RKO Madison Theatre
54-30 Myrtle Avenue,
Ridgewood,
NY
11385
54-30 Myrtle Avenue,
Ridgewood,
NY
11385
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Can’t you two guys pat each other on the back on boob tube or at least some chat room?
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Thank you PKoch.
posted by Panzer65 on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:38pm
posted by PKoch on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:41pmYou’re welcome, Panzer65 !
posted by PKoch on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:42pmNow thats a true Cinema Classic posting…cheers to PKoch!
posted by Panzer65 on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:44pmPerhaps this would make a good intermission at a modern venue
double feature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7txeOlujTc
posted by Panzer65 on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:47pm"Theres some things money can’t buy"
posted by Panzer65 on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:48pmThanks, Panzer65 ! I enjoyed that “saucer” double feature !
posted by PKoch on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:53pm
I, too, recall the name Shemp as one of the Stooges. What about Joe (Besser) ?
Panzer: If I’m not mistaken the alternate stooge’s name was Shemp. I don’t recall offhand if he was a replacement for one of the others or he himself was replaced.
Thanks, Panzer65 ! I enjoyed that “saucer” double feature !
“Theres some things money can’t buy”
Perhaps this would make a good intermission at a modern venue
double feature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7txeOlujTc
Now thats a true Cinema Classic posting…cheers to PKoch!
You’re welcome, Panzer65 !
In summer 1989 I saw the Three Stooges' short feature “Flying Saucer Daffy” at NYC’s Film Forum, on a double bill with the serious sci fi UFO invasion movie, “Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers”. The Stooges came first, making it well-nigh impossible for the audience to take the full-length, Fred F. Sears-directed, Ray Harryhausen FX'ed film seriously.
Except me, of course !
D-O-O-O-O-C-T-O-O-O-RRRR M-A-A-A-R-V-I-I-I-I-NNNN !
Thank you PKoch.
He was a WPIX regular whose on-camera costume was that of an old-fashioned, dark blue, brass-buttoned policeman’s tunic, and peaked cap. He hosted The Three Stooges on WPIX Channel 11 NYC in the early 1960’s, and, before showing them, would caution the boys and girls watching not to try the Three Stooges' stunts, like eye-boinking, face-slapping and head-knocking, pouring water into electrical outlets, plugging appliances into faucets, because they could get badly hurt if they did.
Very interesting PKoch, to have a friend who interviewed the comedy legends the Three Stooges. By 1961 their comedy was fading, and they saw the light and packed it in, I’m sure your experience seeing them in one of their last movies at Madison was something you will always remember and cherish. If memory serves me correctly, there was a 3rd stooge by that time, Joe, right?
Officer Joe Bolton, could you please elaborate more, PKoch, I was born in ‘65, so my TV viewing started at about '71, was he a “Captain Kangaroo” type character?
A friend of mine used to think that The Three Stooges were the last word on the human condition, that they had said it all, and so interviewed and photographed them for his high school newspaper, in New Jersey, circa 1961.
Remember “Officer” Joe Bolton, on WPIX Channel 11, cautioning us kiddies not to try their stunts ourselves ?
PKoch,
I’m still laughing, The Three Stooges never made it to the RKO Madison for a live act, but they should have some recognition on the Cinema Treasures website,as they made Vaudeville, Intermission and the modern marvel called the Silver Screen ,television, a funny and unique venue with their endless laughs. I love when Moe smacks the other guys, with that sound effect.
“Why you imbecile"smack! ooohhhh!”
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk !
Thanks for posting that, Panzer65 !
My corresponding experience would be having seen “Three Stooges In Orbit” at the RKO Madison in summer 1961, on a double bill with “Mothra”.
One of my favorite Three Stooges lines :
Moe, to the other two, as they enter a party :
“Mingle ! Or I’ll mangle !”
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk !
Whoo hoo hoo !
As we all enjoy the time honored American tradition of attending the cinema, there’s always room for humor. Case in point, I just received an E mail containing some Three Stooges material, it was an ad for Visa, showing them attempting to produce another odd job.I could not stop laughing, just like when Moe ,Larry and Curly performed on the stage at the RKO Bushwick,some 50 years before my time, timeless comedy.
Oh, I’m not much of a baseball fan at all. I was just going with the flow.
Or, as there is a CT member with this handle, I should probably also say :
Let’s go, Metz !
Glad you liked the stem cell humor !
PKoch Your the man!!
LET’S GO METS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey guys , love the stem cell humor, now lets spell stem backwards!
Thanks, Warren. I remember first reading the term “main stem” in spring 1971, in reference to Manhattan’s theater district, in a somewhat older book (perhaps first printed in the 1950’s, and perhaps quoting an even older magazine or newspaper article) I had borrowed then from the Ridgewood library.
The latest Webster’s Collegiate Dictionaries include slang terms, and (if known) the approximate date the term entered common usage.
Example : “balance of terror” (1960).
Slalom, chow, and ex officio.
“The Divine Comedy” of Dante Alighieri ?
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage
Confirms that Variety recognizes neither ‘stem’ nor ‘main stem’ regarding theater categorization.
And we’ve come full circle. The distribution circuit ranking of movie theaters is probably their main differentiator.
where are the various levels defined?
Shalom, ciao, and excelsior
Wow, missing theaters due to missing memories due to missing brain cells … there never was a better time for Lost Memory’s stem cell research to regain those Lost Movie Memories !
Ah yes!!!! Of course!