I'm 61 years old. Today I only now learned of Candlepin bowling. One truly does never stop learning.

@NotTheWheel

3 жыл бұрын

Not a bad axiom old timer.

@paulblovat8614

3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to be 60 this year. 200+ bowler, and this is the 1st I've heard of it.

@paulblovat8614

3 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of duckpin bowling? Check it out.

@wayneriley7367

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, 60, bowled lots. Saw this last week

@crondawg101

3 жыл бұрын

Do come to New England and bowl it

This is fantastic. The announcer gives a master-class in TV hosting.

@markdisanzo3796

3 жыл бұрын

Don Gillis was somewhat of a legend here in Boston. I watched these bowling matches just about every weekend when I was a kid.

@peteg475

3 жыл бұрын

@@markdisanzo3796 Gillis isn't somewhat of a legend. He IS a legend. Grew up listening to that guy. He was a total pro and was almost never ruffled. But he loved a good joke and every once in a while something would strike him funny and he'd get a little off the spot. Great memories.

@seanadams3551

3 жыл бұрын

@@markdisanzo3796 so did I till it got taken off the air in 2005. It baffles me how Paul got a 193 in the 3rd string. He was really in the zone.

@karlschneider9479

2 жыл бұрын

Don was a native of Nova Scotia.

@HalifaxHercules

Жыл бұрын

Don Gillis, Doug Brown, Paul Mennier, and Bruce Stephen were the best Candlepin Bowling announcers you can get.

Double high-five from Richards after Berger finishes his 193. Class move.

@JohnSmith-mx8wp

3 жыл бұрын

He got absolutely steamrolled, so what else could he do? These guys were always classy.

I loved Paul Berger...what an awesome delivery! So fluid! RIP for the great Don Gillis. I was a regular viewer of Candlepin Bowling every week - what awesome and wholesome entertainment.

@sunspot6502

2 жыл бұрын

"Hang on to your tray tables, boys and girls"

@rizzorizzo2311

Жыл бұрын

YOU DONT EVEN KNOW CANDLEPIN BOWLING

@bigbadbruins1

Жыл бұрын

@@sunspot6502 loved when he said that

I remember watching this great performance on channel 5 like it was yesterday. My Mom loved this program, and we watched it religiously in my home growing up. Back then in New England, candlepin bowling WAS bowling; we called the other kind “big-ball” bowling and it was hard to find.

@rascal1717

Жыл бұрын

I’ve spent my entire life in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and always found it weird that our bowling is different than what you see on tv. It’s literally impossible to find big ball bowling alleys over here still today.

@gg456stormy

Жыл бұрын

My experiences exactly. I'm 55 and remember this live. Nice to relive it.

@darklordojeda

Жыл бұрын

It's like a complete flip of west coast. Can't find candlepin bowling alleys over here. I lived in New Hampshire briefly when I was 9 years old and got to try candlepin, I hated it. I was a "big ball" league and tournament bowler and just couldn't understand how this worked. As an adult I would love to try again.

@redveinborneo4673

2 ай бұрын

​@@darklordojedayou just gotta send the ball straight at the target. The lanes aren't oiled like 10-pin so hooking your shots doesn't work. There's way less margin for error so it's easy to brick shots. It's part of the fun. Getting a strike is like hitting a homerun as apposed to 10-pin where leaving anything standing feels like a strikeout.

@ddanelle4729

2 ай бұрын

I've never seen any candlepin bowling her in upstate New York, but I'd love to try it sometime. It seems more strategical and looks fun. I'm sure I wouldn't have a problem getting hooked.

Don Gillis really made these shows just that much better. What a voice.

@lajohnson1ly

4 ай бұрын

He was always right on top of things and certainly well prepared. Very well produced broadcast, too: cameras, direction, replays, all of it.

500 for 3 games? In candlepin? That's freaking awesome!

@williamdunphy352

Жыл бұрын

An average of 167 for 3 games.

What made it so much more impressive was that Berger didn't start off as hot but more typical you'd expect in candlepin...but went on a roll of consecutive marks in spares and strikes!

