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Bring Out Your Dead (Part Whatever v2.0)
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MountieBoyOz
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Found this on YouTube tonight. Here you go, SteveP:
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An old friend from my days on the beat in Toronto.
Found this on YouTube tonight. Here you go, SteveP:
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Thanks Oz. Mark's intros of the Late Great Movies were the stuff of legend. He had a real dry sense of humor that came through in those intros.
Mark was a great crime reporter and, as a former cop, he knew what to report and what not to.
It was always fun dropping into the old CityTV studios at 99 Queen St. E. The black reporter in the vid is Jo Jo Chinto.
Some pretty familiar names worked there back in the late 70's and early 80's, including John Saunders and Russ Salzberg.
Thanks Oz. Mark's intros of the Late Great Movies were the stuff of legend. He had a real dry sense of humor that came through in those intros.
Mark was a great crime reporter and, as a former cop, he knew what to report and what not to.
It was always fun dropping into the old CityTV studios at 99 Queen St. E. The black reporter in the vid is Jo Jo Chinto.
Some pretty familiar names worked there back in the late 70's and early 80's, including John Saunders and Russ Salzberg.
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Sorry for your loss. But tell me, what was that device the gentleman was hitting with his fingers in the newsroom? Some sort of musical instrument? I don't recall seeing anything quite like it.
An old friend from my days on the beat in Toronto.
Sorry for your loss. But tell me, what was that device the gentleman was hitting with his fingers in the newsroom? Some sort of musical instrument? I don't recall seeing anything quite like it.
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If my memory (such as it is these days) serves me correctly, I believe it was known as a "F#$%&ng Go#&*%$mn Typewriter"
If my memory (such as it is these days) serves me correctly, I believe it was known as a "F#$%&ng Go#&*%$mn Typewriter"
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"Turn out the lights...the party's over."
RIP, Dandy Don.
"Turn out the lights...the party's over."
RIP, Dandy Don.
rufus
rock and roller
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Golden Age of Porn star John Leslie.
http://http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101209/D9K0JN0G0.html
Golden Age of Porn star John Leslie.
http://http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101209/D9K0JN0G0.html
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These recent losses are really dating me-I suppose Seka will be on the list soon!
These recent losses are really dating me-I suppose Seka will be on the list soon!
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One of my boyhood idols is now in hospice care-Bob Feller who is 92 has developed pneumonia to go with his leukemia. Darn he could throw hard. 3 no hitters and 12 one hitters. Lost a lot of time in the service or else his career numbers would have been much higher.
One of my boyhood idols is now in hospice care-Bob Feller who is 92 has developed pneumonia to go with his leukemia. Darn he could throw hard. 3 no hitters and 12 one hitters. Lost a lot of time in the service or else his career numbers would have been much higher.
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Very interesting, I just looked at his Wikipedia bio, he enlisted in the service on Dec. 8, 1941, and was the first MLB to enlist following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Very interesting, I just looked at his Wikipedia bio, he enlisted in the service on Dec. 8, 1941, and was the first MLB to enlist following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Don't forget Teddy Ballgame. He lost 5 seaons in TWO wars as a Marine fighter pilot. It's not hard to imagine him being the first to beat the Babe for career homers, he finished with over 500 despite losing 5 seasons right out of the heart of his career.
Don't forget Teddy Ballgame. He lost 5 seaons in TWO wars as a Marine fighter pilot. It's not hard to imagine him being the first to beat the Babe for career homers, he finished with over 500 despite losing 5 seasons right out of the heart of his career.
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Very true-Feller lost 4 seasons at the height of his career also. As a kid i saw him very late in his career-but I cherish the baseball he signed for me in 1955-almost as much as the bat Stan Musial signed for me that year. Two of the truly greats of the game.
Very true-Feller lost 4 seasons at the height of his career also. As a kid i saw him very late in his career-but I cherish the baseball he signed for me in 1955-almost as much as the bat Stan Musial signed for me that year. Two of the truly greats of the game.
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Wow. Speaking of bats, don't know if Stan's still got his restaurant, but when you walked in there would be 7 silver bats, one for each of the batting titles he won!
Wow. Speaking of bats, don't know if Stan's still got his restaurant, but when you walked in there would be 7 silver bats, one for each of the batting titles he won!
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One of the nicest gentlemen to play the game-I waited 2 hours for him to come out after a double header (remember those?) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn When he finally came out he asked this little kid(me) how long I was waiting and I told him. He asked my dad if it was OK to take me back into the clubhouse for a minute and I went in with him-he took his game bat and signed it and gave it to me. I don't think that kind of thing happens today.
One of the nicest gentlemen to play the game-I waited 2 hours for him to come out after a double header (remember those?) at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn When he finally came out he asked this little kid(me) how long I was waiting and I told him. He asked my dad if it was OK to take me back into the clubhouse for a minute and I went in with him-he took his game bat and signed it and gave it to me. I don't think that kind of thing happens today.
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Not without handing over some big coin for that to happen first.
Not without handing over some big coin for that to happen first.
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Exactly-in the 1980's even-Willie Mays was visiting our town and signing autographs at a local Auto dealership that was having a grand opening. The set up was you purchased a picture from him (actually his agent who was sitting next to him) and he signed it -for $20. I already had a picture with me-one of the 4 great NY centerfielders posed together-Mays, DiMaggio, Mantle and Snyder. it was signed already but the other 3(but not Mays). It cost me nothing for the 3 other signatures which I had gotten 20 years previously. I standed in line with it and when I got to Mays I asked him to sign it. Hw was amazed to see the picture-and was ready to sign it without hesitation. However his agent stopeed him-looked at me and asked for $150 for the signature. I was flabbergasted and told him that none of the other 3 eve asked for a dime to sign. Willie looked at me and simply said that if his agent wants him to charge the money he had to do it and would not sign. I still have the picture and it is only missing the Mays signature. It has been a different world for a long time now. I am sorry but part of me would love to be stuck back in the 50's and 60's.
Exactly-in the 1980's even-Willie Mays was visiting our town and signing autographs at a local Auto dealership that was having a grand opening. The set up was you purchased a picture from him (actually his agent who was sitting next to him) and he signed it -for $20. I already had a picture with me-one of the 4 great NY centerfielders posed together-Mays, DiMaggio, Mantle and Snyder. it was signed already but the other 3(but not Mays). It cost me nothing for the 3 other signatures which I had gotten 20 years previously. I standed in line with it and when I got to Mays I asked him to sign it. Hw was amazed to see the picture-and was ready to sign it without hesitation. However his agent stopeed him-looked at me and asked for $150 for the signature. I was flabbergasted and told him that none of the other 3 eve asked for a dime to sign. Willie looked at me and simply said that if his agent wants him to charge the money he had to do it and would not sign. I still have the picture and it is only missing the Mays signature. It has been a different world for a long time now. I am sorry but part of me would love to be stuck back in the 50's and 60's.
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