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Sunday, February 3, 2013

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MOMents – Super Bowling Together

No one wants to watch this one alone

Regardless of who you root for, the Super Bowl still has the power to bring people together for the shared experiences of socializing, arguing, eating and of course, football. In today’s world of On Demand, customized playlists and live streaming, we have much fewer common experiences. The days of a family gathering around to listen to a radio show are positively old fashioned and sitting down in the family room together for a show or movie is also getting more rare. I’m not necessarily saying this is bad. Much of it is great. You will not hear me complain on a long car trip when every person has their own device that plays the music, games and movies that person wants to hear, on headphones. The silence of  no one arguing about the movie …

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Rex Trailer Dies at 84; Share Your Boomtown Memories, Photos

Boston TV icon hosted a children's show in the 1950s-1970s. Do you have any photos from back in the day?

Rex Trailer, a Boston TV icon who had been recovering from pneumonia recently, has died. Trailer hosted “Boomtown,” a children’s show with a Western theme on WBZ-TV from 1956-1974.  How did a Western cowboy make his mark in Boston? According to Wikipedia, his corporate overlords gave him a choice of Cleveland or Boston. But he's remembered for more than his cowboy get-up.The Boston Globe wrote in an editorial last year: Kids adored Trailer’s rodeo tricks. But mostly they adored him for his consistent kindness and competence. He also inspired a local cowpunk band to name itself "Tex Railer's Doomtown." Trailer was 84. A funeral is being planned, but no date has been set yet, according to his website.  Meantime, what are your memories of Rex…

Kathleen Malloy

3:04 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013

I'm a commercial hair and makeup artist and about 15 years ago I was teaching a makeup class at an acting school to a bunch of teenagers. It was a weekend workshop so the kids had back to back classes scheduled on various subjects. As I packed my stuff to leave the teacher for the next class walked in and I couldn’t believe it was Rex Trailer! I spent so many happy hours watching Boomtown when I …   more ›

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