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	      Added Lanette Giese's Flickr to the Photo/video briefcase. She has a great
	      photoset from her 1979-82 job at Peaches Records at 51st and Sheridan.
	     
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	      Flashes forward and back from 1958 to 1995 to tell the tale of a proletarian
	      woman of 36 and her passionate affair with a teenage boy from an upper-middle
	      class family. Reviewed by Gary Chew. Stars Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes,
	      opens Jan. 2 in Tulsa.
	     
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	      Our fantastic "Mazeppa" singer/songwriter, Randy Prahl, also wrote one about
	      the buried Plymouth Belvedere. YouTube on the 1957 page.
	     
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	      "Your ignorance makes me ill and angry," intoned David McCallum's
	      super-intelligent Outer Limits character. A YouTube teaser of the 1963 episode,
	      "The Sixth Finger", has been added to the Sixth Finger/Sixfinger item in
	      GroupBlog 110.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:35:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      The talented fellow who wrote and played an original song about Mazeppa on
	      YouTube has unmasked himself. In GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      Tulsa TV Memories celebrates its 10th birthday today. In GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      Added photographer and TTM contributor Mike Bruchas' Flickr to the Photo/video
	      briefcase. He has several sets that relate to Tulsa, TV and radio.
	     
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	      Updated the list of Tulsa webcams on the Links page, and fixed broken links.
	     
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	      Jeff H. asked about the Sandman Motel near the soon-to-be-demolished Sheridan
	      Village. It's gone to seed, but physically still there. See a postcard of
	      the motel in its 1960s 'glory days'. In GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      New photo of this 1970s TU-area watering hole illustrates a personal story
	      on the Tulsa Film and Cinema page.
	     
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	      Two entries about this Utica Square gift shop and a photo. It opened in the
	      70s and is still a going concern today. Was it ever a head shop? In GroupBlog
	      278.
	     
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	      Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman,
	      Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964.
	      Who is telling the truth? Opens Christmas Day.
	     
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	      Daze' had a motivational show in the 80s on Tempo Television (Tulsa Cable).
	      At the end of the show was a meditation period with soothing hypnotic-like
	      affirmations, while nature shots were shown on the screen. Daze' is trying
	      to locate 'Sweet Emily' Smith. In GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      (1960-1970) Includes material from the Mazeppa show, plus the Cain's Coffee
	      ballad spoofed by John Hudson. Another split-off from Joel Burkhart's article
	      about Tulsa Coffee Houses.
	     
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	      Another split-off from Joel Burkhart's article about Tulsa Coffee Houses.
	     
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	      This Tulsa coffee house deserves its own page; a split-off from Joel Burkhart's
	      original article, Tulsa Coffee Houses: The Early Years (1960-1970).
	     
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	      We learned today that longtime KTUL news photographer Johnny Rauser has passed
	      away at the age of 82. More in GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      Don Lundy, formerly of KTUL, now GM at WRTV in Indianapolis celebrates a
	      birthday. See a 2006 photo in GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      "I've Loved You So Long" ("Il y a longtemps que je t'aime") reveals deeply
	      human moments in ordinary ways. Kristin Scott Thomas and Elsa Zylberstein
	      give Oscar-worthy performances, says Gary Chew. Coming to the Circle Cinema
	      2/6/2009.
	     
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	      Armin Sebran told us a couple of years ago about the Bastille coffee house,
	      dating back to around 1964-5. It was created by a TU graduate student and
	      young filmmaker, Dale Pelton. More about Mr. Pelton's career and current-day
	      activities on the Tulsa Coffee Houses page.
	     
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	      Lee Woodward found a photo that might work for this season. In GroupBlog
	      278.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:49:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      A very important birthday today, that of John Michael Bruchas, who has been
	      a TTM contributor almost 10 years. See a photo of Mike circa 1973, cutting
	      movies at Euell Golden's edit bench in the KTUL film library. In GroupBlog
	      278.
	     
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	      Read about Monte's fun contributions at Channel 8 on the Plenty Scary Movie
	      page.
	     
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	      Joel Burkhart sent this awhile back, just got it onto the Tulsa Car Dealers
	      page. Oh, and a couple of Beryl Ford photos of one of the Fred Jones locations.
	     
