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Bring it back ! roller derby, drive in movie theaters, 25 cent beers, Lynard Skinnard pre game concert, 70's trashy porn. the works !!

No one messed w Chuckie O'Connell

OMG thank you so much Mark beyond awesome just beyond flawless thank you ❤

Oooooooo My Little Pony ❤ I miss toyrus

Very cool documentary. I wish I could have seen it back then. I was infatuated with Joanie Weston as a 8 -9 year old boy! ❤ Thanks for posting it!

Miss the good old days. Mark : You lived it ! Always a fan. Thanks again for bringing it back. I really wonder nowadays if Roller Derby has a place for a comeback ? Maybe , maybe not , but will never be the same. Nice post !

I remember this documentary on Joan Weston, broadcasted on WNBC Channel 4 in 1973. Great find, Mark.

Margie Lazlo was by far the worst captain ever, both in the Derby and Roller games, she never backed up her women's team, she skated for the Warriors when Judy Arnold was Captain, and also for the T-Birds when Sally Vega was Captain and Vega was a really bad Captain, Ann Cavella could skate and block better anan Lazlo and Vega. When Joan Weston was Captain of the Bombers someone hurt one her girls Weston went after them. And I felt bad bad for Jan Vallow when they made her co- Captain of the Pioneers with Sheerie Ehrick as the other co_ Captain, Erick was so damn weak She never blocked only Vallow, I once saw Diane syverson beat the hell out of Erick and Vallow went after her and Cavello

Mark, you're awesome! Thanks for posting this gem!

Thanks Mark this video brought back a lot of memories of her you mother Carol and Margie. It felt like she was talking to you. Great documentary 👏 Thanks again Mark. I miss my skating days.

I once had this on Beta! Then later VHS and then nada! So happy to see it here again. This was the Roller Derby I remember with such fondness and love. Thank you, Mark!

This, is so cool, just love it.

Thank you so much Mark. You have once again made my day after a long day at work. Excellent!!!

Thanks for posting

What a gem to share with us! Thanks!! Grueling schedule that many could not endure yet these athletes showed professionalism, unequaled athleticism and a pure love of the game.

That was amazing. It had to have been hard at times. Imagine, it sounds like the players had to provide their own transportation! ... 250 days a year... You certainly would know, Mark. It surely looks different when we see what the players experience, as if we were on the track. There seemed to be some, extra, personal??? or professional ??? competition between Joan W. and Delores T. Maybe this is normal. This was very interesting. I saw some glimpses of your Mom. Thank-you, Mark...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Excellent DOCUMENTARY ON ROLLER DERBY I WISH IT WOULD MAKE A COMBACK

Gotta bring this S?it back, and soon.

Ho are is old judy McGuire

You'd think they'd wait until after hours to do that, instead of risking him slamming the trolley into some other kid's face.

Would have gone straight to the video game aisle and cleaned it out. Then on to load up on Ninja Turtles and GI Joes.

I’ve been watching wrestling documentaries on A&E and Vice and Jim Cornette is interviewed for many of them. He has such great charisma as an interviewee and now I want to se more of his wrestling promo footage!

Corny was a big Derby fan!

WOW, now that's showmanship! Thanks for sharing this with us, Mark. They remind me of circus barkers. They know what they're doing to generate enthusiasm.👏🏻👏🏻📣🎙🤗🎊

Great promo mentioning The San Francisco Bombers by Jim Coronet! Thanks, Mark!

How old was peanut on this tape

I miss them. I wish she would remember us.❤

I wasnt born untill 1985, so I didnt know to much about Toysrus. Till I was about 4 or five in 1990.But thanks for uploading this video of children an parents shopping at Toysrus back an 1985.

It is great to finally see this segment. Back around 1970 or so, I saw Larry Smith and Francine Cochu on WML The panel narrowed the category to roller skating but didn't guess Roller Derby. Jack Cassidy was one of the celebrity panelists. I think Soupy Sales may have been another one, and the host was Wally Bruner. Strangely enough, the film clip they showed of Francine showed her in action against the Southern Mustangs. That was odd because the Mustangs only skated about two or three weeks. I also saw Joan Weston on To Tell the Truth. A couple of the panelists guessed her. One of them (may have been Peggy Cass) picked the real Joanie "because she had the softest voice." I have heard that Joan Weston and Jan Vallow appeared together on an episode of Truth or Consequences, but I've never met anyone who saw that program.

Even if you didn't like Alphonso's skating tactics, he always made the game interesting! He complemented James Paul well on the IRSL's Eastern Express although it was a bit surreal seeing them as teammates after the way they had battled one another when on opposite teams. But then again, that was no more surreal than seeing Joanie Weston and Ann Calvello become teammates on the ISC Bombers in 1974!

Love this rare clip of these two Roller Derby teams in action against each other. I still remember watching the NE Braves knock off the SF Bay Bombers in that 1969 championship game! I remember being amazed that the Bombers lost! Guess I shouldn't have been though as that was a talented and powerful Braves team with Ronnie Robinson and Cathie Read leading it. What a shame that all those wonderful games weren't preserved for posterity. They'd be a goldmine today! A big Charlie Brown sigh. Wait, make that a big Charlie O'Connell sigh!

Charlie O getting the job done! Thanks Mark.

they gotta bring this back

block? thats an elbow to the neck lol.

Was this the Olympics?

Kudos👍

great defense by Mr. O... 🤠🎊 I wonder what Charlie's arm casts were made of.🤫

Thanks again. Mark.

Awesome video!!!! Great skaters produced great memories! 👍🏻👍🏻

Wow this was my 4th birthday. So bless to get to be a kid in the 80s it was best time ever on planet earth

Hey Mark, Thanks for keeping the good ole real Roller Derby alive for all it's fans, And I hope Peanuts is doing very well !

Hey Mark, Thanks for keeping the good ole real Roller Derby alive for all it's fans, And I hope Peanuts is doing very well !

This interleague series was skated in the Midwest too, and I vividly remember the MW Pioneers taking on both the Hawks and the Western Renegades. The games were always taped at The Hammond Indiana Civic Center. For a while they had a game there against one opponent or another almost weekly. Ronnie Robinson, Bob Hein, Joan Weston and Darlene Forbes among others. Loved my Pioneers!

Remember Debbie in the former IRDL skating on the Eagles, MW Pioneers and SF Bay Bombers. She always gave 100%. Her battles with Rose Duran were fierce!

I never cheered for Jan as she was never on my home team. But with that being said, I always had great respect for her as a skater and admired her undeniable talent. She was awesome on that banked track.

Just imagine, if only they knew how much some of those toys would worth in the future. The father would be taking three carts and loading up more. lol

Jan vallow one of the best skaters I have seen

Chet Coppock was a great announcer, and this was before he went on to an Indy TV station and then back to Chicago

Thank you, Mark. This was very neat.

We have sports bars for various sports. Charlie Oconnel of Roller Derby fame had a bar called the Pandora. We have bars for bikers, football fans, Etc. According to the joke, Farrah Faecett had a bar for women with bladder control issurs, called the Leaky Fawcett.