"The Harlem Globetrotters in Sierra Vista,AZ" (1978)

October 14, 2018, 08:52 AM

oddball

I used to love watching The Globetrotters on Wide World of Sports when I was a little kid. Wilt Chamberlain once said that the best basketball player he had ever seen was Meadowlark Lemon.

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October 14, 2018, 06:06 PM

Captain Morgan

I wonder why Meadowlark never went pro?

October 15, 2018, 12:40 AM

NK402

I'm old enough to have seen and remember Goose Tatum and Marcus Haynes. When I was a teen, I had a book about the history of the Trotters. Two stories that I remember, one was that Tatum had unusually long arms. He used to enjoy going into clothing stores in a new town and asking the salesman if he had a suit that would fit him. Invariably, the salesman would reply, "Why, of course, sir." To which, Tatum would reply, "Wanna bet?" The other was that one night on a European tour, they went into the baseball/football routine and when Goose did the full court dropkick, the ball swished the net. The players about fainted but the crowd went crazy, assuming it was part of the show and that they did it every night.

October 15, 2018, 12:50 PM

Floyd D. Barber

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Originally posted by NK402:
I'm old enough to have seen and remember Goose Tatum and Marcus Haynes. When I was a teen, I had a book about the history of the Trotters. Two stories that I remember, one was that Tatum had unusually long arms. He used to enjoy going into clothing stores in a new town and asking the salesman if he had a suit that would fit him. Invariably, the salesman would reply, "Why, of course, sir." To which, Tatum would reply, "Wanna bet?" The other was that one night on a European tour, they went into the baseball/football routine and when Goose did the full court dropkick, the ball swished the net. The players about fainted but the crowd went crazy, assuming it was part of the show and that they did it every night.

I had that book. Supposedly, Tatum's hands hung below his knees.

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October 15, 2018, 04:47 PM

Augen

Always fun to watch them as a kid. Got to meet Boom Boom Wheeler in the early eighties.

October 17, 2018, 08:02 AM

DubiousDan

I got to see them when I was a kid and they put on a great show. Cab Calloway sang Minnie the Moocher at half time and the crowd booed throughout. I felt sorry for him. Of course he was constantly on all the variety shows singing it. Maybe people were just tired of hearing it.

October 17, 2018, 09:03 AM

NK402

Heidie, heidie,heidie, ho.

October 17, 2018, 01:12 PM

46and2

I saw them twice as a kid and loved it.

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Originally posted by DubiousDan:
I got to see them when I was a kid and they put on a great show. Cab Calloway sang Minnie the Moocher at half time and the crowd booed throughout. I felt sorry for him. Of course he was constantly on all the variety shows singing it. Maybe people were just tired of hearing it.

Shameful.

October 17, 2018, 03:43 PM

NK402

My dad was a fan of Cab Calloway and I remember him singing Minnie The Moocher around the house. Remember him in The Blues Brothers, Cab Calloway, not my dad.

October 17, 2018, 03:43 PM

bayouman

I was fortunate enough to have seen them when I was a kid and still have the basketball I was able to get Curly and Meadowlark to autograph. They were such nice guys and went out of their way to cater to the kids at their games.