ObituaryPerfect

2024-07-08 Thread Steve VanDevender
James Stanley Barr writes: > Bruce Bastian, a founder of WordPerfect dead at 76. > >02Bastian-02-hpbl-facebookJumbo.jpg > Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, > Is Dead at 76 > nytimes.com May I suggest

ObituaryPerfect

2024-07-08 Thread James Stanley Barr
Bruce Bastian, a founder of WordPerfect dead at 76. Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76nytimes.com -- 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

[misc] 'cuz Mad Magazine and WNN are a match...

2024-07-08 Thread danny burstein
Good article on Mad Magazine exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum (!) in Mass... https://www.jta.org/2024/07/07/ideas/americana-meets-meshugenneh-at-a-museum-exhibit-about-mad-magazine _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key

if only... that covered Japan

2024-07-07 Thread danny burstein
[Twitter, lightly edited] Thomas P (Tom) Logan @TokyoTom2020 Far-right "Japan First" dude got his clock cleaned (3.8%) in yesterday's #Tokyo Governor race ... One of his many platforms was anti-foreigner-in-Japan xenophobia ... Good riddance. (Relieved-of-duties) former Japan Air

No Coke, No Pepsi, just a coffin

2024-07-06 Thread danny burstein
[Martha Vineyard Times] Judith Belushi Pisano dies at 73 Judith Belushi Pisano, the wife of comedian and musician John Belushi, passed away on Friday night at 73 years of age after a long battle with cancer. Pisano was an actress and producer and known for working on "The Blues Brothers"

Re: if only... that could explain what just happened in England..

2024-07-05 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
Has DECLAN CURRY weighed in on the significance of the election? -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) On Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 07:28:48 PM EDT, Richard de Give wrote: Does he understand the importance of double decker busses to U.S.-British relations? On Thu, Jul 4, 2024, 2:14 PM danny

Re: if only... that could explain what just happened in England..

2024-07-04 Thread Richard de Give
Does he understand the importance of double decker busses to U.S.-British relations? On Thu, Jul 4, 2024, 2:14 PM danny burstein wrote: > [npr] > > Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. > prime minister > > >

if only... that could explain what just happened in England..

2024-07-04 Thread danny burstein
[npr] Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. prime minister https://www.npr.org/2024/07/04/nx-s1-5025624/uk-election-2024-keir-starmer-profile _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key

Re: (Deadpool) May he be forever buried in Fernwood

2024-07-01 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
On Sunday, Jun 30, 2024, at 6:35:43 PM EDT, 'Jim Ellwanger'' via World News Now Discussion List wrote: > Michael Brandon, who played morning DJ Jeff Dugan, is still with us. Thanks!  (DEMPSEY in "Dempsey and Makepeace", wow) -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu)   P.S.  Always make sure that all

AAAARRGGHHH, TYPO: fly straight to heaven, David Coumbe, 68

2024-07-01 Thread danny burstein
Age *68* not 58 _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

fly straight to heaven, David Coumbe, 58

2024-07-01 Thread danny burstein
(note: May 17, but just saw this) UK - The Fly By Nite team and the wider industry has been paying tribute to the company's founder and managing director David Coumbe who passed away, aged 68, on 17 May after a short illness. "David's passing has come as a huge shock to the Fly By Nite team

Re: (Deadpool) May he be forever buried in Fernwood

2024-06-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Michael Brandon, who played morning DJ Jeff Dugan, is still with us. > On Jun 30, 2024, at 2:57 PM, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List > wrote: > > The last DJ in "F.M." finishes his shift, on Earth. > > (this may not really be the last one, like codetalkers, but we'll probably

Re: (Deadpool) May he be forever buried in Fernwood

2024-06-30 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
The last DJ in "F.M." finishes his shift, on Earth. (this may not really be the last one, like codetalkers, but we'll probably not know until the next one dies, if there is a next one.) -Doug "no static at all" Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 07:28:01 PM EDT, James

if only.. that covered Japanese/US relations

2024-06-29 Thread danny burstein
Subject: Admiral Richard C. Macke [a] could not be reached for comment Allegations of rape by a US military member of a 14 y/o in Okinawa leads to large demonstrations against US bases https://x.com/ChinaCounter/status/1806983034476155337 [a]

