In 1956 i was 9 yo. And every time I seen these guys on tv, i was spellbound. Meadow lark lemon was so awesome. Life was sheldered back then. But these guys gave life, life. God bless the early team.
Y'all never know how long people could live and here's the answer up to 200 year-olds don't be fooled you only see a Comment section and a profile pic so when you just run your standing mouths be positive
I was 11 years old back in 1956, and around that time, the Harlem Globetrotters visited Hong Kong. The indoor stadium was fully packed with paying spectators, including us schoolboys. We laughed so much at their antics, these highly skilled basketball players running circles over the opposition, and the poor referee, too. I am now 76 and living in London. Those were good old days. Thanks for the memories, Harlem Globetrotters. God bless you all, wherever you are. Thanks for sharing video.
Sonny Din, Thank You for sharing that story. Your story reminds me of the only time I was able to see the Harlem Globetrotters. It was at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines Iowa. My father took me. I was 12 years old (1975) I'm 58 now. It was a thrill. Dad is still living too (84 now) Take Care. Blessed Day.
It is true. They used to play against NBA teams back in the 40s and 50s. Some of the best players of all time, like Wilt Chamberlain, used to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.
I'll add to my previous comment by saying that I met The Harlem Globetrotter & The American Allstars when they stayed at a hotel where i was working. They filled the hotel with such fun & good humour, I was really sad when they left. I have great memories of them.
I grew up in the 1960s and went to see them every year. I always asked for autographs and every single player, including the superstars, was gracious and treated me like someone special, not a random kid in the cheap seats. I was always thrilled to meet them. At the time, I didn't realize that I was the gazillionth fan they met that day. As an adult I understood what classy men they were.
@@StriatedMuscle Lol! I've corrected the error. I take a medication that causes both coordination problems and double vision as side effects. I'll take the occasional undetected typo that can result over the result of not taking it.
Remember as a kid when they used to appear on ABC Wide World of Sports. Curt Gowdy would host or Chris Shenkel. I remember Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal. But was it Meadowlark who started the Globetrotters? I always thought so but they went back this far to the 50s. Wow. Great entertainment!
My parents took me to see them in Phoenix around this time. I still remember being in stitches and in awe of what they could do. Meadowlark Lemon, #36, always seemed to steal the show. Great memory seeing this clip.
Meadowlark and the bald one, 'Curly O'neal'! Saw them several times in NC. Raleigh, Greensboro, Greenville, Wilmington. I had almost forgotten how fun it was! 🏀
And let's not forget Marques Haynes with his his dribbling skills. My dad took my brother and me to see them. My dad was telling us that he saw the original team before he was shipped off overseas when the US entered WWII.
Mightysonic brothegamer to make serious change it had to be .....majority can be as low as 50.1% Just because someone wasn’t for segregation doesn’t mean that they wanted to initiate change. That’s the problem with our culture is most people know what’s right but they do not want to be bothered to make it so. Sad.
Dad always made sure we watched the games on TV. Never saw them play in person, but some awesome ball handling and lots of humor too Remember Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal the most.
I saw them in 1972 with my father and brother. Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neal, Geese Ausbey on their team then. Just so much fun at that time. We were living at Ft. Benning, Ga, during the Vietnam war, and a time of so much racial discrimination. I think that we were all looking for some way to find some laughter and togetherness, and the Globetrotters were the best ambassadors ever 🙂❤
You can see why it’s a great honour to be picked to play for the Harlem Globetrotters because only the best and greatest players got in . They have been entertaining crowds for a long time with their skills and entertainment elements they introduced to basketball and nobody promoted the game better and made children want to take up the sport. Massive MASSIVE respect to every player selected and privileged enough to have played for the best basketball teams ever throughout the years.
I knew Curly Neal. He moved to my town,saw him and didn’t realize who he was at first. He walked in my store one day and said that he wanted to buy some flooring from a local dealer. Absolute class act. Enjoyed every minute of my time with him. Even at the height of his popularity he was the most down to earth guy you would ever want to meet. Never forget him.
I saw them in Mexico city between 72-76, for us down there it was even more amazing, since we didn't watch or have pro basketball, Im 60 now and still remember how great they where.
