NCAA Southeast: BYU, Wisconsin, Florida, Butler Advance

All four games from the Southeast Region in the third round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament were contested on Saturday.


At Denver:


Jimmer Fredette scored 34 points as #3 BYU defeated #11 Gonzaga 89-67.


At Tucson, Arizona:


Jordan Taylor made two critical free throws and blocked Jacob Pullen's game-tying three-point attempt in the final seconds as #4 Wisconsin edged #5 Kansas State 70-65.  Jon Leuer scored 19 points and pulled down 7 rebounds for the Badgers.


At Tampa, Florida:


Erving Walker scored 21 points as #2 Florida defeated #7 UCLA 73-65.


At Washington:


Shelvin Mack scored 30 points while Matt Howard converted on the game-winning free throw with 0.8 seconds remaining as #8 Butler knocked off top-seeded Pittsburgh 71-70.

NCAA West: Aztecs and UConn Advance To Sweet Sixteen

Two games were played in the West Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday.


At Tucson, Arizona:


Billy White scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while Kawhi Leonard sealed the victory with a steal and a slam dunk as #2 San Diego State defeated #7 Temple 71-64 in double overtime to advance to their first-ever Sweet Sixteen.


At Washington:


A 33-point night for Kemba Walker carried #3 Connecticut to a 69-58 win over #6 Cincinnati in a battle of Big East Conference schools.

NCAA Southwest: Spiders Punch Ticket To Sweet Sixteen

At Denver:


Justin Harper scored 19 points as #12 Richmond defeated #13 Morehead State 65-48 in the lone Saturday contest from the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Southwest Region.

NCAA East: Kentucky Outlasts West Virginia;

Eight games were played on Saturday, the opening day of the Round of 32 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.  One of those games were played in the East Region.


At Tampa, Florida:


Brandon Knight scored 30 points as #4 Kentucky rallied to outlast #5 West Virginia 71-63.

This Chapter Makes An Even Dozen With The Green Archer

Time now for the twelfth chapter of The Green Archer, our 1940 Columbia Pictures serial, "The Devil Dogs"

Predators Benefit From Turnovers As Orlando Tops New Orleans

At New Orleans:


Two first-half fumbles led to touchdowns as the Orlando Predators (1-0) took advantage of New Orleans miscues and defeated the VooDoo (0-2) 47-34 on the road in Friday Arena Football League action.

NCAA Southwest: 'Noles, Notre Dame, Jayhawks, Purdue, Ilini, VCU Advance To Round of 32

Six games in the Southwest Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament were contested on Friday.


At Chicago:


In the first of four games at the United Center, Derwin Kitchen scored 15 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, and added 3 assists as #10 Florida State won their first tournament game since 1998, beating #7 Texas A & M 57-50.


Ben Hansbrough scored 15 points while Tim Abromaitis added 14, while Carleton Scott pulled down 14 rebounds as #2 Notre Dame downed #15 Akron 69-56.


E'Twaun Moore scored 19 points while JuJuan Johnson added 16 (to go with his 16 rebounds) as #3 Purdue dominated #14 St. Peter's 65-43.


In the final game, Brandon Rozzell scored 26 points, leading four players in double figures (Joey Rodriguez with 17 and Bradford Burgess and Jamie Skeen with 12 apiece) as #11 Virginia Commonwealth took care of #6 Georgetown 74-56.


At Tulsa, Oklahoma:


In the first of two Southwest region games played at the BOK Center, Markus Morris scored 16 points and added 9 rebounds while his brother Markieff added 15 as #1 Kansas, who led by four at halftime, wore down #16 Boston University in the second half and took care of the Terriers 72-53.


In the nightcap, #9 Illinois dominated #8 UNLV in the first half en route to a 73-62 win.  Mike Davis scored 22 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the Fighting Ilini.

NCAA East: Stunning Win For Mason (George, Not Perry); Buckeyes Cruise; Heels Say Bye Bye Blackbirds; Marquette, Washington, And Syracuse Win Too

Six games were played on Friday in the East Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.


At Cleveland:


Four games were played at the Quicken Loans Arena.  In the opener, William Buford scored 18 points as Ohio State, not only the region's top seed, but the top-seeded team in the entire tournament, lived up to their billing as they delivered a 75-46 beatdown on #16 Texas-San Antonio.


