You 're An Old Detroiter If.......

e-mail | 06 Sep 2003 | tiamat

[tiamat]

Forgive me, but You're an Old Detroiter if:

You took a "moonlight cruise" to Bob-lo with Captain Bob-lo or went to Edgewater amusement Park.

You remember the big stove that was on Jefferson Ave. at the entrance to Belle Isle.

You shopped at Hughes and Hatcher, B. Siegel, Peck and Peck, Himelhoch's,Robert Halls, Crowley's, Shoppers Fair, EJ Korvettes or Federals.

You rode the elevator at J. L. Hudson, which was "run" by an elevator operator with her white gloves on.

You remember a Winkleman's and Sanders store in your neighborhood.

You remember the "Big Snow", Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, Clarabell, PhineasT. Bluster, and Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring.

You remember Twin Pines Dairy delivered milk and juice to the chute on the side of your house and Milky the Clown performed magic with the magic Words, "Twin Pines".

You remember the Good Humor man in a white uniform, ringing the bells and driving down your street.

You remember the Olympia Stadium.

You remember when Vernor's  was made  on Woodward Ave.  and a bearded troll was on the bottle.

Your mom got groceries at Great Scott, Food Fair, Wrigley's or Chatham.

Your mom saved Holden Red Stamps, S&H Green Stamps, or Gold Bell Gift Stamps and you licked the stamps and put them in those little books.

Kresge's and Woolworth's were "DIME STORES".

You had an Uncle in the furniture business (Joshua Doore).

You know who Bill Kennedy is.

You remember this telephone number:  Tyler 8-7100 (Belvedere Construction) and the slogan "We do good work".

Your phone number may have started with Tyler, Vermont, Broadway,Kenwood,Diamond, Webster, Dunkirk, Warwick, Vinwood, Townsend, University orTrinity.

You saw the Detroit Lions play football in Tiger Stadium.

You remember Black Bart and the Faygo pop song.  Or how  about "Which way did they go?  Which way did he go?  He went for Faygo, old fashion root beer".

You watched Rita Bell's Prize Movie in the mornings.

You know who Sonny Elliot is.  Do you remember Sonny using chalk on a map of Michigan?

You remember Jack LeGoff and Van Patrick.

You remember Milky the Clown, Soupy Sales, Johnny Ginger, Poopdeck Paul and Captain Jolly, Fred Wolf from the whacky wiggloo.

You visited the Wonder Bread Bakery and got to take home a mini loaf of bread.

Your address had a two-digit "zone" before there were zip codes. Detroit19, Michigan.

You remember "Get on the right track at 9 Mile and Mack, to get the best deal in town.  Roy O'Brian...it's the best deal in town".

Your house had a laundry chute and a milk chute and a coal chute.

You remember going to Detroit Edison with your mom to exchange burned out light bulbs for new ones.

[gerboy]

How about "The New Era of Wrestling " with Wilbur Snyder, Verne Gagne,
Angelo Poffo, Haystack Calhoun, Bobo Brazil and above all, the World's Most Dangerous Wrestler, Dick the Bruiser who was even defeated once on Thursday night live TV by " ?????" . Who might know? I will give the answer if no one really knows.

[1000 silverlings]

lol. I worked at Bob-lo when Sonny Eliot and "Mary Ann" from Gilligan's Island visited.

[Calvin Locke]

Morgus.

Is that the same guy that George Noory has on, occasionally?

Retired to NOLA, and survived Katrina?

[Calvin Locke]

And who watched "Sir Graves Ghastley" for REALLY cheesy horror movies on Saturday afternoon?

I watched him on Saturday night. And it wasn't anywhere near Detroit, let alone Michigan.

And, he showed up, in person, well, in a casket, carried in, actually, at a movie theater, to introduce The Dunwich Horror.

[Grizzled Bear]

IIRC: The Ghoul also had some bizarre fascination with kielbasa sausage.

[Dajjal]

>>Morgus.
>Is that the same guy that George Noory has on, occasionally?
>Retired to NOLA, and survived Katrina?

One and the same. In 1964 he joined Detroit's WJBK (Ch. 2) as a dinnertime and late-night weatherman, doing crazy "science" skits, and later also hosting late-night horror movies. After a few months he moved to WXYZ (Ch. 7) with just the movie program. In 1965 he returned to New Orleans.

Remember, George Noory is an old Detroiter, too! He's said that Morgus was one of the influences that made him go into broadcasting.

(Noory probably still feels awful for punching Morgus in the face -- live on radio -- when the good doctor's mental powers failed to block the punch. LOL!!!)

Great website:
http://www.morgus.com
Check out the "Morgus in the Motor City" page in the Photo Gallery section.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

"Sir Graves Ghastley"

"You're sick, sick, I say..."

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

...there are LOTs of "Haunted Detroit" stories.

There are lots of spooky stories about Henry Ford's ghost.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Haven't been back in over ten years hope to someday, just for the food!!!!

Greektown is still o.k... They have cops walking a beat in groups of four or five... Food is still good...

Frankenmuth was my favorite place... Zender's...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

When I took Biology at Seaholm,

Does the name Marty Szuba mean anything to you?

[TruthFactor]

Dick the Bruiser who was even defeated once on Thursday night live TV by " ?????" . Who might know?

Was it the Sheik?

[gerboy]

Good guess. Actually, I'm not sure that the Bruiser ever wrestled the Sheik.
The Sheik wrestled a few years after the Bruiser had left Detroit. The Bruiser ended up being a good guy. He even had his own wrestling promotion in the Detroit area in the 80's. Around 1960 he was so vicious though he became a household name in Detroit. There was even an incident when he was arrested for disorderly behavior in a restaurant and eight police officers had to restrain him,

Oh, yea, for reading this far, the only man to ever defeat Dick the Bruiser on live Thursday night TV was.......... Cowboy Bob Ellis. Now do you remember the announcer who was always getting upset by the Bruiser and who announced
that match??

[gerboy]

The legend of the girl tapping on the car roof was all over Detroit. The first time I heard it my friend telling the story tapped on the roof with his own hand. I didn't realize it was him and I was scared half to death.

[laker_dad]

Does the name Marty Szuba mean anything to you?

No, but I'll try to find my year book... LOL OK, so I had to go back and find the comments I made over 3 years ago to jog my memory. Funny how these threads bubble back up to the surface!