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Posted by monorail on Fri Jun 15 23:37:22 2012 Thanks go to Sue Simmons for 32 years of wonderful news reporting! |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 14:41:46 2012, in response to ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by monorail on Fri Jun 15 23:37:22 2012. Overrated, overpaid diva. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jun 16 16:22:54 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 14:41:46 2012. Comcast, new owner of NBC did not renew her contract. Rumor has it that Sweet Sue did too much drinkie-pooI. The night of the "F-Bomb", she had knocked back a few more than she normally did at Gallaghers, where she hung out between the 6PM and the 11PM news! You should have stuck to the steaks -and sodas, Sue! |
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Posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 16 16:27:28 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 14:41:46 2012. Toodle-oo. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 16:44:35 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jun 16 16:22:54 2012. My kinda woman!! |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:24:26 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jun 16 16:22:54 2012. I think boozing it up follows in the footsteps of other great American journalists. Cronkite and Murrow tipped a few back.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 17:51:01 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jun 16 16:22:54 2012. I believe the real reason she was let go was that she was just not worth the salary she was being paid. Chuck Scarborough actually took a pay cut to remain on the air a few years back. Simmons refused. I also met Simmons a few times. In the late 80's, she lived in the Union Square area and patronized the restaurant I worked at. Lets just say that the rumors of her sexual orientation are given credence to what I witnessed while she was in there.While Simmons may have been a 3 decade old institution, for me, local news in New York is defined by two other anchors: Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel. I was a strange kid, I always watched the news. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jun 16 17:52:16 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:24:26 2012. "Great" as in leftist? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 17:54:19 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:24:26 2012. Journalists are story tellers by trade, and they love to trade stories. What better envirnoment than a gin mill? Hey barkeep! I'll have three feet of news, please! :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 17:57:04 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 17:51:01 2012. Who could EACH pound down more booze than the entire 4 news crew. I worked with those guys for a while. Grimsby often had to be propped up on set with 2x4's. Beutel was held up by luftballoons. :)How Grimsby got through ANY cast without dropping the f-bomb still amazes me. Heh. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:58:58 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jun 16 17:52:16 2012. LOL!Go pray! your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 17:59:07 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 17:57:04 2012. I bet. Anchorman was a lot more realistic than many want to admit. I do remember the outrage when ABC canned Grimsby. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 18:08:07 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:58:58 2012. Get with the program, yo ... :)
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 18:09:27 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 17:59:07 2012. All part of the culture ... kudos to Sue though for making it almost to age 70 in the biz. Met her a few times at NBC, she was really cool people. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 18:19:11 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:24:26 2012. Also Lou Grant. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 18:36:51 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 18:19:11 2012. Lou Grant was the best.Your pal, Fred |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 18:44:48 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 18:36:51 2012. Ed Asner ... gee ... I thought republicans HATED him. :) But everybody loved the station manager.  |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 18:55:51 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 18:44:48 2012. I was talking about his character, I do hate Ed Asner, but Lou was great. But only on Mary T. Moore, I never saw the Lou Grant Show. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 18:56:40 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 18:55:51 2012. Bust 'em if ya got 'em ... be safe out there. :)I knew ... that's why I just had to do that. Heh. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 19:00:53 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 18:56:40 2012. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 19:04:06 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 19:00:53 2012. Heh. For extra credit, Ted Knight (who played Ted Baxter) really worked in television - he was the weatherman here at WTEN, channel 10 in Smallbany back in the 1950's. :) |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jun 16 20:37:40 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:24:26 2012. Let's not forget the late Jim Jensen...although he allegedly partook in a lot more than just alcohol... |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 21:15:32 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jun 16 20:37:40 2012. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 21:40:39 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 21:15:32 2012. Heh. Sounds like the producer was even more out of it than him. Ah, the great Tiffany network. Heh. |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 16 21:49:24 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 19:04:06 2012. I believe Sue Simmons worked for WBAL-TV, Channel 11 in Baltimore in the 1970's. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 21:54:22 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Jun 16 21:49:24 2012. I think I remember her saying she also did some time in Miami as well. It was either Miami or Tampa, but I think Miami. Cool lady, lots of fun. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jun 16 22:00:39 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sat Jun 16 20:37:40 2012. As a wise man once said, "that was the point" . . . |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sat Jun 16 22:04:52 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 21:15:32 2012. Although this one is more about naivity rather than bloopers or drunkedness (so it is slightly off topic) it is my favorite "newcaster" YouTube:
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Jun 16 23:03:24 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 16 17:57:04 2012. Let us not forget detective-turned-journo Mike Sheehan, who got so blotto after covering the baby in the trash compactor story, he drove right into a police horse. Judge went easy on him...she'd watched thd news that night, and saw his report. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Jun 16 23:11:02 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jun 16 16:22:54 2012. Wow, I didn't know the late evening news anchors were allowed to drink before going on the air. I always thought those anchors be doing office work between 6 and 11 PM newscasts lol.I wonder if the dude from Ch 5 news at 10PM be drinking, I remember dude said "Keep fucking that Chicken" as a joke, the other night dude was making goat sounds LOL. Its always interesting to hear about what goes on behind scenes on the local news. Ch 7 their studio has a window with their news set, I remember I was walking though the Upper West Side last summer and I saw Liz Cho and Bill Liter? doing the 6PM newscast, pretty cool. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 23:12:30 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Jun 16 23:03:24 2012. Hmmm, I remember the incident, but not this explanation. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 23:13:44 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Jun 16 23:11:02 2012. Ernie Anastos: |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Jun 16 23:22:30 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 23:13:44 2012. LMAO, dude HAD to be drunk the night this happened."It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast". So random. |
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Posted by monorail on Sun Jun 17 00:07:18 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Fred G on Sat Jun 16 17:24:26 2012. don't forget Tex Antoine |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jun 17 00:07:46 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Jun 16 23:03:24 2012. Yeah, he had a number of really rough stories to do over the years. I'm surprised he didn't pull several Jim Jensens. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jun 17 00:48:01 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by monorail on Sun Jun 17 00:07:18 2012. I knew Tex ... man was straight as a board. Unfortunately for him, medication for diabetics was in its infancy at the time and figuring out the right amount to shoot up when needed was very difficult. But he was never a drinker or druggie. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Sun Jun 17 04:50:28 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Jun 16 17:51:01 2012. Geez, that looks more like a court room than a news desk. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jun 17 04:59:15 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by G1Ravage on Sun Jun 17 04:50:28 2012. Yeah, back in those days before blogs and cable news, you had to swear in your story under oath. :) |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sun Jun 17 13:04:17 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jun 17 00:48:01 2012. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jun 17 18:00:18 2012, in response to Re: ch 4 retires a great newscaster, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sun Jun 17 13:04:17 2012. And who can forget Uncle Weatherbee? Just as a heads-up for those who wonder what "knight of the needle" meant, fellow diabetic broadcaster got this treat ...
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