Luke Hancock scored three of his 18 points with 21 seconds remaining as #8 George Mason, who had trailed by as many as ten points, came from behind to knock off #9 Villanova 61-57.


Darius Johnson-Odum scored 19 and Jimmy Butler added 15 as #11 Marquette defeated #6 Xavier 66-55.


In the final game, #3 Syracuse took out #14 Indiana State 77-60.  Rick Jackson scored a season-high 23 points and C. J. Fair added 14 for the Orangemen.


At Charlotte, North Carolina:


In the first of two games in the East Region played at the Time Warner Cable Arena, Tyler Zeller scored 32 points and John Henson added 28 as #2 North Carolina defeated #15 Long Island University-Brooklyn 102-87.  Harrison Barnes contributed 24 points and 16 rebounds to the Tar Heels' cause.


In the nightcap, Isaiah Thomas scored 19 points as #7 Washington held off #10 Georgia 68-65.

NCAA West: Horns Hold Off Pesky Golden Grizzlies; Wolverines Devour Vols; Arizona Nudges Past Memphis; Duke Waaaaay Too Much For Hampton

Four games in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's West Region were played on Friday.


At Tulsa, Oklahoma:


#4-seeded Texas held off #13 Oakland 85-81.  Tristan Thompson had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 blocked shots for the Longhorns, helping to offset Reggie Hamilton's 25-point performance for the Golden Grizzlies.


In the second contest, Derrick Williams scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and blocked a potential game-tying shot in the final seconds as #5 Arizona edged #12 Memphis 77-75.


At Charlotte, North Carolina:


In the first of two games played at the Time Warner Cable Arena, #8 Michigan blew out #9 Tennessee 42-16 in the second half to hammer the Volunteers 75-45. Zack Novak scored 14 minutes, hitting two three-pointers during a second-half spurt that helped turned what had been a hotly-contested game into a rout.  He also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Wolverines.


In the second game, Kyrie Irving, playing his first game since last December, scored 14 points as top-seeded Duke destroyed #16 Hampton 87-45.

Gone: Ferlin Husky, R. I. P.

Country Music Hall-of-Famer Ferlin Husky, who helped opened the door for a California strain of country and western music, and who had more than 50 charted hits from the 1950s to the 1970s, passed away on Thursday at a Nashville-area hospital at age 85.  He had a history of heart trouble.


Among the big hits during Ferlin's career, "Dear John" ( a duet with Jean Shepard, 1953), "Gone" (1957), and "Wings of a Dove' (1960).

NCAA East: Mountaineers Bounce Back To Overcome Tired Tigers; Kentucky Escapes With Close Win Over Princeton

Two games were contested Thursday in East Region action in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

At Tampa, Florida:

In the opening contest at the Saint Petersburg Times Forum, West Virginia's fresh legs proved too much for Clemson as the fifth-seeded Mountaineers overcame the worn-out twelfth-seeded Tigers 84-76.  Darryl Bryant scored 19 while Kevin Jones added 17 (as well as 9 rebounds) for the Big East Conference school.

In the second game, freshman Brandon Knight, held without a point for more than 39 minutes, made a diving layup with 2 seconds remaining to carry fourth-seeded Kentucky to a 59-57 victory over eleventh-seeded Princeton.  Darius Miller scored 17 points while Josh Harrellson added 15 to go with his 10 rebounds for the Wildcats.

NCAA West: Temple Wins Tight One With Penn State; Aztecs Finally Advance; Bearcats, UConn Move On To Third Round

Action from the West Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament got underway on Thursday with four games.

At Tucson, Arizona:

In the first of two games played at the McKale Center, an 18-foot off balance shot converted by Juan Fernandez (two of his 23 points) with less than a second remaining carried seventh-seeded Temple to a 66-64 victory over tenth-seeded Penn State.  Ramone Moore also tallied 23 points for the Owls.


In the second game, San Diego State racked up their first-ever NCAA Tournament game victory 68-50 #15 and tournament newcomers Northern Colorado.  Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the second-seeded Aztecs.


At Washington:


In the first of two West Region contest at the Verizon Center, Kemba Walker, who carried his team on his back in the Big East Conference Tournament, scored 18 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, and had a career-high 12 assists as #3 Connecticut dominated #14 Bucknell 81-52.


In the nightcap, an 18-point, 11-rebound night for Yancy Gates as #6 Cincinnati downed #11 Missouri 78-63.

