neild@tekgds.UUCP (08/24/83)
Hey! Now I feel really old. Some guy out there said his father would know some western theme songs that became hits! Ah yes, how could I forget The Rebel with Nick (later to be in numerous Japanese science fictions, and killed himself - I don't think because of these movies) Adams. The theme song was sung by none other than Johnny Cash, way before he became a big star. Johnny Yuma was a rebel, he roamed through the West. Yes Johnny Yuma was a rebel who wandered alone. He got fightin' mad this Rebel lad, (that's all this old man can remember) I know we could all buy a TV trivia book and get the answers to all these things, but it's more fun and challenging to try and remember. I can guage my senility against it! Sky King - one of my favorites: "Out of the blue of the Western sky...comes Sky King (ZOOOM!), brought to you by Nabisco(ZOOOM)!" There was Uncle Sky and his niece, Penny and of course their airplane, The Songbird. No, I don't know the stars(to put it lightly) names nor the type of airplane it was. It was a twin engine though. Thanks to the one who answered The Guns of Will Sonnet. I do a pretty good imitation of Walter Brennan and have used those lines for years. It's nice to remember where they came from. In regards to Wire Palladin, I also used to believe that Wire was the way to reach him in San Francisco, but was later corrected by a so-called trivia expert. I'm still not totally sure that Wire was his first name. Stars on Seventy-seven Sunset Strip: The only names I can remember, although the pictures are still in my head are: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (the F.B.I.) as ? Ed Burns as Kookie Hey, do you remember the hit song, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb? Anyone remember Surfside 6 In answer to the gameshow theme song making it big: I'm just guessing at the Match Game, with Gene Rayburn. Hey! What about Science Fiction Theatre. Remember all the handy-dandy electrical(I don't think electronics had been invented yet!) gizmos at the beginning of the show? H-A double R I, G-A-N spells Harrigan (I don't even know what it was about) It's About Time, starring Imogene Cocca, and ?(ooh, ooh, Tootie of car 54) The Immortal, starring Christopher George In answer to Wild Kingdom host, it was/is Marlin Perkins. His sidekick I don't remember anyone except an alligator! Dark Shadows, a great soap in it's time. Barnabas Collins, the vampire. I can attempt the old McDonald's theme(I used to work there): It goes something like this- McDonald's is your kind of place, that clean and snappy place, that good delicious taste I worked at the golden arches on Almaden Rd. in San Jose, that hap-hap-happy place, next to the Almaden Twin McDonald's is your kind of place. Theatres (yes, I saw them built) I know it's not exact, but it's a start for someone else to finish. Someone is bound to have a book on TV commercials.
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (08/26/83)
There's a hold up in the Bronx Brooklyn's breaking out in fights. There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights There's a scout troop short a child Kruschev's due at Idlewilde CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? How's that for a memory A horse is a horse of course, of course. and no one can talk to a horse, of course, unless the horse is the talking horse, the wonderful MR. ED!!! Go right to the source and ask the horse, he'll give you the answer you want, of course (DA-DA, DA-DA, DA-DA DA-DA) THE FAMOUS, MR. ED!! Whew! OZ seismo P.S. that was without a tape, Lauren, impressive, no?