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	      Ron Padgett left Tulsa in 1960 for NYC to become a noted poet, translator
	      and memoirist. His first public poetry reading was at the Rubiot in the spring
	      of 1960. Hear him read his work on a recording of "A Prairie Home Companion",
	      4/5/2008. On the Tulsa Coffee Houses page.
	     
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	      An unknown fan has done for Mazeppa what Don McLean did for Buddy Holly.
	      He wears a Hoss Chopright half-mask, does an uncanny Mazeppa impersonation,
	      then plays an original song about the days Mazeppa was on the airwaves. Great
	      job! Who is this guy? On the Mazeppa music page.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Jim Ruddle mentioned a so-called 'King of the Bootleggers' in Tulsa, followed
	      by Lee Woodward's account of his 1958 run-in with him. In GroupBlog 278.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Frank Langella has absorbed the walk and the talk of President Richard Nixon
	      in this docudrama by Ron Howard. Linked: National Archives just released
	      new excerpts of the Nixon White House tapes.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      The discussion of Sheridan Village has led us down an arcane lane to a dress
	      shop named Mode O'Day. Also, new pic of the Appollo Delman Theatre adjacent
	      to Massad's, the skimpy clothes shop. In GroupBlog 277.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Alternative Views was a public affairs program in Austin, co-founded by frequent
	      TTM contributor Frank Morrow. He produced and co-hosted many of these one-hour
	      TV shows between 1978 and 1998. 172 of them are now viewable at Archive.org.
	      Watch THE MAGIC DAY, a snapshot of May 9, 1951 "Central Day" at KVOO. Tulsa
	      Central high school students took over all the production duties of the most
	      powerful radio station in town. On the Tulsa Radio in the Fifties page.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:50:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Roy Lee took this photoset 12-8-2008 (see the webmaster's Flickr). Numerous
	      comments in the current GroupBlog (no. 277) about the impending demise of
	      Sheridan Village.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      See webmaster's Flickr...TTM contributor Mike Bruchas dug up these photos
	      he took while working at KTUL in the early 70s: never-before-seen shots of
	      Gailard Sartain and Jim Millaway on the Mazeppa show set. This sketch can
	      be viewed in full on a DVD available from Mazeppa.com
	     
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	      New page with Mazeppa's opening and closing themes and their origins.
	     
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	      Wilhelm Murg mentioned "The Groovie Movie" on KOKI. I certainly remembered
	      "Creature Feature", but not that one. A Tulsa World article by John Wooley
	      cleared it up. They were one and the same. In GroupBlog 277.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:10:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Mike Hardeman found a YouTube of Mazeppa's closing theme, a live performance
	      of "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever" by Isham Jones and his Orchestra.
	      In GroupBlog 277.
	     
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	      Do your early Christmas shopping at the Amazon-based TTM Gift Shop. It's
	      full of TTM-related items with comments by readers and the webmaster. Placing
	      an order using any Amazon.com link or search engine on TTM as a starting
	      point benefits the webmaster at no extra cost to you!
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Numerous comments in the current GroupBlog (no. 277) about the impending
	      demise of Sheridan Village. Links back to photos and comments on the topic
	      in 2001 (GB 84).
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Costello, that is, on Sundance Channel interviewing Elton John, who talks
	      about Tulsa's Leon Russell.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Gary Chew's review of the new movie, "Milk", prompted me to put together
	      a page about Anita Bryant in her less controversial days. She is a 1958 graduate
	      of Tulsa's Will Rogers High School.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Gary Chew reviews a new movie about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man
	      to be elected to public office in California. He was assassinated by fellow
	      City Supervisor, Dan White in 1978. Stars Sean Penn in what is likely to
	      be an Oscar-nominated performance.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      New photo of Greer Stereo Tape Center at Admiral Place and Pittsburg at
	      DanleyClow.com. On Mazeppa page 2.
	     
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	      The latest in Jack Frank's Tulsa History Series, "Tulsa Deco", premieres
	      Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7 pm on KTUL Channel 8. The program is a tour of Tulsa's
	      extraordinary art deco architecture. "Tulsa Deco" is also sold on DVD at
	      many places around town, including BOk locations, Walgreens, Borders, and
	      online at TulsaFilms.com (see a preview there). In GroupBlog 277.
	     