Re: gets to spend eternity at the museum: Bill Cobbs, 90

2024-06-27 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
Oz needs a new Master Tinker! -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu)   Re:  That Chiefs-themed Christmas movie,  I'm waiting for a "All I want for Christmas is *Andrew*" one! ;-) On Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 07:09:37 PM EDT, James Stanley Barr wrote: Looks like the Transporter finally beamed him

Re: Time for Texians to vote or the Dead Man as governor (fwd)

2024-06-27 Thread James Stanley Barr
>From WFAA in Dallas: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/kinky-friedman-texas-obituary-dies-echo-hill-ranch-medina/287-5e145272-a26e-4dd8-a823-d85ec8fa4a3f On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 9:49:20 AM UTC-5 danny burstein wrote: > Or maybe this is just a hoax > > [his official Twitter site,

Time for Texians to vote or the Dead Man as governor (fwd)

2024-06-27 Thread danny burstein
Or maybe this is just a hoax [his official Twitter site, but nothing on his web site, nor at any more traditional news sources] Kinky Friedman @FriedmanKinky Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill surrounded by family & friends. Kinkster endured tremendous pain &

if only... there was ANYONE ... that had a Tokyo Bureau

2024-06-27 Thread danny burstein
[the Twitter] Jake Adelstein [a] @jakeadelstein CBS News leaves Japan behind. One more bureau gone - as the world pulls the plug on Japan. == https://x.com/jakeadelstein/status/1806285531191673052 [a] Reporter/writer in Japan, author of book/tv series "Tokyo Vice"

looks like a pine box coming for Red Box (no, NOT "Red Sox")

2024-06-26 Thread danny burstein
[Deadline] Troubled Redbox Parent Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Is Nearly A Week Late Paying Employees; Medical Benefits Also Cut Exclusive: In the latest sign of trouble for Redbox parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the company's employees say they have not been

Re: gets to spend eternity at the museum: Bill Cobbs, 90

2024-06-26 Thread James Stanley Barr
Looks like the Transporter finally beamed him into the afterlife…. Sent from my iPad > On Jun 26, 2024, at 4:48 PM, danny burstein wrote: > > [TMZ] > > Dead at 90 Roles in 'Bodyguard,' 'Air Bud' and More > ... > > > With an acting career spanning all the way back to the 1970s, Bill has

gets to spend eternity at the museum: Bill Cobbs, 90

2024-06-26 Thread danny burstein
[TMZ] Dead at 90 Roles in 'Bodyguard,' 'Air Bud' and More ... With an acting career spanning all the way back to the 1970s, Bill has nearly 200 movie and TV show credits to his name. Some highlights ... he played Devaney, one of Whitney Houston's staffers, in "The Bodyguard," Louisiana

Re: (Deadpool) Land of the Lost Life

2024-06-26 Thread Steven Otte
The Sleestaks got him after all. Kwsss. Kwsss. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 26, 2024, at 10:12 AM, James Stanley Barr wrote:Land of the Lost Star Spencer Milligan Dead at 86tvline.comSpencer Milligan of “Land of the Lost” dead at 86 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

(Deadpool) Land of the Lost Life

2024-06-26 Thread James Stanley Barr
Land of the Lost Star Spencer Milligan Dead at 86tvline.comSpencer Milligan of “Land of the Lost” dead at 86 -- 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,

Re: hmmmmm,.... anyone seen Deb recently?

2024-06-24 Thread Debbie Speer
Didn’t feel a thing, probably cos I was passed out under the a/c… Now about that Fillmore plaque… -Deb On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 10:22 PM Richard de Give wrote: > Living on the fault line as well. > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2024, 9:45 PM rych withers home wrote: > >> She's melting in Bako. >> >>

Re: [media] the "mtvnews" archive was such a quaint notion (fwd)

2024-06-24 Thread Richard de Give
Free Alison Stewart! On Mon, Jun 24, 2024, 7:30 PM danny burstein wrote: > > As Corey Doctorow has put it, the enshitification continues.. > > (yes, we all know the bigger story and issues here) > > typical comment: > > "So, http://mtvnews.com no longer exists. Eight years of my life are gone >

Re: hmmmmm,.... anyone seen Deb recently?

