RIP Rex Trailer

[Kevin Vahey]

This clip explains how the Boomtown clip was transferred to digital.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm-PamSE6VM







On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Mark Watson <markwats@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
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