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Beaver Fever
Feb 28, 2012, 5:37:42 PM2/28/12
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I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
conscience. This is a sad day.
Please discuss.
conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
conscience. This is a sad day.
Please discuss.
Evan Hulka
Feb 28, 2012, 6:33:36 PM2/28/12
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Michael OConnor
Feb 28, 2012, 6:47:58 PM2/28/12
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The only reason I remember his name is because he was the father of
Rebecca DeMornay.
Rebecca DeMornay.
Steve Hayes
Feb 28, 2012, 6:59:02 PM2/28/12
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:33:36 -0800 (PST), Evan Hulka <ehu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Feb 28, 2:37 pm, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
>> I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
>> conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
>> Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
>> I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
>> conscience. This is a sad day.
>>
>> Please discuss.
>
>Wally George died in 2003:
News obviously travels slowly in California.
>On Feb 28, 2:37 pm, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
>> I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
>> conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
>> Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
>> I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
>> conscience. This is a sad day.
>>
>> Please discuss.
>
>Wally George died in 2003:
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KingDaevid
Feb 28, 2012, 7:08:02 PM2/28/12
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On Feb 28, 3:59 pm, Steve Hayes quotes Evan Hulka quotin' Beaver Fever
to get his fan base in the first place...
kdm
'n sez:
> >> I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
> >> conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
> >> Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
> >> I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
> >> conscience. This is a sad day.
>
> >> Please discuss.
>
> >Wally George died in 2003:
>
> News obviously travels slowly in California.
...only amongst diehard Wally George fans. That's how Wally was able
> >> I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
> >> conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
> >> Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
> >> I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
> >> conscience. This is a sad day.
>
> >> Please discuss.
>
> >Wally George died in 2003:
>
> News obviously travels slowly in California.
to get his fan base in the first place...
kdm
Charlene
Feb 28, 2012, 8:40:56 PM2/28/12
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Kris Baker
Feb 28, 2012, 9:30:53 PM2/28/12
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"Michael OConnor" <mpoco...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> The only reason I remember his name is because he was the father of
> Rebecca DeMornay.
Same here.....although I did hear about Wally, when Rebecca
> Rebecca DeMornay.
became famous. She detested her father's politics and they
were estranged for years.
R H Draney
Feb 28, 2012, 9:38:53 PM2/28/12
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Steve Hayes filted:
--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
>
>On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:33:36 -0800 (PST), Evan Hulka <ehu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 28, 2:37 pm, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
>>> I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
>>> conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
>>> Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
>>> I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
>>> conscience. This is a sad day.
>>>
>>> Please discuss.
>>
>>Wally George died in 2003:
>
>News obviously travels slowly in California.
There's conservative, and then there's *CONSERVATIVE*....r
>On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:33:36 -0800 (PST), Evan Hulka <ehu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 28, 2:37 pm, Beaver Fever <Beaver_Fe...@live.com> wrote:
>>> I just recieved word that Wally George, Orange County, California
>>> conservative television icon has passed away. I was a big fan of his
>>> Hot Seat television program, often sitting in the studio audience when
>>> I lived in Anaheim. He was a true inspiration on my political
>>> conscience. This is a sad day.
>>>
>>> Please discuss.
>>
>>Wally George died in 2003:
>
>News obviously travels slowly in California.
--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
radioacti...@gmail.com
Feb 29, 2012, 7:26:20 AM2/29/12
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The late, not-at-all-great Wally George, wasn't a conservative, much less a Conservative. The sad truth is, he wasn't bright enough to HAVE an ideology.
Of course, I'm basing this totally on what I was able to glean from years of watching "Hot Seat" on KDOC/Channel 50 as well as hearing him here and there on local L.A. newstalk or FM radio, whenever a host was foolish enough to give him some airtime as a guest. Based on every such viewing or listening, George was quite nearly a moron.
