Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:13 PM
MerryBlooms (11,497 posts)
Anyone else remember Dialing For Dollars?
I remember being cuddled on the sofa with my mom for the midday movie and my nap time. lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McCormick_%28television_personality%29
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MerryBlooms | Jul 2013 | OP |
olddots | Jul 2013 | #1 | |
MerryBlooms | Jul 2013 | #2 | |
Brother Buzz | Jul 2013 | #3 | |
MerryBlooms | Jul 2013 | #4 | |
Brother Buzz | Jul 2013 | #7 | |
MerryBlooms | Jul 2013 | #10 | |
Brother Buzz | Jul 2013 | #11 | |
handmade34 | Jul 2013 | #5 | |
MerryBlooms | Jul 2013 | #9 | |
many a good man | Jul 2013 | #6 | |
MerryBlooms | Jul 2013 | #8 | |
Bertha Venation | Jul 2013 | #12 | |
olddots | Jul 2013 | #14 | |
Manifestor_of_Light | Jul 2013 | #13 | |
Ptah | Jul 2013 | #15 | |
nolabear | Jul 2013 | #16 | |
CraftyGal | Jul 2013 | #17 |
Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:25 PM
olddots (10,237 posts)
1. remember it well
our mid day movie was sometimes called " THE MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE " we're oooooooooooooooooooooooooold !
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Response to olddots (Reply #1)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:32 PM
MerryBlooms (11,497 posts)
2. I also remember the Spiegel catalogue commercial they'd play - 60609!
lol, never thought in a million years I'd move from a 97530 to a 60030 and be so close to that 60609! Chicago might as well been a foreign country to this Southern Oregon foothills gal.
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Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:52 PM
Brother Buzz (35,229 posts)
3. Pat McCormick was the chief cook and bottle washer at KTVU (fake pilot names fame) for years
Yes, I remember Dialing for Dollars
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Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #3)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:57 PM
MerryBlooms (11,497 posts)
4. Charley and Humphrey, too. *sigh Fond memories. n/t
Response to MerryBlooms (Reply #4)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:28 PM
Brother Buzz (35,229 posts)
7. I was a little too old when Charley and Humphrey splashed to really get into it
My fond memories were back in the fifties with KPIX's Captain Fortune and, well, of course The Wonderful World of Brother Buzz.
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Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #7)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:35 PM
MerryBlooms (11,497 posts)
10. Captain Fortune looks like it was a fun show.
Response to MerryBlooms (Reply #10)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:01 PM
Brother Buzz (35,229 posts)
11. Opening scene was grand
Film of Captain Fortune Swagger down the gangplank of the Balclutha, catches a cable car, hangs on the outside with one arm with his ditty bag over his shoulder, up the hill, hops off the moving cable car in front of the station on Van Ness (creative license), runs inside...cut to the live show inside! Magic!
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Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:16 PM
handmade34 (22,728 posts)
5. this is my only knowledge
of Dialing for Dollars...
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Response to handmade34 (Reply #5)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:30 PM
MerryBlooms (11,497 posts)
9. Great song, great woman. n/t
Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:21 PM
many a good man (5,997 posts)
6. I remember Bowling for Dollars
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Response to many a good man (Reply #6)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:29 PM
MerryBlooms (11,497 posts)
8. Cool! n/t
Response to many a good man (Reply #6)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:13 PM
Bertha Venation (21,484 posts)
12. So do I -- but on the west coast.
And too long ago for such an ad to appear in the TV Guide or anywhere else. It was just ON when Grandma said it was on, and how she knew I will never know.
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Response to many a good man (Reply #6)
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 04:09 AM
olddots (10,237 posts)
14. in Mass. we had Candlepins For Cash
a kids show called ironically BIG BROTHER with Bob Emery in Rhode island they had Major Mudd . great local stuff and now there are only outsourced cartoons .
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Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 03:56 AM
Manifestor_of_Light (21,046 posts)
13. We had Dialing for Dollars with Don Nelson at KTRK-TV, Channel 13.
Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 04:05 PM
Ptah (32,572 posts)
15. They're trying to find me!
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Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 05:04 PM
nolabear (41,548 posts)
16. You bet. Wouldn't it be fun if it still existed? I miss local movie showings.
Strange and interesting local TV personalities are going the way of the dinosaur. It's too bad.
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Response to MerryBlooms (Original post)
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 05:40 PM
CraftyGal (695 posts)
17. I remember it quite well :)
I loved watching it before the movie....in Vancouver we had US channels as part of basic cable. Yay!
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