RIP Rex Trailer

[Mark Watson]

Kevin Vahey wrote:

> Here is a great clip from the 60's

Where was this tape found? Was great to see, good that it's been transferred 
to digital. Sadly not much footage from Boomtown exists. Anyone know what 
year this clip is from? At the end when Rex is shown in the filmed outro 
riding Goldrush the announcer invites us to stay tuned for the Shari Lewis 
Show, if that helps. I'm guessing early 1960's.

I met and worked with Rex once, back in the early 1990's, when I was 
providing a sound system and rolled music for a childern's pageant. Rex was 
the special guest emcee at this pageant in Plymouth MA. He was a gentelman, 
very easy to work with, shared stories of the Boomtown days at the show crew 
dinner after the event. He received a rousing standing ovation from the few 
hundred in the audience when he was introduced and after the pageant he 
stayed around to meet & greet anyone who wanted to say hello. A class act. 
May he rest in peace.

With Rex's passing, that leaves Frank Avruch (Bozo) and if he's still with 
us, the person (can't recall his name) who portrayed Willie Whistle as the 
last of Boston's kid's TV show hosts still alive.

Mark Watson