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PROOF that Dave Barber is an IMPOSTOR!

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A simple check of the official online RI state database reveals that he does NOT hold a valid hairdresser's license. HE'S NOT REALLY A BARBER AT ALL!

How could WPRO be duped so easily???

Just WAIT until Jeff Charles gets ahold of THIS!
 
> A simple check of the official online RI state database
> reveals that he does NOT hold a valid hairdresser's license.
> HE'S NOT REALLY A BARBER AT ALL!
>
> How could WPRO be duped so easily???
>
> Just WAIT until Jeff Charles gets ahold of THIS!
>>
>You looked under the wrong thing.
You should have seen if he's a licensed Jack-Ass.
 
Re: PROOF that Dave Barber is NUTS...

> > A simple check of the official online RI state database
> > reveals that he does NOT hold a valid hairdresser's
> license.
> > HE'S NOT REALLY A BARBER AT ALL!
> >
> > How could WPRO be duped so easily???
> >
> > Just WAIT until Jeff Charles gets ahold of THIS!
> >>
> >You looked under the wrong thing.
> You should have seen if he's a licensed Jack-Ass.
>
I know you said youre not Dave Barber, but ,only Barber
would do this stuff.
That coward fool replaced Allen for YOU!!!
You really are NUTS...
 
The TRUTH about Dave Barber's resume???

> I know you said you're not Dave Barber, but, only Barber would do this stuff.

Oh I'm sure NOT Barber!
And I can prove it.
And I'm not Matt Allan either.
But my heart goes out to him.
He's been treated SO, SO unfairly.
Who could blame him if he jumped to mighty WHJJ?
Or if he filled the opening on "The View."
(Replacing Meredith...who replaces Katie.)

The TRUTH about Dave Barber's resume???

Among the photos on Barber's page on WPRO's web site is his old Detroit Tigers baseball card. See http://www.630wpro.com/gallery/dave/pic31

Here -- as Paul Harvey would say -- is "the REST of the story..."

Barber never actually played one single solitary inning at the old Tiger Stadium. There's nothing about him on the Tigers' web site...and RUMOR HAS IT that he never made it past Spring Training. Apparently, he suffered a career-ending groin pull the very day that pitchers and catchers reported. Extremely painful. He was in Florida just long enough to get his picture taken in uniform, then hobble off.

And then?

Here's something else you won't read in Barber's sanitized online bio, and something else Matt Allan would NEVER do...

The very minute his baseball dream died, Smilin' Dave quickly moved on to the karaoke circuit depicted in the Gwyneth Paltrow - Huey Lewis movie "Duets." Often winning big cash prizes. Barber -- then a sworn Genesee County, Michigan Special Deputy -- was sometimes billed as "The Singing Sheriff," and he specialized in swank Sinatra tunes. This shtick may amuse the vacationers he's sung for in bars over on Block Island, but they're all drunk to begin with. Or from Connecticut (they'll laugh at ANYTHING).

And while we're dishing, indulge me one beef, about another WPRO voice? This is obvious enough to qualify as "the elephant in the room," but somebody's gotta say it out loud:

Has anyone NOT noticed that Dan York can't pronounce "W?" It comes out "DUBBUH-DEW." When he reads a web address ("W-W-W DOT WHATEVER DOT COM), and has to say "W" three times in rapidfire succession, it sounds like he's got a lozenge in his mouth.

Dan: Try this:

1. Say "DOUBLE."
2. Now, say "YOU."
3. Now, rinse-and-repeat. "DOUBLE-YOU."

At least Matt (and Barber) can get THAT right.

Don't be surprised to hear much-much-more about all-of-the-above, on the next Jeff Charles Show.
 
Re: The TRUTH about Dave Barber's resume???

As far as Barber's background WPRO has never been a station to care much about background anyway and this seems to be a trend in talk radio anyway.

> And while we're dishing, indulge me one beef, about another
> WPRO voice? This is obvious enough to qualify as "the
> elephant in the room," but somebody's gotta say it out loud:
>
>
> Has anyone NOT noticed that Dan York can't pronounce "W?"
> It comes out "DUBBUH-DEW." When he reads a web address
> ("W-W-W DOT WHATEVER DOT COM), and has to say "W" three
> times in rapidfire succession, it sounds like he's got a
> lozenge in his mouth.
>
> Dan: Try this:
>
> 1. Say "DOUBLE."
> 2. Now, say "YOU."
> 3. Now, rinse-and-repeat. "DOUBLE-YOU."

Yes but I must add that in spite of my feeling Allen deserves better his diction does need work and always has.Charles really needs to ignore the competition on the air though.
>
> At least Matt (and Barber) can get THAT right.
>
> Don't be surprised to hear much-much-more about
> all-of-the-above, on the next Jeff Charles Show.
>
 
Memo to Jeff Charles' writers...

> Charles really needs to ignore the competition on the air

Talking about WPRO?
Brilliant strategy.
Very smart.
Don't stop.
Please.
 
RE Dan York can't pronounce "W?"

> his diction does need work and always has.

Dan's not the only WPRO mush-mouth.
Today, Dave Barber mispronounced "nuclear" the way Dubya does.
(Although it may have been a put-on.)
 
Lo these many years later....not sure if this post is satirical, but for the record: the late Dave Barber NEVER attended spring training with the Detroit Tigers as a player. He did attend several Tigers fantasy camps in Florida. This is when he posed for his baseball card, as did all the fantasy campers. These fantasy camps were, and are, open to anyone who can afford them. It's just a chance to schmooze with former players and share a few beers and plenty of baseball stories. Dave did indeed enjoy his karaoke. He loved Sinatra, but as someone from Flint who lived there when Dave did, I never, ever heard Barber referred to as "the singing sheriff". So there was no baseball dream that died, just Dave enjoying life and getting under listeners skin with a skill that was rarely matched. Sounds like his Providence days were exactly like his Flint days...you either loved Dave or you hated him. For the record, I always loved Dave. Obviously, I didn't always agree with him, but I admired his skill set.
 
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