1971 Brunswick World Open

[@beeemm2578]

Johnny Ps sideburn game is on point. 😆. Epic

[@MrChristopherHaas]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! WHAT A FINALE! that was AMAZING, highly entertaining INDEED

[@LouisCsanko]

My Dad, and My uncle both used The Brunswick " Johnny Petraglia LT 48 Bowling ball for many Years with Great Results before the advent of Urethane Bowling Balls.

[@dennishill8356]

Thanks for taking the time to give us all a nice treat.

[@JefferyGates-x1v]

According to the banner at the beginning of the telecast, I can deduce this telecast was November 27th, 1971. I was a month and a half old. My best years bowling league off and on between 1984 (13 yrs.) to 1997 (26 yrs.) Never got to watch telecasts this early, obviously. Thanks for sharing 👍.

[@jonweiss1358]

Epic 1970’s clothing and bowling!

[@Jamison42166]

and sideburns / Mutton chops

[@sing4theLordJesus]

Thank you so much for sharing these classic tournaments. I've tried to watch the newer ones but I keep coming back to the classics. The commercial for the Fling is funny!

[@MrChristopherHaas]

me too

[@mottthehoople684]

Thanks for posting....Don Johnson helped me with my game....he was a class act.

[@20alphabet]

Indeed he was!

[@MrDorbel]

Petraglia still a bowler today and a heavy scorer too.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Tremendous clutch split conversion by Don Johnson in the roll off!

[@beeemm2578]

Hell yes it was. Balls to the wall.....so clutch.

[@irishpogi]

Great to hear Buzz provide color commentary!

[@MrChristopherHaas]

maaaaan these are the men i grew up watching. Don Johnson,dickinson and Johnny P. were my favorites. was this televised? abc?. great to see all 3 right here, heck i liked Larry Laub too.

[@clammer23]

All Johnny Petraglia needs is a bow tie, vest and jacket and it'll look like he ran from his Sr. Prom to bowl on this show. To be honest, this is the 1st time I've ever seen a bowler on TV wearing a long sleeve shirt - EVER.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

younknow….youre right. nothin up his sleeve i hope lol. Now im going to be paying closer attn to attire lol

[@quinn-tessential3232]

Laub in long sleeves as well, and a sleeveless sweater on top. Was it really cold in there? The difference in era was evident from the guy in the front row smoking a cigar. Reminds me of air travel back then. You had a smoking section where you could smoke, and a non-smoking section if you just wanted to smell the smoke without lighting one up yourself.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

i was thinking the same thing. Looks too tight. Too clingy. That would bother me.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

Until Earl Anthony came along, for me, bowling was the 1 sport where i liked EVERYONE, was happy for all who won. Sure, i had favorites Don Johnson, Jim Stephanich, Carmen Salvino, Dickinson, Teata)but i was happy for all. Then Anthony came along and started dominating and it got on my nerves. Then 2 more joined him….Holman…Roth. lol

[@nwtraveler5266]

Wow, killer sideburns on Petraglia. Great old video.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

and Johnson too.

[@Wolfman12395]

Wow, what a rare treat! and in color?!?!?!

[@multicaruana]

What a great match, some great commercials, despite the commentary!

[@dirklerxstpratt2112]

I didn't realize that Chuck Norris led a bowling tournament in 1971.

[@deborahchesser7375]

The pressure will never be known by anybody even close to this level

[@MrChristopherHaas]

i dont know what its lts like to have cameras on me but i do know what its like to have a decent group of people watching me after bowling 6-7 in a row to see if i get that doggone 300 finally. Never did lol. I bowled for tidy sums of cash in many a game that came down to last ball. I KNOW the pressure.

[@davidprince1138]

Thank you!

[@TheDarinw40]

Watching Johnny P back at this stage is a bit wierd..in the days b4 Urethane balls.. instead of the extreme down and in hook he was known for to see him more pointing the rubber ball into the pocket just doesnt seem right lol...i also owned an LT-48 when i was kid as well

[@MrChristopherHaas]

James Caan stunt double in Miller ad? Looks just like him

[@beeemm2578]

Caan was a wild man and a SOB.

[@beeemm2578]

Ol Gary acted like he was allergic to the pocket.

[@rowlffffff]

In the opening, they all look like they're in front of a firing squad!

[@TheMusicIsMyReason]

+rowlffffff You are so right! They look like they are about to be sick!

[@sludge4125]

Or posing for Dork Digest.