NCAA Southeast: Pittsburgh, Florida, Butler, UCLA, Wisconsin, K-State, Zags, BYU Advance

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament began Southeast Region play with eight games on Thursday.

At Washington, DC:


Matt Howard, who scored 15 points, connected on the game-winning basket at the buzzer as eight-seeded Butler, last year's runners-up, nipped ninth-seeded Old Dominion 60-58 in the first of two Southeast Region contests played at the Verizon Center.

Ashton Gibbs scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half as top-seeded Pittsburgh wore down 16th-seeded North Carolina Asheville 71-54 in the second contest.


At Tampa:


In the first of two Southeast Region games played at the St. Petersburg Times Forum, a 10 point, 10 assist, 7 rebound night for Chandler Parsons, to go with Erving Walker's 18 points, helped #2 Florida dominate #15 UC-Santa Barbara 79-51.


In the nightcap, #7 UCLA blew a 23-point lead, but managed to hold off #10 Michigan State 78-76.  Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee each scored 16 points for the Bruins, offsetting Draymond Green's triple-double (23 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists) for the Spartans.


At Tucson, Arizona:


Jon Leuer scored 17 of his 22 points following the intermission as #4 Wisconsin had their way with #13 Wofford 72-58.  Jordan Taylor added 21 for the Badgers in the first of two Southeast Region contests at Tucson.


In the nightcap, #12 Utah State took on #5 Kansas State and lost 73-68 as Jacob Pullen tallied 22 points for the victorious Wildcats.


At Denver:


In the opening Southeast Region game from the Pepsi Center, Jimmer Fredette scored 32 points as #3 BYU held off #14 Wofford, 74-66.


In the nightcap, #11 Gonzaga knocked off #6 St. John's 86-71 as the Bulldogs' Marquise Carter scored a career-high 24 points.

NCAA Southwest: Morehead State Shocks Louisville; Richmond Knocks Off Vandy

Sixteen games were played on Thursday as the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament commence, with two played in the Southwest Region, both at Denver.


In the opening of two games at the Pepsi Center, Demonte Harper hit the game-winning three-point basket with 4.2 seconds remaing, while Terrance Hill scored 23 points while Kenneth Faried pulled in 17 rebounds as 13th-seeded Morehead State stunned fourth-seeded Louisville 62-61.  It was the first tournament win for the Eagles since 1984.


In the second game, Kevin Anderson scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half as 12th-seeded Richmond knocked off fifth-seeded Vanderbilt 69-66.

NCAA Tournament: Texas-San Antonio, VCU Pick Up Wins

The opening round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament concluded with two games played Wednesday at Dayton, Ohio.

In the opener, Melvin Johnson III scored 25 of his career-high 29 points as Texas-San Antonio, who led by as many as 28, coasted to a 70-61 win over Alabama State.  The Roadrunners, who picked up their first-ever NCAA Tournament win, will face Ohio State in an East Region contest on Friday in Cleveland.  The Buckeyes are the tournament's overall top-seeded team.

In the nightcap, Jamie Skeen scored 16 points as Virginia Commonwealth ended their contest on a 15-3 run to defeat Southern California 59-46.  The Rams will take on sixth-seeded Georgetown in a Southwest Regional contest on Friday in Chicago. 

NCAA Tournament: UNC-Asheville (in OT), Clemson Take Opening Contests

Two games were played on Tuesday at Dayton, Ohio as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament commenced.

In the opener, Matt Dickey scored 22 points, while J. P. Primm hit five free throws plus a decisive steal in the final seconds of overtime as UNC-Asheville defeated Arkansas-Little Rock 81-77.  The Bulldogs will face Pittsburgh, the Southeast Region's top seed on Thursday at Washington, DC.

In the nightcap, Jerai Grant scored a career-high 22 rebounds and added 7 rebounds as Clemson dominated their contest with Alabama-Birmingham from start to finish, manhandling the Blazers 70-52.  The Tigers will face fifth-seeded (East Region) West Virginia at Tampa, Florida on Thursday

Hey! On Your Way To---Or From---Crater Lake National Park,

Be sure to visit majestic Union Creek, Oregon!

VooDoo's Magic Ineffective Against Storm

At New Orleans:

The Tampa Bay Storm (1-0) took advantage of three defensive pass interference penalties this past Friday and defeated the home standing New Orleans VooDoo (0-1) 46-40 in the Arena Football League season opener for both clubs.

