DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Dear readership, there are times when snarkiness and humor simply don’t come to the Break Out The Oreos writing staff; these times are not frequent, as we would not be very good at our jobs if they were. This however, is one of those moments, and we would like to explain why.
We’re growing tired of losing people. First there was broadcasting great Tim Russert, who collapsed at the NBC studios while recording voiceovers. Then groundbreaking comedian George Carlin passed away due to heart failure. Mr. Carlin, in his comedic prime, once had this to say about famous deaths:
I dread the deaths of certain super-celebrities. Not because I care about them, but because of all the shit I have to endure on television when one of them dies. All those tributes and retrospectives. And the bigger the personality, the worse it is.
We’re not fans of overly-sappy tributes or retrospectives (see Ronald Reagan), but we’d simply like to pay our due to the seemingly many men of character who have died over the past month.
Yesterday was particularly rough. Former broadcaster and White House press secretary Tony Snow succumbed to colon cancer. Though we here at BOTO weren’t fans of either Mr. Snow’s politics or his service to the Bush administration, Mr. Snow demonstrated a candid and professional demeanor every time he appeared, whether formally for radio and television or informally on the talk shows.
And then there was Bobby Murcer. Devon is still having trouble coming to terms with Bobby’s death, brought on by a one-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer. Bobby was a lifelong and extremely popular Yankee, and though his time as a player took place more than a decade before Devon was born, Bobby was particularly well-known to this half of the writing staff due to his long, 25-year career as a Yankees television broadcaster. Bobby didn’t work many games this season due to his illness, but even in those last months of his life, Bobby exhibited both an uncommon professionalism and a great, undying love for the Yankees. He’ll be missed.
We’ll have something funny for you (we promise) in the next couple of days, probably written by Nicole. Take care.
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