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Baltimore Remembered
You just might be a Balti-moron if you remember...
· "Everybody goes to Gino's, cause Gino's is the place to go!" ·
"Mommy, call Hamden ... Belmont 5-0600 ·
"More Park's sausages Mom... Please" ·
Run right to Reads ·
Rhea and Sunshine (Rhea Feikin and her puppets) ·
Pete the Pirate ·
The Lorenzo Stomp ·
Corallin the Colts ·
Pinbusters with John Bowman ·
Bowling for Dollars with Ron Reilly ·
Romper Room with Miss Nancy (a Bert Claster production) ·
The Woman's Angle with Sylvia Scott ·
Rice's bakeries, Ameche's Drive-Ins, White Coffee Pot, Burger Chef ·
Milkmen who delivered milk, returnable soda bottles, when
they delivered Charles Chips ·
The hula hoop, bop-a-loop, Duncan yo-yo, Easy-Bake oven, and
Creepy Crawlers ·
Bonamo's Turkish Taffy, Sky candy bars, Maypo cereal, Jiffy Pop ·
Double-Features at the movies, Drive-In movies (Timonium,
Pulaski, Edmonson) ·
Chiller Theater, Ghost Host, and The World Beyond ·
The Joe College haircut as in gimme a Joe ·
Jack Purcell tennis shoes a.k.a. Jack's ·
WCAO radio with Johnny Dark and Robert Charles Allen III,
Kirby Scott ·
Rolf Hertsgaard, Jack Dawson, Stu Kerr (Bozo the Clown and
Professor Kool), Jerry Turner & Al Sanders, George Rogers (CHANNEL 2)
WAAM, now WJZ TV ·
When TV weathermen actually used a magic marker to draw
weather patterns ·
The monkeys and penguins at East Point Mall (they also had
trampolines and putt-putt golf, at one time) ·
At the Towson Hutzler's the two lighted-up reindeer at Xmas time ·
When stores like Hutzler's had restaurants and pharmacy/drug
stores had soda fountains ·
Taubman's, Toy Barn, and Hobbywoods toy/craft stores great at Xmas time ·
Mary Sue Easter Eggs advertised on TV by Johnny Unitas & family. ·
Two Guys and the "blue light special" ·
Club Venus ·
Robert Hall's "Time for school again, it's back to Robert Hall again" ·
Dialing for Dollars ·
Buddy Dean Dance Show ·
Hoschild's Thanksgiving Day Parade ·
The Nibble and Clink (Drive-In on York Road) ·
Hot Shoppes Drive-In ·
The Golden Arm Restaurant ·
Schwabs Ice Cream Shop ·
Huzlers Restaurant ·
Eddie Jacobs (Men's clothing) ·
Hamburgers (Ditto) ·
Stewarts Department Store down town ·
The Bromo Seltzer bottle atop the Tower building ·
The Hub ·
The News Post ·
The News American ·
Oriole Park ·
The Little Red Chair ·
"Go to War, Miss Agnes!" (Chuck Thompson) ·
Gunther Beer ·
American Beer ·
Arrow 77 Beer ·
Free State beer ·
Orey's Drive-In ·
Miller Brothers restaurant ·
Hausner's Restaurant ·
"Whoa, ho!" - Bailey Goss describing a wrestling match ·
Shadow Stumpers (Brent Gunts) ·
Jacque Wells morning show on WJZ ·
Frank Hennessy and the National Boh Skip-Jack ·
The Royal Blue stopping at Penn Station ·
Curtiss-Wright Airfield ·
Harbor Field (Baltimore's original airport), now Dundalk Marine Terminal ·
The Stanley Theater ·
The Century Theater ·
Harvey Hammond playing the organ at the Century ·
The Valencia Theater ·
Ford's Theater ·
The Little Theater ·
The Playhouse Theater ·
"When you buy better try Hochschild Kohn" ·
Harvey's subs (And his Jazz music radio show). His name was
Harley Brisbane, and the sub shops were 'Harley's', and the jazz
show was "The Harley Show - Music out of Baltimore" ·
"What's an Oprah?", when you-know-who came to WJZ ·
Gwynn Oak Park ·
Report card day at Gwynn Oak Park ·
Carlin's Park ·
Laughing Sally ·
Mondawmin Mall (possibly the first mall in
Baltimore) ·
Shoe/foot viewers found in shoe stores, now banned for
radiation properties. Didn't you look at your fingers too? ·
Champs, Circle and The Varsity drive-ins ·
Saturday serials at the Gwynn Theater ·
'Let's Pretend' on the radio ·
Thunderbird Drive-In ·
Kay's Fashion ·
Golden Point Drive-In ·
Hiway Movie ·
Aero Theatre ·
Essex Bowling Alley ·
Josenhan's Corner ·
Read's Drugstore ·
Bugatch Furniture ·
Gov. Ritchie Drive-in
(Thanks to OHS68 alumni Jim Brewer for sending "Baltimore Remembered")
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