Kasem’s Last Countdown

New York Times ^ | 070609 | BRIAN STELTER; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

[Artemis Webb]

Casey Kasem, the radio host who told listeners for decades to “keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars,” has finished his American Top 20 song countdown. “This will be our final countdown,” Mr. Kasem, 77, said over the weekend on “American Top 20,” ABC News reported

[Artemis Webb]

Goodbye you socialist anti-semite dirtball !

[dljordan]

If you don’t like the guy why did you post this?

[Artemis Webb]

To annoy you.

[Nachum]

He may be all of that, but he is an icon in broadcasting.

[George from New England]

You both annoy me. Kidding, I don’t want to turn up dead with you two both claiming credit for my demise.

[capt. norm]

Casey, an Arab, was the author of "Arab Americans: Making a Difference".

Real name: Kemal Amin Kasem

[Tanniker Smith]

I didn't realize that he still did it. After he was booted from AT40, he started Casey's Top 40, but I didn't think that that lasted. I know America's Top 40 is still on, not that I listen to it anymore.

But don't be dissing my man, Casey. The dude was the voice of Robin, the Boy Wonder for decades!

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I didn’t even know his top 40 or Top 20 countdown was on the radio. I remember as a teen his Top 40 Countdown would be on the radio on sunday mornings and I would listen to to last few songs of the top 5 or whatever while driving home from church. Ah, those were the days.

[Past Your Eyes]

You left out “tedious, annoying”.

[pissant]

Hey, but he is the voice of Shaggy. For that he earns a lifetime achievement award!

[hinckley buzzard]

I used to love his program back in the seventies. Don't know about his politics, but somehow he hit the sweet spot on radio.

[George from New England]

I still got 3 sets of his show from sometime in the 70s. On LPs. Runs about 22 minutes a side. 30 minutes after the locals add the commercials. This was a show that did not have advertisements embedded in the program from Kasem. Every station was charged for it and all the spots were locally inserted.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Wait. He's RESIGNING?

How could he abandon his people like that?

Must be those multiple ethics lawsuits from Dick Clark and attacks on his wife.

He's never gonna be president now.

[pburgh01]

His daughter is on my "10 You allowed list"

[capt. norm]

He may be all of that, but he is an icon in broadcasting.

Not much of an icon....he was very much over-hyped and promoted.

His syndicated show was a time-filler, usually run on weekends by stations so they could give their regular guys some time off. He never got off the ground in the ratings.

[Nachum]

One of the great announcing voices of our time.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Ever hear his obscenity laden out-take tape?

[linn37]

I saw this woman on a show called Split Ends. She was a client and she was a nasty,ignorant bee-yotch.

[CounterCounterCulture]

And Casem’s a racist too. He had Jesse Jackson perform his ceremony and opposed California’s Proposition 209, which banned governmental racism and racial preferences.

[CounterCounterCulture]

It was a little dog named Snuggles...