"Could you repeat the question?"
1920's Reporter Guy vs. John McEnroe πΎ πΈ
https://pca.st/episode/66a2d7fe-1e8a-4175-8db6-9109178c013d
#TomGribble #ScoopsCallahan #Sports #Journalism #JohnMcEnroe #PhilMickelson #GreggPopovich #JohnIsner #DrewBrees #TheTicket #Humor #1920sReporterGuy #DallasOpen #BlindLemonJefferson #BillTilden #Tennis #WalterWinchell
Red Smith was asked if turning out a daily column wasn't quite a chore. ... "Why no," dead-panned Red. "You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed."
---Walter Winchell, April 6, 1949 in the Naugatuck Daily News, p4, column 5
βA real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.β
β Walter Winchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Winchell
The 20th centuryβs biggest gossip columnist #WalterWinchell was very influential for both good and bad reasons.
Of his biggest contributions in journalism were #Winchellism and #Winchellese - using clever phrases in attack journalism:
β¦An etymologist of his day said, "there are plenty of ... expressions which he has fathered and which are now current among his readers and imitators and constitute a flash language called Winchellese.
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