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is a show Jerry did on the life of Harold Ramis who
died February24, 2014 at age 69 in Chicago.
Mickey
Rooney (September 23, 1920- April 6, 2014) - Jerry and
Bostonred pay tribute to Mickey Rooney. Jerry tells some
inside stories about Mickey who appeared on Jerry's show
many times in the 1990's.
 Jean
Stapleton (1923-2013), a pace-setter in modern TV as co-star
in "All in the Family," is paid tribute in this program
featuring Jerry and Bostonred. History of the ramifications
of this program on society is discussed in great detail with
many examples of the Norman Lear series.
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Van Cliburn
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 Patti
Page
(November 8, 1927 - January 1, 2013) -
Listen to Jerry's
January 2003 conversation with Patti
about her early days in radio at KBIX in Muskogee. They
discuss her first major hit, Tennessee Waltz,
and her new version of that song.
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Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters 1919-2013 - Patty Andrews was part of the World War ll entertainment scene as a member of the trio known for harmony, the Andrews Sisters. Her fame moved into the 50s and even later but this group was best known for the radio, and movie appearances during World War ll and afterwards. Patty was the youngest of the Andrews SistersPatty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters 1919-2013 - Patty Andrews was part of the World War ll entertainment scene as a member of the trio known for harmony, the Andrews Sisters. Her fame moved into the 50s and even later but this group was best known for the radio, and movie appearances during World War ll and afterwards. Patty was the youngest of the Andrews Sisters |
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Dave Brubeck (1921-2012) His 1960's jazz reached across into mainstream music, making his pioneering of distant cords that normally musicians would not use together, combined with a very hip musical quartet made him a household name. |
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 Singer Andy Williams, best known for his rendition of Moon River, his Christmas TV specials and his long-running show in Branson, Missouri, died Tuesday, September 25 at the age of 84, following a year-long battle with bladder cancer.
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Phyllis
Diller (1917-2012)-
She
was a Super Star but always took time to do a show with me
and off stage she was attractive and very smart. She was a
TV, movie and Night Club attraction for five decades. 
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Neil
Armstrong (1930 - 2012) - Jerry Pippin's
tribute to Neil Armstrong who passed away over the weekend
at 82 years old. (originally Broadcast Monday night, 8-27
on the Inception Radio Network.)
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Roger Williams, the pianist who topped the Billboard pop chart in the 1950s and played for nine U.S. presidents during a long career, died Saturday. He was 87. Williams died at his home in Los Angeles of complications from pancreatic cancer. (Saturday, October 8, 2011) (song Autumn Leaves -ASCAP-Reissue) Jerry's tribute to Roger Williams: MP3
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Robin
Gibb- 1950-2012- Passes
away from liver cancer. Robin
and his brothers Barry and
Maurice Gibb racked up dozens of
hit songs in their five decade
career as the Bee Gees.
 In the heyday of radio before
TV,
New Year's Eve traditionally
featured at least one network
broadcasting big band remotes
from major night spots around
the country. Rare recording from
a 1945-46 New Year's Eve
Broadcast on the Armed
Forces Radio Network-featured
include- Louis Armstrong, Harry
James, Count Basie, Tommy
Dorsey, Duke Ellington and
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 Elizabeth
Taylor
(February 27, 1932 –
March 23, 2011) -
More than a Legend, more than an Icon-
3-23-11)
Like most I never met Elizabeth Taylor but
she certainly seemed like someone I knew.
