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    TV Shows - 1970s Variety 1 Min Read

    Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine, The

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    Following the cancellation of the animated series featuring the famous basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team featured in an hour-long CBS nighttime special aired as a pilot under the series title on 13 December 1972, with several guest stars.

    As a variety series, it became a revue featuring the Globetrotters singing, dancing and performing comedy sketches.

    Meadowlark Lemon was the ostensible host, and Curly Neal (the bald one) was the main comic relief.

    In keeping with the title, the show’s recurring graphic used basketballs appearing to “pop” in a machine before and after commercials. The second season was all repeats.

    The Harlem Globetrotters
    Meadowlark Lemon
    Fred “Curly” Neal
    Hubert “Geese” Ausbie
    Nate Branch
    Charles “Tex” Harrison
    Marques Haynes
    Theodis “Wolfman” Lee
    Bobby Joe “BJ” Mason
    John Smith
    Rodney Allen Rippy
    Himself
    Mr Evil
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