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Title: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Editor on January 15, 2007, 09:28:51 PM

An NASA astronaut was born in Hackensack.

The movie "Jersey Girls" was shot in Hackensack.

Hackensack is mentioned in "Anthony's Song" by Billy Joel.

Hackensack was targeted for nuclear anihilation by Lex Luther in"Superman" the movie. Get the script.

Richard Pryor played for the "Hackensack Bulls" baseball team in "Brewsters Millions".

There is a town called Hackensack in Minnesota? See their site.

Author, F. Scott Fitzgerald went to school in Hackensack.

"Fountains of Wayne" wrote a song titled: "Hackensack".

Jimi Hendrix sang in his first public performance at "George's Club 20" in Hackensack.

Frank Sinatra was arrested in Hackensack.

A scene in the movie "Miss Congeniality 2" was filmed at the Crow's Next in 2005.

Do you know other Hackensack Trivia? Please Email.

Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Editor on January 12, 2009, 11:08:34 AM
This was in Friday's Record:

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Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: irons35 on January 12, 2009, 08:33:16 PM
its just too bad that the person who wrote that piece didnt bother to check and see if the information was still current or not. anyone can just copy out of a book, but you would expect someone whose job it is to get the facts straight to do so.   see if you can find the outdated information in the list.
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Editor on January 12, 2009, 09:35:42 PM
1. Fleet's been gone and so is its successor, Bank of America
2. Wally Schirra died a year or so ago, so the paragraph should read in the past tense for him.

Didn't notice it before.

Let me check- someone left this for me in my inbox on Friday, so I assume that's when it was printed.  I'll ask tomorrow.  Did anyone else see this on Friday?
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: irons35 on January 12, 2009, 09:52:28 PM
it was in the record I believe on Friday.
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: BLeafe on January 12, 2009, 10:32:11 PM
Quote from: Editor on January 12, 2009, 09:35:42 PM
Wally Schirra died a year or so ago, so the paragraph should read in the past tense for him.

What about Nelson Riddle? He died nearly a quarter of a century ago. But Debby Boone is still alive, she's in the same sentence, and the verb has to be consistent, so how can you write the sentence to reflect past and present?

Aren't ALL births in the past?



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Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Editor on January 12, 2009, 11:08:15 PM
You must have had Sister Mary Hart in Holy Trinity.
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: BLeafe on January 12, 2009, 11:18:43 PM
Quote from: Editor on January 12, 2009, 11:08:15 PM
You must have had Sister Mary Hart in Holy Trinity.

Nope - after my time, but loved her on ET.  ;)



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Title: Superman video
Post by: Editor on December 01, 2009, 09:17:02 PM
Superman: Missile to destroy Hackensack

http://www.youtube.com/v/uN-tonQMgHc&hl=en_US&fs=1&
Title: Sopranos, Hackensack Stop and Shop
Post by: Editor on December 27, 2009, 01:56:28 PM
Vito at Hackensack Stop and Shop.
Sopranos Season 6 Episode 11:  "Cold Stones"

http://www.youtube.com/v/qg-CewbVZTM&hl=en_US&fs=1&
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: johnny g on April 20, 2010, 12:30:35 PM
On the Sopranos ( i believe it was season 2) Burt Young plays Bobby Baccala's dad and crashes his car into a sign at the site of a former gas station on River St just south of the Rt 80 overpass after murdering someone in a house (scene shot in Garfield).
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Chief Oratam on April 21, 2010, 08:20:17 PM
That picture of Frank Sinatra's mug shot from Hackensack is all over on the Soprano's .....   Poster size....it hangs at the Bada-Bing....It also Hangs at Satriales.... 

(http://www.martysaudiophilevinylcollection.com/resources/sinatramug.jpg)

[Image added by Editor]
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Editor on September 09, 2010, 09:31:29 AM
Another song that mentions Hackensack is "I've Been Everywhere" by Johnny Cash.

http://www.youtube.com/v/WoIfglXAbh0?fs=1&hl=en_US

Lyrics:

I was totin' my pack along the long dusty Winnemucca road,
When along came a semi with a high an' canvas-covered load.
"If you're goin' to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride."
And so I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside.
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand.
And I said, "Listen, I've traveled every road in this here land!"

[Chorus:]
I've been everywhere, man.
I've been everywhere, man.
Crossed the desert's bare, man.
I've breathed the mountain air, man.
Of travel I've had my share, man.
I've been everywhere.

I've been to:
Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,
Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma,
Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,
Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo,
Tocapillo, Baranquilla, and Perdilla, I'm a killer.

[Chorus]

I've been to:
Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana,
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana,
Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa,
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake,
Grand Lake, Devils Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake.

[Chorus]

I've been to:
Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika,
Schefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica,
Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport,
Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond du Lac, Davenport,
Idaho, Jellico, Argentina, Diamantina,
Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean-a.

[Chorus]

I've been to:
Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado,
Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado,
Larimore, Admore, Haverstraw, Chatanika,
Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika,
Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City,
Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity.

[Chorus]
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Homer Jones on September 09, 2010, 12:45:44 PM
Such beautiful thoughts put into words. Ranks up there with Rama Lama Ding Dong and My Ding-A-Ling. At least Chuck Berry put some thought into Ding-A-Ling.
Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Editor on May 12, 2016, 02:44:04 PM
So did Wally Schirra live here or was he just born here? If so, what street?

Title: Re: Hackensack Facts & Trivia
Post by: Long Ago on May 28, 2016, 12:36:34 PM
I was also curious about where Schirra may have lived in Hackensack, but I couldn’t find anything from a quick search of online resources.  The dedication plaque at Schirra Park simply says he “was born in Hackensack, raised in Oradell.”  The 1930 and 1940 census records also have him listed as a resident of Oradell.