My dad took me to see the Globetrotter's at the the New Haven Arena sometime in '69-70', I was only 9 or 10 at the time. This was the Meadowlark Lemon/Curly Neal era. We laughed so hard tears were coming out of our eyes,; we weren't the only ones. Thank you Dad, I miss you very much! ♥️ 🇺🇸
Wow, great memories of when my father took me to watch them in the Early 60s. This 9 year old was Amazed. Now 50 plus years later I remember why I was.
This 1956 team came thru McPherson Kansas and cleaned the diner out of food. My dad was there attending college he said everyone talked about it forever. He told me about in the 1980's Reece Goose Tatum was his favorite.
I imaging they did some overseas work during ww2. (Wonder if they hung out with Don Knotts/Barney Fife in the Pacific where Barn did a ventriloquist act for GIs. He threw the dummy overboard… battle fatigue. True.) Globetrotters were entertaining in East Germany during the Cold War and likely Vietnam with Bob Hope and Raquel. They can only be loved by everyone.
And these guys never lost a game! They were awesome and more so in person. Took my little sister in law to see them and she was flabbergasted by them. Talked about them for a week after the game.
Growing up as a kid in the seventies between the cartoon show and ABC's Wide World of Sports I still have some great memories of this guys. As an adult I took my family to see them and my daughter went on the court and did the Magic Circle with them and I got to meet Curly Neal (number 22). Great times!!
I had the great pleasure of bring one of the hosts in the mid 60'. They were still driving the old, converted Checker Station Wagon. And I will never forget the treatment I got from a bunch of guys that had just traveled. from Fresno CA to Sacramento CA. They came out of the "coach" just as fresh as if they have been waiting in Sacramento for days. What a great time that was for a middle aged teenager. I will never forget the kindness the offered ups form signing some of the guys shirts to a few basket balls. A lot of things have come and gone in all 60 years but I will never forget the 2 night I got to "work" for the HARLEM GLOBETRTOTTERS.
Wow. Glad I found this. My father took me to see the Globetrotters in 1958 at China Lake California. I was 10 years old. It was a fairly small gym so everything was close and personal. This brings back memories. Good memories.
Nothing like the old golden age Harlem Globetrotters. They had so much showmanship, talent and skills with the ball I just don’t see the same level in the newer generations of Globetrotters
America's favorite team. Every kid I knew growing up either heard of, or loved the Globe Trotters. I loved watching them go on tv before bedtime. Ahhh, the good ol' days. We lost track of our countries best qualities. Love for the other guy, and the ability to draw a crowd and have a blast!
I waited after the game until the Globetrotters were walking the hall to their bus and got Curly O'Neal and Meadowlark Lemon's autographs when I was 12 at NC State Reynolds Coliseum... They were still smiling and had a great spirit!🤗
@@phatrickmoore I never expressed any anger here, just stated what happened Patrick. As a 13 year old why should I have been happy for them? They hurt their sons' feelings. Sorry your mental capacity didn't understand that.
I'm not a basketball fan, because in Jr. High School I never could make the shot! But I am a Globetrotters fan! If I'm watching or going to a basketball game it's the Globetrotters playing! I grew up watching Meadowlark Lemon and Curly (R.I.P.) along with the rest of the best basketball team ever! God Bless.🙏
In 1956 I was in jr high and the Globetrotters came t o do a program in our auditorium. When It was over me and my friend slipped out the back door between classes where they were ready to leave and got their autographs at their Globetrotter bus. Goose Tatum was my favorite to watch. Along with the : clowning" of Meadowlark Lemon. Marques Haymes too. I remember how Tall they were ( I was 5 ft 4) and how HJGE their hands were as we shook hands with each one of them.. they were so cordial to us.. Wow, if I only had those autographs today for my grandsons. 🏀🏀🏀
The Globe Trotters were phenomenal!!! I was very fortunate to see them in the 70s with Lemon Geese and Curly! During the 50s Jim Crow and segregation was alive and well!
I remember in the 70’s watching “Wide World of Sports”, with Howard Cosell. The Harlem Globetrotters were great men with even bigger hearts. They came to our high school and put on a great show. The talent was indescribable. Great video!
Went to see these as a child at Wembley arena ... things were so much more fun and simple . Remember it being such fun . Didn’t realise for years how skilful these gentlemen were ... 🏀
I've loved the Harlem Globe Trotter's since I seen them back in the early 60's. After seeing this film from 1956, I'm convinced this team has know damn business in the NBA or the then ABA, they'd be in the finals every year. Thank you NBA for not allowing them in the NBA, to damn good.
