Okay, anybody remeber Houston Wrestling, live from the Sam Houston Colliseum. With Paul Boesch and those on site commercials with Mattress Mack. Also the Me Llama(sp?) Mr. Norman commericals.

Or the I.W. Marks commercials with Paul Boesch wearing the big earrings.

Watched the Sunday morning replay a few times playing hookey from Church.

Also remember Dialing for Dollars, the Million Dollar Movie, and Kittirick.

How about junk yard dog

King Kong Bundi

Hacksaw Duggan and Hacksaw Butch Reed

what about Jim Coronet? The guy with the tennis racket.

Tony Atlas

Ice Man King Parsons

Ted Dibiasi(sp?)

Bruiser Brodie

Bronco Lubich(the greasy old referee)

Kumala the Ugandan Warrrior

The Funk Brothers(my wife actually went to school with Terry Funks kids up in the panhandle)

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does anyone remember hanna barbera land?

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yeah, i went there once when i was like 4. i believe it sat where splashtown used to be, across from the blimp base

hey there's another thing, who remember the blimp base on 45 North?

that't right, I remember the Good Year Blimp. Had that big old warehouse it would stay in.

I wonder why they moved it?

I remember the Blimp base too. I think it was a stituation where they were reducing the number of blimps they had in operation around the country.

After the blimp left I remember Genesis rehearsed in the hanger before they launched their farewell tour at the Astrodome.

Anyone else see Elvis at the Texas Livestock Show in March 1970? I think they ran something like 250k people through there in a few days. I must have seen one of the last shows, Elvis didn't have much left. I believe he followed Charlie Pride.

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don mahoney and geena claire.......

This thread really brings back some memories...
I grew up in Houston. I remember the name Peppermint Park, but never in my life went there. Went to Sea Arama a few times...Thought it was cool back then.

Splashtown is where Hanna Barbera Land was, although I believe the blimp hangar was a bit further north.

Does anyone remember Scooby's Fun Factory Pizza?

What about those guys that climbed those buildings downtown?

One guy climbed the Texas Commerce Bank building (tallest building in town) wearing a white tuxedo. Another climbed the Allied Bank building (the green glass one) wearing some kind of super hero outfit and called himself the blue bandit. About a few stories from the top he set up a platform and parachuted down.

Bonus points for anyone that can tell me what the Allied Bank building is supposed to be shaped like (if you look at it from above.)

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We always stopped and ate at the cafeteria at Gulfgate on the way to the Dome when my dad had Oilers season tickets in the 70s.

I'm pretty sure that was Rainbo bread at Astroworld.

It was Rainbo bread at Astroworld.

I can remember my dad saying how much everybody complained when they opened the Astrodome because they were charging people $.50 to park. $.50!! Can you believe how much things have changed?

My mom was working downtown when John Wayne was in Houston filming the movie Hellfighters about Red Adair. She was walking to lunch one day and the Limo he was in pulled up to where she was standing. He waved at everybody and my mom said he was a huge guy.

I went on the TV show Kittirick when I was in kindergarten.

I remember peppermint park, and when the Zoo was free. I went on the miniature train in Hermann Park many times as a kid.

I went to Sea-Arama. It was owned by/part of Marine world out of California before they built SeaWorld. I remember seeing he water ski show and the hokie narrator guy saying, 'ladies and gentleman, we have a very famous guest in the audience today, let's give a big hand for Jackie Gleason!..ooh, I'm sorry lady.' I thought it was pretty funny at the time. I wonder what happened to that place?

I went to Gulfgate mall many times. I saw Superman at that cinema across 610 on a date. We used to go to this diner/restaurant in the mall and have these open-faced double chili cheeseburgers. There was also a place called Dot Coffe shop between there and Bill McDavid Oldsmobile. Another place over there was called Brisket House. They had a baked potato that was huge.

My older brothers used to hang out at a drive-in called the Ritzy that was the place to be back in the 60's.

There was another drive in burger place/chain called Prince's.

Back then Old Galveston Road (state hwy 3) was wide open with nobody on it and no lights for miles. My brother told me he and his boss drove his vette up to 180mph in the middle of the night. For a while they had a crossing across I-45 somewhere near the Fuqua exit where there was just a flashing yellow light where you looked both ways and shot across the freeway.

