Good-bye Lionel.

[patrice]

nt

[no_hypocrisy]

1. That's rather cryptic. Any more details?

[madokie]

5. We used to have a real good weatherman

who had lionel, lee and lionel I think it was. I doubt thats what this is about though :-)

http://tulsatvmemories.com/kiddie2.html For kicks heres a link

[ulysses]

8. wow - I remember him!

Just got hit upside the head with the nostalgia stick. Now I'll have Uncle Zeb in my head all day, too.

[kaiden]

22. I loved Lee and Lionel!!

I grew up in Independence, Kansas -- so all of our television channels were from Tulsa. Remember Dr. Mazeppa Poppazoidie?

[Z_I_Peevey]

32. Remember Mazeppa? Of course I remember Mazeppa.

And Sherman Oaks, Teddy Jack Eddy, Judy Judy and that singer with the sack over his head! I wish there were clips on You Tube, but alas there are not.

Here's one for you: Does anyone remember 48 Hours in Atoka?

[kaiden]

36. The "Toe-Headed" Boy

Teddy Jack Eddy -- the debut of Gary Busey!

[Z_I_Peevey]

38. Hoss Chopright. Don F. Longjohn.

I could go on and on!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

45. Ah yes, TV in Tulsa.

My sweetie is from OKC and lived in Tulsa in the 70s. He ordered tapes of The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting of Mazeppa Pompazoide.

So I saw "The School for the Dead" with Sherman Oaks (cracks me up every time), Gaylord Sartain, Gary Busey, etc.

I didn't realize Gaylord Sartain had been in a lot of movies, other than playing The Big Bopper in "The Buddy Holly Story". Sartain was in "Mississippi Burning" and is an accomplished artist.

"The Unknown Politician" was the guy with the sack over his head.

I liked the suggestion of making all the freeways go one way -- OUT of Oklahoma.

[kaiden]

47. And the white guy with electrician's tape all over his face . . .

And a piece of it over his left eye. Said he was Sammy Davis, Jr.

[patrice]

21. Good-bye from me. I've had it with this crazy wise-ass.

I appreciate the intent of creating dialectic. I'm just tired of his rather self-absorbed bias in doing that.

[Virginia Dare]

2. I hope Lionel Richie's not dead...n/t

[Botany]

6. No more dancing on the ceiling?????????

What is happening here?
Something is going on
Thats not quite clear
Somebody turn on the light
Were gonna have a party
Its starting tonight

Oh, what a feeling!
When were dancing on the ceiling
The room is hot...thats good
Some of my friends came
By from the neighbourhood
People were starting
To climb the walls
Ooh, it looks like everybody
Is having a ball

Everybody starts to lose control
When the music is right
If you see somebody hanging around
Dont get up right
The only thing we wanna do tonight
Is go round and round
And turn upside down
Come on, lets get down

So come on, lets get loose
Dont hold back
Because it aint no use
Hard to keep your feet on the ground
Because when we like to ball it
We only want to get down
What? you say what?
Its love now...
Just get started
Everybody clap your hands, come on
Everybody have sense...

[Royal Oak Rog]

3. I'm hoping it means that dickhead got cancelled

am I right?

[DainBramaged]

9. Yup

[tpsbmam]

17. Gawd, good riddance! I couldn't change the channel fast enough....

when he was on. As a matter of fact, there were a few things that got me to stop listening to AAR, and he was one of them. I found a much better alternative by listening to & supporting my local progressive radio station -- I should have been doing that all along.

Lionel was absolutely horrific -- another one of AAR's zillion blunders.

[Ian David]

4. Lionel is NOT gone. I still know where to find him...

Right in the Feminine Hygiene Aisle, with all the other douchebags:



http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514X49MN3YL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-6,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg
"Massengill Douches: Now with more Lionel!"

[Tutonic]

43. Bwahhhhh!

[Ian David]

7. For the record, I think Lionel was an excellent talkshow host and did a fantastic job.

My problem with him is as a human being.

He's a terrible, terrible person.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514X49MN3YL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-6,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg
"Massengill Douches: Now with more Lionel!"

[SaveAmerica]

10. though we never knew you at all...I would have liked to known you but I just logged in

[slackmaster]

11. Lionel?

[B3Nut]

13. I still have my Lionel set

The engine and many accessories date from the late 50's...it was my Dad's. I haven't set any of it up in many many years...

TP

[slackmaster]

15. I wish I still had my dad's set

My stepfather gave it all away in the '70s when I was in college. Bad misunderstanding.

Other than that, I really have no fucking idea what this thread is about.

[B3Nut]

26. Neither do I.

Maybe it's time to find that pic of the bunny with the pancake on its head... ;)

[awoke_in_2003]

42. .

[Warren Stupidity]

18. HO?

Although in an odd quirk a google of lionel ho turns up "Lionel Richie: Don't Derail My Ho Train! - TMZ.com"

The world is full of odd connections.

[Royal Oak Rog]

12. Does anyone have a link to this blessed event?

That guy was worse than Jerry Springer, and Springer was horrible.

[mucifer]

14. If you are talking about the annoying radio guy, I hope they replace him

with Frangela. Tho AirAmerica has a problem hiring people who aren't white for major radio spots.

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. Who is the replacement? Of course it wouldn't be Sam Seder

that would be too smart for Air America. Lionel was rude to
anyone that called in and also couldn't get any guests to return.

[patrice]

29. He's a tragically flawed genius. nt

[alfredo]

41. Michael Savage

[But....]

19. Unnh..

Tundercats ho?:shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

20. I actually liked Lionel at one time

But he had NO BUSINESS being on Air America.

He was no mouthbreather, but he certainly wasn't a progressive.

But his ego and endless monologues on weird, pointless and idiotic subjects turned me off.

[patrice]

24. Me too. Brilliant guy, BUT you can't be ABSOLUTELY "deconstructive".

This morning he's taking the idea of Impeachment apart, sorry, there MUST be SOME ground to stand on. Not all things should be completely de-constructed and thrown to the wind; it's not good for People.

Besides, I have local independent radio to listen to now.

[Snotcicles]

33. I will miss Lionel. I was disappointed when Sam Seder was replaced but I

grew to really like Lionel. I found him to be a very profound thinker.
I can not understand why so many people on DU hated him so much.

[sabbat hunter]

23. any links to this story n/t

[patrice]

25. No. It's just me. I'm taking a stand. Sorry if I confused anyone. nt

[slackmaster]

27. Could you please explain what this is about?

I don't watch much TV and may not have access to the same radio programs as you.

Who is Lionel?

[patrice]

28. Morning host on Air America Radio. nt

[slackmaster]

30. We don't have AAR where I live

Not since KLSD went under.

Thanks!

[patrice]

31. You can stream it live or in podcast on/with your computer from their website. nt

[slackmaster]

34. Not when I'm at work

I can get around the filters for purely visual things, but can't get any streaming audio.

[patrice]

39. I use an iPod at work for all of my listening needs. nt

[Rob H.]

35. So, goodbye as in he still works there but you're not listening anymore?

Dang, and he I am, getting my hopes up that AAR finally wised up! :P

We no longer have AAR where I live due to incompetent local station management*, but I used to tune out immediately when Lionel came on. He's terrible and has been from the moment they hired him, imho. Why they don't give Sam Seder a permanent weekday spot continues to baffle me.

I hope other people follow your lead--maybe then AAR will actually hire someone good. :)

*They blocked the last hour of Randi Rhodes and the first hour of The Majority Report to give a slot to a local talker who in less than three months revealed himself to be a homophobic social conservative whose statements also occasionally carried a whiff of anti-Semitism. He stayed on the air at least three months after he made homophobic statements despite repeated, angry complaints from local listeners. Added bonuses? He was anti-science and anti-evolution, too!

ETA: I wish they'd bring back Mark Maron, too. At least then I could still listen to them via podcasts.

[patrice]

40. Oh I still listen to Thom Hartman and Rachel Madow and Laura Flanders.

and State of Belief and Ring of Fire.

I'd REALLY listen to Mark Marin if they would bring him back.

Lionel's the wrong guy for me in the morning, at night maybe okay, but his voice is wrong for starting the day out and I'm sick and tired of the way that he Deconstructs EVERYTHING. The WHOLE point of Deconstruction is RE-Construction.

He does a good rant occassionally, like the one he did recently about opposition to stem cell research. He's also Funny. But he fucks his callers up and then ridicules them for not reading perfectly what's on HIS mind.

And I didn't like what he was saying against Impeachment Thursday morning.

I'm going to listen to a local guy instead.

[Rob H.]

48. D'oh!

I meant "not listening to Lionel," not that you stopped listening to AAR entirely. I should've phrased that better. :blush:

The thing that used to really bother me about Lionel was that at the beginning of every show he'd go on and on and on about how groundbreaking and fantastic that day's broadcast was going to be. (I lost track of how many days in a row he said the show was going to be so amazing, it would be forever enshrined in the Museum of Television and Radio as soon as it was over.) If the shows were really that good, he should at least have had the good sense to spare his listeners all the puffery and just get going, already.

I like all the other hosts and shows you mentioned, too. I'm still a little depressed that AAR isn't available here anymore--thank goodness for podcasts!

[DailyGrind51]

37. Did something happen to Lionel Richie?

I knew he had to have been worried about Nicole and her problems?

[lpbk2713]

44. He's been dead for a year and a half.

Throat cancer.

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/22/entertainment/main2292127.shtml

[dysfunctional press]

46. OMG- are they getting out of the model train business..? yikes!

http://www.lionel.com/