2024-06-24 Thread Richard de Give
Living on the fault line as well. On Mon, Jun 24, 2024, 9:45 PM rych withers home wrote: > She's melting in Bako. > > -Original Message- > From: wnndl@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of danny > burstein > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2024 3:49 PM > To: wnn > Subject: hm, anyone seen Deb

RE: hmmmmm,.... anyone seen Deb recently?

2024-06-24 Thread rych withers home
She's melting in Bako. -Original Message- From: wnndl@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of danny burstein Sent: Monday, June 24, 2024 3:49 PM To: wnn Subject: hm, anyone seen Deb recently? https://nypost.com/2024/06/24/us-news/fillmore-east-plaque-vanishes-from-nyc

[media] the "mtvnews" archive was such a quaint notion (fwd)

2024-06-24 Thread danny burstein
As Corey Doctorow has put it, the enshitification continues.. (yes, we all know the bigger story and issues here) typical comment: "So, http://mtvnews.com no longer exists. Eight years of my life are gone without a trace. All because it didn't fit some executives' bottom lines. Infuriating

hmmmmm,.... anyone seen Deb recently?

2024-06-24 Thread danny burstein
https://nypost.com/2024/06/24/us-news/fillmore-east-plaque-vanishes-from-nyc-building-sparking-rocknroll-mystery-where-jimi-hendrix-allman-brothers-graced-the-stage/ _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key

(DEADPOOL) Outfoxed by Death

2024-06-22 Thread James Stanley Barr
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jamie-kellner-dies-dead-fox-the-wb-obituary-1236044943/ Founding Fox CEO/President Jamie Kellner dead at 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

[misc] gotta give tnx to Fox, yes.. for airing this clip of Reggie Jackson (fwd)

2024-06-21 Thread danny burstein
[superseding... in my earlier note I linked to a censored version] Fox sports asked Base Ball Legend Reggie Jackson his feelings about coming back to the stadium where he had gotten the MVP award in 1973 In his reply he talked about the extensive racism he encountered and thanked his manager

[misc] gotta give tnx to Fox, yes.. for airing this clip of Reggie Jackson

2024-06-21 Thread danny burstein
Fox sports asked Base Ball Legend Reggie Jackson his feelings about coming back to the stadium where he had gotten the MVP award in 1973 In his reply he talked about the extensive racism he encountered and thanked his manager and teammates for sticking by him, as in, for example, walking out of

[media] Robert Winnett : Wash Post :: Mike Richards : Jeopardy!

2024-06-21 Thread danny burstein
ok, I'm sure I don't have to remind this Jeopardy! Aware group... but just in case, Mr. Richards was the Jeopardy! producer who believed he had a Manifest Destiny to take over from Art Fleming. WHich lasted one day... Anyway, now: [Washington Post] Robert Winnett will not join The Post as

The alien pods finally got him

2024-06-20 Thread danny burstein
Donald Sutherland, 88 _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

(DEADPOOL) Say Hey Angel

2024-06-18 Thread James Stanley Barr
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/willie-mays-baseball-great-dies-age-93/ Baseball legend Willie Mays dead at 93 -- 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,

if only... that kept an eye on the deathspiral of Canadian journalism

2024-06-14 Thread danny burstein
https://caj.ca/journalism-job-losses-at-global-news-undercut-canadians-right-to-know/ _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dan...@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

if only... that could report on Canadian mass murderer deaths...