But I admit that that assessment is based totally on George's pathetic public persona. As it happens, a couple people I worked with in Hollywood knew him off air, and they insisted to me that he was sly (or maybe just stupid) like a fox, and that in fact, he was actually rather informed. And one of these guys claimed he even found him "almost charming" whenever he was not "on"! Both guys had credibility with me, at least until they started peddling this.
I do now regret never making the trip from Mar Vista down to KDOC in Orange County to see "Hot Seat" taped in person; indeed, I watched some of my "Hot Seat" tapes as recently as a couple years ago, but only for the same reason I recorded and reviewed so many hours of that other sui generis (and also now dead) KDOC personality, Dr. W. euGene Scott: for laughs.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
Of course, I'm basing this totally on what I was able to glean from years of watching "Hot Seat" on KDOC/Channel 50 as well as hearing him here and there on local L.A. newstalk or FM radio, whenever a host was foolish enough to give him some airtime as a guest. Based on every such viewing or listening, George was quite nearly a moron.
But I admit that that assessment is based totally on George's pathetic public persona. As it happens, a couple people I worked with in Hollywood knew him off air, and they insisted to me that he was sly (or maybe just stupid) like a fox, and that in fact, he was actually rather informed. And one of these guys claimed he even found him "almost charming" whenever he was not "on"! Both guys had credibility with me, at least until they started peddling this.
I do now regret never making the trip from Mar Vista down to KDOC in Orange County to see "Hot Seat" taped in person; indeed, I watched some of my "Hot Seat" tapes as recently as a couple years ago, but only for the same reason I recorded and reviewed so many hours of that other sui generis (and also now dead) KDOC personality, Dr. W. euGene Scott: for laughs.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
J.D. Baldwin
Feb 29, 2012, 10:40:42 AM2/29/12
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In the previous article, <radioacti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Of course, I'm basing this totally on what I was able to glean from
> years of watching "Hot Seat" on KDOC/Channel 50 as well as hearing
> him here and there on local L.A. newstalk or FM radio, whenever a
> host was foolish enough to give him some airtime as a guest. Based
> on every such viewing or listening, George was quite nearly a moron.
>
> But I admit that that assessment is based totally on George's
> pathetic public persona. As it happens, a couple people I worked
> with in Hollywood knew him off air, and they insisted to me that he
> was sly (or maybe just stupid) like a fox, and that in fact, he was
> actually rather informed. And one of these guys claimed he even
> found him "almost charming" whenever he was not "on"! Both guys had
> credibility with me, at least until they started peddling this.
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R H Draney
Feb 29, 2012, 3:29:57 PM2/29/12
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radioacti...@gmail.com filted:
>
>I do now regret never making the trip from Mar Vista down to KDOC in Orange=
> County to see "Hot Seat" taped in person; indeed, I watched some of my "Ho=
>t Seat" tapes as recently as a couple years ago, but only for the same reas=
>on I recorded and reviewed so many hours of that other sui generis (and als=
be on every night here but I haven't seen her in months...(I always got a kick
out of her clomping across the stage in those heavy boots she wore)....r
>
>I do now regret never making the trip from Mar Vista down to KDOC in Orange=
> County to see "Hot Seat" taped in person; indeed, I watched some of my "Ho=
>t Seat" tapes as recently as a couple years ago, but only for the same reas=
>on I recorded and reviewed so many hours of that other sui generis (and als=
>o now dead) KDOC personality, Dr. W. euGene Scott: for laughs.
BTW, is Pastor Melissa Scott still scribble on whiteboards on TV?...she used to
be on every night here but I haven't seen her in months...(I always got a kick
out of her clomping across the stage in those heavy boots she wore)....r
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radioacti...@gmail.com
Feb 29, 2012, 4:56:33 PM2/29/12
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Thanks for that heads-up, R.H.; I was unaware that euGene-daughter Melissa was (apparently) no longer buying satellite time for her second-generation Scott-ish ramblings; I shall investigate the question, for humanity should certainly not be deprived in the future of some of the most entertaining sophistry ever televised.
