[Deadpool] Sing, Sing a Song........

Shigeichi Negishi the inventor of the first Karaoke Machine has died Karaoke machine inventor Shigeichi Negishi dies at 100 : NPR (https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/1238840404/karaoke-inventor-shigeichi-negishi-dead) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Jeopardy is back

TIL @embassydavies of @MenInBlazers has been the EP of @Jeopardy for a bit.  It totally explains the course corrections of the show which have led to this.   Thanks @luke_winkie for letting me know I should start watching #Jeopardy again.Jeopardy! Has Descended Into Chaos. I Couldn’t Be

[Deadpool] the hours are better in heaven

Kentucky Colonel Bob has died.  His dulcet tones will be missed. 'The voice we woke up to': Bob Edwards, longtime 'Morning Edition' host, dies at 76npr.orgTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now

[Deadpool] I want to live in America Underground.

Chita Rivera dead at 91.  Chita Rivera, Broadway's 'First Great Triple Threat,' dies at 91npr.orgTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[DeadPool] Good Times ….. In Heaven

Norman Lear at 101Norman Lear, Whose Comedies Changed the Face of TV, Is Dead at 101nytimes.comTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[Deadpool] And the wall came tumbling down...

Mike Shuster, who was there while a lot of major historical events happened, died at age 76 due to complications of Parkinson's Disease. He covered among other thing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Soviet Union for NPR. He was a hell of a journalist, a hell of a guy and one

[Deadpool] I hope Heaven has enough Miller Light.

Dick Butkus dies at 80Dick Butkus, Chicago Bears Hall of Famer, dieschicagotribune.comTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[Deadpool] All the famous accordionists played here, even Frankie Yankovic

Polka hub Slovene Hall, now vacant, to be demolished in Fontana CAsbsun.comTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[Deadpool] I believe you can get me through the night in heaven.

Gary Wright, who wrote & sang Dream Weaver at 80. “Gary Wright, 'Dream Weaver' Singer, Dies at 80 https://t.co/Clb5iaBFfJ”Variety on Xx.comTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List"

Re: c'mon down, the price is... zero

My favorite quip about this was, he lived as close in age to 100 without going over. On Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 10:12:11 AM UTC-7 danny burstein wrote: > > https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/26/bob-barker-dead-dies-99-price-is-right-game-show-host/ > >

[Deadpool] Off to get his 40 acres and a mule..

Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree mentor of the Obamas and proponent of reparations dead at age 70.Charles Ogletree, legal scholar who championed reparations, dies at 70washingtonpost.comSent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World

[Deadpool] Take 2 & don’t call me in the morning.

James Lewis, the lone suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, was found dead Sunday at his home in suburban Boston, multiple law-enforcement sources confirmed to the Chicago Tribune

Re: Everdead

I'm getting persnickety in my old age. That was not an accident, it was a crash. Accidents imply that the collision was unavoidable and or an act of god, which is rarely the case On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 4:29:08 AM UTC-7 Steven Otte wrote: > A Treat for the Reaper. > > Sent from my

[Deadpool] a voice of God is silenced

The best thing I ever learned from Wade Goodwyn was it was possible to script 2-ways, & make them sound natural. He scripted every single one of them & it sounded like he was talking off the top of his head. I’m sad his voice is gone. #NPRLife

[Deadpool] What’s Death got to do with it

Tina Turner Rock Icon Dead at 83. Tina Turner, Magnetic Singer of Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83nytimes.comTake care,- Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group

[Deadpool] The Children's Television Deathshop

LLoyd Morrisett Died Earlier this week he was 93. He and Joan Ganz Cooney Developed Sesame Street. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/01/25/lloyd-morrisett-sesame-street-dead/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion

Re: uh, oh. The ultimate sign Hurricane Ian is serious (fwd)

It’s thought the first place Craig Fugate publicly talked about this was on Wait! Wait! Don’t tell me in 2016. https://www.npr.org/2016/08/20/490338936/not-my-job-we-quiz-craig-fugate-head-of-fema-on-zima On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 1:46:16 PM UTC-7 Doug Elrod wrote: > Or, > > "It's

Re: When the rubber meets the road ...

It’s always fun to go into a CVS and ask for the thinnest unlubed condom they have. On Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 5:27:11 PM UTC-7 dan...@panix.com wrote: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, Richard de Give wrote: > > > They don't teach this in radio-TV classes, kids! > > NBC Hurricane Reporter Using

[Deadpool] No longer Naked in Baghdad.

Anne Garrels who spent so much time for us in war zones after coming over from ABC has passed at age 71 of lung cancer. Take care, - Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To

[DeadPool} Can You Tell me how to get, how to get to the Funeral Home.

