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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22633 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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All:
TRY not to FOAM too much when you take a glance at this scene from an early 1960's "TWILIGHT ZONE" episode!
NO reason whatsoever for a New York bus enthusiast of that era to be bored.......
Man, talk about "classics on parade"...WHAT VARIETY(!!)
(wonder where this intersection was?)
http://pics.imcdb.org/5217/5twil27a.jpg
(courtesy: imcdb.org)
*Be sure to note the ACF-BRILL in the lower right corner, as a bonus....bus-wise, there's a LOT to see here! |
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2422 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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That ep must've been from the 1963-64 season, given the 'MaBSTOA' paint jobs. I see the 'New Look' on 42nd was from one of the 50 allotted in 1960 to Surface Transit, and no doubt was one of the Amsterdam depot buses running on the M-104 (the two windows on each door were a giveaway). Looks like, on Fifth, one of the 1959 Old Looks already repainted.
A shame, of those first New Looks run by FACL and ST, their time in Manhattan was so limited (the majority shunted to the Bronx via Kingsbridge depot after 1965, and the A/C buses shifted to Ulmer Park c.1967 and Jamaica around 1970-71). |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 22633 Location: NEW JOISEY
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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W.B:
Again, appreciate your input....thanks once more!
The cabs look to be mostly 1962-era.
Is that a "SILVERSIDES" between the New Look and the MACK, heading towards the left of the photo?
Could that ACF-BRILL IC-41 n the lower right-hand corner be TRAILWAYS?
It looks like there is an insignia faintly visible on the side, but cannot make it out......
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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Another "TZ" episode more than worthy of watching by die-hard "Fishbowl" enthusiasts is "CAVENDER IS COMING" (1962), featuring a young Carol Burnett.
On her homeward-bound bus (a Fishbowl, what else?) a strange gentleman sits next to her, and tries to convince her that he is her guardian angel (he is, in fact, trying to "earn his wings")
To try to convince her that he is indeed her guardian angel, he transformations the GMC....first, into a horse and buggy, then into a convertible, and then, again, back to a bus!
An "angelic" character like this could indeed make for a most INTERESTING ride today, aboard an MTA bus........
Just had to mention this.......
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Fellows:
Just came across this great page; there are several stills from the Carol Burnett "Twilight Zone" I mentioned in my previous post, all featuring the Fishbowl!
Look at the photos in sequence, and you can see why the fully-uniformed driver (literally!) "jumped ship"!
(a few other "TZ" bus shots are included as well)........
http://www.busesonscreen.net/screen1/index.php?p=screentv.tvt.twizone59
(courtesy: busesonscreen.net)
*Also, note the Fishbowl briefly seen in the "TZ" episode, "STEEL" (1963)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 8:32 am Post subject: |
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A still from the TZ episode, "CAVENDAR IS COMING"; here we see a young and stylish Miss Carol Burnett boarding a young and stylish Fishbowl......
http://www.busesonscreen.net/screenim4/tzcaven01.jpg
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