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	      Victor Buono (best-known as "King Tut" on the 60s "Batman" series) played
	      the demented "Count Manzeppi" on two episodes of "The Wild, Wild West" in
	      1966-67. Could "Count Manzeppi" have inspired "Dr. Mazeppa"? In GroupBlog
	      277.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:50:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Mike Bruchas sent a link to former Tulsa newsman Guy Atchley's photo blog.
	      Guy has been an anchor in Tucson for many years. At the top of just-archived
	      GroupBlog 276.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Added to the Tulsa Tiki page: How Jim Ruddle met Tex Ritter in 1953 (and
	      his then-small son, John), then Olympic gold medalist, legendary surfer and
	      Hollywood star Duke Kahanamoku.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Richard Wilson, photographer, recalls a "sexploitation coverage" incident
	      on 11th Street during ratings sweep at a local TV station. It didn't end
	      well. In GroupBlog 276.
	     
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	      Thanks to Andy Taylor, editor of the Montgomery County Chronicle, new photo
	      of Jerry Webber, added to a new page.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Former KTUL and CNN producer John Boydston as musical group Daddy A Go Go
	      made Amazon's Best Children's Music 2008 list. The cover of his latest, "Rock
	      of All Ages", was painted by Gailard Sartain. In GroupBlog 276.
	     
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	      Gary Chew was watching a story about the House Financial Services Committee
	      on MSNBC yesterday, and spotted staffer Jason Pitcock, whose dad is Bob Gregory
	      of radio and television news fame in Tulsa. Photo in GroupBlog 276.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      A reader sent a link to a Time Magazine article with a few new details of
	      Helen Alvarez' and George Cameron's KOTV startup. In GroupBlog 276.
	     
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	      2/26/1997 Tulsa World story says "During the 1930s, at least one Navy zeppelin
	      briefly moored there (NBT building). In fact, the Tulsa Historical Society
	      has a large photograph showing people hanging over the building's uppermost
	      railings to grab ahold of the lines hanging down from the giant airship."
	      Link to this story on the Weather page.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      After discovering the 1952 Life Magazine photos of Helen Alvarez, KOTV's
	      original General Manager, I did some research on her career. In GroupBlog
	      276.
	     
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	      Google is now hosting photos from Life Magazine. There was a 1952 article
	      on Helen Alvarez, the original General Manager of KOTV. I am amazed at the
	      "hotness" of many of the poses. 200 photos! In GroupBlog 276.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Now KJRH's Traffic Manager, Blake Etter tells how he got started in the TV
	      business at the short-lived KGCT in 1981.
	     
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	      Now a successful free-lance producer/director in Stillwater, John T. Bode's
	      KGCT memories get their own page.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Lee Woodward's first broadcasting job was at KDNT-AM in Denton, Texas. A
	      freckle-faced kid with a burr haircut and mottled teeth also worked there,
	      name of Willie Nelson. In GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      "Quantum of Solace" is a one-hour and forty-six-minute swish pan, except
	      for the several realistic, long, intense action scenes that comprise most
	      of the running time of this latest 007 treat, starring the seemingly
	      indestructible Daniel Craig.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Odene Brinlee was secretary to Helen Alvarez, the lady responsible for starting
	      up KOTV in 1949. Odene was a beloved figure at the station. A photo and comments
	      from Lee Woodward and John Hillis are in GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      "I first met Studs in 1963 and thought I had time-warped back to the 'thirties."
	      said Jim Ruddle in GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      In 1957, Dick Raaijmakers (aka Kid Baltan) and Tom Dissevelt created the
	      electronic music ("Sonik Re-Entry") which later became the theme music for
	      "Fantastic Theater". Fun facts about the Kid in GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      Live webcast of Halloween music, 7 pm - 2:30 am from Stevo Wolfson. In 1973,
	      he worked at KELi's 'Scream In The Dark', Tulsa's ultimate Halloween haunted
	      house attraction. In GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Kristi Stewart, then an intern at KJRH, played a part in the movie, "Tex",
	      shot in Tulsa in 1982, based on S.E. Hinton's book. She tells her story in
	      GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:50:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Documentary maker James is looking for a person who remembers The Corner
	      of Dreams, Bowen Lounge, Chapparal Club: "I would like someone to join me
	      at the original location at 11th and Denver and on camera reflect on memories
	      and insight to what it was like in the area. This is for a segment to be
	      included in my documentary." In GroupBlog 275.
	     
