  Vic_doucette Member Username: Vic_doucette Post Number: 169 Registered: 10-2003 |
Love him or hate him, rest assured that there will never be another like him. http://cbs4.com/national/paul. harvey.dies.2.947030.html | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2433 Registered: 08-2007 |
Sad news, he died really of a broken heart after his wife Angel died last year. i always liked listening to Paul Harvey, the way he crafted a tale and always laughed at how he made his commercials sound like they were part of the news. That's right, whenever I listen to Paul Harvey I make sure I'm drinking Maxwell House coffee because just like Teddy Roosevelt said, :It's good to the last drop." His death is another page being turned, and all of us just took a step closer to the front of the line. | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 3748 Registered: 08-2007 |
Awww - I really liked him. My grandma loved listening to him. RIP Mr. Harvey. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 4079 Registered: 11-2007 |
It shows your age, when you like to listen to Paul Harvey. (This is Paul Harvey). RIP | ||
Ronaldj Member Username: Ronaldj Post Number: 110 Registered: 01-2007 |
and now, for the rest of the story... | ||
Dfd Member Username: Dfd Post Number: 1003 Registered: 09-2004 |
"showing your age" The other day I was listening to him on an AM oldies station....good day! | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 4553 Registered: 02-2007 |
sad day; for another American Icon has left the microphone empty | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 2188 Registered: 10-2003 |
I grew up listening to Paul Harvey on the radio with my Pop at the controls of the radio during car rides. Harvey was the only one on WJR who really caught my attention. For years I would scan through radio stations listening for something I liked, when I heard that distinct voice of his, I stopped the search. The Bose Wave Radio is bound to be discontinued now. Im pouring a shot of tequilla on the floor. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 6745 Registered: 11-2004 |
Paul Harvey was definitely of a different era. I listened to him when I was a youngster and when my dad drove us to school on occasion. Paul Harvey's approach was unique and for those of us younger harkened back to a simpler age. News was delivered at regular intervals by trusted newsmen. Nowadays news is accessible 24/7 via so many venues such as the internet, CNN, satellite radio, etc.. With his passing, a bit of our innocence and naivete passed with him. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 2189 Registered: 10-2003 |
http://www.facebook.com/ext/sh are.php?sid=58517546525&h=fk1p o&u=5WVVb | ||
Haikoont Member Username: Haikoont Post Number: 130 Registered: 09-2008 |
quote: Well said Gnome. As the Rolling Stones sang, "What a drag it is getting old." I enjoyed listening to Paul when I was a kid, and at lunch when I worked construction after college. I guess I hoped he'd go on forever. SNL just ended. Don Pardo is still the voice of that show. As someone who watched the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, I'm pulling for Pardo to maintain immortality. And Ernie Harwell. Not too many distinctive voices left. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 4094 Registered: 11-2007 |
This is Paul Harvey, Good Day.  | ||
Alsodave Member Username: Alsodave Post Number: 751 Registered: 10-2003 |
Just thought the same thing Bigb23. He gave us many "good days". RIP | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9504 Registered: 10-2003 |
Paul Harvey taught me that the elite of Rome likely went crazy because they had lead plumbing. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2437 Registered: 08-2007 |
He was great at pacing a story out, leading you along and waiting for the kicker. Some of his "rest of the Stories" were clinkers, but he was cranking those things out everyday...on top of doing a news roundup with live read commercials twice a day. And that was when he was 85. Pretty remarkable. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19106 Registered: 11-2006 |
I believe he lived a full and long 90 years....RIP | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 6751 Registered: 11-2004 |
Uh Cc... I believe Gnome was talking about a Paul Harvey broadcast WHEN he was 85, not any recent broadcast he made in case you thought that Gnome had made the assumption that he lived until the ripe old age of 85. And Paul Harvey did live to the age of 90. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 942 Registered: 08-2008 |
In his latter years, Paul Harvey and his 'The Rest of the Story' was more 'cute' and 'quaint' than factual, informative and journalistic. I tired of his 'cuteness' and 'quaintness' years ago. The truth and facts in a story are almost always sacrificed for 'cute'. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6188 Registered: 08-2004 |
Haikoont... another voice to add to that list is Sonny Elliott. And speaking of SNL... I wonder if Father Guido Sarducci's Cardinal Fungi (pronounced Foon-ghee) is still alive... he must be 117 by now!  | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 1283 Registered: 05-2006 |