But while I never made the trek down to KDOC in Orange County to witness first-hand Wally George in action from one of the colder seats in the "Hot Seat" studio audience, I'm certainly glad I did journey in 1985 up to Glendale once to see Gene Scott do his schtick at "King's House No. 1".
But that Sunday morning was, alas, hardly one of Scott's more memorable performances; indeed, had I just stumbled into KH #1 to get my weekly fill of salvation with zero foreknowledge of WeGS and his wacky ways, I doubt I would even have noticed that Scott was something evident to any Channel 50* viewer. That is, that Scott was, in fact, light-years removed in tone, content and temperament from any of those various TV preachers to whom he was always raging about being compared with.
Even more unfortunate, that Sunday, the strapping and bearded Scott scurried off the stage and into his waiting limo before I could make my way down from my seat in the balcony to shake his hand while humoring him, and thus I was denied the opportunity to see up close whether there was even a hint of verification of my long-held personal theory** that Scott was, in fact, an atheist.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
* Or KHOF/Channel 30, before the FCC so heroically and historically removed Scott from his original broadcast home on May 24, 1984, the date, as it happened, someone else unique and really famous turned 43.
** A theory I DID, however, once try out in 1987 on buffoon newstalker/theologian Dennis Prager's long-running KABC "Religion on the Line" call-in show. After first being apparently stunned (he paused even longer than the ever-slow-speaking/thinking Prager usually does), Prager then chuckled and admitted, "Yeah, I have to admit, that IS an interesting theory you've there!"
But while I never made the trek down to KDOC in Orange County to witness first-hand Wally George in action from one of the colder seats in the "Hot Seat" studio audience, I'm certainly glad I did journey in 1985 up to Glendale once to see Gene Scott do his schtick at "King's House No. 1".
But that Sunday morning was, alas, hardly one of Scott's more memorable performances; indeed, had I just stumbled into KH #1 to get my weekly fill of salvation with zero foreknowledge of WeGS and his wacky ways, I doubt I would even have noticed that Scott was something evident to any Channel 50* viewer. That is, that Scott was, in fact, light-years removed in tone, content and temperament from any of those various TV preachers to whom he was always raging about being compared with.
Even more unfortunate, that Sunday, the strapping and bearded Scott scurried off the stage and into his waiting limo before I could make my way down from my seat in the balcony to shake his hand while humoring him, and thus I was denied the opportunity to see up close whether there was even a hint of verification of my long-held personal theory** that Scott was, in fact, an atheist.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
* Or KHOF/Channel 30, before the FCC so heroically and historically removed Scott from his original broadcast home on May 24, 1984, the date, as it happened, someone else unique and really famous turned 43.
** A theory I DID, however, once try out in 1987 on buffoon newstalker/theologian Dennis Prager's long-running KABC "Religion on the Line" call-in show. After first being apparently stunned (he paused even longer than the ever-slow-speaking/thinking Prager usually does), Prager then chuckled and admitted, "Yeah, I have to admit, that IS an interesting theory you've there!"
radioacti...@gmail.com
Feb 29, 2012, 5:25:03 PM2/29/12
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Nope, J.D., neither of my above-referenced colleagues was MD Jr.
He was, however, a man I regret never getting the chance to meet, despite the fact that I was a putative colleague of his, doing afternoon-drive commercial call-in newstalk radio in Sacramento, the same market where Downey was for a few years the most-celebrated KFBK talent.
He was, however, a man I regret never getting the chance to meet, despite the fact that I was a putative colleague of his, doing afternoon-drive commercial call-in newstalk radio in Sacramento, the same market where Downey was for a few years the most-celebrated KFBK talent.
radioacti...@gmail.com
Feb 29, 2012, 5:20:02 PM2/29/12
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Much appreciate the 56-not-50 correction, "Rose".
