tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post6639427224024377855..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: "Horrors" of Roosevelt Island: Grampa AlThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-46791744075484610162011-12-29T07:48:33.922-05:002011-12-29T07:48:33.922-05:00Hi from New Zealand.In the 80s I worked in a recor...Hi from New Zealand.In the 80s I worked in a record shop called Marbecks.Granpa Munster came in one day!<br />"Show me your blues tapes,please."<br />I took him over to this wall which had about 12 shelves,each about 4 foot wide of blues tapes.<br />He stood there for about a minute.Then he clicked together about ten tapes and brought them over to the pay counter and went back and did the same thing about 5 times.<br />I was very impressed that it was Granpa Munster and he had such great taste.I took about 30 minutes to get all his tapes together for him and then when I finally got it all done he leaned over and said in this amazing voice:<br />SON...WHERE CAN I BUY A HI-FI?<br />Legend.dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-78220215790775561922007-10-18T17:14:00.000-04:002007-10-18T17:14:00.000-04:00Where is our little Eddie today?Where is our little Eddie today?rickydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098769774556251179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-73285099221626501942007-10-17T11:48:00.000-04:002007-10-17T11:48:00.000-04:00But it WAS named for him. You have to wonder, "Doe...But it WAS named for him. You have to wonder, "Does Butch Patrick have a playground named after him?"The Bowery Boys - Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-29998347855308534262007-10-17T10:23:00.000-04:002007-10-17T10:23:00.000-04:00Oops. Actually the Roosevelt Island playground wa...Oops. Actually the Roosevelt Island playground was already named for him in 2005 prior to his passing.RI 360https://www.blogger.com/profile/13601131892513304957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-53579776837072284522007-10-16T19:19:00.000-04:002007-10-16T19:19:00.000-04:00Hey, how stunning was Yvonne DeCarlo .... circa, 1...Hey, how stunning was Yvonne DeCarlo .... circa, 1951rickydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098769774556251179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-63672560589344218992007-10-16T12:02:00.000-04:002007-10-16T12:02:00.000-04:00One of the local kids playgrounds was renamed in h...One of the local kids playgrounds was renamed in his honor after he passed away. The Grandpa Al Lewis Playground.RI 360https://www.blogger.com/profile/13601131892513304957noreply@blogger.com