All the neo-cons here should take notice of the liberal love on this thread. Paul Harvey was a legend respected by all sides of the political spectrem. He was like the uncle or grandfather whose views were not always consistant with yours, but you had respect for him. Today, the right has their horrible, hatefull new faces like Rush, Coulter, etc., who are more interested in sound bites, than actual infomation. I would have enjoyed having Mr. Harvey as a neighbor. I could see myself sitting on a porch listening to his stories and views for hours, and then, in the end agree to disagree. Conversly, I wouldn't want someone such as Limbaugh, Ann, or Sean as a neighbor. I could see them as the person on the block who always try forcing their warpped views on me, as well as bitching that I must be a environmental wako because my tree was dropping leaves onto their property. RIP Paul Harvey. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 954 Registered: 08-2007 |
I will miss hearing him, eventhough it has been almost 10 years since I listened regularly. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 2090 Registered: 10-2003 |
My comment from the thread in the Detroit section: Paul Harvey and his "folksy" style annoyed the hell out of me. I especially disliked his pitchman-hucksterism being injected into the middle of news segments. You thought he was telling you about a news item, then realized he was selling a product. That said, RIP. I should add that I did respect his news background and life experience. Just couldn't stand his delivery. Too damn farm-boy. | ||
1kielsondrive Member Username: 1kielsondrive Post Number: 966 Registered: 08-2008 |
See my additional comments on the other Paul Harvey link here at DY. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19164 Registered: 11-2006 |
He had a unique niche that likely can't be duplicated. | ||
Ferntruth Member Username: Ferntruth Post Number: 762 Registered: 11-2006 |
"He had a unique niche that likely can't be duplicated." Not by any of todays Conservative radio hosts, thats for sure. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19193 Registered: 11-2006 |
Correct, he was old school. But the new school is doing very well with its' own style. | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 109 Registered: 06-2008 |
quote: I was unaware that the "old school" of journalism involved inventing stories and passing them off as actual events. Paul Harvey was a little more than a very charming conman. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 3461 Registered: 02-2007 |
Yeah , like that fakkir Mark Twain. | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 110 Registered: 06-2008 |
quote: Ummm, are you simple? Mark Twain was a writer of fiction. Paul Harvey presented himself as a newsman. The difference really isn't that hard to understand. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7838 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ummmm, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was a journalist and editor before he wrote fiction. | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 111 Registered: 06-2008 |
Was Mark Twain's journalism revealed to be fraudulent? | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7839 Registered: 10-2003 |
I'm not part of this disagreement, I like Mark Twain and enjoyed Paul Harvey's folksy style when I spent much time travelling in my car. It was just a comfortable, familiar voice more than a source of news, and his hucksterism was a "quaint" remnant of old time radio. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19206 Registered: 11-2006 |
Who did he con? | ||
Benfield Member Username: Benfield Post Number: 113 Registered: 06-2008 |
Anyone who listened to him thinking that the events he reported actually happened. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19231 Registered: 11-2006 |
Doesn't a con require that someone surrenders something of value to the person making the con? | ||
Ferntruth Member Username: Ferntruth Post Number: 769 Registered: 11-2006 |
"But the new school is doing very well with its' own style." Funny what some consider "style", but then considering the source... | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19276 Registered: 11-2006 |
Look up the definition of style if you are confused Fern. I believe you will find my use of the word appropriate. | ||
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln Post Number: 673 Registered: 06-2007 |
" Just couldn't stand his delivery. Too damn farm-boy." Actually, thats spot-on. Very "farm boy". I catch myself talking oddly sometimes and realize I am imitating Paul Harvey.He did enunciate his words like a stereotypical ranch-hand.Thats what I liked about him. Not some pretty-boy jock trying to sound intelligent. And very distinctive. I got my brother into listening to him after I started warping the word "bones" and making it sound like "Boh-inz" with emphasis on the z. I said "paul Harvey talks like that". Yes, he spoke oddly, but just enough to set him apart. And, I think that "country" style made him sound more human and approachable. Now, wheres that Boh-z wave radio? | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19291 Registered: 11-2006 |
He captured the attention of millions with his style and delivery. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 1316 Registered: 05-2006 |
At least he never used blogs(i.e. Drudge) as a source for his news the way the current breed of right wingers do. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19328 Registered: 11-2006 |
Like I said, different styles, both good |