I was, obviously, conflating his original broadcast base of KHOF (which was located on UHF Channel 30)-- until the "missing-link monkey" members of the FCC board ultimately prevailed in Federal Court, thank Zeus--with his eventual KDOC safe haven.
I was, obviously, conflating his original broadcast base of KHOF (which was located on UHF Channel 30)-- until the "missing-link monkey" members of the FCC board ultimately prevailed in Federal Court, thank Zeus--with his eventual KDOC safe haven.
radioacti...@gmail.com
Feb 29, 2012, 5:51:34 PM2/29/12
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Appreciate the 56-not-50 correction, "Rose", as well as your report from the Hot Seat studio audience.
I was, obviously, conflating Scott's original KHOF Channel 30 broadcast UHF dial location with his eventual broadcast safe haven, KDOC.
By the way, W. euGene Scott fans: does anyone else miss hearing the sometimes-played-four-dozen-times-per-broadcast video of that gospel quartet warbling "I Wanna Know!" ?
Oh, to hear Scott--who expired Monday, February 21, 2005, just a day after the suicide of another dubious Ph.D, Hunter Thompson--even once more shoutingly intone to his off-camera tech flunkies, "Play it again!" ...
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
I was, obviously, conflating Scott's original KHOF Channel 30 broadcast UHF dial location with his eventual broadcast safe haven, KDOC.
By the way, W. euGene Scott fans: does anyone else miss hearing the sometimes-played-four-dozen-times-per-broadcast video of that gospel quartet warbling "I Wanna Know!" ?
Oh, to hear Scott--who expired Monday, February 21, 2005, just a day after the suicide of another dubious Ph.D, Hunter Thompson--even once more shoutingly intone to his off-camera tech flunkies, "Play it again!" ...
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
KingDaevid
Feb 29, 2012, 6:22:40 PM2/29/12
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On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:29:57 PM UTC-8, R H Draney sez:
> BTW, is Pastor Melissa Scott still scribble on whiteboards on TV?...she used to
> be on every night here but I haven't seen her in months...(I always got a kick
> out of her clomping across the stage in those heavy boots she wore)....
...Melissa is no longer on the ION affiliates (the Los Angeles station in that chain being the former KHOF-TV 30, Dr. Gene's old license). But she does buy a couple of hours on KTTV, the Fox flagship, in the wee hours of Tuesday and Thursday mornings...
> BTW, is Pastor Melissa Scott still scribble on whiteboards on TV?...she used to
> be on every night here but I haven't seen her in months...(I always got a kick
> out of her clomping across the stage in those heavy boots she wore)....
kdm
danny burstein
Feb 29, 2012, 6:31:31 PM2/29/12
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alt.fan.gene-scott
and also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Scott_%28pastor%29
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radioacti...@gmail.com
Feb 29, 2012, 7:56:41 PM2/29/12
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Oh, and one more Gene Scott tidbit that may be of interest to some of ya'll good folk, especially "Lassie", "Petticoat Junction" and "Lost in Space" partisans:
A onetime pal of mine was a woman who, despite a fairly decent mind somehow fell not merely for the credulity-straining Christianity hypothesis but even was enough entranced by W. euGene's spell that she attended services at King's House No. 1 more or less monthly, at least during the early 80s.
And her repeated insistence was that one of Scott's occasional congregants and allegedly a frequent big-money contributor was none other than Mrs. Space Family Robinson herself, the very-much-still-alive June Lockhart.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
A onetime pal of mine was a woman who, despite a fairly decent mind somehow fell not merely for the credulity-straining Christianity hypothesis but even was enough entranced by W. euGene's spell that she attended services at King's House No. 1 more or less monthly, at least during the early 80s.
And her repeated insistence was that one of Scott's occasional congregants and allegedly a frequent big-money contributor was none other than Mrs. Space Family Robinson herself, the very-much-still-alive June Lockhart.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
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Some days I will wake up feeling good then it will hit me that he's gone
What a great man
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Topic Cop <Beaver...@live.com> wrote:
who served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1922 until shortly
before his death.
