Wacky video from the 1957-59 Chicago TV show "Shock Theatre"; shot at Wrigley Field in May 1959....

Wacky video from the 1957-59 Chicago TV show "Shock Theatre"; shot at Wrigley Field in May 1959. (The audio doesn't really match the video, but the video's the most important thing.)

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Didn't know Mr. Bean got his start in Chicago

Looks like the pair got onto the field after billing themselves as left-handed batting practice pitchers. Oh, wait…

IT’S HIGGY!

Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"

by cubzfan on Sep 29, 2009 8:07 AM CDT reply actions

Did you see the prices for tickets?

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert Einstein

by eths on Sep 29, 2009 8:59 AM CDT reply actions

I guess that's why it's called shock theatre.

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Sep 29, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions

It would be interesting to try and ID as many of the Cubs players as can be from this film...

Any idea who the actor and “actress” were? The lady wears a paper plate on her face very well.

"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)

Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Sep 29, 2009 11:21 AM CDT reply actions

Some info on the actor and actress....

… can be found here.

As for the Cubs players, as co-author of “Cubs By The Numbers” it was easy for me to ID several of them — #30 is Dick Drott, #11 is Cal Neeman, #2 is Lee Walls.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Sep 29, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Ahhh. Subtle cross promotion. Just in time for the holiday shopping season! ;)

"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)

Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Sep 29, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Really enjoyed the info

as I was a big fan of Creature Features and the 3:30 movie as a kid. I still try to see all those movies around Halloween each year. The mention of wolfbane in both the 1931 Dracula and in the quote “Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.” from Wolfman prompted us to grow it in our garden. It just started blooming a couple days ago in time for the full harvest moon (which is on Oct. 4th this year-the last day of the Cubs regular season) .

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Sep 29, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Why did he make the woman wear a mask?

That’s the only thing I found “shocking” about this. Otherwise, great archival footage of the Friendly Confines.

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by daver on Sep 29, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions

If you read the info link I posted above...

… it explains the mask.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Sep 29, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions

High Life Billboard

On top of one of the buildings on Sheffield.

"I hate to sound like a broken record, but I guess it's better than sounding like a broken mp3 player because then you would'nt hear anything." - Len Kasper

by JMG1984 on Sep 29, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions