Cypress Gardens movie "boats a popin"

**oldschoolltv** · 02-15-2017, 08:20 AM

Pretty cool old movie my mom and dad were in, the remnants of the fire ramp were still there a few years ago.
https://youtu.be/roodVtD0xYQ

**oldschoolltv** · 02-15-2017, 08:25 AM

Parkers dad Randy Rabe is in it also, pretty cool.

**delawarerick** · 02-15-2017, 08:40 AM

That is great really cool.

**XstreamVking** · 02-15-2017, 08:53 AM

A real classic, from when people appreciated good, wholesome fun. Hats off to all that performed there. I'm sure it wasn't always fun to go to work. But they went anyway. The show must go on!

**H2OPERF** · 02-15-2017, 10:20 AM

That was really cool, thanks for posting it. Dave

**Ventura Boy** · 02-15-2017, 11:39 AM

Amazing, thanks for sharing. Loved seeing Randy! He was a good friend !

**Ira Tindale** · 02-15-2017, 01:09 PM

brings back memories

**oldschoolltv** · 02-15-2017, 03:17 PM

My dad said that was his and my Mom,Nancy Legant's first date.

**Robby321** · 02-15-2017, 04:50 PM

Damn cool!

**oldschoolltv** · 02-15-2017, 05:16 PM

I got my first and only ticket in those canals running my fliver boat through them wide open, game warden was waiting on the other side.

**Rayzor** · 02-15-2017, 05:29 PM

That is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! Brings back memories from when I skied for the Marine World Ski Show back in the late '80s. Quite a few of the guys on our team had worked at Cypress Gardens also. Is it just me, or was life just way cooler back in the old days?

**oldschoolltv** · 02-15-2017, 05:39 PM

Funny thing is the older I got the more stories I heard of some of the crazy stuff they did back then, whiping each other over the ramps on inner tubes, biting the thighs of the girls when they were on their shoulders while skiing running around the gardens with a gorilla suit on etc... I was talking to dad about this today and my uncle was in it as well with the striped face. I think they all had some great times working there.

**99fxst99** · 02-15-2017, 06:05 PM

Johnny Carson did a special from Cypress Gardens back in the mid-sixties, maybe, that was aired on TV primetime. That would be an awesome film to find also.

**Robby321** · 02-15-2017, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by oldschoolltv

I got my first and only ticket in those canals running my fliver boat through them wide open, game warden was waiting on the other side.

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**Robby321** · 02-15-2017, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Rayzor

That is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing! Brings back memories from when I skied for the Marine World Ski Show back in the late '80s. Quite a few of the guys on our team had worked at Cypress Gardens also. Is it just me, or was life just way cooler back in the old days?

Nope.....the days of fun, fearless, doing stupid stuff!