Hot Hits said:
You must be young. I've seen recent pictures of Rick and he looks about 55. He may dye his hair, or have plugs now, I have no idea, but he looks pretty good to me.
I'd hate to show you my photo - you'd probably think I was 90.
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RICK DEES IN SAN FRANCISCO
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You must be young. I've seen recent pictures of Rick and he looks about 55. He may dye his hair, or have plugs now, I have no idea, but he looks pretty good to me.
I'd hate to show you my photo - you'd probably think I was 90.
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No I am not young anymore but saw Dees daily at work. He has had many cosmetic procedures over the years to give him that eternal look. Perhaps my comment comparing him to Larry H. Parker was too harsh!Lkeller said:
1069_KIFR said:
Man who managed to keep a morning drive show on a Los Angeles CHR for 23 years...to age 53. In that city, looks and perception of age matter big.
Just as a point of reference, the previous #1 Top 40 morning men in L.A. went to more adult formats at:
35 (Charlie Tuna)
30 (Charlie Van Dyke)
39 (Robert W. Morgan)
36 (Emperor Bob Hudson)
26 (Gary Owens)
DavidKaye said:
I can tell you that Ed fully expected to get 5 times the numbers Energy had been getting ( making that around a 3 share ) - that's what he was pitching to Energy's old advertisers. It could be that he still expects that presuming he can find someone to execute the format. The notion that the SF CHR stations skew rhythmic the way they do is based on sound research goes right over his head. And the fact that it's the "shortest stick" in the market.
Now that dance has been rather mainstreamed, the format hole that existed for Energy back in 2004 has kinda closed up.
michael hagerty said:
Speaking of looking older (or not) - I've noticed that Charlie Tuna's "hair" has not aged or thinned one bit in all these years.
Lkeller said:
On the last night of KHJ in 1986, Robert W. Morgan mentioned Charlie Tuna, then said "I'll never understand it. All that money on his hair and not one dime on his teeth."
Morgan loved taking shots at Tuna, so God knows whether he was just making it up or if Charlie's had hair implants or something.
"On the last night of KHJ in 1986, Robert W. Morgan mentioned Charlie Tuna, then said "I'll never understand it. All that money on his hair and not one dime on his teeth."
Morgan loved taking shots at Tuna, so God knows whether he was just making it up or if Charlie's had hair implants or something."
It may be a garden variety rug. It's got that dead animal on the head look (too MUCH hair) that was popular in the 80s on celebrities like William Shatner and Burt Reynolds. But even The Shat finally gave that up for a more 'natural' (fake) look.
Implants generally only give people a thinnish head of hair - think Biden or Chuck Schumer.
Morgan loved taking shots at Tuna, so God knows whether he was just making it up or if Charlie's had hair implants or something."
It may be a garden variety rug. It's got that dead animal on the head look (too MUCH hair) that was popular in the 80s on celebrities like William Shatner and Burt Reynolds. But even The Shat finally gave that up for a more 'natural' (fake) look.
Implants generally only give people a thinnish head of hair - think Biden or Chuck Schumer.
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Its clear, Art's greatest rugs of the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90's have been replaced by the Hair plugs/Weaves of today. Now Charlie is looking younger than ever while Rick is showing signs of aging. Why it was just yesterday, Charlie Tuna was hosting the DeFranko Family live in the Montgomery Wards parking lot in Panorama City. right down the street from KVFM on Van Nuys Blvd!
Hot Hits said:
I remember reading somewhere (I'm thinking a Michael Hagerty post) that Charlie has always lived a clean life - no drinking, smoking, or drugs. So that probably accounts for his overall youthfulness. But losing your hair is mostly genetic - no amount of clean living will help. I'm living proof, BTW.
Clean living doesn't seem to work for everybody, though - Casey Kasem was another clean-living guy (a vegan, IIRC), but he doesn't look so good and his voice appears to be shot. He probably has a decade on Charlie, though.
Lkeller said:
Casey is 12 years older than Charlie. Casey's 81, Charlie's 69. That's a big difference at that point in life.
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