The resurrected VooDoo played last season as the Bossier City-Shreveport Battle Wings.

Memo To Students and Fans of Colorado, Alabama, Boston College, Virginia Tech, and St. Mary's:

Please don't read this.

Time For More With The Green Archer

We now present the eleventh chapter in our 1940 Columbia Pictures serial, The Green Archer, "The Flaming Arrow."


Enjoy!

Parmaley "Carl" Rainge, R. I. P.

On and off for some 20 years, starting in 1956, Parmaley "Carl" Rainge was a member of the rhythm-and-blues/doo-wop vocal group The Spaniels.  After he joined the group, they enjoyed success with recordings such as "Everybody's Talking," "You're Gonna Cry," and "Peace Of Mind."


Mr. Rainge passed away this past Sunday in Columbus, Tennessee after a long illness at age 74.

Be Sure To Watch The Miss America Pageant In COLOR On NBC!

Here's a promo for the September 11, 1965 NBC Network telecast of the 1966 Miss America Pageant, the first to be telecast in color.

Be Sure To Watch Your Monday Night Favorites This Fall On ABC!

Here's a promotion for ABC's 1966 Monday night fall lineup.

Be Sure To Watch The Skipper And His Little Buddy This Fall On CBS!

Here's a 1965 CBS Network promo for Gilligan's Island.  It was for the upcoming 1965-66 season, the show's first in color (after one year in black and white).

Time For A Toe Tapper

From 1967, here are the Baltimore and Ohio Marching Band with "Lapland."

Sorry, Charlie

But, then again, who the hell cares?

More Adventures With The Green Archer

Our 1940 Columbia Pictures serial, The Green Archer, continues with chapter ten, "The Dagger That Failed."

Johnny Preston Joins Running Bear And Little White Girl In That Happy Hunting Ground

Singer Johnny Preston, whose million-selling recording of "Running Bear" (written by the late J. P. "Big Bopper" Richardson) topped the pop charts in early 1960, passed away on Friday at Baptist Beaumont Hospital in Beaumont, Texas at age 71.


Mr. Preston had bypass surgery late last year and had been suffering from health problems.


Johnny had two top-ten hits in 1960.  "Running Bear" topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart for three weeks early that year, and "Cradle of Love" reached #7 on the pop chart.


One other note on "Running Bear."  The Indian noises in the background were done by J. P. Richardson and George Jones.  This record was made shortly before the Big Bopper lost his life in the plane crash that also claimed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.

Have You Driven A '56 Studebaker Yet?

From an epidode of TV Reader's Digest that aired over the ABC television network during the 1955-56 season, here's an extensive mid-episode commercial for the 1956 Studebakers.  The Studebaker-Packard Corporation was sponsor of TV Reader's Digest.

If You Prefer Old School

Here's another Anacin commercial, this one from 1968.

If Gelcaps Are More Your Bag

Here's a 1992 commercial for Aspirin-Free Anacin gelcaps.

Take 3

Aspirin-free Anacin 3 as this 1981 television commercial implies.

Will She Be Buried In A Playtex 18-Hour Bra?

Jane Russell, the voluptuous actress who first gained fame in the controversial movie "The Outlaw," who was married three times---one marriage was to UCLA and Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield----and who was a commercial spokeswoman for Playtex, passed away on Monday at her Santa Maria, California home from a respiratory-related illness at age 89.

Do You Prefer Racko Or Easy Money?

Here's a commercial I remember from many moons ago.  From the mid-1960s, here's an advert for two Milton Bradley games, Racko and Easy Money.

Enjoy!

At Least Nobody Went Cuckoo For Cocoa Puffs In This Ad

From 1960, here's a pre-Sonny commercial for General Mills Cocoa Puffs cereal.  Two brothers and a sister pretend that they are in Africa when they are pursued by a lion.  The three siblings were used in television commercials for the cereal's first six years of existance before they were replaced in 1964 by that winged and feathered fugitive from an insane asylum, Sonny.

Coo Coo For Cocoa Puffs!

Frankly, I like Sonny better with his clothes on.

From 1964, here's a commercial for General Mills' Cocoa Puffs as Sonny tries to become cultured.

Chuck McCann did Sonny's voice.

Wow!

Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumley, and Baldy appear in a commerical for General Mills' Frosty-Os Cereal which originally appeared during an episode of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, which aired at the time over CBS television.  This commercial was from the 1964-65 season.  It was back in the days when stars appeared in integrated commercials that appeared during their respective shows.  General Mills sponsored (and owned) Tennessee Tuxedo.

While Bradley Bolke (as Chumley) and Kenny "Senator Claghorn" Delmar (as Baldy) appeared in this ad, Don Adams, who starred as Tennessee's voice, did not appear.  Mort Marshall, who played the voice of Tennessee's nemesis, Megopolis Zoo manager Stanley Livingston, filled in.

Anyone Out There In InternetLand Remember This?

Here's a 1960s commercial for Slinky!

Here's A Word From Out Sponsor

From the 1970s, here's a 16mm film of an Ex Lax commercial.

Frank Buckles, Last Surviving US World War I Veteran

Frank Buckles, the last surviving United States World War I veteran, passed away on Sunday at the age of 110.

Now, Only Willie Remains

Hall of Famer Duke Snider, who played sixteen seasons with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, a feared hitter who had five straight seasons of 40 or more home runs, who played on the Dodgers' 1955 (Brooklyn) and 1959 (Los Angeles) World Series championship teams, passed away at age 84, the Baseball Hall of Fame revealed on Sunday.  Mr. Snider had been battling an undisclosed illness at the Valle Vista Convalescent Hospital in Escondido, California.


Rest in Peace, Duke.

More Thrills With The Green Archer

Time for the ninth installment in our 1940 Columbia Pictures chapter play, The Green Archer, "Mirror of Treachery."

Blast From The Past

From the ABC Network premiere telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, as aired on July 2, 1955, here's Myron Floren playing "Tico, Tico."

Here's A Fall Preview

Here's a preview of the 1961 CBS Network fall lineup.  Last year, I embeded this same program in several parts.  Here it is again, this time in one piece.

Enjoy!

Here's Someone Achin' To Become A Movie Star

In "She Had To Choose" (Majestic Pictures, 1934), A young actress hits Hollywood with dreams of becoming a movie star, only to see roadblocks in her way.  Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Isabel Jewell, Sally Blaine, and Regis Toomey are featured here.  This movie, with original story by Mann Page and Izola Forrester and adaptation by Houston Branch, was produced by Larry Darmour and directed by Ralph Ceder.

Was He Born With A Star On His Chest?

From Republic Pictures in 1937, we present Johnny Mack Brown starring in "A Lawman Is Born."  With original story by Harry F. Olmstead and screenplay and adaptation by George H. Plympton, this motion picture, which, alongside Johnny, featured Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond, Mary MacLaren, Dick Curtis, and Al (Fuzzy) St. John, was produced by A.W. Hacker (who had earlier produced some of Johnny's movies at Supreme Pictures) and directed by Sam Newfield.

Enjoy, pardners!

Time For Champagne Music

In this clip from the February 15, 1964 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here are the Champagne Music Makers with "The Poor People of Paris."

Time For Another Tune!

From 1950, here's Eileen Barton, along with the New Yorkers, with "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake."  This recording was originally released by National Records.  If I recall, that label was in dire financial trouble and that this recording was eventually taken over by Mercury Records.

Ol'Man River

Here are the Ravens, with Jimmy Ricks on the lead vocal, with their 1947 recording of "ol' Man River," released on the National Records label.

Time For A Movie!

From Victory Pictures in 1937, we present "Blake of Scotland Yard."  This film stars Ralph Byrd, with Herbert Rawlinson, Joan Barclay, Lloyd Hughes, and  Dickie Jones.  With screenplay by Basil Dickey and William Buchanan and story by Rock Hawkey, this flick was produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Bob Hill.


Enjoy!


 

Another Adventure With The Green Archer

Our 1940 Columbia Pictures serial, The Green Archer, continues with its' eighth installment, "Garr Castle Is Robbed."

Heeeere's Jimmy!

From 1957, here's Jimmy McCracklin with his 1957 hit, "The Walk" on a Checker Records 78 RPM record.

Enjoy!

Time For The Moonglows!

From 1957, here are The Moonglows with their recording of Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Someone To Love" on Chess Records.

A Little Surprised

It may not be very long before this network starts straying from its' original mission.



The announcement was made this past Tuesday with the name and branding change to take place on April 4.

This Guy...

Gives Alabama fans a bad name.  Fun is fun, though, this carried it a bit too far.