They were a real tram in the 1940s and part of the 1950s...george mikans world champion Lakers split two games with them but by the time Chamberlain joined the team it was not a real team anymore....in the 1960s when guys were cut from NBA teams and a b a teams they often joined the globetrotters
Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neil, all magicians with the basketball. My folks and I saw them play many times, at least on TV, didn't have the $$ to see them in person. Enjoyed every minute. They couldn't be beat. True artists.
I remember watching them as a child on wide world of sports with Howard Cosell doing the game. They were and still are a great act. Meadowlark Lemon was my favorite
probably a little bit later than that. It's worth noting that "Sweet Georgia Brown", the tune now indelibly associated with the Globetrotters, is from 1925, right at the height of the silent film era.
The title on this video mentions that it was from an 8mm film. That indicates that it was made for the home market. In the days before home video, you could buy 8mm films for home viewing. At the time, 8mm projectors didn’t have sound, so the film producers had to put in the title cards that you see. The music you hear was added to the video transfer, as indicated in the video description. Instead of “trying to make it look like 1916,” it actually looks like a commercially available 8mm film from 1956.
Richard Pryor,Evel knevel, Ali, Cossel ,wide world of sports and the Harlem globetrotters ALL trail blazed and were the 70’s entertainment source hands down!What a time to grow up in 💪
My dad took me to see these original Harlem Globetrotters at Sun Valley High school in Aston ,Pa around 1960. There never has been nor will there ever be anyone like them again. They were both funny and magical. Such a wonderful memory ❤️🙏
I went to see the Globetrotters with my father here in Brasil, in 1995 or so, I was 15 yo. so amazing and entertaining, I remember so much till these days
Grew up in the sixties and went to see them every year at the Westchester County Center, small venue where you could hear all the banter and every joke. They were always fantastic!
Got to see them in about 1960 in Landstuhl, Germany and again in Englewood, Colorado about 1966. Meadowlark Lemon was my favorite... very fun And funny!
They came to my home town in East Tenn I think in 1962 or 63 , and I took our family 8mm camera and filmed a lot of it. They even had the Great Satchel Page with them and he came out at Half Time to take a bow. THEY WERE GREAT ! Curly was my favorite from then on.
Three great American sports figures I got to see in my life before I was ten yrs old. I watched Mickey Mantle hit a home run and Jim Brown play football, both in the old Yankee Stadium, and I saw Meadowlark Lemon play with the Globetrotters in the New Haven Arena. The antics of Meadowlark Lemon stand out most in my memory.
My father told me that the Globetrotters were better than most if not all NBA teams. But the NBA had unwritten quotas that lasted into the late 60's. So many players who were much better than NBA players, never got a chance to play. Chamberlain, Russell, Robertson, Baylor, Thurmond, Bellamy and KC Jones were the exception.
This guy's were the original hall of fame flashy passers and incredible ball handling now i know where curry got his game from he still practices with today's Harlem globetrotters
My uncle took me to see them in around 1955/56 at our local high school field house. Was great entertainment. Goose Tatum, Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon.
These are the Globetrotters I remember as a kid. I have an 8mm movie I made of them when they played at East Tennessee State College ( I think was 1960) Meadowlark Lemmon was my favorite ! What these guys all did for their race and never took a KNEE ! What GREAT role models they were for kids ,unlike the Pro Ball players today !!
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100 times I seen this and more. The originals were the best of them.
In 1956 i was 9 yo. And every time I seen these guys on tv, i was spellbound.
Meadow lark lemon was so awesome. Life was sheldered back then. But these guys gave life, life. God bless the early team.
are you 76 years old sir?
whats sheldered ???🤔
Not only are they clever & entertaining, but the nicest guys I ever met.
dang, how old are you?
@@boblesteresta9610 good question?
Are you 120years old and still typing on youtube?
Y'all never know how long people could live and here's the answer up to 200 year-olds don't be fooled you only see a Comment section and a profile pic so when you just run your standing mouths be positive
What how old are you man
I was 11 years old back in 1956, and around that time, the Harlem Globetrotters visited Hong Kong. The indoor stadium was fully packed with paying spectators, including us schoolboys. We laughed so much at their antics, these highly skilled basketball players running circles over the opposition, and the poor referee, too. I am now 76 and living in London. Those were good old days. Thanks for the memories, Harlem Globetrotters. God bless you all, wherever you are. Thanks for sharing video.
