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       Have you seen the Harlem Globetrotters?
       By: Susan Date: December 15, 2019, 10:57 pm
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       My sister posted this video of baseball clowns to Facebook.  I
       had no idea that before the Harlem Globetrotters became so
       famous, one of their stars had been a baseball player/clown in
       the 40´s. Look how similar it was to the Harlem Globetrotters.
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PunxRJZzn6A&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1I6juGyCrYzE0HZl_UZGkq7bTvnJQbsPaUrWLwPMCpBKcSlKRQhD0aXvs
       Apparently Goose Tatum was first a baseball clown and later a
       Harlem Globetrotter.  I remember seeing Meadowlark Lemon with
       the Globetrotters in the 70¨s.
       Here is a history of the Globetrotters.  This video says that
       the Harlem Globetrotters were famous around the world and at one
       time greatly helped the popularity and style of the NBA that was
       much less well known around the world. It is interesting, but
       what struck me also were the changes in T.V. over the years.  Do
       you remember the early color TV really being that bad? I don´t
       remember thinking it was bad but now it looks terrible compared
       to what I am used to. (The clips I am referring to start around
       10:30 in the video.)   Especially the TV shots that supposedly
       were from1980 (around 11:38 in the video).  Neil, SuKi, SHL,
       Martin, and anyone who can remember the 70´s or 80´s, do you
       think those videos deteriorated or that color TV really was that
       fuzzy in the 70´s and 80´s?
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlCPOCtshhE
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       Re: Have you seen the Harlem Globetrotters?
       By: NealC Date: December 16, 2019, 4:47 pm
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       I loved the Globetrotters as a kid, saw them a few times.  Of
       course Curly and Meadowlark Lemon and the little guy with the
       low dribbling and that big guy.  Basically the line up they used
       on Scooby Doo :-).
       TV wasnt that bad in the 70s, except maybe in East Germany.
       Whatever they taped that from had some serious color contrast
       problems.
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