Bowling For Dollars

[hyperspace]

anyone remember this gem of a show???

[Lumber]

Shit, how could one forget that show! The old farts loved it.

[cougarjake13]

<p>cool show but i'd rather see a stripping for dollars show</p><p><img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

way before my time...

[Jujubees2]

<p>Go ahead, bring up my lurid past again.&nbsp; I was only a teenager and I needed&nbsp;the money.&nbsp; I never really enjoyed giving a guy a ... </p><p>Wait, you said BOWLING for dollars.&nbsp; Oh, nevermind.</p>

[mdr55]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />way before my time...<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wow. Dementia kicking in already, huh?&nbsp;</p><blockquote /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>mdr55</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />way before my time... <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wow. Dementia kicking in already, huh?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>just keep your ball out of my yard okay...</p>

[BrownTown]

<p>God Damn Did I Love that show!!!!!!<br /></p><p>I could be totally off on this but I would swear it was hosted by the late great Mets announcer Bob Murphy. Is my brain working right, or am I totally off base and was it just a guy that looked like him?<br /></p>

[pennington]

<p>I recall the show, in one of it's incarnations, was hosted by Larry Kenny and was on Channel 9 at like 7:30 pm.</p><p>But I think there were other local versions produced around the country.</p>

[PaulF]

<p>Each city had its own version with its own host. The New York one was done at the bowling alley in Madison Square Garden. I grew up going to Knicks and Ranger games, so occasionally we would catch a taping of the show.</p><p>Bob Murphy did originally host the NY version.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by PaulF on 7-12-06 @ 1:17 PM</span>

[The Blowhard]

Yes, it was Bob Murphy hosting and the main sponsor was Rheingold Beer. The show was awful, especially when they introduced the player's family members. For some reason at the time Bob Murphy was taken off the Met's TV team and was doing radio only. I guess he did this show for a paycheck.

[Lumber]

<strong>Blowhard</strong> wrote:<br />Yes, it was Bob Murphy hosting and the main sponsor was Rheingold Beer. The show was awful, especially when they introduced the player's family members. For some reason at the time Bob Murphy was taken off the Met's TV team and was doing radio only. I guess he did this show for a paycheck. <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You are correct Sir! I cound`nt remember the particulars as to why Bob Murphy did that show, but it had something to do w/ his release .</p>

[The Blowhard]

The biggest mistake the Mets ever made, besides trading Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi, was breaking up Nelson, Kiner and Murphy.

[pete_in_NJ]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>pennington</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I recall the show, in one of it's incarnations, was hosted by Larry Kenny and was on Channel 9 at like 7:30 pm.</p><p>But I think there were other local versions produced around the country.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I too remember it being on at 7:30 on channel 9 . &nbsp;</p>

[pete_in_NJ]

<div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><font size="5">Question is.......When will they bring back</font></p><p align="center"><font size="5">&quot;Bowling for 40's? </font></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><img width="276" height="404" border="0" title="Educated Black Man" alt="Educated Black Man" src="http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com/educatedblack.jpg" /> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by pete_in_NJ on 8-4-06 @ 5:44 PM</span>

[docgoblin]

<p>My family ran a bowling alley in Lindenhurst NY from when I was a wee lad in the 60's until it closed in 2004. My Dad's friend, who was a 200 average bowler, went on the show and bowled a 9. He got all of $9.00 for his trouble. I forget exactly how the prizes were awarded. I know you got $1.00 per pin that you knocked down, and if you got a spare or strike you got alot more. I don't remember how much though. We watched it all the time.</p><p>http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4691/jokerbowling1977jpgeq2.png</p>

[pete_in_NJ]

<strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>My family ran a bowling alley in Lindenhurst NY from when I was a wee lad in the 60's until it closed in 2004. My Dad's friend, who was a 200 average bowler, went on the show and bowled a 9. He got all of $9.00 for his trouble. I forget exactly how the prizes were awarded. I know you got $1.00 per pin that you knocked down, and if you got a spare or strike you got alot more. I don't remember how much though. We watched it all the time.</p><p><img border="0" src="http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4691/jokerbowling1977jpgeq2.png" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>On Schuyler Ave?<p>&nbsp;</p>

[goreds2]

The one I watched when I was a kid, you got to send a postcard in and would share the jackpot with the bowler.&nbsp;