There is not too much I remember of the waning days of September of 1978 in Knoxville, Tennessee. I remember both sets of grandparents were visiting ahead of the blessed event. I remember my mother was hospitalized in the final days of her pregnancy. I’m doing good enough to recall watching a rerun of “The …
Continue reading “How it started; how we wish Geof were still with us”
Well — it appears waiting for the “writer” of FTVLive to retract this statement… “If NBC puts (Savannah) Guthrie on (“Meet the Press”), it gives the show a female host, which would be a first.” …is like leaving the porch light on for Jimmy Hoffa. After four social media posts — from accounts which I …
Continue reading “Who can you trust?: Part duh — I mean — deux”
It’s been nearly five years since I produced a TV newscast. The reasons why may have to be saved for a novel based upon real-life events — with names changed to protect innocent and guilty. Think of my last post as an appetizer. The main course is going to have to wait a while. Even …
For various reasons, I didn’t want to write this. But given recent events, I feel as if I must. If you cover entertainment and/or pop culture with any regularity, you know the last few weeks have not been easy. Sports and entertainment legends have passed from this life to the next over that time: Nichelle …
Continue reading “This is the end (but be sure about the end, my friend)”
As a voter, I wrote the state representative and senator who represent me in Jackson — urging them to vote no on the lottery. I got no response from one of them — and one response from the other. The other who responded assured me there would be a vote of no from that person. …
For those who’ve wondered or asked, yes, I have dated other women since Cindy’s passing more than a decade ago. If you got to know Cindy really well, you’ll recall her father died in the mid-1990s and her mother later remarried. Now that our marriage ended under the articles of “’til death do us part” …
Doug’s Place Flashback: I still remember the time Roseanne Barr performed — check that, butchered — “The Star-Spangled Banner”. What people usually don’t know, realize or recall is that happened before Game 2 of a Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres doubleheader. Read all about it: http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-26/sports/sp-1255_1_roseanne-barr I lived in Dayton, Ohio, at the time …
Okay, so in a previous entry, I advised newscast producers should avoid satellite media tours like the plague. Now, I’d like to expand that plea just a bit. Oh, great gatekeepers of the television news broadcasts, please do yourselves and your viewers this favor. Program any and all e-mails from out-of-town PR firms to go …
My heart sank after I read Tom Russo died over the weekend. If you lived in the Pine Belt in the mid 1990s, you likely remember he co-anchored the news at 5 and 10 on WDAM-TV. From time to time, Tom was also a guest of what was then WQIS Talk Radio 890. You might …
Long before I came to the Pine Belt, my family and I called Ohio home. When we arrived there in 1983, it was home to a state lottery. It still is. If you ever wondered how a lottery helped school systems elsewhere — particularly my former neighborhoods in and near Dayton, Ohio — here’s your …