Satisfied, mothertrucker?

George Shearing, R. I. P.

Famed British-born jazz piano virtuoso George Shearing, who overcame blindness to become a worldwide jazz star, and who is best remembered for such recordings as "Lullaby of Birdland" and "September In The Rain," passed away from congestive heart failure on Monday in Manhattan at the age of 91.

Here's a short film from many years ago, quite likely the early 1950s of the George Shearing Quintet playing "Conception."

Heaven and Paradise

Here are Don Julian and The Meadowlarks with their 1955 Dootone Records recording of Heaven and Paradise.

Time For The Flamingos

Here's a 78 RPM record of the original version of "I'll Be Home" by the Flamingos on Checker Records, which was a sister label of Chess Records of Chicago.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

A happpy Valentine's Day from all of us here at Bob's Place!

No, That Isn't The Voice Of Mel Allen

Here's a 1959 Abner Records (Vee Jay subsidiary) release of Dee Clark singing "How About That."

Time For TV Advertising Memories

This collection of television commercials are shown as they were presented during a 1975 telecast of Soul Train.

And Now A Word From Someone Who Makes Denture Cleaner For A Living

Here's a 1986 television commercial for Dentu Creme.

Time For More Action With The Green Archer

Time now for "The Secret Passage," chapter seven of our 1940 Columbia Pictures serial, The Green Archer.

Carl's First

Speaking of that other Flip Records label, the short-lived one based in Memphis that was owned by Sam Phillips, here's Carl Perkins with "Movie Magg," which was released early in 1955.

Era Ends In Salt Lake City

Frankly, I did not see it coming.  Jerry Sloan, in the middle of his 23rd season as Utah Jazz head coach, the longest-tenured coach/manager in the four major American sports, has called it quits.

Time For "Louie Louie"

Here is the original version, from 1957 by the song's composer Richard Berry.  It was released on Flip Records, the Los Angeles-based label that is also best remembered for a handful of hit recordings from the Six Teens.  This was also the label that brought legal action against Sam Phillips which forced the owner of Sun Records to shutter his Memphis-based same-named country-oriented label.

Time For The Nutmegs!

From 1955, here are the Nutmegs with their Herald Records recording, "Ship of Love," which made that year's Billboard rhythm and blues charts.

No, Not THOSE Diamonds

From around 1953, on Atlantic Records, here are the Diamonds (not to be confused with the same-named vocal group from Canada who had a series of hit recordings for Mercury in the mid-late 1950s) with "A Beggar For Your Kisses."  THESE were the Diamonds who were a rhythm-and-blues vocal group who recorded for Atlantic in the early 1950s.

Time For A Movie!

From Britain's Gainsborough Pictures in 1938, here's "Hey! Hey! USA."  In this one, Dr. Benjamin Twist (played by Will Hay), a man whose ambitions outstrips his abilities, is a porter on an ocean liner bound for America, who, through a series on convoluted plot twists, finds himself masquerading as a professor.  Teaming up with a gangster stowaway (played by Edgar Kennedy), our "hero" finds himself embroiled in a kidnap plot on the far side of the pond that is complicated by the fact that there are two sets of gangsters who are attempting to get their grubby hands on the ransom money.

Based upon Jack Swain's original story with scenario by J. O. C. Orton and dialogue by Marriot Edgar and Val Guest, this motion picture, which also had David Burns, Eddie Ryan, Fred Duprez, Paddy Reynolds, Tommy Bupp, Arthur Gouliet, Gibb McLaughlin, and Eddie Pola in the cast, was produced by Edward Black and directed by Marcel Varnel.

This British-Gaumont picture was controlled throughout the world (save the United States) by General Film Distributors.

Enjoy!

Sorry, Charlie

Released in 1960, here's Charlie Rich with own composition "Lonely Weekends" on the Phillips International label.  PI was a Sun Records subsidiary.

Travel Spot

Here's a 30-second spot promoting travel to Slovakia.

SB XLV Post Mortem

It's amazing that a team that started the season at 3-3 , and who ended up with more than a dozen players on the season-ending injured reserve list, managed to turn things around as was the case with the Green Bay Packers.  Remeber, this was a team, as the number six seed in the NFC playoffs, had to win AT Philadelphia, AT Atlanta, and AT Chicago, just to get to the Super Bowl.  The Packers made very few mistakes on Sunday night.  The offensive line did a very good job protecting Aaron Rodgers, who might have had an even better night if not for a handful of dropped passed.  The Green Bay defense certainly did their job, coming up with three big takeaways which contributed to 21 of Green Bay's 31 points---one of the touchdonws happened directly as Nick Collins returned an intercepted Ben Roethlisberger pass to the house.

