What do you remember?

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by 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. . .

I remember. I was on the Mr. Zing & Tuffy show. Remeber what Mr. Zings occupation was? Remember the prop he pushed around at the beginning of each show?

[pmcalk]

quote:Originally posted by 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...?

Wow--crazy foam--I hadn't thought of that in years.  I waited for months to go on Uncle Zeb so we could try and win some.  I won at the "name that tune" game. Remember, with the bell in front of the kids, he would play typical kid songs, like "Old Suzzana" and "Camptown Races"?  You would run to ring the bell, and the first kid to do so would name the song.  I can remember one time watching, and he was playing a typical kid song, and this little boy ran up to ring the bell.  When Uncle Zeb asked him the name of the song, he said, in all seriousness, "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road."  My sister & I laughed for a month.

As for tornados, I remember the June 8th (what year?), that destroyed Braums on Brookside.

[USRufnex]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk
Wow--crazy foam--I hadn't thought of that in years.  I waited for months to go on Uncle Zeb so we could try and win some.  I won at the "name that tune" game. Remember, with the bell in front of the kids, he would play typical kid songs, like "Old Suzzana" and "Camptown Races"?  You would run to ring the bell, and the first kid to do so would name the song.  I can remember one time watching, and he was playing a typical kid song, and this little boy ran up to ring the bell.  When Uncle Zeb asked him the name of the song, he said, in all seriousness, "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road."  My sister & I laughed for a month.

As for tornados, I remember the June 8th (what year?), that destroyed Braums on Brookside.

Wow--"Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" (... stinkin up the highway zone...)... I hadn't thought of THAT in years...

I think the June 8th tornado was '73??? and later at night... remember hiding in the middle of the house...

What was weird about the Dec 5 was the time of year... not exactly tornado season... and the electric was still on...

Oh, I remember King Lionel... but hey, times changed... Total 8 Tulsa... the Roughnecks (see avatar)... and Beth "Potty-mouth" Rengal...

God bless the 70s...

Chris Lincoln had no earthly idea what he started when he sent me a nice letter about Tulsa's new soccer team and threw in the 1978 Tulsa Roughnecks Media Guide.......... then there were the white Dr. Pepper bottles...

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by RLitterell

quote:Originally posted by 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. . .

I remember. I was on the Mr. Zing & Tuffy show. Remeber what Mr. Zings occupation was? Remember the prop he pushed around at the beginning of each show?

I don't remember the prop that he pushed around, but wasn't Mr. Zing a Zookeeper?

[Downtowner]

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa


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.

It was Big Bill and Oomagog. I was on that show when I was about 5 yrs old. A big metal door would open and Oomagog would come out.  I was also on the Betty Boyd Show. My girlfriend & I made those No-Bake Chocolate cookies--the ones with peanut butter & oatmeal--on her show. I also remember the Skyline Amusement Park. My father worked for American Airlines & we had parties there. I rode that scary wooden roller coaster!  In the 70's I also saw Monty Python & the Holy Grail but I thought it was at the Brooke on Peoria--not certain though. I remember riding the bus downtown and shopping at Frougs. When you paid, the clerk sent the money in a tube up to the office & then the tube was returned with your change. We would eat lunch at a drug store with a soda fountain & I always got the Rueben sandwich.
I remember Oral Roberts and his tent revivals. I also remember a drive-in theatre on Cinncinnati Hill. Does anyone know the name of it? I use to roller skate at a rink somewhere around Mohawk Park.  It was a big deal to go as far south as Sears at 21st & Yale. I always got the malted milk balls at the candy counter and on the way home we would stop at a hamburger joint on 21st & buy 25 cent hamburgers.

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by Downtowner

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa


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.

It was Big Bill and Oomagog. I was on that show when I was about 5 yrs old. A big metal door would open and Oomagog would come out.  I was also on the Betty Boyd Show. My girlfriend & I made those No-Bake Chocolate cookies--the ones with peanut butter & oatmeal--on her show. I also remember the Skyline Amusement Park. My father worked for American Airlines & we had parties there. I rode that scary wooden roller coaster!  In the 70's I also saw Monty Python & the Holy Grail but I thought it was at the Brooke on Peoria--not certain though. I remember riding the bus downtown and shopping at Frougs. When you paid, the clerk sent the money in a tube up to the office & then the tube was returned with your change. We would eat lunch at a drug store with a soda fountain & I always got the Rueben sandwich.
I remember Oral Roberts and his tent revivals. I also remember a drive-in theatre on Cinncinnati Hill. Does anyone know the name of it? I use to roller skate at a rink somewhere around Mohawk Park.  It was a big deal to go as far south as Sears at 21st & Yale. I always got the malted milk balls at the candy counter and on the way home we would stop at a hamburger joint on 21st & buy 25 cent hamburgers.

My brother was on Big Bill & Oomagog; I was on Mr. Zing & Tuffy.
The old Sears at 21st & Yale was great.  The smell of popcorn and their candy counter when you walked in the door is forever impressed in my memory.  My boss at my first job out of college loved malted milk balls (so do I) but the only kind he would eat came from Sears!
Could the burger joint you remember be Griff's Burger Bar that was on 21st street just west of Sheridan (on the hilltop)?  We used to eat their 25 cent burgers all the time; I think cheeseburgers were 3 cents extra!  The little A-frame building that housed Griff's is still there today, now a car repair or rental business.  A few of the Griff's Burger Bars still survive today, in Texas or New Mexico, I think.

