Im trying to do a Jack Benny kind of repertory thing, like in the old days of radio. After a few minutes of conversation, Frasier invites Tom to dinner at his apartment. With a great radio voice, and killer on-air persona, and some fabulous material, he really added to what for me was a magical time for radio comedy. Whether its about a program or personality current or in the past, they want to be kept informed. But amid the glamour, there were many everyday people, some with more somber messages for the New Year. Unbeknownst to Frasier, Tom is gay and assumes that Frasier is hitting on him. Tickets are still being sold at the door! Get this The News page for free from Tuesday, October 25, 1960 . Really! With Frazer Smith & Peter Crabbe 2015 Rose Parade on KTLA with Comedy Simulcast on. Daphne is literally gaining weight by the minute, which is obvious to everyone but herself and Niles. he said. Crabbe, made an annual tradition of offering an alternate audio commentary to television coverage of the famous? Guy Newton, Seal Beach; Charles D. Virden, Long Beach; M.D. Thats kind of what were doing.. Of course, hes said that before at both KLOS and, later, during a similar Saturday-night radio show he hosted a year ago on KMET-FM (94.7). What actually happened was that the meeting was as perfunctory as our telephone conversations had been. Heading to NYC to visit the folks, he emailed. Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba #11 of the Ohio State Buckeyes catches a pass over cornerback Malone Mataele #15 of the Utah Utes for touchdown in the second half of the 108th Rose Bowl game in . They usually dont have those (floats) with the spaceships, said Shannon Sullivan, 12, clearly a parade connoisseur who was making her third trip to the event. Sporting a two-day beard and uncombed hair, Ohlsen said, I had some beer spilled on me, and the people next to me kept yelling at each float. The one-and-only Bill Burr will be joining us along with the legendary Rob Schneider. This is the Tournament of Roses. But the OFallon Township High School Band from Illinois brought cheers from crowds near the end of the route as the group perked up its step and sounded out a tune. They agree that the friendship and respect among Frasier, Daphne and Martin is really the most satisfying kind of relationshipthen glumly admit that "[s]till, it's no substitute for, In the Cafe Nervosa scene, after Roz storms out, Niles congratulates Frasier for "saving" Daphne from Roz's boyfriends, and Frasier, annoyed, informs Niles that he plans to find the right man for Daphne, and Niles is not the one. Spectators shouted Happy New Year! to Academy Award-winning actor Peck, who rode with his wife Veronique in a rare 1931 Bugatti Royale valued at $8.1 million. Frazer seemed to have a finite number of stories. Cut em down. That was the end of the meeting. Fans who grew. T type of character. One Tournament of Roses official kept warm at his post near a float by using a portable barbecue, and members of the Pella (Iowa) High School Marching Band tried to keep warm before the parade by donning plastic garbage bags with holes poked out for their heads and arms. Here are a few of the ones I wrote. Grinning out over the crowds, Tournament of Roses Queen Julie Jeanne Myers, 17, of Arcadia High School said riding in the parade was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. During its 26-year run, 1983 to 2009,Reading Rainbow was notonlyone of the longest running childrens television shows in history but won more than 25 awards including 10 for outstanding series and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. Achieve. and celebrates education and the determination of those who travel the path from dream to reality. Both his parents will guest briefly in todays Rose Parade broadcast. List: Past grand marshals of the Rose Parade in Pasadena Over the course of the next several days, I whipped up a bunch of stories for him. Ryan Fox has returned to Go Country 105 as the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. midday host. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Now, Lee Meriwether got mad at me last year and knocked me out of the booth and I landed in Mayor Bradleys lap. "Columbia Pictures Doing Burns & Allen Story" (, 86. Where Benny was the hero and he surrounded himself with Mary Livingston and Rochester and Don Wilson? In fact, in the first weeks after the Spartans won the right to come to Pasadena by beating Ohio State, when game tickets were going for over $1,000 a pop on the open market, hundreds of Michigan State fans took advantage of an online offer aimed squarely at Stanfordites. Whatever the case, it was amazing to hand Frazer a stack of paper before the show and then hear it coming back over the airwaves, for all of Los Angeles to hear. Mari Frank hosts two Monday morning shows on KUCI/889.9 FM starting at 8 a.m. One is Privacy Policy and is followed by Prescriptions for Healing Conflict. More information: Mari@MariFrank.com. LA Radio Legend Frazer Smith and The Go Cast Network bring the 125th?Rose Parade to the stage at Jon Lovitz Comedy Club Jan 1st, 2013 at 8am in front of a Live Audience. Daphne is literally gaining weight by the minute, which is obvious to everyone but herself and Niles.Frasier receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seattle Broadcasting Awards. The floats will be on display today and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. for the handicapped, at the end of the parade route at Sierra Madre Boulevard and Washington