When my family had out of town guests we always took them to a stros game at the dome. In the late 60's it truly was a one of a kind place. The San Jacinto monument and Battleship Texas was another place we went with out of towners.

I remember going to the top of the Humble building as a kid. They had a machine where you could put in a quarter and it would make you a plastic 6" replica coin bank.

My dad was stationed at Ellington AFB when I was a kid. My mom took me to the Barber shop to get haircuts, and I met all the astronauts there back in the 60's. I got to sit in Ed White's lap when he was getting a haircut about a month after he had done the first walk in space. He died on one of the appollo missions.

Thunderbolt Transimission!



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"We put the Yeehaa back in your motor and transmission"

What about the A-1 mobile home commercials where Mickey Gilley was singing their jingle on top of their Water tower shaped office that was painted with alternating black and yellow stripes.

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anyone remember the comercial for some sort of diet losing weight deal where the phone number was: 222-2222. Me and my sister would call the number and pretend we wanted to lose weight and couldn't figure out why they would always hang up on us.

I realize it is a fairly obscure memory.

I remember Farrell's very well. Mr. LLA and I spent a few dates there. Also, the Westbury Shopping Village with all the small shops and an Italian restaurant (whose name escapes me) that was excellent. I worked for the Bank of the Southwest during 1967-68. Does anyone know if it is still in existence?

Also, I remember MAAARRRRVVVVIIINNNN Zindler and his hokey exposes. He was a genuine hoot!

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Marvin is still going strong.

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a favorite of mine was the interactive t.v. game.......

t.v. kid pow

I think the Westbury shopping village you are talking about was called: Westbury Square. Most of it has been torn down, but there are a few remants left of it. That was the Galleria of Houston back in it's heyday. It was at the corner of Chimney Rock and W. Bellfort I believe. It was basically an outdoor mall.

Does anyone know how to get a hold of an old copy of the Don Mahoney/Gena Claire show?

I remember Gulfgate well. I remember having the hubcaps stolen off of the family car ('81 Impala) while seeing E.T. in its first run there.

That was probably my first exposure to "big city" crime.

Just found this thread . . .sorry to rehash a lot of old stuff . . .

Anyone remember Mountain Park? Used to be at 610 and 59. I believe it is part of the Westpark tollway now. What about Good Time Charlies at Sharpestown?

Westbury Square was the best - The Cheese Man, Rumpleheimers, Roy's comics. Used to be a gag gift store there as well. Mmmmm . . .fake vomit and dog poo.

The Pepperment Park I remember was at 59 and BW8. It is still red and white stripped, but filled with junk cars now.

There also used to be a place WAY out Richmond toward Katy. It had indoor putt-putt and a water park. What was that called?

that was Fame City, on Bissonet just inside Hwy 6

Fame City was Beechnut at Eldridge.

This may have been posted but here it is anyway.

http://www.seaarama.zoomshare.com/1.shtml

"Pasagetdowndena" I still love saying that, of course most people don't have clue.

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I know it's in a song
I guess Astroworld now goes down in Houston history books

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ttt

for the new comers to the board.

nonreg, i'll answer your two year old question: A dollar sign.

FAME CITY WAS THOED. nothing like wreaking havoc in the lazy river with your elementary buddies while Duran Duran blares over the loud speakers.

Last time I posted on this thread I had a diffrent name and was a lowly vetran

Anyone remember Peter's Physical Wimsical?

Was that the place next to the Fiesta store at 1960 & 249? If so I remember that place when I was a kid

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i thought it was Nathan's not peter's but anyway, i remember going to one in Sharpstown mall before it got ghetto.

then they built one at 1960 and 249 that wansn't quite as good.

Anyone remember The Cadet Don show during weekday mornings? I think it was on Channel 13 before or after Kiterrik.

Paul Bosch was great. I went to Houston Wrestling a few times when I was growing up. Johnny Valentine, Tora Tanaka, Wahoo McDaniel, Thunderbolt Patterson, Pepper Gomez, George "The Blimp" Harris.

The thing a Farrels that they carried out on the stretcher and ran around the place was called a "zoo" (I think). It had like 20 scoops of ice cream and all sorts of other stuff.

I remember standing in line for 2+ hours to see Jaws with my Dad. We were seeing it at the Galleria movie theater.