Talk:Jimmy Boyd

message: We got an email on the foundation mail questioning this image.  The writer says that this "Jim Boyd" is not the same as Jimmy Boyd.  IMDB seems to disagree (), but I've removed it to here for checking.  Anyone got a good source to check this? -- sannse (talk) 20:13, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I am a good source. I created this image and it is a direct screen capture from The Electric Company opening theme. This IS the same Jimmy Boyd that is listed in the Internet Movie Database, I suspect that the person who sent you the email either was trying to pull a fast one on you or just doesn't plain have a clue. Please reinsert the picture. Misterrick 00:14, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I meant a good external source... but I've restored it.  I've asked the emailer to come here to discuss further - what we've got at the moment is two knowledgeable-sounding people with opposite opinions - hopefully you will be able to sort it out between you -- sannse (talk) 19:01, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Image - is this the right Jimmy Boyd?

message: The official site for the show  says that their Boyd is a Philadelphia native (click on "History & Cast", then on Boyd's picture). Combining this with the differences in appearance and voice noted above, it appears that the IMDB is wrong. Boyd of Aniforms and "The Electric Company" is not the teen actor/singer of the 1950s. --Cam 03:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Electric Company" actor is not the "Kissing Santa Claus" singer 

message: "Leslie didn't have the skills to get a good job", "Jimmy enjoyed performing and would have done it for nothing", "He went to Ed Sullivan and personally asked him to please promise to re-book Gisele.", "His roots were in country music. That's what he was singing when Mitch Miller signed him to Columbia Records." - all much too casual and flowery.--MartinUK (talk) 14:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Language not formal enough

message: if anyone knows anything about jimmy boyd i would really like to know. he's my great uncle and i never got to meet him but i would like to know about him. you could send anything to layin_on_20z@yahoo.com. thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.92.112.14 (talk) 04:32, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  jimmy boyd 

message: "Boyd was sent to Texas to do his then-mandatory stint in the military." Unlike Israel or some European countries, the US has never had universal obligatory military service in peacetime. I think the writer meant to say he was drafted. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 18:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: military service

message: 1.  Jimmy Boyd turned 13 on 9 Jan 1952, thus the song, recorded in July 1952, was recorded when he was 13, not 11-12.
2. The date of the meeting with the Catholics is not stated. It probably occured after the song became a hit in Dec 1952, thus most likely Jimmy was 14, not 13. Age should not be included until sourced.
3. Attempted a rearrangement of the Early Years section: corrected grammar, improved sentence structure, removed "peacock terms", but left the facts alone. Still needs serious editing.
4. As above, for the I Saw Mommy section.
Guyburns (talk) 14:41, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits