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Monday, May 24, 2010

What We Watched in February and March of 1965 - Lakehead TV Guide!

Nostalgia: The 1986 Webster's dictionary says, "home-sickness, sentimental longing for past times --adj. nostal'gic, feeling, showing or expressing home-sickness, or, more often regret for vanishing days...(greek - nostos....a return, algos....pain)."
Well, whatever the meaning is, Greek or not, it is a little sadness for vanishing good days, days that you remember that make you feel good, not regretful. My thought is that as we progress through our life...things of the past give us joy, not regret, as you will surely experience looking at the following items from the Fort William and Port Arthur TV Guides from 1965.

I had found these amongst my collection of vintage paper and found some great ads and memories regarding the tv shows we watched around the Lakehead area. On the two covers is The Pettycoat Junction family on the left and Bewitched on the right. A page or two into the first one is an ad for the Don Brown Duo appearing in the Marine Room which was in the Shoreline Hotel on 61 Cumberland Street.

Our typical great Brill bus photo from 1969 shows the Shoreline sign just above the bus. The next clipping is of Donna Douglas who played the roll of Elly May Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies".

A great photo of the cast of the Beverly Hillbillies with Elly, Granny, Jed and Jethro....and....did you remember that their dogs name was "Duke"? Next is The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Do you remember what the letters stood for? Guess before you scroll down.

"United Network Command for Law and Enforcement". The agents were Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo, David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin, and Leo G. Carroll played Alexander Waverlly, the British head of the organization.
The photo on the right is an autographed one of the Bewitched Television Show, Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York.

Here are the CKPR Radio hit pages of the two TV Guides...be sure to click on them to see the top hits of February and March of 1965....plus a few ad's you will remember, even if you're younger than I am! ....Remember Dick Wilson on CKPR?

"I Love Lucy" with Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz.....need I say more!
The most incredible commedian that many commedians still mimic today...Red Skelton, born Richard Bernard Skelton and nicknamed America's Clown Prince!

A few ads....Dinty's(the original KFC)...a 1974 Henderson Directory states that Gord Crompton was president of Dinty's at the time. Remember when cable was called "Videon"...that was not too long after having only Rabbit-ears on your TV. And lastly here is an artists rendition of John Murphy the morning man on CKPR radio in 1965.

Finally, click on this and the rest of the photos and ads to enlarge them(some twice to view extra large), to see what we watched on TV and how cheap our tires were in 1965.
......A Post Script, Don't miss Cruisin' the Dub....rod, custom and vintage car cruise night at the Memorial Ave. A & W, this coming Friday the 28th of May and every Friday all summer long!!!