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Cedar Beach Drug Store, Wednesday, July 21, 2021 owned by Red Morris, Photo courtesy of the Kingsville Archives offered drugs, toiletries, china and souvenirs for sale as well as providing a luncheon menu. Speed boat rides were available from the Cedar Beach Drug Store for 50 cents a ride Mark Ribble for summer visitors renting game shows like Beat the Clock, What’sa cabin or for cottagers not My Line and the Let’s Make a Deal. When Barker left Truth or Consequenc-owning a boat. The boats could be taken through the placid canal or out into the rougher waters of Lake Erie. This es for the upstart Price is Right, everyone photograph of an unidentified family, standing outside the Cedar Beach Drug Store, was taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s. wondered if he’d made the right decision.
They’re bringing back all the game shows
The recycling of old TV game shows continues with an ultra-cheesy version of the Dating Game on Monday nights. This incarnation is a celebrity version that puts single celebrities on stage trying to pick a prospective suitor. People such as Carmen Electra, Taye Diggs and other B-list celebrities apparently have a hard time finding dates. Who knew? Zoey Deschanel hosts along with Michael Bolton, who ‘surprisingly’ sings all of his lines. Deschanel is an awkward host at best, who’s being fed cheesy lines from the teleprompter — lines that usually make her co-host break into song. I’ve been rather enjoying the other game shows of the past that have been recycled in today’s world but that just doesn’t do it for me. The modern versions of To Tell The Truth, Match Game, Family Feud and Card Sharks are all pretty entertaining. And of course Press Your Luck, everyone’s guilty pleasure from the 1980s, is back with those annoying Whammies on the game board. My first memories of game shows take me back to Truth or Consequences with Bob Barker as the host. I remember an early version of Concentration too that was always enjoyable. Before the days of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, there were some great classic
RIB’S RAMBLINGS
The years have shown that he indeed made the right decision. Another game show I enjoyed was You Bet Your Life which was hosted by Groucho Marx. I only saw those in syndication because the show stopped airing three months after I was born, but it was still fun to watch years later when it aired on channel 20 late at night. Name that Tune was a favourite of mine as a kid with a young Kathy Lee Johnson (now Gifford) singing the melody to a lot of the tunes. It also aired in the 1950s with a live orchestra. The 2021 version is actually pretty well done, so if you enjoy music you’ll have to have a look at it. The Ellen Degeneres Game of Games is also fun to watch and I’d be remiss if I didn’t give a shout-out to Fear Factor, which aired for three or four years and had people eating live bugs or having a barrel of snakes dumped on them. It’s no longer on the air. They don’t make game shows like they used to… or do they?
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Memories of... Kingsville, Leamington Memories of... and Wheatley Photos Kingsville, from Kingsville-GosfieldLeamington Heritage Society 1790-2000 A Stroll Through Time and Wheatley
Parade of Knights of Columbus insfront of the B. Jasperson Bank, and Dental Office of A. A Look at Leamington’ Past courtesy of C. Scott Holland Wigle, the Wigle Block on Main Street. Date unknown.
Leamington’s Past courtesy of the C. Scott Holland Collection April 1973: Buckingham Real Estate edged Gulliver Insurance 2-1 to win the Midget hockey trophy. At left is captain Ken Dick who scored both goals with coach Randy Critchlow.
July 23, 1986 - These five children found an inner tube and the Sherk Complex swimming pool an excellent way to cool off. Pictured are (l-r): Marivat Fawal, Michael Pouliot, Mirna Fawal (back), Justin Resendes, and Pierre Jitani.
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July 1991 - Slow-pitch winners - The Kevin Geddes slo-pitch team has enjoyed great success this year in both league and tournament play. The squad has dominated the local league being undefeated at the time of the Coors Provincial Qualifier held here. They captured the St. John Festival tournament and swept their division in the Coors recreational bracket. Submarine cycling - Ditches rose foot after foot following the Thursday evening rainfall Front row: Dan Tremblay, Mike Dierckens, Len Drouillard, Joey Duncan, Josh Dawson and these young no time inventing a new game, “submarine cycling”. If (Lucky Charm).lads Rearwasted row - Kevin Geddes, Gord Baldwin, Ken Dawson, Chris Dundas and nothing a quick wayDresser, to wash a ten-speed bicycle! Bill else, Cox. it’s Absent - Floyd Tom Mills, Robert Harris, Chris Dales, Dwayne Dawson.
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