Link (http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-casey-kasem-20140615-story.html)
Sounds like he was in pretty bad shape his last weeks/months, so I'm glad that at least his suffering is over. Still, he was a voice I grew up with; he'll be missed. RIP, Mr. Kasem.
RIP... :(
Many was the Sunday night that I laid in bed listening to American Top 40. I soon put two and two together and got Shaggy. And Robin. The man had a great voice and a positive energy that couldn't be beat.
A countdown from 10 to 1 of things you might not know about Casey Kasem.
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=873101&ocid=rr-mus-news
Dr. Demento was better.
Casey was the voice of Sunday afternoons back in Germany in the mid-80s, as American Top 40 was religious listening for us. I still have tapes of songs off the radio back then, including most of the end-of-year countdowns for '84 and '85. He was required listening then, and I hated when he turned it over to someone else.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on June 15, 2014, 08:58:45 PM
Dr. Demento was better.
Apples and oranges, brother.
RIP, CK.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on June 15, 2014, 08:58:45 PM
Dr. Demento was better.
To continue the Sunday night line up, AT40 was over at 9. The there was a comedy show that had skits from Stiller & Meara, Bob Newhart, Monty Python, Robin Williams, Bill Cosby, et al. And at 10 was Dr. Demento. All in all, a great way to spend a Sunday night going to sleep as a ten year old.
ZOIKS!
Ahem, that's ZOINKS.