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	      An embedded APHC in Tulsa player at the top of just-archived GroupBlog 274.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Lee Woodward was digging through some stuff and found a warrant for his arrest:
	      "I forgot I was doing felonious work in 1969."
	     
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	      Starring De Niro, plus Bruce Willis and Sean Penn as themselves, this movie
	      is a smart cinematic round of what Chew calls, "Doin' the Hollywood Reflexive."
	     
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	      A Prairie Home Companion is being broadcast from Tulsa's Performing Arts
	      Center 10/25 at 5 pm, encore broadcast 10/26 at 1 pm. Listen online at 89.5
	      FM, KWGS or at the APHC site. Guests include Stillwater's Monica Taylor,
	      The Hot Club of Cowtown, and hometown boy Elvin Bishop.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      2 Beryl Ford photos of a Tulsa bowling alley...or is it 2 separate alleys?
	      Can you help? In the current GB (no. 274)
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:10:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Al Hirt plays the Green Hornet theme, "Flight of the Bumblebee", plus David
	      Bagsby's Phantasmagoria: episode 2 - Werewolf of Washington. Both on YouTube
	      in the current GB (no. 274)
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:50:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Read about all the incarnations of 99.5 in a backward chain of entries in
	      the current GroupBlog (no. 274)
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Photos of the Pete Headrick Plumbing ladies bowling team at Huckett's, links
	      to Tulsa World bowling stories added to Frank Morrow's comments at the top
	      of GB 130.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Article and photo from the October 1983 issue of 'Tulsa Time', courtesy of
	      Roy Payton.The Joyce Martel Revue was a quasi-raunchy musical production
	      of the American Theatre Company at the Brook Theater in the 70s and 80s.
	      On Club Card page 2.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      TU professor Bruestle wrote a play televised in 1950 at KOTV. He and Barrows
	      starred in ATC's "The Dresser", 1983. Photos from the April 1983 issue of
	      'Tulsa Time', courtesy of Roy Payton.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:55:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Coupon from the 1/1983 'Tulsa Time' magazine, courtesy of Roy Payton.
	     
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	      Charlie-O was a home fountain drink service in the early 80s. They would
	      install a carbonated water tap in your kitchen and give you a variety of
	      syrups that you could mix. On the Pop bottles page.
	     
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	      A club on the SW corner of 11th and Garnett, near the I-44 service road.
	      It was the site for a Chippendale's-type show on KGCT Channel 41 in 1981.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Remember the old 3-tier cable box provided by Tulsa Cable? Here's a photo.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:50:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Roy Payton, editor of "Tulsa Time", a 1982-3 entertainment magazine, has
	      sent me all copies. Here is the first installment: the Feb. 1983 cover. In
	      the current GroupBlog.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." ---Presidential
	      candidate George W. Bush. Director Oliver Stone takes satirical aim at the
	      current denizen of the barrel known as the White House. Starring Josh Brolin.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:10:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      YouTube clip includes Stan Littleton Chrysler/Plymouth, Certified Furniture
	      Rental demonstrating how to pack your pad with babes, and High Technology
	      Inc. selling the Apple II, in the current GroupBlog.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Anyone remember a KVOO Channel 2 Phillips 66 closed circuit event on January
	      14, 1959? Photos of Jonathan Winters participating, in the current GroupBlog.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Discussion of the 1975 British-made sci-fi series, "Space: 1999", in the
	      current GroupBlog.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Matt Zaller, who started on 2003-4 Tulsa comedy show Beef
	      Baloney, interviews Bill Maher about his movie for National Lampoon's
	      "The Zaz Report".
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Lee recalls one of the first live events he saw at KOTV after he was hired
	      in June 1957 (at the top of just-archived GroupBlog 273).
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:55:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      A film you'll love or hate? Depends on your point of view. Bill Maher may
	      be stirring up more controversy with his new documentary about religious
	      faith.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Former Tulsa weatherman Bob DeMers sent this photo awhile back (GroupBlog
	      214). It's an official KMOD Cecil Scoggins (Sherman Oaks, aka Jim Millaway)
	      Assistant Weather Scout Badge.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Peter D. Abrams, who worked as an engineer at KOKI and KTUL and was a friend
	      to many on this site, passed away in August. I just added a Mike Bruchas
	      photo from the mid-70s to the comments about Pete in GroupBlog 272.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      YouTube video: the "Bible Bowl" was a kiddie quiz show produced at KJRH in
	      the late 70s. Local kids competed on teams of "Bible Boys" or "Gospel Girls".
	      Several people have written in about it over the years.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      A feel-good, down-to-earth film about military people caught up in the whirl
	      of war, going home. Stars Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Pena.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:01:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Gary Chew reviews a new movie from award-winning producer, writer and director
	      Alan Ball: a coming-of-age film about a 13-year-old Lebanese-American girl
	      who is abused by her parents, a neighbor next door, and classmates slinging
	      racial slurs at her in a Texas middle school.
	     
