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SOWNY » Ex-Jocks John Landecker & Bob Sirott Reminisce About WLS' Glory Days » Today 2:49 pm

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The one I always heard was "Bill Withers - but so would you if they didn't water you enough."

SOWNY » Ex-Jocks John Landecker & Bob Sirott Reminisce About WLS' Glory Days » Today 2:45 pm

How do you turn a duck into an R&B singer? Put it in the microwave until its Bill Withers.

SOWNY » Ex-Jocks John Landecker & Bob Sirott Reminisce About WLS' Glory Days » Today 2:31 pm

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My favourite story has to be the part about "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" by Bill Withers. I wish I could have heard what they did with it. Hilarious!

SOWNY » Former Network Comedy Making Unusual Comeback With Original Cast » Today 2:29 pm

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RadioActive wrote:

Speaking of shows with a second life, I've heard this story before, but in case you never have, it's almost become legendary. 

Longest-running western TV show was almost canceled for shocking reason

Moving the un-cancelled Gunsmoke to Mondays at 7:30, later 8pm, proved to be a monster ratings move for CBS. For the next six seasons it ranked no lower than 6th place in the Neilsen ratings, once rising to #2 behind Laugh-in. However by the 18th season, the ratings began declining from 9th, to 15th to 25th in season 20. 

SOWNY » Ex-Jocks John Landecker & Bob Sirott Reminisce About WLS' Glory Days » Today 2:23 pm

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They were part of the greatest rivalry in Top 40 radio, the battles between WLS and WCFL in Chicago. On Thursday, veterans Bob Sirott and former CFTR morning man John "Records" Landecker spent over half an hour reminiscing about their incredible days in rock radio. 

Landecker recalls his first night on the air, as well as why the first guy in charge refused to allow him to use his middle name - which really was "Records." While Sirott jokingly (?)  laments that by the time they got to WLS, payola was over. And both remember the power of the Big 89's 50K signal. 
  
I love stuff like this: two radio vets having a lot of fun trading stories on the air. Ironically, this show aired on what was once their most staid competition - WGN 720 AM. 

For Radio Geeks Only: Bob Sirott and John Landecker team up to share stories from the 1970s

SOWNY » the Rogers gouging continues... » Today 1:24 pm

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splunge wrote:

I just got an email about my Sportsnet plus account. Going up by a staggering $50 per year.

There better be both a world series and stanley cup appearance in the jays/leafs immediate future!!!

no doubt tsn plus will follow suit sometime soon.

You're not alone.

Sports fans share outrage online as Sportsnet jacks up prices: 'An outright middle finger'

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Today 12:26 pm

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Fitz wrote:

I would say:

Green Acres
Leave it to Beaver
Dennis The Menace ( the episodes with the first Mr Wilson)
Beverley Hillbillies
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeanie
My Favorite Martian
Munsters
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Andy Griffiths ( up to the Barney Fife era)
Honorable mention Lost In Space not a sitcom but fun.

Green Acres actually stared to jell a few episodes into the first season. Once the Hank Kimbell character was fully developed. Does anyone remember that an early episode had Alf playing another character without Ralph. Also Ralph was Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched for at leaset one episode after the first Mrs. K passed.

Also have been going thru the episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery and each show featured up to 3 stories and there were quite a few shorts that I would term horror/comedy.
 

Yes. Green Acres. I had forgotten about that. Also, if someone hasn't already mentioned it, - Get Smart
The idea of a shoe phone was so ridiculously funny. Now there probably is such a thing.
 

SOWNY » Former Network Comedy Making Unusual Comeback With Original Cast » Today 11:49 am

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Radiowiz wrote:

Okay, but don't forget about King of the Hill. It's back, older son and all. Not sure if or when it will air, but it is back...

KOTH is premiering on August 4 and will be shown on Disney+ here.

SOWNY » Former Network Comedy Making Unusual Comeback With Original Cast » Today 11:42 am

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Speaking of shows with a second life, I've heard this story before, but in case you never have, it's almost become legendary. 

