BusTalk

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[X-Astorian]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

X-Astorian:

Sandy Koufax is STILL with us??

WOW!!!

GREAT NEWS indeed for this early AM!

I'm now thinking of, way, way back, how the names of many then-current pro players turned up on television shows; I still recall an early 60's "Dennis The Menace" episode, where, not ONCE, but TWICE, Dennis bats hard and breaks one of Mr. Wilson's windows (the SAME window.....TWICE!)

Dannis later comments on the incident:

"......I'm a regular Willy Mays......."

When baseball fanatic William Frawley, when he was playing "Bub" on "My Three Sons", he would often take young Stanley Livingston ("Chip") to Dodgers Stadium to see the games, buying him Dodgers' pennants and caps, and treat him to hot dogs and sodas.

Interesting, too, that, in "BASEBALL BUGS", the action took place at the Polo Grounds; here again, a West Coast studio chose a "Noo Yawk" location......

"NYO"

["BATTER UP!"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Jeepers!

Had ALMOST forgotten the 1962 "Dennis The Menace" episode, "Dennis & The Dodger", in which a "coitain" Mr. Koufax was featured...........

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0557904/

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax

(a "Bensonhoist" boy!)

["32"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

There's an interesting (to say the least!) photo out there on the 'net from '62, showing a smiling young Sandy Koufax at a chalkboard, on which is written:

DODGERS-5

METS-0

"NO HITTER"

"JUNE 30, 1962)

(0 for 4)

I guess the early-era Mets fans weren't too happy, on that long ago day........

"NYO"

["PLAY BALL!"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

Good points.

HAD the Dodgers been in "El-Yay" in the 1930s/40s/50s, they, themselves COULD easily have been dubbed "Trolley Dodgers", with "El-Ay" crisscrossed with the rails of the "Pee-Ee" (aka the "Red Car") and the LARy (recall, in many areas, the "Red Car" and LARY's yellow cars utilized mixed-gauge trackage)

The last vestiges of the "Red Car" vanished in 1961, with the conversion of the busy Long Beach line ("Metropolitan Coach Lines") had already taken over the famed "Red Car" (that is, what remained of it)

The last LARy streetcar and trolleybus routes were converted in 1963 (by that time, the "Em-Tee-Yay" was operating "Dangerfields" (dubbed "SiverLiners"), "Shermans", and "Jetson" Fishbowls.

I have in my collection a pocket "Em-Tee-Yay" tt ( for Route #28 ) from 3/63, with an artist's rendition of a "Dangerfield" on the front.

The blurb reads:

"NEW SilverLiner SERVICE FOR YOUR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE".

Perhaps we could called the "Dangerfields" of LA "Koufaxes"?

"NYO"

["MTA"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Here we have a "Koufax", the "Dangerfield's" Los Angeles cousin........

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/402790760404282434/

["SilverLiner"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B;

I LIKE IT!!!

When the "Em-Tee-Yay" ("El-Ay") was getting ready to order their first "Drysdales" ("Jetsons") a "California" version of the Fishbowl was to have been produced; these were to be designated the TDH-4802 and the TDM-4802.

Though no drawings or plans for these buses are still not to be found, it was thought that this design would have to have included two "40 foot"(82") and two "35" foot (67-inch) side picture windows, as this arrangement would have resulted in an overall length reduction of 30 inches.

More than likely, both smaller windows would have been behind the rear door, as that pattern would have enabled GM to use 35-foot parts for that section.

None of the 4802s were built; GM ended up supplying standard 5301 body shells to all California operators ordering buses that were more than 35-foot.............."

"NYO"

source:

"WELCOME ABOARD THE GM NEW LOOK BUS" (Mckane/Squier)

["775 LOS ANGELES"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

W.B.:

GREAT PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!

Now THESE are REAL buses, and NOT "BINOs"

Another moniker for the "Dangerfields" that ran in "El-Ay" could be the "Drysdale Dangerfields"(aka "Koufax")

Man, if we could only go back in time!

"NYO"

["RTD"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also of related interest.............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Drysdale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_Stadium (yet another ball park that did not escape "improvement")...........

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

And we thought the "Noo Yawk" teams have been mediocre the past two years...........

Just watched Ryan Field (ABC-7)........

The White Sox have now lost TWENTY GAMES in a row!!!!!!!!!!!

They are in fact, on the way to seeing ANOTHER record, one that, indeed, is NOT a favorable one..........

"NYO"

["YER OUT!"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

"El-Ay" and the RTS..................

In 1985, Los Angeles placed one of the largest orders for the RTS in 1985, ordering 940 "T8j-204s" (perhaps these buses could be dubbed "Lasordas"?)

"NYO"

["Rapid Transit Series"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]