Wednesday, August 15, 2007
THE DAY MEAT LOAF CRIED
An actual headline on one of the Phil Rizzuto obits on the A.P. wire Tuesday:
PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE AT END OF "PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT" DIES
But sure enough...that's all the 20-somethings at work knew the Scooter for...his voice track in the Meat Loaf song from the original "Bat Out Of Hell" album.
(And unbeknownst to Rizzuto at the time, the song had nothing to do with baseball.)
And the 30-and-40-somethings knew him for something else.
Perhaps their (not actual) headline would have read:
MONEY STORE MAN DIES
After all, an entire generation of non-baseball fans thought Joe DiMaggio really was Mr. Coffee.
You have to reach people into their 50s and 60s who remember Rizzuto for what he gained fame for: playing shortstop for the Yankees, then broadcasting their games.
Even death is generational. So naturally, the headline for us codgers:
HOLY COW!
Posted at 12:37 AM by Gerry
3 Comments:
Gerry, that's JUST what I said when I heard the news. May he rest in peace. He will be missed.
Gerry,
Just catching up on your blog.
That headline was wrong....his piece was actually in the MIDDLE of the song.
On behalf of my fellow naive 20-somethings....and in his memory...I'll sing you Paradise By The Dashboard Light on Monday.
I'll bring earplugs just in case.
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