M*A*S*H finale even was a big deal in Alaska
Loyal reader Charlie Chilkoot has been crusading for a recount of the record-tying 30-post day of Jan. 30. His RSS feed shows there were 31.
I have identified the source of the confusion: One post (about the death of Bob Ryan's son) was created Jan. 29 but not posted until the next day, when I had a link to a Globe article about the unfortunate news.
Speaking of Anchorage . . . The news Super Bowl XLII was second only in viewership to the Feb. 28, 1983, finale of MASH reminded me I was living in Anchorage for that big event.
That was around the time Alaska first started getting prime time programming the same day as the Lower 48 via satellite, rather than having it shipped north in a can to be seen two weeks later.
As I recall, the local CBS affiliate did arrange to show MASH on the same day as the rest of the world saw it, lest we all have to limit contact with friends and family back home until the episode aired.
The 60.2 rating MASH recorded likely never will be bettered in this fractured media world. But the show's viewership total of 106 million surely will be surpassed by a Super Bowl in the next three or four years as the population contiues to grow.
When Stan Isaacs debuted Newsday's TV Sports column 30 years ago tomorrow, there were about 73 million TV households in the nation. Today there are about 114 million.
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Nice picture of "Koot's" Neil.
I spent A LOT of time (and money) in that watering hole from 79-86.
"ROCKY!!!! Bring me another Michelob and a Girl (St. Pauli Girl)."
Watched The Islanders win all 4 of their cups in there. (Well, there and at the "Cabin Tavern"(where the grass grows over your head, not under your feet).
So you were there in '83 eh?
Bird House?
Bore Tide? (Ceil's upper 48?).
Darwin's Theory?
The Cheechako....("we closed 5 minutes ago, whaddya drinkin?"
THE BUSH COMPANY (and of course, PJ's-best tacos in town).
and of course, that sleazy little bar on Spenard Road (where my wife of 24 years picked me up in the summer of '83).
Mr. Whitekeys Fly By Night Club. (the original location on Lake Hood).
Hey Neil,
I just read your bio.....
You covered the SEAWOLVES?!?
I was one of the original season ticket holders (4) when they moved from the quonset hut/cage at APU over to the Sullivan Arena in the Brush Christensen era....Those were fun times as UAA strove for national recognition.
Too bad I only read Satch Carlson's columns and not yours.
;)
Islander505,
Bird House: Yes, but only twice.
Bore Tide: No.
Darwin's Theory: Every Saturday night after closing the early edition of the late, not-so-great Anchorage Times.
The Cheechako: No.
The Bush Company: Yes, several times, but don't tell my wife.
Mr. Whitekeys Fly by Night Club: No.
I covered the Seawolves for the second half of 1982-83 season and all of 1983-84. I was in the parking lot the night Sullivan Arena opened for a Willie Nelson concert in February of '83 doing a story on traffic flow.
I went on a trip with UAA to Northern Arizona and USIU in January of '84, immediately after they learned the NCAA had denied them a bid to the Division II tournament due to a ridiculous technicality.
Sigh.
Nice to know I can still count to 31.
It sounds like Islander505 might be JR Baldwin. I did do Mr. Whitekeys and used to live in a dive on Spenard Road. But Islander505 has an impressive list of drinking establishments on his CV.
"I went on a trip with UAA to Northern Arizona and USIU in January of '84,"
They only got 3 out of 8 points.
How do you not get 4 points in San Diego in 1984????
I remember it well. Almost cost them a chance at WCHA affiliation.
"It sounds like Islander505 might be JR Baldwin"
Wrong, Charlie. I am me. The Baldwin Bros. ruined Massapequa ,
where I grew up.
"I did do Mr. Whitekeys and used to live in a dive on Spenard Road."
Do you remember........"500 Tom's, 500 Harry's and 1,000 Dicks can't be wrong?"
As a marqueet sign on Spenard? WHEN THE POPE WAS THERE? BEEYOUTEEFULL!!!!
Do you remember Christmas on Spenard?
....."Santa COMES here, ho,ho,ho?"
"I went on a trip with UAA to Northern Arizona and USIU in January of '84,"
They only got 3 out of 8 points.
How do you not get 4 points in San Diego in 1984????
I remember it well. Almost cost them a chance at WCHA affiliation.
"It sounds like Islander505 might be JR Baldwin"
Wrong, Charlie. I am me. The Baldwin Bros. ruined Massapequa ,
where I grew up. I am giving you a pass on not being insulted.
"I did do Mr. Whitekeys and used to live in a dive on Spenard Road."
Do you remember........"500 Tom's, 500 Harry's and 1,000 Dicks can't be wrong?"
As a marqueet sign on Spenard? WHEN THE POPE WAS THERE? BEEYOUTEEFULL!!!!
Do you remember Christmas on Spenard?
....."Santa COMES here, ho,ho,ho?"
This blog has become a haven for Cornellians and Alaskans of the early 1980s, a rare combo.
Certainly two unique yet common institutions of higher learning.