The Green Bay Packers cetainly earned their fourth Super Bowl title and their 13th NFL championship overall last night down at Arlington, Texas.

Now we'll see if we have NFL football next season.

PACKERS HOLD OFF STEELERS TO GRAB SUPER BOWL CROWN

At Arlington, Texas:

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers (named the game's Most Valuable Player) threw for three touchdowns, two to Greg Jennings and one more to Jordy Nelson, while defensive back Nick Collins returned a Ben Roethlisberger pass for another score as the Green Bay Packers held off the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 Sunday night to win Super Bowl XLV.  The win marked the Packers fourth Super Bowl title (their first in 14 years) and their thirteenth National Football League championship overall, a league record. 21 of the Packers' points came off three Pittsburgh turnovers, two Ben Roethlisberger picks and a fumble by running back Rashard Mendenhall.

Red Hot

From 1957, here's Billy Lee Riley's version of "Red Hot" on Sun Records. It sold something like 37,000 copies.

Time For A Song From Billy The Kid

Billy "The Kid" Emerson, that is.  This is his original 1955 recording of "Red Hot" released by Sun Records.

Hall Of Fame Class Of 2011

Deion Sanders, an ubertalented cornerback who played on five teams (Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington, and Baltimore), who was selected Defensive Player of the Year in 1994 and who played on the most recent 49ers and Cowboys Super Bowl-winning teams; Marshall Faulk, a superb running back who starred at Indianapolis and St. Louis (helping lead the Rams to their 1999 Super Bowl championship season); Richard Dent, the talented Chicago Bears defensive end who was selected MVP of Super Bowl XX; Shannon Sharpe, an outstanding tight end who starred on three Super Bowl title teams (two at Denver and one at Baltimore); Chris Hanburger, a solid linebacker, a nine-time Pro-Bowler who played his entire fourteen-year NFL career with the Washington Redskins (1965-78); Les Richter, a linebacker, center, and placekicker who played nine seasons (1954-62) with the Los Angeles Rams; and Ed Sabol, the founding father of NFL Films, were elected Saturday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Green Archer, Chapter Six

Time now, boys and girls for Chapter Six of The Green Archer, our 1940 Columbia Pictures serial, "The Necklace of Treachery."

Time For Another Tune!

Here's Dee Clark with his 1958 recording of "Nobody But You," released on Abner Records, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Vee Jay Records.

Enjoy!

It's Iceman Time, Folks!

From 1958, here's Jerry Butler and the Impressions with a classic rhythm and blues ballad "For Your Precious Love."  The song was released on Vee Jay subsidiary Falcon Records. 




Having found out that there had already been a Falcon Records label in existance, the parent company changed the label's name to Abner Records, after Ewart Abner, who was at the time the general manager at Vee Jay.

Time For A Visit From Mr. C!

Here's a kinescope of a 1954 CBS Network telecast of the 15-minute Perry Como Show, sponsored by the makers of Chesterfield Cigarettes.  Perry was seen three times a week on CBS during the half hour which was split between 15 minutes of music and variety and the 15-minutes Douglas Edwards With The News.

Time For Junior

Recorded on the Sun Records label in November , 1953 in Memphis, here's Junior Parker with "Mystery Train."

Headin' For The Poorhouse

From Ember Records (a part of Herald-Ember) in 1958, here are the Silhouettes with their unsuccessful follow-up to "Get A Job," a ditty entitled "Headin' For The Poorhouse."

Time For A Movie, Boys And Girls

From newly-revived Monogram Picutures in 1937, we bring you "Atlantic Flight."  This movie stars Dick Merrill (who in real life, had become the first pilot to make a commercial transatlantic roundtrip flight) portrays himself as a pilot crossing the Atlantic with a medical serum that can save a friend's life.  This movie includes footage from Mr. Merrill's own stormy Atlantic crossing.  Dick is joined in the cast by Jack Lambie, Paula Stone, and Weldon Heyburn.  With Scott Dunlap in charge of production and screenplay by Scott Darling and Erna Lazarus, this motion picture was directed by William Nigh.