Babylon Sister

Good night David.

hezekiah jones

Yep. The man had class. There aren't many like that around these days, that's for damn sure.

Opera Nut

On February 7, 1964, Chet Huntley said they had some footage of the Beatles arriving at Kennedy Airport in New York, but they didn't feel it was "important, just some obscure British band -- it's not newsworthy."


GRRRR!!
Brinkley turned into a grumpy old sob too.

Opera Nut

My boyfriend sent this to Marty at Bartcop Entertainment, so here it is quoted from her website today:


Reader Comment
Re: In-Depth Reporting
NBC Nightly news did respectable tributes to Gregory Peck and David Brinkley tonight. I was glad they closed with a few of the opening notes of Beethoven's Ninth, what I have come to call "The Huntley-Brinkley Movement".

Amidst all the glowing remarks, I remind myself that the newscasters also make glaring misreadings of the importance of some stories. My favorite:

Feb 7, 1964: "Chet Huntley ends the day's Huntley-Brinkley Report by stating that he sees no need to show the national audience the film NBC cameramen made of The Beatles arriving at Kennedy Airport."

-- The Beatles - A Day In The Life - The Day-by-Day Diary 1960-1970 Compiled by Tom Schultheiss

It's truly amazing how accurately they gauged the insignificant impact those 4 guys from Liverpool were making on the post-war boomer generation.

Ray M


Thanks, Ray! Nothing like a 'Beethoven' movement...
OTOH, Tom Lehrer's 'So Long Mom, I'm Off To Drop The Bomb' has been stuck in my head...


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