Chaim Kornheiser
I found it on Amazon Prime Video via freevee it says with commercials.
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Also: TIL Ryan OâNeal was still alive until today.
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And âWhatâs Up, Doc?â
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And he was John McEnroeâs father-in-law.
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YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!
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love that movie
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I took my GF to see Love Story shortly after it opened in December 1970. Only movie I ever went to where I could hear the audience members sniffling towards the end.
Not my favourite movie that Ryan OâNeal was in but certainly memorable. RIP Ryan.
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Ugh. I hate that movie. âLove means never having to say youâre sorry.â BS
But RIP to the actor who is presumably not responsible for the awful tag line.
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Love Story was sentimental slop but that genre was successful at the box office.
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Wasnât âLove Storyâ about Al and Tipper? /sarcasm
âThatâs the dumbest thing Iâve ever heard.â
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Itâs up there with âyou complete me.â
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âYou complete meâ is sentimental crap, but at least itâs not objectively wrong. Iâd say âlove means never having to say youâre sorryâ is an order of magnitude worse.
But I suppose Iâve derailed the RIP thread enough. It wouldâve been an ok movie if not for that terrible, terrible line.
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I tell Mrs. Hoffman that, but I try to make it sound like a compliment after Iâve aggravated her in some way.
RIP Terry Maple. I know most of you wonât have heard of this guy, but he was an important figure for Atlanta and the world of animal psychology.
It was perhaps a bit unorthodox to hire a PhD in psychobiology to run a zoo in steep decline. He transformed the Atlanta zoo from a pitiful place with barren cages to beautiful natural habitats. One of the zooâs greatest success stories was Willie B, a gorilla that lived in a cage by himself for 29 years and watched TV when I was a kid. He was reintroduced to other gorillas in a lovely habitat and became troop leader fathering generations.
I have a few friends that studied under Terry at GA Tech. Some of his students run some of the most important, science-based, animal conservation projects in world today.
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I wonder if my stepdadâs father knew him â this was my stepdadâs dad:
James Francis Wright
Then there is the late James Wright, Vâ51, whose distinguished career included working as a veterinarian at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; serving as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service; and participating in projects for the Air Forceâfirst at the Primate Laboratory in Texas and, later, at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, where he worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as section chief and pathologist in the Health Effects Research Laboratory. He also served on the veterinary faculty of North Carolina State University as adjunct associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
After Dr. Wrightâs passing, his son found papers regarding a trip he took to Senegal. The government was damming a river and seeking to save the area wildlife. Dr. Wright was called upon to help select the healthiest animals, determine how to immobilize them, and move them to their home in a newly established zoo. He helped refine the original dart gun and developed anesthetics in appropriate doses to be used as the tranquilizing agent.
[The son is my stepdad]
also:
James Francis Wright (1924-2008) was an honorary diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and a researcher in the field of zoological health. He served on the faculty of NC State University from 1984 to 2004, and he was a pathologist and consulting clinical veterinarian at the North Carolina Zoological Park. He was the first clinical veterinarian at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and helped establish a national zoo in Senegal, Africa. He contributed to refining early dart guns and tranquilizing agents. In addition to the ACZM, he was a member of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Wildlife Disease Association, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Society of Toxicologic Pathologists, American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, and the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association.
Wright graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. He earned a Ph.D. in Radiopathology at the University of Califoria (UC), Davis in 1964. Following graduation, Dr. Wright practiced mixed animal medicine in Lawrenceville, N.J. for two years. In 1979, Dr. Wright was awarded the United States Public Health Service Commendation Medal. Also, he served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theatre.
Before working at NC State University, Dr. Wright held several jobs. In the 1950s, he worked as veterinarian-in-charge at the Department of Agricultureâs Animal Disease Laboratory on Plum Island in New York. From 1957 to 1962, he became the head veterinarian at the Smithsonian Institute National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. He worked at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center from 1962 to 1964 and the Texan Primate Research Center in 1964. He later worked at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where he researched the effects of environmental stress on animals. Specifically, he worked at the Hazelton lab outside of Reston, Virginia under the direction of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1969 to 1972, and worked for the Public Health Service at the Raleigh Triangle Park (RTP) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building in 1972.
In the early 1980s, Dr. Wright began teaching at NC State University. Later he served on the veterinary faculty of NC State University first as visiting associate professor and later as adjunct associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Parasitology, and Pathology at the College of Veterinary Medicine. From 1984 to 2004, Dr. Wright was the North Carolina Zooâs pathologist, serving as a pathologist and consulting clinical veterinarian at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro.
Dr. Wright is also credited for his help in establishing a national zoo in Senegal, Africa, helping to refine the original dart gun and developing anesthetics in appropriate doses to be used as the tranquilizing agent.
Dr. Wright was a member of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Assocation, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Wildlife Disease Association, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Society of Toxicologic Pathologists, and American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums.
James Francis Wright was born in Philadelphia in 1924 and died on January 10, 2008 of a heart attack at the age of 83. Dr. Wright was married to his wife Helen. They had four children; two sons and two daughters.
Anyway, this is all to say, we have interesting pieces of dead animals around.
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RIP Jim Ladd
DJ in L.A. and on syndicated shows; most recently on Sirius XMâs âDeep Tracksâ station. Inspiration for Tom Pettyâs âThe Last DJâ. Also featured on Roger Watersâ âRadio K.A.O.Sâ album and music videos.
For the nonsubscribers:
Summary
Longtime disc jockey Jim Ladd, a central figure in the emergence of FM rock radio in Los Angeles, died Saturday after a heart attack. He was 75.
Laddâs death was announced Monday by Meg Griffin, an on-air colleague at SiriusXM, where they both worked on the satellite radio serviceâs rock channels. Ladd had a shift on SiriusXMâs Deep Tracks channel, which features the album-oriented rock he played over his long career.
âHe never stopped caring,â Griffin said after telling listeners that Ladd died at his home near Carmichael, Calif., with his wife, Helene Hodge-Ladd, by his side. âHe delivered the truth. He lived for the music, and I am blessed to have worked with him.â
Ladd, who had been part of the SiriusXM line-up since 2011, was a favorite personality during the rise of rock radio on the FM band in the 1970s, working at Los Angeles stations KMET and KLOS.
The longtime Laurel Canyon resident reveled in the stories of the freewheeling days of free-form rock formats on FM, made possible after the FCC ruled in 1964 that large-market AM stations could not duplicate more than 50% of their programming on an FM outlet.
The rule led to new stations that capitalized on a creative surge in rock and pop music that emphasized albums over the hit singles played on the top-40 outlets that proliferated on the AM band.
Ladd epitomized the free-form rock format, using his sonorous voice and laid-back delivery to share his intimate knowledge of the music â and strong opinions on other issues â with listeners as if they were friends. He became a staple of the rock radio scene at station KMET alongside other favorites of the era, including Mary Turner, Jeff Gonzer, Pat âParaquatâ Kelley and Cynthia Fox.
Ladd also had a national profile while at KMET, hosting a syndicated series called âInnerviewâ that aired on more than 160 stations between 1974 and 1986. Major stars, including John Lennon, Pink Floyd, U2, Joni Mitchell, the Eagles and Led Zeppelin, came on to discuss their work with him.
KMET had become a commercial success by the end of the 1970s, as album rock hit its zenith in popularity, and by 1980 ranked as the second-most listened to station in the Los Angeles market. But it steadily lost audience in the mid-1980s, which staff blamed on a series of program directors and a tightened music playlist.
Ladd was part of the air staff that was fired when owner Metromedia dumped the rock format for smooth jazz in 1987.
âTo us, rock and roll ainât a show,â Ladd told The Times after the format change. âItâs life.â
Laddâs 1991 memoir, âRadio Waves: Life and Revolution on the FM Dial,â recounts how air shifts in the early days of those new FM outlets were often conducted through a haze of marijuana smoke.
Ladd also noted how the rebellious politics of the time â mainly youthful opposition to the Vietnam War â informed the musical choices on FM. Thematic sets â for example, âUniversal Soldierâ by Donovan, followed by the Doorsâ âUnknown Soldierâ and Lennonâs âI Donât Want to Be a Soldierâ â were common.
âIt was this approach to radio that made FM different from Top 40 and threatening to the powers that be,â Ladd wrote. âIt was our role in the great passion play that engulfed the late sixties and early seventies⌠the music, the message, and the medium all combined to resonate the tribal drum, which kept time for a syncopated movement of new ideas and innocent dreams.â
Ladd later chafed at the increased commercialization of FM radio as it overtook the AM band as the primary source of music programming for radio listeners. He outwardly expressed disdain for management and consultants who favored more restricted playlists.
âI spent 20 years being called on the general managerâs carpet for speaking my beliefs,â Ladd told The Times in a 1991 interview.
Laddâs devotion to the music earned him an invitation from Pink Floydâs Roger Waters to be a part of his 1987 album âRadio K.A.O.S.â Ladd played himself as a rebel disc jockey on the recording. He also traveled with Waters on the albumâs world tour and starred in all three of its MTV music videos.
âHe was able to survive on the air in L.A. and then on SiriusXM long past many of his on air contemporaries whose unique careers succumbed to the radio management philosophy of âshut up and play the records,ââ said Michael Harrison, the editor of the radio business publication Talkers who worked with Ladd at KMET.
Ladd was also the inspiration for rocker Tom Pettyâs 2002 song âThe Last DJ,â which depicted a disc jockey who stood up to radio station management. (âWell the top brass donât like him talking so much / And he wonât play what they say to playâŚâ)
âItâs really a love song about radio,â Ladd said in an interview after its release. âSome people totally misinterpreted the song as an attack on radio when it is exactly the opposite.â
Ladd was a well-liked figure among artists, interviewing many of the top acts in the album-rock genre over his career. Several posted tributes on social media after learning of his death.
ââThe Last DJâ has crossed the tracks,â wrote John Densmore, drummer for the Doors. âThere wasnât a more soulful spinner of music. The songs he played were running through his blood, he cared so much for rock nâ roll. Irreplaceable⌠a very sad day, which can only be handled by carrying his spirit forward.â
Tommy Smothers- a very funny man
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Take it, naked bacon