[@beeemm2578]

@@TheMusicIsMyReason they are..did you see all that cigarette smoke boiling up? Lmao

[@joeambrose3260]

I think Johnny's wearing his old outfit from Pizzarama

[@deborahchesser7375]

😂 or Shakeys

[@daltondick5223]

6:56 are we not gonna talk about the fact that the eight pin stood back up in the seven pin spot?

[@daltondick5223]

@@whatamiwatchng582 thank you

[@larchmontmark1]

Nice get! It took me about 5 watchings to see that anything weird happened, and y'know, I'm still not sure I exactly see it! But I guess you're right.....

[@bige300]

You are 100% correct! Great catch!

[@beeemm2578]

Gary was cranking 3 revs here.

[@shawnaeby7220]

The Brunswick A-2 is an even better machine than I realized. That, or the 8-pin was closer to the 7-pin spot than I realized.

[@beeemm2578]

1971 Brunswick World Straight Ball Open

[@michaelschweizer4772]

The contestants bowled well in the 1971 Brunswick World Open.

[@lanceschaina3084]

Don Johnson enjoying his first of two years as bowler of the year...before the SOAKER changed the rules of bowling. Kind of quaint compared to today, where I can throw my reactive resin ball down the lane, get 4 revs, hit thin, and blow the 5 pin into the 7, off the wall, and into the 10.

[@georgemolnar7344]

Don McCune changed everything. I was. in grad school at Purdue around then. Bowled against Johnson in Kokomo and Mc Cune in Munster.

[@chasbari]

Trying to figure out the logic of holding the left pinsetter in the down position while each bowler was up on the right lane. Just a little OCD about this I suppose.

[@gretzkysyotes]

Was wondering that myself......

[@thrrsn350]

It was related to the new automatic scorer shown around the 10:30 mark. If I recall correctly, after the bowler finishes the frame, the pinsetter stays in the down position until the next bowler selects their name on the dial (its the white pedestal behind the ball return). Once selected, it would set the pins as normal. While I've never used one, I've heard from others they were a huge pain in the ass to fix, physically and financially.

[@Joey_Hammer]

1:06:00

[@terencediamond356]

They had bowling commercials.

[@lukeheaton5336]

Great upload and fantastic finish! But am I the only one annoyed by alternate Dave Davis chatting away with bowlers on the approach for almost the entire telecast?

[@patrickthibault8119]

Yeah, pretty immature on his part.

[@billlamont817]

The Bowling Librarian Would Have Put Him In His Place.

[@williamdunphy352]

Commentators: Kyle Rote & Buzz Fazio

[@Jamison42166]

Those Sideburns LOL

[@jaydenrx]

if yall look at the brunswick a2 pinsetter why dose it have those extra fins or fangs

[@shawnaeby7220]

I'm sure they had something to do with the new scoring system that was installed at this center at the time. Never saw them used anywhere else other than in this video, and the other comment about it being a pain probably explains why. Also notice the deck coming down after first AND second balls, normally the A-2 only comes down after the first one.

[@gep2771]

Johnson was bowling like his life literally depended on it...his wife and the woman behind her were in agony..😅

[@jimhresko9102]

Brunswick Custom LTD? never saw one used on tv!

[@1USACitizen192]

$12,000 in 1971 is equivelent to $77,000 today

[@dettigs]

thx for the upload!! looks like petraglia had his church clothes on. back to the era before the bowling ball manufacturers sucked all the money out of the bowling community!!

[@chass5438]

+dettigs: Bowling sucks all the money out of the community now. $4 to $5 a game ? Unless you do the weekend specials or something but still, too much for my bank account and shoe rental's ridiculous. Glad in my bowling hay-day it was cheap.

[@marksalo2544]

Blame it on NASCAR. NASCAR, WWF and WCW killed Pro Bowling.

[@MrChristopherHaas]

@@marksalo2544?

[@johnnastrom9400]

The masking at this bowling center looks just like the one at the bowling center where Mark Roth made his famous 7-10 conversion in 1980. Is this the same place?

[@riverdealer]

these were very common masking units for the time. they came in single and double (like in the video). they came in about 6 colors

[@20alphabet]

Yes, Roth's 7-10 conversion was at Mel's Bowl.

[@toscodav]

@@20alphabet Thats right. Mel also owns a diner. My friend Alice used to work there.

[@billlamont817]

​@@toscodavGet Outta Here!

[@dougprw1110]

So few overweight people and some were what we consider skinny today, but normal back then. What happened??

[@beeemm2578]

Fast food

[@PointyTailofSatan]

It's like they are bowling in slow motion, compared to today.

