Nostalgia (Long Beach, Orange, Costa Mesa: halls, Hispanics, parties)

[BlackShoe]

Originally Posted by fibber mcghee in mali

"Polo" "recalled" horse races, as though they were live, every half hour from tracks all over; .

In the 60's horse racing radio programs were quite popular in SoCal. Often sposored by touts that advertised that for a fee, would provide their clients with future winners. Besides Polo Hawkez (spelling?) recall Mike Adams and Jay Richards. Believe that this was the same Richards that went on to a successful career as a turf writer for the Las Vegas Review Journal. Also, Charlie Clifton at KRKD did race recreations for the SoCal tracks. Finally, the legendary Jim Healy once did race recreations from KBIG, the old Catalina Island station, AM740.

[onlyonejudy]

Originally Posted by FilmLabRat

When I was about 3 (about 1949), my mom took me to see my favorite radio show, "Uncle Whoa Bill". I remember there were 3 sets of bleachers each with about 4 rows. The parents sat in back of the bleachers in the darkened theater. Uncle Whoa Bill sat on a stool in the spotlight in front of the bleachers. I enjoyed the visit quite a lot.

My parents took me to the show also , same age (1942) and I got to sing on the show. There is a photo of the Uncle Whoa Bill show being aired on Stephen Lodge's Web site= in his photos.

[fibber mcghee in mali]

Originally Posted by onlyonejudy

My parents took me to the show also , same age (1942) and I got to sing on the show. There is a photo of the Uncle Whoa Bill show being aired on Stephen Lodge's Web site= in his photos.

Uncle Whoa Bill?! I don't remember it, but my mother told me it was my favorite show in the '40s. I've never seen it mentioned before. Far Out.

[Whupty]

And another: Pete Ellis Dodge, Long Beach Freeway, Firestone Exit, Southgate!

Pete Ellis Ford, 91 Freeway, Lakewood Exit, Bellflower.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by BlackShoe

In the 60's horse racing radio programs were quite popular in SoCal. Often sposored by touts that advertised that for a fee, would provide their clients with future winners. Besides Polo Hawkez (spelling?) recall Mike Adams and Jay Richards. Believe that this was the same Richards that went on to a successful career as a turf writer for the Las Vegas Review Journal. Also, Charlie Clifton at KRKD did race recreations for the SoCal tracks. Finally, the legendary Jim Healy once did race recreations from KBIG, the old Catalina Island station, AM740.

Being huge race fans then as well as now, we listened to the re-creation of the races every night while eating or right after. Pat and I would place make believe bets and keep track of how we would have done that day. Back then there were only 8 races a day and the feature was always the 7th race.

Nita

[GMuldoon]

Clancy Muldoon DID have multiple stores: Wilshire Blvd., two on Sunset Blvd., and one being built in Marina Del Rey when Clancy suffered a stroke in 1980. The chain was then sold. Clancy was my dad and his General Manager was my brother, Terry. Incidentally, Clancy purchased the recipe from Swenson's and then elaborated on it. He was a real renaissance man and very inventive if you remember some of his ice cream creations. We really miss him.

[Twinkle Toes]

Any of you old SoCal peeps watch Grimsley's Fright Night back in the day???

[Fontucky]

Never heard of it. The only ones I remember are Chiller Theater on channel 11 and that lady with the long black hair. Whatzername. Elvira. But even she was right around the time I grew out of that stuff.

[fibber mcghee in mali]

Originally Posted by GMuldoon

Clancy Muldoon DID have multiple stores: Wilshire Blvd., two on Sunset Blvd., and one being built in Marina Del Rey when Clancy suffered a stroke in 1980. The chain was then sold. Clancy was my dad and his General Manager was my brother, Terry. Incidentally, Clancy purchased the recipe from Swenson's and then elaborated on it. He was a real renaissance man and very inventive if you remember some of his ice cream creations. We really miss him.

There was one down by the Chinese theater, wasn't there? It was my old lady's favorite ice cream place in the '60.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Never heard of it. The only ones I remember are Chiller Theater on channel 11 and that lady with the long black hair. Whatzername. Elvira. But even she was right around the time I grew out of that stuff.

I remember chiller with the skull either sinking or emerging from the pool of some sort of liquid.