Time to call 'em as I see 'em - Sportscaster Gil Stratton, 86 - Los Angeles Times Obituary - alt.obituaries

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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:15:26 -0700 (PDT)

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Subject: Re: Time to call 'em as I see 'em - Sportscaster Gil Stratton, 86 - Los Angeles Times Obituary

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On Oct 12, 9:55 pm, Bob Feigel <b...@surfwriter.net.not> wrote:

> MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann worked with Stratton at KCBS and at
> KNX 1070.

> "There aren't many renaissance men in any age, but Gil was one of
> them," Olbermann said in an e-mail to the Times on Sunday.

> "He used to enthrall me. Stories of sports in L.A. in the 1950s.
> Working with Brando. Umpiring. Bill Stout stories. Jerry Dunphy
> stories. More Jerry Dunphy stories. Kissing Judy Garland every night
> for a year on Broadway. He knew everybody and everything and seemed to
> delight in them all."

Actually, Judy Garland wasn't in "Best Foot Forward" - or any Broadway
show, for that matter. Perhaps Olbermann is confusing her with June
Allyson, who was one of the stars of that show?
Other cast members of "Best Foot Forward" (Stratton's only Broadway
appearance, according to the IBDB) included Rosemary Lane, Nancy
Walker (in her Broadway debut), and a chorus boy named Stanley Donen.

-Tim

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