This is the essence of Saturdays for me growing up. From late morning until afternoon this was simply a tradition. I went to the Fairway in Natick more times than i can count and I miss these days very much. RIP DON GILLIS

@SimuLord

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching the show every Saturday and bowling in a league at the Wakefield Bowladrome. I moved away from the area in 2002 and the first thing I did when I came back home to Wakefield for a visit was go bowling. It's right up there with New England-style Chinese food and Super Beef sandwiches on the list of things I miss living on the West Coast now.

@jasoncamp483

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimuLord I agree it is right up there with the New England Chinese food. Which is still huge on New Years. At least that has not changed. I used to bowl in Natick all the time in the 80s and 90s. I miss it. That area has changed so much.

@kennethhall289

Жыл бұрын

Lol I lived in Tennessee my whole life and used to watch this on Satellite Dish as it was on NESN and replayed during the week on tons of SportsChannels. I never understood why so many of the bowlers was from Massachusetts.

@jasoncamp483

Жыл бұрын

@@kennethhall289 It was such a huge sport locally back then.

@garypellerin5576

Жыл бұрын

Also grew up in Natick and rolled at the Fairway with Dad and brother. It was our winter activity.

i'll never forget where I was when Paul Berger got his Legendary 500 Triple

@rizzorizzo2311

Жыл бұрын

Two events in history I’ll always remember what I was doing for; 9/11 and Paul Berghers legendary 500

@christopherwellman2364

Жыл бұрын

@@rizzorizzo2311 lol

@christopherwellman2364

Жыл бұрын

@@rizzorizzo2311 9/11? What's that?

@raymondhopwood9393

Жыл бұрын

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

I don't know how the algorithm got me here, but I'm a Paul Berger super fan now

Why do I come back to this every few years... and I'm still amazed. I went to Lowell for work, and I had my boss looking for a candlepin lanes. Grew up on rubberband ducks (with a human pinsetter, either that or tenpin).

I would watch this show and other candlepin bowling shows in the 70s. I bowled candlepins myself for the first time on my 52nd birthday in Webster, Mass. It was a bucket list item.

@scottodonnell7121

Жыл бұрын

Candlepins For Cash with Bob Gramere.

@AlanNelsonUNC

Жыл бұрын

Bay State Bowling in the Seventies.

@frankmaiorana66

Жыл бұрын

@@AlanNelsonUNC Bay State Bowling was taped at in the bottom floor of the State Mutual Life building in Worcester. One of their companies was Hanover Insurance for whom my Father worked as an area marketing director his final fourteen years there.

Just happened upon this channel and now I am obsessed with this sport. Never heard of candlepin bowling and it amazes me that it is not more popular in the Midwest.

@jimmysp4des229

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Braintree Massachusetts, I grew up playing candlepin, as a matter of fact I didn't know 10 pin even existed as a youngster. I have since moved to about 7 different states across the US, and have never once seen candlepin bowling outside of Massachusetts. I'm surprised it's not more popular, it's difficult, yet very fun and rewarding.

@joshsmith894

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmysp4des229 Braintree guy here too. Played at Olindy's as a kid and then Timber Lanes when I could drive. Have since moved away and I also have never seen the game anywhere else. My Dad would take me to Boston Bowl so I did play a little tenpin growing up but I always thought candelpin was the better game. I'm planning a trip home for the spring may have to see if the old balls are still at the parents house...

@jimmysp4des229

Жыл бұрын

@Josh Smith hey Josh, I know this is one in a million, but do you have a brother named Matt? Burns here.

@DJParticle

Жыл бұрын

Minnesota resident here originally from Massachusetts. Every time I go bowling in MN, I talk up candlepin bowling. Actually once found another candlepin fan at Flaherty's Arden Bowl. WE NEED IT HERE IN MN!! :)

I don't know what the hell Candlepin Bowling is but now I know I'm incredibly invested in this.