[Downtowner]

[/quote]My brother was on Big Bill & Oomagog; I was on Mr. Zing & Tuffy.
The old Sears at 21st & Yale was great.  The smell of popcorn and their candy counter when you walked in the door is forever impressed in my memory.  My boss at my first job out of college loved malted milk balls (so do I) but the only kind he would eat came from Sears!
Could the burger joint you remember be Griff's Burger Bar that was on 21st street just west of Sheridan (on the hilltop)?  We used to eat their 25 cent burgers all the time; I think cheeseburgers were 3 cents extra!  The little A-frame building that housed Griff's is still there today, now a car repair or rental business.  A few of the Griff's Burger Bars still survive today, in Texas or New Mexico, I think.[/quote]



I've never found another malted milk ball that I liked as well as Sears. You are right about the A-frame burger joint -it was Griff's!  Thanks for awakening that brain cell for me.

[Downtowner]

Does anyone remember Teddy Jack Eddie?

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by Downtowner

Does anyone remember Teddy Jack Eddie?

Lots of us do.  And Sherman Oaks, Mazeppa, "Teen Town Topics."  Check out www.tulsatvmemories.com if you haven't already.  Lots of great stuff there about Mazeppa, Tulsa kiddie shows of the past, "Creature Feature", etc.

[BASleuth]

quote:Originally posted by ttown_jeff

Would it be the Chuckwagon? (I'm reaching)

I think you are correct, I know it was owned by Nick Andrews who also owned one very similiar in West Tulsa.  Man this cite is bring back memories...

[USRufnex]

quote:Originally posted by Downtowner

The old Sears at 21st & Yale was great.  The smell of popcorn and their candy counter when you walked in the door is forever impressed in my memory.

hmmm... remember as a kid the smell of Sears at 21st & Yale... and the same smell of popcorn at Oertle's...

[BASleuth]

To each contributor to this thread let me express my since appreciation. I just spent about three hours reading your contributions. Each of you have brought back memories from decade's ago. I even remember when the city of Tulsa made lst and 2nd streets one way (lst west bound from Lewis to downtown) (2nd east bound).  Remember a place on east 11th just east of Will Rogers Theatre called "Town Talk" where students from Rogers gathers on a regular bases.  Then of course there was the Mercy Hospital in the 800 Block of South Elgin. A single story white frame structure. The land where Promonade Shopping Center is currently located (41st & Yale) was owned by individual, private residence with a swimming pool.  My, My how time pass by.

Waterboy: I remember going to the "Circle" when it cost a dime..which we could not afford.. walked from the area of the old Tulsa Ice Plant, 6th and Xanthus.

PmCalk, was the Nine of Clubs on South Boston?

BillinTulsa, rest assured cops knew of Ridesky and sure remember Jenkin Music company downtown
Thank you for opening this cite.

Tulsa TV remember you could get to Crystal City Park from anywhere in the Tulsa via city owned bus for a nickle.

Have put this cite as one of my favorites and intend to return.  Thanks again

[BASleuth]

[}:)]I'm back, just set down and thought of some old places, gone but still remembered.  Silver Castle located in unit block of south lewis. Cox and Sons department store first located in Whitter Square then moved to Mayo Meadows. Foodtown Grocery and attacked cafe, Night manager was "Chester" located in the 2000 block of east 3rd, building still stands, but all three groceries in those two blocks, gone. Quaker Drug, remember the name and can see it, but can not recall exactly where it was located.Anyone remembers? Frank's Pigstand, 15th and Boston. The Hub at 11th and Boulder, while the Pig N Pen was located on Southwest Blvd, everyone knew "the tree" was located in Howard Park.  Have really been down memory lane this afternoon.

[pmcalk]

As a kid, I remember being dragged to numerous grocery stores--Sipes on Harvard, which had the area for kids to watch cartoons, McCartneys (name?), which was a bit of a drive, but was carpeted & really fancy.  Pettys use to have a store on Brookside, near 34th.  At one point there was a health food store--maybe at the same location--on Brookside.  I believe it might have been the original Akins.  The Piggly Wiggly on 15th, at the old Sound Wharehouse, now Camilles.

[BASleuth]

[]Just a few more memories.

BillinTulsa, remember the old postoffice located northwest corner Pine & Lewis. There was a drugstore next to it, can not recall name. Earlier were you thinking of Taylor's bakery located in about 1300 block east 8th; and in same general area Glencliff Dairy (Ice Cream) located at 7th and Kenosha. Office Supply store later located in that building, but its been vacant for decades.

PmCalk do you remember name of the little cafe located on south side of 3rd street just west of Kenosha.  I thought it was Ma Bells, but I apparently was wrong.

Remember roller skating at the rink at the Y into Mohawk Park.  Privately owned and owner died last year.

First automatic elevator I rode, was located in the two story building immediately west of the Rialto theater on west 3rd. Rode it to the dentist located on the 2nd floor.

Breadman could those red/white ambulance you earlier mentioned have been "Central Ambulance Service"?