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Unread 10-05-2008, 06:51 PM
 
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The Dodgers!!!!!
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Unread 10-06-2008, 01:03 AM
 
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The old NY license plates on cars such as 96 benz S420, 95 towncar limos, mustangs, etc. Very 90s, very classic.
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Unread 10-06-2008, 01:25 AM
 
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I go WAY back: to when both Madison and Fifth Avenues were two-way streets....
Viralmd, I'll see your two-way Madison and Fifth, and raise you lunch at Schrafft's with Nesselrode pie or cheesecake for dessert.
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Unread 10-06-2008, 05:54 AM
 
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Oh, Schrafft's!!!! The black and white ice cream sodas!

There were Schrafft's all over:82nd and Broadway, Madison and 87th, 79th between Madison and Park...just to name three locations!
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Unread 10-06-2008, 08:28 PM
 
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The wood streetlights on the parkways!
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Unread 10-07-2008, 10:15 AM
 
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The 3 ring sign for Ballentine beer.
Oh yea! My Dad drank Ballantine when we lived on the Island in the late 60s.

Anybody remember that kids' show, Mr Goober?
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Unread 10-07-2008, 10:17 AM
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Anybody remember that kids' show, Mr Goober?
No -- but I used to watch "Wonderama" !!!
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Unread 10-07-2008, 10:58 AM
 
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I don't remember Mr. Goober but watched Wonderama and "Ding Dong School" with Miss Judy(?).
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Unread 10-07-2008, 12:51 PM
 
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Mr Goober was a dorky looking host of a kids show which featured your standard cartoons. Many local stations nationwide had some variant of this- Captain 20 in DC or Captain Chesapeake in Baltimore.

Wonderama was great. That was on all Metromedia (nka Fox) stations when it was a fledgling network. Snake Cans, the Disco Kid, What the Heck is It? Great stuff...


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Seems Mr. Goober aka Mike Warren was out of New Haven. The signal reached Port Jeff, but maybe not the City.
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Unread 10-07-2008, 02:59 PM
 
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The wood streetlights on the parkways!
I believe there's actually still one of these standing. It's on the Belt Parkway, near the Flatbush Avenue cloverleaf.
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