2024-05-31 Thread danny burstein
[CTV] B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton dead following prison attack Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton, who preyed on women he lured from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to his rural pig farm, has died. The 74-year-old was violently attacked by a fellow inmate in a Quebec prison on

more media spiral... WSJ layoffs

2024-05-30 Thread danny burstein
Katie Robertson @katie_robertson [a] NEW: The Wall Street Journal is expected to do further layoffs in its U.S. newsroom today -- individual meetings have been placed on journalists' calendars, I'm told == [a] NYT media reporter

if only.. that kept on eye on ugly LA media sex assault cases

2024-05-28 Thread danny burstein
[via the Twitter. Not yet on the main sites] Dan Przygoda @dprzygoda MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The criminal defendants in this case: Derek Hay, Dwight Cunningham and Karine Michmichian, just PLED GUILTY. This has been a nearly six year ordeal for the victims of their crimes & it wouldn't have

[media] Why 4 longtime WDIV journalists, others are retiring in July

2024-05-28 Thread danny burstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 19:18:17 + From: WDIV GM Bob Ellis via Insider Reply-To: newslet...@e.clickondetroit.com Subject: Why 4 longtime WDIV journalists, others are retiring in July *

[misc] if only someone here kept an eye on Soap Opera actors...

2024-05-26 Thread danny burstein
Subject: Johnny Wactor, 37, ACshot and killed in alleged theft gone wrong From: mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk (Mig.Rhodes) Newsgroups: alt.obituaries Subject: Johnny Wactor, 37, ACshot and killed in alleged theft gone wrong Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 22:53:48 + General Hospital actor Johnny

Re: if only there was an overnight network news program... oh wait...

2024-05-24 Thread Debbie Speer
Been reporting on Live Nation’s bad behavior for some 20 years, but this time my little but mighty independent trade pub is no longer independent. But not to defend the Evil Empire my now-parent company is allegedly colluding with, let it be known that the Taylor Swift Eras tour is not

Re: if only there was an overnight network news program... oh wait...

2024-05-23 Thread danny burstein
here's the DOJ press release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/video/justice-department-sues-live-nation-ticketmaster-monopolizing-markets-across-live-concert _ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key

Re: if only there was an overnight network news program... oh wait...

2024-05-23 Thread Debbie Speer
Sorry for the Sgt Schultz bit … this broke, of course, on the day we at Pollstar publish. I’ve since had an opportunity to read the entire complaint. For anyone who got past the faulty Taylor Swift news peg, Oak View Group is our parent company. -Deb … Big pimpin’ Sent from my iPhone > On

Re: if only there was an overnight network news program... oh wait...

2024-05-23 Thread danny burstein
On Thu, 23 May 2024, Debbie Speer wrote: I know nothing. I see nothing. I hear nothing. If only LeBeau was here to offer some of his specialities...

Re: if only there was an overnight network news program... oh wait...

2024-05-23 Thread Debbie Speer
I know nothing. I see nothing. I hear nothing. -Deb ...read the filing On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM danny burstein wrote: > If only there was a Nowbie who keeps an eye on this stuff: > > >

(Declan) But will the double decker busses run?

2024-05-22 Thread Richard de Give
How can they have an election on July 4 anyway? Oh yeah, they lost. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-69050450 -- 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

if only there was an overnight network news program... oh wait...

2024-05-22 Thread danny burstein
If only there was a Nowbie who keeps an eye on this stuff: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/live-nation-antitrust-lawsuit-breakup-34f9e643?st=n0cgudqmdtoonr0=desktopwebshare_permalink

Re: misc media/old tv-movie ID request

2024-05-20 Thread danny burstein
On Mon, 20 May 2024, zdyoung wrote: Well, in "Seven Days in May" the President briefly goes underground, faking a fishing trip to foil his would-be kidnappers. And... the Preakness was this past weekend! But no, not that one. Thanks

Re: misc media/old tv-movie ID request

2024-05-20 Thread zdyoung
Well, in "Seven Days in May" the President briefly goes underground, faking a fishing trip to foil his would-be kidnappers. On Mon, May 20, 2024, 3:27 PM danny burstein wrote: > None of the more usual sources, including > postings on that Usenet thing, have led > to any answers. > > So kicking

misc media/old tv-movie ID request

2024-05-20 Thread danny burstein
None of the more usual sources, including postings on that Usenet thing, have led to any answers. So kicking her in desperation... Thanks Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: [YATVID] A missing President... on the slim chance anyone here remembers... The possible death today of Iran's President

Re: No more "9 to 5"'ing for him... Dabney Coleman..