Several women that I have met over the
years, mostly show biz types and dark haired
beauties just like Liz seemed to identify
with her despite her many marriages,
addiction problems and the rest. She was
remarkable in many ways and a Hollywood
creature even though she was born in
England, she came to Hollywood before she
was 10 and stayed for 7 decades. My only
close encounter with her was a cardboard
cut-out at the Ritz Theatre in Muskogee when
I was in high school. My best friend was the
doorman at the theatre and he used to let me
sneak in there and watch the movies over and
over as I wanted to be an actor in the worst
way and did my own little self-taught drama
coaching. Giant played there, it had
Rock Hudson, James Dean and Elizabeth in the
lobby as cardboard cut-outs. When the boss
was gone, I would clown around with the
cut-outs and recite lines from movies to them
all, but Elizabeth was my favorite. If she
looked anything like the life size cut-out
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Eddie Fisher: 1918- 2010
Eddie Fisher
was a teen idol. Before
Rock n' Roll and he had a
million-dollar contract with Coca
Cola which included his being on TV late
afternoon for
fifteen minutes a couple of times
a week. He was hot until Rock knocked
him out of
Tin Pan Alley and into the night
club world. He is best known for his
female problems. He married
pretty women, first
Debbie Reynolds, then left her
for Elizabeth Taylor who left him for
Richard Burton. Then he married
Connie Stevens, with whom he had
two more children, and had romances with
big-name stars such as
Marlene Dietrich,
Ann-Margret, Kim Novak,
Dinah Shore and Angie Dickinson.
He also married
Terry Richard and Betty Lin. He
had a daughter who is pretty famous as
well, Carrie Fisher. He passed away in
Berkeley Wednesday,
September 22,
2010.
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Friday, July
23, 2010 -
Daniel
Schorr,
who had a 60-year career as a journalist, 24
of those years with
CBS news, 25 years with
NPR radio and a brief stint at
CNN dies a few days after his last
broadcast on NPR where he was a regularly
featured commentator and guest. His
career in broadcasting became well known in
the early 50s when he was based in Moscow
for CBS news, later when he came to
Washington DC, he made the Nixon enemies
list and was at the forefront of countless
historical events as an on-the-scene witness
and reporter.
CLICK HERE
for his biography as read by Bostonred,
President Nixon talking about Schorr,
his recounting his surprise on
live TV when he was told to read the
enemies list for the first time on the air
as it was just handed to him and his name
appeared at number 17, then a discussion
with
Scott Simon on NPR's
weekend edition where he and Simon
held forth almost every weekend on various
subjects; then
Jerry Pippin joins the discussion
with tidbits and observations about Schorr,
Social media, the real media and how today's
news commentators are short on the news part
but heavy on the commentary.
CLICK HERE
to listen to
this archived show from blogtalk radio.
 This
link
features videos and radio segments about and
by Schorr from
National Public Radio and covers a
living testimony to history from a rare
eye witness for decades. Schorr seemed to
love his NPR duties and did has last
broadcast for them only days before his
death.CLICK HERE for Jerry's tribute to Daniel Schorr, "Role Models are Becoming a Rare Breed" |
Broadcast
Legend Dies at 93|
Gary Coleman From Jan Pheneger,
Advertising & Promotion, The Jerry Pippin
Show:
I thought perhaps you would
like to see her. God Bless, and many
Condolences to the Gary Coleman Family..our
Prayers & thoughts are with you. Jan Pheneger |
I have a photo attached to
this message, as a Tribute to Gary ...it is
of his Grandmother...Luretha Coleman. Gary
has not seen her in a long time.....but she is a very loving,
always smiling woman, and shares a local
Convalescent Care Facility, in Lima...with
my mother. I visit both frequently....and is
so enjoyable. The Photo of Gary's
Grandmother... is mine. I took the
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Artie
Shaw
would have been 100 years old
today, May 23, 2010. In the 40s music continued from
the changes that were started in the 1930s, big bands
were the magic of the time thanks to radio frequently
broadcasting live dance band remotes and the movies put
out bunches of what were called short subjects to go
with the main attractions, and big band shorts were very
popular. No one was more popular with
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CLICK HERE for NPR's morning edition tribute to Michael Jackson (aired on June 26, 2009) |
Pop
Icon Michael Jackson
was pronounced
dead after ambulance officials responded to
a call to his
rented
Hollywood Hills house where he was
unconscious from a heart attack. He was 50.
Jackson started early as a member of the
Jackson Five and became a pop idol and a
controversial figure because of sexual
charges against him involving young boys at
his Neverland Ranch. He was preparing for a
comeback 50-city tour. Now there is a movie
about those final days with actual rehearsal
film featuring Michael-
Michael Jackson made music video history
with Billy Jean, a
favorite that seemed to cut thru
age and color barriers alike:
 IPOD-TV
from Jerry Pippin
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ipod video device by
CLICKING HERECLICK HERE to view  WMV
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Michael
Jackson's Thriller.
