Selling a 1959 Plymouth 50 years ago

[Ron Keij]

Hi all,

Recently I bought a complete set of Ross Roy film strips and records with a projector/record player. I tried digitizing a film strip and the result isn't bad, it is not a complete movie but it gives you an idea what is coming soon Personally I love the movie and the comments.

This is part of strip/record #4 about the accessories of the 1959 Plymouth and the salesman is talking to a guy that just flew in from Mars with his spaceship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o04aBPeu7t4

Enjoy,
Ron

[Nighthawk]

Very good, thanks Ron.
I have some Ross Roy stuff as well, corny but definitely fun to watch!

Bob

[rogerh]

Hey Ron,
I loved that filmstrip. Boy, that really takes me back to my school days...the "plink" sound to prompt one to advance the film...
Was there any credit given to the voice-over actors? The Martian character's voice is very familiar...

[Denver 59 Fin Convert]

Ron. thanks for doing the copy that so we can all enjoy these filmstrips.

Roger, I am with you on the Martian voice. I beleive it is a well know character actor from the 50's and 60's with that Wise guy "New Yawk" voice. I will have to look at some old 50's and 60's films to see I can get a name. I remember him in some old WWII movies made in that era. Guess I will have to spend some research time on You Tube......

The main speaker sounds like the guy who use to do the Educational Films we all saw in K-12 School. Or at least it is close to that type of voice....

John Q.

[Ron Keij]

Hey Ron,
I loved that filmstrip. Boy, that really takes me back to my school days...the "plink" sound to prompt one to advance the film...
Was there any credit given to the voice-over actors? The Martian character's voice is very familiar...

Sorry, there are no credits given on the records. And it must be a famous guy as he sounds familiar to me too, and I was born in the sixties. Of course at that time we were 10 years behind with everything

I will try to improve the quality of the film and the sound next Sunday and post the whole film on YouTube. And maybe even a second movie, it is time consuming but I really enjoy it and I am glad you guys like it too. Maybe I will make a DVD with all six movies and bring a copie with me to Carlisle for all 59 owners. I also have two older Plymouth movies (57 and one from the early 50's) without the records and two 59 Desoto movies and records.

Ron

[savvy59]

Thanks Ron I loved the strip on you tube. Time consuming for you but well worth it for us.

I felt I knew the voice as well.

Was it Buddy Hackett?
http://www.movieactors.com/actors/buddyhackett.htm

Let the guessing games begin!

Curt

[rogerh]

It's not Buddy, and it's not Jerry Lewis. There was a guy who did that "Joisey" (new Jersey) accent..I will ask around.

[rogerh]

The voice of the Martian was done by the late Arnold Stang. Sorry I called it a joisey accent...its an over-the-top Brooklyn accent!

[Denver 59 Fin Convert]

Thanks Roger! I loved Top Cat as a kid! I thought he was also in the MMMW, but all the clips I went thru last night didnot show him or his voice. Good Research!

My father has a Washington Heights accent (Manhattan) , thou not squeaky at all, so I also thought he was from one of the Boroughs of NYC not Jersery.

John Q.

[Ron Keij]

Thanks Roger! I loved Top Cat as a kid! I thought he was also in the MMMW, but all the clips I went thru last night didnot show him or his voice. Good Research!

My father has a Washington Heights accent (Manhattan) , thou not squeaky at all, so I also thought he was from one of the Boroughs of NYC not Jersery.

John Q.

John, guess what he was in MMMW according to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Stang

Thanks for the research! I'll make sure there will be more to listen to next Sunday.

Ron

[Denver 59 Fin Convert]

Hey Ron! I remember those 59 Plymouth Taxi cabs in that Film too!

Arnold had a great voice that did him well all these years!

John Q.

[Ron Keij]

hi John,

You know that we have a part of the movie on the 59 Plymouth website don't you?

http://59sportfury.net/ephemera/video/M ... World.html

Ron

[Denver 59 Fin Convert]

Ron, I thought I had seen it during my browsing of the 59 site, thanks for remainding me that I need to go no further then our site on all things 59 Plymouths!

Thanks for the link again!

John Q.

[Ron Keij]

The first complete video is on line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSA7Hm3_jds

That one is about the exterior styling of the 1959 Plymouth. We are working on the 2nd movie too and hope to get that on line later tonight.

Enjoy,
Ron

[Ron Keij]

When I checked if the movie was already visible on Youtube I found a movie of Greeny owned by Dick Koch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x14z3hb ... div-r-2-HM

Ron