Thank you very much for posting this, it brought back a lot of wonderful memories. My family owned Edison Lanes, and I literally grew up in that place. Yes, it is now Wick Plaza, closed the doors on the bowling alley in 1986, while I was in college. So sad to see it gone.
Do you have the rest of the video from the tournament? I would love to see that.
U was 14 in 1974 and in my hometown in Montana we still never even heard of Cable tv. We just got 3 or 4 over the air stations. The only pro-bowling I got to watch was when ABC Sports televised PBA tournaments. We didn't get cable until about 1979.
Looking at HBO's old logo, it looks more like a border of light bulbs surrounding the words, rather than a solid border. It's easier to see at the 0:35 mark.
I bowled a t Edison Lanes up until the last days...I even worked there. The last year it was around the Sunrisers Drum & Bugle Corps practiced there (1986).
Fun to see how different the pros bowled back then. They don't crank the ball and you don't see much hooking like you see today. Great job mrbowling300. Keep the videos coming! :)
In Reno Marshall looked up at me as I was video taping and he took a moment to wave and say hello. He was busy and it was a suprise how he cared about the fans.
Look at Dick Stockton! Now, he's the #2 NFL on Fox announcer behind Joe Buck, works NBA games for the Spurs on TV and occasionally on TNT. I can't believe he started out not only with CBS, but also with HBO.
Thank you, man, for uploading this! This has to be the earliest and rarest HBO clip to make it to YouTube. There isn't that much from HBO's "prehistoric" days before 1975, considering only a handful of people had HBO and it was before VCRs were commonplace. You'd probably have to get it directly from HBO log tapes, and how much of that still exists?
It was also before HBO changed to an early version of the more familiar logo we know today (only with the "O" over the "B") - that I remember as early as 1975. And the main font used for the opening segment was Modula Extra Bold, a popular typeface in some circles during that period.
Hi Jack, unfortunately I do not have the prior weeks show. This tape was obtained in a trade with someone who bought it off Ebay from the estate of the deceased owner of Edison Lanes. It was originally reel to reel and they had it converted to VHS format. Its probably impossible to find. Sorry that I can't be of any further help to you. Also, thx for signing my guestbook...I'm sure you have a lot of interedting stories about bowling and the PBA. keith
I don't know how this could be possible as the owner of the lanes is still alive today and living in FL. I should know, I am his son and you can see me sitting in the front row of the audience, 9 years old, blue jacket with a white turtleneck. Anyway, we never got a copy of the video and yes, my grandfather has been deceased since 1991 and he was also an owner, but there was no video in his estate and my father was the proprietor of the lanes. I grew up in that place. Sad to see it gone.
MRBOWLING....They mention Gary Fust at the beginning of this show....he was on the week before. He was 18 at the time...Gary is a friend of mine and would love to have a copy of the show he was on. Do you have it? or do you know how I may obtain a copy ....thanks Jack
The same cheesy intro music was used 2 years later for the Ali-Norton closed circuit broadcast(their 3rd fight at Yankee Stadium).
swami1 7 months ago
rolling on lanes 14 and 15... what the hell is that all about ?
misterbillylicious 11 months ago
Is Edison Lanes still open? 112 lanes!
deesyphrr 1 year ago
@deesyphrr It closed in the mid 80s. It's now a shopping center. I pass it every day on the way to work.
habyss 1 year ago
I can't believe HBO showed Bowling and also WWF wrestling then.
BigMDS67 1 year ago
Can You Find The Full Clip?
JHollowayNetwork 1 year ago
@JHollowayNetwork I have the entire tournament finals on tape.
mrbowling300 1 year ago
Skee Foremsky was the first professional bowler I remember watching on ABC.
JeromeG1956 1 year ago
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Thank you very much for posting this, it brought back a lot of wonderful memories. My family owned Edison Lanes, and I literally grew up in that place. Yes, it is now Wick Plaza, closed the doors on the bowling alley in 1986, while I was in college. So sad to see it gone.
Do you have the rest of the video from the tournament? I would love to see that.
terrapintom 2 years ago
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terrapintom 2 years ago
U was 14 in 1974 and in my hometown in Montana we still never even heard of Cable tv. We just got 3 or 4 over the air stations. The only pro-bowling I got to watch was when ABC Sports televised PBA tournaments. We didn't get cable until about 1979.
bigkellyr 2 years ago
Looking at HBO's old logo, it looks more like a border of light bulbs surrounding the words, rather than a solid border. It's easier to see at the 0:35 mark.
gatorman295 3 years ago
WOw, that Edison Lane is now the Wicks Plaza and has a Pathmark in it. LOL. I shop there when I do my groceries.
