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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (3 Viewers)

Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
 
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
I was a regular listener to his show and especially Sports or Consequences when I was growing up outside Dayton. I even called in a couple of times and got blown up once.
 
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
I was a regular listener to his show and especially Sports or Consequences when I was growing up outside Dayton. I even called in a couple of times and got blown up once.
I lived in Dayton for a couple years and was a faithful listener to all of those guys

RIP Mr Burbank
 
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."

Ah that's a shame. I lived in Cincinnati for about 10 years in the mid 80's to mid 90's. Used to listen to 700 WLW on the walk to campus and then on the drive into work after I graduated. RIP Earl/Gilbert/etc. and Gary.
 
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."
I was a regular listener to his show and especially Sports or Consequences when I was growing up outside Dayton. I even called in a couple of times and got blown up once.
Loved it when the caller was dumb enough to ask a yes/no question like "Can you name....?"

Immediate response: NO!
WE DON'T
WE DON'T
WE DON'T MESS AROUND! HEY!
 
Gary Burbank along with all of his characters. https://www.wlwt.com/article/gary-burbank-wlw-radio-personality-dead/65924039
  • Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a full-blooded redneck who makes daily commentary on everything from politics to family to friends.
  • Gilbert Gnarley, a senior citizen who made crank calls to various businesses and people.
  • Howlin' Blind Muddy Slim, Your 60-Minute Jelly-Belly Toejam Man (a/k/a Blues Break 201), a Friday afternoon music show which featured blues artists as guest stars.
  • Eunice and Bernice, the "Siamese twins joined at the telephone" ("turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull, turr-a-bull")
  • The Right Rev. Deuteronomy Skaggs, radio preacher who encouraged listeners to "dig in them jeans and pull out them greens" (money). Skaggs and Eunice and Bernice carried over from Burbank's WHAS days.
  • Ranger Bob, children's show host.
  • Joe DeBoss, a little Italian boss who gave advice and then welcomed your opinion; to which a mob thug would suggest mob ways to deal with you, if you had an opposing view-point. Then Joe DeBoss, chuckling at what the thug said he would do, would then say, "Maybe you should just keep your opinion to yourself." (more chuckling)
  • Riley Gert, of the U.S. Senseless Survey, who prank calls people asking obscure and sometimes awkward questions for the Survey. Riley was not actually a characterization of Gary Burbank, but of his sidekick Doc Wolfe.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Burbank#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>
  • The Synonymous Bengal, a mole in the Cincinnati Bengals organization who calls in to provide anonymous rumors about the team using frequent malapropisms.
  • Lars Peavey, talk show host (tribute to the comedy team of Bob and Ray)
  • Dan Buckles, newscaster (takeoff on Dan Rather and David Brinkley); his on-air partners, Kevin "Doc" Wolfe and Leah Burns, portrayed vocal spoofs of Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer in the news segment. Buckles didn't hide the fact that he loved to dress in women's clothing and often made comments about his high heels or how tight his dress happened to be as he transitioned from one news item to the next.
  • Portia Lynn Commode, reporter
  • Ludlow Bromley, the "richest dude in the world" (named after Northern Kentucky cities)
  • Bass Ackwards, news commentator
  • Thelma Hooch, helpful hints
  • Maw Hirishi, advice columnist
  • Bruiser LaRue, football player
  • Big Fat, AKA, The Big Fat Balding Guy With a Stubby Cigar in His Mouth and His Pants Half-Zipped, pushy con man seller of a wide variety of worthless junk. Often joined by his mascot, Timmy the Termite who would endorse the product or pretend to be a famous celebrity endorsing the junk. Sign off line was always "And dis time I'm being honest wit' youse."

Don't forget about Burbank's BBQ. It's been forever, but I think it was probably decent for suburban Cincinnati. Also had blues open mic night, which was pretty cool.
 
Lee Roy Jordan, former Dallas Cowboys linebacker, dead at 84. A five-time Pro Bowler, Jordan was the first player inducted into the Cowboy's ring of honor in 1989. He was on the Cowboy's Superbowl VI team. In college, he was the defensive leader on Alabama's 1961 national championship team and was an Associated Press All-American a year later. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
 
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Pauline Pusser, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser, of Walking Tall fame.
She was murdered in 1967 and new evidence has been found implicating sheriff Buford Pusser, who has been dead since 1974.

I'm glad her family knows the truth. I'm pretty sure they always suspected it.
 
Graham Greene dead @ 73
He was great. Loved him in the Maverick movie
Maverick was great, and Graham did a fantastic job!

Underrated in Northern Exposure too.
Green Mile too.

Feel like he's been no-hyperbole great in everything I've seen in him across TV and film.

Looked up his resume to remind myself- despite working a lot, its mostly small stuff I'd never heard of playing his native roots or one off episodes on TV. Shame- he's much better than the typecasting he seems to have been pigeonholed into.
 
World War II hero John 'Lucky' Luckadoo has died

John "Lucky" Luckadoo, of Dallas, the last surviving B-17 bomber pilot from the 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has died at the age of 103. Luckadoo, a native of Chattanooga, enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 19, according to the 100th Bomb Group Foundation, which documents the unit's history. He served as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who participated in 25 missions over Germany between 1943 and 1944, including the Bremen mission during “Black Week” on October 8, 1943, according to the foundation.

"I shudder to think that you're trying to paint me as a hero. Because I ain't no hero," Luckadoo said in 2022, as WFAA previously reported. "The real heroes are those who did not come home. And the real heroes are also those who stayed home and outproduced the world."

He also served as a consultant for the Apple series "Masters of the Air." "Well, I'm trying to maintain some balance and equilibrium," he joked during a WFAA interview in 2024 when asked if he felt like a Hollywood celebrity given his role. "My fervent hope would be that they would recognize the futility of war," he said when asked about his hope for the movie's impact. "Hopefully it's going to impress on successive generations who weren't born then, what sacrifices were made on their behalf, or they wouldn't be here."
 

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