Sonny Din,
Thank You for sharing that story. Your story reminds me of the only time I was able to see the Harlem Globetrotters. It was at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines Iowa. My father took me. I was 12 years old (1975) I'm 58 now. It was a thrill. Dad is still living too (84 now) Take Care.
Blessed Day.
Good ole days.
When the Globtrotters came to my town decades ago, I got to see the great Meadowlark Lemon! I’ll never forget that ! Glad he lived a long life of 83.
@@SirManfly he was my favorite !
@@colinhalliley111 Mine too..A true talented Comic Athlete with great timing...
Not only their performances are entertaining, but also they are actually fantastic basketball players
It is true. They used to play against NBA teams back in the 40s and 50s. Some of the best players of all time, like Wilt Chamberlain, used to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.
@@howardbaxter2514 After Wilt left Kansas that was the only place to play since the NBA only drafted upperclassmen back then.
@@howardbaxter2514 A couple years in a row in the forties, they actually beat the NBA Champions.
❤exactly well said
YUH THINK !
I'll add to my previous comment by saying that I met The Harlem Globetrotter & The American Allstars when they stayed at a hotel where i was working. They filled the hotel with such fun & good humour, I was really sad when they left. I have great memories of them.
May I ask what date you met them and how old are you?
@vincent he met them on 12/9/2018 and he is 5 years old 😂😂😂
@@kanitplakaj9498 any proof?
Vincent r/woooosh
@@VincentVincent_89 The Globetrotters began in the 1920s and are around to this day. There are actually TWO teams, east and west.
Damn their passing skills is like God tier
I know Jesus
tell em i said hello
Samething with Their handles
Chopzzz all this is scripted
Ikr
I grew up in the 1960s and went to see them every year. I always asked for autographs and every single player, including the superstars, was gracious and treated me like someone special, not a random kid in the cheap seats. I was always thrilled to meet them. At the time, I didn't realize that I was the gazillionth fan they met that day. As an adult I understood what classy men they were.
I can still recall seeing them on television. They usually played a team called the WASHINGTON GENERALS. They were truly a class act.
Wow! You grew up in the one ninety-nine sixties??!! (The future.......)
@@StriatedMuscle Lol! I've corrected the error. I take a medication that causes both coordination problems and double vision as side effects. I'll take the occasional undetected typo that can result over the result of not taking it.
Remember as a kid when they used to appear on ABC Wide World of Sports. Curt Gowdy would host or Chris Shenkel. I remember Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal. But was it Meadowlark who started the Globetrotters? I always thought so but they went back this far to the 50s. Wow. Great entertainment!
My parents took me to see them in Phoenix around this time. I still remember being in stitches and in awe of what they could do. Meadowlark Lemon, #36, always seemed to steal the show. Great memory seeing this clip.
Same here, except we saw them in Tempe @ the then University Activity Center.
Meadowlark and the bald one, 'Curly O'neal'! Saw them several times in NC. Raleigh, Greensboro, Greenville, Wilmington. I had almost forgotten how fun it was! 🏀
And let's not forget Marques Haynes with his his dribbling skills. My dad took my brother and me to see them. My dad was telling us that he saw the original team before he was shipped off overseas when the US entered WWII.
My folks took me to see them in Omaha in the sixties, I was probably 12. The show was very funny
Props to them. Still entertaining during a time of extreme racism and segregation in the US.
M K not in Harlem and throughout 80% of the country. They even sold out Birmingham with 90% whites.
Stole the words from my mouth mk
@The One who Doubts the Plan not reallyyyyy
The One who Doubts the Plan totally not true
Mightysonic brothegamer to make serious change it had to be .....majority can be as low as 50.1%
Just because someone wasn’t for segregation doesn’t mean that they wanted to initiate change. That’s the problem with our culture is most people know what’s right but they do not want to be bothered to make it so. Sad.
Dad always made sure we watched the games on TV. Never saw them play in person, but some awesome ball handling and lots of humor too Remember Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal the most.
