Reds to unveil statue of Johnny Bench on Sept. 17th

[Joseph]

There are statues of Pete, Tony, Senior and the whole 'Great 8' in the Hall of Fame.

Would still be nice to see the whole place surrounded by Reds greats, including Pete. He's an embarrassment more to himself than Cincinnati.

[Razor Shines]

Originally Posted by WMR

How about a statue of Pete up at the betting window about to turn in a winning ticket?

Or how about when he's in prison taking.......never mind.

[Ron Madden]

Here are some Photos of Johnny Bench from cincinnati. com.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs...2260801&Ref=PH

[BoydsOfSummer]

Nice photo collection. Johnny Bench song book....awesome!

[Ron Madden]

I found this kinda interesting, Baseballs Best Statues, by Ballpark.

The Reds Statues are ranked third, behind Pittsburgh and Detroit.

http://www.wezen-ball.com/2010-artic...-ballpark.html

[cumberlandreds]

Originally Posted by BoydsOfSummer

Nice photo collection. Johnny Bench song book....awesome!

I can remember Bench singing "Cats in the Cradle" on the Bobby Goldsboro Show a long time ago. He was a decent singer,IIRC, but I was a little kid then too who's hero was Johnny Bench.

[BoydsOfSummer]

I remember seeing him sing on several different shows. I seem to remember him being on Hee-Haw; am I remembering that right? He was my main man too, CR. I didn't care if he could sing or not, but he did do a decent job which isn't fair. I couldn't catch, hit, throw or SING...lol

[The Voice of IH]

Originally Posted by Caveat Emperor

I've met the guy, Tom Tsuchiya, who does the Reds statues (he also has done work for the Cincinnati Zoo and is working on the new "Touchdown Jesus" replacement statue) several times. He's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Cool to see that they're continuing to use him for this project.

Also a proud Indian Hill Alum I believe.

[cumberlandreds]

Originally Posted by BoydsOfSummer

I remember seeing him sing on several different shows. I seem to remember him being on Hee-Haw; am I remembering that right? He was my main man too, CR. I didn't care if he could sing or not, but he did do a decent job which isn't fair. I couldn't catch, hit, throw or SING...lol

Yes he was on Hee Haw. The RFD channel shows reruns of Hee Haw on Sunday nights and they showed the one with Bench a month or so ago. He didn't sing, just gave out a couple of one liners in typical Hee Haw fashion.

Bench was a real national celebrity back in the early 70's. He toured with Bob Hope on his USO shows and, IIRC, went to Viet Nam with Hope. I'm sure he was on quite a few other shows making guest appearances.

[919191]

Originally Posted by cumberlandreds

Yes he was on Hee Haw. The RFD channel shows reruns of Hee Haw on Sunday nights and they showed the one with Bench a month or so ago. He didn't sing, just gave out a couple of one liners in typical Hee Haw fashion.

Bench was a real national celebrity back in the early 70's. He toured with Bob Hope on his USO shows and, IIRC, went to Viet Nam with Hope. I'm sure he was on quite a few other shows making guest appearances.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070337/

Click "Self" under "Filmography"

Looks like he had a role in a yet to be released Easy Rider sequel.

He didn't do a Love Boat though.