Larry King used to write a column for the USA Today newspaper consisting of vapid non-sequiturs such as: “That Charlene Tilton sure is a looker”…”Anybody ever wonder what happens to the airplane peanuts people don’t eat?”…”I’m calling it now: The Yankees will win the penant this year…” And so forth. So here’s a grab bag … Continue reading A Larry King “Dot Dot Dot” Column
I recall we, as the Junior class of Sherburne-Earlville Central School, had the opportunity to vote on our 1989 Junior Prom theme. All of the nominees were then-current songs (as opposed to such evergreen themes as “Starlight In The Cafeteria”, “Romance Under The Basketball Hoops”, etc). I voted for “I’ve Had The Time Of My … Continue reading From The Scrapbook: Promenade
To recap for those just joining us: In the early days of Panhandle Post, our company’s website which serves the same area as our radio stations, we were putting a lot of things on the site that we later realized were better done by other people–like Associated Press wire stories about entertainment news. Even though … Continue reading Still More Silly Headlines
I did a post earlier this week about my trip to a CBS morning show. The tickets I got signed are in my scrapbook. There are a lot of treasures there. Today I’d like to tell you about another one of them. In 1987, my Mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. She had been a … Continue reading A Warm Happy Place
I’ve been watching a lot of Buzzr lately. Buzzr is a channel that shows old game shows. It’s what I watch now that MeTV has been brutally yanked from my channel lineup yet again by the heartless overlords at Spectrum. Anyway, I’m watching “Password Plus” (“It’s more than just Password! It’s Password PLUS!”) and like … Continue reading “Hi, doll!”
This evening I dug out my scrapbook to digitally capture some things for future bloggage. (The whole “digital” thing is partially responsible for my having only one scrapbook with several empty pages. The other reason is that I have led a considerably dull life.) According to The Wikipedia: On January 12, 1987, The Morning Program made its … Continue reading My Visit To “The Morning Program”
One year ago this month I launched “Wentyworld.com” as the official destination for….stuff. Mostly stuff I’m involved in or obsessed with. In the first year of this here blog I have produced 110 posts. Among the more abundant categories are health updates (everything’s great now, thanks); new radio commercials I’ve been working on; old radio … Continue reading Happy Blog-A-Versary, Happy Blog-A-Versary, Happy Blog-a-Versary, Haaaaaaaaaappy Blog-A-Versary!
Today’s blog post is a double feature. First: we did two new commercials today for Alliance’s beloved Dairy Queen. Alliance’s Dairy Queen is beloved because their burgers and fries are awesome, their employees are swell, and they do a Free Cone Day every year. Now, on Free Cone Day one might think it enough to … Continue reading New Commercials & “Crack Or No Crack?”
This is the first day of “wrestling week”–not WWE wrestling, but state high school wrestling finals. It’s a busy week for all 3 of the Alliance radio musketeers, particularly for Gles who makes the trip eastward. But Kalin and I too will have some long days Thursday and Friday and (one hopes!) Saturday. So it … Continue reading Girl Scouts, Wrestling and Mortality
This is a Halloween post in February. I know a lot of people love Halloween, and I guess I do too. Not the dressing up part. Not the drinking to stupification part. But the “lots of candy being around” part, and the “making radio stuff” part…that’s my jam Halloween-wise. And so we come to a … Continue reading Jason and the Monsters
