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| 1965 flyer for the Mid-America Boat Show (Note the appearance by the Harmonicats!) |
But it turns out that it's the same boat show; it's just been renamed.
The explanation (found here) is that the annual show had been loosely referred to as 'The Cleveland Boat Show' for some time, so the promoters decided to make it just that. (I dunno, I think Mid-America still sounds more impressive.)
I wonder if Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel will be there? I didn't see him on the commercials.
Anyway, it's a good time to post these ads for the Mid-America Boat Show that ran in the Journal. They're interesting because they take two different approaches.
First up is one from 1969. It ran in the Journal on January 19, 1969.
I suspect the attractive woman wearing a crown in the ad is Miss Boat Show 1969.
A year later, the show promoters decided to take a different advertising approach. They enlisted the help of one of the world's best known sailors – Popeye the Sailor Man (subject of a few posts here on the blog) – to advertise the show.
This ad ran in the Journal on January 16, 1970.
I wonder if the spinach-munching sailor (known for packing a wallop) helped pack them in at Public Hall.
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Looks like even good ol' Barnaby was enlisted to promote the Boat Show in the early 1960s.
4 comments:
Hmmm.... Attractive girl, Popeye, attractive girl, Popeye.... choices.
Would go to the boat show every year with mom and dad. We finally bought a boat in 1980. I preferred Public Auditorium over the large halls used today.
Twiggy is not scheduled for this years event. She has her own website and the previous Twiggy retired and they new Twiggy is on a limited schedule.
Had to chuckle, as usual, at Alan's comments. Seeing a picture of "Barnaby" aka Linn Sheldon reminded me of many childhood memories of his shows. There is a funny story detailed in the book, "Cleveland TV Tales" by Mike & Janice Olszewski about Sheldon's wax elf ears and straw boater. According to the book, one day Linn was going to shoot some footage at Edgewater Park in Lakewood. It was a hot day with Linn in full makeup, including mascara. While waiting for the camera man, he looked for some spots to shoot in the woods. Feeling the effects of the heat, he walked out from the trees to look for the camera. In doing so, he ran into a caretaker mowing grass on a riding mower (remember Linn was in heavy make-up and pixie ears). Linn said to the caretaker, "Hey buddy, I'm looking for somebody." Taking a look at the guy in full make-up and elf ears, the caretaker floored the mower as fast and far away as he could. Linn Sheldon said he never knew "those things could go that fast."
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