What do you remember?

[billintulsa]

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My attorney was in the Thompson building and I sometimes went to lunch at the Tulsa Club, courtesy of the bank executives where I worked.  You told the attendant what floor you wanted and when you reached the floor, the outside doors would open.  Then the attendant whould check to see if the cab was level with the floor, and level the cab by a lever if it was not level.  She would then open the inside gate and let you off.  If you were civilized, you did not forget your "please and thank you's."  It did feel like a small luxury, especially since good personal service today is mostly just a memory.  A charming bit of the past that unfortunately no longer exits.

As a child I remember hearing my grandmother tell me some stories.  She was a retired city worker who worked in Tulsa's original City Hall.  Her job: she operated the elevator.  She loved it.  She would take her Bible and collection of book and read while she waited for the various riders and managed to form friendships over the years with some of Tulsa's early city leaders.

[tulsa1603]

That gives me a chuckle - i went to Owasso and remember the "Rampage".

quote:Originally posted by USRufnex

Since this is "March Madness"... my memory comes from my high school days in the "Owasso Rampage" (one pg of the Owasso Reporter) newpaper-staff back in the day...

I went to one of those blue/gold basketball scrimmages (at the Owasso gym) and "interviewed" the new TU coach-- Nolan Richardson.  The guy had this really calm and intense look in his eye... and talked to me, a hs sophomore... like an adult.

Got a couple of tickets to TU's opener that year against defending NCAA Champ Louisville... TU won in those tiger-striped shorts and "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" was the theme song when Paul Pressey, Phil Spradling, Mike Anderson, etc. and coach Richardson came that year from their nat'l championship junior college team and took TU to the NIT title-- back when winning the NIT meant a lot more than it does today...

[Relax]

I have a old menu from the Tulsa Club. It has New Orleans Style French Bread Pudding (with Whiskey Sauce) for $1.50; Louisiana Style Blackened Catfish for $7.95; Hunters Breakfast for $6.95...

I don't know the exact time but I think it is a pre 1986 menu from The Tulsa Club...

[pmcalk]

Mmmm--I remember the french donuts & pecan rolls.  We usually went to Sunday's brunch, and stuffed ourselves on as many of those donuts we could fit on our plate.

My parents use to go on Bingo nights (Thursday?), but I was too young.  I think there was actually money exchanged--long before all of the bingo/casinos.

[Rowdy]

I remember eatin' ice cream cones at Woolworth's...

[Northsider]

I used to work at SEVCO in Brookside. The owner's name was Joe Pierre, and he was originally from France, I think. Although he didn't have a French accent (more like German), I loved it when he said in one of the commercials: "we're all Tulsans - from Tulsa!" The short-lived store in Southroads was a bit of folly, mainly for his soon to be ex-wife Rosetta and her brother to run in order to get them out of his hair. I think he preferred to run things his own way without people questioning him. He died a year or two ago. I have a collection of his commercials shot at the Brookside store... will probably make a DVD of them someday - they're pretty funny!
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quote:Originally posted by billintulsa

quote:Originally posted by chlfan

What about Sevco? the music / electronics store in the bottom of Southroads mall, down the hall from Looboyle's- I think it was owned by a middle-easterner who did their commercials- he was kinda creepy.

Ahhh... memories.

I think that store sponsored a late-night local program on Saturdays on local TV which featured cheesy B movies.  (Watch - I bet someone posts a link to a picture on TulsaTvMemories about this.)

[Breadburner]

Anyone remember when Ambulances were Red and White Cadillac's......

[traveler]

[] Feeling REALLY old:  My phone number was
CHerry-20296, remember the "Golden Drumstick"?
I remember being scared to death watching "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" at the Circle.
Went to Jefferson Elementary, and lived off of 4th & Utica back in the days when a kid could walk or ride a bike to school... My mom worked at the Safeway on 3rd, then later at a bakery in Mayomeadows...  Getting   older   must   escape...

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Anyone remember when Ambulances were Red and White Cadillac's......

. . . And when taxi's were only yellow or checkered?