2024-05-17 Thread James S. Barr
9 to 5..what a way to make a killing > On May 17, 2024, at 10:23 AM, danny burstein wrote: > > [Muppets fan page] > > RIP Dabney Coleman (1932 - 2024) > > Coleman began his career in the film The Towering Inferno, and guest / > recurring roles on That Girl, Bonanza, The Mod Squad, and The

No more "9 to 5"'ing for him... Dabney Coleman..

2024-05-17 Thread danny burstein
[Muppets fan page] RIP Dabney Coleman (1932 - 2024) Coleman began his career in the film The Towering Inferno, and guest / recurring roles on That Girl, Bonanza, The Mod Squad, and The Mary Tyler More Show. He is best known as the boss Franklin Hart in the film 9 to 5 co-starring Lily

A New World of Death, or Little Funeral Home of Horrors

2024-05-12 Thread James Stanley Barr
https://deadline.com/2024/05/roger-corman-dead-independent-filmmaker-1235912737/amp/ Director/Producer Roger Corman dead at 98 -- 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

Re: [media] WABC Radio *fires* Rudy G.

2024-05-11 Thread danny burstein
The previous owner was Cumulus. thanks...

Re: [media] WABC Radio *fires* Rudy G.

2024-05-11 Thread Mike Ward
The previous owner was Cumulus. On May 11, 2024, 1:01 AM -0400, danny burstein , wrote: > Ok, to be clear here... WABC AM radio, 770 kc, broadcasting > 50,000 watts from NYC... is no longer part of the ABC network > (well, pseudo network) in any way, shape, or form [a]. > > A NYC billionaire, John

[media] WABC Radio *fires* Rudy G.

2024-05-10 Thread danny burstein
Ok, to be clear here... WABC AM radio, 770 kc, broadcasting 50,000 watts from NYC... is no longer part of the ABC network (well, pseudo network) in any way, shape, or form [a]. A NYC billionaire, John Catsimatidis, bought it from, umm, whatever its exact status was... about four years ago and

[media] ABC News Pres. Kim Godwin stepping down

2024-05-05 Thread danny burstein
obwnn: Yeah, you know... [WSJ] ABC News President Kim Godwin stepped down Sunday night, months after a corporate restructuring that effectively stripped away much of her management autonomy. "I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism," Godwin said in the email sent to staff

Re: Meteorologist Rob Marciano fired by ABC News after complaints

2024-05-04 Thread danny burstein
On Thu, 2 May 2024, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List wrote: -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) :-) P.S.  Curiously, a METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON was involved in the movie "Kate and Leopold", which led to RAMPANT elevator malfunctions... *ding*. "elevator malfunction" gives me a

Re: Meteorologist Rob Marciano fired by ABC News after complaints

2024-05-04 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
On Thu, 2 May 2024, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List wrote: > He's not appeared on WNN that I remember.  It's been Accuweather spots > for years (generally taped, but occasionally live).  HOWEVER, recently there > was a taped appearance by ABC Meteorologist, Somara Theodore. > Has

Re: Meteorologist Rob Marciano fired by ABC News after complaints

2024-05-02 Thread danny burstein
On Thu, 2 May 2024, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List wrote: He's not appeared on WNN that I remember.  It's been Accuweather spots for years (generally taped, but occasionally live).  HOWEVER, recently there was a taped appearance by ABC Meteorologist, Somara Theodore. Has anyone

Re: Meteorologist Rob Marciano fired by ABC News after complaints

2024-05-02 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
He's not appeared on WNN that I remember.  It's been Accuweather spots for years (generally taped, but occasionally live).  HOWEVER, recently there was a taped appearance by ABC Meteorologist, Somara Theodore. Has anyone seen her before?  I assume she has a regular non-WNN gig. Following "Mirror,

