tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4106660032564027000..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: In honor of Jim LangeBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60534789941465617182015-01-16T05:37:57.035-08:002015-01-16T05:37:57.035-08:00Where where where can one find a recording of Jim ...Where where where can one find a recording of Jim Lnage's Friday radio theme "I've got the weekend off, I'm so glad its Friday" ? <br />jcbikeman@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80226774974498813112014-03-05T11:47:51.604-08:002014-03-05T11:47:51.604-08:00D. McEwan -who needs your degenerate gay stories, ...D. McEwan -who needs your degenerate gay stories, likely fantasies in your own twisted mind. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57429923397228779932014-02-28T12:01:18.250-08:002014-02-28T12:01:18.250-08:00"Jeffro said...
Just wondering: If you can ma...<i>"Jeffro said...<br />Just wondering: If you can make a fortune off of crap, is it still really crap?"</i><br /><br /><b>YES!</b><br /><br />In its later days, I was routinely recognizing gay porn stars, whose work I'd - ah - enjoyed, as bachelors on <i>The Dating Game</i>. I kept wanting to tell the girls: "You don't want Bachelor #3. He's a bottom."<br /><br />Once I saw a guy I'd had an affair with, a rather lengthy affair, as a contestant on <i>The Newlywed Game</i>. I ran into him about a year later and asked him about that. He said: "It was a very short marriage." It seemed he and this girl he knew had thought that, if they got quickly married, they could win some nice furniture they could sell and split the money. Well, they didn't win. You needed to know stuff about each other to win on that show.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17313313188399392002014-02-28T11:00:35.337-08:002014-02-28T11:00:35.337-08:00If I comment that this show was way before my time...If I comment that this show was way before my time, will it make anybody feel old?Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45558005635535555062014-02-28T05:37:26.401-08:002014-02-28T05:37:26.401-08:00Am currently listening to KNX online; plenty of Si...Am currently listening to KNX online; plenty of Sigalerts, on the PCH and elsewhere. Hope all of you in SoCal are safe...and please be careful when driving today.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30006046296197880372014-02-28T04:45:21.722-08:002014-02-28T04:45:21.722-08:00I know a girl who was on the Dating Game. She went...I know a girl who was on the Dating Game. She went on to be an agent and even named one of entertainments 100 most powerful women one year.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729689580471347594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88296822932251103942014-02-28T03:59:46.966-08:002014-02-28T03:59:46.966-08:00I had the great pleasure of working with Jim at KS...I had the great pleasure of working with Jim at KSFO. He really was a sweet man and a great radio personality.Dave Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299800496442548067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-512515790444785422014-02-28T02:06:42.323-08:002014-02-28T02:06:42.323-08:00Just wondering: If you can make a fortune off of c...Just wondering: If you can make a fortune off of crap, is it still really crap?<br /><br />Cheerio,<br />JeffroJeffrohttp://kenlevine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-788565391643453502014-02-27T23:14:36.375-08:002014-02-27T23:14:36.375-08:00ABC was really the only network that targeted youn...ABC was really the only network that targeted young people in the 60s. I guess the "ABC" made it a natural to go after kids. All though, I believe it was far behind the two other networks, It's programming at the time seemed the reflect the period.<br />The Dating Game, American Bandstand, and The Mod Squad are all more or less in that vain.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86173254042574190862014-02-27T22:54:03.617-08:002014-02-27T22:54:03.617-08:00"As a result I missed getting to go on a litt...<i>"As a result I missed getting to go on a little cruise boat around the Newport Beach harbor with the Turtles."<br /><br />"The selected bachelor got a trip to Paris. I got a roast beef sandwich at Arby’s"</i><br /><br />The first time I did the show, in 1968, it was the night time version. (In fact, it was my network TV debut.) We were sent to the Premiere of <i>Isadora</i> with Vanessa Redgrave and the dinner party afterwards. The couple who won the other round got a trip to Belgium. I remember being almost driven nuts by that. "Dinner and a movie in Hollywood? That's my typical Friday night. My win was just as valid as theirs. Send <i><b>US</b></i> to Belgium!"<br /><br />But the date turned out to be one of the most memorable nights of my life. Oh, not the girl. She was an idiot. (As I'll illustrate in a moment) though rather pleasingly slutty. (Chaperone-schmaperone. I got a hand job from her in the limo, her idea.)<br /><br />But I was introduced to Carol Burnett, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero (who, in 1968, was <i><b>GORGEOUS</b></i>), and a number of other celebs. (A cousin of mine who has money, and with whom I do not get along showed up at the premiere, seeing me on the red carpet with the stars. I enjoyed that.) And the party was on Stage 28 at Universal, on the then-still-standing set of Lon Chaney's <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, Holy Ground to me. In the buffet line, I found myself standing beside Elsa Lanchester. <br /><br />Now <i>Bride of Frankenestein</i> was then, and remains now, my favorite movie. Chatting with Elsa about <i>Bride</i> in the buffet line in a sound stage where some of that movie was actually shot (The model effects shots, the opening stormy villa shot and the final Tower-lab-collapses shot, were filmed on Stage 28) remains a Life Highlight Thrill.