[@douglasharris5216]

PointyTailofSatan believe me, bowling is a lot slower now. In the 60’s we started our five man team at 7:00 and finished before 9:00. Now on Monday’s we start at 6:20 and rarely are done by 9:15

[@KKraft-cm2ph]

Don Johnson loved to play Pan, at the Plaza

[@clammer23]

The name of this channel Mike Ware? Growing up in CT, I use to bowl JBTs in the very early 90s and there was a kid named Mike Ware that bowled them. Are you the same Mike Ware?

[@maestro-zq8gu]

Not Buzz but the other announcer super chill guy very relaxing to listen to.

[@beeemm2578]

I'm sure he smoked a carton of Raleighs a day.

[@tirmyta]

No instant replays? Was instant replay available in 1971?

[@lottoweekendmiljonairs3621]

Yes but back then it was called ‘slow motion stop action’.

[@beeemm2578]

16:51 Listen to Buzz here....🤣🤣

[@billlamont817]

24:29 I'm Changing My Name To Fling!

[@wecontrolthevideo]

Petraglia takes forever on the approach compared to later in his career, when he would take a beat or two then go.

[@BN-xj8wr]

3:00

[@WilliamJohnson-jk4ew]

don johnson

[@marksalo2544]

Not the Miami Vice and Nash Bridges one.

[@chass5438]

Nice sideburns, Johnny. lol. Can you see me now ?..Good ! He hasn't bowled in tournament play since 2012 FYI.

[@martincaidin4166]

a lot of male beauty on display

[@Igloo3471]

Commentator Kyle Rote sounds suspiciously like William F Buckley Jr!

[@toddmaniatoddmania9844]

The Candy Man can

[@20alphabet]

Automatic scoring was the first stage in the decline of bowling.

[@LowEnd31st]

Disagree. It was rubber balls. Should go back to wood balls! Scratch that, rather we should go back to rocks! Real bowling.

[@DowntownCanon]

Bowling in long sleeves?

[@20alphabet]

Barry Asher competed in a full-length fur coat.

[@RobThompson-de2db]

Right...ain’t never seen that

[@douglasharris5216]

DowntownCanon most women wear long sleeves, I’ve done it a couple of times when the heat was lost at the alley.

[@bufb]

And a vest sweater too

[@larsonmarkov1699]

Petraglia looks like Jeff Dahmer here

[@sludge4125]

Buzz’s real name is Basil.

[@beeemm2578]

I'm sorry.....😆

[@chass5438]

I used to wear clothes like Johnny P.

[@20alphabet]

We all did.

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Chas S And you got arrested for wearing it! Lol 😂😂😂😂😂

[@billlamont817]

​@@MIKIEEYEZ1975What Do You Wear,"Railroad Salvage"?

[@kcazzo4906]

Oh the clothes they were wearing.

[@BowlingOldies]

Easily the worst bowling broadcast team in television history. Kyle Rote was totally monotone and had no grasp of the game of bowling, and Buzz Fazio, as much as I liked him as a player, just never had the knack for commentary. He was monotone, too, and added nothing of value in terms of commentary, frequently sounded confused, and often spoke so softly, you could barely hear him. Neither man could ever articulate exactly what was going on in terms of scoring and what the players needed to to to win or stay in the match. Speaking strictly as a career broadcaster (which I am), it's no accident that these two gentlemen only worked a small number of bowling telecasts. They were awful. Great to see this old telecast, though.

[@chass5438]

+BowlingOldies: Sounds like a gangster. "Yeah, this is Rocky, see ?" "Yeah, yeah !"

[@multicaruana]

I think you nailed it. I agree with your assessment but it was some match, wasn't it?

[@20alphabet]

Chris and Billy spoiled you, that's all. I never cared for Burton in comparison either, but compared to THESE two... yeah, Bo's got the job.

[@tankstoner8496]

Fazio by himself could've cured insomnia.

[@dettigs]

I actually put this on my ipod and listen to it at night and it knocks me right out, just like falling asleep on sunday afternoon with golf on!!

[@Playsinvain]

They all look sad cause mom dressed them funny

[@burdettecattley9164]

all 5 bowlers look constipated!

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

Gary Dickinson looks like an old school teacher I once had. lol

[@toddmaniatoddmania9844]

There’s practically no analysis from the announcers.

[@dettigs]

buzz is so painful to listen to........stumbling over words, talking into a live mic, and they both keep saying about 10 pins up or down????

[@Joey_Hammer]

1:22:56