Things elvis did for fun

[presley31]

What kind of stuff do you think elvis did for fun?? I'am guessing cards, firecrackers, movies, but not sure what else:hmm: what do you think elvis like to do to pass the time that was fun to him?

[nyc]

He definitely loved football and was a big boxing fan, too. He liked horseback riding and karate, obviously.

I read somewhere (can't remember exactly where, now) that he liked 70s sitcoms like the Jeffersons and he was a huge fan of Monty Python.

[franny]

I read that he liked Rebel Without A Cause, The Ten Commandments, Dirty Harry movies, The Pink Panther (Peter Sellers), The French Connection and more...

franny

[presley31]

Skates, Roller-coasters & Dodgem Cars


As a youth, Elvis often visited the Rainbow Roller Skating Rink in Memphis. It was located on Lamar Avenue and was a part of the Pieraccini family entertainment complex, which included the Eagle's Nest nightclub. It was at the Rainbow skating rink that Elvis first spent quality time with Dixie Locke, his high school sweetheart. At the start of his music career, Elvis performed at the Eagle's Nest. After his career took off and he could afford it, Elvis rented out the Rainbow after hours for parties with his friends. The guys would play skating games they had invented. They would wear elbow and knee pads to protect themselves and then divide up into teams to have a "war" or line up in a chain and play "pop the whip". The week before he was inducted into the army in March 1958, Elvis visited the Rainbow Roller Skating Rink every night to vent stress and to be with his friends before he had to leave. He rented it out again in March of 1960 when he returned home from ac!
tive service in the military.

Elvis never lost his love of thrill rides in amusement parks. In the spring of 1956, when he went to Las Vegas to perform at the New Frontier Hotel, he found an amusement park to visit. That summer, he and girlfriend June Juanico went to the park at Lake Pontchartrain Beach near New Orleans. There they rode the Nephyr roller-coaster over and over again. In August of that year, when he went to Hollywood to film his first movie "Love Me Tender", he and his cousins Gene and Junior Smith spent time on the rides at the Long Beach Amusement Park. Back home in Memphis, Elvis would rent out the Fairgrounds after hours and often invited the fans who were hanging out at the gates of Graceland to join him there with his friends and family. The Fairgrounds would charge him $30.00 per hour for the Dodgems bumper car ride that he loved so much and a $40.00 flat rate for the wooden Pippin roller-coaster. He would also be charged for all the concessions the party consumed. Typically, El!
vis would ride in his favorite car on the Pippin over and over again until he was tired of it. He would also get into his favorite Dodgem car and he and his friends would proceed to crash into each other throughout the night.

In 1975, in preparation for the 1976 U.S. bicentennial, the Fairgrounds Amusement Park was refurbished and renamed Libertyland. Elvis last visited the park one evening eight days before his death. He rented out Libertyland for daugther Lisa Marie and their friends on August 8, 1977. Today, many fans still visit the park and have their pictures taken with Elvis' favorite rides.

[hounddog]

slot cars in the 1960's.

[john carpenter]

I also heard he liked the game yahtzee. But he loved movies and watched them over and over.:notworthy:king:

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

Guns were a big pass time. I heard a story that Elvis like to shoot light bulbs in the swimming pool, not sure whether that was a one of though.

[utmom2008]

Guns were a big pass time. I heard a story that Elvis like to shoot light bulbs in the swimming pool, not sure whether that was a one of though.

:lol::lol: I heard that it was the old-timey square flash cubes that we used to buy and use them on top of our "Instamatics" when a flash was needed. I haven't thought about those things in forever.:blink:I wonder how many even know what I'm talking about.:lol::supriced::blink:

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

:lol::lol: I heard that it was the old-timey square flash cubes that we used to buy and use them on top of our "Instamatics" when a flash was needed. I haven't thought about those things in forever.:blink:I wonder how many even know what I'm talking about.:lol::supriced::blink:

Something like this :lol:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/327021379_acfaf746c9.jpg?v=0

I remember my mum having these when I was a kid...

[SleepyJack]

I remember these!....Oh God,I`m getting OLD!:supriced:

[presley31]

Something like this :lol:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/327021379_acfaf746c9.jpg?v=0

I remember my mum having these when I was a kid...

My mom has one of those too. camera's sure have come a long way since than.

[Unchained Melody]

Elvis loved roller coasters thats for sure and loved going to Liberty Land Amusement Park!

[LtCarman]

Wasn't he also a big fan of James Dean?

[Unchained Melody]

Wasn't he also a big fan of James Dean?

Of course he was...he loved Rebel Without A Cause. and did you know King Creole was originally written for james dean and the only reason elvis got the part was because of dean's untimely death.

[SeeSeeRider777]

Something like this :lol:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/327021379_acfaf746c9.jpg?v=0

I remember my mum having these when I was a kid...


What the hell was that? No digital? LOL :lol:

[Unchained Melody]

Guns were a big pass time. I heard a story that Elvis like to shoot light bulbs in the swimming pool, not sure whether that was a one of though.

Didn't Elvis have the guys go buy remote control boats and they would put them in the water and shoot them..remember Billy Smith talking about Elvis would ahve them go in the water after they were done and they would do it again.

[lloyd]

Sounds like you guys have done your homework. Didn't see anything

about the 'roman candle wars' though. Elvis did indeed have his own 'slot-car'

track in what is now the,'Trophey Room'.


Larry

[Unchained Melody]

IIRC, Elvis got so pissed because two of the guys were about to fight over who won the race and Elvis went in and broke the whole thing cussing saying he bought it for them to have fun with not to kill each other over...:lmfao:

[utmom2008]

Hey Matt! I used one of those "old" camera's like your Mom had to make the following pic..... :D;)25163

[TCBGIRL]

Something like this :lol:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/327021379_acfaf746c9.jpg?v=0

I remember my mum having these when I was a kid...


Jesus that old cam really took me back to when i was a child..squared cube flash:lmfao::lmfao:

thkx

[hounddog]

Racquet Ball. Also looks like he liked body surfing and boogie boards. I have pics of him water skiing in 1956

[Unchained Melody]

From what i've read and heard when you played raquetball with elvis you had to hit the ball directly to him so he wouldnt have to move a few inches...that was a workout to him...

[Diane]

Playing with his animals and later on Lisa.

I remember those old flash cubes too.:lol:

Diane

[Unchained Melody]

Playing with his animals and later on Lisa.

Diane

In the later years he would bring a chair in Lisa's room and sit there smoke his cigars and watch tv with her for fun.....

[CRITTERGITTER]

I can't ever forget those old flashcubes. The only time I saw Elvis was May 31, 1977. In those days when the flash cubes were used up, a pinkish red light showed in the viewer. So I'm taking pictures and suddenly my flash cubes keep showing that they are used up. Now you have to realize I am trying to find a new cube and replace it without taking my eyes off the most beautiful man I had ever seen in my life. I ended up trying every flashcube I owned to no success. I did not realize until after the show was over that it was not my camera telling me the cubes were used up, it was the pinkish red lighting that was on Elvis that I was seeing. The man just makes you lose all your good sense.

[Diane]

I can relate to that:lol::lol::lol: Thanks for the good morning laugh.:D

Diane