I remember reading up on this guy 6 months ago on a nostalgia trip. I forget what happened to him I believe cancer finally got him. Quite a racket he was involved in.
Where Ed Barbara and Furniture USA is "Gary," the velour-sweater-clad, dark-glasses-wearing movie host on KICU "The Perfect 36" can't be too far behind, the guy who read the MMM Carpets commercials late at night and led us in trivia quizzes.
In Merced? Si!
ReplyDeleteI remember reading up on this guy 6 months ago on a nostalgia trip. I forget what happened to him I believe cancer finally got him. Quite a racket he was involved in.
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Drop the gun, grab the cannoli!! For as Marlon Brando once said, "I am such a fat fuck."
ReplyDeleteNever understood why he advertised on shows mainly watched by kids when they got home from school. KBHK mainly if I remember.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of "the kids", Disney sold KMKY yesterday for only $600,000. AM isn't what it used to be, boys and girls.
ReplyDeleteWhere Ed Barbara and Furniture USA is "Gary," the velour-sweater-clad, dark-glasses-wearing movie host on KICU "The Perfect 36" can't be too far behind, the guy who read the MMM Carpets commercials late at night and led us in trivia quizzes.
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