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

e-mail | 06 Sep 2003 | tiamat

[commish]

I figured that would fire someone up ..LOL ... I could nto resist

[Dajjal]

Know who Dick Purtan is.

Remember "Chicken Man."

Remember Morgus (and E.R.I.C.) doing the weather on WJBK.

[tiamat]

The Giant Tire ( Good year or Goodrich? ) and the giant cans of Reddi-Whip!

Not sure about the story where the tire got loose from it's moorings and went rolling down the highway!

Tia

[Celtic Conservative]

What about the travel show with George Perot? That gravelly 4 pack a day (and i suspect somewhat boozy) voice " hello my friends this is george perot. today we will show you some film of st. ignace by night..." Or Bill Kennedy dropping the name of "his good friend ALAN HALE , JR." every chance he got?. Two homegrown originals, bill and George.

Slainte,

CC

[tiamat]

And CKLW and WRIF were the teeny-bopper stations!

[Flashlight]

WKNR - the best radio station ever (Keener 13).

[tiamat]

Oh WOW!

Bill Kennedy knew the Skipper?

My grandma LOVED George Perot!

Tia

[Celtic Conservative]

ol' bill, so the story goes actually had a few minor character roles early in His career. So He would occasionally reminisce about His time in tinseltown, and especially his good friend...ALAN HALE JR!.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I must not be an old Detroiter...I've never heard of any of these things.

[tiamat]

It's okay!

We'll let you play anyway!

Tia

[netmilsmom]

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

WAIT!!
That's Cleveland.
It's funny, I lived in Cleveland until 1996. I had someone send me one of these for Detroit. I also got the "you know you're a baby boomer if..." from my sister who is eight years older than me.
Do you remember Ghoulardi and Big Chuck and Hoolihan?
Or shopping at Giant Tiger?

[TheEditor]

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

Or, on your class trip in middle school you or someone you knew threw a deck chair overboard to see if you could get away with it. Some did, some didn't.

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

Heck, I had multiple relatives in the family that were executive-level employees at H & H. Dad worked his way thru college there.

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

Or you remember the ferris wheel on the 3rd(?) floor on your annual Xmas Eve visit.

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

I actually delivered the News to a local Winkelman's.

"You remember the Olympia Stadium."

Saw my first Wings game there. The place smelled of beer and urine.

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

And a little bar around the corner just north of the plant(Forest Ave?) called Verne's had the world's best patty melts for just $2.25. They came wrapped in wax paper to keep them hot. A pair of those for lunch and you were that much closer to angioplasty.

"You know who Bill Kennedy is."

The man hated any movie made afte 1961. Saw him regularly at Merit Drugs in GPW.

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

And he scared the hell out of this youngster when he pulled off the tip of the UP and made it squeak. Gave me nightmares.

"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".

They are still there, and they still use the jingle. Its a classic.

[Dajjal]

If you remember "Terry Knight and the Pack"

[TheEditor]

"You remember Wayne Fontes, and wish he was back!"

No, a real Detroiter remembers Joe Schmidt and wishes *he* was back!

[TheEditor]

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

Yes! Or worse yet, Fran !@#^%@$# Tarkenton. The human Road Runner. Could someone please catch and kill that SOB? I still hate the Vikings, and I'm 39.

[Walkin Man]

How about CKLW? I grew up listening to all the great Motown songs on that station.

[JackOfVA]

Jack the Bellboy (Ed McKenzie in real life) did the overnight show for many years. WJBK-AM (1500 KHz) among other stations.

Ed, who passed on two years ago, was a ham operator so I knew him from that circle. His obit is at http://www.freep.com/news/obituaries/jack6_20010206.htm

Speaking of Freddy Wolf, recall the time he got fired in the middle of his show (I think it was from WXYZ 1270) for making an un-acceptable comment when he thought the microphone was off?

Jack

[Celtic Conservative]

Just looked it up on imdb.com... they both had small character roles in a war movie called "destination tokyo" which starred cary grant, and presumably became friends after that. From the looks of bills list, he was a minor character actor in "b" movie westerns and t.v. shows into the early 60s, which is when he started up "at the movies with bill kennedy". That ran into the early 80s .

[TheEditor]

"If you know who Ernie Harwell is."

Everybody knows Ernie Harwell. A real Detroiter remembers what a perfect pairing his Arkansas twang made with Paul Carey's booming Midwestern bass. Ernie had the first 3, Paul the middle 3, Ernie finished and they would share the postgame duties. We were so blessed. I feel a little sorry for my 1 year old son.

[Celtic Conservative]

gaylord and holliday were responsible for that jingle, and are still doing commercials today . their latest is for "joes produce" (i work nights, and listen to a LOT of am radio). The roy o' brien ad is their most famous.