Meteorologist Rob Marciano fired by ABC News after complaints

2024-04-30 Thread danny burstein
Date: 30 Apr 2024 20:31:53 -0400 From: New York Daily News Subject: Meteorologist Rob Marciano fired by ABC News after complaints: reports New York Daily News ABC World News Tonight and Good Morning America meteorologist Rob Marciano has been fired after 10 years with the network following

Re: Jinxes at WNN, or "Stairy, Stairy Night"

2024-04-29 Thread danny burstein
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List wrote: Today, Andrew said that the reason he always took the stairs (thereby improving his health considerably, according to a new study:

Jinxes at WNN, or "Stairy, Stairy Night"

2024-04-29 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
Today, Andrew said that the reason he always took the stairs (thereby improving his health considerably, according to a new study: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/29/1247532191/longevity-stairs-climbing-exercise-heart-disease), is that he's been stuck on the elevator more than

Re: Doomy Moos: Mike Pinder, 82

2024-04-26 Thread Steven Otte
I Never Thought I’d Live to be 100 (And I Didn’t) Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2024, at 11:10 PM, danny burstein wrote: > > [UPI via MSN!] > > Mike Pinder, keyboardist co-founder of Moody Blues, dies at 82 > > Mike Pinder, keyboardist, vocalist and founding member of the Moody Blues, >

[Deadpool] If only a network covered Canada ... and hockey

2024-04-25 Thread Richard de Give
Bob Cole, voice of hockey on the CBC for five decades, is dead. Or on ice. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bob-cole-obituary-1.7184556 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from

Doomy Moos: Mike Pinder, 82

2024-04-25 Thread danny burstein
[UPI via MSN!] Mike Pinder, keyboardist co-founder of Moody Blues, dies at 82 Mike Pinder, keyboardist, vocalist and founding member of the Moody Blues, died Wednesday at his home in Northern California. He was 82. Bandmate John Lodge confirmed his death in a Thursday post on Facebook.

Re: Next time, try double decker busses. (Wild, wild horses)

2024-04-24 Thread 'Doug Elrod' via World News Now Discussion List
Hmmm, could *horses* be the *elephants* of England?  (I.E. periodically escaping to FILL SLOW NEWS DAYS?) -Doug Elrod (d...@cornell.edu) :-) On Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 04:12:49 PM EDT, Richard de Give wrote: Royal horses get loose on streets of London.

Next time, try double decker busses.

2024-04-24 Thread Richard de Give
Royal horses get loose on streets of London. https://people.com/runaway-royal-horses-injure-four-loose-london-8637991 -- 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

media death spiral: The Gatewy Pundit

2024-04-24 Thread danny burstein
Bankrupted courtesy of being called to account for their lies against Ruby Freeman, etc. anyone got a tiny violin? https://www.mediaite.com/news/the-gateway-pundit-infamous-conspiracy-blog-declares-bankruptcy-after-suit-from-election-workers/

TheCylons get another: Terry Carter, 95, actor (fwd)

2024-04-23 Thread danny burstein
From: mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk (Mig.Rhodes) Newsgroups: alt.obituaries Subject: Terry Carter, 95, actor Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:54:53 + The actor Terry Carter has died at the age of 95. Carter, who broke barriers in the TV industry in the 1950s, was confirmed dead by his son.

doublemedia downspiral...

2024-04-19 Thread danny burstein
a: haven't gotten details, but apparently the Tabloid of Record just fired anoer dozen editorial staffers. b: https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2024/04/warn-publishers-clearing-house-long-island-2023-0328-4-19-2024.pdf _ Knowledge

Re: Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment

2024-04-15 Thread danny burstein
On Mon, 15 Apr 2024, Richard de Give wrote: To honor Captain Kangaroo, ping pong balls, right? And to honour Soupy Sales, plenty of pies..

