Thursday, July 22, 2021

Throwback Thursday

 This place looks very familiar.  Suggestions?



28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Walker's

Anonymous said...

Walkers

Anonymous said...

I’ll take Walker’s Drive-in for $1,000, Alex.

Anonymous said...

that place became walkers

Anonymous said...

Looks like it could be the future Walker’s Drive-In

Shazam said...

I have always wondered why Walker's was called a Drive-In. Very cool throwback.

Anonymous said...

Walker's

Anonymous said...

WALKER'S

Anonymous said...

Walker's Drive-In.

Anonymous said...

Walker's Building in The Fondren?

Anonymous said...

Walkers ? Pretty cool how other businesses wished them well

Anonymous said...

I thought this was the type of entry level work that only teenagers and adults with zero marketable skills would perform. Why are they getting congratulated?

Anonymous said...

I would love to go back in time to Shakey's Pizza Parlor! Had several birthday parties there. That's where my Dad was allowed to have a beer with his pizza.....

Anonymous said...

Crime rate was 0

Anonymous said...

It's called Walker's because there are no parking spaces for drivers.

Anonymous said...

Looks like a defunct Krystal.

Anonymous said...

And after that, there went the neighborhood!

Anonymous said...

Can’t be Walker’s-no redfish

Anonymous said...

I went to Murrah high school with Mary Walker, by the way she was an excellent water skier and sure looked good, her dad owned Walker's drive-in. Best car hops around, and if you could drive and had a fake id (beer ok at 18 then)you could get you a great hamburger and beer. Better than the Cherokee, Shamrock and the Dutch Bar.

Anonymous said...

"Pretty cool how other businesses wished them well"

All of their suppliers -- a good business practice.

Anonymous said...

Had my first beer at Walkers in 1964.

Anonymous said...

Alex…I’ll take “What is Jobie’s Fried Chicken” for $500

Anonymous said...

Good times when we kids were taken. I remember the piano player and standing watching the guy behind the window throwing the dough into the air. Adults always had pitchers and pitchers of beer and ordered lots of pizza for us kids. True luxury for us.

Anonymous said...

Sorry I meant Shakey's Pizza Parlor as someone mentioned already.

Anonymous said...

" Alex …I’ll take “What is Jobie’s Fried Chicken” for $500 "

That was funny 5:44.
But Jobie Martin did turn out some damn good fried chicken.

He also had some of the best local TV commercials in
Jackson media history.


The unexpected live and exploding ... schlitz beer (during one of Jobie's 1970s wrestling commercials) was too funny.

After that, WJTV's Bob Neblett was jealous of Jobie's popularity.





Anonymous said...

Jobie’s Soul-Fried Chicken was mighty good! For a time one could purchase a bucket of chicken and get a free six-pack of Schlitz beer. Jobie used to say “Schlitz is the radio beer - you drink enough of it and you’ll be broadcasting everywhere “! He was also a popular disc jockey on station WOKJ.

Walker’s was an integral part of Fondren back then, along with Shakey’s Pizza, Recovery Room, original Capri movie house, and Be-Bop Records.

Anonymous said...

Jobie said his fried chicken was so good “you could put a piece of it on top of your head and your tongue will beat your brains out trying to get to it”.

Anonymous said...

Why do you need suggestions when it's clearly indicated in the ad?



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