<br /><br />Now about my date: When we were introduced to Vanessa Redgrave (Who was great in the movie. I worshipped her as a goddess), she was told we were "The winners of <i>The Dating Game</i>," like it was a big deal. Vanessa then said exactly what you'd expect her to say: "What is 'The Dating Game'?"<br /><br />Before I could draw in breath to say: "Never mind that. It's nothing. You are a goddess! Let me worship at your feet! Take my First-born!" my date said, in a nasel tone of voice that implied <i>Have you been living in a cave?</i>: "You've never heard of <i>The Dating Game</i>?" She then preceeded to spend our precious few seconds with one of the greatest actresses in the world explaining to her, in minute detail, just exactly what <i>The Dating Game</i> was, while Vanessa gave her a humoring-the-insane frozen smile, and her eyes screamed "Please get me away from this mad woman before she snaps and kills me." Our date was essentially over at that moment.<br /><br />But I went home thrilled. I'd met Elsa Lanchester! (While my date was safely back at the table, and couldn't say anything stupid to Elsa.)D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12885524014755670942014-02-27T22:26:47.096-08:002014-02-27T22:26:47.096-08:00I was on The Dating Game twice (Won the first time...I was on <i>The Dating Game</i> twice (Won the first time). When filling out the contestant form, under the question: "List any nicknames you have" I wrote: "Scarface." I will never forget hearing Jim Lange say: "And his friends call him Scarface..." (Bear in mind, that was the time I won. The girl picked the guy Lange said was called "Scarface.")<br /><br />My earliest memories of Lange are as the announcer on <i>The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show</i> out of San Francisco, at noon, 5 days a week, back in, I think, 1961.<br /><br />A total pro.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26976231024736583142014-02-27T20:48:15.249-08:002014-02-27T20:48:15.249-08:00I love your stories Ken Levine. One would never kn...I love your stories Ken Levine. One would never know you are/were/are a big shot.mmryan314https://www.blogger.com/profile/03956737239500293977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6064838787722739202014-02-27T20:09:17.310-08:002014-02-27T20:09:17.310-08:00Jim Lange was awesome. As a kid I loved watching ...Jim Lange was awesome. As a kid I loved watching Name That Tune with my dad.J.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69406630937769295482014-02-27T19:54:36.847-08:002014-02-27T19:54:36.847-08:00The funny is strong with this one, mmmmmmm.....The funny is strong with this one, mmmmmmm.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83406919333618060792014-02-27T19:27:35.517-08:002014-02-27T19:27:35.517-08:00Friday question/challenge:
Ken, you know basebal...Friday question/challenge: <br /><br />Ken, you know baseball pitching; you know pilot pitching. Do you have a tortuous joke that combines the two? One-liners...? Anything...?Igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53056819237893077642014-02-27T17:45:54.012-08:002014-02-27T17:45:54.012-08:00Did the room interview thing, too...As I remember ...Did the room interview thing, too...As I remember it was on Vine Street by Dot Records in some upstairs hall...I sucked...I left...I never regretted it...But a fellow I worked with at KVFM in the Valley was on the show two times...He was mellow, not too funny, but they wanted his character in a chair...One gets the rejection in Hollywood at an early age...It was time to move on, move on...Artie in Sin Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14926750887476570729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62413378381652602612014-02-27T16:49:27.424-08:002014-02-27T16:49:27.424-08:00I was on - and won, which I take no solace in beca...I was on - and won, which I take no solace in because one of the other bachelors was Pee-Wee Herman. Bill Taubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11557530644805748242014-02-27T15:54:58.411-08:002014-02-27T15:54:58.411-08:00The punch line of my own "Dating Game" s...The punch line of my own "Dating Game" story: my chaperone was (and still is) Tom Brokaw's wife.Todd Everetthttp://toddeverett.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16917353008420436402014-02-27T15:53:51.787-08:002014-02-27T15:53:51.787-08:00My favorite Jim Lange story was told to me by John...My favorite Jim Lange story was told to me by John Felz, the Ops Mgr at KMPC when I worked there. He said Jim was rushing to the stduio after a bathroom break, cued the engineer to hit the next song...and introduced it as "Sleepwalk by Johnny Santos on 710 KMPC" LOLSteve Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302700560593200652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90034153867328451712014-02-27T14:54:59.773-08:002014-02-27T14:54:59.773-08:00I think if you'd gotten on one more time you w...I think if you'd gotten on one more time you would have beaten Jimmy Boyd's record.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82500969252594619462014-02-27T14:43:52.269-08:002014-02-27T14:43:52.269-08:00Can't believe he was 81. Man,time flies.Can't believe he was 81. Man,time flies. Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10510606196447424642014-02-27T14:13:36.338-08:002014-02-27T14:13:36.338-08:00When you tell stories like this one, I just get th...When you tell stories like this one, I just get this image of yoda saying something like. <br />"The funny is strong with this one."<br /><br /><br />Angry Gamer<br />-Not so Angry today... check back laterAngry Gamernoreply@blogger.com