I honestly thought he was dead.

southaustin: Zumaki: before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

This. Not funny, man.

I thought the same thing, southaustin. With something in the water lately, I thought we had lost another B (or is it Z) celebrity.

Of course, Casey Kasem has always reminded me of Dick Clark... they both have paintings in their attic.

TPerrin: ZOINKS!!



\surprised I'm the first..

I guessing that's a picture of Shaggy.

TPerrin: ZOINKS!!



\surprised I'm the first..

The first time is always the roughest, isn't it?

Good golly Miss Molly

Casey Kasem provided me with most of my "pirated" music back in the '80s. For that, he'll always be cool in my book.

Marquis de Sod: I'm from England and who gives a shiate

Didn't we kick your arse like 230 years ago this week?

N. S. Radieaux

It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...


DOODOO DOOOOO doo

DOODOODOODOOTDOOOOO

Heres a CK soundboard (pops).

AT40 was the first thing that I recorded on my first boom box. J Geils Band and Hall and Oates FTW

We used have to take turns engineering (pressing a button or two) Kasem's show on Sunday mornings. Came in to our station on CD. Jeebus, you could not listen loud in the headphones because when he opened that mic the compression would suck out your eardrums. I wonder what he really sounds like in person because on his show the Casey voice was all processsing.

/"Not another G-D dog story" - ah, those priceless Casey outakes.

Mental_Knife: They still replay his old AT40 on the Sirius 70's & 80's channels periodically.

Came to say that - they are really pretty funny. Interesting part is some of the "hits" in the 30 - 40 slot, that were supposed hits when I was in HS or College I have never heard of, never heard played, and are, well, crap

(as is most top 40)

Zoinks! Like, let's get out of here, Scoob!

Im_Gumby: Ponderous
apackagefromted: TWO!?!?

/one of the best meltdowns ever

right up there with "Hi, this is Barry White for Paul Quinn College..." (pops, like I'M TRYING TO CUT A SPOT, TONY!)

They re-run old AT40's? Whoah. That's...odd. Do people think the order might change next time or something?

Anyway, nothing but props for Casey. He used to help me get through about four hours of tractor driving on Sunday mornings during haying season.

Jim R: Zoinks! Like, let's get out of here, Scoob!

Holy worth the wait, Batman!
Came here for this.

Holy Howard Stern, Batman!

Blathering Idjut: "ZOINKS"

receive +2 InterTubes for excellence

LonMead photo contribution =

receive +1 InterTubes for the yum

and a $50 donation will be made in your name to Outback Steak House, where the rights of Outbacks come first.

Damn you Scurvy Dog!

Huh. I thought Casey'd already left American's Top 20 after the Carbombya episode.

Someone should really get Don on the phone and tell him.

He was no Shadoe Stevens.

Casey Kasem on the Ben Stiller show 1st clip (new window)

And now, for our long distance dedication for Ilene. The letter reads:

"Dear Casey -

I've loved dancing for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I was involved in a farm accident last summer. Casey, my left leg got trapped in some farm machinery and it was ripped off my body. Casey, I miss my left leg and want it to know how sorry I am that we're no longer together. Casey, could you please play 'At the Hop' for my left leg?

Signed,

Ilene Onwalls"

Well, Ilene, here's your long distance dedication to your left leg. Keep your foot on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!

I'm putting money on Casey committing suicide during his last dedication. Since every dedication is pure depressive sap, I think it would just be fitting.

"Dear Casey, my hit top 20 show is ending. My entire career has been nothing but voicing cartoons. My wife hates me and as far as I know, I'm mocked by everybody in the world and often mistaken for Dick Clark. Could you dedicate one song to me before I Budd Dwyer myself? Love, Casey.

"Well, Casey, I think I can do that. As I put the .45 under my chin, here's something by Slipknot. I'll see you all in hell."

Guntram Shatterhand: I'm putting money on Casey committing suicide during his last dedication. Since every dedication is pure depressive sap, I think it would just be fitting.

"Dear Casey, my hit top 20 show is ending. My entire career has been nothing but voicing cartoons. My wife hates me and as far as I know, I'm mocked by everybody in the world and often mistaken for Dick Clark. Could you dedicate one song to me before I Budd Dwyer myself? Love, Casey.

"Well, Casey, I think I can do that. As I put the .45 under my chin, here's something by Slipknot. I'll see you all in hell."

Hate to say it, but the "entire career...voicing cartoons" has made Casey a very, very wealthy man...

