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Malt Shop Babylon

She started off talking about defunct Spokane movie theaters. But then one of my correspondents mentioned having seen a Ricky Nelson concert at the old Coliseum sometime around One Million B.C.

Quite a few year’s before that, the late singer’s father performed with his big band at Nat Park.

Thinking of that reminded me of what was once America’s favorite TV show.

When I was in my 20s, I nearly perfected an underappreciated Ozzie Nelson impression. “Uh, uh… Rick, where are you going?”

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* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "The Slice." Read all stories from this blog