Out of the clear blue Western sky it is Sky King.

texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 01:56 PM
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Out of the clear blue Western sky it is Sky King.

I sort of remember this Saturday kid show.

There are a few episodes of this show on You Tube.

There is more Saturday kid shows there.

Now back to Sky King, when did he ever run his ranch.

He was always flying in this plane.

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LibertyLover

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Fri May-29-09 03:25 PM
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1. Too cool -

I remember watching Sky King on Saturdays too. Didn't he have a young nephew who lived with him and an older man who cooked and kept house?

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texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 03:34 PM
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3. He had a niece named Penny.

I was a little to young to remember the show back in 1958.

I must have watched the repeats in the early 60's.

Just type in Sky King and enjoy.

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In_The_Wind

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Fri May-29-09 03:32 PM
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2. Watch it!

You're showing your age.

I used to watch Sky King every Saturday.

:hi:

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texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 03:39 PM
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7. There was another show called Fury, another ranch, western type show.

I watched the repeats.

Saturday mornings were great.

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In_The_Wind

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Fri May-29-09 03:45 PM
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8. I wanted a horse of my own back then.

Yes, I watched Fury too.

I'd make a whole tray of cinnamon toast to enjoy with the shows.

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texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 03:48 PM
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9. Look what I found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8AGLRvwxo

Fury, enjoy.

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InvisibleTouch

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Fri May-29-09 06:21 PM
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12. I loved the books...

...did not know they made a TV series out of them. Cool! :)

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Fri May-29-09 03:34 PM
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4. I had the hots for Penny.

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pokerfan

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Fri May-29-09 03:35 PM
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5. 'Writing fan letters to Sky King and Penny...'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn7l0FJMQD0

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Fri May-29-09 03:39 PM
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6. Sky King on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LBEJiOZKNs&feature=PlayList&p=D19D54A9A025D55D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8

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KansDem

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Fri May-29-09 03:53 PM
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10. Yeah! I remember the opening credits when the plane was coming at me...

...then suddenly going away, like I spun around instantly!

YouTube at 0'10"

Always remembered those shots...

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elleng

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Fri May-29-09 11:53 PM
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17. and Paladin,

and Bonanza, and Man from U.N.C.L.E.

:rofl:

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texanwitch

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Sat May-30-09 01:19 AM
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19. I loved The Man from UNCLE.

Still do.

I now have the dvd set.

Illya was my first love, like a lot of ittle girls.

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elleng

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Sat May-30-09 01:35 AM
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20. Oh yes, he the blond!!!

I actually liked the MAN!

ps, kid in my 4th grade class, Ilya Clark, became my great friend! Thanks for the memory!

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texanwitch

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Sat May-30-09 01:38 AM
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21. I know a woman named Ilya,

It was a family name.

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texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 04:13 PM
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11. I also found Spin and Marty.

I remember watching the repeats on a kid program called Cadet Don, before going to school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11v2VMhZ_E

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texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 07:51 PM
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13. I found nice Disney movie some of y'all will remember, I do.

It was called Almost Angels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFDV09Afa24

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triguy46

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Fri May-29-09 09:29 PM
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14. Fire up the SongBird, Penny!

Small world, my brother in law did all the flying for the show, he was an ad exec with Cessna as an account, and ex Air Force pilot, F-86 era. On publicity flights, he'd have Kirby Grant sit in the left hand seat and (where the "pilot" would sit. As they would approach the waiting throngs, Kirby would make exagerrated steering motions with his arms as if guiding the 310 in, but in fact it is steered with the feet, my b in law doing all that. he would then slide the right side seat all the way back to let kirby step out in cowboy hat to the adulation of all the fans.

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texanwitch

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Fri May-29-09 09:46 PM
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15. Wow, it is a small world.

I watched a few of the shows on you tube and Kirby Grant seemed like a jerk

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RushIsRot

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Fri May-29-09 11:19 PM
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16. All of you waxing nostalgic about the TV show and thinking you're

showing your age... I listened on the radio even before that TV show!

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texanwitch

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Sat May-30-09 01:15 AM
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18. I like listening to old radio programs.

We had some fun Saturday mornings.

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RushIsRot

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Sat May-30-09 01:44 AM
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22. What I remember from my Saturday mornings on the radio were

Big John and Sparky, "the little elf from the land of make-believe who wants more than anything else to be a real boy."

Big John introduced me to some classical music that I still like today.

Then came the Buster Brown show with Froggy the Gremlin.

After that came my all-time favorite, Space Patrol with Buzz Corey and Happy, IIRC. That one had me eating Wheat Chex and Rice Chex to get the box-tops for their cheezy premiums. (That cereal wasn't easy to get in Mediocrity Central, where I lived.) Only a quarter and a box-top. I bugged my dad for weeks in anticipation of the arrival of my latest Space Patrol purchase.

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texanwitch

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Sat May-30-09 02:01 AM
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23. Didn't radio shows last until the middle 1950's. before tv took over.

You got some good memories there.

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RushIsRot

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Sat May-30-09 09:30 AM
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24. There was a time when radio and TV coincided, but we were one

of the last families to get a TV on my block, so I continued with radio into the 50s. Radio was better because you could IMAGINE anything you wanted and TV was so defining. Nobody I saw subsequently ever lived up to the way I had imagined them. They were big disappointments.

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RushIsRot

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Sat May-30-09 09:30 AM
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25. There was a time when radio and TV coincided, but we were one

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old mark

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Sat May-30-09 11:24 AM
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26. He had that great old Beechcraft - made me an airplane nut for years.

Edited on Sat May-30-09 11:33 AM by old mark

Can't remember much of the show other than the planes, though, but I wouldn't mind seeing an episode just to see how it holds up.

Added: I see he mainly flew one of several Cessnas, but I thought I remembered a Twin Beech.....

It has been a long time...

mark

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texanwitch

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Sat May-30-09 04:13 PM
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27. Wow, I found Rin Tin Tin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V0ZEGP61Fo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A37kgrnGTkk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeKI-djHbe0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YplxUzGYgM

I really liked this show.

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