What’s with all the local media retirements? It’s like a train that’s running, down the tracks, out of control! I don’t know if I started some kind of virus when I retired back in March after 45 years on the radio here in Detroit, but it seems to be “going around”.
Erik Smith in May… after 45 years on television.
Jerry Hodak… same thing, 45 years and he handed over his Doppler in August.
Sonny Eliot… said so long in September, after 63 years of predicting the most unpredictable weather in the country.
And now, Robbie Timmons has left Channel 7 after almost 40 years in television.
Unbelievable. But as they say, the only constant is change.
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What a week…
America helped in the immense effort to rescue the 33 Chilean miners trapped 2000 feet underground for 69 days and something Bill O’Reilly said got two of the five women on “The View” to walk off the set!
We read in “Hello” magazine that Angelina Jolie is Hollywood’s only truly beautiful and glamorous actress working today. That according to former “Dynasty” star, Joan Collins. What about Lindsay Lohan? I thought her mugshot was stunning!
Movie director James Cameron, of “Titanic” and “Avatar” fame, announced that he plans to remake the Liz Taylor/Richard Purtan, I mean Burton, epic film “Cleopatra” in 3-D — starring Angelina Jolie.
— This will be the first version of the film where Cleopatra has a tramp-stamp.
— Also in this remake, instead of the Romans sinking her ship, James Cameron plans to have Cleopatra’s barge hit an iceberg.
On a side note, I’ve been watching the new season of network TV shows, and find it remarkable how many of the actors and actresses have blue eyes. I hope this doesn’t hold back Big Al’s fledgling television career!
I’ve got a big weekend coming up…
Saturday, I’ll be preparing for Sunday’s 26.2 mile Free Press Marathon by running to and from Ann Arbor for the Michigan-Iowa game. And on Sunday, since I’ll probably be too tired from Saturday, I’ll just do the point 2.
Good luck to all the Michigan teams this weekend… and if you’re running in the marathon on Sunday, stay as close as you can to the guy from Kenya!
See you back here on Monday…
- Dick