Comments on: Marzano's Miami Bowl: Thursday nights at a landmark Chicago bowling alley

Marzano's Miami Bowl: Thursday nights at a landmark Chicago bowling alley

y2karl — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:32:52 -0800

Robert Cutter, Phillip Kuhn and Marlene Kuhn, Thursday night league bowlers: "I take the bus to the bowling alley," says Robert. "It takes me about an hour. I've been bowling 36 years. I've never missed bowling in 36 years. I'm the first one here and the last one to go home. I even beat the sheet maker (the guy who keeps score for the teams). If I have the flu, I'm still bowling. I still come. I've got rheumatisim and I'm still bowling. If I don't bowl I sit on the couch." When asked if he'd ever consider quitting bowling, he said, "Hell no! I gotta be dead first!" ..."Phil and I have been bowling five years," says Marlene. "We've only missed bowling once in five years. We walk here. We walk even when it rains or snows. It's about 4-1/2 miles to get here. I try to do my best. I've got a bad leg. I've got a trick knee that goes out on me. We're going to start up our own team soon: the Klingons. We watch Star Trek all the time. We're Trekaholics. We have a cat named Leonard 'Bones' McCoy."
Marzano's Miami Bowl

By: matteo

matteo — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:36:55 -0800

"Hey, hey, careful man! There's a beverage here!" great stuff, thanks karl.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:04:56 -0800

That was awesome, karl. Your link output lately has been magnificent.

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:05:59 -0800

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:27:25 -0800

I've bowled once. That was enough to see the attraction, but not enough to explain it. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) I could never find anyone willing to go bowling with me after that, so I never got hooked. Coulda had a monkey on my back...

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:44:15 -0800

The Miami Bowl is just down the block from me. Now I know these guys' names!

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:53:30 -0800

That is so cool! I was wondering when any of that tottling town's contingent would check in here...

By: carter

carter — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:40:27 -0800

Nice, thanks!

By: semmi

semmi — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:50:47 -0800

Love the SOBS.

By: mrhappy

mrhappy — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:03:08 -0800

Support your local bowling alley. And bring back manual scoring.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:04:08 -0800

Great find. Thanks!

By: Ryvar

Ryvar — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:26:15 -0800

Last night I got in trouble with the wife's family for mentioning that I thought bowling was, "the most intellectually bankrupt activity on the face of the Earth."

By: lodurr

lodurr — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:37:12 -0800

How could you, when everyone knows that's golf!

By: matteo

matteo — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 10:58:51 -0800

no, watching TV wins hands down

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:41:24 -0800

the most intellectually bankrupt activity on the face of the Earth In the arena of 'sports' alone, two words: synchronized swimming. Even with the fact that one can smoke and drink while competing, bowling has a much more valid claim to Olympic status. Don't forget Poland !

By: semmi

semmi — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:03:19 -0800

the most intellectually bankrupt activity on the face of the Earth In the arena of 'sports' alone, two words: synchronized swimming. Hell no! Try Professional Wrestling.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:03:57 -0800

Chicagoist: After 49 Years, Marzano's is Closing So, macadamiaranch, this is dated July 19th--what gives ? Is the place still open or what ?

By: y2karl

y2karl — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:16:19 -0800

The comments on that page has just led me to another piece of Lost Chicago, Maxwell Street--where I got to go one August day in 1970, lucky me--which, fittingly enough, is the one color series at Photos by Yvette Marie Dostatni.