Oklahoma City Memories

[Prunepicker]

i sued to live in the house on that corner around 1960

Did you win the lawsuit?

[papaOU]

[QUOTE=FRISKY;257839]They used to have a swimming pool

I remember (tu-tu)
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They had a swimming pool
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They had a swimming pool
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They had a swimming pool.
And they thought it couldn't happen here
(duh duh duh duh duh)
They knew it couldn't happen here
They were so sure it couldn't happen here
But...

[RealJimbo]

Huh? I remember when KTOK was a music station.
Esbach never started anything except an argument!

KTOK was music until the '80s. Tom Furlong, B. Mark Summers, Bob Riggins, all were there, spinning wax. It was mostly pop, not rock. I had it on all day, working in a print shop. I do remember dialing for dollars or whatever they called it. Remember "Chicken Man"? It was a serial kind of radio comedy show with one of the guys who is now on the Oklahoma City Region job search and jobs posting. Find a high quality employee. Find the perfect job. commercials on the radio. Tom Furlong is still around. He writes many a letter to the editor for the Daily Disappointment. I think he also does commercials for "Merry Maids". Great voice. I can't believe you don't love Eschbach. He's such a handsome man and has such a pleasant voice.

I have to include some memories of songs that KTOK played in a typical day. "Cab Driver" by the Mills Brothers. "I Want Some Red Roses for a Blue Lady" by Al Martino. "Cattle Call" by Eddie Arnold. Do you remember any more?

[papaOU]

KTOK was music until the '80s. Tom Furlong, B. Mark Summers, Bob Riggins, all were there, spinning wax. It was mostly pop, not rock. I had it on all day, working in a print shop. I do remember dialing for dollars or whatever they called it. Remember "Chicken Man"? It was a serial kind of radio comedy show with one of the guys who is now on the Oklahoma City Region job search and jobs posting. Find a high quality employee. Find the perfect job. commercials on the radio. Tom Furlong is still around. He writes many a letter to the editor for the Daily Disappointment. I think he also does commercials for "Merry Maids". Great voice. I can't believe you don't love Eschbach. He's such a handsome man and has such a pleasant voice.

I have to include some memories of songs that KTOK played in a typical day. "Cab Driver" by the Mills Brothers. "I Want Some Red Roses for a Blue Lady" by Al Martino. "Cattle Call" by Eddie Arnold. Do you remember any more?

The one I always think of is "Nashville Cats" by the Lovin' Spoonful.

[Redskins/General]

The one I always think of is "Nashville Cats" by the Lovin' Spoonful.

Were you a musical perverbial knee-high? Good song!!!

[Generals64]

Does anyone remember the Fountain downtown....If so, where was it exactly located????

[USG '60]

Does anyone remember the Fountain downtown....If so, where was it exactly located????

Couch Drive?

[Prunepicker]

Does anyone remember the Fountain downtown... If so, where was it exactly
located?

It seems that it was on Park Avenue and down by where the U.S.S.
Oklahoma's anchor was.

[FRISKY]

Couch Drive?

Yep, in front of the Civic Center.

[FRISKY]

It seems that it was on Park Avenue and down by where the U.S.S. Oklahoma's anchor was.

Where all the office girls go to eat their lunches. Isn't it still there?

[FRISKY]

Does anyone remember the Fountain downtown....If so, where was it exactly located????

West side of the Myriad.

[papaOU]

It seems that it was on Park Avenue and down by where the U.S.S.
Oklahoma's anchor was.

There was one in front of the civic center and another on park east of robinson I think. But there was one on park. After OU won the 1975 National Football Championship they had a rally at the one on park.

[sam greenroyd]

Do you remember Marble Phrogg or the Sound Pounders? I played in several 'garage bands' in the 60's. I wanted to be a drummer so bad. Now I'm a pro bassist/arranger playing jazz and classical gigs around the state. Are you still active?

The band that was really prominent at the fairground battle of the bands was the Noblemen

[sam greenroyd]

lot's of new people on this thread so, here are some of the old questions from the OKC past......
How old did you have to be to get a shopping card at AMC????
Did it cost or was it free?
Which TG&Y was your favorite and why?
Where was Kerr's located in the old Reding Shopping Center?
Any of you new guys and Gals remember Bixler's???how about the Sugar Shack?
or maybe Potter's and where was Sussy's in Capitol Hill???

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Sussy's was on the NE corner of 24th and S Robinson

[sam greenroyd]

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D&D Country Club...there is an Arby's parking lot there now...

AAA drive in

[phinzup]

Just Hits and runs huh!! Well, I like that.. It was spelled Carps and it was on the west side of Lincoln, but I may be wrong but I would swear it was just North of N.E. 23rd like 24th or so? I may be wrong on that but I don't think so. Actually I think it was between 23rd and 24th.....

Just been reading through this thread. If memory serves, Carps was right at 23rd and on the West side of Lincoln. That was before the two Capitol office buildings were built that are there now.

[ddj61]

"The real old-timers here can probably tell you about KOKH-TV (yes, channel 25, and they've had the same call letters all along) when it was an educational station run by Oklahoma City Public Schools out of the old adminstration building on Klein."

Keep Our Kids Happy

I go back even further. UHF Ch.25 was originally KTVQ and was in the old, beautiful Victoria theatre. When 12 years old, I was in a talent show on KTVQ and sang "Little Things Mean a Lot". I lost to a guy who played spoons. Are you out there, spoon boy? It was the first time I had been to the Victoria since my sister used to chase me up and down the aisles during the movies when I was four. Loved that neighborhood. The Victoria was Katty-corner from the Peacock Cleaners, and they had a beautiful stuffed peacock in the window. On the NE Corner was Veazeys Drug Store. I remember their chocolate ice cream cones. Yum!

P.S. The building on the North end of the Victoria Block, the old Weather building? I went to business college there in the early 60s American Business College.

[Prunepicker]

Sussy's was on the NE corner of 24th and S Robinson

Where was Shipman's other restaurant? S.W. 15th & S. Robinson? I know it
was on the east side of the street.

[gen70]

Where was Shipman's other restaurant? S.W. 15th & S. Robinson? I know it
was on the east side of the street.

There was once one on Reno.

[rcjunkie]

There was once one on Reno.

gen70 is correct, the only one I remember was at Reno and Blackwelder.

[Prunepicker]

There was once one on Reno.

That's the famous one. They had one on S. Robinson, too. It was there
until the early 80's. Same great biscuits, butter & honey.

[papaOU]

gen70 is correct, the only one I remember was at Reno and Blackwelder.

The one on Robinson was south of the underpass. Seems a block or less south.

Another on S.W. 29th west of the Redskin. There was an elongated building west from the Redskin. Charlie Brown's was in that group. A good beer bar. And they opened early for the "hair of the dog" needed by some.....

[Generals64]

The one on Robinson was south of the underpass. Seems a block or less south.

Another on S.W. 29th west of the Redskin. There was an elongated building west from the Redskin. Charlie Brown's was in that group. A good beer bar. And they opened early for the "hair of the dog" needed by some.....

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For a while, there was one located just East of Agnew on 29th....There is a Mexican (no English spoken) cafe there now. It was also one of Ellen's Grille..stores...South side of the street Next to where The TG&Y was located...Along with Mac's Tag Agency.....

[papaOU]

The original Shipmans was at S.W. 10th and Robinson. The one on Reno and Blackwelder was #2.

[sam greenroyd]

The original Shipmans was at S.W. 10th and Robinson. The one on Reno and Blackwelder was #2.

Yea, It was in kind of a weird location next to an old tire shop or something ? I'm speaking of the one on Robinson.