You only got two more miles, shouted a man sitting in a lawn chair as an exhausted marching band trudged by. Frazer Smith has been covering the Tournament of Roses Parade for three decades on KLOS, KROQ, KMET and KLSX. Then it slowed and, for a while, it stopped. Official program for the 66th Annual Portland Rose Festival June 7-16, 1974. During its 26-year run, 1983 to 2009,Reading Rainbow was notonlyone of the longest running childrens television shows in history but won more than 25 awards including 10 for outstanding series and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. His Comedic Commentary on the Rose Parade has become a Holiday tradition. Its funny when your actual career resembles your material, Smith told The Times. The Fraze joked that the Lutheran float immediately following the wedding one featured an angry Jesus chasing the guys all the way down Colorado Boulevard. Frazer was an on-air personality at KROQ FM (Pasadena), back when KROQ was pretty wild and wooly, with an approach to radio that must still be unique to this day. Maybe they wouldnt get the $18 million guaranteed to todays teams but, say, $12 million aint hay. Made the Stanford athletic department a little lunch money, too. She said, Dont get me your agent! Is that hip? Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. Pia Zadora was there when I landed and I want to know why, he said. And, as you probably know, Ed Zschau will be out there, getting all the band members to form a giant ZSSSS- CHAU ! Buddy Friedman. Pike portrays gruff, dumb Buck Pike, among other characters. The buzz is back, he said. Niles shares the joke with Martin. A crucial and overlooked aspect of Wednesdays game was that in a way it was the last Rose Bowl as well as the 100th big annual college bowl game played in Pasadena. He apologizes to an incredulous Tom, who accepts, good-naturedly. The Smith version of the parade features newscaster/equestrian George Putnam winning the coveted Claude Akins denture award, a man-on-the-street interview with horse droppings and all of Frazer Smiths ex-wives forming the Rose Queens court on the queens float. Smith had an enviable track record in local radio KROQ, 1976-79; KLOS, 1979-84; KMET, 1984-86; KLSX, 1986-97; KLOS, 1997; KRTH, 2002. I understand Denny Terrio is very jealous.. As the thousands of spectators began streaming toward their cars and bus lines, a mess of confetti, streamers and bottles littered the streets. Smith is ad-libbing now. The White House agreed to release New Years messages from President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev early in order to avoid upstaging television coverage of the parade. Why is Frank McCourt really pushing it? His daily KTTV/11 Lunch Brigade was a must-see and his Put Another Candle On My Birthday Cake signature song was our anthem. Even the wedding float on which two guys got hitched went off without a hitch. Frazer eventually added comedian Vic Dunlop and writer Ernie Monte to his team, but radio was too small to contain Frazers massive talent, the live shows dried up, and the long-hoped-for TV show never materialized, so he returned to living in his car. I think Ill use that., Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Tail between my legs, I went back to the typewriter and chopped them apart. With Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin. 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As in fishing, I have been chumming the water connecting with the many people Ive met over the years. Frazer Smith is the Premiere Host in Los Angeles at the biggest comedy clubs including The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, The Ice House and The Improv. After a few minutes of conversation, Frasier invites Tom to dinner at his apartment. I like Rene Aujebuen-however you say his name. Smith and Crabbe would also describe the passing bands while playing continuous looped marching band music. --Daly Pike, a stand-up comic and writer who briefly hosted and produced a comedy variety series for an Orange County television station. Never sure why they switched in the first place, but so glad he is back on mornings. And when I respond promptly to one of their email questions, the response is often Wow or Thanks, youre on it.. Its fans rarely fill their new stadium up on The Farm why should they drive 350 miles just to see a game, taking them away from writing that new logarithm that will change the way we live by 2015, and score them a cool billion to boot? While we wouldnt get the four top teams or the championship, the Rose Bowl, the most prestigious venue in the nation, would have its pick of all the other teams. Frazer Smith's Rose Parade Show Thank you for taking our poll! Two personal stories to share with you this week first, the passing of radio-TV broadcaster John Rovick, better known to us who grew up in the 50s and 60s around here as Sheriff John. The Scene at Coachella. The delivery, the voice, the persona, and the attitude we heard on KROQ were all Frazer, but a lot of the material came from Daddy Wags. In fact, in the first weeks after the Spartans won the right to come to Pasadena by beating Ohio State, when game tickets were going for over $1,000 a pop on the open market, hundreds of Michigan State fans took advantage of an online offer aimed squarely at Stanfordites. Where Benny was the hero and he surrounded himself with Mary Livingston and Rochester and Don Wilson? LA Radio Legend Frazer Smith and The Go Cast Network bring the 125 th?Rose Parade to the stage at Jon Lovitz Comedy Club Jan 1 st, 2013 at 8am in front of a Live Audience. I wasnt expecting an over-sized check with a huge amount on it, but I was certain that hed bestow something lavish on me. . Ill have more on Reiling in a future column. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. "Rose. Mari Frank hosts two Monday morning shows on KUCI/889.9 FM starting at 8 a.m. One is Privacy Policy and is followed by Prescriptions for Healing Conflict. More information: Mari@MariFrank.com. Fans who grew. . KTWV is also at The Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel. [3], Smith also hosted the late night television show called Rock 'N' America, in 1984. Guy Newton, Seal Beach; Charles D. Virden, Long Beach; M.D. Crabbe, made an annual tradition of offering an alternate audio commentary to television coverage of the famous? For several years, Smith, along with Peter "Crabman? The crowds found humor as well, roaring their approval for a group of swashbuckling pirates--actually stunt men--who swung precariously from flexible masts and ropes 65 feet in the air on the CasaBlanca Fan Co.s float depicting a tall ship. Bob Rowe, who worked at the old KMPC/710 AM for 28 years and was called Dr. On January 1, 2022, the parade will return to Colorado Blvd. Blue' - New York Times", Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Matchmaker_(Frasier)&oldid=1139520820, American LGBT-related television episodes, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Pages using infobox television episode with unlinked values, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. We may have the answer here next week. Well, we start off the Rose Parade this year with the Marching Mutants of Ollie North Junior High, said that 34-year-old smart-aleck veteran of the Los Angeles airwaves, Frazer Smith. The new schedule is Shawn Parr, 6-10 a.m.; Fox, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Paul Freeman, 2-7 p.m.; Ginny Harman, 7 p.m.-midnight. Daphne is literally gaining weight by the minute, which is obvious to everyone but herself and Niles. Not much longer now, hollered another. 1978 program. I came all the way from Michigan, said Susan Peters, who is confined to a wheelchair. The Rose Parade travels 5 miles down Colorado Blvd. Next is Sonny Fox, who some may remember as a 64,000 Challenge quiz show emcee and others may recall his role as host of the New York-based kids show Wonderama that aired locally Sunday mornings on KTTV/11. Temperatures finally warmed to the high 40s and mid-50s for the parade, and the entire USC marching band donned dark glasses as the sun rose high over Colorado Boulevard. Brian told me he would call me at some point. 1979 junior parade entry form. Larry Wilson is a member of the Southern California News Group's editorial board, writing a twice-weekly column, and is public editor of the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Whittier Daily News. After the parade, thousands of people thronged the Victory Park area at the parades terminus, where the floats went on display for the weekend. I think the audience is ready for this kind of comedy. The one-and-only Bill Burr will be joining us along with the legendary Rob Schneider. In addition, an Indian group protested Burbanks float, The First Hello, depicting an Indian sending smoke signals. Police Sgt. Unbeknownst to Frasier, Tom is gay and assumes that Frasier is hitting on him. As always, the bigger crowd was at home, where an estimated foreign and national television audience of more than 300 million watched the event. Former game show emcee and 'Wonderama' TV host Sonny Fox spoke recently with Janeane Bernstein for her KUCI/88.9 FM Monday show "Get The Funk Out." Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week, Multiple fatalities on Illinois highway during a blinding windstorm, U.N. envoy says Sudans warring sides agree to negotiate, Yellen says U.S. could hit debt ceiling as soon as June 1. If you want to know more, you can become his friend on his Facebook page. Single day passes are $199. In what has become a New Years tradition, Smith and a crew of comic sidekicks will lampoon Pasadenas most sacred cow with an irreverent broadcast, beginning at 8:30 a.m. over KLSX-FM (97.1). Currently, he hosts his own podcast, LeVar Burton Reads now in Season 9, sharing the best short fiction and handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and has a YouTube Series This Is My Story which highlights racism in America. With Frazer Smith & Peter Crabbe 2015 Rose Parade on KTLA with Comedy Simulcast on. Tickets will go on sale on May 9, with general admission priced at $399, and reserved seats ranging from $699 to 1,599. Her weekly scolding of her son has turned out so well that Smith is planning to bring his father on as a regular on the show. Lets declare independence and keep the Rose Bowl the true Granddaddy of Them All. Talk about a gift that keeps on giving, he wrote. larry.wilson@langnews.com. In the tag, Frasier and Daphne are both smoking cigarettes and drinking cognac in the living room, late at night. Jeff Gehringer at the Astor Broadcast Group in Anaheim recalled, For years, I had just a couple 45s that were my holy grail. More information: www.gocountry105.com. It won a GLAAD Media Award for its lighthearted satire of the various stereotypes surrounding gay men. And while some of the other DJs (Steven Clean, Shadoe Tracker Sweat Stevens, Engineer Darrell, Jean Chappe, Jimmy Rabbit, Al Ramirez, etc.) I was on the studio set to write a story on him when he did his final Lunch Brigade show. It was more or less like this. Theyll wave alimony checks as they go by, Smith explained. Overall the show was so good that you didnt mind hearing them again, but I couldnt help but wonder why he didnt just write more? He tells Roz that word of his sexuality must have spread and reached the gay members of the staff. Box 11626, Santa Ana, CA 92711. Police and Tournament of Roses officials estimated the crowds at less than 1 million due to the cold, rendering moot--at least this year--a controversy that has erupted in recent years over the mathematical likelihood that 1 million people actually line the route. 