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Gary Owens, Announcer of ‘Laugh-In’ Fame, Dies at 80
Variety ^ | February 13, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 02/13/2015 2:59:38 PM PST by EveningStar

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To: PapaNew

All night. That’s why I don’t remember him. I was just a kid in elementary school.

I was in bed.

Later I listened to KSFO’s Comedy hour in the evening with Gene Nelson and then John Gilliland.


41 posted on 02/13/2015 3:49:07 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: EveningStar

RIP Gary Owens. You’ll be missed and long admired.


42 posted on 02/13/2015 3:54:29 PM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: ifinnegan

His story is interesting - he was the best announcer they had except he was zany and would interrupt or put on crazy audio tapes while the commercial were running. So to keep his job, Russ said he would do the all-nighter which no one wanted and their little problem with his antics, so he could do what he wanted.

*sigh* those were the days...


43 posted on 02/13/2015 3:55:53 PM PST by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: PapaNew

I read the Ben Fong-Torres piece on him you linked to.

Thanks for the link.


44 posted on 02/13/2015 4:03:15 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: Squantos

Amazing aren’t they, some girl in I believe from the Netherlands colorizes them. Here is a high resolution one.. The first time I saw this I thought it was fake, that it was staged but it isn’t. It’s Atlantic city 1912, same year the Titanic sunk and only 9 years after the Wright brothers flight. Actually the Titanic sunk in April and this looks like summer so these people probably still have it on their minds “Hell no I ain’t getting on a ship again”.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/16617?size=_original#caption


45 posted on 02/13/2015 4:10:11 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 11 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Wow, whoever did the color on those is very good.


46 posted on 02/13/2015 4:29:01 PM PST by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: EveningStar
Gary Owens in the day:

He had a great voice. Rest in Peace, Gary.

47 posted on 02/13/2015 4:47:29 PM PST by bkopto (Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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To: bkopto

70s ‘stache, sideburns, and suit/tie
killer look :-)


48 posted on 02/13/2015 4:49:25 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Great post! I was 14 when The Beatles had their first hit record here in America. That was 51 years ago!

PS My late Uncle would have been about 14 years-old when those pictures you posted were taken 100 years ago!


49 posted on 02/13/2015 4:52:40 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: sparklite2; GrandJediMasterYoda

Colorizing...sharpening, correcting for motion artifacts...I would like to know what photo editing software they were using!


50 posted on 02/13/2015 4:53:26 PM PST by mdmathis6
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The restorations show a depth of field that is amazing!


51 posted on 02/13/2015 4:56:31 PM PST by mdmathis6
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To: Bon of Babble

Naughty!


52 posted on 02/13/2015 4:58:11 PM PST by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’ve been to that site......many times yet never seen the colorized versions you posted.....nice, well done !


53 posted on 02/13/2015 5:01:17 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Thank God for the bikini.


54 posted on 02/13/2015 5:02:32 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: EveningStar

Oddly enough, one of his more influential shows was Roger Ramjet. Somebody suggested the reason for this was that it could be enjoyed by kids, college students, adults, and anyone who was intoxicated.


55 posted on 02/13/2015 5:39:41 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: EveningStar

R.I.P Gary Owens.


56 posted on 02/13/2015 5:52:06 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: W.

Have you ever seen the documentary about CKLW? It’s amazing the influence one station had.

I began listening after the heyday but remember JOJO, Byron and Super Max.


57 posted on 02/13/2015 5:55:29 PM PST by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yep, more ‘Boomer history biting the dust. It just gets faster.


58 posted on 02/13/2015 5:58:50 PM PST by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: EveningStar

I think I remember seeing a Laugh-In clip of him giving the news of the future where he said, “Dateline 1988, President Ronald Reagan...” The guy was 15 to 20 years ahead of his time.


59 posted on 02/13/2015 7:01:16 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: Pelham

I always zone out on pics like that because how could they exist if the past has the same value today as something that never happened? The past does not exist in the present, so if you think like that then it has the same value as something that never happened. Yet photographs exist. For them to exist the past has to exist. The past cannot have a zero value. If you look at an apple on a table and move it to the other side of the table, how could it be on that other side if the fact that you moved it no longer exists as it pertains to the present? It cannot have a zero value. That past action has value, it has to exist simultaneously, constantly with the present for it to be reality otherwise the apple could not have a new position.


60 posted on 02/13/2015 7:10:49 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama: 11 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
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