Yes! I remember Rex. Saw him do personal appearances at Westgate Mall and also at the Zayre store at the corner of Haverhill & North Main in Brockton (it was a Coats Fields store then). Didn't get to meet him but was a fan anyway. He and Brother Bob Emory each hosted kids' shows on Ch 4, but they were two completely opposite types; Rex was a legitimately nice guy while Bob Emory had a rep as being kind of a jerk. Great memories - thanks fo posting this!
My brother and I were on the show as cub scouts. I recall watching the Popeye cartoon (Popeye and the Pirates) on the TV screen while we were suppose to be cheering the kid's game. The show we were on aired all Popeye cartoons. I was stunned and, being a fan of the sailor, though this was done just for me.
I met Rex Trailer late 1960s while he did a personal appearance off Cummings Highway in Mattapan. I was on the show. Loved it, avid watcher, and the wonderful Pablo (the late Richard Kilbride 1918-1967) was the best too.
Sure brings back the memories. I can remember being up at 6:00 am on Saturdays to watch Rex and Pablo in the bunk house for an hour. Then Rex would jump on Gold Rush to race to Boomtown with Pablo following on the buckboard. It's silly but one of the most fantastic things was hearing the names of the "exotic" locales that the children on the show lived in. For a six year old in RI "Beverly, Revere, Waltham", etc... could have been in China. "Wait for me! I want to go to Boomtown too!"
what memories... anyone remember seeing him at pleasure island in wakefield? it looks like there was a little home movie footage here. he was a teacher when i went to emerson college, i still have his autograph. thanks rex!
Only those of us from the Boston area would understand any of this. What a great time to remember.
One humorous event came when the show producers wanted to do something with the old Patriots.
They chose Larry Eisenhauer and he was supposed to tackle Pablo. From what I've been told, Eisenhauer put his game face on and clocked Pablo for real. It took some time before Pablo could do another take. Great TV trivia as well as being the perfect story from Patriots history.
I grew up in Sudbury during the 70's. My neighbor worked for WBZ. He used to have bbq's and invite Sgt. Billy (O'Brien), Charles Austin, Jess Cain and other WBZ notables. Rex would often show up. It was a special treat to have a private audience with those guys. As a 10 year old, they were all larger than life, but extremely down to earth.
where does time go?? I was on the show with my brothers cub scout troop in the early 70's. My wife and I saw rex at Spooky world a few years ago but I did not go up to him because I knew I would break down telling him what he meant to me as a little kid
Yes I not only went to Calf.with Rex in Feb.of 1977 but then got to see him again in June of 1998 on Fathers Day and cover bases with him but then got to see him in the Natick Parade each year since 2000 and then even got to appear in Rex Trailer's Gold DVD filmed in 2003 and later seen on TV in 2005 as Yes that's right!Rex Trailer's Boomtown:The Movie in and released on DVD later in that same year.You really are A Great Guy Rex!I'm Sure that every body who knows and meets you likes you too.
I was on this show back in the 60's. My uncle was a bit actor for him also. I have a 45 copy of Hoofbeats that he did. This brought back so many great memories, thanks!! Great to be a kid back then.
My family only lived a couple of streets away from WBZ so we got to go on the show a few times. For a while the show was filmed on an outside set behind WBZ and got to see that whenver we drove by it. It was rumored to have been the restless indian kids who burned the town down. What a loss. Went to Calif 2X with him and once to Florida. Did anyone else? What a blast. Those truly were the good old days. Kids today don't know what they missed. Boom-Boom-Boomtown!!!!
In the early 80's, I was at a tire store in getting tires. There was Rex by the counter with his little dog (I think it was his dog). So I look at him, he looked back, and there's this dead silence. So I say; HOWDY REX! He looks at me and says; hi.
I was bummed cause I was hoping for a Howdy Partner, what's bein' yur name, or something. Well, I felt like a jerk. What I should have said was; I was on your show with my cub scout troop in the late 1960's. He probably would have loved that.
This is really great Bostonian Nostalgia and for great entertainment to be very reminiscent and Nostalgic pick up a copy of both Rex Trailer's Gold DVD as well as The Book of Rex Trailer:The Boomtown Years.
I saw him Yesterday at my acting Class. He said my acting work was something like "Exemplary" Or...Something like that..!
SuperParkerBrothers 9 months ago
I was actually on this show. Thanks for posting.
ceeceesrevenge33 1 year ago
Yes! I remember Rex. Saw him do personal appearances at Westgate Mall and also at the Zayre store at the corner of Haverhill & North Main in Brockton (it was a Coats Fields store then). Didn't get to meet him but was a fan anyway. He and Brother Bob Emory each hosted kids' shows on Ch 4, but they were two completely opposite types; Rex was a legitimately nice guy while Bob Emory had a rep as being kind of a jerk. Great memories - thanks fo posting this!
elc1960 1 year ago
I love this country!
Mrcharliebobo 1 year ago
I got the dvd! Oh...back in the 60's I watched him after they showed the cartoon The Mighty Hercules on sunday. @ dmnewton...that song is on the dvd!
kspz7653 1 year ago
I was on this show as a kid I got picked to be the sherriff and try to find the bad guy in the lineup from a photo.
mictheory1 1 year ago
BOOMTOWN!!! My sisters and I were on that show, and one of my sisters was the General Store Keeper. Oh, the memories....
Luv2MindScrew 1 year ago
Wasn't there another song?