Re: Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment

2024-04-15 Thread Richard de Give
To honor Captain Kangaroo, ping pong balls, right? On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 1:38 PM danny burstein wrote: > [snip] > > > And to think they'd warn us when the football games run long that 60 > > Minutes would be seen in it's entirety, followed by Murder, She Wrote, > > Hey, Rich, we caught your

Re: Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment

2024-04-15 Thread danny burstein
[snip] And to think they'd warn us when the football games run long that 60 Minutes would be seen in it's entirety, followed by Murder, She Wrote, Hey, Rich, we caught your emergency signal (putting an apostrophe in the possessive form of "it[']s". The rescue team is in place. When you hear

Re: CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert on Friday (fwd)

2024-04-15 Thread Richard de Give
Kind of like when they reaired Curt Gowdy's call of the end of the Heidi game on the Huntley-Brinkley Report? On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 11:47 AM danny burstein wrote: > >From: Robin Miller > >Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv > >Subject: CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert on Friday > >Date: Mon, 15 Apr

Re: Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment

2024-04-15 Thread Jim O'Connell
"Billy Joel is for people who *say* they love rock and roll, but really love show tunes." - Paul Harvey, probably. -Original Message- From: Sent: Apr 15, 2024 2:39 PM To: Subject: Re: Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment And to think they'd warn us when the

CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert on Friday (fwd)

2024-04-15 Thread danny burstein
From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert on Friday Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:40:57 -0400 CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert After ‘Piano Man’ Debacle https://deadline.com/2024/04/billy-joel-cbs-piano-man-1235886032/ At 9 pm ET.

Re: Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment

2024-04-15 Thread Richard de Give
And to think they'd warn us when the football games run long that 60 Minutes would be seen in it's entirety, followed by Murder, She Wrote, would be seen in their entirety, except on the West Coast when they would be seen at their normal time [/patsummerall]. On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 10:23 AM

Dammit, CBS, you and your [expletive deleted] Heidi moment

2024-04-15 Thread danny burstein
I was watching the Billy Joel special last night and... they cut away during his perormance of "Piano Man" back to local programming. Ok, so it was running later than scheduled because of the golf tournament, but WTF? I figured it was just the local station here in flyover country, but no, no,

The Funeral-Hour

2024-04-12 Thread James Stanley Barr
https://deadline.com/2024/04/robert-macneil-dead-1235883179/ Robert MacNeil, former anchor of “The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, dead at 93. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

BIG OUCH, was: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops

2024-04-11 Thread danny burstein
On Thu, 11 Apr 2024, danny burstein wrote: [snip] somewhere, Ron Goldman is sitting by a phone, **OUCH**. Of course I meant to type Fred Goldman, Ron's dad. begging it to ring with a call from a Major Network, or a Cable TV station, or even from a stringer at a shopper's weekly [a]... to

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread danny burstein
[snip] somewhere, Ron Goldman is sitting by a phone, begging it to ring with a call from a Major Network, or a Cable TV station, or even from a stringer at a shopper's weekly [a]... to ask him for a comment. [a] alas, they're deader than OJ.

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread Rose Ellen Auerbach
The Chase went down the night before my college graduation. We were sitting around the living room in my campus apartment, halfheartedly festooned with streamers and balloons in classic "We're all packing to move out and we found some streamers and balloons from that birthday party in February"

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread Mike Ward
My OJ memory... I was at KFBK in Sacramento running the board for an NBA playoff game broadcast when coverage of The Chase started. Our managing editor came in and did a play-by-play of the chase watching the TV video. Later that day, a woman called upset that we were running the basketball game

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread Debbie Speer
Meanwhile, Fred Goldman responds and Caitlyn Jenner gloms on: https://deadline.com/2024/04/fred-goldman-oj-simpson-caitlyn-jenner-ron-goldman-1235881889 -Deb On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 9:48 AM James S. Barr wrote: > Capricorn One claims its latest victim > > On Apr 11, 2024, at 11:10 AM, Debbie

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread James S. Barr
Capricorn One claims its latest victim > On Apr 11, 2024, at 11:10 AM, Debbie Speer wrote: > > Never found the real killer. > > -ds > .Where's Jim Hill when you need him? > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 8:34 AM Jim O'Connell > wrote: >> ran out of Juice >>