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	      Doesn't Joe Pyne's random xylophone/tympani-based theme remind you of the
	      music in this "Dr. Strangelove" theatrical trailer? Joe Pyne's producer may
	      have wanted to capture some of that free-floating 60s anxiety for the show's
	      intro.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:05:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Says Tom in GroupBlog 273: "Sorry, Rob Bowe---the guy in the picture (captioned
	      "The Citizens of Tulsa, OK) with the moustache, ponytail, grey shirt and
	      blurred right arm is actually ME."
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Two photos from the Beryl Ford collection: two models at different times
	      and places holding up a large letter "B". What does it mean?
	     
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	      New photos from "Dr. Strangelove", SAC and SABRE.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:39:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      In Flickr: more photos, courtesy of Stan Whiteford, from the event naming
	      Ken Greenwood, Tom Goodgame and Mary Hargrove as Tulsa Media Icons on 8/27
	      at the Tulsa Press Club in the Atlas Life Bldg.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:35:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      The Coen brothers write and direct a speed-of-light black comedy, "Burn After
	      Reading", starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney and John
	      Malkovich.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Lee Woodward sent new scans of some of his photos from his KOTV days. In
	      the TTM photo/video briefcase, under Flickr.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:05:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      At the top of just-archived GroupBlog 272, by way of Boing Boing, the original
	      1960s version of "High Flight", seen at sign-off time every day.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Vampires have almost become acceptable citizens among non-blood sucking human
	      beings in present-day rural Louisiana. Starring Anna Paquin.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:25:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      A second Beryl Ford photo of the Boman Twin Theatre in 1966. Rob's Records
	      has moved out of that building, but Laser Quest is still there.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:25:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      What was Johnny Martin's Friday Night "Case Night" theme song? "Basically
	      Blues" (Live) by Buddy Rich (YouTube).
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:09:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      The Tulsa Press Club honors Ken Greenwood, Tom Goodgame and Mary Hargrove
	      as Tulsa Media Icons at 6:30 pm, 8/27 at the Atlas Life Bldg on S. Boston.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Lee Woodward's photo of himself with John Frank, founder of Frankoma Pottery,
	      kicks off a new "Sun-Up" page. More to come from Lee.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:26:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Lee Woodward sent this early 1960s "Dance Party" photo of himself, Edie Washburn,
	      and contest winners outside the KOTV building at 3rd and Frankfurt.
	     
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	      Somewhat off-topic: a 1971 hit by Liz Damon and the Orient Express. It was
	      the only national hit for this Hawaii-based group, but one that stays with
	      many who hear it. It's very 60s and loungy, but also timeless. YouTube and
	      podcast in GB 272.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Local reality program on Channel 6: "Nosak Raw". It's produced by Paul Nosak,
	      a Tulsa tree service owner. It's about---tree service. A review in GB 272.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      David Tell, editor and publisher of The Midtown Messenger (news for Phoenix)
	      has written a screenplay adapted from a novella by the late Richard McKenna
	      ("The Sand Pebbles" author), an occult-action-adventure-fantasy called "The
	      Thirst."
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:35:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      New information about the 1960 limited animation cartoon "Clutch Cargo" (seen
	      on KTUL's "The Bozo Show"), plus photos of a CC pin and the opening of the
	      show on YouTube.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Woody Allen takes a look back at what his best movies are about: sex, love
	      and relationships (usually in that order) with his latest and first film
	      to be shot in Spain. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope
	      Cruz.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Sidebar to Chew's review: also in the cast of "Tropic Thunder" is Tulsa Cascia
	      Hall grad Bill Hader, who has been a "Saturday Night Live" regular for the
	      last three years.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:25:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Satire about the making of an historical Vietnam war film in the jungles
	      of modern-day Vietnam. Ben Stiller wrote, acted and directed. With Robert
	      Downey, Jr., Jack Black and Nick Nolte.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:25:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Updated the list of current Tulsa Coffee Houses.
	     
