tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post116104406853627398..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Misc-takesBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161298501990853172006-10-19T15:55:00.000-07:002006-10-19T15:55:00.000-07:00On a recent trip to Edmonton, Alberta, I was amuse...On a recent trip to Edmonton, Alberta, I was amused to discover a local oldies station running those old Wolfman Jack shows. In the 10am-noon time slot, no less.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670758977058825516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161178735313422902006-10-18T06:38:00.000-07:002006-10-18T06:38:00.000-07:00Ken,Miss you in Baltimore. You may remember that ...Ken,<BR/><BR/>Miss you in Baltimore. You may remember that a hero to both of us, Chuck Thompson, had the wrong Yankee pitcher on the mound for Bill Mazeroski's Series winning homer in 1960. Chuck was calling the game for NBC radio, I think. It became somewhat known when Bud used the clip in a commercial about twenty years ago. <BR/><BR/>Chuck, of course, was a good sport and did all the interviews about the flub when that ad came out.<BR/><BR/>On Air America: I had been listening to WCKY in Cincinnati to get my AA radio fix, but Clear Channel moved AA to one of those station you're talking about and put Fox Sports on the 50,000 watt blowtorch. Locally, Baltimore talk get more right wing every year.howiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301928540246901286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161133794411856752006-10-17T18:09:00.000-07:002006-10-17T18:09:00.000-07:00The Hollywood chamber of Comemrce will give pretty...The Hollywood chamber of Comemrce will give pretty much any famous person a star PROVIDED somebody ponies up the fee, which runs into the thousands of dollars. You wanna spend $5000 to get John Candy a star, go for it. I loved John, and he's worth any honor, but I have other ways to spend $5000, or whatever the cost is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161113850159586692006-10-17T12:37:00.000-07:002006-10-17T12:37:00.000-07:00anyone ever tell you you're a funny guy? churros a...anyone ever tell you you're a funny guy? <BR/><BR/>churros as a veggie. awesome.<BR/><BR/>Scorsese on a budget? Do you think someone used to that large an army is going to trim down all that much?Scott Stamblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644332475904186077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161110838250122942006-10-17T11:47:00.000-07:002006-10-17T11:47:00.000-07:00Not to go all Cliffie on ya, but it was Clem McCar...Not to go all Cliffie on ya, but it was Clem McCarthy who messed up on the Preakness (not entirely his fault; the horses got lost behind the starting gate when it was pulled into the infield, and that's when the leader fell behind.) And it was McCarthy himself who used the "can't lateral a racehorse" which is pretty good self-deprecation. <BR/><BR/>Actually, my favorite "did he say THAT?" line from a sportscaster was from an old Baltimore Colts player, Alex Hawkins, who was once covering a game which included a player who was on the field with a broken wrist.<BR/>Hawkins: "That's toughness. We had a guy on our team who had both hands in casts, and when you have to go to the bathroom, that's when you find out who your friends are."Rays profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375762252351537791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161095750231129722006-10-17T07:35:00.000-07:002006-10-17T07:35:00.000-07:00Oh well... At least John made the Canadian "Walk o...Oh well... At least John made the Canadian "Walk of Fame":<BR/><BR/>http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/98_john_candy.xml.htm<BR/><BR/>At least that's something. It doesn't mean much to Americans, but I know he'd be proud of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161080566405665472006-10-17T03:22:00.000-07:002006-10-17T03:22:00.000-07:00Well, there's low budget and then there's low budg...Well, there's low budget and then there's low budget. Keep in mind, Scorsese was able to make "Last Temptation of Christ" for seven Million in 1988. <BR/><BR/>Also, I saw "The Departed" last week. Great flick.<BR/><BR/>DOUG: I'm with you. The fact that Seacrest has a star and Candy doesn't validates my latent Atheistism. Let's get that man a star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161068477373066652006-10-17T00:01:00.000-07:002006-10-17T00:01:00.000-07:00DOUG THOMPSON wrote:I have nothing against Ryan Se...DOUG THOMPSON wrote:<BR/><BR/>I have nothing against Ryan Seacrest, Charlie Tuna (I assume it was the DJ and not the animated Starkist Charlie) or Porky Pig getting a star, but there is a rip roaring injustice in these Hollywood Walk of Fame honors.<BR/><BR/>My longtime friend, former boss and a guy you and David Isaacs worked with on "Volunteers" DOES NOT have a star (and I'm not talking about Tom Hanks either. He already has one and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is probably willing to give him another one tomorrow just because he's Tom Hanks and one heckuva great guy, which he is, by the way, as you well know).<BR/><BR/>No, I mean John Candy, who had 60 movies to his credit. John would have been the first to say that they weren't all great, but he did star in some classics (and made a lot of people laugh, which is more than I can say for Ryan Seacrest). Plus John's a much bigger name outside of LA than Charlie Tuna, even though he died in 1994.<BR/><BR/>I say, let's start a grass roots movement to get John Candy a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<BR/><BR/>Who's with me? <BR/><BR/>(Sorry I had to to borrow a line from "Animal House", a classic film John Candy was not in. I couldn't think of one from "Uncle Buck" or "Planes, Trains and Automobiles").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161056938990433462006-10-16T20:48:00.000-07:002006-10-16T20:48:00.000-07:00Just remember that Spielberg got a star before Bil...Just remember that Spielberg got a star before Billy Wilder...go figure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161052256569335392006-10-16T19:30:00.000-07:002006-10-16T19:30:00.000-07:00The Bruce Willis induction ceremony was sponsored ...The Bruce Willis induction ceremony was sponsored by Botox.<BR/><BR/>Ryan Seacrest has a star? <BR/><BR/>Have they lowered the requirements to have only walked on Hollywood Blvd. to get a star?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com