"Boom-Boom BOOMTOWN!"
I'm not sure if that makes any sense to anyone who grew up outside of New England, but it's the battle cry of many an adult who was a kid between 1956 and 1976. It's from Boomtown, the classic kids show hosted by Rex Trailer on WBZ-TV. Brings back a lot of memories of sitting in my pajamas on Saturday and Sunday mornings, eating breakfast, watching the show. Kids went crazy on that show. I'm talking TRL crazy. I don't really remember Pablo, but I do remember Sgt. Billy.
Trailer is alive and still going strong! He's 78 and appears in parades and at special events, teaches at Emerson College, and has a video production company and television training center. He's currently on a "Rex Trailer 50th Anniversary Tour," and there was a film about him and his show released last year.
He has a web site, where you can not only buy a DVD for the show but also music, postcards, and posters of the reunion tour.
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12-06-2006 @ 10:00AM
TVSeriesFinale.com said...
Wow. That brings back memories. He used to "host" group vacations to Disneyland via Crimson Travel. Every kid I knew wanted to go on a vacation with Rex Trailer!
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12-06-2006 @ 12:21PM
Mark said...
AHhh, those were the days, before WBZ-TV became the ridiculous-named "CBS-4." Can you imagine any local station running anything like Rex Trailer today? Cna you imagine any kid WATCHING it!! They also ran something called LADY OF THE BOOKSHELF, with some woman (I can't remember her name...) just sitting there, reading books to children. Imagine. BOOKS!! It ran for years. Maybe Eileen something-or-other...
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