When I was a little girl, we lived in California, where the Top 40 originated (it was the Top 40 then). We could drive by the radio station in Stockton and see Casey Kasem in the window of the radio station, broadcasting his show. It blew our little minds that Our DJ was sending this show all over the country.

I think it was the first time I was aware of that thing called "syndication."

cryinoutloud: When I was a little girl, we lived in California, where the Top 40 originated (it was the Top 40 then). We could drive by the radio station in Stockton and see Casey Kasem in the window of the radio station, broadcasting his show. It blew our little minds that Our DJ was sending this show all over the country.

I think it was the first time I was aware of that thing called "syndication."

Stockton?? How old are you? That must have been fairly early in AT40 history!!

Is she holding him up?

Robert1966: I honestly thought he was dead.

You've killed him!

D:

/he'll be dead within a month.
//DUN DUN DUNNNN.

Marquis de Sod: I'm from England and who gives a shiat

I don't give a shiat you're from England.

JammerJim: They re-run old AT40's? Whoah. That's...odd. Do people think the order might change next time or something?

Anyway, nothing but props for Casey. He used to help me get through about four hours of tractor driving on Sunday mornings during haying season.

Actually, it's pretty cool to hear what was really on the charts, in order, and not the Clear Channel version of the '70s or '80s. The stuff at the bottom is really cool, or really bad. Sometimes there are acts I never knew existed.

TomServo24: Infamous Rant (new window)

So what's the story behind him losing the American Top 40 gig that Ryan Seacrest does now?
KIIS in LA played network commercials during Casey's show in 1981, so his show was moved to a different network, so KIIS made their own with Rick Dees, which got pretty big and then Rick Dees left and they got Ryan Seacrest to do it.

zabadu: Guntram Shatterhand: I'm putting money on Casey committing suicide during his last dedication. Since every dedication is pure depressive sap, I think it would just be fitting.

"Dear Casey, my hit top 20 show is ending. My entire career has been nothing but voicing cartoons. My wife hates me and as far as I know, I'm mocked by everybody in the world and often mistaken for Dick Clark. Could you dedicate one song to me before I Budd Dwyer myself? Love, Casey.

"Well, Casey, I think I can do that. As I put the .45 under my chin, here's something by Slipknot. I'll see you all in hell."

Hate to say it, but the "entire career...voicing cartoons" has made Casey a very, very wealthy man...

Yeah, but given his love of depressing stories to dedicate music to, I'm guessing it's left him bitter and unfulfilled or just suicidal. There's something seriously wrong with that man that playing a robot called Cliffjumper cannot solve.

I honestly thought Casey Kasem died like a decade ago and whenever I heard his voice on the radio I figured it was some nostalgic repeat.

Could someone make a concerted effort?

zabadu: Is she holding him up?

Forget whether she's holding him up - WTH is with those Frankenstein t*ts? Sheesh. She could kill someone with those things.

//whoever she is

His wife filmed a movie in DC back in the late 80's and she was a real cooont.

BTW, one of the absolute worst movies ever committed to celluloid - "Elliot Fauman, PhD" My now ex-wife told me that they were going to use her office (at Mt. Vernon College, where she was a professor) and the campus to film a movie and I asked her who was starring in it. She replied, Dreyfuss! Me: Wow, Richard Dryfuss, that's got to be a big budget flick. Then she smiled and said, no - not Richard, his nephew Randy.

Jean Kasem was delivered to the set each day in a huge limo and was just an absolute beyotch to the crew according to my wife.

Kasey loses it in the studio.

Link (new window)

raptusregaliter,

That is the aforementioned Jean Kasem aka Mrs. Casey Kasem.

Probably her biggest claim to fame was Cheers and the Tortellis, where she played Carla's ex Nick's dumb, blonde, bimbo of a girlfriend/wife.

More pics of Jean Kasem!

/she got a nice pair of zoinks.

Linux_Yes: Kasey loses it in the studio.

Link (new window)

You are usually late to parties, aren't you?

peewinkle: Linux

don't waste my time at 'parties'

but i did hear about the one in your mouth, everybody's comming.

(laugh, its just a joke)

Casey Kasem has a nickname for his penis, I've heard. It's Shaggy.

He probably quit because after 40 years he know enough about music to see that what's comming down the pike is nothing he wants to be around for.

Is Don on the phone?

Dan Rather had a good meltdown too.

I remember listening to his show every weekend in the 80s. I haven't cared about the top 40 (I guess its 20 now) since then.

I didn't even know he was still doing it. I bet it will be missed by someone though.

lawboy87: raptusregaliter,

That is the aforementioned Jean Kasem aka Mrs. Casey Kasem.

Thanks. :)

She looks like a real piece of work.