Below are Bob's answers when thinking back 45-50 years ago which is pretty fun to read as it takes us all down memory lane!
1. Where is your favorite place to go with friends? McCambridge Park , beating John Gaball one on one (hey it’s supposed be about dreaming, right??); Don’s place having a basket burget and a pitcher after 3 hours of Bball @ (again) McCambridge; Stough Park….obvious reasons; Van Nuys Cruise night; Sorrento Beach (When Barry Gordon didn’t charge you for gas)!
2. Where would you rather be right now? Santa Monica Beach , Sorrento Beach , at a Burbank/Burroughs Football/Basketball Game or what about San Val or Pickwick Drive-in with your latest crush!
3. Name at least 3 favorite restaurants…Mr. Bigs; Bob’s Toluca Lake;Copper Penney on Olive (late night);what about A and W drive-in…and don’t forget the burgers (that’s right) late at night from Winshell’s Donut’s Glenoaks and Providencia…they were incredible; Larry’s Hot Dog’s; Pecos Bill’s on Victory; and what about the alltimer:
Sergeant’s on W. Victory…did anyone ever taste their dumplings??
4. Where do you buy your clothes? Ed’s Men store; Dennis Light; Penney’s for T-shirts and socks!
5. What are some of your favorite movies? Wait Until Dark; Dr. Zhivago; Bridge on the River Kwai; The Young Lions; Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns…especially Good Bad and Ugly!
6. What are some of your favorite activities? Pammy Z getting me into the Senior Parties when I was a lowly sophomore..especially when Spin the Bottle was the rage!
BHS basketball and Football games; don’t forget beach parties @ Huntington (firepits);Grunion Hunting; Catalina on Labor Day Weekend, going over on the Big White Steamship!
7. What radio stations do you listen to? KRLA, KFWB can’t top those!
8. What is your favorite type of music? Rock and Roll, Folk Music(remember Tim Morgan …played ins some ball room in Balboa, I think!, Pop, Motown….yup
9. Who are some of your favorite singers? Beatles, Elvis, the Stones; Beach Boys; Dion and the Belmonts ; later: the Allman Bros. Band…Stevie Ray Vaughn.; Four Tops...ELO; Rod Stewart; Otis Redding
10. What are some of your favorite foods? Anything my mother cooked! Bob’s combo;
Tommy’s burger on Rampart and Beverly; Pinks
11. What are some of your favorite songs? Norwegian Wood; She’s not There: The Band’s “the Weight”; Brown Eyed Girl; the Letter; Immigrant’s Song (Led Zep)…anything by the Kinks or Troggs; Good Vibrations BBoys; Badge (Cream); Probably Feel a whole Lot Better When You’re Gone (The Birds…saw them at the Hollywood Bowl with Bonnie McMurtry in ’64, I think); (I Saw You).. Coming Back to Me (Jeff Airplane); Sympathy of the Devil (Stones); Born to Be Wile (Steppenwolf); For What it’s Worth (Buf. Springfield ) I’m a Believer (Monkey’s????); Time of the Season (Zombies); Cryin’ (Roy Orbison) …that’s it…where does it end??
12. What is a typical favorite outfit that you like to wear? Only one: Levi
S; white T shirt; converse (lows, no socks)
13. How do you wear your hair? Like an absolute Geek! short
14. Regarding the opposite sex, do you prefer blondes, brunettes or redheads? Probably Brunettes….but then, Blondes, then again……
15. What do you feel you are pretty good at doing? Certainly not golf!
16. Read any good books lately? Kingdom Come!
17. What is your worst fear? I wouldn’t graduate when Gary LePon and I raced our sports cars on the BHS track the last day of school!.
18. What is your favorite kind of car? ’Jerry Tomic’s (and later Danny Harris’) 62 Silver Vette Convertible
19. Blue eyes or brown eyes? Depends who they belong to I agree
20. Ever done anything naughty? Danny Harris and got thrown into the Burbank Jail for T-Ping Beverly Bullock’s House..at least Danny’s Dad came and got him! And, then, Danny Harris and I driving his brother’s 59 corvette to Denver to visit Glen Ceiley when Jack was in Viet Nam and simply asked Dan to “start the engine once in a while”!!
21. What did you see yourself doing 30 years ago?? Probably teaching
22. What is the worst personality trait you can think of? Disloyalty and untrustworthiness…that’s pretty tough to beat!
23. What are the most important qualities in a person? Sense of Humor; fairness; honesty;
24. What does “Being Successful” mean to you? When you truly feel peaceful!
25. What year were you born? 1948
Thanks, Bob... You and Dan were arrested for t-peeing Bev's house??? YIKES!
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