Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **Ira** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:10 pm

I feel old because I know who he is.

And I bet 50% of the people here DON'T.

by **asianflava** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:12 pm

You mean he wasn't already?

by **Ira** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:18 pm

asianflava wrote:You mean he wasn't already?

I thought the same exact thing.

87--and I bet he was still driving.

by **fredw** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:10 pm

Still drivin' and crakin' jokes

by **Chris C** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:35 pm

Ol' Red was a hoot, to be sure. Haven't heard from him in years, but I'm sure he'll be missed.

by **surveytech** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:38 pm

just a youngster on the roads here in florida.

miss him........a real hoot.

by **Kurt (Indiana)** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:07 pm

Poor Red, His popularity has waned since the sixties but he was funny to a lot of people. http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf ... uttons+Red
Regis Filbin always made me remember Red Buttons (but I don't know why for sure).
Why do the entertainers from the 30's 40' 50's seem to live so long? i.e. George Burns, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, etc. :thinking:

by **Kens** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:59 pm

Hell I remember Arthur Godfrey on TV when I was a kid

by **madjack** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:04 pm

...and Art Linkletter, Sid Ceasar, Uncle Milty, Dave Garroway, J. Fred Muggs, Jack Parr and so many more from the Golden Days of live television.....
madjack

by **Micro469** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:38 pm

God... Don't it make you feel old??? :cry:

by **tonyj** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:08 pm

Dead celebs don't make me feel old. Getting out of bed in the morning--now that makes me feel old!

by **dwgriff1** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:58 pm

Kens wrote:Hell I remember Arthur Godfrey on TV when I was a kid

Shucks, I remember when Arthur Godfrey was on radio right after Marconi invented the thing.

dave

by **halfdome, Danny** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:03 am

Red Buttons was one of the great Jewish commedians of Hollywood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Buttons
Another commedian of that time was Steve Allen. As a teen I visited his playhouse theatre in Hollywood. The side walk outside had saussage impressions and the inside looked like he was trying to destroy the building. They did a lot of looney skits back then, I miss them all especially Red Skelton. RIP Red Buttons. Dannyhttp://www.sillymusic.com/jewish_humor_comedians.asp

by **bledsoe3** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:35 am

I only go as far back as Johnny Carson. What makes feel old is seeing girls at my daughters grade school that look like they're in their 20's. Whatever happened to pigtails and freckles?
We need an emoticon that's hunched over, gray haired and using a caine.

by **Arne** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:50 am

I get a lot of talking books from the library. I rarely listen to the radio when I drive..... recently got a 'talking book' of old time radio comedy, which I thought I would really like....

I found the skits from Jack Benny, The Great Gildersleve, Amos and Andy, Burns & Allen, etc., simplistic and silly. And the laugh tracks way too loud. The best part were the advertisement jingles. "Wash the dirt right down the drain!".

Way back when I was young and they were our basic entertainment, I loved them. I've also found the 3 Stooges and the Marx brothers now strike me as silly..... I guess a lot of things have changed... and it makes me wonder about the 3 stooge groupies...

Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Okay--Red Buttons died...and I feel OLD.

Okay--Red Buttons died...and I feel OLD.

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