The specific episode that was the subject of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' 2011 song "The Ballad of Candlepin Paul" 😊

The host of this show seemed like a great guy. You can tell he truly loved this sport

@peteg475

Жыл бұрын

Don Gillis was a legendary Boston sportscaster

I grew up in Pennsylvania and my grandparents lived in Massachusetts. Whenever we would visit my grandfather would always watch candle stick bowling on TV every Saturdays. This brings me right back to the 1960s and wonderful memories.

I have never seen candlepin bowling. I've never tried it and oh my God it actually looks more challenging and more difficult than regular bowling.

@FinchBE

5 жыл бұрын

read your last word again, hahaha

@Mdg897

5 жыл бұрын

It IS more challenging. Nobody has EVER gotten a perfect 300 in Candlepin. What does that tell ya?

@FinchBE

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mdg897 read carefully idiot...

@lefttheleft8934

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mdg897 tells me that I want to go try a candlepin bowling that's what it tells me looks like the first 300 might be mine

@Mdg897

5 жыл бұрын

@@lefttheleft8934Hey, look son a real life Lahoo-Zaher in the wild. Don't mind him, boy. Dumb people are EVERYWHERE.

I religiously watched this show every Saturday at noon since I was a small boy basically ever since I remember. Somehow I missed this program. Dad always talked about this show so thank you so much for putting it up. Tom Olszta is the best candlepin bowler I've ever seen but Paul Berger is great as well so this is awesome to watch

I went candlepin bowling recently. It's much harder than it looks. These guys make it look so easy with deadly accuracy.

@kylebertulli4435

Жыл бұрын

And this match happened when the pin action was not nearly as lively as it is now.

I remembered watching this episode on ch.5 !!!!! Boy do I miss bowling on tv.

@morgan8757

8 жыл бұрын

me to

@InWillyWeTrust

5 жыл бұрын

And Its still on tv what do u live in a cave???

@spiddyman0079

5 жыл бұрын

FS1

@sunspot6502

2 жыл бұрын

I watched Ch 5 bowling from the late 50s when it started, but I've probably watched more candlepin bowling than that in the past decade on KZread.

I pretty much grew up going to this bowling alley. Unforgettable memories.

I'm sixtyseven. started watching it about two years ago on you tube. lived in Iowa all my life. being able to bowl a couple of games of candlepin bowling is now on my bucket list.

Absolutely phenomenal indeed!! Been watching Don Gillis Ch.5 bowling many many Saturdays, really loved it when Don announces the highest total in almost 34 years of this program which started October 1958. Don't forget 11 AM Next Saturday. RIP Don Gillis,the Dean of Boston Sportscasters.

@parkerbohnn

3 жыл бұрын

I was born that month and year on the 22nd the same year the PBA tour originated. I'm better known for the sport of pinball being a former 6 time world champion. I bowled on the professional bowler's tour and was a top 5 pin bowler in Canada. Bowled candlepins in Moncton, New Brunswick but lived in Toronto Canada at the time.

It's a beautiful Friday night in the middle of July and I am watching this for at least the 4th time in as many years, I think I need a Doctor!

candlepin bowling can't get any better than that and everyone was so happy for him.

The beautiful nostalgia of VHS tapes 0:31 Brings back memories, the video and audio errors in magnetic tape. Glorious!

As a traditional bowler, this is just bizarre to me.

@jasoncamp483

3 жыл бұрын

It is a great game and certainly unique to this area.

@bobbyricigliano2799

3 жыл бұрын

I would say the same thing. I grew up in a bowling alley, been bowling since I was big enough to hold a ball. And this variation is just plain weird. Not knocking it, it is just foreign to me.

@clammer23

3 жыл бұрын

I am too, but I grew up and have lived in CT my entire 46 years on earth, and we have it all here lol.

@Gladpants

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncamp483 this is similar to duckpin bowling and Baltimore.

@jasoncamp483

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gladpants I bowled duck pin a few times in the late 80s. You're right it is. I had almost forgotten about it.

That theme music for Candlepin Bowling was really happening 🤣🤣🤣 At times, it was more exciting than the action itself

Wow. My high 3-game series in standard tenpin bowling is only a 511, so I'm very impressed by this.

