It is the end of an era in NYC. John Gambling, host of a long running radio program on WOR-AM, has done his final program. The station was recently purchased by Clear Channel, which is going to war with its rivals, hiring Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity away from WABC. It has been dubbed The New 710. The Gambling family, three generations, has been on the station since 1925, except from 2000 until 2008. The current generation, three sons, has no interest in continuing the tradition, which is fine with their father, who has always done the job with class, minus bombast and controversy, although he was not reluctant to offer his opinions. I look forward to listening to Hannity at dinner time for 20 minutes or so. Limbaugh will air while I'm out of the house at mid day. I enjoyed his TV show, which aired late at night in the '80's. I used to laugh whenever there was a black person in the audience. He would be seated in the front row. Good luck, Mr. Gambling, and thank you.
I've mentioned Hondo here several times. He writes a droll NFL prognostication column that ignores analysis and concentrates on wisecracks inspired by the foibles of those in the public eye. Here's a gem from today's predictions: "Broncos over Texans: From BarkingMut of SoBe: After Nancy Pelosi advocated for passage of the budget deal by encouraging Congress to 'embrace the suck,' Peyronie Bill Clinton said that was the same advice he preached when he was in the White House." There is a picture of Obama beneath the header, a comic strip-like balloon emanating from his lips, professing: "Hondo is having a great season!" The faux lie had me laughing out loud. Hondo is in last place among his peers at the NY Post in both the overall standings and in what he used to euphemistically call the "crucial best bets category." Unfortunately, the aforementioned picture is not available at the paper's website.
The floating book shop had a nice day. I didn't think I'd see Kinesha, aka Mrs. Eclectic, whose Jamaican blood does not like the winter, until spring, but the warmer weather brought her out and she purchased five novels and the New York Times non-fiction best seller Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins. Natalia and Benedict dropped off four books in Russian. My thanks, and also to the woman who bought the Oldies 1 CD, and everyone else who made purchases. The crates were a lot lighter going into the trunk than they were coming out.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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