Glad to see how many people mentioned Marvin Zindler. I left Houston in 1991, but I'll always remember him. "Good golf, good tennis, or whatever makes you happy!"
Loved chanel 13. I spent my childhood years in Houston. And miss the chili cook offs at the Astrodome. And the livestock show and rodeo. What a much simpler time for us to have grown in.
In the 60's,my uncle worked for NASA,so he generously gave my grandma & me his 2 free tickets to see Neil Armstrong honored at the Astrodome. We saw him & Frank Sinatra sang"Fly me to the Moon"! He voice soared in the gigantic place. An incredible memory to treasure. Thankx for this. I grew up in Baytown,so this was our station too.
@@hanc37 lol they were always on the side of the road because they'd get tangled up inside the player and people would just chunk them out the window out of frustration
Marvin did a live news report about a tiger that was left in a apartment. I was the kid he interviewed. I had climbed on top of the coke machine to watch it all. An he walked up camaras rolling silver hair an big ole sunglasses. Cant remember the date it was early 80s but i remember him.
Yes, we used to shop at the one off I-45 and FM 1960. The building is still there. There was also one at Airline and I-45 which later became a Fiesta. They closed in 1987 or so.
Channel 2 used to have a short program on at midnight on Saturdays. It came on right before Monty Python. In the credits, the name of one of the crew was 'Nearly Normal Jimmy'. I have never been able to find out who that was. Thanks again.
OMG, you are not from this era unless you remember the Dallas hate. Back in fifth grade some new girl from Michigan wore a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders t-shirt to fit in. OMG was this a big mistake. Back from 1977-1983 we called my area of the NW suburbs "South Detroit". Every new kid was from around there because we had heavy industry jobs.
😂 Not like the Lions did anything. Too much hate. Where I came from we looked at Dallas as southern Oklahoma, and the sentiment still stands today depending on the person. DFW folks are a different type of Texan compared to someone living in the same depictions of “flyover” country. Just 2 neighboring major cities trying to run the roost. Texans love the big and wide open spaces. That’s why the cities haven’t overrun the majority for now.
In all honesty I have been to Dallas and Fort Worth MANY times. Didn’t impress me more than my own city. Attractions, restaurants, shopping, it’s no different. Just tons of it everywhere you go. You get a DFW person running their mouths here, 😂 at least my city highways make some easier sense than old cattle trails.
Sahira Diaz ..Mattress Mac. He is still in business and does alot for Houston, and Rodeo, he worked his way up. Good guy. My son buys all of his furniture at his store. Mac's motto, " Buy it today, get it today,"
TC Jester I'd been to all three. Kroger and the movie theater,many times. The last movie I'd saw when it was a dollar movie,What Love Got to Do With It in 1993. I have to movie from Houston to live in the country.
@@iluvhou Bicycles from Western Auto. I distinctly recall that childhood memory and as my family lived in that area (Aldine Mail Rt.) in the early to mid-70s. Likely one of the first bikes I rode (maybe tricycle) came from Western Auto. 🙂
The home behind reporter Judd McIlvain bears a resemblance to the Hill mansion on Kirby Dr in River Oaks. His suit doesn't quite fit the period during the alleged society murder everyone whispered about, but the film Murder in Texas did come out in the mid 70's. Wonder what the story was that day.
@@ATMAtim I grew up in Houston in the Heights. I saw my first murder 3 houses down but it was not my last. A lady had her face blown off with a shot gun. I was 13 years old. Next was the man shot in the stomach through a screen door. He was screaming and writhing in pain rolling around in a front yard. I think he lived, not sure. I saw, shootings, people killed in car wrecks, and so much violence I moved out of that hell hole at 17 years of age. Is it much better now..? You tell me. I moved to Spring Texas in 1978. I'll be God Damned if the city didn't catch up to me there. Ok...Now I'm 140 miles from the frickin place. Try to find me.
