How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Williams: delivery, park)

[Westside Willie]

Originally Posted by Arizona Mike

Beany and Cecil ruled! It was created by Bob Clampett, who was also one of the great talents behind the Warner Brothers cartoons (along with Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, and others.)

A kids show that fascinated me as a kid was "Diver Dan" - very odd show with a host in a hard hat, fish puppets, and a mermaid lady. It was on the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, along with Romper Room.

How about Tom Terrific ? He wore a funnel for a hat and was able to see vast distances while peering through it. The villian in this series was ... hold onto your hat...wait for it.... The Master Cylinder!

[roosevelt]

There was a TV show in the early 50's, first woman's show, called Cook's Corner starring Ruth Dunlop. She is just about the last person on earth that you would expect on a television cooking show. She was thin as a beanstalk and looked like a grammar school librarian. One hilarious show had an cowboy on showing her how to make range stew. She almost fainted when he started cutting up the cow guts. After the stew was finished she refused to taste it. The cowboy was laughing the whole time.

[cactuscat]

remember Bodine's horse pasture on 28 street north of Indian school road?

[cactuscat]

Got news for you folks as a native 1970s and 80s are not "old time"!

[MileHighMadman]

Originally Posted by Jeep820

Crusing Central Friday and Saturday nights, Carnation Ice Cream, Micky D's ...

... and an Earl Scheib right down the block from the McDonald's. (I remember that McD's -- before it was remodeled it had an outdoor walk-up counter with gas-powered radiant infrared heaters for wintertime.)

Originally Posted by roosevelt

... how about the guy that did auto upholstery on Central always appearing on TV with those two big black and white great danes;

AUGH! Dave Pizer and Little Woofy for Fitwell Seat Covers! Pox upon thee, roosevelt, for setting off another landmine in my brain!

Originally Posted by Westside Willie

... the old Bekins building we've been talking about is now just another memory.

Here's one more Bekins memory -- another cheesy ad jingle on my P & M's radio station:

"In the moving business Bekins men are pros ...
And prose beats poetry
In moving!"

Part of that song said that if Bekins had been around in antiquity, "Venus would have arms ... Graceful and long!"

Originally Posted by Westside Willie

Remember Dewey Hopper the lame weather guy with the Richards Simmons perm who also sidelined as the afternoon movie "host". He once referred to Omar Sharif as Ohmer Sherrif just before the show started up again and didn't have the chance to correct himself until 20 minutes later at the next commercial break. What a putz.

Verily hast thou said it! Missed the Omar Sharif gaffe, but surely not the putzitude. I remember that his station, KTAR (later KPNX) Channel 12 was perpetually doing editorials with manager C.E. "Pep" Cooney. On the pitifully few occasions when they aired an opposing viewpoint, the opposer would be dressed terribly and the screen would ominously flash "OPPOSITION TO A KPNX EDITORIAL" -- as if to imply this was some sort of offense.

[azdr0710]

anybody remember "Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord, KOOL-TV, Channel 10, Phoenix" ??.....

they finally dropped that by the early 80s or so.....

[azdr0710]

or how about, "if you caaaaaaaaan't trust Moses, MOSES, who can you, who can you trust?"..........

[Greatday]

It's another beautiful Day in Arizona - leave us all enjoy it"

Anyone remember who REGULARLY said that?

[desertskies]

Originally Posted by azdr0710

anybody remember "Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord, KOOL-TV, Channel 10, Phoenix" ??.....

they finally dropped that by the early 80s or so.....

Wow, I was thinking of that yesterday.
Yes, I remember it.

Anyone remember the time tone that KPHO would send out at the top of every hour?
Legal ID, tone and the infamous jazzy intro to the Dick Van Dyke Show.

Mag's Ham Bun?
Anyone?
The old town Scottsdale location was jokingly referred as an extension of Scottsdale City Hall.
Mayor and Council members would meet there and discuss some city business over a ham bun, chips and drink.
My family would visit the Scottsdale Rd and Shea location and get six ham buns to go.
"Six bunnies hoppin'!" (six buns to go).

[observer53]

Originally Posted by Greatday

It's another beautiful Day in Arizona - leave us all enjoy it"

Anyone remember who REGULARLY said that?

That would be Governor Jack Williams, closing his radio talks on KOY-AM, where he had been employed at one time, as I recall.

Mag's Ham Bun. Yum. Sigh. . . .