Mr. George was a Democrat,not a Conservative,but as a signer of the Southern
Manifesto and opponent of civil rights laws he would generally be regarded as
a "conservative" even though he was more moderate than more "fire-breathing"
kinds of segregationist he served alongside,like "Cotton Tom" Heflin of
Alabama,"Cotton Ed" Smith or Coleman Blease of South Carolina,Theodore Bilbo
of Mississippi,or Clyde Hoey or Furnifold Simmons or Josiah Bailey of
North Carolina.
>> Of course, I'm basing this totally on what I was able to glean from years of watching "Hot Seat" on KDOC/Channel 50 as well as hearing him here and there on local L.A. newstalk or FM radio, whenever a host was foolish enough to give him some airtime as a guest. Based on every such viewing or listening, George was quite nearly a moron.
>>
>> But I admit that that assessment is based totally on George's pathetic public persona. As it happens, a couple people I worked with in Hollywood knew him off air, and they insisted to me that he was sly (or maybe just stupid) like a fox, and that in fact, he was actually rather informed. And one of these guys claimed he even found him "almost charming" whenever he was not "on"! Both guys had credibility with me, at least until they started peddling this.
>>
>> I do now regret never making the trip from Mar Vista down to KDOC in Orange County to see "Hot Seat" taped in person; indeed, I watched some of my "Hot Seat" tapes as recently as a couple years ago, but only for the same reason I recorded and reviewed so many hours of that other sui generis (and also now dead) KDOC personality, Dr. W. euGene Scott: for laughs.
>>
>> BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
>
>
> You blew it
>
> Some days I will wake up feeling good then it will hit me that he's gone
>
> What a great man
>
>
> On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 4:26:20?AM UTC-8, radioacti...@gmail.com wrote:
>> The late, not-at-all-great Wally George, wasn't a conservative, much less a
>> Conservative. The sad truth is, he wasn't bright enough to HAVE an ideology.
Just to be clear,this is not in reference to Walter F. George (1878-1957),
>> The late, not-at-all-great Wally George, wasn't a conservative, much less a
>> Conservative. The sad truth is, he wasn't bright enough to HAVE an ideology.
who served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1922 until shortly
before his death.
Mr. George was a Democrat,not a Conservative,but as a signer of the Southern
Manifesto and opponent of civil rights laws he would generally be regarded as
a "conservative" even though he was more moderate than more "fire-breathing"
kinds of segregationist he served alongside,like "Cotton Tom" Heflin of
Alabama,"Cotton Ed" Smith or Coleman Blease of South Carolina,Theodore Bilbo
of Mississippi,or Clyde Hoey or Furnifold Simmons or Josiah Bailey of
North Carolina.
>> Of course, I'm basing this totally on what I was able to glean from years of watching "Hot Seat" on KDOC/Channel 50 as well as hearing him here and there on local L.A. newstalk or FM radio, whenever a host was foolish enough to give him some airtime as a guest. Based on every such viewing or listening, George was quite nearly a moron.
>>
>> But I admit that that assessment is based totally on George's pathetic public persona. As it happens, a couple people I worked with in Hollywood knew him off air, and they insisted to me that he was sly (or maybe just stupid) like a fox, and that in fact, he was actually rather informed. And one of these guys claimed he even found him "almost charming" whenever he was not "on"! Both guys had credibility with me, at least until they started peddling this.
>>
>> I do now regret never making the trip from Mar Vista down to KDOC in Orange County to see "Hot Seat" taped in person; indeed, I watched some of my "Hot Seat" tapes as recently as a couple years ago, but only for the same reason I recorded and reviewed so many hours of that other sui generis (and also now dead) KDOC personality, Dr. W. euGene Scott: for laughs.
>>
>> BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
>
>
> You blew it
>
> Some days I will wake up feeling good then it will hit me that he's gone
>
> What a great man
>
>
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