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Comment on My Favorite Interview by Jamey

Jamey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:18:38 +0000

Garth told of one of his very first concerts that was booked in Anniston. He couldn’t remember the name of the place but I did at the time and he just lit up. It was one of those big showplace arenas (maybe that was actually the name).
“I was on the bus and I remember the announcer guy going ‘Ladies and Gentlemen…GARTH BROOKS!!!’” He told me. “I don’t remember how many people this place held, but I do remember there were 9 people inside. And we did two shows so there were fewer people for the second show.”
Garth told me he and the band went on to perform for the small crowd like they would if it had been 9,000.
“A few years later” he remembered, (after he had become famous with a top-selling album), “I was opening for George Strait and before the show this state trooper walks up and hands me a dozen roses. And he handed me a card and in the card someone had written ‘we are proud of you, from one of the Anniston 9′. I tried to run out and find them but there was no way.”
And then Garth looked directly into my camera and said “So if anybody watching this was part of that show, I want to say thanks. I’ll never forget you.”
Garth got a little misty-eyed when he told me that story and because of that, I get a little misty-eyed just re-telling it.

Comment on My Favorite Interview by Todd Demers

Todd Demers — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:19:10 +0000

Jamey, I loved your latest blog on Garth. For those unfamiliar, (and unable to find the info on the web) could you share with us “The Anniston Nine”

Thanks…

Todd

Comment on An old news director by Elisha

Elisha — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:58:26 +0000

Hey there, I know this is a really old post, but I came across it when I did a Word Press search. Anyway, I think I would have initially been on the side of your ND, but when I was reading your arguments you actually made some pretty valid points. The rape of a 70 year old woman is a little more disgusting because the elderly tend to be more fragile and have fewer defenses, but either way it’s a life-changing situation. I like your blog, I think I’ll bookmark it.

Comment on Why Tom Watson Needed to Win The Open by Cindy Ericsson

Cindy Ericsson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:08:17 +0000

My younger son loves all things superhero, and he’s been reading about 70’s and 80’s pop culture. He asked me the other day if I knew anything about Charlie’s Angels. He was a little confused and asked me about their superpowers. I really felt like saying “controlling (or at least occupying) the minds of the U.S. male population.”

Comment on by eddie parker

eddie parker — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:45:03 +0000

Jamey, that was a great way to tell the story!

Comment on Why Tom Watson Needed to Win The Open by Dad

Dad — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:33:57 +0000

Son: I miss those days also. I miss you too. Love….Dad

Comment on Why Tom Watson Needed to Win The Open by April Cummings

April Cummings — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:34:07 +0000

Jamey – how are you? Its funny how some things transcend… we are back in the Cayman Islands where I’m from and we too have been mourning the loss of our childhood icons. Michael Jackson before it all went crazy.. listening to Walter Conkrite on shortwave radios (we weren’t tv early adopters on this island) and how insecure we were because we couldn’t look like Farrah (although I’m still working on that same haircut).

Comment on by Steve Watkins

Steve Watkins — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:27:40 +0000

Amen, brother.

Comment on There’s A Hole in My TV by jameyt

jameyt — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:44:11 +0000

didn’t mean to imply Mays deserves the same tributes as MJ or Farrah. My question is why channels that have Mays’ commercials scheduled to run would cancel them on the basis of being in “bad taste”?
For example: if a local affiliate ran a scheduled Mays ad for Oxi-Clean this week, would people be offended? I think most people will say yes, running a Billy Mays commercial after he died would be viewed as a tacky attempt at using the death of a man to gain viewers.
But we believe WGN showing Farrah’s work or VH1 and MTV showing MJ’s work is a “tribute” rather than an attempt to gain viewers.
Why is that?

Comment on There’s A Hole in My TV by Dixon Hayes

Dixon Hayes — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:52:18 +0000

There’s a number of reasons why the memorable, seemingly highly likable, Billy Mays is not getting the wall to wall coverage the other three are getting. For one thing, in his short career he didn’t have near the impact on pop culture as the other three, nor did he make near as much news…sadly the other three got their share of tabloid press, more than their fair share in the cases of Ed and Farrah.

It’s just kind of difficult to run a “commercial” marathon when someone known for that leaves us…remember we didn’t have such tributes for Jesse White, the Maytag Repairman, or Dick Wilson, a.k.a. “Mr. Whipple,” even though they were icons with careers running back decades. Ironically, the closest we had to “commercial marathons” was the specials in the 1980s hosted…by Ed McMahon.

On the plus side, Youtube would be a big help in this day and age for this kind of thing.

But if you watch CNN you’ll note the Billy Mays story is still part of their heavy rotation.