Longest-running western TV show was almost canceled for shocking reason

SOWNY » CFRB Show Does Salute To Casey Kasem » Today 9:45 am

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This infamous outtake from AT40 has Casey swearing and getting very frustrated over a "death dedication." Not the guy we all remember! Did they ever get Don on the phone?



SOWNY » A reminder about CNN's Live Aid series » Today 9:41 am

mace
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Gee RA you're search engine was two minutes faster than mine.

SOWNY » A reminder about CNN's Live Aid series » Today 9:39 am

mace
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It is a four part series.

SOWNY » Former Network Comedy Making Unusual Comeback With Original Cast » Today 9:37 am

Futurama is another one that's been cancelled and revived more than a few times while bouncing around a few networks. The creators never knew if/when renewal was coming so they have a few episodes that serve as open-ended finales.

I suppose it's a lot easier to revive an animated series than a live one. I never gave Scrubs any serious time but the few episodes I did see seemed funny/zany enough.

SOWNY » A reminder about CNN's Live Aid series » Today 9:37 am

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It's 4 parts, and should end by early August.
 

SOWNY » CFRB Show Does Salute To Casey Kasem » Today 9:34 am

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When I was growing up in Oakville, I used to frequent Lofquist's record store where one could collect the weekly CHUM/CKOC/CKFH/CJJD or was it CHAM charts. It was run by two little old ladies [old to a teenager. They had white hair] The store was located in the basement of a building where they had this old record player with a great set of speakers. They would gladly play the latest debuts to the CHUM Chart. I was amazed at their incredible knowledge of all the current recording artists. I later learned their secret. The store had a subscription to Billboard and these ladies would read the weekly reviews of all the single and album releases. This is where I discovered the Hot 100. I always remember seeing a full page ad in the magazine promoting AT40 shortly after its debut. Sadly, I was disappointed to learn that no Canadian or Western New York radio stations carried the show. Eventually 98.5, or 102.5 ran AT40 at 6AM Sunday mornings and CKOC did so Sunday evenings at 6PM. I was not happy when AT40 abandoned the Hot 100 for their countdown, presumably because there was too many rap records entering the top 40.

SOWNY » A reminder about CNN's Live Aid series » Today 9:29 am

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CNN's series about Live Aid looks very interesting, especially for those of us who remember watching it live 40 years ago.

I don't know how many episodes there are, but the show premieres Sunday, the 13th of July at 9:00 p.m. ET.

SOWNY » Is Today's News From Washington A Sign of Darker Times Ahead » Today 9:26 am

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Easily Amused wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

I’m waiting for the mandatory cavity searches for Congress, it’s coming!

Judging from the quality of appointments made under Agent Orange 47, it will be assholes peering into assholes. 🤔

And that is how easily you can lose a country. Idiots voting for idiots. Idiots appointing idiots. Stay vigilant. We dodged a bullet this time.

Here's praying that America wakes up STAT.

SOWNY » Former Network Comedy Making Unusual Comeback With Original Cast » Today 8:55 am

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Okay, but don't forget about King of the Hill. It's back, older son and all. Not sure if or when it will air, but it is back...

SOWNY » K-LOVE 102.5 Toronto coming soon... » Today 8:51 am

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Evuguy wrote:

Tuned 102.5 just gone midnight and K-Love was back.  Oh well, nice while it lasted.

Hallelujah!! Prise the Lord!!! they're back!! Good for them! 
Unlike the 1970's they were still able to say they're not on the air when they're not on the air thanks to still being on the air through that modern day thing called streaming. 

 

SOWNY » Here's a real YouTube oddity - Bizarre Hijacking Of CFNY-FM (Late 80s) » Today 8:47 am

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Easily Amused wrote:

The 'old guard' from the glory years carrying out a raid? 🤔

Whoever did it - it was definitely done from the studio itself....the Van Halen fade-out, the next song starting clean as the piece ends...

Maybe a. protest for having to play "jump" on CFNY?