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread Debbie Speer
Never found the real killer. -ds .Where's Jim Hill when you need him? On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 8:34 AM Jim O'Connell wrote: > ran out of Juice > > -Original Message- > From: > Sent: Apr 11, 2024 11:31 AM > To: > Subject: Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ridebut the cops won't >

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread Jim O'Connell
ran out of Juice -Original Message- From: Sent: Apr 11, 2024 11:31 AM To: Subject: Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ridebut the cops won't catch him Well, he's probably headed to the right place to find the real killers. On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 7:39 AM 'kbrab...@aol.com

Re: [DEADPOOL] On that long hearse ride....but the cops won't catch him

2024-04-11 Thread Richard de Give
Well, he's probably headed to the right place to find the real killers. On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 7:39 AM 'kbrab...@aol.com' via World News Now Discussion List wrote: > O.J. Simpson Dead at 76 > > > O.J. Simpson Dead at 76 > > O.J.

speaking of sumo... an acquaintance had way too much spare time...

2024-04-11 Thread danny burstein
From: Louis Epstein Newsgroups: alt.obituaries,rec.sport.sumo Subject: Re: Chadwick Rowan (Akebono) 1969-2024 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:12:14 - (UTC) In alt.obituaries bryan_styble wrote: Given the body shapes sumo guys are encouraged to emulate, one wonders what their average life

Re: if only ... Tokyo / sumo

2024-04-10 Thread Richard de Give
At midday, the broader-based TOPIX is at 2,741,99, down 0.80 points or 0.029 percent. Back to you, Thalia. On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 7:45 PM T Freitas wrote: > Akebono dead at 54: > > > http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/app/2024/04/11/akebono-giant-sumo-world-proud-hawaiian-dies-54/ > > -- > You

if only ... Tokyo / sumo

2024-04-10 Thread T Freitas
Akebono dead at 54: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/app/2024/04/11/akebono-giant-sumo-world-proud-hawaiian-dies-54/ -- 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

Wonder no more, Woman... Trina Robbins, 85

2024-04-10 Thread danny burstein
[comicbook.com] Trina Robbins, Legendary Cartoonist and Wonder Woman Artist, Passes Away at 85 Robbins wrote a number of non-fiction books about the history of women in comics. Trina Robbins, the cartoonist and artist known for her decades-long career in the underground comix movement,

(DEADPOOL) Time to meet the maker of that particle....

2024-04-09 Thread James S. Barr
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/peter-higgs-who-proposed-existence-of-higgs-boson-particle-has-died-at-94-university-says/3510251/ Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, dies at 94 nbcdfw.com Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed the existence of the “God

misc media: Big disturbance in The Force for small publishers

2024-04-08 Thread danny burstein
Yes, lots of backstory in this, but the net result is a lot of small publishers and their authors are getting screwed, yet again... [authors guild] In a devastating blow to the literary community, Small Press Distribution (SPD) has announced its immediate closure after 55 years of serving

Re: Total eclipse of the ...

2024-04-08 Thread danny burstein
On Mon, 8 Apr 2024, Richard de Give wrote: Seen the two main CNN anchors for this do so many wacky thingsthink they were channeling David Bohrman (sigh). We're overdue for a Jules Bergman Week. But was Anderson Cooper drunk? How about, umm, grumble... who was his New Years co-host??

Total eclipse of the ...

2024-04-08 Thread Richard de Give
Seen the two main CNN anchors for this do so many wacky thingsthink they were channeling David Bohrman (sigh). We're overdue for a Jules Bergman Week. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this

[misc] Mary Ann Zielonko, Partner of Kitty Genovese, Dies at 85 (fwd)

2024-04-06 Thread danny burstein
forwarding around 'cuz this relates to one of the BIG urban legends courtesy of the Kingdom and the Power of Big Media [a] [NYTimes] Mary Ann Zielonko, Partner of Kitty Genovese, Dies at 85 The murder of Ms. Genovese, and her neighbors' reaction to it, generated headlines. The nature of her

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >