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

e-mail | 06 Sep 2003 | tiamat

[tiamat]

A couple of weeks ago, someone started a "Chicago" thread that was great fun, and that sounded delicious, BTW! (grin)

So all of you Michigan Freepers.... How 'bout it?

And who here remembers: "At the Zoo With Sonny Elliot"?

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

[FlyVet]

If you know who "The Ghoul" is, and the Parma Patrol.

[FlyVet]

If you know who Tom Dempsey is, and what he did to ruin a Sunday afternoon.

[Ax]

Mr. X, the host of the Friday night horror movies? Boston Coolers? They were scoops of vanilla ice cream in a tall glass of Vernor's ginger ale - probably the best soft drink in the history of the planet. How did it become to be called "Boston?" Growing up there, I hit two of those exchanges: Vinewood and Vermont. The Soup Bowl game at U of D stadium for the Catholic School Championship and the Goodfellow Game at BRIGGS stadium for the City Championship? Remember U of D football BEFORE they merged with Mercy College and dropped football?

[gracex7]

I remember 'The Ghoul' who used to switch from Channel 20 to 50 and back. Late night really bad movies. I think it was done by college students. He had a rubber frog, "Froggie" that was frog-napped and the 'nappers sent in a photo of him tied to a telephone pole...hysterical at the time. The Ghoul also got Pillsbury crescent rolls and did " Wiener-wrap a frog Make him roll over, Teach an old frog, A new trick".
Vernor's is still my favorite.
And the Lions turned into a bunch of pansies when they started playing indoors. Remember those games at Tiger Stadium (my dad still calls it Briggs) in the snow and sleet....the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field had nothing on us!

[JackOfVA]

I hit on about 75%. Moved to Northern Virginia in 1976, but lived for many years Downriver and am a graduate of Wayne State University EE and Law.

You could add Jack the Bellboy to radio personalities

Jack

[Las Vegas Dave]

As a kid, (late 50's) I vacationed with my Mom at Aunt Freda's, I remember walking to the end of her street looking across the Detroit river at Belle Isle, the picnics at Belle Isle, and of course Soupy Sales with White Fang and Black Tooth, pleasant memories of Detroit!

(Now when I go to Detroit, it's to see the Ford Museum/Greenfield Village, and MGM Grand Casino.)

[FlyVet]

If you know why you feel rotten, when you hear a certain Gordon Lightfoot song.

[FlyVet]

If you know who Ernie Harwell is.

[tiamat]

"The Voice of Summer"!

Best heard on a little transistor radio, on WJR outside while doing yardwork or painting the house~

Tia

[tiamat]

If you know where Mariner's Cathedral is ......

[FlyVet]

Best heard on a little transistor radio,

Didn't matter the radio, his voice came out in stereo anyway.

"Called strike three! And he stood there, like a house, by the side of the road!"

[tiamat]

My husband LOVED The Ghoul!

[tiamat]

Greek-Town BEFORE the casinos, Trapper's Alley and the smell of bread at the Astoria Bakery!

[tiamat]

Did Aunt Freda ever take you to the Children's Zoo or to the Aquarium?

Tia

[commish]

You remember Wayne Fontes, and wish he was back!

[tiamat]

Listening to J.P. MaCarthy on AM76, WJR and PRAYING that your school would have a snow-day!

[tiamat]

If you remember when Bill Bonds wasn't drunk on the air, and if you know what happened with John Kelly and Marilyn Turner....

[FlyVet]

You remember Wayne Fontes, and wish he was back!

Ouch! Bite your tongue!

[tiamat]

Some how I missed Jack the Bellboy... what did he do?

Tia