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His tales, reports, and distinctive delivery took me through college, accompanied me to work, and massaged my Grandfather.
His kindly observations have been a cue for me. I don't think that I ever heard him directly ridicule a President but did offer some food for thought that might cause a listener to oppose a Presidential notion.
My hour-long trips to work have, for almost the last year, been immeasurably emptier without him. On some broadcasts, even with editing, I could tell something was wrong and I worried.
I am diminished by his passing.
There are some things that one assumes will always be there. Paul Harvey was one of them.
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I haven't listened to him for years. I didn't even realize he was still broadcasting this recently. I best remember listening to his bits when I was in high school and some of the other kids in class also would catch it and discuss it. He did have a distinct delivery which was almost like a roller coaster ride. You'd hang onto his words as the story got more intense like climbing the highest part of the track, then he'd give a dramatic pause like you're at the top of the hill, and then the close of the subject as you over the top down the hill and you would slap your forehead and say "a ha!"
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Come to find out, the long pause (at the end of his broadcast) between "Paul Harvey" and "Good day!" was done because he waited for the sweep hand of the clock to hit the appropriate mark to end the broadcast exactly on time.
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quote:Originally posted by Toetapper: Come to find out, the long pause (at the end of his broadcast) between "Paul Harvey" and "Good day!" was done because he waited for the sweep hand of the clock to hit the appropriate mark to end the broadcast exactly on time.
And now you know ... the REST of the story!
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Ben
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