Small-town TV (was: WMUR)
Terry
tmw207@roadrunner.com
Mon Mar 24 20:44:25 EDT 2008
Doug those cartoons we watched would be deemed too violent for todays
toddlers
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From: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
Cc: "Bud Yacomb" <outofthebusiness@gmail.com>;
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: Small-town TV (was: WMUR)
> 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>;
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> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Small-town TV (was: WMUR)
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>
>>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.
>
>
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