Thriller was the
best-selling Album of all time..and
still sells very well.
IPOD-TV
from Jerry Pippin
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ipod video device by
CLICKING HERE CLICK HERE for WMV
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final resting place for Les
Paul
is
a cemetery in
his hometown of Waukesha,
Wisconsin at the 
Les
Paul: A legend in entertainment and a man
solely responsible for the evolution of the
guitar from nice amplified jazz sound to the
hard rock and country fuzz guitars of the
50s and 60s and even today died quietly in a
hospital in New York state. Les
Paul actually did his first night club gig
with the 
Les
Paul and Mary Ford had many, many hits in
the 50s, but here is my personal
favorite, it was not their biggest hit, but
for me even though I never smoked, it
captures the essence of the downside of romantic
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62.
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McMahon died shortly after midnight at
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other
family members, said his publicist,
Howard Bragman who would only say
McMahon was suffering from various serious
health issues in recent months.
Before Ed did a children's show in Philly, or maybe shortly after that, he started on his career of commercial spokesperson by sitting on the hood of a car and talking live in a studio about a local Ford Dealer, then he made the move to network television. CLICK HERE to view clips of Ed's first network television show, "Two for the Money" with Sam Levinson.
CLICK HERE for Chris Mathews Remembers Ed McMahon video link. |
Ed
McMahon
 Frankie Laine, 1913-2007 - Frankie Laine was a success even though he had a rough start, in his 20s he was a marathon dancer which needless to say was not a great paying career, but he enjoyed it and probably would not have become a superstar selling 117 million records in the 50s if he had not had a chance meeting a small night club in Hollywood where Hoagy Carmichael saw him perform. This meeting resulted in Laine's getting a steady night club gig and a contract with Mercury records. Interestingly enough he was born to Sicilian parents in Chicago and his real name was Deveccio .. this unlikely beginning and his career as jazz singer in small night clubs seemed to be a stretch that one of his top selling records had nothing to do with Cowboys... however one of his biggest records ever was Mule Train.
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 Frankie Laine was a late bloomer, but when he hit
the big time, he sold millions of records and was a major star
in the 1950's pre-rock-n-roll days, and his career continued up
to 1998 when he recorded his last CD. Listen to this tribute to
Frankie Laine by Jerry.Windows
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Saving Words, Music and Radio History - Pacifica Radio Archives presented Voices for Peace and Non Violence, the 5th Annual Preservation Fund Drive, on November 28 and 29, 2006. The Ballad of Pete Seeger, is a radio documentary celebrating his life and times, and features a candid conversation with Tim Robbins. Other personalities involved in the broadcast: Amy Goodman, Brian DeShazor (Director/Producer Pacifica Radio Archives), Studs Terkel, Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Sonali Kolhatkar, Larry Bensky, Margaret Prescod, Andrea Lewis and many other personalities.
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 Jerry pays tribute to the career of Lou Rawls, a musician's musician and a man's man when it came to helping his fellow human beings, who passed away on January 6, 2006 at age 72. With a strong ethic honed in Gospel roots and developed on the West Coast to appeal to jazz and pop fans alike, Rawls had a special knack of doing the right songs at the right time. All music selections courtesy of Capital Records: You'll Never Find Someone to Love You (Ascap), Willow Weep For Me (Ascap), Lady Love (Ascap). Production Assistance for Lou Rawls music was "Grandpa's Goodies", AKA
Bruce, owner of the largest I-Pod collection of music in Northern California
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 Richard
Pryor, supreme comedian and actor, passed away on December 10th, 2005.
Pryor's wife, Jennifer, said he died of cardiac arrest at 7:58 AM PT, after
her efforts to resuscitate him failed, and after he was taken to a hospital
in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino. He had celebrated his 65th Birthday on
December 1st. Pryor had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, a
degenerative nervous system disease, for almost 20 years. Pryor was married
seven times, including twice to Jennifer, and had seven children.
