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WBAP's Hal Jay suffers heart attack
The Dallas Morning News ^ | 8/22/06 | Staff

Posted on 08/22/2006 3:59:18 PM PDT by txroadkill

Longtime WBAP-AM morning host Hal Jay is recuperating in a Fort Worth hospital after suffering a "massive" heart attack Sunday during a family excursion to Possum Kingdom Lake, he told listeners Tuesday morning.

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He said the prognosis was good, and he hoped to head home Wednesday and be back on the air next week.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: 820; am; attack; haljay; heart; talkradio; wbap
Mash to post a message to Hal
1 posted on 08/22/2006 3:59:19 PM PDT by txroadkill
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To: txroadkill

I went to summer camp at Possum Kingdom about 35 years ago. Yikes.

Speedy recovery Hal.


2 posted on 08/22/2006 4:00:44 PM PDT by mgstarr
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To: txroadkill

In our prayers.


3 posted on 08/22/2006 4:50:39 PM PDT by shankbear
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To: txroadkill

I didnt know that.
I listen to WBAP every morning, Heck In listening to it now.

Best wishes for a full recovery


4 posted on 08/22/2006 5:06:20 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife

I just wanna know if we're going to get our Willie Landum fix 6:55 am?


5 posted on 08/22/2006 5:08:57 PM PDT by sinkspur (Today, we settled all family business.)
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To: mylife
Let me try that again.

I just wanna know if we're going to get our Willie Landum fix on Friday morning at 6:55 am?

6 posted on 08/22/2006 5:09:36 PM PDT by sinkspur (Today, we settled all family business.)
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To: txroadkill

Glad to hear Hal's doing better! Now, the burning question is, how's "Sam from Sales"?


7 posted on 08/22/2006 5:13:50 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat (You can kill all the orcs you want but ya gotta take the ring to Mordor to end it...)
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To: tarheelswamprat

And how is this being covered by "This Reporter"?


8 posted on 08/22/2006 5:23:00 PM PDT by DarthFuzball ("Life is full of little surprises." - Pandora)
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To: tarheelswamprat
I'm glad to hear he's doing better, but I've never understood the popularity of "Sam from Sales."

Typical skit:

Other hosts: And now, here's SAM!!!!!!! from SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLEEEEEES<
Sam: YAYYYYUSSSSSSS!!!!!
Other hosts: So, how's it going Sam?
Sam: My cousin Tiger's doing great in golf!
Other host: You're cousin's Tiger Woods?
Sam: No, Tiger Yablonski!. Don't you follow the putt putt circuit? (Yablonski is a hysterically funny name, and the mere mention of it causes the other hosts to break into laughs roughly simulating an emphysema patient with crimped oxygen tubing. This is one of the most hysterical parts of every Sam from Sales skit: the confusion when the hosts think Sam is related to someone famous, but, and here's the really funny part, they REPLACE THE LAST NAME OF THE FAMOUS PERSON WITH YABLONSKI!!!!!!! It's so funny, it gets to me every time, even though they've only done it five times a week since Paul Harvey was in diapers.)
Other host: No, I don't follow putt putt. How's Tiger doing?
Sam: Well, he said yesterday he hit two of the best balls he's ever hit. He stepped on a putter and it whacked him between the legs! (Followed by hysterical laughing on the part of the other hosts, pounding on the table, and the discharge of several large caliber handguns)
Quick sound of radio static as I punch the radio buttons frantically, hoping to find something more amusing, like someone grinding their teeth or a live report from the Duck and Decoy convention in Potukit, Louisiana.

9 posted on 08/22/2006 5:29:55 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
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To: Richard Kimball
LoL...YABLONSKI....That gets me every time!
10 posted on 08/22/2006 5:43:55 PM PDT by txroadkill
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To: Richard Kimball
I'm glad to hear he's doing better, but I've never understood the popularity of "Sam from Sales."

That's because you're obviously a man of discernment, refinement and taste! I've heard of those qualities, myself... /grin

11 posted on 08/22/2006 5:45:58 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat (You can kill all the orcs you want but ya gotta take the ring to Mordor to end it...)
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To: txroadkill

Prayers up for Hal. But if he is springing back this fast from a massive heart attack, he has already received a miracle.


12 posted on 08/22/2006 5:52:54 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (But who or what can check or balance the appointed for life, dictatorial US Supreme Court?)
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To: txroadkill

Ticket P1 listener here wishing Hal the best.


13 posted on 08/22/2006 7:25:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mgstarr

>>I went to summer camp at Possum Kingdom about 35 years ago. Yikes. <<

I hear ya. I went to Possum Kingdom for Indian Guides camp in 1969.

This hits a little too close to home.


14 posted on 08/23/2006 5:58:21 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Give me your tired, your poor...arguments.)
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To: Richard Kimball

LOL, you nailed it.

Wheezing and fake laughs abound. And Monty Cook sounds like he's going to crash the 'copter, he's fake-laughing so hard.


15 posted on 08/23/2006 6:01:22 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Give me your tired, your poor...arguments.)
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