Boulevard. He glanced at each of the pages Id given him, no change of expression, and then handed them back to me, the way one might hand a leaflet back to the guy on the sidewalk who just pressed it into your hand. Im not trying to be just a smart aleck anymore. Smith served under both General Taylor and Scott during the war with Mexico. In the midst of it all stood two people who could not wait for the parade to end. It was the most off-hand hiring experience Id ever had, or could ever imagine. Lets declare independence and keep the Rose Bowl the true Granddaddy of Them All. Daddy, I think the cheerleaders are broken, said one youngster. Frazer eventually added comedian Vic Dunlop and writer Ernie Monte to his team, but radio was too small to contain Frazers massive talent, the live shows dried up, and the long-hoped-for TV show never materialized, so he returned to living in his car. A malfunction in the Transamerica Co. float left its three gigantic cheerleaders bent forward with their pompons dragging on the ground. For 12 years he was the editor of the Star-News, and prior to that its editorial page editor. Its now his own personal parade and Lovey, Ginger and all the rest will be on his float.. A $300-million (minimum) gondola to Dodger Stadium? His battles with the church arent over, How Palm Springs ran out Black and Latino families to build a fantasy for rich, white people, U.S. says 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December, Speaker Kevin McCarthy addresses Knesset amid fraught U.S.-Israel ties, First Republic: Cheap, interest-only jumbo mortgages to Silicon Valleys elite fueled the banks failure, SpaceX used wildlife preserve as dumping ground for space waste, lawsuit alleges, Judge blocks Missouri rule that would limit transgender care. I was vibrating with excitement. The Stanford sports website announced that by putting $100 down toward season tickets for the upcoming Cardinal fall football season, fans would have the right to buy two tickets to the Rose Bowl Game at face value either $150 or $185, depending on seat location. More information: www.forgottenhollywood.com, www.thesparadio.com. The buzz is back, he said. The Fraze self-confident moxie is a little restrained these days. I was happy that comic Frazer Smith was back on the airwaves with his parody simulcast of the parade on radios The Sound 100.3. Biographies: Persifor Frazer Smith | A Continent Divided: The U.S Shot & Edited by Roland Andre MillerFootage from the 2008 and 2010 Pasadena Rose Parades."Rose Parade" appears on the Elliott Smith album "Either/Or" 1997 - . If you want to know more, you can become his friend on his Facebook page. He was on several radio stations from the '70s to the '90s. Bill Dudley will be at Spaghettini in Seal Beach Sunday (Oct. 14) for KTWV/94.7 FMs Wave Sunday Brunch. Send flowers, find service dates or offer condolences for the lives we have lost in new jersey. Another crowd-pleaser was Fansteel Family of Employees entry, a two-legged spaceship standing 50 feet tall that swooped down and popped open to reveal a friendly extraterrestrial--a stunt woman who bounded down a gangplank. Persifor F. Smith was a successful New Orleans lawyer who was also active in the local militia. Why is Frank McCourt really pushing it? Shes gotten so hip, she wants me to get her an agent now and everything.. ROSE PARADE CHORDS (ver 2) by Elliott Smith - Ultimate Guitar Finally, funny Frazer Smith insists, he is back on a roll. No one would turn down that invitation. One of the bits Frazer would do each hour was read Power News stories; invented escapades and situations presented in the form of news items. It is being repeated at 9 a.m. Monday (Oct. 15). The snowball was rolling. In January 1979, New West magazine did an article on Frazer that did a good job of capturing him and his catch-phrases, but in February 1979 that same article prompted KROQ to fire him. Next week, Smith said he will have Wheel of Fortunes Vanna White on the program. Two personal stories to share with you this week first, the passing of radio-TV broadcaster John Rovick, better known to us who grew up in the 50s and 60s around here as Sheriff John. A crucial and overlooked aspect of Wednesdays game was that in a way it was the last Rose Bowl as well as the 100th big annual college bowl game played in Pasadena. View the profiles of people named Frazer Smith. No, really ! About the Rose Parade - Tournament of Roses Whether hes hosting a Rose Parade satire or overseeing his repertory group on his new Saturday-night show on KLSX-FM, Smith makes sure he is the Jack Benny figure. Larry Wilson is a member of the Southern California News Group's editorial board, writing a twice-weekly column, and is public editor of the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News. I must admit that I do enjoy waking up and seeing daylight. He again looked at my submissions without any change of expression, then said, Good. Again, that was the end of the meeting, because he was off to KROQ to do his show. Frazer Smith is on Facebook. Ill have more on Reiling in a future column. Orange County readers love to read about radio. His Comedic Commentary on the Rose Parade has become a Holiday tradition. He tells Roz that word of his sexuality must have spread and reached the gay members of the staff. 