Friday, April 16, 2010

We Have a Wiener.....and a CHA..CHA..CHA!!!


"Hello again everyone".....


....we have a winner.
Molly Flynn was the first and only correct answer this week....
and it took her 2 tries to pull it off!!

HOWARD COSELL.....(and not Jack Webb!!)

--Entertainment lawyer who represented the likes of Willie Mays...
Jackie Robinson and even several actors of the day.

--Started in radio by hosting a Little League Radio show in NY....
and the rest is history.

--OK...so here is where I threw you off....in 1975 he starred in a show called "Saturday Night Live" (...but NOT THAT SNL)..on ABC which was a type of musical variety show which did co-star Bill Murray, Billy Crystal, Brian Doyle-Murray who were all called the Prime Time Players.
After the show was cancelled after 18 episodes....
they eventually ended up on NBC's SNL and were renamed the "Not-Ready" for Prime Time Players.

--Guests on Howard's show included Frank Sinatra...Barry Manilow....Aretha.....and the Bay City Rollers!!

--During a Monday Night Football telecast on 12/9/80...he announced John Lennon's death to the MNF audience...of which I was one after just coming in from work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gcdz1IRVoM


I always enjoyed this clip with him bitching about technical difficulties....



My favorite is this photo of Howie and a friend of mine Tom Lux....
Tom met him out in Washington back in the 80's.....
I always thought that this was a funny shot....two complete opposites.




HUGE NASCAR Fan.....
Timeteo turns 39 again...(plus 3) today!!!
CHA...CHA...CHA!!


Marty
Norton, OH

1 comment:

U-D said...

Way to GO!

-UD