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I saw them in 1972 with my father and brother. Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neal, Geese Ausbey on their team then. Just so much fun at that time. We were living at Ft. Benning, Ga, during the Vietnam war, and a time of so much racial discrimination. I think that we were all looking for some way to find some laughter and togetherness, and the Globetrotters were the best ambassadors ever 🙂❤
Extremely skilled guys, they deserve all basketball lovers appreciation.
You can see why it’s a great honour to be picked to play for the Harlem Globetrotters because only the best and greatest players got in . They have been entertaining crowds for a long time with their skills and entertainment elements they introduced to basketball and nobody promoted the game better and made children want to take up the sport. Massive MASSIVE respect to every player selected and privileged enough to have played for the best basketball teams ever throughout the years.
The harlem are super famous. Their skill is like majic... lovely to wacth... cool music
I knew Curly Neal. He moved to my town,saw him and didn’t realize who he was at first. He walked in my store one day and said that he wanted to buy some flooring from a local dealer. Absolute class act. Enjoyed every minute of my time with him. Even at the height of his popularity he was the most down to earth guy you would ever want to meet. Never forget him.
Stacey, may I ask what town?
Hi 👋
When you’re young you start a list of characters you’d like to have as an uncle. Curl Neal has had a spot since the 1969s.
@@olmalone amazing man
I saw them in Mexico city between 72-76, for us down there it was even more amazing, since we didn't watch or have pro basketball, Im 60 now and still remember how great they where.
68 years' ago when I was a lad of 20. Still magical. They gave the world so much pleasure. Regards to all existing fans from England. April, 2024.
My dad took me to see the Globetrotter's at the the New Haven Arena sometime in '69-70', I was only 9 or 10 at the time.
This was the Meadowlark Lemon/Curly Neal era. We laughed so hard tears were coming out of our eyes,; we weren't the only ones.
Thank you Dad, I miss you very much! ♥️ 🇺🇸
7:00 the reason why you can't fake a freethrow is that they changed the rules right away after the refs got annoyed by these men
I'm sure the refs got annoyed by the fake free throw attempts and not "these men" . smh edit: unleeeess....
The refs had seen the script. They only pretended to be annoyed.
@@rembrandt972ify woooosh?
Sean Dicitra r/Idonthavereddit
@@carsonwood611 i would say i didn't put the r slash before the woooosh but ur username scares me so ok
The only team that can beat the Warriors
SpeedHomeAttack yea ok
Yeah there athletic ability and coordination is on point😅
James can beat the warriors with duranr
dude warriors keep lossing
SpeedHomeAttack i agreed
Wow, great memories of when my father took me to watch them in the Early 60s. This 9 year old was Amazed. Now 50 plus years later I remember why I was.
I saw them play in the 90's and it was a lot like this
This 1956 team came thru McPherson Kansas and cleaned the diner out of food. My dad was there attending college he said everyone talked about it forever. He told me about in the 1980's Reece Goose Tatum was his favorite.
I think this is my favorite comment under this video so far.
Probably the greatest entertainers and crowd pleasers ever. Still going strong in their 94th year (founded in 1926 ).
I imaging they did some overseas work during ww2. (Wonder if they hung out with Don Knotts/Barney Fife in the Pacific where Barn did a ventriloquist act for GIs. He threw the dummy overboard… battle fatigue. True.) Globetrotters were entertaining in East Germany during the Cold War and likely Vietnam with Bob Hope and Raquel. They can only be loved by everyone.
And these guys never lost a game! They were awesome and more so in person. Took my little sister in law to see them and she was flabbergasted by them. Talked about them for a week after the game.
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@@bidziilalex146 Very well thank you, how are you? My life has truly been blessed by our Lord.
@@Nana-vi4rd I’m good thanks for your concern
@@Nana-vi4rd yeah I’m glad you’re a Christian
@@Nana-vi4rd anyway I’m Alex originally from Finland but I live in Houston where are you from?
Growing up as a kid in the seventies between the cartoon show and ABC's Wide World of Sports I still have some great memories of this guys. As an adult I took my family to see them and my daughter went on the court and did the Magic Circle with them and I got to meet Curly Neal (number 22). Great times!!
I had the great pleasure of bring one of the hosts in the mid 60'. They were still driving the old, converted Checker Station Wagon. And I will never forget the treatment I got from a bunch of guys that had just traveled. from Fresno CA to Sacramento CA. They came out of the "coach" just as fresh as if they have been waiting in Sacramento for days. What a great time that was for a middle aged teenager. I will never forget the kindness the offered ups form signing some of the guys shirts to a few basket balls. A lot of things have come and gone in all 60 years but I will never forget the 2 night I got to "work" for the HARLEM GLOBETRTOTTERS.
Wow. Glad I found this. My father took me to see the Globetrotters in 1958 at China Lake California. I was 10 years old. It was a fairly small gym so everything was close and personal. This brings back memories. Good memories.
Harlem Globetrotters always will be the best team on the planet!!!!🏀🏀🏀🏀 👏👏👏👏👏
They were pure talent and great people.
Imagine the PROFESSOR at the time.
And boncellector
He would be the Micheal Jordan of that era
@@hahawxrd5848Who's Boncellector? Haha
Soul Freeman bonecollector
@@Drippin_Sauce I'd never guessed...
man I love this old jazz and ragtime music
Lol me too ..
Nothing like the old golden age Harlem Globetrotters. They had so much showmanship, talent and skills with the ball I just don’t see the same level in the newer generations of Globetrotters
I saw them in Stockholm Sweden middle of 1960ths amazing stuff .
That hand shake transition was smooth af
I remember seeing them as a kid. I loved it. Brings tears of joy to my eyes. They were a bunch of great guys.
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America's favorite team. Every kid I knew growing up either heard of, or loved the Globe Trotters. I loved watching them go on tv before bedtime. Ahhh, the good ol' days. We lost track of our countries best qualities. Love for the other guy, and the ability to draw a crowd and have a blast!
Who else is watching this in the year of 3198
What
Unheard NewWorld idk barbecue chicken
im watching in 1955
It’s 2020
SegaHedgehog what are you talking about bro
I waited after the game until the Globetrotters were walking the hall to their bus and got Curly O'Neal and Meadowlark Lemon's autographs when I was 12 at NC State Reynolds Coliseum... They were still smiling and had a great spirit!🤗
My parents went to see the Globetrotters in the mid 60’s and left us kids at home. Terrific parents indeed.
get over it and be happy for them
@@phatrickmoore I never expressed any anger here, just stated what happened Patrick. As a 13 year old why should I have been happy for them? They hurt their sons' feelings. Sorry your mental capacity didn't understand that.
@@phatrickmoore ok boomer
Can you imagine the hours of practice and preparation it takes to perfect their routines.
I'm not a basketball fan, because in Jr. High School I never could make the shot! But I am a Globetrotters fan! If I'm watching or going to a basketball game it's the Globetrotters playing! I grew up watching Meadowlark Lemon and Curly (R.I.P.) along with the rest of the best basketball team ever! God Bless.🙏
I saw the Harlem Globetrotters in the 60's and early 70's. They were the greatest!
A joy to watch. Great talent. Their warm up to "Sweet Georgia Brown" is a classic.
That rhythm is finger popping with bones added. I used to do both while whistling only that catchy cool tune.
WOW hours of love when they practised,LOVING WHAT YOU DO IS THE KEY TO LIFE.... PURE PURE EXCELLENCE......
I loved how the crowd looks soo classic neat and clean combed hair and everything ♥️
What's that got to do with anything?
@@BrianBattles just showing appreciation to the beautiful past when people were good from the inside and the outside ❤♥️
@@aboood661013141 You're imagining things. The past was no better than today.
@@BrianBattles that's your past sir 🤗, don't compare what you have experienced and been thought of on other communities at least mine .
@@aboood661013141 Most people nostalgically remember an imagined past as better than it really was.
The group of harlem globetrotters in 2001 came to our school and did a gig. Pretty awesome to watch.
Boy does that bring back memories. I was 8 in 1956, I remember watching them on TV. They were amazing to watch, very funny, talented men.
Happy days.
My Dad had a Projector and some Castle films....this was one of them....Great memories...
In 1956 I was in jr high and the Globetrotters came t o do a program in our auditorium.
When It was over me and my friend slipped out the back door between classes where they were ready to leave and got their autographs at their Globetrotter bus. Goose Tatum was my favorite to watch. Along with the : clowning" of Meadowlark Lemon. Marques Haymes too. I remember how Tall they were ( I was 5 ft 4) and how HJGE their hands were as we shook hands with each one of them.. they were so cordial to us.. Wow, if I only had those autographs today for my grandsons. 🏀🏀🏀
The Globe Trotters were phenomenal!!!