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	      Courtesy of Joe Taylor, a KVOO 1982 Big Country-era bumpersticker.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:07:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Entertainment guide published from Oct 1982 through November 1983 by Roy
	      Payton, who sent this cover with Sherman Oaks (Jim Millaway), Jeanne Tripplehorn
	      and Beau Chase.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Article by Ron Enderland over at IRememberJFK.com: Robots on TV. Our good
	      friend Oom-A-Gog is mentioned. In honor, we see a photo of the Tulsa TV Robots.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:34:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Musician Jim Downing remembers several Tulsa coffee houses of the late 60s
	      and early 70s, and the people associated with them.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:54:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      U.N.C.L.E., SAGE, and SABRE: Tulsa connections. Some of U.N.C.L.E.'s computer
	      equipment came from NORAD's SAGE bomber tracking computer system.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Starring Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Hopper. Could have easily
	      been a turkey, but closer to Capra-esque.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Beryl Ford photo of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio on South Boston in the
	      mid-1950s, at the bottom of the new Tulsa dance studios page.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      New page about Tulsa dance studios, including the Linkletter-Totten Dance
	      Studios, Skilly's School of Ballroom Dancing, and The Pink Barn. Lanette
	      Giese and her brother Jesse Brown provided a new photo of the winners of
	      a Pink Barn dance contest.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:01:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Gary Chew: "When I started growing a mustache when working at KOTV, Buddy
	      and Leon used to drive me crazy saying that the lighting was bad on me because
	      of a dim shadow on my upper lip. They'd start 'trying to fix the lighting'
	      until I'd noticed and yelled at them. Smart asses!" Photo by Mike Bruchas.
	     
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	      Gary Chew: "This photo shows my good, old friend and cameraman, Buddy Allison,
	      with his butt plunked down in THE VERY CHAIR used in the infamous 'Creager
	      Finger Incident' starring Mack in his only, and so memorable solo performance."
	      Photo by Mike Bruchas.
	     
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	      Scully and Mulder return to do that Special Agent thing they do so well in
	      a weird, cold and creepy tale.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Beryl Ford photo of the original Italian Inn, plus their Cheese Dip recipe
	      in a 2006 Tulsa World article. Phil Naifeh remembers.
	     
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	      Christian Bale, the late Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal and
	      Gary Oldman star in the latest installment of the "Batman" saga.
	     
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	      Beryl Ford photo, probably from the 1950s at Oiler Park.
	     
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	      Mini-series about enlisted leathernecks who are ordered to fight a war with
	      Saddam's 'Iraqi terrorists' while hassling with upper-level military bureaucracy.
	     
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	      Jim Ruddle in GB 27: "You could get a monster ham sandwich, coffee, and a
	      piece of pie at Phil's Grill and never go much over a dollar, plus you got
	      enlightened conversation with Phil and assorted Tulsa cops." Added a Beryl
	      Ford photo.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:09:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Jim Reid remembered surly waitresses at Jerry's. We see a photo of the place
	      as it was in 1960.
	     
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	      On December 7, 2001, in GB 97, Jim Ruddle told a story about Tulsa after
	      Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941. He mentioned several Tulsa bars of
	      the time, including The Blue Note Lounge at 514 N. Denver. We see a beer
	      glass from that establishment.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Tommy Harris had a correction for the Tulsa Coffee Houses page: Folkland
	      was his baby. It ran for about a year and was a place that folk musicians
	      around the area could perform.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      1960s Beryl Ford photo of the 11th St. Harden's Hamburgers/KFC and the Wilkerson
	      Chevrolet car lot next door. Bonus: a Wilkerson penny token.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Beryl Ford photo of Cone Corner, part of the Pure Milk store, to illustrate
	      comments from Joy Cooper.
	     
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	      Photos and comments about Hawk consolidated to a separate ice cream page.
	     
