tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post7987769735928602421..comments2023-10-22T01:48:27.712-07:00Comments on AtMoSpHeRiC RuMiNaTiOnS...: Lil ol' me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-90119481990416732482009-07-22T21:11:32.304-07:002009-07-22T21:11:32.304-07:00Marmee...if you've ever known a person who was...Marmee...if you've ever known a person who was Truly Good, someone you've admired and respected...and held in ultra-high esteem...this is what Walter Cronkite was to me. His seriousness, combined with his folksy charm, affect all of us, I believe. I do miss him. This was a good man.Lil ol' me...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-18744894777520930392009-07-22T19:55:17.241-07:002009-07-22T19:55:17.241-07:00Hi, Raypert...Yeah, ol' Howard Cosell was a lo...Hi, Raypert...Yeah, ol' Howard Cosell was a lot of fun, too. It seems that there were more 'individuals' back then than now. Of course, that might just be the Old Fogie in me rambling on endlessly...As far as Lennon's death, I felt really bad about it for a long time, then George Harrison died, and well, rather than focusing on 2 of my Beatle heroes dead, it's more like time Consumes Us All sooner or later, and I feel that more and more as the years fly by and the mist gets ever thicker...Lil ol' me...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-10246510079489389792009-07-22T15:35:22.760-07:002009-07-22T15:35:22.760-07:00Part of why Howard Cosell was on my mind: recentl...Part of why Howard Cosell was on my mind: recently I was at YouTube watching and listening to Cosell and listened again to his report of John Lennon's death. I'd heard it live when it first happened and was deeply impressed hearing it again.raymond perthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04924633611890299829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-7730620781405280012009-07-20T20:04:30.733-07:002009-07-20T20:04:30.733-07:00And, Mr. Pert, I remember Howard Cosell, too, espe...And, Mr. Pert, I remember Howard Cosell, too, especially from the days of the old Monday Night Football telecasts. His halftime reports on the previous week's football action were really great. By the way, Howard Cosell's mid-game report on John Lennon's death was the first such report. Evidently it came across the wire during the broadcast.Lil ol' me...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-39200519948204223972009-07-20T19:59:58.559-07:002009-07-20T19:59:58.559-07:00Marmie...he was quite a chappy indeed. 'Uncle ...Marmie...he was quite a chappy indeed. 'Uncle Walter' was in our house every night for a generation. When he went out, he went out 'on top'; he was considered the most trustworthy figure in America.<br /><br />Raypert, I saw a 'Nightline' mini-retrospective of Cronkite's career, spanning all of 10 minutes, and I found myself filling up with tears. I'll remember his voice forever...Lil ol' me...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-2145105364092719282009-07-20T18:40:28.195-07:002009-07-20T18:40:28.195-07:00In the retrospective pieces I saw at my mother'...In the retrospective pieces I saw at my mother's house Saturday, my favorites were of Cronkite in the field, especially his reporting from Vietnam. I always thought Cronkite surpassed even his anchor man work when he was out from behind the desk, interviewing presidents or putting things in perspective while striding some street in Saigon or when he did his work on the CBS show, "The Twentieth Century." It's funny. Watching him Saturday, he reminded me, when he was doing field reports, of Howard Cossell; I might be in the minority on this one, but I trusted and admired Cossell's honesty and understanding of the USA in much the same way I did Walter Cronkite's. <br /><br />But I digress.<br /><br />Your tribute to Walter Cronkite is superb. Add it to your growing list of first-rate retrospectives.raymond perthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04924633611890299829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-91603173927657072592009-07-19T01:55:18.435-07:002009-07-19T01:55:18.435-07:00I have no idea who this chappie is, except from wh...I have no idea who this chappie is, except from what Ive read about HBO and now here, and oh my, what a tribute you did for the man.... he sounds like one of the 'old school' crowd, and Im sure he will be missed in doodleland...<br /><br />xMarmiteToastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536695634856882487noreply@blogger.com