"Hoofbeats, hoofbeats, hoofbeats,
Thunder 'cross the prarie wide,
Hoofbeats, hoofbeats, hoofbeats,
Ride cowboy, ride".
That's the one I remember.
dmnewton 2 years ago
My brother and I were on the show as cub scouts. I recall watching the Popeye cartoon (Popeye and the Pirates) on the TV screen while we were suppose to be cheering the kid's game. The show we were on aired all Popeye cartoons. I was stunned and, being a fan of the sailor, though this was done just for me.
Fgrandinetti 2 years ago
I remember Rex and Pablo did the Oil Can race in the Soap Box Derby Race at the Nothshore shopping center in Peabody!
yernickle 2 years ago
I met Rex Trailer late 1960s while he did a personal appearance off Cummings Highway in Mattapan. I was on the show. Loved it, avid watcher, and the wonderful Pablo (the late Richard Kilbride 1918-1967) was the best too.
DangerouslyYours 2 years ago
Rex Trailer!! My dad took me to see him at a rodeo at the Manning Bowl in Lynn. Got to meet him again on the Lynnway...Boomtown!!!
Geraldolini 2 years ago
those were some good days in this nation! and ole Rex made growing up a fun thing and he always had a good message!
tommyfuller103 2 years ago
Sure brings back the memories. I can remember being up at 6:00 am on Saturdays to watch Rex and Pablo in the bunk house for an hour. Then Rex would jump on Gold Rush to race to Boomtown with Pablo following on the buckboard. It's silly but one of the most fantastic things was hearing the names of the "exotic" locales that the children on the show lived in. For a six year old in RI "Beverly, Revere, Waltham", etc... could have been in China. "Wait for me! I want to go to Boomtown too!"
garytrott 2 years ago
what memories... anyone remember seeing him at pleasure island in wakefield? it looks like there was a little home movie footage here. he was a teacher when i went to emerson college, i still have his autograph. thanks rex!
sickkat44 3 years ago
@sickkat44 omg, I remember Rex at Pleasure Island! What wonderful memories...
60sMusicGeek 2 months ago
Gawd! I'm proud that I am from Massachusetts! Just for no reason at all! XD
CristinaSantos1986 3 years ago
Thanks for the link!
brovio 3 years ago
Only those of us from the Boston area would understand any of this. What a great time to remember.
One humorous event came when the show producers wanted to do something with the old Patriots.
They chose Larry Eisenhauer and he was supposed to tackle Pablo. From what I've been told, Eisenhauer put his game face on and clocked Pablo for real. It took some time before Pablo could do another take. Great TV trivia as well as being the perfect story from Patriots history.
stuckinnebraska 3 years ago
I grew up in Sudbury during the 70's. My neighbor worked for WBZ. He used to have bbq's and invite Sgt. Billy (O'Brien), Charles Austin, Jess Cain and other WBZ notables. Rex would often show up. It was a special treat to have a private audience with those guys. As a 10 year old, they were all larger than life, but extremely down to earth.
doogle1001 3 years ago
where does time go?? I was on the show with my brothers cub scout troop in the early 70's. My wife and I saw rex at Spooky world a few years ago but I did not go up to him because I knew I would break down telling him what he meant to me as a little kid
adefender03 3 years ago
Yes I not only went to Calf.with Rex in Feb.of 1977 but then got to see him again in June of 1998 on Fathers Day and cover bases with him but then got to see him in the Natick Parade each year since 2000 and then even got to appear in Rex Trailer's Gold DVD filmed in 2003 and later seen on TV in 2005 as Yes that's right!Rex Trailer's Boomtown:The Movie in and released on DVD later in that same year.You really are A Great Guy Rex!I'm Sure that every body who knows and meets you likes you too.
stebaer4 3 years ago
Rex Trailer is still to this day my hero. This video sure brought back a lot of my memories as a kid. Boom... Boom... Boomtown!
BigJimW 3 years ago 2
I was on this show back in the 60's. My uncle was a bit actor for him also. I have a 45 copy of Hoofbeats that he did. This brought back so many great memories, thanks!! Great to be a kid back then.
mikeyjl54 3 years ago 2
My family only lived a couple of streets away from WBZ so we got to go on the show a few times. For a while the show was filmed on an outside set behind WBZ and got to see that whenver we drove by it. It was rumored to have been the restless indian kids who burned the town down. What a loss. Went to Calif 2X with him and once to Florida. Did anyone else? What a blast. Those truly were the good old days. Kids today don't know what they missed. Boom-Boom-Boomtown!!!!
knmfreckleface 3 years ago 2
In the early 80's, I was at a tire store in getting tires. There was Rex by the counter with his little dog (I think it was his dog). So I look at him, he looked back, and there's this dead silence. So I say; HOWDY REX! He looks at me and says; hi.
I was bummed cause I was hoping for a Howdy Partner, what's bein' yur name, or something. Well, I felt like a jerk. What I should have said was; I was on your show with my cub scout troop in the late 1960's. He probably would have loved that.
guitartec 3 years ago 3
This is really great Bostonian Nostalgia and for great entertainment to be very reminiscent and Nostalgic pick up a copy of both Rex Trailer's Gold DVD as well as The Book of Rex Trailer:The Boomtown Years.
stebaer4 3 years ago
I'll never forget meeting him at the old Taunton High school. All us kids got to go up on stage and shake his hand.
rsilvia1 3 years ago 3
Awesome New England Classic! Loved ya Rex.
semanslurper 3 years ago 3