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Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Friday, February 16, 2007 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
Score!
I have wanted to see them pretty much my entire life! Way back when Meadowlark Lemon, Curly, et al played. They even had their own cartoon on Saturday mornings.
My DH bought tickets and we're taking our 4 kids - not that they'll appreciate it as much as I'd like them to, but I think they'll enjoy it! WOOHOO!

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Friday, February 16, 2007 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i am going on March 17th thanks to a great friend

I havent seen them since 1981???

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, February 16, 2007 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Did you know they did not originate in Harlem? Not even in New York. They started out in Chicago and the guy who "created" them was a short jewish guy? I think his name was Abe Saperstein.

I remember the cartoon.

Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 5:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
Nope, didn't know that!
We're seeing them in Atlanta in 2 weeks! Yeehaw!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
My parents took us to a few of their shows, back when they had Meadowlark Lemon and those guys. It was sooo much fun! Enjoy!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Good ole Meadowlark Lemon! I'll be humming Sweet Georgia Brown for the rest of the day now.

Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
Sweet Georgia Brown - thank you! I've been whistling the tune, trying to tell DH (not very well) that the song was "from the south", LOL...and we live in Georgia! That's a sigh of relief for me...

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
They came to my high school back in 1976 to play our basketball team. My parents were sitting on the second or third row about middle court. It was very cold that night so my bald-headed dad was wearing a heavy jacket with a hood. At one point during the game Curly, who was also bald, made this really big production, as the HGs do of everything during a game, of calling a time-out. He then walked over to my dad, pulled the hood over his head and in a very loud voice said that the glare was interferring with his gameplay. I will never forget the look on Daddy's face.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
hahahahaha. I saw them once. Good stuff :-)

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, February 19, 2007 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
I remember seeing them in the late 60s and it was the most thrilling thing I had ever seen as a young child.

There is an excellent PBS show on the Harlem Globetrotters about their history.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2005/hardwood/special_overview.html

I had never realized that they played started out as a serious team and turned to the entertainment factor during blowout games. I highly recommend the PBS show.