DramaticSoul77 3 years ago
I bowled a t Edison Lanes up until the last days...I even worked there. The last year it was around the Sunrisers Drum & Bugle Corps practiced there (1986).
bugzemo 3 years ago
Wow crazy clip, thanks for posting
lifesavers234 3 years ago
Wow, never would have imagined Dick Stockton doing bowling coverage!
ajk 4 years ago
Fun to see how different the pros bowled back then. They don't crank the ball and you don't see much hooking like you see today. Great job mrbowling300. Keep the videos coming! :)
donnafpct 4 years ago
Holy crap!
I was born in 1974!
Cable back then was a box with letters intead of numbers, they never thought they would have more than 26 channels to offer.
That music is amazingly awful.
Zaaffro 4 years ago
Did Stockton say they would be competing on lanes 14 & 15? That would be different.
redsqwirl 4 years ago
Typical Stockton. Look for his coverage of baseball.
deesyphrr 3 years ago
You know it's old when the announcer refers to it as a bowling "alley".
habyss 4 years ago
Who could get HBO in 1974?
sherflouski 4 years ago
I believe HBO back then was available primarily on the east coast via cable tv, when cable was in it's infantcy.
mrbowling300 4 years ago
In Reno Marshall looked up at me as I was video taping and he took a moment to wave and say hello. He was busy and it was a suprise how he cared about the fans.
zappatx 5 years ago
Look at Dick Stockton! Now, he's the #2 NFL on Fox announcer behind Joe Buck, works NBA games for the Spurs on TV and occasionally on TNT. I can't believe he started out not only with CBS, but also with HBO.
rjpsuh06 5 years ago
got to start somewhere in this business!
mrbowling300 5 years ago
HBO actually got their start in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. I presume New York was one of the early relaying markets during this time period.
kresblain 5 years ago
Wasn't HBO basically only available in the New York City area prior to going national?
mrbowling300 5 years ago
Thank you, man, for uploading this! This has to be the earliest and rarest HBO clip to make it to YouTube. There isn't that much from HBO's "prehistoric" days before 1975, considering only a handful of people had HBO and it was before VCRs were commonplace. You'd probably have to get it directly from HBO log tapes, and how much of that still exists?
kstar8706 5 years ago
A little interesting piece of history from HBO's pre-national days (from 72-75, before they went national via satellite.)
nx01alpha 5 years ago
It was also before HBO changed to an early version of the more familiar logo we know today (only with the "O" over the "B") - that I remember as early as 1975. And the main font used for the opening segment was Modula Extra Bold, a popular typeface in some circles during that period.
wmbrown6 4 years ago
Ah, so that's how you obtained this tournament. :)
That must be hard to convert it from Reel to Reel to VHS.
Marshall Holman looks SO different. :P
Wolf12395 5 years ago
Hi Jack, unfortunately I do not have the prior weeks show. This tape was obtained in a trade with someone who bought it off Ebay from the estate of the deceased owner of Edison Lanes. It was originally reel to reel and they had it converted to VHS format. Its probably impossible to find. Sorry that I can't be of any further help to you. Also, thx for signing my guestbook...I'm sure you have a lot of interedting stories about bowling and the PBA. keith
mrbowling300 5 years ago
I don't know how this could be possible as the owner of the lanes is still alive today and living in FL. I should know, I am his son and you can see me sitting in the front row of the audience, 9 years old, blue jacket with a white turtleneck. Anyway, we never got a copy of the video and yes, my grandfather has been deceased since 1991 and he was also an owner, but there was no video in his estate and my father was the proprietor of the lanes. I grew up in that place. Sad to see it gone.
terrapintom 2 years ago
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terrapintom 2 years ago
MRBOWLING....They mention Gary Fust at the beginning of this show....he was on the week before. He was 18 at the time...Gary is a friend of mine and would love to have a copy of the show he was on. Do you have it? or do you know how I may obtain a copy ....thanks Jack
drumbo1951 5 years ago
Thanks Keith....I have contacted HBO , they do have it but it will cost me $1,500 a minute.
drumbo1951 5 years ago
Are you serious? $1,500 a minute? Maybe the owner of the lanes, if the lanes are still around, has a copy, like the Edison owner had.
mrbowling300 5 years ago
O_O $1,500 a minute?!
Wolf12395 5 years ago
Lanes were demolished to make room for a shopping mall.
gooddr 4 years ago
Boo.
deesyphrr 3 years ago