Kraehling is correct. He and John Gallos were the longest serving booth announcers ever in television. They were THE voices of Channel 4.
It was Jass. Mel Jass - and the Channel 11 (WTCN-TV) Afternoon Movie and his incredible used car sales pitches for everything. Often used cars, but dozens of other retailers and products. All sold as though you'd be dead the next day if you didn't buy it today. You could visit the studios in the Calhoun Beach Hotel and watch the shows from behind the camera if you were quiet. Anyone remember Toby Prin at the organ and piano? How about Arle Haeberle and her afternoon Talk of the Town show? DFL Bean Feeds (predecessor of the Humphrey Day Dinners) at the Leamington Hotel, owned by the notorious Bob Short, the man who killed Don Fraser's bid for the Senate in the 1978 primary and sent DFLers flocking to Dave Durenberger. Cedric Adams, Halsey Hall, Howard Viken, Hobbs House, Joyce Lamont (still on the air at KLBB - that makes about 50 years or more for Joyce, who sounds almost the same save for a bit of a slur in pronunciation), Boone & Erickson, Jergen Nash - all incredibly smooth - and deep - voices from the Good Neighbor Days at 'CCO, and so successful any young announcer or time salesman would have given an arm and a leg to work there. It was a ticket to full retirement. The radio and television scene today is a jumbled mess of formats and voices, each outlet almost indistinguishable from the other. One of the holdouts is Johnny Canton who started as a rock jock at WDGY in the 60's and is, I think, still at W-LITE. But not much personality left around here. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul ------ "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, remain neutral" --Dante > From: "Barbara Lickness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 19:44:49 -0800 (PST) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] What's Missing > > Moby Dicks > Goofy's > Dave Moore > Bud Kraehling (or however you spell it) > Popeye and Pete > Romper Room (remember Romper Bomper Stomper boo?) > Scottie's on 7th > Mel Jazz (you got a good job) > Dayton's Skyroom > Woolworth's > The Forum cafeteria > Dr. Ruben K. Youngdahl > > Barb Lickness > Whittier > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals > http://personals.yahoo.com > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
