RIP: Bill "Wallace" Thompson (1931-2014)

[MrYeahBut]

I know. And the same goes for my rich people comment. That was me being cute. I guess I did it wrong?

Steve

Somehow the word 'cute' and AzStevenCal in the same post does not compute....

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[MrYeahBut]

Weren't you scared dinosaurs would come and drink your lemonade?

That wasn't lemonade.... it was Koolaid..

I think that pitcher was put on my little sister's head when they cut her hair....


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[AZ Native]

Originally it was on live in the afternoon. I think in the '70's it went to being taped and shown in the mornings.

Come home from school, do a few chores and then watch "It's Wallace!" and, later "Wallace & Ladmo".

Great, great times growing up in the late '50's and the '60's.

R.I.P. Wallace.

Just saw this, I was going to tell him I taped it in the morning and watched it after school.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Just saw this, I was going to tell him I taped it in the morning and watched it after school.

I was a busy kid in the early 60's, what with Kick the Can and Hide and Go Seek, so I just DVR'ed Wallace and Ladmo and watched it later on my iPad.

Steve

 

[Hollywood]

Wallace and Ladmo and Legend City....Impossible to explain to anyone that didn't experience it first hand and impossible to forget if you did. RIP to both Wallace and Ladmo. I sometimes wonder if they truly understood how much they meant to so many.

 

[ajcardfan]

Wallace and Ladmo and Legend City....Impossible to explain to anyone that didn't experience it first hand and impossible to forget if you did. RIP to both Wallace and Ladmo. I sometimes wonder if they truly understood how much they meant to so many.

I got hired by Legend City. Technically, that would've been my first job. But, then Burger King at Rural and Guadalupe called, and offered more hours, so I took that job instead.

 

[BillsCarnage]

I got hired by Legend City. Technically, that would've been my first job. But, then Burger King at Rural and Guadalupe called, and offered more hours, so I took that job instead.

Holy cow, I went the opening of that; were you there then? That space shuttle was so much fun ;-)

 

[azmike74]

I'm 40, so I barely remember Legend City. I almost got a Ladmo Bag one time, it was either Legend City or the state fair, Ladmo came to my row, started counting seats, and DAMN, off by one seat! I always knew when to leave for the school by the timing of the cartoons.

Great memories for anyone who grew up in Phoenix prior to the late 80s.

RIP Wall Boy.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

8/11/2014 -

Memorial for Wallace Bill Thompson at Harkins Theaters in Tempe Marketplace
Doors open at 6 PM

Memorial at 7:30 PM until 9 PM

Those appearing on stage will include performers from Wallace & Ladmo, Family, special friends, and the band from The Wallace & Ladmo Show staged play.

For Fans and Friends that cannot make the memorial, AZ-TV and possibly other stations, will be filming the celebration of Wallace.

AZTV.com will be streaming the gathering LIVE and taping it for later viewing. Go to their site to view and follow the superbly simple instructions.

If you have any health or handicapped concerns or other questions on seating, Harkins Theaters is the place to call.

 

[BillsCarnage]

Anyone catching this late AZTV is channel 7 on DTV

 

[puckhead]

W & L Bronze Statue Coming to Downtown in 2016

One day in 1964, while 5-year-old Neil Logan was home alone watching The Wallace and Ladmo Show, Ladmo held up a drawing Logan had done.

“They used to ask kids to send in drawings all the time,” recalls the 66-year-old artist, known today for his bronze figurative sculptures. “This time, Ladmo was showing mine! I was jumping up and down with excitement, and then I realized no one was home. No one would see my Ladmo art.”

More than 60 years later, Logan’s Ladmo art is about to get a wider audience. He’s been commissioned to create a life-size bronze of Bill Thompson, Ladimir Kwiatkowski, and Pat McMahon to be placed in front of the Herberger Theater Center this spring.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts...ue-coming-to-downtown-phoenix-in-2016-7875486

 

[Bert]

RIP. I dont know how I missed this last year. Sad news still even tho it's not news.

Me and my sister met them back in 86, we even found the episode on Youtube a few years ago! My sister (Jennifer) 6:25 in got to be on the show and got a Ladmo bag! She still has it in a frame in her office. I was there and got to meet them but I was too scared to go on the show. I was terrified of Ladmo. LoL I was terrified of chuck e cheese and billy bob at showbiz too so it was nothing personal. I had a fear of anyone in costume when I was a kid. They gave me a ladmo bag too but I lost it years ago in a box that had my baseball card collection in it. lol. I still want to know what happened to that damn box!!! lol

My mom said they were warm and sweet men who really loved the children of this town and always made sure everyone was having fun. They left a beautiful legacy. RIP.

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