Anything is possible.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKSm99cE58
― Elly Mae Bumpit (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELebSr3rbMk
― vmajestic, Sunday, 3 March 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
I spent many a weekend playing video games and riding go-carts here after my parents' divorce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyuNTkA2qA
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 3 March 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
There is a page on Friendbook called WPIX Archives with some relevant stuff, such ashttps://www.facebook.com/wpixarchives/videos/1701684756742689/
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
Wanted to mention that the Chiller Theater animated creeped me out too, probably a little more than even Gumby and Pokey or Davey and Goliath.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 March 2019 19:23 (five years ago) link
Had forgotten these last two were animated by the same guy. Also just found this interesting Davey and Goliath takeoff called He Was Once, not to derail my own thread.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 March 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
Went to this dump, too (almost certainly at my little brother's urging):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4--K0V0gU
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 3 March 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
Did you ever come to Queens to Adventurer’s Inn?
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 March 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
No, never heard of it until today. Looks like a real deathtrap.
https://placesnomore.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/adventurersinn/
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 3 March 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
i did go to wild west city, it was indeed a shithole
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Sunday, 3 March 2019 23:39 (five years ago) link
One thing about the Million Dollar Movie- thanks for posting that - is that back in the day I believe it was less common for television channels to show movies so the MMM would show all kinds of good stuff that young Marty Scorsese would watch like Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes, but later they seemed to just be showing stuff the other stations didn’t want over and over again, such as Mighty Joe Young.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
MDM not MMM
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2019 11:03 (five years ago) link
Okay, seems like they used to show the same movie twice a week or maybe even twice a day. Their mainstay studio source was RKO (Radio) Pictures, home of both Citizen Kane and Mighty Joe Young. Not sure now if this is where Young Marty S saw his first P&P pictures, even if Michael Powell called his autobiography Million Dollar Movie.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2019 11:35 (five years ago) link
But he probably did: https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/17/archives/advertising-bounty-for-elusive-viewers.html
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
Okay, he definitely saw The Tales of Hoffmann there: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/21/martin-scorsese-3d-interview-kermode
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 March 2019 11:44 (five years ago) link
Beastie Boys Book mentions at least two of these. Carvel of course, but also the PIX! PIX! PIX! video game.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 March 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link
Also, my weird, non-hyphenated spelling of Tri-state in the thread title keeps making me want to read it as "Triste," although I see some others write it without the hyphen as well.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 March 2019 02:51 (five years ago) link
Those Carvel commercials played in Virginia too (at least).
― Yerac, Thursday, 7 March 2019 03:31 (five years ago) link
last night over margs and tacos i looked at my nyc metro hometown buddy (ive been in CO for 28 yrs, him 31 yrs), and my spontaneous service, and his backhand winner, were simply:
me: ONE NEVER KNOWS *austin powers-y eyebrow arch*him: *character correct* DO ONE?
then we practically came unseated in torchys laffing dapping like the two ancient gaffers we sadly increasingly resemble. aaaand our partners quickly sideeyed eyerolled ignored us.
it was the fucking best.
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Ben Vereen is on WBGO right now and it is awesome.
― Theorbo Goes Wild (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 March 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
Not NYC specific but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP7T8ZcLess
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
This thread is entering a singularity over at that WPIX FB page I mentioned where people are meeting Carol and Paula and singing Magic Garden songs to/with/at them at a Chiller Theater convention in NU.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/wpixarchives/videos/1838562916247830/
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/204491723616/videos/845065722513141/UzpfSTE2Njg2OTIxMTY3MDg2MjA6MjQ1NzY1NDYzMTE0NTY5NA/
lol both my daughters just asked if we could drive out to meet carol and paula
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
no
Because they heard about it from you via this thread or through some other means such as the radio? Also how do they know who Carol and Paula are, is the show still being rerun?
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
Just learned its spelled Carole
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
from me via this thread!
they grew up with the dvd
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
Ah, forgot about that part of parenthood. Did the same with mine and Schoolhouse Rock, for example.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
Perhaps you can find it in your heart to take them to another event at a later date.https://www.caroleandpaula.com/
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
these vests are harshing the sexual stirrings that made me such a fan
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
OMG
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 28 April 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
I wonder if I can get anyone to go with me to see Carole and Paula when they come to Woodstock.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 28 April 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
Couldn't remember the name of Cap'n Jack McCarthy and for a bit was thinking he covered the Parade on Thanksgiving and not St. Patrick's Day. D'oh!!
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
Holy shit I just had a Proustian moment when clicking on that Milford Plaza commercial way at the top.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Saturday, 30 November 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
https:/www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=70&boardid=41&threadid=16536
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
Okay, he definitely saw /The Tales of Hoffmann/ there: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/21/martin-scorsese-3d-interview-kermode🕸
In New York, there was a television show called the Million Dollar Movie, which would show a film twice a night for a week. And so one week it would be Citizen Kane. Edited. With commercials. And with the "News on the March" sequence missing. Ha! That was the first time I'd ever seen it! Then, you know, you'd get The Third Man, with half the film cut out. But one of the films they showed was Powell and Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann. And it was cut down to about an hour and 40 minutes or so, black-and-white, with commercials. And it had a quality like The Red Shoes – a darkness, and a humour
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
Let me see if I can fix post before last.Attempts to Inspire Regional Pride That Actually Work On You
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
Looks like the guy who played Bozo on WPIX back in the day just passed.
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 February 2020 02:15 (four years ago) link
Nobody Beats the WIZ jingle is a glaring omission.
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 17 February 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link
"(Ain't nobody gonna beat the WIZ)"
Also:
"Leave off the last S for Savings" (dial a mattress)"All you have to do is whistle at PC Richards""Someone made a store just for meeee (Food Emporium, Food Emporium)"
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 17 February 2020 02:47 (four years ago) link
"The magic, the mystery, the memory will live forever"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNZTCQCA-Kc
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 17 February 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
This just popped in my head, don’t think we mentioned yet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhvwUJghNiw
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 February 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link
“You’ll love it at Levitz.”
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 February 2020 02:58 (four years ago) link
https://nypost.com/2019/01/02/shoprite-kicks-can-can-girls-ad-to-the-curb/
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 17 February 2020 02:59 (four years ago) link
The Wiz was mentioned way upthread, remember looking for a video but couldn’t pick one that seemed canonical.
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 February 2020 03:08 (four years ago) link
So it is, as well it should be. Not sure how I missed that. I couldn't find a video that seemed canonical, either.
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 17 February 2020 03:18 (four years ago) link
Like they all seemed from too late in the game, all the ones I could find anyway.
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 February 2020 03:20 (four years ago) link
Don’t remember this place having TV ads but posting this link anyway. Seem to remember it lasting longer than this date.https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/27/archives/jimmys-music-world-scratched-high-hopes-of-jimmys-music-world.htmlDid find this Korvettes ad though, which I don’t remember, but it does seem to accurately represent the store:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7i5KdtfJM8
― He’s the Listener DJ, I’m the Listener Rapper (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 February 2020 03:30 (four years ago) link