cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch) (04/22/85)
Reprinted (without permission, of course) from
USA Today, Monday 4/22/85:
CBS 'sold'? Joke is on Turner
Ted Turner and Jesse Helms may not know it, but they have
competition for CBS.
Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's Prairie Home
Companion and a master teller of tall tales, announced Saturday
on his live show that he bought the media giant.
"We pretty much worked out the deal in about 20 minutes,"
he said, tongue-in-cheek.
Cost was no problem. "You use other people's money,"
Keillor said.
Shows Keillor is planning:
-Frog Farmer: "The heartbreak and struggles of the unsung
heroes who grow the nation's frogs."
-Weather Mom, who tells you when to take a heavy jacket."
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My comment: Where has this reporter been? It was TWO Saturdays
ago that Keillor announced he bought CBS!lat@sabre.UUCP (Laurie) (04/23/85)
[i don't think this made it out from leopard, so i'm sending again. apologies if you've seen this] > Reprinted (without permission, of course) from > USA Today, Monday 4/22/85: > > CBS 'sold'? Joke is on Turner > Ted Turner and Jesse Helms may not know it, but they have > competition for CBS. > Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's Prairie Home > Companion and a master teller of tall tales, announced Saturday > on his live show that he bought the media giant. . . . > # # # > > My comment: Where has this reporter been? It was TWO Saturdays > ago that Keillor announced he bought CBS! Well, around here (WNYC) it was announced on this past Saturday night's show (4/20/84). Must be a time warp around here...I always assumed that our show was broadcast live (or at least same-day, if the fund-raising drive is taking place). -- Laurie {ihnp4, gatech, allegra}!leopard!lat
lat@sabre.UUCP (Laurie) (04/24/85)
> > Well, around here (WNYC) it was announced on this past Saturday night's > show (4/20/84). Must be a time warp around here...I always assumed that > our show was broadcast live (or at least same-day, if the fund-raising > drive is taking place). > What I was referring to was the actual content of the article, i.e. the shows that were suggested (like weather mom), not the actual announcement itself. I missed the previous week's show, so I don't know how deep into this he got, but the week before was only a passing comment. But then, you know how newspapers are... -- Laurie {ihnp4, gatech, allegra}!leopard!lat