Re: person of the decade, anyone?

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

Chuck (genuflection added) Igo writes:
>Nationally:  inasmuch as Larry King had predecessors on the Mutual
all-night
>thing, IMO, he was the one who got the notion of live syndication to
a more
>acceptable level.  he was a blue-collar sounding guy who grew up with
Sandy
>Kofax and could tell a pretty good story(especially the
>"romantic-interlude-while-working-at-a-classical-station" story...),
plus
>take phone calls from anyone (the School Bus conspiracy guy from
Burlington,
>Mass) and everyone (the alien guy...i forget his name.... it'll come
to me at
>2 in the morning.).

The BURLington guy is still "out there" as "Greg from BURLington."
Doubt you'd find him at Duke Zeiberts for a late nite steak with
Larry, however.  Toss in a "jim from Stoneham" and it gets
interesting.

Bill from Lowell