Sunday, January 23, 2011

From Chic Silber #1


HAPTRN1, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.


Hi Professor

In looking back at a few photos I realized that 74-75 was the same spec

that the happiness train was in & the attached photos show it nearly

completed in front of my shop as well as in the dress rehearsal

One of the magic mushrooms is also visible in the upper left corner

Them wuz sum of the gud ol dayze

Chic

Posted by Buckles at 1/23/2011 05:36:00 AM

10 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

I remember all the building ushers going crazy that first year, getting the 'selected' kids down to the train and then getting them back to their sears. ~frank

24 January, 2011 10:11
Frank Ferrante said...

Great looking train, Chic! One of the best of the newer big props/floats that were ever created from the late sixties on. ~frank

24 January, 2011 10:13
Chic Silber said...

This train & the clown cage went

to CW (repainted by others) after

the 2 year trek with RB Blue

24 January, 2011 11:17
Chic Silber said...

Yes Frank but by the 2nd year the

same ushers learned the high art

of turning the gimmick headwear

into coins of the realm

24 January, 2011 11:47
Frank Ferrante said...

I remember Vincent, the head usher at the Fabulous Forum telling me about that, he also worked the lower boxes at Dodger Stadium. he told me he gave up his position as the facilities manager at The Forum because he made more in 'tips' working as an usher at The Forum and The Dodger games. ~frank

24 January, 2011 14:07
Chic Silber said...

Frank I'm sure by "tips" what he

really meant was "upgrade fees"

24 January, 2011 21:59
Frank Ferrante said...

Chic -

Isn't that just an airline term? ~frank

25 January, 2011 09:06
Chic Silber said...

There were seating upgrades long

before there were airlines Frank

That's what the inside ticket

boxes were all about but they

just didn't use that terminology

25 January, 2011 10:15
Buckles said...

We had two fish-like carts that carried the kids around.
I've told the story before about the time in the Garden when a harness broke right in the back door and we had to push the cart back out the door by hand.
By the time we got the elephant back to the picket line, a half dozen ushers were waiting all yelling at the same time demanding to know what happened to the cart, about how much money they had lost and that we might be getting a visit from Big Sal.
New York, New York, A Hell Of A Town!

25 January, 2011 10:46
darryl said...

This was pulled by Karen

25 January, 2011 17:34

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