Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
A Longtime Tulsa Voice Is Silenced - And An Icon Is Gone
This has been in the news for a while, but I just found out about it. The Tulsa community had a passing about a month ago, and they lost a fellow who was beloved by many Oklahomans, as well as folks around the country. Green Country television will never be the same again.
We've lost Lee Woodward back in June. He was 85 years old, but many years ago, he'd been a Tulsa institution, giving people the weather on CBS affiliate KOTV (Channel 6) for two decades, and bringing kids a bundle of light with a lion puppet that became the toast of the town. Lee & Lionel became Tulsa's celebrated team, providing comedy relief along with some occasional commentary. They did many local TV shows together, but you'd also see them on the 5 and 6 o'clock news exchanging barbs, and that latter newscast, at the time, was one hour long. And then Lee would do just the weather at 10 p.m. Oh, he had strong competition coming from KTUL-TV's (Channel 8) Don Woods, a meteorologist with the pilot's forecast and a talent all his own.
Besides, whoever heard of a lion giving the weather forecast on TV?
Lionel did.
Eventually, Lee would be replaced in the weather department by a guy who would also become a Tulsa legend, a fellow by the name of Jim Giles. That's right; the man known as "Mister Calm", in that, that was the way he handled several weather situations, and a legend in his own right. Rarely do you ever a see a case where the person replacing the legend actually became legendary himself.
Lee Woodward will also be remembered for his car commercials in the '80s and '90s, as well as his station's IDs for the years prior. Thank you, Lee, for the things you brought to Green Country, for entertaining so many viewers, and for just being yourself. We will miss you!
Rest in peace.
We've lost Lee Woodward back in June. He was 85 years old, but many years ago, he'd been a Tulsa institution, giving people the weather on CBS affiliate KOTV (Channel 6) for two decades, and bringing kids a bundle of light with a lion puppet that became the toast of the town. Lee & Lionel became Tulsa's celebrated team, providing comedy relief along with some occasional commentary. They did many local TV shows together, but you'd also see them on the 5 and 6 o'clock news exchanging barbs, and that latter newscast, at the time, was one hour long. And then Lee would do just the weather at 10 p.m. Oh, he had strong competition coming from KTUL-TV's (Channel 8) Don Woods, a meteorologist with the pilot's forecast and a talent all his own.
Besides, whoever heard of a lion giving the weather forecast on TV?
Lionel did. Eventually, Lee would be replaced in the weather department by a guy who would also become a Tulsa legend, a fellow by the name of Jim Giles. That's right; the man known as "Mister Calm", in that, that was the way he handled several weather situations, and a legend in his own right. Rarely do you ever a see a case where the person replacing the legend actually became legendary himself.
Lee Woodward will also be remembered for his car commercials in the '80s and '90s, as well as his station's IDs for the years prior. Thank you, Lee, for the things you brought to Green Country, for entertaining so many viewers, and for just being yourself. We will miss you!
Rest in peace.
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You know, Lee did have a great voice. When I was a kid, he did those Channel 6 station IDs from the 1970s, and they were scary. You won't find any such clips on YouTube, but on the Tulsa TV Memories website, if you go to the Lee & Lionel section and look through it, you can find MP3 audio clips from that era.Posted 07-16-2017 at 04:57 PM by case44
