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bobber620 · March 03, 2009, 06:13:41 PM

No problem. I went to my parents home after joining the site and pulled all the pics i could find. I'm sure they have more. I just need to keep looking. After you gave the name of the show it came back to me and yes it was the Gaslight Theater then, and it was always the thing to do when we went to SDC to "get a badge" and like i've said before you learn something new every day.

SteamFreak · March 03, 2009, 06:42:52 PM

Thats you??? WOW you're old...I'm just kidding, but it is cool to see someone I "know" in one of those historical shots.

bobber620 · March 03, 2009, 08:13:16 PM

I believe that i'm the little guy in the red shirt on the right hand side holding up my little brothers hand for the"swearing in".

rubedugans · March 04, 2009, 08:45:27 AM

"Historical" really makes ya feel good...scary that whenever I see these era pictures I am constantly looking for myself in them!

SteamFreak · March 04, 2009, 12:28:41 PM

Haha, I didn't even think about that, sorry if I offended...Historical isn't really a bad thing...

History Buff · March 04, 2009, 10:12:14 PM

Doggone it all, bobber! When I was a kid, that Hatfield Haint set seemed twice as tall as that! Now, you done gone and knocked my memory all outa whack!

Seems the courthouse show was about twice that big, too, but I know it weren't. Funny how the Timothy Turnbuckle show was a lot smaller (since I had grown older by then). Why's everything seem smaller now? Is the room spinning? Now where did I put my medication?

bobber620 · March 05, 2009, 03:40:09 PM

MEDS are on fourth shelf and all the way over on the left lol . Yep i seem to remember the shows and all the rides for that matter being way bigger when i was a bit younger, but the good memories always stay the same size no matter how old,or young you get,they stay big and last a long long time.

History Buff · March 06, 2009, 04:59:01 PM

^Yep. I had a pekingese dachshund when I was a kid, and I promise you she was 2 1/2 feet long and a foot in diameter - the world's largest dachshund by today's standards. Mom insists "Peanuts" was not that big.

Benny Hill: "...(S)he was a dog-n-a-half long and a half-a-dog high...I always like ('er) 'cause all the kids could pet ('er) at the same time..."

adairmd · March 08, 2009, 04:02:25 PM

Quote from: oklaSDCfan on March 22, 2008, 08:56:42 PM

I had so much fun looking around the park for the things we talk about on this site.

I do to, I just can't remember where things are when I get there, ha ha

Zephon · March 23, 2009, 06:41:38 PM

Shoot, I'm there almost every day of the week and you guys see a lot more than I do. I just don't pay attention to it I guess. That's why this site is fun for me. I see things through your eyes that I never noticed before. Kind of keeps me fresh.

betamike · July 26, 2010, 10:55:57 AM

Hey all, if you are hankering for the glory days of the Echo Hollow show, I finally found some old autographed pictures that I have of Rodney Dillard, Mercy Purvis and the Branson Brothers (and Time Machine Band) that I got when I was a kid.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/4830466059/

Junior · July 26, 2010, 04:57:31 PM

Thanks for posting this stuff. Great to see. Jack McDowell and I worked together at Hee Haw Theater in Branson 1982-83, and he was a wonderful guy to work with. By day, in that period, he played the SDC deputy sheriff. Rodney played Dockside Theater during my time on park, along with friend Lonnie Hoppers, listening to Dillards progressive and traditional bluegrass music all day was fabulous. Rodney brought his young son to work quite a lot, and the Dugan boys would end up as unofficial babysitters for him. If you want to see a photo of Jack McDowell as "Ernest T." at Hee Haw Theater in Branson, go to my Flickr site and go back to the last page or two...there is a shot of him with the Mitch Keirsey Band, which was the house band at Hee Haw in 1983.

History Buff · July 27, 2010, 07:07:37 PM

Quote from: betamike on July 26, 2010, 10:55:57 AM
Hey all, if you are hankering for the glory days of the Echo Hollow show, I finally found some old autographed pictures that I have of Rodney Dillard, Mercy Purvis and the Branson Brothers (and Time Machine Band) that I got when I was a kid.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/4830466059/

Brings a tear to my eye!

Andymeets1880s · July 28, 2010, 01:27:59 PM

Back a little ways in this thread, there is an idea of building SDC on a small scale. Can you imagine that image? Plus....maybe none of us are doing it, but you never know who might be out there and actually going through with the idea!

A toy train chugging through a small SDC would be awesome! The skill and imagination would be something to behold if it really came to fruition!

Uh, oh.....I think I have something to add to the "Make your home more like SDC" list!

Junior · July 28, 2010, 03:41:51 PM

I wish they would put together an HO Scale Frisco-Silver Dollar Line Train Set. Plus have HO Scale SDC buildings and characters you could have to build a full set!

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