200 Route 17
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Paramus Bowling—Paramus, NJ
200 Route 17
Dr. Jake's Bowling History Blog 
September 6, 2015 at 7:15 pm |
Was this where the 2nd year of Championship Bowling with Chris Schenkel took place?
September 6, 2015 at 7:38 pm |
Yes and no. From what I’ve been told, the TV show was filmed on lanes in a temporary annex attached to the actual Paramus Lanes building. Once the filming was over, the annex was torn down.
–JRS
December 25, 2016 at 3:03 pm
Paramus Bowling has two sets of lanes. The lower lanes, 1-36 and then later another 24 were added on the Rt 17 side. They were easy to seperate from the other section. Unfortunately the audience seating section, which held 500, and was used for “Make That Spare” and other TV venues, was at the lower end.
(I worked there from about 1966 -1969.)
September 7, 2015 at 12:40 pm |
Wow! I’ve seen a couple of matches from that season & the structure didn’t look temporary to me. I’ll have to look again.
September 7, 2015 at 2:07 pm |
Joe Norris told me that the temporary structure was used for the TV matches, and he did bowl in one of them. Bill Lillard appeared on ten shows. If he reads this, maybe he can confirm–or refute–Norris’s story.
–JRS
September 25, 2015 at 5:28 pm |
I checked out the Stan Gifford-Ed Kawolics match on YouTube that was held in Paramus & it looks like your info is correct. There were 4 lanes (they used 3 & 4) with the ball returns to the outside of Lanes 1 & 4. The ceiling was quite high for a bowling establishment and a huge “Championship Bowling” in script on the far wall above the pins. I’d say it looked quite temporary upon further review.
December 25, 2016 at 3:07 pm |
There was a 500 seat audience behind lanes , about – 1 – 24. ( Maybe less – Cant quite remember) It was quite steep, with good visibility from each seat. That was the reason for the High ceiling.
February 8, 2018 at 6:22 pm |
I know I’m a little late to the conversation. Does anyone know when the Paramus bowling Home of Champions closed?
December 19, 2022 at 7:33 am |
It operated from 1955–1986 as per the Bowling News segment with Denny Schreiner on the 1986 PBA Showboat Doubles ESPN telecast.
December 19, 2022 at 1:06 pm
Paramus lanes was a palace for bowlers.
June 9, 2018 at 12:56 pm |
My dad pat had his proshop next to the steep stands your talking about and yes they used the upstairs for filming my dad did the tip of the week I grew up from 1969 till they closed in 1985 my uncle frank was the owner I miss the people from there they were like family and playing and running through the bowling ally and most of all my dad
August 13, 2022 at 1:39 pm |
Every ball I have drilled, still has the same drilling set up that your dad did for me. He was the very best.
December 19, 2022 at 1:10 pm |
Cathy, your dad was a total class act. One of the nicest men I ever knew. He signed my PBA application.
June 30, 2021 at 6:02 pm |
Make that spare was filmed there I believe.61 ish.