“KNOCK IT OVAH!” I have to laugh at the people yelling in the background because I used to bowl in candlepin leagues in MA. I miss that energy!

What a fantastic show. All these bowlers were great and Don Gillis is the best announcer ever.

This has to be the greatest candlepin ever televised.

Came here for the candlepin bowling, stayed for the bitchin' throwback commercial breaks!

Ended up on my recommended today while working, ended up having 3hrs of these videos play in the background today. This is wholesome broadcasting and I loved the energy, actually just got back from a candlepin lane down the road from me. Wanted to see how I stacked up to these pros from 30 years ago. Averaged around 84 with absolutely no practice, might take this up as a hobby and find a league up here in MA. Thank you so much for the content.

@GreatCdn59

Жыл бұрын

that's awesome to hear! 84 is pretty good with no practice

@darklordojeda

Жыл бұрын

Too bad there's hardly any candlepin alleys left and none on the west coast.

@GreatCdn59

Жыл бұрын

funny enough, i used to bowl in leagues in the 2010s and decided to go bowling for the first time since covid (theres a candlepin place down the road from me). my score? 84 as well .... 😆

Those commercials. Wow, talk about a blast from the past. Amazing how far they've come in quality (some not so much).

Don Gillis was first class

Paul Berger..."Mr 500." I have seen that show here on KZread. That has to be one of the greatest moments in Candlepin Bowling history on TV.

Tom Olszta against Paul Berger! The Ali/Frazier of candlepin bowling!

Tommy Olzsta beating Craig Holbrook by throwing a triple strike was amazing.

Pilgrim lanes gone. Now a medical building. So sad to see all the candlepin buildings getting torn up. I had so many good memories at pilgrim lanes on primrose st in Haverhill ma.

@blg020

Жыл бұрын

Colonial bowling alley on mill st in Worcester closed right during the peak of COVID a couple of years ago. Now Worcester doesn't even have a candlepin lane. Sad to see that I can never take my kids there my father took me now my kids are 4 and 6 perfect age to start.

@holdemholmes

Жыл бұрын

@@blg020 I have not lived there in many years; was that the place near the railroad tracks?

@blg020

Жыл бұрын

@@holdemholmes your probably thinking of thunderbird bowling alley in Auburn MA. They are also closed.

@markwitte9773

Жыл бұрын

Do they still have this candlepin bowling

@blg020

Жыл бұрын

@@markwitte9773 I think all the television shows went off the air. There was a show a few years back candlepin for kids. Not sure if it's still on. There are still candlepin bowling alleys in new England. But alot of them have closed in recent years. The one I bowled at as a kid closed during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Man, I miss Big East football. If Penn State had joined them instead of the Big Ten, they'd still be around today

I remembered watching this live as a kid. The energy in this building and telecasts was truly awesome. Thank you for uploading and reliving my childhood

There is an "everyman" type of humility to this. Just guys rolling for the love of the game. That's fantastic. Now I have to search for a Candlepin lane in Southern California...

@royplayer

6 ай бұрын

You probably won't find one unless you build it yourself.

@michlo3393

6 ай бұрын

@@royplayer Wanna go halfsies? lol

@steveperry1344

5 ай бұрын

good luck with that. the sport is even disappearing fast in massachusetts and throughout new england. the young people now don't have a lot of interest in bowling so the land the bowling lanes are sitting on is for the most part becoming strip malls or condos etc. i've bowled for 50 yrs and still in a league at 74 yrs old and i love it.

Paul Berger was unstoppable in 1992

Wolfman, I think it'dve been a cool thing for the winner of the True Value Candlepin Bowling Championship to face the winner of, from Canada, the ATV Mens Candlepin Bowling Championship. It would end up being a 2 match(3 games per match), total points affair, happening both here at Pilgrim Lanes for Match 1, and then move to Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada at the Sackville Superbowl for Match 2. Both the U.S. and Canadian ends would be live broadcasts on both WCVB in the Boston area(with stations in the other 5 New England states joining in), as well as across the Maritimes on ATV, as it would be a joint broadcast with the same commercials seen in both countries. The announcer booth would have 4 men in it as well....Don Gillis and Ed Harding from WCVB, and both Bruce Stephen and Paul Mennier(MEN-Yay) from ATV. The guarantees for the 2 bowlers would be $50,000 to the champion, and $25,000 to the runner up(players' native currency used for prizing to avoid conversion and tax complications). Would you have watched something like that? XB

@GreatCdn59

Жыл бұрын

I would!

This is Clash of the Candlepin Titans.

R.I.P DON GILLIS 1922-2008 AND PILGRIM LANES 1967-2016

@anandguruji83

8 жыл бұрын

R.I.P DON GILLIS 1922-2008 AND PILGRIM LANES 1967-2016

One the best show ever I love it and also others to

yeah man, my grandfather used to take my brother and i to a place in worcester ma. Then there was the thunderbird bowl in auburn ma. Candle pin bowling was fun. oh yeah forgot about the bowling alley in Webster ma.

My town kept the bowladrome thank god. And it is still in use today. The wakefield bowladrome

Great memories

I tried throwing overhand. I got thrown out instead.

Tom Surette vs Tom Olszta was an amasing match, one of my all time favorites and ive seen nearly every candlepin show on youtube.....now of course there a few more that ive sen that just amazed me , but I only comment on this one because im watching it and i thought about it lol. but man, what a match, what a match it was, and only 1 game only.........Olszta and Mike Morgan are my top two bowlers to watch in their prime ( Tony Leblanc too here in Moncton NB) rememebr in their prime, ive seen mikey bowl the worlds before but never Olszta. chris Sargent is my favorite modern day bowler, oh cant forget get about Peter flynn, again only just recently i seen him bowl last time the tournament was in Moncton NB

@mr.anonymous2981

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't Tom, it was Peter.

