Published by Tony on February 3, 2010
Last week, News 9 at 4 host Melissa Maynarich had a baby, and in a nice piece of marketing, KWTV has decided to bring in “Mystery Anchors” to host one week of the program each week of February during her maternity leave. It kicked off with the great Jenifer Reynolds, who left her dogfighting ring for the week to do what so far has been an admirable job.
Who might be the “Mystery Anchors” we see the next few weeks? A few predictions/suggestion after the jump:
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Category: Oklahoma City Media.
Published by Tony on January 27, 2010
I was flipping through the premium channels on Cox digital cable the other day totally not looking for porn when I stumbled on the above, which is a photo of the fact that there are two (two!) different channels dedicated to nothing but Bob Mills Furniture (Bob Mills Furniture!). I find this to be, well, pretty strange (exclamation in parentheses!). Also, anyone notice that he’s gone back to wearing the sweaters?
Anyway, this got me wondering which other local celebrities deserve their own channels or, at least, their own television shows. After the jump, some ideas:
(Editor’s Note: Yep, this is a Tony (Tony!) post. I think he used to write for this site…a lot.)
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Category: Justice League of Oklahoma, KFOR, Oklahoma City Media, The Ogles, The Sports Animal and weather.
Published by Tony on October 19, 2009
Edmond residents will note the story on NewsOK.com that probably has little meaning to others. “Bicycle Bob,” a homeless man well-known to Edmondites, was killed sometime Sunday, for reasons unexplained and passing understanding.
He was a ubiquitous figure in the city, a tall, thin man sporting an OU cap and often seen biking down the road or ambling up and down the streets of downtown Edmond. As the Oklahoman story says, it’s doubtful many people knew his real name — Dwight Morgan — he was simply known to everyone as Bicycle Bob. I never knew a lot about him, and probably never said more than hello to him, but he was a beloved part of the city, and his death is a loss that makes the day grayer.
For Edmond residents, there is a candlelight vigil for Bicycle Bob tonight at 8 at Festival Marketplace. Feel free to leave your memories of him in the comments.
Category: Unusual.
Published by Tony on May 16, 2008
If you spend even a small amount of time watching sports highlights, you saw Manny Ramirez high five a fan in the outfield BETWEEN catching a fly ball and assisting on a double play. It was a hilarious “Manny being Manny” play that will be the part of Best Damn Top 50 countdowns for years to come. Fortunately, there is even a local aspect to this story, as the fan who got high-fived was an Edmond resident by the name of Randy Dunning. He was nice enough to answer a few questions for us. For that, we are willing to forgive his being a Red Sox fan. You can read the Q & A after the jump.
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Category: Lost Ogle Q &A, The Lost Ogle and Unusual.
Published by Tony on May 14, 2008
photo from flickr user *CA*
You might have figured out by now that we are fans of Gary England. He uses his folksy charm to bring us the weather in an unparalleled manner, and when angered, his justice — in the form of severe weather — is carried out swiftly, fairly and precisely. We are great admirers of his work.
Which is why it was with great horror that the following story was related to us by one of our loyal readers. She describes it as “a sad story about the heartbreak of an 8 year old girl and a pompous weather man.”
Jump back! Yes, folks, there may be a dark side to Gary England. A side that probably only rears it’s head when provoked by little girls that deserve it, but a dark side nonetheless. We present it in the interest of being fair and balanced.
After the jump, the story of one girl, one weather man, and a relationship that could never be repaired.
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Category: Gary England.
Published by Tony on May 14, 2008
Today we go retro, with January 1979 Playboy Playmate of the month (and University of Oklahoma grad) Candy Loving, who led the way for such local heroes as Ashlynn Brooke and Jesse Jane. This is, alas, the only safe for work picture we could find.
Category: Hot Girl a Day in the Month of May.
Published by Tony on May 13, 2008
It’s hard to believe, since it feels like only seventeen years ao, but today The Lost Ogle turns one year old. It’s been an interesting year, as we’ve gone from humble beginnings being read by about six people per day to becoming a kinda sorta well known blog being written about in publications such as the Gazette and, well, the Gazette.
A year ago when we decided to try this project, we started by kicking around a few names. Among those considered:
GolfballsizeHail.com
DownedPowerlines.com
LookingforLynnHickey.com
WhatWouldLindaCavanaughDo.com
SorryAboutTobyKeith.com
OutWithTheGout.com
JamesHalesBurgerKing.com
In the end, much to James Hale’s relief, we ended up with TheLostOgle.com, and now it’s hard to imagine the site being known as anything else. We’ve been flattered to learn that the site is read in newsrooms, schoolrooms, and Justice League headquarters.
This is The Lost Ogle’s 400th post, and to date there have been over 5400 reader comments on our site. Roughly 3/4 of those have been dedicated to extolling the virtues of Gary England, but occasionally we also like to poke fun at the Mathis Brothers. That’s just the kind of hard-hitting journalism we know our readers look for.
As we enter our second year, we hope you’ll continue to stop by and help us enjoy the lighter side of Oklahoma City.
Category: The Lost Ogle.
Published by Tony on May 8, 2008
photo from flickr user ~Aphrodite
Yesterday, Mark Rodgers and Jim Traber engaged in the world’s greatest only debate having to do with the University of Oklahoma baseball team. I’ll avoid keeping score, with the exception of grading the entire thing as FREAKING AWESOME AS HELL! Seriously, if the Sports Animal was like this all the time I would listen a lot more often.
You can find the audio here. It’s fifteen minutes long, but the good stuff really kicks in during the last 2-3 minutes or so.
Category: Jim Traber, Mark Rodgers and The Sports Animal.
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