JOHN BOGERT: Here's to Penny, 'Sky King' and good all-American girls

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laojim wrote:

Sky King?
Sigh. I used to watch Sky King and Penny and the gang. Haven't thought of them for years. It was on about the same time as My Friend Flika and The Lone Ranger.

J W Simms wrote:

<quoted text>Goddamn man! you gotta be older than dirt. J.W. Simms.

Dibert wrote:

it's "cubicle" john, thank God I no longer occupy one such.
best regards

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laojim wrote:

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That's me, kid.
For some reason the name of Sky King conjures in my feeble brain my grandfather's parsonage in Homestead Pennsylvania where everything was covered with soot and the pretty orange sulfur smoke used to roll out of the stack all day down at the mill at the foot of the hill. I'm trying to figure out why that should be. It seems like a very odd thing to be associated with that place. My grandfather didn't watch that show. He liked Amos n Andy, the TV version. My sister preferred My Friend Flika.

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J W Simms wrote:

<quoted text>Did you ever get to meet Moses? J.W. Simms.

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J W Simms wrote:

<quoted text>Did you ever get to meet Moses? J.W. Simms.

laojim wrote:

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Hmmm. Jewish guy? A sort of desert rat who wandered around a lot? Sounds familiar, but I don't recall clearly.

J W Simms wrote:

<quoted text>Ever get the feeling you might be getting senile? by the way, I've often wondered if Moses got hemorrhoids from carrying those heavy stone tablets around, would you happen to know? J.W. Simms.

To John Bogert wrote:

"The Emmy telecast is all the proof you need that TV watching doesn't have the impact it once did," said Bogert, "not in the old unifying sense."
Who needs anything unifying, when we have Big Brother. He takes care of us, in every way, everytime at anyplace. We are protected, if we "go with the flow." JFK just didn't listen, as David Powers said [re:"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"].
Gary Powers found out about that too, when he ran out of fuel [1977].

To John Bogert wrote:

"The Emmy telecast is all the proof you need that TV watching doesn't have the impact it once did," said Bogert, "not in the old unifying sense."
Who needs anything unifying, when we have Big Brother. He takes care of us, in every way, everytime at anyplace. We are protected, if we "go with the flow." JFK just didn't listen, as David Powers said [re:"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye"].
Gary Powers found out about that too, when he ran out of fuel [1977].

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laojim wrote:

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Emmy telecast? When was that?
Powers didn't run out of fuel, he was shot down. Eisenhower denied the flight as the Soviets reassembled the plane for the world to see.

To LaoJim wrote:

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We all know that he got "shot down" in his U-2; but he was killed in California, when he crashed in 1977. They fixed his gage [KNBC helicopter], the night before. I'm sure Bogert knows about it.

laojim wrote:

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Imagine that. Don't recall anything about that.

To LaoJim wrote:

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Of course, they kept that quiet. Gary simply "disappeared, like so many others [who knew too much]. Our noble Dr. Buerk from RPV is also hard to find. He was one of the founders, in 1973. He also founded the Alpine Brewery [Torrance], in 1988. And he was also a County Commissioner. The "Breeze" never talked about him, or his demise. There was also a Mike Randsall, who knew about these things [at least from 1978 on], and later worked for the "Breeze"; I can't find him either. He was very popular at the Alpine Village.
The "owners" of the village were simply "fired," after fourty (40) years! Can you imagine? So, who are the real owners? Why were the Rotters [Hans and Teri] sacrificed? Teri was also the leader of the Samoans in the South Bay, and also a County Commissioner. And now they are dead-silent? What are they afraid of?
But why would we need to know, we, the simple people of L.A.?

laojim wrote:

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Sorry, don't know nothing about no Breeze. Don't live in LA, just pass through there on rare occasions, although I plan to come for a concert in October.