Emilio Delgado who played Luis on Sesame Street is dead at 81 https://www.npr.org/2022/03/11/1085979627/sesame-street-actor-emilio-delgado-dies-after-a-battle-with-blood-cancer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List"

(DEADPOOL) Partners in Death

Dr. Paul Farmer, global health champion, Harvard Medical School professor, anthropologist & founder of Partners in Health, has died at age 62. https://t.co/Ke1jW4UXfE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To

The Parliament of Ghouls

Conservative Satirist P.J. O’Rourke and frequent panelist on wait wait don’t tell me, passed away today at age 74 https://t.co/0cVEynEha H Having met him on many occasions, he was one of the ones that they broke the mold for. -- You received this message because you

The parliament of goulash ghouls

Conservative Satirist P.J. O’Rourke and frequent panelist on wait wait don’t tell me, passed away today at age 74 https://t.co/0cVEynEhaH Having met him on many occasions, he was one of the ones that they broke the mold for. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

(Deadpool) The angle is facing down 6 feet under

I somehow remember Jim as a part of the league of substitute anchors at one point, but I’m not quite sure. I know he did a long stint at my company along with Marketplace and eventually ended up with Fox News. James Leslie Angle, II, 75, a long-time broadcast correspondent who served as a

Re: misc ques to our LA folk: is "LA Weekly" ....

I'll keep an eye out but I have an idea you are SOL since i haven't seen it on the streets in quite a while. I did make note of places its supposed to be near me on their map. On Monday, November 1, 2021 at 8:48:02 PM UTC-7 dan...@panix.com wrote: > Is there still a paper edition of it these

Re: any of our Fault Line folk even notice this one?

It felt like a big rig was backing up and hit our house with a thump at 7ish this morning On Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 7:12:43 AM UTC-7 dan...@panix.com wrote: > [twitter] > > M 3.9 #earthquake (#sismo) strikes 6 km SE of Los Angeles > (#California) 4 min ago. Effects reported by

Re: Any chance of a Jeopardy! redo? Spoiler for tonight's episode

If you want to know what a Biathlon is and how really hard it is to do, I recorded a report A million years ago before the prehistoric ages. in the early Aughts on just what one is. https://legacy.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jan/biathlon/020104.goldman.html On Thursday, October 7,

Hittin’ the Beach for the last time…..

John Sacret Young, ‘China Beach’ co-creator and ‘West Wing’ writer, dies https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-06-17/john-sacret-young-cocreator-china-beach-the-west-wing-writer-dies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion

Re: dammit, no Pulitzer for any of us this year.

Congratulations to my colleagues who were nominated and for the ones who won in the Audio Reporting catagory https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/lisa-hagen-chris-haxel-graham-smith-and-robert-little-national-public-radio Also, the Darnella Frazie citation was truly awesome. On Friday, June 11,

(Deadpool) He finally got rid of the damn itch.

As noted before, I’ve been going through very old VHS tapes. Quite a few of them are old World News Nows. Tonight I skimmed through the fifth anniversary show where Mark interviewed Dick Sullivan. Curious, I checked and found his obituary, which didn’t appear in our list archives. Funnily

Re: he's got the Dead Stuff

My colleagues are remembering him with interesting stories like the time Chuck was a part of the NPR Broadcast team as an analyst for the landing of STS 1 the Space Shuttle Columbia landing at Edwards AFBin 1981. Well there was such a delay, after 45 minutes and with no end it sight, they went

Barry Mitchel from 1996

Hi All, I’m now able to digitize my VHS Tapes and the first one I came across was inexplicably WNN from March 7th 1996. On it Barry does an Ode to Bob Dole to Diana Ross’s My Turn. This is the first time I’ve posted something like this. Hopefully the Copyright Police don’t take it down.

(Deadpool) No one left to pick up the Tab™️

Coca Cola is killing off a bunch of underperforming brands most notably Tab, but also includes ZICO coconut water, Odwalla, Coca-Cola Life, Diety Coke Feisty Cherry and Spite Lymonade. https://www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-is-killing-tab-diet-soda-cult-following-2020-10 Take care, -

Re: (misc) "It all started at a 50 watt radio station"

I’m bemused & a little Irked that Cranes is talking about this newfangled thing called podcasting which is a wonderful way for people to extend their carriers. I remember being in studios at the NPR mothership in 1999-2000 when Bob Boílen would come in with as stack of analog reels to mix

Re: Wrap up that Cocoon one last time

What blows my mind is, he was a year older than I'm now when he played Ben Luckett in Cocoon in 1985 Take Care, - Patrick (makes you feel older than the Beloit College Mindset List https://www.marist.edu/mindset-list) On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 8:30:35 PM UTC-7, dan...@panix.com wrote: >

Re: [DeadPool] They’ll be whistling Sweet Georgia Brown at the Pearly Gates......

