1980s
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L E’s Stories – “The Great One Was Born To Be A Hockey Legend” – Tribute To Wayne Gretsky
Growing up as a kid Sportsphile in West Texas, winter sports were very foreign to Bone Daddy, except for snow…
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L E’s Stories – “An Unprecedented Achievement That Has Almost Been Forgotten” – Tribute To Long Track Speed Skater Eric Heiden
When the subject of the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics comes up in conversation….dang near every person involved in the…
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L E’s Stories – “The Comedic Genius Of The Master Of Spontaneity And King Of Ad Libs” – Salute To Jonathan Winters
If you were to tie Bone Daddy down and strap him to a chair….while refusing to let him go until…
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L E’s Stories – “From Humble Beginnings To Being The Marvelous One” – The Story Of Marvin Hagler
From 1975 to 1991, Bone Daddy recorded over 750 boxing championship title fights during an era that we refer too…
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L E’s Stories -“Hercules, Hulk And Superman All Rolled Into One” – Salute To Browns FB Jim Brown
When I told Bone Daddy that I was doing a story about Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame fullback Jim Brown….that…
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L E’s Stories – “Mr. Television Uncle Miltie Ruled Television In The 1950’s” – The Life And Times Of Milton Berle
Every Tuesday night from 1948 to 1956, you could find Bone Daddy and his entire family (Pops, Granny, Lil Wally,…
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L E’s Stories – “Oh God And Gracie: A Match Made In Heaven” – Tribute To George Burns & Gracie Allen
Standard operating procedure (SOP) during the decade of the 1950’s around Bone Daddy’s house every Monday night after dinner was…
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L E’s Stories – “The Button-Down Mind Of A Comic Genius” – Tribute To Comedian Bob Newhart
It seems to me that the period from 1950 to 1990 was the Golden Age of Comedy….for this was a time…
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L E’s Stories – “The Dean Of Counterculture Comedians” – Salute To George Carlin
There were two things that were slow to develop out in West Texas…..rock n roll music, as Pops (Bone Daddy’s…
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