Pryor appeared in many successful movies, but it was his stand-up comedy act, in which nothing was off-limits, including racism, that made him a controversial star. Pryor won Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. In 1972 he portrayed Billie Holiday's piano player in "Lady Sings the Blues," which was nominated for an Oscar. Other movies included "Uptown Saturday Night," "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings," "Blue Collar," "Stir Crazy," "Superman III" and "Jo Jo Dancer, and Your Life Is Calling." |
 Mississippi
University's Michael Bertrand talks with Jerry about an incident in 1956
that involved Nat King Cole being attacked on stage by a white supremacist in
Birmingham, Alabama. This is a segment from a broadcast on KBIX in Muskogee
in 2000. Songs: Nat King Cole - Pretend (Capital records-
ASCAP); Ink Spots - The Gypsy ( Decca - ASCAP). 
for the official Nat King Cole web site.
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 Eddie Albert, the Oscar-nominated actor whose homespun manner and varied talents made him a household name while starring as the befuddled city slicker-turned-farmer in the CBS hit series "Green Acres," has died. Albert died Thursday of pneumonia at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 99. He achieved his greatest fame on "Green Acres" as Oliver Wendell Douglas, a New York lawyer who settles in a rural town with his glamorous wife, played by Eva Gabor, and finds himself perplexed by the antics of a host of eccentrics, including a pig named Arnold Ziffel. He also earned two Academy Award nominations as supporting actor for 1953's "Roman Holiday" and 1972's "The Heartbreak Kid." Although he appeared in more than 60 feature films and scores of TV shows, Albert was best known for his work on "Green Acres," which ran from 1965-71. Albert portrayed a fastidious Harvard lawyer who was passionate about farming, much to the displeasure of his high-maintenance, big-city wife. (Story by Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter.) |
Note from Jerry: As I grew older, Eddie Albert became more of a hero. Hell, he made it almost to a hundred and had a great career after most folks have retired, including the TV show, Green Acres. Check out Green Acres - The Place To Be! for the not to be forgotten show theme music, reviews, images, fun facts, trivia, memorabilia, and contests. |
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photo, left, was taken April 3, 1967, at the Nugget
Casino, Sparks (East Reno), Nevada, during Eddie Albert's Opening Night Press
Party. Roberta Scott, now a member of the JPS Staff, was at Lake Tahoe and
Soda Springs as the "Queen of the Amputee Ski Olympics", and was guest of the
Nugget Casino. The Ski Olympics gave Vietnam War amputees the opportunity to
compete in the sport. |
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It
was a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma the second
day of April 2005 when the news was made official.
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) had passed away. Jerry
pays tribute to the man, his religion and his impact on
world politics. Song: Ave Maria -
Hollywood Bowl Symphony and Chorus (traditional).
 Johnny
Carson passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2005.to see Jerry Pippin's tribute to Johnny. |
 When
people hear the mention of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Guitar
players they naturally think of Country types such as Merle
Haggard. Many people are surprised to find out that one of the
most recorded Jazz artists in the record business, grew up in
Muskogee as well. At the age of 80, Barney Kessel
passed away in early May of 2004. He had over 60 albums and
arguably was the most popular session player on the West
Coast.
for Jerry's salute to fellow Muskogeean and music legend,
Barney Kessel. |
 Ray
Charles is the story of the American Dream. A poor blind
black boy in the South without parents, was able to climb the
social ladder to a mansion in Beverly Hills, where he died at
home on 6-10-04. Listen, below, as Jerry remembers Ray
Charles...the man and his music. (Music: Baby Won't You
Please Come Home, Atlantic Records, ASCAP)Windows
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 Jack
Paar left behind many fond memories of the birth of the TV
Talk Show. CLICK HERE for
Jerry's tribute to Jack. |
 If
you're old enough to remember Captain Kangaroo, then
you're a member of a very good group of people. Remember Mr.
Green Jeans, Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit? Oh, don't forget the
black & white TV we had to watch it on. The good old days, Yeh!
Now he's gone, but never will he be forgotten.
CLICK HERE for a full story on the career and life of
Bob Keeshan.
CLICK HERE for Captain Kangaroo memorabilia. Remember
the show theme song?