I forgot the link, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/sports/basketball/curly-neal-dead.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/sports/basketball/curly-neal-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare> On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 8:06:10 PM UTC-7, Patrick Murray wrote: > > Fred

[DeadPool] They’ll be whistling Sweet Georgia Brown at the Pearly Gates......

Fred “Curly” Neal does his last lay-up at 77 Take care, - Patrick Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: BILL GREENWOOD (was Re: Super Bowl theme)

I got it from a former colleague (Ken Rudin) who was a former colleague of his at ABC. He writes: [image: D77099EE-FEF2-49A8-B9B7-783BF3B46334.jpeg] Many years ago -- more than three decades, in fact! -- when I was transferred from New York to Washington for ABC News, I came across this

One of the legion of substitute anchors has gone to the great newsroom in the sky

Bill Greenwood died this morning. He was 77. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this

One of the Legion of substitute anchors goes to pasture

Robert Krulwich former ABC science correspondent and frequently seen on World News Now™ has announced his retirement from WNYC’s Radio Lab https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/announcement-radiolab-robert-jad Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are

[Alumni] Hockenberry leaving the Takeaway

He did joke with Kevin Newman about walking out of an interview. However, you're right, someone wasn't thinking when they wrote that headline. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group

[Alumni] Hockenberry leaving the Takeaway

John Hockenbery is moving on to new endeavors https://current.org/2017/07/takeaway-host-hockenberry-to-step-down-in-august/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[Alumni] Hockenberry Plays the Banjo

>From a friend and former colleague: John Hockenberry live on WOWD-LP tonight at 7:30pm eastern. It's 94.3fm in the DC area and live streaming at TakomaRadio.org. John is gonna rock the waves in half an hour. Fresh real radio 24/7! Yes, he plays banjo. -- You received this message

Anchor God on the Emmys

The opening of the Emmys tonight began with Aaron Brown, or at least his archived voice, narrating the White Bronco chase after Bill Rice [I think] announced This Is a special report from ABC News. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now

[WNN Alumni] But did she keep the mug?

Allison Stewart was on Weekend Edition this morning talking about her new book "Junk". She makes passing mention of all the mugs she's acquired over the years from all the networks she's worked for.

[deadpool] Ok, you all know what the lede should be...

Mel Blanc is Dead!?!?!?!? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send

[DEADPOOL] He's off on a Space Oddity......

David Bowie dead from cancer at 69. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: 4.3 earthquake near Barstow. ...

Danny, You and all of my East Coast relatives think alike, that California is the size of Rhode Island and that any tragic event (Earthquakes, Mudslides, Forest Fires) are very near all of the population. ;-) Generally they hear about the disasters before do. For the record, I didn't feel it

Re: Feel safer?

Rich, remember this is the WNN List not PubTech. ;-) On Saturday, September 22, 2012 5:05:10 PM UTC-7, rych wrote: The federal government has forced all broadcasters to spend thousands of dollars to upgrade their EAS equipment to new equipment that will allow them to use CAP/IPAWS from

Re: since people here know everything...

I think the name you are Looking for is Silvia Baraldini. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Baraldini On Jul 19, 8:47 pm, danny burstein dan...@panix.com wrote: Back in Feb, 1998, a US Marine Corp jet sliced through a ski lift/cablecar's cable, and twenty folk fell to their deaths. [a] A

Re: This FCC television licensing stuff makes my head hurt...

That would be 87.7 which is also known as a Ch 6 franken FM. What I heard is WNYZ-LP stopped broadcasting on 87.7 for financial reasons and the FCC is finishing closing any loophole where such a signal could exist. WRGB 6 in Albany got a call from the FCC asking them politely to kill their

This FCC television licensing stuff makes my head hurt...

Looking at the service area map for the station their Primary service area seems to get 90% of the way there with their signal. also note the signal is somewhat directional. So it might be enough to get to Port Jervis. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WASA

ABC News to cut half its domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus [Updated]

from the LA Times: As part of the deep cuts announced this week at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents. ABC News President David Westin confirmed in an interview Friday that the

Fwd: Talk of the Nation Fouth Annual Obit Show

When this came to my Inbox the first person I thought of was Tom. If any of you who knew him better would like to put together something, I will pass it on to the Producers . The show airs on New Years Eve Day so the sooner the better. Take Care -Patrick Talk of the Nation is getting