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eggwards

Shout It Out Loud

Jul 30, 2007 23:40

This morning I woke up, checked the news online and saw that Marvin Zindler had died. It's hard to explain Marvin to those who didn't live in Houston. He was a crusading consumer advocate who used the power of television to shame businesses and people to apologies for what ever people wrote in. He wasn't an investigative journalist, just a loud ( Read more... )

rememberance, television, plans, nostalgia, life, personalities

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mrdreamjeans July 31 2007, 05:19:08 UTC

Smart man to think about it now. Nice post!

eggwards August 2 2007, 14:30:34 UTC

Thanks. It geuess it's one of those things about getting older, you look at trying to remember things, perserving things and being more responsible for the health of yourself and those around you.

metacub July 31 2007, 05:19:20 UTC

Good song for the mood. I remember back in high school I had "Sliiiime in the ice machine!" as the Windows startup sound on our home computer. It'll be interesting to see if anyone picks up his mantle.

eggwards August 2 2007, 14:28:48 UTC

Yeah, I put iTunes on shuffle, see what comes up and pick a song as it goes along. Seemed like a good one.

That would be a good startup spund, much better than that Windows noise. I used to have a rotating set of sound clips for error messages on my old mac - it was fun since you never could anticipate when it would swear at an inopportune time.

Marvin, I don't think anyone could really replace him. TV people don't want to go that far overboard in their apperance and delivery these days.

I'll tell Maaaaaaaaaaaarvin! teddyb July 31 2007, 05:19:40 UTC

I never saw one of Marvin Zindler's reports, but I vividly remember reading about him.

He was indeed legendary.

The one thing I remember most from the article about him was that he had such a larger-than-life image and such a unique style, he was known to just about everyone in the Houston area.

Such was his fame, that the article reported anyone unhappy with how they were being treated would loudly threaten, "I'll tell Maaaaaaaaaarvin!" Apparently, the slogan appeared on t-shirts for a while.

You are quite right, today has definitely seen the passing of a number of undeniably memorable people.

Re: I'll tell Maaaaaaaaaaaarvin! eggwards August 2 2007, 14:33:19 UTC

There wasn't much escaping Marvin, especially back when there were so few television stations. It's hard to belive that kids today in Houston won't know who he was.

He seemed more like a cartoon at times, and certainly not much of a journalist as he was more prone to stunts to get results. I don't think we'll see the likes of him again.

texaspenguin July 31 2007, 11:58:16 UTC

R.I.P. Marvin Zindler..

...EYEEEE-WITNESSSSS NEWWWWSSSSS!

I grew up with that all the time. We used to walk around the school cafeteria saying, "SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE!"

This is truly sad news.

eggwards August 2 2007, 14:37:26 UTC

He certainly put Channel 13 on the map. All their other anchors were so low key, except for Ed Brandon, the weatherman who had the cocaine habit. The station's image was really tied into the white-haired one.

Still, it was very disconcerting when you'd hear him talk about a resturant that you had been to.

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eggwards August 2 2007, 14:42:12 UTC

I would have liked to have seen that performance. I really don't think Dom DeLuise really understood that role. He was just hired with the regular Burt Reynolds crew.

He never came up to Conroe, so we never saw him in school. I do remember seeing him one time having dinner at Pino's Itallian (before it was torn down for a CVS store) appartently that was his favorie resturant.