[dfelldavid]

I didn't grow up in Tulsa, but just north east of here in Pryor, OK and very fondly remember mom and dad bringing us into the "city" for extra special occasions to eat at the Zyder Zee seafood restaurant.  I think I would physically shed a few tears of joy if that place were still around or could see it again.  Also, nothing short of an Oklahoma tornado could keep me from watching Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp after school during the week (by the way, my mom's nickname is little "Oklahoma tornado").  Where have those times gone (Melancholy now)[]?

[azbadpuppy]

quote:Originally posted by dfelldavid

I didn't grow up in Tulsa, but just north east of here in Pryor, OK and very fondly remember mom and dad bringing us into the "city" for extra special occasions to eat at the Zyder Zee seafood restaurant.  I think I would physically shed a few tears of joy if that place were still around or could see it again.  Also, nothing short of an Oklahoma tornado could keep me from watching Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp after school during the week (by the way, my mom's nickname is little "Oklahoma tornado").  Where have those times gone (Melancholy now)[]?

Wow- I forgot all about Uncle Zeb. I was actually on it once. Thanks for that memory. Zyder Zee was awesome too. We always went there or Casa Bonita after church.

Does anyone remember a late Saturday night TV show called "Creature Feature" hosted by a guy called Sherman Oaks? I never missed a one.

[Kingdaddy]

I was young, young, young...my parents would have friends over for dinner and I would PLEAD to stay up to watch 'Creature Feature'...it started at midnight didn't it???  It would always have a classic horror like Wolfman or Mummy.

Unfortunately, I would crash about the time the first transformation or monster reveal occured...

Damn!!!

[MichaelC]

I remember Creature Feature.  It was on Tulsa 23 (before fox).  I don't remember the names of any movies other than "Ben."  And one time I saw a naked lady on there, they must have forgot to watch the movie before they put it on TV.

My earliest experiences with Tulsa were a 2-laned 71st street and nothing east of Woodland Hills.  Of course, that wasn't all that long ago.

[USRufnex]

quote:Originally posted by dfelldavid

I didn't grow up in Tulsa, but just north east of here in Pryor, OK and very fondly remember mom and dad bringing us into the "city" for extra special occasions to eat at the Zyder Zee seafood restaurant.  I think I would physically shed a few tears of joy if that place were still around or could see it again.  Also, nothing short of an Oklahoma tornado could keep me from watching Uncle Zeb's Cartoon Camp after school during the week (by the way, my mom's nickname is little "Oklahoma tornado").  Where have those times gone (Melancholy now)[]?

...Dec 5, 1975 tornado... still watched Uncle Zeb, then Gilligan's Island after school  on channel 8... tornado touched down at 21st and Garnett destroying the TG&Y... remember sitting in the bathtub-- closest we could get to "Gusty's Fraidy-hole"... lived at 28th and Garnett...
KTUL/Don Woods' "Gusty" from billhaynes.com

 
...also remember winning Crazy Foam on Uncle Zeb's cartoon camp... mine was Batman... push down on the top of the can and watch the caped crusader puke out shaving-cream-styled soap... not a good toy for an 8 yr old little boy... running around the house with that superhero can of crazy foam--"here comes Batman... here comes Batman... oh, no... Batman's getting sick-- now he's throwing up... on the sofa..." ...LOL...



hmmm... yet another memory from the 70s/80s?... eating indian frybread with honey/butter at the Hungry Pelican down the street from Skelly Stadium... and Zyder Zee was a big place, so what was the big deal with the 70s in Tulsa and "fish and chips"???  Anybody remember Arthur Treachers' and Dickies', too...?

[billintulsa]

Someone earlier mentioned Uncle Zeb.  Here's where I prove my gray hairs.

I also remember, Mr. Zing and Tuffy.  Before then Lee Woodward and King Lionel on Channel 6, and Uncle Bill and Oomagog on Channel 2.  

All 3 of Tulsa's original TV stations at one time or another had live kiddie shows.  Talk about long-gone days that never return. . .