SOWNY » Former Network Comedy Making Unusual Comeback With Original Cast » Today 8:45 am

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It doesn't happen often, but ABC has confirmed it's bringing back the medical comedy "Scrubs," with all three of the main leads returning. It's been off the air for 15 years and you might think that's a record for a show to make a comeback. 

But there's at least one other sitcom that beats it - and it died an ignoble death upon its return. "Murphy Brown" debuted on CBS beginning in 1988, and ran for a decade, winning multiple Emmy Awards. CBS brought it back in 2018 - some 20 years later - with most of the original cast. It limped along across the season, before being quietly dumped a few months later. 

"Family Guy" is another show that made a dramatic comeback. Fox cancelled it in 2002, noticed how well it was doing in video sales and on cable reruns and brought it back with the original voice cast in 2005 - and it's still running today some 20 years later. One of the most remarkably successful comebacks in TV history. 

‘Scrubs’ Reboot Scores ABC Series Order With Donald Faison & Sarah Chalke Joining Zach Braff

SOWNY » Here's a real YouTube oddity - Bizarre Hijacking Of CFNY-FM (Late 80s) » Today 8:44 am

The 'old guard' from the glory years carrying out a raid? 🤔

SOWNY » CRTC adds condition's to the Local News Fund » Today 8:41 am

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How stupid.... CRTC forgot that "broad" from broadcasting means many, not a few. 

SOWNY » Is Today's News From Washington A Sign of Darker Times Ahead » Today 8:40 am

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Shorty Wave wrote:

I’m waiting for the mandatory cavity searches for Congress, it’s coming!

Judging from the quality of appointments made under Agent Orange 47, it will be assholes peering into assholes. 🤔

SOWNY » Is Today's News From Washington A Sign of Darker Times Ahead » Today 8:27 am

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Shorty Wave wrote:

I’m waiting for the mandatory cavity searches for Congress, it’s coming!

This is why I dread my dentist appt. on Monday. She always does a cavity search!

SOWNY » Is Today's News From Washington A Sign of Darker Times Ahead » Today 8:25 am

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I’m waiting for the mandatory cavity searches for Congress, it’s coming!

SOWNY » CFRB Show Does Salute To Casey Kasem » Today 8:14 am

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RadioActive wrote:

It first aired on July 4th, but I heard it on a replay Thursday night. 

It was on the Night Shift with Shane Hewitt and featured interviews with both music publicist Eric Alper and Canadian hitmaker Andy Kim. 

During the two segment back-and-forth, Kim remembered how incredible he felt hearing Kasem introduce one of his songs on American Top 40, and noted how special it was, especially since both men were of Lebanese origin.

Kim also recalled listening to WABC while growing up in Montreal, noting how Cousin Brucie's reviews of how girls were going crazy over the latest pop group made him decide to get into music. 

It's a rare example of radio looking at itself. And you can hear the entire thing here. 

 
I caught this too last night, nice piece of radio from Hewitt. I had to laugh when Eric Alper mentioned there’s no AmERICa without Eric, or something along those lines! Check it out people, and thanks RA.

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Today 8:06 am

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g121 wrote:

Thank you for this : )) ..

I finished watching the entire "Young Sheldon" series while I do my 2.2 mile trek on my walking pad each morning.

Looking for another watch, I gave Superstore a try.  I had never even heard of it but given the several mentions in this thread, it seemed promising.

I think it's quite good even a tad risque for network TV.  I'm just finishing up Season 2.  The only characters I dislike are Bo (Cheyenne's hubby) & Pharmacist Tate.

Fun fact/question: Jeff appears to be the same guy from the infamous, hilarious Kmart "Ship My Pants" commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xwUuSM06xQ  
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343939/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_cst_18 Mike Bunin
Superstore Jeff 2016–2021 28 episodes
Other works: The "ship my pants" guy from the K-Mart commercial.

 
I hope you enjoy Superstore g121 as much as I did! And if you do, you should check out “St. Denis Medical”. It is the latest sitcom from the Superstore team that premiered last year and can be watched on the CTV app or Crave I believe. A second season is currently in production, which is good!

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