1939 letter from First Federal. Bill Dudley will be at Spaghettini in Seal Beach Sunday (Oct. 14) for KTWV/94.7 FMs Wave Sunday Brunch. Achieve. and celebrates education and the determination of those who travel the path from dream to reality. Tournament of Roses President Bob Miller revealed the closely guarded secret with fanfare on the front steps of Tournament House. "I don't know what kind of twisted fantasy you've concocted about you and Daphne. 8. As the parade wound down, bedraggled marchers and a few crippled floats crawled toward the routes end. This years theme is World of Blunders.. Come on! Former KPCC/89.3 FM host Madeleine Brand is joining KCET-TVs SoCal Connected, which is going daily on Oct. 29, airing at 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. We have one of the strongest producing/reporting teams in Southern California, and are honored to add Madeleine to that group, said KCET Chief Content Officer and SoCal Connected executive producer Bret Marcus. They seem really supportive.. Rose Parade participants have long histories with the Tournament of Roses and keep the . He shares radio-TV memories and talks about his book, But You Made The Front Page, on Janeane Bernsteins Get the Funk Out show 9 a.m. Monday (Oct. 15) on KUCI/88.9 FM. Noticing this, Tom takes Niles aside and asks if he has some problem with Tom dating Frasier. More info on the OC brunch: www.spaghettini.com. While Daphne is out of the room, Niles pulls Frasier aside and tells him the truth. Even to this day, when I play his music, it makes me happy. A full body orgasm at the L.A. Phil? I think were hot.. But the OFallon Township High School Band from Illinois brought cheers from crowds near the end of the route as the group perked up its step and sounded out a tune. "Well, we start off the Rose Parade this year with the Marching Mutants of Ollie North Junior High," said that 34-year-old smart-aleck veteran of the Los Angeles airwaves, Frazer Smith. Earlier, four people received minor injuries when a horse from the Valley Hunt Club was startled by a blast from a horn and veered into a group of children on Colorado Boulevard at Los Robles Avenue, said parade spokesman Ken Veronda. The thing is back!. Crowds wildly cheered the floats, draped with more than 15 million roses and other flowers, and yelled greetings to Grand Marshal Gregory Peck, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and former moonwalking astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Sunday night @10pm on 95.5 KLOS!!! Jeff Gehringer spotlights Terri Gibbs on Jazz at the Spa at 4 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 14) on KSPA/1510 AM. While trying to apologize to her, he explains that he is looking for a man who's not just handsome, but also intelligent and successful. Eleven people were arrested on drug charges and 10 were held on assault or weapons charges. He said the Rose Parade is billed on the East Coast as the biggest parade next to Macys, but New Yorkers would never show up days ahead of time for a good spot. I think the radio people in town are ready to go with something different, Smith said. There is a weekly theme and, lately, there have been regular guests. These retailers will take them, 5 best Mothers Day dining options in the San Gabriel Valley, Stagecoach 2023: See photos of performers and fans from Day 2, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. What actually happened was that the meeting was as perfunctory as our telephone conversations had been. Daddy, I think the cheerleaders are broken, said one youngster. "Over the River and Through the Woods" (, 34. I pulled out all the stops, cramming as much off-beat stuff as I could into each one of my miniature soap-operas, and polishing them to within an inch of their lives. Must be one of the reasons Stanford doesnt, in the gridiron parlance, travel well. After a couple months of casting around, Frazer landed at KLOS, and Power News resumed. Fans who grew up in the '50s and '60s remember KTTV/11 kids host Sheriff John, who died Oct. 6 in Idaho at age 93. Ive wanted to be queen ever since I can remember.. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, "All In Their Family - Page 5 - Los Angeles Times", "Best Episodes Frasier - Frasier 20 Year Anniversary", "Top Emmys to 'Frasier' And 'N.Y.P.D. I suffered last night in the cold weather to get this spot, but its not worth staying.. Love reading your column.. He has been a professional journalist since age 19 when he became the rock music critic of The Daily Californian at UC Berkeley, a student newspaper he now sits on the Board of Directors of, and has worked at the Pasadena Guardian, the Pasadena Weekly, where he was founding business manager, and Rolling Stone Press. Shes gotten so hip, she wants me to get her an agent now and everything.. The difference is that he now understands that comedians are rarely a barrel of laughs all by themselves. Smith worked in Los Angeles at KROQ-FM from 1976 through 1979, KLOS from 1979 through 1984, KMET 1984 through 1986, KLSX 1986 through 1997, KLOS in 1997, and KRTH in 2002. A legendary rock DJ on numerous LA radio stations for decades, Smith honed an anarchic, Howard Stern-style show that propelled him to the top of the ratings for a full quarter-century from 1977 to . It also streams on www.kuci.org It aired originally Oct. 8 but is being repeated due to popular demand, she said. At this point, the station's new manager, Tom Duran, appears, having caught only the last part of Frasier's comments. Frasier's Edge: Directed by David Lee. He was also a radio and TV announcer. It takes a dedicated crew, a lot of work and a public forum like the Saturday evening radio show. He is KKGO. One Tournament of Roses official kept warm at his post near a float by using a portable barbecue, and members of the Pella (Iowa) High School Marching Band tried to keep warm before the parade by donning plastic garbage bags with holes poked out for their heads and arms. The Kiwanis International Float, School Days, carried a 9-year-old boy from Los Angeles, identified only as Michael, who has lived in a foster home for four years and whose single wish for 1988 is to get a father, officials said. Just wish I knew what to do with the rest of it. Frazer Smith has been covering the Tournament of Roses Parade for three decades on KLOS, KROQ, KMET and KLSX. He has played small roles in films[1] and television shows[1] and was one of the announcers on the TBS music video show Night Tracks from 1986 to 1988 and 1989 to 1991. Its fun, said 16-year-old Tracy Fontan of Pasadena, who showed up with 12 of her friends to see the spectacle whose theme this year was Thanks to Communications.. Send flowers, find service dates or offer condolences for the lives we have lost in new jersey. The interview is also up on Bernsteins Blog. Veteran radio personality Frazer Smith keeps busy these days doing stand-up comedy at The Ice House and Laugh Factory. Two of them were 45s of Laugh & Be Happy and The Birthday Polka. They would be on eBay for hundreds of dollars. The Rose Parade provides us a way to celebrate the start of a new year with the feeling of harmony and unity in the world. Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba #11 of the Ohio State Buckeyes catches a pass over cornerback Malone Mataele #15 of the Utah Utes for touchdown in the second half of the 108th Rose Bowl game in . We have Gene Hasenfus as drum major this year and Sam Hall will be decked out as a baton twirler, complete with skirt and tassels. In the late 1970s, there was a disc jockey on KROQ FM in Pasadena by the name of Frazer Smith (IMDB). So, Peter put me in touch with Frazer. The episode aired on October 4, 1994 on NBC.It is noteworthy in being Joe Keenan's first episode produced on the show, after which he became a regular writer and eventually executive producer on the show. Some of the floats, however, did not fare as well. Heres a clue: Which former member is a LOT rock nand roll but is close to being heard on a new TV show with someone who is a little bit country in the near future? The snowball was rolling. Hes sure of it. Daphne is literally gaining weight by the minute, which is obvious to everyone but herself and Niles.Frasier receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Seattle Broadcasting Awards. Believe.. And, as in past years, the parade sparked a few controversies. Persifor F. Smith was a successful New Orleans lawyer who was also active in the local militia. This is the Tournament of Roses. He apologizes again, but she thanks him for making the effort anyway. Peters offer seemed almost too good to be true, but I said yes. She is a terrific broadcaster who has developed a loyal following among both listeners and newsmakers, he said. Thanks. There were not a lot of people out because of the cold. For example, the year of the O. J. Simpson slow-speed car chase, one of the floats was described as a reenactment of the event. Letters asktna about iDfprh d'f ficulues are few and far between these pat five years, and when one. He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards along with 27 Daytime Emmy nominations, culminating in 21 wins. I never figured out if he was just that good at cold reading, or if he checked them beforehand and got a feel for them, but from all outward appearances he spent zero prep time before a show. It is available from Radio Out Of The Past beginning Monday or Tuesday. That night, however, listening to the show, he used the material Id given him. "The Matchmaker" is the third episode of the second season of American sitcom Frasier. Also check out Manny Pachecos Forgotten Hollywood weekly at 3 p.m. Saturdays. His extended improvisational comedy based on a mythical lothario/detective was also heard on the sporadically-produced Hollywood Nightshift, which featured Phil Austin of The Firesign Theatre, as well as movie, TV actor and radio DJ, Michael C. Gwynne, who also ran the board and spun the records. Buy your tickets here. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She felt paralyzed: L.A. woman sues Big Surs Esalen Institute for alleged use of video with N-word in class, Dramatic video from rescue of driver who plunged more than 500 feet off Bay Area cliff, Mom influencer who said Latino couple tried to kidnap her kids convicted of false report, Cooler weather to bring rare May rain, snow into Southern California.
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