1937 Inaugural Merrykana . Jean Smith, calling me from my home back in Michigan. The Scene at Coachella. I could not have been more proud of my little creations. Box 11626, Santa Ana, CA 92711. One foursome wearing tuxedos, pink bow ties and evening gowns videotaped the entire event--and their own carefully staged reactions to it. I think Ill use that., Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. . And when I respond promptly to one of their email questions, the response is often Wow or Thanks, youre on it.. 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"Frasier" Frasier's Edge (TV Episode 2001) - IMDb 1974 official program | The Gallery He has been a professional journalist since age 19 when he became the rock music critic of The Daily Californian at UC Berkeley, a student newspaper he now sits on the Board of Directors of, and has worked at the Pasadena Guardian, the Pasadena Weekly, where he was founding business manager, and Rolling Stone Press. Elliott Smith - Rose Parade (from Either/Or) - YouTube Be sure to check out this Sunday nights show. Frazer Smith has been covering the Tournament of Roses Parade for three decades on KLOS, KROQ, KMET and KLSX. (Later, "So, wait a minute, this, The episode ends with Tom leaving the apartment. There were not a lot of people out because of the cold. Most relevant. Buy your tickets here. Smith has learned to temper his rampant ego enough to meet with half a dozen regular foils who do running characters on Saturday Night Fraze and help with the writing and rehearsing chores before they actually go on the air. Masada portrays a hapless Latino character named Buddy Buddy. Another float, dedicated to Smith, will be made up entirely of white buck shoes, glued together to form a single shoe with Pat Boone waving from the tongue. There is a style of writing about architecture which has largely been lost: an artistic, holistic approach which recognizes that architecture ought to engage the structure, function, and beauty of the home. These people here are nuts, he said. As the thousands of spectators began streaming toward their cars and bus lines, a mess of confetti, streamers and bottles littered the streets. Maybe they wouldnt get the $18 million guaranteed to todays teams but, say, $12 million aint hay. Out now on Kill Rock Stars.Check out the full album: http://killrockstars.bandcamp.com/album/either-orWatch Kill Rock Stars Exclusive Series and Footage:KRS Featured Albums - bit.ly/KRSfeaturedKRS Stand Up Comedy - bit.ly/KRScomedyLatest KRS Music Videos - bit.ly/KRSvideosKRS Greatest Hits - bit.ly/KRSgreatestSubscribe to Kill Rock Stars on YouTube! Thanks. He wasnt a clone of Firesign Theatre. Elliott Smith - Rose Parade - YouTube He worked with All Comedy Radio 2003-2006. Former KPCC/89.3 FM host Madeleine Brand is joining KCET-TVs SoCal Connected, which is going daily on Oct. 29, airing at 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. We have one of the strongest producing/reporting teams in Southern California, and are honored to add Madeleine to that group, said KCET Chief Content Officer and SoCal Connected executive producer Bret Marcus. Bob Rowe, who worked at the old KMPC/710 AM for 28 years and was called Dr. Niles joins the party and his demeanor leads Tom to assume Niles is also gay. The Oct. 14 show with Orange County host-producer Marie Hulett features Stephen Terry, founder of D.P.O.C. Currently, he hosts his own podcast, LeVar Burton Reads now in Season 9, sharing the best short fiction and handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and has a YouTube Series This Is My Story which highlights racism in America. It is noteworthy in being Joe Keenan's first episode produced on the show, after which he became a regular writer and eventually executive producer on the show. Elliott Smith - Rose Parade Lyrics | SongMeanings Pia Zadora was there when I landed and I want to know why, he said. LeVar Burton perfectly epitomizes this years theme. Miller shared. The difference is that he now understands that comedians are rarely a barrel of laughs all by themselves. Thrills and Chills at the 99th Rose Parade - Los Angeles Times After a couple months of casting around, Frazer landed at KLOS, and Power News resumed. Come on! One of the recurring segments he did was called Power News, made-up news stories about current events and/or celebrities doing bizarre things, often with Frazer himself figuring prominently. The new schedule is Shawn Parr, 6-10 a.m.; Fox, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Paul Freeman, 2-7 p.m.; Ginny Harman, 7 p.m.-midnight. Sunday night @10pm on 95.5 KLOS!!! It won a GLAAD Media Award for its lighthearted satire of the various stereotypes surrounding gay men. The annual parade was first held January 1, 1890 in Pasadena, California. Its fun, said 16-year-old Tracy Fontan of Pasadena, who showed up with 12 of her friends to see the spectacle whose theme this year was Thanks to Communications.. "The Matchmaker" is the third episode of the second season of American sitcom Frasier. Frazer Smith leaves radio for stand-up comedy roles Crabbe, made an annual tradition of offering an alternate audio commentary to television coverage of the famous? Celebrating the new year should include a fight for Rose Bowl Despite the festive mood, it was one of the coldest Rose Parades ever, with overnight temperatures in the 30s chilling the thousands who camped on Pasadenas sidewalks to reserve choice spots. Letters asktna about iDfprh d'f ficulues are few and far between these pat five years, and when one. 1976 - Kate Smith 1977 - Roy Rogers and Dale Evans 1978 - President Gerald Ford 1979 - Lathrop K. Leishman Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie rode a Cadillac convertible in.