Small-town TV (was: WMUR)

[Doug Drown]

Gus had that way with kids that Art Linkletter used to have.  I often 
suspected that some of the kids on "House Party" and "Kids Say the Darnedest 
Things" were coached by their parents (and I especially thought so in regard 
to Bill Cosby's later version).  But with Uncle Gus, it was all spontaneous, 
and he could banter with little children in a really wonderful way.  Thanks, 
Kevin, for reminding us of that.  It's a happy memory.

-Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>
Cc: "Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>; "Bud Yacomb" 
<outofthebusiness@gmail.com>; <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: Small-town TV (was: WMUR)


>I never saw Gus act nasty towards the children and at times he would
> really warm to an individual child.
>
> Gus worked M-F 11 to 7 doing booth, Uncle Gus and the weather. He made
> a nice living on talent fees from Atlantic and Aubichon Hardware. He
> would always remind the GM that they were HIS accounts not WMUR's.
>
> The show he enjoyed the most was Santa Claus which had a huge audience
> into Boston.
>
> He was a good guy overall.