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Who says K-Earth isn't popular in ethnic hoods?

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scoot

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Was visiting a tasty spot in San Gabriel called Mr. Baguette. I was the only Anglo guy in the place. The clinentele was all Vietnamese, as are the employees. I was the only Anglo guy in the very crowded place. The menu lists Vietnamese first, and the numbers are called out in Vietnamese when your sandwich is ready.

In any event, the point is: the radio station at this place was.....K-Earth 101.
 
How do you know what your Number sounds like?

> The menu list Vietnamese first, and the numbers are called out in
> Vietnamese when your sandwich is ready.

this is a great way to learn Vietnamese, and have fun with food simultaneously!.

> In any event, the point is: the radio station at this place
> was.....K-Earth 101.

How do you say K-EARTH 101 in Vietnamese. Are they still playing Gary Glitter?. He's # 1 in Vietnam with the 'Kids'

mmm(R)
 
> Was visiting a tasty spot in San Gabriel called Mr.
> Baguette. I was the only Anglo guy in the place. The
> clinentele was all Vietnamese, as are the employees. I was
> the only Anglo guy in the very crowded place. The menu lists
> Vietnamese first, and the numbers are called out in
> Vietnamese when your sandwich is ready.
>
> In any event, the point is: the radio station at this place
> was.....K-Earth 101.

Stands to reason. During the Vietnam war, very definitely the most listened to radio stations were the AFRTS stations. "Good Morning Viet Nam" was not just a movie. Many Vietnames, especially the ones likely to have fled to the US, would have had an exposure to American musical "culture" of the 60's and 70's this way.
 
> Stands to reason. During the Vietnam war, very definitely
> the most listened to radio stations were the AFRTS stations.
> "Good Morning Viet Nam" was not just a movie. Many
> Vietnames, especially the ones likely to have fled to the
> US, would have had an exposure to American musical "culture"
> of the 60's and 70's this way.
>
You were in 'Nam? ;)
 
> > Stands to reason. During the Vietnam war, very definitely
> > the most listened to radio stations were the AFRTS
> stations.
> > "Good Morning Viet Nam" was not just a movie. Many
> > Vietnames, especially the ones likely to have fled to the
> > US, would have had an exposure to American musical
> "culture"
> > of the 60's and 70's this way.
> >
> You were in 'Nam? ;)

Nope. But a friend, the late Kramer of Y 100 in Miami, was the jock the movie was modeled after... and he mentioned often to me how he would hear more listening to AFTRS off base than among the soldiers.
>
 
> Was visiting a tasty spot in San Gabriel called Mr.
> Baguette. I was the only Anglo guy in the place. The
> clinentele was all Vietnamese, as are the employees. I was
> the only Anglo guy in the very crowded place. The menu lists
> Vietnamese first, and the numbers are called out in
> Vietnamese when your sandwich is ready.
>
> In any event, the point is: the radio station at this place
> was.....K-Earth 101.
>
I eat in Vietnamese restuarants regularly and the only common denominator for background music is that there isn't any. What is really interesting is one restaurant where there are standards sung in Vietnamese and another that seesm to have old Ferrante and Teicher records. Try listening to a Vietnamese station. the playlist is all over the map.

John
 
I thought the movie was patterned after Adrian Cronauer?


> Nope. But a friend, the late Kramer of Y 100 in Miami, was
> the jock the movie was modeled after... and he mentioned
> often to me how he would hear more listening to AFTRS off
> base than among the soldiers. <P ID="signature">______________

Member of the Los Angeles, Phoenix Radio, and California TV moderation team</P>
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

> > I thought the movie was patterned after Adrian Cronauer?
>
> I think your right. David is thinking of Seinfeld?

Nope. Much of the antics and actions of the character were a melding of various AFRTS personalities, like all movies of its type that make someoen bigger than life. It was like a composite starting with the "real" Cronauer, with Kramer being one of the significant ones. Kramer was a fixture in Miami until his death a number of years ago... so much so that nearly every Miami station honored him with a "minute" of silence on his passing.
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

I remember hearing Cronauer interviewed and saying the only thing in the movie that was true to his life was him saying "Goood Morning, Vietnam!"
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

> I remember hearing Cronauer interviewed and saying the only
> thing in the movie that was true to his life was him saying
> "Goood Morning, Vietnam!"

Yes, but did he PLAY "Ball of Confusion" by the Temptations??
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

> I remember hearing Cronauer interviewed and saying the only
> thing in the movie that was true to his life was him saying
> "Goood Morning, Vietnam!"

I had heard that anecdote, too. Apparently the writers gathered a bunch of anecdotes and built a screenplay around the radio personality that invented the now-famous greeting.
>
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

> > I remember hearing Cronauer interviewed and saying the
> only
> > thing in the movie that was true to his life was him
> saying
> > "Goood Morning, Vietnam!"
>
> Yes, but did he PLAY "Ball of Confusion" by the
> Temptations??

Maybe because I live 6 blocks from Disney, I have a considerable skeptacism for anything the film folks present as "real." Harumph... a building whose roof is held up by giant stone dwarf sculptures!
>
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

> Yes, but did he PLAY "Ball of Confusion" by the
> Temptations??

Great GoogaMooga, can't you hear me talking to you?."
 
Re: Ball of Confusion

> > > I remember hearing Cronauer interviewed and saying the
> > only
> > > thing in the movie that was true to his life was him
> > saying
> > > "Goood Morning, Vietnam!"
> >
> > Yes, but did he PLAY "Ball of Confusion" by the
> > Temptations??
>
> Maybe because I live 6 blocks from Disney, I have a
> considerable skeptacism for anything the film folks present
> as "real." Harumph... a building whose roof is held up by
> giant stone dwarf sculptures!
> >
>


Actually it wasn't a MELDING of anything. Cronauer was the inspiration....but the bits and rants were purely ROBIN WILLIAMS. Most of it was unscripted and done on the fly by Williams....there are various versions of the "on the air" scenes floating around. Kramer was certainly a legendary Miami air personality....but wasn't the template for Williams' character.

"Da Nang me, Da Nang....they're gonna get a rope and hang me!"
 
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