Commentators: Don Gillis & Ed Harding

That WAS cool - the bowling AND the ads

I’m a regular pin bowler and this is like watching different types of creatures

@steveperry1344

5 ай бұрын

it's an amazing game you almost can't look away right?

Tom Olszta totaled 403 in his three strings combined. Peter Surette and Paul Berger combined for 431 in those same three strings. Great bowling in this one.

Have'nt bowled a candlepin game for real...yet. Getting familiar with the game on a phone app. Recorded my experience (Keith Ball candlepin). Simulation on this game seems realistinc. Just like the best candlepin bowlers, throwing it fairly hard, up the middle and straight gives you the best chance.

Why on earth did I start watching this??? More importantly...why can't I seem to turn it off???

@steveperry1344

5 ай бұрын

it's our kind of bowling, very regionalized to new england and canada maritime provinces.

I can get a Dodge shadow for less than $8k. Sign me up.

@SimuLord

Жыл бұрын

There's a video on here of a tournament from 1982 and one of the prizes was a new Corvette "worth $22,000." Meanwhile here in the future, when the new C8 Corvette came out in 2020, the base model was $59,000 and nobody who actually bought one got it for less than about $70,000 with the options and the COVID shortage markup.

Rottman's and Dinn Bros are still around

Yay

Pat Summeral commercial 🙌

What brand are those black microphones

@ 2:53 the survivor of the stepladder matches will face Mr 500 himself Paul Berger

Agreed

CANDLEPIN 500 TRIPLE PAUL BERGER OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS 3:21

@anandguruji83

4 жыл бұрын

CANDLEPIN 500 TRIPLE PAUL BERGER OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS 3:21

CANDLEPIN 500 TRIPLE PAUL BERGER OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS 3:21 3:22

@anandguruji83

4 жыл бұрын

CANDLEPIN 500 TRIPLE PAUL BERGER OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS 3:21 3:22

Ed harding looks the exact same 30 years latet

What year is this?

@mikeca98

3 жыл бұрын

An ad said 1992.

@cassie6583

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeca98 ty

I HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS TYPE BOWLING! THIS IS AMAZING!!! I GUESS ALABAMA IS STILL IN THE STONED AGES, LOL!! GOOD SHOW GUYS!

@frankrobinson3308

Жыл бұрын

Ten pin beat them out because it’s easier.

How much do the balls weigh?

@steveperry1344

5 ай бұрын

2 lbs 3 ounces up to 2lbs 7 ounces.

Who Don Gillis?

@cygnusrider

4 жыл бұрын

He is the announcer.

@Tsamokie

4 жыл бұрын

@@cygnusrider And you don't know the genesis of that question by dint of your response. Here's a hint: Mumbles.

@jasoncamp483

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tsamokie He was a longtime sports announcer in Boston. He hosted this for nearly forty years.

@Tsamokie

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncamp483 None of you get it. You're too young. Do you know who Tom Menino was?

I have noticed that everyone bowling likes to throw their ball as fast as possible.

@weldonmackenzie1963

5 жыл бұрын

no not really but speed matters in this game

@steveboone1498

5 жыл бұрын

@@weldonmackenzie1963 i prefer accuracy over speed

@weldonmackenzie1963

5 жыл бұрын

been bowling over 35 years hold records in my home lanes i have speed n accuracy u need both ru candlepin bowler?

@steveboone1498

5 жыл бұрын

@@weldonmackenzie1963 haven't been candlepin bowling but know enough of the game and it does provide a challenge. I have 40 years of tenpin bowling experience

@frontdesk6225

5 жыл бұрын

not true at all

Such an unfair tournament. Should have had brackets rather than winner moves up. Imagine if O'Brien won string 1 & 2 and then had to play a 3rd string, tired from the previous matches, against a completely fresh opponent. I'd rather seem them complete at their best at an even playing field.

@MrChrisdube

3 жыл бұрын

Step ladder finals is very common in bowling. The other thing you are not taking into account is that bowling is not very exhausting. Moreover, the challenger is already dialed while the opponent has to acclimated to the lane.

@steveschu

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not unfair at all.

@Wolfman12395

Жыл бұрын

They did the bracket format from 1983 until 1990, and then went to the stepladder format in 1991 onward. From what it sounds like, they went this way to basically make it more rewarding for the #2 and #3 placed seeds to at least be guaranteed a certain payday, where as in the bracket format in the previous Championship shows, the #2 seed bowlers ended up getting eliminated by the #5 seed in the first match 6 out of 8 times (1983 and 1988 were the only times that the #2 seed beat the #5 seed to advance), causing them to get the short end of the stick even though they qualified almost higher than everyone else. And technically, the stepladder format only made the #4 or #5 seed bowl one more game to win it all if you think about it.

This isn’t bowling.

@justsomeguy4792

5 жыл бұрын

actually it is. And, actually, it's the original bowling. Google is your friend

@walterkosloski621

4 жыл бұрын

Try it sometime

@cygnusrider

4 жыл бұрын

@@justsomeguy4792 I thought ten pin bowling was first played in the 1820's whereas candlepin bowling was first played in 1880.

@tubehunter66

3 жыл бұрын

Nah it's baking a cake you Bellend🛎

@jasoncamp483

3 жыл бұрын

It requires more thinking than Ten pin. Having bowled both for decades. Candlepin is the real deal.

I almost threw up in my mouth when I watched that Whoopi comercial