Monday, May 25, 2015

The Cult-TV Faces of: The Harlem Globetrotters

Identified by Hugh: What's My Line?

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Identified by Hugh: The Harlem Globetrotters (1970)

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Identified by SGB: The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine

Identified by Hugh: The Love Boat.

Identified by Hugh: The Super Globetrotters

Identified by Hugh: The White Shadow.

Identified by Hugh: The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island.

Identified by Hugh: TV Funhouse

Identified by Hugh: Futurama.

Identified by Hugh: The Amazing Race

5 comments:

  1. 1. What's My Line?
    3. Harlem Globetrotters (Saturday morning cartoon)
    4. Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (Saturday morning variety show)
    6. Love Boat
    7. The Super Globetrotters
    8. The White Shadow
    9. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
    10. TV Funhouse
    11. Futurama
    12. Amazing Race

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  2. Hi John,

    #5 The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine

    As a very young boy in the mid '70s, I actually had a Harlem Globetrotters (Saturday morning cartoon) Lunchbox for school one year in elementary school.

    SGB

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  3. I still have my cardboard poster from seeing them for my 10th birthday in 1973, autographed by Geese Aussie. I am glad they are still going strong as an enterprise, and their message is still inspiring, but nothing can compare to the power they had in the 70's, with Geese, Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neal and Pablo Haines. They were on par with Evel Knievel for their Only Right Now sense of mania building.

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  4. 4 is either the Electric Company or Sesame Street. I'm showing my age, but I remember watching that sketch when i was a kid.

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  5. Chris G10:57 AM

    Is it too late to ID #4 as Sesame Street?

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