Although the commentator on this telecast (Don Gillis) was sports anchor for Boston's Channel 5 for decades, he's best remembered for doing the weekly candlepin bowling show. It aired Saturdays at 12 Noon and for it's entire run dominated Boston TV ratings in that time period, often getting more viewers as every other channel combined!

@JohnSmith-mx8wp

3 жыл бұрын

It was must watch TV for me for many years. When it first aired in October 1958, I was but a few weeks old.

Thank you for taking the time making this video and sharing your preserving a part of history and for that I thank you

YT never cease to amaze. I've never heard of Candlepin bowling until now. I'm in my 40's.

Always love watching this. I think I watch it once a year. My father years ago always talked about it but I never believed it until you posted the old videos when they were clipped into 3 parts.

Thanks for posting these great shows, Wolfman. Channel 5 disappointed a lot of people when they cancelled the show in 1996 just to save a few bucks.

@FiftiesDad

4 жыл бұрын

Funzo Boston College football (trash) cancelled this show. Too bad. Never came back.

Had a random dream about candlepin bowling tonight. Decided to look it up when I awoke, since I've only ever seen pictures of the tall, thin pins. Had no idea the ball was so small or that the pins remain in the alley until each set is done. What a cool introduction to the sport. And man, what arms on those dudes.

Thank you so much for this I grew up watching this show so much ! ~ in NH 1984 to 1993

I grew up here in New England on Cape Cod, and I've bowled candlepin ever since I was a little kid. I once bowled a 156 game in a bowling league I was in, which is a pretty good score.

Huh. Didn't know this existed. It's almost like I've entered to alternative universe

@Texacer

4 жыл бұрын

holy crap a year later and I just said the same thing. Its like the Matrix refreshed.

@lordkiza8838

3 жыл бұрын

@@Texacer well of course they update the servers for others

@MWorsa

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard of it, never seen it until just now 🙂

@afuzzycreature8387

3 жыл бұрын

For me its a trip home... and saturdays... soccer, then come home, dad would make hamburgers, we'd finish off looney tunes (unless it was a late soccer game) and then it was time for bowling.

@michaelbottaro2048

3 жыл бұрын

This is when times were simpler

Incredible performance towards the end of this legendary program's run. I remember seeing this while in College and thought, "Channel 5 still airs this?"

Dave's 371 would have won most weeks. Phenominal performace by Paul Berger.

Candle pin bowling is spectacular. Here bowlers aim at the pins and wood. Throws are faster, stronger and more challenging than in ten pin bowling. Thanks for the video.

Great match... thanks for reposting!

KZread Algo - Admit it, you'll watch anything.

@theroyalchief9673

3 жыл бұрын

Well it is legendary.

@bobhayett2376

3 жыл бұрын

"Anything" LOL. This anything is the greatest triple ever bowled in the history of Candlepin bowling on TV. Truly phenomenal.

@DaRizat

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobhayett2376 I was thoroughly entertained having never heard of candlepin bowling before in my life.

@slisk250

3 ай бұрын

I want women’s collegiate candlepin bowling

@warrennotes3575

Ай бұрын

I visited the Candlepin Bowling Hall of Fame in Dunn, Illinois.

I used to watch this with my Dad every Saturday afternoon, my High School had a candlepin team

I remember watching this as a kid. Paul was on fire in 92, he even defeated the great Tom Olszta in the championship show

Thanks for posting these videos! I'm wandering around KZread and stumbled on some bowling videos and it made me think of candlepin! I'm from Worcester and my parents were really into it before I was born. Colonial on Mill Street closed recently and I'm not sure there are many candlepin lanes left!

@peteg475

3 жыл бұрын

Westgate in Brockton is a mixed house. I bowl tenpin there, but the candlepin lanes there are seemingly always in use. It's good to see.

@_Digishade_

2 жыл бұрын

Mohegan Candlepin in Webster is still open and doing well all these years later if you're still itching for a game. If I didn't live on the WC now, i sure as hell would!

