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numero-ocho Franchise Player
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:49 am Post subject: R.I.P. Tom Hatten |
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Not only did I believe he'd already died years ago but that we'd already had a thread about it.
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Quote: | Hatten joined KTLA as an announcer in 1952.
As his career expanded, he was seen on shows including “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” “Hogan’s Heroes,” “Get Smart,” “Wings” and “Hawaii 5-0”.
He delighted children with his "Popeye and His Friends" show from 1976 to 1988, and hosted KTLA's "The Family Film Festival" from 1978 to 1992.
Hatten also served as entertainment editor at KNX 1070 News Radio from 1978 to 2007.
Hatten appeared on the big screen in features such as "Spies Like Us" and "Sweet Charity," and also performed on the Broadway stage. |
I don't remember his acting career but I have a lot of good childhood memories of him hosting the Popeye cartoons and Family Film Festival on Channel 5. I remember he would often show you how to draw a cartoon character on a sketch pad during the movie break which I thought was pretty neat. _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant
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non-player zealot Franchise Player
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Oh, that's weird. He was in Spies Like Us and I just DVR'd that movie at 5am and was gonna re-peep it later. I'm wondering if the person/s who run the scheduling on that particular channel knew about this and thus cared about this, but if not, it's a coincidence. I can't imagine that their scheduling at 5AM is set in stone, so they might've switched it into that slot today as a tip of the hat. RIP Tom. Remember those Family Film Festival commercials for years. It was those commercials and Cal Worthington's "Go See Cal!" ads and Fight Back! with David Horrowitz ads back in Tom's heyday. Those are all burned into 80s children's hippocampi. Sad. RIP Tom _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:18 am Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Tom Hatten |
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numero-ocho wrote: | Not only did I believe he'd already died years ago but that we'd already had a thread about it. |
That's freaky, because I had the exact same thought.
RIP Mr. Hatton. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
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Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:42 am Post subject: |
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OK, we are not crazy. There was a Tom Hatton thread . . . it was a Happy Birthday thread:
http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=183332 _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
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numero-ocho Franchise Player
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:00 am Post subject: |
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and I even posted in the thread. Not even 18 months ago and I completely forgot. _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant |
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ChefLinda Moderator
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ExPatLkrFan Star Player
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Tom Hatten |
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DaMuleRules wrote: | numero-ocho wrote: | Not only did I believe he'd already died years ago but that we'd already had a thread about it. |
That's freaky, because I had the exact same thought.
RIP Mr. Hatton. |
Is it another Mandela effect? |
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:21 am Post subject: |
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non-player zealot wrote: | Oh, that's weird. He was in Spies Like Us and I just DVR'd that movie at 5am and was gonna re-peep it later. I'm wondering if the person/s who run the scheduling on that particular channel knew about this and thus cared about this, but if not, it's a coincidence. I can't imagine that their scheduling at 5AM is set in stone, so they might've switched it into that slot today as a tip of the hat. RIP Tom. Remember those Family Film Festival commercials for years. It was those commercials and Cal Worthington's "Go See Cal!" ads and Fight Back! with David Horrowitz ads back in Tom's heyday. Those are all burned into 80s children's hippocampi. Sad. RIP Tom |
David Horowitz died too back around on Valentine's day. Go figure!
They're all dropping.
Bye. _________________ "This trophy removes the most odious sentence in the English Language. It can never be said again that 'the Lakers have never beaten the Celtics.'" -Dr. Jerry Buss (1985) R.I.P., 33 x M.V.O. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:22 am Post subject: |
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gumby wrote: | non-player zealot wrote: | Oh, that's weird. He was in Spies Like Us and I just DVR'd that movie at 5am and was gonna re-peep it later. I'm wondering if the person/s who run the scheduling on that particular channel knew about this and thus cared about this, but if not, it's a coincidence. I can't imagine that their scheduling at 5AM is set in stone, so they might've switched it into that slot today as a tip of the hat. RIP Tom. Remember those Family Film Festival commercials for years. It was those commercials and Cal Worthington's "Go See Cal!" ads and Fight Back! with David Horrowitz ads back in Tom's heyday. Those are all burned into 80s children's hippocampi. Sad. RIP Tom |
David Horowitz died too back around on Valentine's day. Go figure!
They're all dropping.
Bye. |
Didn't know. I saw the guy come onto the news set with a pellet gun to make him read a letter of his gibberish. My mom had the news on the telly whilst she was cooking dinner and my sis and her and I saw that live when one of us happened to see a stan with a gun, 87 or 88 I'm gonna say. David handled it with cool under fire. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Damn.
One of the greatest thrills of my childhood was meeting the man. I still have a picture of Popeye that he drew for me. |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hector the Pup wrote: | Damn.
One of the greatest thrills of my childhood was meeting the man. I still have a picture of Popeye that he drew for me. |
Nice! _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
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unleasHell Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Cool guy...RIP...! _________________ “Always remember... Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.” |
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