RIP Rex Trailer

[Kevin Vahey]

Back around 1962 or so I was part of a group from the Cambridge YMCA that
went to a Boomtown Friday taping for the following Sunday.

I actually got reprimanded by the Nuns at St. Paul's School in Cambridge
for being on TV in a protestant Bible hour.  ( Rex on Sunday would do that )

I was also on Bozo when I was in 7th grade and the next day my classmates
were laughing at me for being on a kids show and I replied "Well guys, how
come you all saw me?"

My first ever TV moment was in 1955 on Big Brother where I managed to throw
up on the air. I toasted the President with United Farmers milk ( that had
been sitting under the lights ) and a few minutes later I lost my cookies.

Sadly I never made it to Major Mudd.



On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Chris Hall <chris2526@comcast.net> wrote:

> On the WBZ-TV 35th anniversary show that I still have on VHS tape Rex
> Trailer explained that part of the shows demise was due to neighborhood
> teenage thugs setting fire to the outdoor western set. It was far too
> expensive to re-create so it was the beginning of the end.  As a kid
> watching I always remember it being announced that you are watching
> Boomtown on Westinghouse Stations WBZ-TV Boston and WJZ-TV Baltimore.... a
> live simulcast.
>