@scottodonnell7121

Жыл бұрын

@@peteg475 there were at least 3 alleys in Brockton when I grew up there. Westgate, Maple Alleys, and there was one on Lawrence Street behind the Brockton Cafe. I also remember a duckpin alley in the early 60's.

As a regular 10-pin player... I watch this and think about how a "Sport Shot" pattern is already difficult... This just looks effin' HARD! Skee-Ball on steroids...

@andrewdziuba3336

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I'd like to try this and duck pin and see how it compares. My inclination would be to fade it in from the outside of the lane and hit the ball with my ring and middle fingers but clearly that's not an optimal strategy

@erikthorstensen5185

2 жыл бұрын

This game far more difficult than 10 pin. Its easy in that anyone can roll a 2.6 lbs ball. But the ball is about the same diameter of the pin so you have to very accurate. The dead wood helps,but it can also hinder.

@erikthorstensen5185

2 жыл бұрын

KZread is the only place to watch new matches. The KZread channel spread eagle productions. Granted its a one man show,he's trying at least.

I have known of this version for a long time, but never saw it until I saw it here on KZread about a week ago. I have always wanted to see how it was played, but it never occured to me to look it up here. I am glad I did. It's a fun sport to watch.

Don Gillis was magnificent! A legend!

Why did I really look for the tracking button on my phone in the beginning

@iamray09

5 жыл бұрын

HOBO FISHERMAN I HATE you lmaoooo. Tracking was clutch as ever tho

I remember watching this when it first happened.on edge of my seat watching those pins fall to hit 500.

Incredible! Both bowlers picked up some crazy leaves, and put up amazing numbers!

I remember going to the Fairway Lanes as a kid from nearby Ashland. Those alleys sure look pristine in this video, and the pins don't drop as easily when they're not worn at the ends. You have to be good to rack up big numbers. Thanks for posting this event with the great Don Gillis.

The sportsmanship shown by the opponent is nice. Even he had to respect it lol i spent 40 mins watching a sport ive never heard of

I used to watch this every week during the summer (couldn't get the channel at my winter home). With Don's familiar voice coming back in an instant.

Thank's wolfman, this is a fantastic game and got me interested in the sport

This was amazing. Near the end, it was like he couldn't miss.

I miss Fairway in Natick. Used to go there all the time during my childhood.

Yup. Sounds about right to pop up in my recommended. *watches the entire video*.

Great sportsmanship from Richards.

@kylebertulli4435

4 жыл бұрын

Met him in person at a pro tour stop in 2002. Good guy.

Played this game for many years in Woodsville New Hampshire. Great fun with friends. I believe the lanes are closed for a number of years now.

Interesting to see this on line. I grew up in Wyoming Ohio with candlepin lanes at the civic center.

I didn't ask for this but here I am with the rest of you .

I just found this channel recently. Really wished they had Candlepin bowling down here in NC as I have never heard of it. Looks like more fun than regular bowling.

I remember watching this during the day on early ESPN.

I enjoy watching these. I have to admit I like old commercials, too. So I wish those were still in there, but I understand I am in the minority with that view.

I remember watching this incredible match when I was a much younger man... what a trip to happen to see it again today...

@erikthorstensen5185

3 жыл бұрын

Yep,plus eastern Canada!

Ralph Stewart modelling a piece "from his huge wardrobe of sweaters"

@sunspot6502

2 жыл бұрын

...and those Argyle socks...

It's monday night I've a million channels on TV and I'm watching this on u tube, don't know why. Anyone else?

I really like the early CGI used to make the intro

This is the best candleclip of all time.

I've never heard of candlepin bowling. Until this happened in my recommendations 🤯

Man... It's been a long time since I've heard that theme. I'm 43 and from MA. This used to be on on the weekend. I've never bowled anything but candlepin.

Candlepin bowling started in Worcester Massachusetts

When we first got cable we got the station from Worcester Ma that showed Candlepin bowling. My Mom and I enjoyed watching it.

I used to work on Saturdays back in the early 1990s, so I would record these shows and watch them later while eating dinner. I know I have this particular show on a VHS tape somewhere. I know I saved it and watched it several times.

R.I.P DON GILLIS AND FAIRWAY LANES

@anandguruji83

8 жыл бұрын

R.I.P DON GILLIS AND FAIRWAY LANES

Mom would take us candlepin bowling on Saturdays in Rockland , Maine in the 60's. It was lot of fun.

i once tried this in the philippines it's nowhere as easy as they make it look.

@parkerbohnn

3 жыл бұрын

I bowled on the professional bowler's tour and was one of the top 5 pin bowlers in Canada. Never could break the 600 mark for 3 games in candlepin bowling. I did have a shot at the 245 but blew it in the 11th frame and shot 241. I bowled candlepins in Moncton, New Brunswick.

This looks like A-blast. I can't imagine why I didn't take off more. I have got to try this before I die.

Idk how I got here but I’m here watching this

Absolutely incredible

Great show, and great bowling! Grew up bowling candlepin in NH before moving away and never seeing it again. I think my high score might have been around 125.

Awesome never seen candlepin before I’m in

I remember that word got out about this well in advance of the show’s airing. I’d bet this was one of the highest rated episodes they ever had. It was something to watch.

Where have you lead me KZread algorithm? And why do I feel like I need to watch?

Miss this show.

Candlepin is how we bowl in Arlantic Canada. An immensely fun way to spend a few hours with the family. 500 is an unbelievable score in candlepin. It's way way harder than it looks!

This is my new favorite sport to watch. I played once when I was living on the east coast, briefly, when I was about 9 years old. I was a traditional bowler and didn't like candlepin at all. As an adult I really want to give it another shot. Not sure how many candlepin bowling alleys there are on the west coast though, if any at all.

@peteg475

Жыл бұрын

None. You have to go north of Connecticut to find them. Plenty of candlepin houses still left in the Boston area. I think there's one or two in Ohio, and that's it. It's a New England-Canadian Maritimes sport.

Paul Berger at the beginning of the tired string: “Oh shit I’m feeling it!”

@frankrobinson3308

Жыл бұрын

He switches balls twice, both were strikes.

"Waiting for wood to settle down".

@lackdeaver9934

3 жыл бұрын

Every morning!

@sikwilly45

3 жыл бұрын

That's what she said.

@mateuszminsky5619

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously......

I guess I will watch almost anything. Never heard of Candle Pin bowling.

I am 72 and never heard of this before! And the guy said it started back in '58? WOW

We spent every summer in Quincy, MA. with my grandparents. My sister and I walked into a bowling alley and couldn't believe it what we saw. I'm from Memphis and we didn't know what candle pin was.

We watched these bowling broadcasts with my Grampy growing up in Lawrence, Mass. We were in a candlepin league with our school, Saint Patrick’s, also in Lawrence. Brings back very fond memories. Ps. I didn’t ‘big ball bowl’ until after college. 😂

I have watched this about 20x

Bring candlepin bowling back

@davidrhodes2771

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Technology has decimated the sport of standard 10 pin

@Kmadams_97

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidrhodes2771 couldn't disagree more

@stompingpeak2043

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidrhodes2771 you must be the get off of my lawn guy. Please go out to your local bowling alley with your bleeder or yellow dot and bowl a 250 on a pba pattern. Then tell me something. Your old "superior equipment" won't work. Sure there are stronger balls now but the lanes/condition is alot different. The bowlers of now are much better athletes then the ones of old. Its just evolution. I'm sure you prefer leather helmets and round footballs as well right? 🤣

Southwick, MA still has candlepin lanes. I grew up in Holyoke, MA but live in the Nashville area nowadays. Still grab a game when I am home to visit.

@dankskilla4136

3 жыл бұрын

Holyoke mass is such a bad area nowadays sadly I'm currently living here myself. I've been to the south wick lanes before I like it alot check it out once in. Awhile when I can

@ccg1171

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Fall River Mass