[BC] Kansas City Stars

[larry.albert@murraystate.edu]

At 06:51 PM 2/9/06 -0600, you wrote:
>I remember growing up in Kansas and the weatherman got up and did 
>the weather during the  noon news  then played the piano for 15 
>minutes to fill out the half hour from noon to noon 
>thirty.  Probably just as well.  Elmer Childress was his 
>name.  Wonder whatever happened to him on KARD-TV-3 Wichita.  How 
>could anyone forget.
>
>Speaking of that he was sort of a local icon, there was another guy 
>Major Astro that did the cartoon show for the kids in the afternoon. 
>I never missed Major Astro in the afternoon.  I searched on the net 
>and find there are still Major Astro fanclubs.
>
>What other kind of local celebrities have there been?  Every town 
>must have had one or two back in the good old days.  Now no one 
>stands a chance to become some local celebrity on the cheap like that.
>
>-Bob.


   Been watching this thread and comments.

   Surprised that nobody has mentioned a particular song about a 
local celebrity:

   "Kansas City Star" by Roger Miller

   Albert