The Letterville BullBoard: Signfolks and the rich and famous

Letterville Bull Board Letterville | Bull Board

Front Page
A Letterhead History
About Us
Become A Resident
Edit Your Database Info
Find A Letterhead
Letterville Merchants
Resident Downloads
Letterville BookShop
Future Live Meets
Past Meets
Step-By-Steps
Past Panel Swaps
Past SOTM
Letterhead Profiles
Business Cards
Become A Merchant

Click on the button
below to chat with other
Letterville users.

Steve & Barb Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, ON, Canada
N1M 1G9

Phone: 519-787-2892
Fax: 519-787-2673
Email: barb@letterville.com

»	The Letterville BullBoard » Old Archives » Signfolks and the rich and famous

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

Author

Topic: Signfolks and the rich and famous

Brian Oliver
Visitor
Member # 2019

posted

I suppose it's common knowledge that Jerry Seinfeld's dad was a signman in Manhattan. But did anybody know that Muhammed Ali's dad was also a signpainter?

Just another tidbit of useless trivia related to the wide,wide world of signmaking and the people who live there.

--------------------
Brian Oliver
Paxton Signs
Fort Collins, CO
paxton@peakpeak.com
www.paxtonsignsofcolorado.com

Posts: 237 | From: ft. collins, colorado,usa | Registered: Mar 2001 | IP: Logged |

Todd Gill
Resident

Member # 2569

posted

Brian,

I hadn't heard either of those stories...that's interesting.

--------------------
Todd Gill
Outside The Lines
Potterville, MI

Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001 | IP: Logged |

Greg Sellers
Visitor
Member # 900

posted

Don Hulsey told me that Jeremy Mayfield (Nascar Driver) was a sign painter before he started his racing career.

--------------------
Greg Sellers

Posts: 207 | From: McCalla, Alabama, USA | Registered: Jun 1999 | IP: Logged |

RonniesTintSigns
Visitor
Member # 1669

posted

Who's Jerry Seinfeld? Ali was THE GREATEST! But Seinfeld? Just a actor, I think. Doesn't he try to act funny? Serious, I have never even watched one episode. I come here for the funny stuff like the peeing Boy.. LOL LOL That's Entertainment

[ January 05, 2002: Message edited by: RonniesTintSigns ]

--------------------
Ronnie Conrad
Augusta,Ga

Posts: 374 | From: Augusta,Ga. | Registered: Aug 2000 | IP: Logged |

Rob Clark
Visitor
Member # 787

posted

Anyone hear of the infamous "Alan Bond" over here in Aus'

Well, he was/is? a wealthy business man, Bondcorp financed the Americas cup challenge back in 1988 when we took it off you guys.

More recently he has spent time in jail for fraud....yadda yadda

WELL.....he was a signwriter!!!!!!

I have heard he used to take the money earned from signs and invest it instead of paying his bills and thats where he got his start, did a lot of real estate deals etc.

As for Jerry Seinfeld................nuff said

robC

--------------------
Rob Clark
Rob Clark Design
11 Lassig st
Moore Park Queensland Australia
0741598092

Posts: 421 | From: Australia | Registered: May 1999 | IP: Logged |

Kathy Joiner
Visitor
Member # 1814

posted

That's interesting. Wonder if Ali's dad painted him a butterfly and a bee?

We have enough musical talent here on the board that someday we may be saying, "I know him, met him in ----- at a letterhead meet.

--------------------
Kathy Joiner
River Road Graphics
41628 River Road
Ponchatoula, La.70454

Old enough to know better...Too young to resist.

Posts: 1891 | From: Ponchatoula, LA | Registered: Nov 2000 | IP: Logged |

Roy Frisby
Resident

Member # 736

posted

Chis Frisby's dad is a sign painter.

--------------------
Frisby Signs, Inc.
El Dorado, Arkansas

Posts: 902 | From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA | Registered: Apr 1999 | IP: Logged |

Pierre St.Marie
Visitor
Member # 1462

posted

Kind of the opposite with me. I was famous first.........but nobody went to my movies, so I became a sign painter.

--------------------
Pierre St.Marie
Stmariegraphics
Kalispell,Mt
www.stmariegraphics.com
------------------
Plan on knowing everything before I die and time's running out!

Posts: 4223 | From: Kalispell,Mt 59903 | Registered: Mar 2000 | IP: Logged |

Jeremy Vecoli
Visitor
Member # 2278

posted

On "Seinfeld", look for the "Kal Signs" sign in the background in outdoor shots. It's blue & white. Kal was his father's first name.

--------------------
JT

Posts: 230 | From: MN | Registered: Sep 2001 | IP: Logged |

goddinfla
Visitor
Member # 1502

posted

This thread got me looking for related stuff on the net. Found this http://johnnybergsigns.tripod.com very interesting story. Also found that Woody Guthrie was a sign painter.

--------------------
Dennis Goddard

Gibsonton Fl

Posts: 1050 | From: Tampa Fl USA | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged |

Monte Jumper
Resident

Member # 1106

posted

Hey let's not forget Woody Guthry ...thats how he made his way around the country while he wrote songs like "This land is your land"...

"Another Okie done good"

[ January 05, 2002: Message edited by: Monte Jumper ]

--------------------
"Werks fer me...it'll werk fer you"

Monte Jumper
SIGNLanguage/Norman.Okla.
jumpers@itlnet.net

Posts: 3185 | From: Norman,Okla.U.S.A. | Registered: Sep 1999 | IP: Logged |

Greg Sellers
Visitor
Member # 900

posted

Dont forget our own PKing has his own action figure!

[ January 05, 2002: Message edited by: Gregory ]

--------------------
Greg Sellers

Posts: 207 | From: McCalla, Alabama, USA | Registered: Jun 1999 | IP: Logged |

Ryan E Young
Visitor
Member # 2325

posted

Greg. I do know Mayfeilds dad paints helmets. He does pretty good work too, all the pinstipes are painted. That seemes like it fits.

--------------------
Ryan Young
Indocil Art & Design
indocil@comporium.net
803-980-6765

I highjacked Letterville!!
Winter Muster 2004

Posts: 904 | From: Rock Hill, SC | Registered: Sep 2001 | IP: Logged |

PKing
Deceased

Member # 337

posted

he he he
Thanks Greg,for letting the cat out of the bag that I gave up my entire Kingdom so I could paint signs.

--------------------
PKing is
Pat King
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posts: 3113 | From: Pompano Beach, FL. USA | Registered: Nov 1998 | IP: Logged |

Printer-friendly view of this topic

UBB.classic™ 6.7.2

Search For Sign Supplies

Category:

Letterhead Suppliers Around the World