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Slegnaac

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  1. He certainly had a passion for his Work. RIP
  2. I wonder if the money might have been better spent on gene therapy or stem cells.
  3. Maybe Sprint will cut her bill in half
  4. Just because the guy is recanting his "He told me that he did it" story doesn't mean that the guy didn't do it. On the other hand, just because the guy claimed he heard a confession doesn't by itself mean that he did it.
  5. No one else is watching The Jinx on HBO? Last night's chapter had a real cliffhanger for an ending.
  6. Everyone knows that you start at the top and work your way down.
  7. Jinx: The life and deaths of Robert Durst on HBO Very interesting series. Durst does a lot of blinking or squinting during the interviews. You really wonder what is going on inside his head.
  8. I would like to have been at the 1975 World Series. Especially games 6 and 7.
  9. While it is difficult to say one part of the weekend is better than another, I do agree that Tim Mead's talk is a very special event.
  10. I hope he gets the afternoon drive slot 3 to 6
  11. Maybe in the preproduction meetings Roger told Jim "this is how I would say it".
  12. RIP I grew up with TV dinners and Star Trek. I was glad that he also had a role in Fringe. LLAP will not be forgotten.
  13. When the Californians sketch started I thought it would be a great opportunity to pull in several previous cast members. But it was so poorly written that they should have just dropped it. I can only guess that they kept it because of the "break" opportunities it provided. Overall I thought it was a pretty good reunion. Makes you wonder why they didn't do something like this years ago.
  14. I have to go with the first one I saw back in '74, Blazing Saddles. A close second is Silent Movie. The scene where they are in the Hospital visiting Sid Caeser is one of my all time favorites. At the time this movie was made Pong was one of the first home video games.
  15. I am surprised that the driver didn't get kicked in the nuts.
  16. I would like to see Hari Kondabolu get a shot. I think his political humor would pull in viewers.
  17. I had the good fortune to meet Gary several times while I was growing up. My Dad was the engineer for Gary's show at KMPC for many years. Gary had a great sense of humor and was extremely quick with word play. It was always fun to have the opportunity to go to work with my dad in the summer and watch the magic happen. Gary was a very warm hearted and friendly. When my sister was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, Gary was one of the first people to talk to her, wanting to reassure her that it is possible to have a full life as a Diabetic. I also remember being at the station one year before the All Western Band review. Gary, knowing that I was a member of the High School Band, played “nernie” song to wish us good luck in the competition. In 1972 Gary came out with a comedy album. The story I heard was that he wanted to have a celebration party at the Hollywood Bowl. He said he only needed it for a minute. The Bowl was booked, but he was able to get it for a few hours one weekday. The Marque that day read “Gary Owens Minute at the Hollywood Bowl”. It was invitation only and I was able to go with my Dad and bring along my best friend who was also in the HS Band. As I recall there were maybe 100 people in the stands. I am not sure how much of the event was scripted. On stage was Gary and several of the Laugh-in regulars, Artie, Joann, Lilly. A couple of the lines I remember….. Gary talking about the size of the audience, “Such a vast audience, or maybe just half-vast”. And someone else was being ribbed for their linguistic talents, “Such a cunning linguist!” During his early days at KMPC Gary, in one of his radio promotions, gave away a free jig saw puzzle. Listeners would send in a self addressed envelope and in return get a two piece jig saw puzzle that was a picture of Gary standing. The gag was that the picture had been “photo shopped” so that Gary’s head had three eyes, and the three glass frames to go with it. The trick was that the tab on the right piece had two eyes, and the right piece had the other eye. Everything looked fine until you put the two pieces together. People wrote into the station saying they had been given the wrong pieces, etc. I wish I still had that puzzle, it was a classic prank. Gary was certainly one of a kind. RIP G.O.
  18. Just wondering if there are any additional mobile device features we could add to the site? Not sure about anyone else, but I very rarely look at the site from anything other than my cell phone.
  19. It makes me wonder if one day we will see the world that Vonnegut envisioned in "Welcome to the Monkey House"
  20. Ken and John have been all over this on KFI. What great comedy material.
  21. I was reading sections of Ball Four yesterday and Jim Bouton mentions that he would have preferred to see Rocky replace Rigney instead of Phillips. I also remember the big windmill he had in the third base box. RIP Rocky
  22. It isn't just 12 seconds after the pitcher gets the ball. The batter has to be ready in the batters box. I believe that the batter is never in the box before the pitcher gets the ball.
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