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KSFO memories: missing this trio...........
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Gene Nelson, Ginny Prior & Dave Henderson.
Where is Nelson living these days? I recall a Ben Fong Torres item from over a decade ago, where he said he and his wife had returned to the Bay Area after the death of one of Nelson's children.
Yes, Emperor Gene Nelson! . The last time I heard him was the early 90's. I listened to his last show on KSFO, ,they were being sold to ABC who had plans for a younger leaning talk format than the one airing. He said was retiring, and headed to Hawaii. But had heard he had moved back to the Bay Area.
Not certain, but I believe he may have passed on.
Here's the Ben Fong-Torres article from 2007:
www.sfgate.com
If Ben was right about Gene's age at the time, he's 86 now. There is nothing online about him to indicate that he's passed and the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame would absolutely have said something if he had.
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"The Emperor" Gene Nelson, who ruled the local airwaves at KYA in the '60s and '70s, and...
If Ben was right about Gene's age at the time, he's 86 now. There is nothing online about him to indicate that he's passed and the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame would absolutely have said something if he had.
It's a Vietnamese dish---probably hadn't been popular in SF until after the fall of Saigon and the refugees' arrival:
Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bo Luc Lac)
Vietnamese steak salad served on a bed of greens and tomatoes, topped with pickled onions and a lime dipping sauce. This widely popular Asian dish combines many taste sensations and creates a harmony of flavors
In fact, the restaurant where the interview took place is now one of a couple in the Bay Area, opened by Charles Phan in 1995.
I remember Gene had an odd word he would say at the end of a show, have no idea what he meant, sounded like Toosh-too'ha".
Tuskataha. It's "Thank you" in Swedish.
Tuskataha Michael! Now I know, many years later.
Tack ska du ha, literally 'Thanks shall you have',(or, in context of Gene's show, 'You have my thanks' for listening) according to Google Translate.
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