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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’m old enough to remember Mitch Miller and the captioning with the bouncing ball that allowed you to sing along. That was when you could find real entertainment on television, not the slop we have today.

Rest in peace, Mr. Miller. Thank you for some great memories.


4 posted on 08/02/2010 10:20:30 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

Good old fashioned music fun, not mad monkey jumpin’ rants.


6 posted on 08/02/2010 10:22:25 AM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: fatnotlazy

There were some cartoons in the 50s and 60s that also had songs you could sing along to, and there would be a bouncing ball.

Stan Freberg’s spoof of “The Yellow Rose of Texas” had Stan
saying at one point something like “if you don’t play this right I’ll secede from the band, so help me Mitch Miller, I will!”


16 posted on 08/02/2010 10:28:08 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: fatnotlazy

Sing along with Mitch. Yeah, very good memories here, too. I hope (and suspect) where he is now, they don’t need a bouncing ball to sing praises!


38 posted on 08/02/2010 10:46:09 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: fatnotlazy

I agree with you in every respect.


58 posted on 08/02/2010 11:18:55 AM PDT by verity
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