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Rex Trailer, host of ‘Boomtown’ TV show, dies at 84

He taught us about Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunamaugg. Does anyone remember what he said it meant? For some reason this is bringing back a flood of childhood memories. Back then my biggest problem was the ball going in the sewer. Youth is wasted on the young.
 
Yes. Rex did Boomtown at WXNE for a year or so. They didn't have a large studio space so it wasn't the same. He then did Earth Lab for several years (it ran on various channels).
 
Maureen Carney commented: said:
He (Rex Trailer) then did "Earth Lab" for several years (it ran on various channels) (after "Boomtown" ended).
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I believe Trailer did "Earth Lab" in 1972 at WBZ-4, but the show was syndicated nationally by then-WBZ-parent Group W/Westinghouse. The title was a play on words of "Skylab", the first U.S. space station, which would be launched in 1973.
 
There is an urban legend concerning the outdoor set WBZ-4 built for "Boomtown" next to the station's studios during the show's "glory years" of the late 1950's and the 1960's. I don't know if it's true, but here it is:

The story goes that "Gunsmoke" star James Arness was in Boston sometime during the 1960's on some sort of business at a time when "Gunsmoke" topped the prime-time ratings. Arness and his driver were going down Soldier's Field Road, past the WBZ studios, and saw the large outdoor Western Town set. Arness and his driver pulled in, were given a tour of the set, and Arness is said to have told his driver "How could a local weekend morning children's show in Boston have a bigger and more elaborate Western set than our show, which is the most popular program in prime-time??".

If anyone knows if this story is or isn't true, please let me know. Thanks.
 
IIRC, there was also a short-lived weekday version of "Boomtown" with a different theme song than the weekend one. I remember part of the lyrics:

There's Pablo, Hubert, Goldrush and you.
And we'll have a game or two.
Animals in the pet corral,
So come and join us fellers and gals!
 
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