September 1949

 
And open October 3, it did.  Joe Rumore of WVOK did a live remote broadcast from the Fairgrounds in celebration of the cattle barn's grand opening, part of his daily Hi, Neighbor Time radio program, sponsored by Mother's Best Flour. 

Even better, we have a rare transcription of this remote in our hot little hands.  

And, with a little patience (a lot, if you have a slow connection), so can you.

Joe Rumore: Hi, Neighbor Time!   Live from the Alabama State Fairgrounds, October 3, 1949
Approx. 27 minutes, 6.18 MB mono 32 kbps MP3 format.


Lassie: the original male in drag.

 

Sure, Robert Young could drink Maxwell House 
in 1949.  "Kitten" hadn't yet grown into such a big-league whiner.  He had no choice but to 
switch to Sanka!

Stanleigh's seal of approval:

Better Bugs than Daffy.  Could you imagine a 
Daffy Duck Alarm Clock?  Holy cow, you wouldn't be able to get any sleep!!
With today's housing market, and the rate we're going, pretty soon houses in Crestwood will be selling for what they did in 1949!
The next section of BIRMINGHAM REWOUND is 
brought to you by the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company

(Would you mind spelling that again for me, please?)

I'M SOAKING IN IT, BUSTER!!!






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