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	      Beryl Ford photos of Burt's downtown Malt-A-Plenty illustrate comments from
	      Jim Ruddle and Frank Morrow.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Chew's question in GB 234, "Who remembers what the tee shirt worn by the
	      waitresses said?" is answered with a newspaper clipping.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:40:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      New photo of an Alvera Records label from Al's studio at Prue in the 70s.
	      In 1937, Al and his Oklahoma Outlaws music group co-starred with Gene Autry
	      in a movie, "Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm".
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:50:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      New large photo. These machines could be used for free at UToteM convenience
	      stores among others to check out your TV's vacuum tubes.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Starring Abigail Breslin (Oscar nominee for "Little Miss Sunshine"), Jane
	      Krakowski, and Joan Cusack. Reviewed by Gary Chew.
	     
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	      Posted: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      On Liquor-by-the-wink club cards, page 2: photo of David Byrne of Talking
	      Heads at the Cain's Ballroom, 10-15-1979, along with a stick-on ticket for
	      the event.
	     
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	      Posted: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Like many Tulsa teens in the 1960s, Michael D. Trout learned to dance at
	      the Pink Barn. His entertaining story is at the top of just-archived GroupBlog
	      269.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:15:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Beryl Ford photos of Burt's Good Humor ice cream store and Hawk Dairies with
	      comments from Jim Ruddle and Frank Morrow.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:45:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Reader Richard Forney recognized himself in the iconic 1968 photo at the
	      top of the "Dance Party" page. A cropped version of the photo has served
	      as the Dance Party icon on Channel Changer 1 for almost 9 years.
	     
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	      See a flyer for this now-defunct club, read about it and two other watering
	      holes of the late 70s, Cedar Creek Saloon and Doug's Soccer Bar. Google Street
	      Views of those locations today.
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:20:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      With Steve Carell. Opening Fri, 6/20 at the Admiral Twin Drive-In, reviewed
	      by Gary Chew.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:35:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      The webmaster recalled that "The FBI" once erred in an Oklahoma reference.
	      60s sci-fi series "The Invaders" is on DVD; see the memorable show opening.
	      Also Clayton Vaughn and Dewey Bartlett are interrupted by a strange fellow.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:25:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      The "Dad's family" consisted of the 1/2 gal. "Papa" size, the full qt. "Mama"
	      size and the "King Size" Junior. Bottled in Tulsa.
	     
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	      On the Pop Bottles page: RC Cola was bottled in Tulsa once upon a time.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:47:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      On the Tulsa Car Dealers page: dealer badges for Bill White Chevrolet and
	      Cox Motor. White had a "Rotosphere" out front. Watch this rotating neon sign
	      on YouTube.
	     
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	      Posted: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:30:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Courtesy of Bud Blust, added a photo of Christopher and Linda Lewis to the
	      "Total 8 Tulsa 10 o'clock News for Friday, June 15, 1978" page. He was a
	      reporter at KTUL and later a producer/director of direct-to-video movies.
	      Today, he and wife Linda run The Entertainment Group.
	     
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	      With Oscar winner Javier Bardem, reviewed by Gary Chew. Includes photos of
	      the webmaster's 2007 tour of Cartagena, Colombia (the primary filming location
	      and real star of the show).
	     
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	      Posted: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:42:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Courtesy of Bud Blust, two new photos: Channel 8 News anchor Sam Stewart,
	      WXman Don Woods, sportscaster Hal O'Halloran; cameraman Johnny Rauser.
	     
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	      Posted: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:33:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Photo by David Halpern of the white KVOO building that has been out east
	      on 11th St. since 1930, and a Google Maps StreetView of the area now.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:05:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Photo of the Admiral Twin Drive-In, 1962. Scroll down and see the same location
	      in 2008, then cruise down Admiral via Google Maps.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:03:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      KTVX-Muskogee moved to Tulsa as KTUL in 1957. The KTVX call letters were
	      then seen in "Psycho" (1960). Tulsa had its own Bates Motel, too.
	     
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	      Posted: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:02:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Tulsa is now included in Google Maps' Street View. Click and drag, use the
	      up/down/left right buttons to get a 360 degree view of Tulsa's streets.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:04:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      In my 12/2002 interview with Outline Magazine, I claimed, "The world doesn't
	      need another Star Trek website." But I just proved myself to be mistaken.
	     
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	      Posted: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:36:00 CDT
	    
	    
	      Archived the What's New page for the 16th time since the site's start in
	      late 1998. From now on, the syndicated TTM feed will be seen on the current
	      What's New page.
	     
	  
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