I was very fortunate to see them in the 70s with Lemon Geese and Curly! During the 50s Jim Crow and segregation was alive and well!
I remember in the 70’s watching “Wide World of Sports”, with Howard Cosell. The Harlem Globetrotters were great men with even bigger hearts. They came to our high school and put on a great show. The talent was indescribable. Great video!
Went to see these as a child at Wembley arena ... things were so much more fun and simple . Remember it being such fun . Didn’t realise for years how skilful these gentlemen were ... 🏀
5:19 what a shame to miss that! 😔😢
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@@GetTpOrDIE lmao
I've loved the Harlem Globe Trotter's since I seen them back in the early 60's. After seeing this film from 1956, I'm convinced this team has know damn business in the NBA or the then ABA, they'd be in the finals every year. Thank you NBA for not allowing them in the NBA, to damn good.
They were a real tram in the 1940s and part of the 1950s...george mikans world champion Lakers split two games with them but by the time Chamberlain joined the team it was not a real team anymore....in the 1960s when guys were cut from NBA teams and a b a teams they often joined the globetrotters
I know that's world it's a little weird but.... Who can really dislike this outstanding master piece??
You know who🤷🏽♂️
Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neil, all magicians with the basketball. My folks and I saw them play many times, at least on TV, didn't have the $$ to see them in person. Enjoyed every minute. They couldn't be beat. True artists.
If anyone notices, sneakers back then were Converse. I had my first pair in 1969 for $10.00. Had to save up my allowance to get that sneakers.
0:54 how smooth was that shake 😳
Is this the first dap ever recorded on camera?
I remember watching them as a child on wide world of sports with Howard Cosell doing the game. They were and still are a great act. Meadowlark Lemon was my favorite
Wide World Of Sports is still the best sport centered program ever
Some editor in 1956 was really trying hard to make this look like 1916.
probably a little bit later than that. It's worth noting that "Sweet Georgia Brown", the tune now indelibly associated with the Globetrotters, is from 1925, right at the height of the silent film era.
The title on this video mentions that it was from an 8mm film. That indicates that it was made for the home market. In the days before home video, you could buy 8mm films for home viewing. At the time, 8mm projectors didn’t have sound, so the film producers had to put in the title cards that you see. The music you hear was added to the video transfer, as indicated in the video description. Instead of “trying to make it look like 1916,” it actually looks like a commercially available 8mm film from 1956.
Well color tv didn't start until 57, so yeah it looks older.
Richard Pryor,Evel knevel, Ali, Cossel ,wide world of sports and the Harlem globetrotters ALL trail blazed and were the 70’s entertainment source hands down!What a time to grow up in 💪
My dad took me to see these original Harlem Globetrotters at Sun Valley High school in Aston ,Pa around 1960.
There never has been nor will there ever be anyone like them again.
They were both funny and magical.
Such a wonderful memory ❤️🙏
Everyone was magic Johnson, just had been born a little earlier
Everyone was? Even me?
Patrick O'Donnell bro he meant the globetrotters smh
Mr.GoodGamer bro he made a joke
smh
Nisha Augustine bruh that wasn’t a joke, if it was then it had to be one of the most un funniest jokes ever conceived.
Mr.GoodGamer it was a joke, unfunny at that, but a joke nonetheless.
2:33 time travel alert, notice him
Who?
Renz Dejos draymond green
Where
AngryWhiteGuy around the top right youll see him hes behind
AngryWhiteGuy the guy thats smiling on the right to the top left of him
An awe inspiring legend, in the making. These great young gentlemen were/ are the best of the best. Respect and love. OSU
I went to see the Globetrotters with my father here in Brasil, in 1995 or so, I was 15 yo. so amazing and entertaining, I remember so much till these days
Grew up in the sixties and went to see them every year at the Westchester County Center, small venue where you could hear all the banter and every joke. They were always fantastic!
Imagine doing this in 2019
FreezyPuffs lol some 14 year old would just dunk on them 😂
Bruh they still exist
except for you
Qwerty yeah but they are talking about in a real NBA game
@@Qwerty-yc9gg woosh
It seems like they've never changed at all... The 60's Globetrotters style is so similar to the modern globetrotter style
Feel like in 50's old school 👍👍👍👍
Had the honor of seeing them in person twice. Meadowlarks and Curly are so awesome!! 😎
Got to see them in about 1960 in Landstuhl, Germany and again in Englewood, Colorado about 1966. Meadowlark Lemon was my favorite... very fun And funny!
