Remember all those old shows that we used to love? Watching Checkers and Pogo on saturday? Watching Kikaida, Rainbow Man, Zaboga, Kamen Rider and Ikyu San (that funny cartoon about a young Buddhist monk having adventures, somebody has to sell that idea to Fox) on KIKU: Nihongo Terebi Desu. I thought about posting this on my other blog, but I think the significance would be lost on folks not from our generation and from Hawaii. And I thought it would be a good post to comment on. The first video clip is the opening credits to Kikaida, and the second one is the beginning of Kamen Rider V3, but from a PSX game only released in Japan. It has the origninal theme song though. And I think you can figure out who the picture is of. I know that at least a few of you were actually on Checkers and Pogo at some point, and I think we'd all like to hear who was actually on the show, in the audience, got to grab the pennies, eat the pie, whatever. Speak up! The rest of 88 wants to know!
2 comments:
I was on Checkers and Pogo twice. First time I was there with my mom to drop off my brother and they needed a few extra kids so I got on.
In a related story, anyone remember the "on the go" segment they used to have on the show? There was one episode where the camera man got too close to the baby hippo and mother attacked him. According to a friend at the zoo, that mother is still alive, I think she is like 55 years old now.
I found this quote from a Honolulu Advertiser article written by Stephan Tsai,
"In Hawai'i, it has been said, directions often include landmarks that no longer exist.
The strip mall is where the old Gem's store used to stand. The Mapunapuna service station is near where Gibson's had its Sky Slide. The Chinese restaurant is next to where Chunky's served thick-cut fries, across the street from the old Termite Palace. "
It's wierd that we're old enough now to wax nostalgic about things that are no longer there...
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