77 SUNSET STRIP POSTCARD - EDD BYRNES, ROGER SMITH, EFREM ZIMBALIST JR - 1960 for Sale

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77 SUNSET STRIP POSTCARD - EDD BYRNES, ROGER SMITH, EFREM ZIMBALIST JR - 1960 For Sale

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77 SUNSET STRIP POSTCARD - EDD BYRNES, ROGER SMITH, EFREM ZIMBALIST JR - 1960:
$15.98

Measures 5-17/32\" X 3-17/32\" -- glossy full color on front -- rear shows \"DEC20\'60\" machine postage from Burbank, CA, with machine imprinted ad for the movie \"THE SUNDOWNERS\" -- rear message reads \"THANK YOU FOR WRITING. BEST WISHES FROM: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. {machine autograph} Roger Smith {machine autograph} Edd Byrnes {machine autograph} -- ad at rear bottom left reads \"Warner Bros. can supply you with an 8 x 10 photo of any one of these Stars. Enclose 50 {cents symbol} for each photo. Address requests to: FAN MAIL DEPARTMENT, WARNER BROS. STUDIO, BURBANK, CALIF.\" -- vertical rear median separator reads \"WARNER BROS. STUDIO, BURBANK, CALIF.\"
Group -- 003Wear & chipping to edges & corners, with scratches, indentations & rub-wear -- pin-holes at all 4 corners -- postal indentation & movie promotion indentation show thru on front -- 1/2\" corner crease at front top left corner -- 3/16\" corner crease at front lower right corner -- 3/8\" corner crease at front top right corner -- 3/8\" gouge with scratches at front right top edge -- overall condition Good Minus
Friday evenings back in the late 1950s and early 1960s found me torn between two different (and yet culturally similar) TV series -- \"ROUTE 66\" on the one hand (an extremely well-written, philosophically driven program about two drifters driving across America, seeking adventure and employment); and, on the other hand, \"77 SUNSET STRIP,\" another well-written mystery series, featuring private detectives Stu Bailey (EFREM ZIMBALIST Jr) and Jeff Spencer (ROGER SMITH), with Gerald Lloyd \"Kookie\" Kookson III (EDD BYRNES) as the hip parking lot attendant at next door\'s Dino\'s Lodge. Since I was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time (and not yet too deep into philosophical angst), I usually spent that hour with the boys at \"77 SUNSET STRIP\" -- and mailed away for this (and other) Warner Brothers TV show postcards, pinning them all up on the poster-board in my bedroom. Unfortunately, this is the only one that survived; but I can still remember the lyrics from the top of the show:
77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap twice)77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap twice)77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap once)The street that wears a fancy labelThat\'s glorified in song and fable --The most exciting people pass you by,Including a private eye.
77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap twice)77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap twice)77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap once)You\'ll meet the highbrow and the hipster,The starlet and the pony tipster --You\'ll find most every kind of gal and guyIncluding a private eye.
77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap twice)77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap twice)77 Sunset Strip! (fingers snap once)