Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Top 40 F*!king Hits
Remember Casey Kasem? He was the guy who, for thirty years, did the American Top 40 Countdown Radio show, where he shared the stories behind those touching long-distance dedications with such a heart it'd make even a tough trucker cry.
You'd never know it from the radio show, but the man behind that golden voice has a mouth that'd make a trucker wince, too. I'm not sure where I first heard the clip, but it's amazing--an outtake of the classic-voiced Kasem going ballistic about one of those very same long-distance dedications.
Kasem's out, replaced by Ryan Seacrest of American Idol, but I can't imagine why. I mean, when you combine these clips with his clean and pristine reputation, you kind of get to thinking of the guy as the uncle everyone loves. To hate.
(An aside: I was so interested by that bio page of his, and not because of him. Who knew that Shaggy's character from Scooby-Doo was actually named "Norville"? I'd go by Shaggy, too.)
You'd never know it from the radio show, but the man behind that golden voice has a mouth that'd make a trucker wince, too. I'm not sure where I first heard the clip, but it's amazing--an outtake of the classic-voiced Kasem going ballistic about one of those very same long-distance dedications.
Kasem's out, replaced by Ryan Seacrest of American Idol, but I can't imagine why. I mean, when you combine these clips with his clean and pristine reputation, you kind of get to thinking of the guy as the uncle everyone loves. To hate.
(An aside: I was so interested by that bio page of his, and not because of him. Who knew that Shaggy's character from Scooby-Doo was actually named "Norville"? I'd go by Shaggy, too.)
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