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Volume 8, Issue 9 - Feature #1577

Homer Jones & Rialto, Ranger, Ritz & Liberty...

With everyone talking about Wahoo! How did you play it at the Rialto theatre? I must have been too young to go to the Rialto to play Wahoo! I don't remember anything about it. Someone please explain this "Wahoo" to some of us who never experienced it. Thanks alot!

NW Okie (a.k.a. Linda Wagner) - 2006-03-05 20:00:54

WaHoo! at the Rialto. How could I forget it? My grandmother took me every Wednesday. One night, I yelled WaHoo, won my first ever prize, and got to run up on the stage to collect a yellow metal bun warmer. I was so proud. That bun warmer got pulled out every holiday meal to hold the butter scones, rolls or biscuits my mother would make. When I left home, I packed the bun warmer and took it with me through untold numbers of moves. It may be in a box in my storage room right now.

SBW - 2006-03-05 13:24:53

How ironic that you have this piece on the Jones Amusement Company because I called Johnny just last week after seeing his classified ad in the Alva Review Courier's website. We visited at length about just this subject. I certainly do remember Wahoo, as well as many a memorable Saturday afternoon with my Grandma Venosdel and my other cousins at the "cereals" showing at the Ranger. I also remember when Homer would have a big birthday party for Johnny each year at the Rialto. Somewhere hidden in a box or album, I have a picture of me as a child sitting on the lap of "Smiley Burnett" when he made a personal appearance at the Rialto. When I attended those many afternoons of adventure, children under 12 got in for 10 cents. You had to jump upto the adult admission of 35 cents after that. Another favorite was the Saturday night "Preview". If you could stay up that late, you went to the late feature, and could stay to preview next week's film for no extra charge. Great memories.

Terry Smith - 2006-03-04 15:43:05

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