If was alive in this period I would be the Michael Jordan.
Minus the everything
Youbsound dumb as fuck
No way, unless you are very gifted.
Ong
If you were alive back then there's a good chance you wouldn't even know what basketball is. It is not as popular as it is back then.
2:26 WTF!
I'll try that in a game but is it legal to do that
@@marksuckerburg3051 that's legal bro..epic act right? 😂😂
@@YPR45 i tried it it was pretty hard to pull of
😂😂😂😂😂😂rIght!!! I rewinded dat like three times
Not legal anymore, the ball has to reach it's highest point before anyone can touch it now, stopped the tallest player from having the advantage
Old but Gold
They came to my home town in East Tenn I think in 1962 or 63 , and I took our family 8mm camera and filmed a lot of it. They even had the Great Satchel Page with them and he came out at Half Time to take a bow. THEY WERE GREAT ! Curly was my favorite from then on.
Three great American sports figures I got to see in my life before I was ten yrs old. I watched Mickey Mantle hit a home run and Jim Brown play football, both in the old Yankee Stadium, and I saw Meadowlark Lemon play with the Globetrotters in the New Haven Arena.
The antics of Meadowlark Lemon stand out most in my memory.
6:36 I can see e40 spitting of that beat
Lol me2
The beat sounds like e-40
😂😂😂
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QR One 💀
My father told me that the Globetrotters were better than most if not all NBA teams. But the NBA had unwritten quotas that lasted into the late 60's. So many players who were much better than NBA players, never got a chance to play. Chamberlain, Russell, Robertson, Baylor, Thurmond, Bellamy and KC Jones were the exception.
This guy's were the original hall of fame flashy passers and incredible ball handling now i know where curry got his game from he still practices with today's Harlem globetrotters
David Guzman ...that is great to hear, he is well loved around the world!
Love these guys. Saw them as a kid in 1993. Good times. Thank you for the memories.
As a kid I saw them in the early 70's..great showmanship
3:45 That ball movement is basically Golden State Warriors doing their thing.
Brian Fantana no moving screens btw green and KD is the only playmakers
The old ball handle is cray weird nigga
Brian Fantana not anymore
2:48 Every player driving to the hole these days...
Saw these guys on Scooby Doo once
잠시나마 저시대에 다녀온 기분이다..묘하다..I feel like I've been to that era for a while.. It's strange..
My uncle took me to see them in around 1955/56 at our local high school field house. Was great entertainment.
Goose Tatum, Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon.
Good stuff, I really enjoyed it. It was interesting to not see a 3 point line.
Thank you. Good point. I hadn't even considered that, but yeah, you're right.
@@dom5743 I don't think the size of the court has changed at all, but the width of the free throw lane sure has.
3Pt made its debut in ‘79
SegaHedgehog no it didn’t. The ABA had used it since 1963 and The ABL used it in 1960. The NBA was late to adopt it.
@@VIDE_005 in NBA, sure. But another 🏀 league in America such as ABA already made the debut of 3 point line in 60s
Now, I clearly see where Magic Johnson got his inspiration from.
6:00 is that magic?🤔
So u don't see the rope hanging from the ball? Or is that just me
6:13 u should be able to see a rope
@@ozanozenir2503 no I am a high school student taking college courses Soo...
it's string
U are bobo child
They are so great.
I saw them play when I was a kid. They were so funny in person and amazingly skilled. They played a local team but the refs were part of the act.
Este time era fantástico! Nunca mais haverá um igual!
My uncle played for the globetrotters during this time.
Respect.
wow ... amazing .. for how long?
These are the Globetrotters I remember as a kid. I have an 8mm movie I made of them when they played at East Tennessee State College ( I think was 1960) Meadowlark Lemmon was my favorite ! What these guys all did for their race and never took a KNEE ! What GREAT role models they were for kids ,unlike the Pro Ball players today !!
They were so popular back then and so funny. I always wanted so bad to see them in person but never had the chance. Good old days indeed.
Good to see Jon Jones using his UFC suspension time wisely.
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