tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post6430446639706532612..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: AccoladesEarl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-78140380760131828532009-08-06T08:34:01.419-07:002009-08-06T08:34:01.419-07:00So help me God, for my first job as a commercial r...So help me God, for my first job as a commercial radio dj, I was forced to do a daily hour-long program called…are you ready for this… <b>”The Wax Museum: Music that has Withstood the Test of Time.”</b> Great way to keep those big bands and crooners from just gathering dust on the shelves. You will note this was a throwback to the days when radio programs actually had names other than the name of the host or dj. We had “Your First Cup of Coffee” in the morning, followed by “Your Second Cup of Coffee,” ”New England Hayride,” etc.<br /><br />One thing I remember clearly, in reminiscing on the air about performances and performers for whom I was too young to have been anything but marginally familiar, is how, in searching for something to say when introducing a record, others of my ilk so often fell back on the practically de rigueur cliché observation that Frank Sinatra once called Tony Bennett <b>“the world’s greatest singer.”</b> For awhile you would hear this about every third time somebody spun a Tony Bennett platter. I marveled at the promotional genius of all that. Every third time you heard Tony Bennett on the radio, Frank Sinatra would get his name mentioned. Whenever somebody played Sinatra, you never heard <i>anything about Tony Bennett.</i>A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-23338855219651161912009-08-06T06:23:43.556-07:002009-08-06T06:23:43.556-07:00Grizz and DotCom from 30 Rock? I guess they ARE b...Grizz and DotCom from 30 Rock? I guess they ARE based on reality.MikeThe Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17121638582388746309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-90156896293170300562009-08-06T00:45:40.183-07:002009-08-06T00:45:40.183-07:00Wish I could afford pals like Jerry.Wish I could afford pals like Jerry.Willy B. Goodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00227682391989010006noreply@blogger.com