scoring occured?

Slot
Jam
Period
Session

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Question 3:

What were the three different positions of skaters called?

Jammer, lineman, receiver
Jammer, blocker, pivotman
Blocker, scorer, defenseman
Scorer, pivotman, receiver

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Question 4:

Only Jammers could score points?

True
False

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Question 5:

Could Jammers from both teams score points in the same jam?

Yes
No

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Question 6:

How did the Lead Jammer call off a jam prior to the end of time?

Blowing a whistle
Hand drawn across the throat
Hands on the hips
Time out signal

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Question 7:

Skaters could be sent to the penalty box, as in ice hockey, for rules infractions.

True
False

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Question 8:

Now about the players and teams. What was the nickname of the team usually thought of as the Yankees of Roller Derby?

Cardinals
Bay Area Bombers
Mustangs
Red Devils

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Question 9:

This "America's Team" actually had two teams at the same time, although from different cities. What two cities called them their own?

Seattle and Tacoma
Tampa And St. Petersburg
San Francisco and Oakland
Minneapolis and St. Paul

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Question 10:

What male and female skaters were considered the "Babe Ruths" of the Derby?

Charlie O'Connell and Joanie Weston
Tony Roman and Carol Meyer
Mike and Judi Gammon
Bob Woodberry and Ann Calvello

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Question 11:

What boxing champion's son was a Derby star?

Sonny Liston
Rocky Marciano
Sugar Ray Robinson
Floyd Patterson

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Question 12:

What female skater was known for her wild multi-colored hair and garish make-up?

Emily Latella
Lisa Loopner
Ann Calvello
Baba Wawa

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Question 13:

What skater was known as the "Bald Eagle"?

Bob Woodberry
Pete Boyd
Bob Hein
Lydia Clay

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Question 14:

Who was considered Roller Derby's perenniel "bad boy"?

Bob Hein
Bob Woodberry
Mike Gammon
Ronnie Robinson

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Question 15:

There was once an actual movie made about the Roller Derby.

True
False

1) 6
2) jam
3) jammer, blocker, pivotman
4) true
5) yes
6) hands on the hips
7) true
8) bay area bombers
9) san francisco and oakland
10) Charlie O'Connell and Joanie Weston
11) sugar ray robinson
12) ann cavello
13) bob woodberry
14) ronnie robinson
15) true (kansas city bomber starring raquel welch)

how did i do?

tigerjeb Wrote:1) 6
2) jam
3) jammer, blocker, pivotman
4) true
5) yes
6) hands on the hips
7) true
8) bay area bombers
9) san francisco and oakland
10) Charlie O'Connell and Joanie Weston
11) sugar ray robinson
12) ann cavello
13) bob woodberry
14) ronnie robinson
15) true (kansas city bomber starring raquel welch)

how did i do?

Great!!!!
1 = 5 (2 jammers, 2 blockers, 1 pivotman)
4 = False (Only jammers could begin a jam, but once it began, the pivotman could then become the lead jammer and score points)
13= Bob Hein
14=Bob Woodberry


I missed the same ones that you did except I guessed #14 correctly. I don't remember #4 being part of the game.