CLICK HERE to
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 Art
Carney, beloved co-star with Jackie Gleason in the still
syndicated TV series, the Honeymooners, passed away on
November 11, 2003. CLICK HERE for Jerry's tribute to
Art. |
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Bobby
Hatfield, Righteous Brother (bottom in album cover photo),
passed away on November 5, 2003.
 Johnny
Cash passed away from complications of diabetes on September 12, 2003.
CLICK HERE
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Gene and his wife have written a Will Rogers cookbook. To order it, CLICK HERE. Related program: Clem McSpadden, a relative of Will Rogers and a well known political and cowboy figure in his own right, talks to Jerry about the death of Bodacious the Bull. CLICK HERE to listen. |
Gene
McFall
has made a good career out of dong Will Rogers
impersonations. As a fellow Oklahoman, Will Rogers is one of
my heroes, naturally. One Night shortly before the election
in 2000, Gene Called me from Claremore, Oklahoma. It was a
perfect fit, Will Rogers as a pundit before the Presidential
debate that night between George Bush and Al Gore.
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Jerry presents his favorite old time radio show, The Shadow. CLICK HERE to read and listen.
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Remembering
John Lennon 2005 - 25 years ago
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On
December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot dead outside his posh Manhattan
Apartment. Jerry's good friend, David W. Torrence, who lives in Muskogee,
Oklahoma as well, has done one of the better salutes to this music ICON.
This mp3 half hour program is dedicated to the music of John Lennon. A
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John
Lennon and Paul McCartney planning a Beatles group revival in 1981?
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David
W. Torrence, a well known Beatles expert and radio disc jockey,
talks with Jerry about some startling news released today, 25 years
after the death of John Lennon. The possibility of a Beatles Reunion was
in the works before the assassination of Lennon is revealed in this
discussion between the two air personalities recorded late in the
afternoon of December 8, 2005.
 Jerry
has a surprise for fans of the
Andy Griffith Show. Interviews, photos, books
you can order, and links.
CLICK
HERE for the
ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
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Back
in 1994, Jerry talked with
Michael Flores in Chicago about B Movies.
He is a man who knows almost everything anyone needs to know about B movies
of the 50s and 60s. We are presenting this interview again simply because it
is fun and entertaining. |
This one has Audio Samples:
torp.priv.no/woody.
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In
1968, I (Jerry) was at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and
wondering if I should leave radio and try stand up comedy full time. Later I
did stand up for several years, but I stayed in radio in 1968 largely due to
a conversation I had with
Woody Allen. He was
appearing at the hotel nightly and I walked up to him in the casino and ask
him about stand up comedy as a career. He basically told me it was a tough
business and since I was from Oklahoma and not New York and not Jewish that
I probably wouldn't make it. I later found out that Woody hated stand up and
Las Vegas even more. Woody did stand up very well however.
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Flip
Wilson
used to sleep on the top of cars while breaking into comedy at
Florida resorts, because he couldn't afford a room. Later he would be come a
huge TV sensation. This memories segment was first broadcast on KVEG AM 840
in Las Vegas (now KXNT) in 1989. |
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Madeline Kahn
left
us at an early age, she was only 57 when she gave into the BIG "C!" We
will miss her! The CBS series, Cosby, was her last professional TV job. Her last original episode
hit the air on Dec. 22, 1999.
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CLICK HERE for the movie review of Bridge Over the River Kwai. Bridge Over the River Kwai books, available from Amazon.com, Bantam paperback only $4.50. Then, Jerry plays, "I'm Going to Set Right Down and Write Myself A Letter," by Billy Williams. Billy passed away in Chicago in 1972. Comments from Tony Glynn on this segment: Liked
your use of the theme from Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai,
but do you know the significance of that tune? Perhaps many
Americans do not. It is called Colonel Bogey, and it is a perfectly
proper British military march. But - you know what army life is like
- there is a set of soldiers' words to the tune which are decidedly
indelicate. The British prisoners whistled it, with their minds on
the indelicate version, as an insult to their Japanese captors. Ever
since WW2, the British Far East Prisoner of War Association - now a
dwindled band, of course - has whistled it on their annual march to
the London Cenotaph to honor their comrades who did not return.
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