Awful New Movie Spawns Radio Report, Blog Post, Death Of American Culture

You may have seen ads on TV for the movie version of He’s Just Not That Into You, sure to take America’s bad taste to a new level when it tops the box office this weekend. KYW 1060 interviewed some local singles about the movie!

The movie looks very funny [sic] but, really? MySpacing a romantic interest? Breaking up on Facebook?

“I’ve gotten on instant messenger, I’ve gotten over the phone which really stinks and text messaging. That’s the worst one. It’s the most impersonal one.”

“The worst I ever heard of was, one of my friends had a friend of his leave a voice mail on the girl’s voice mail for him to break up with her.”

That second person totally meant “the worst thing I ever did.” Anyway, yes, radio stations, people date and break up online now. Come on, the “you creep me out” instant message has been a staple of culture for a long time now.

New Movie About Dating is Reality Check for Phila. Singles [KYW 1060]
Photo by Ed Luschei used under a Creative Commons license

Fred Sherrrrrman Out At KYW 1060

If you’ve ever listened to KYW 1060 on weekday mornings, you know the soothe Brooklyn sounds of Fred Sherman, who analyzes finance or something. I dunno what he does. All I — and, my guess is, most of Philadelphia — know about him is that he ends his reports with “I’m Fred Sherrrrrrrrman.”

Michael Klein notes today the shocking news: With the budget crunch in full swing, KYW 1060 has let Sherman go. Ol’ Freddy — who has a nice voice for eighty-five

Sherman, who just turned 85, said he called program director Steve Butler, who explained that KYW was making cuts because of the economy. “I told him, ‘I know. I’m a banker,’ ” says Sherrrrrrrman, whose distinctive sign-off drips of his native New York.

Sherman said he offered to work for free because the exposure helped his public-speaking career and bolstered his status at the office. He said Butler passed.

He was actually here since 1984, or just a little shorter than I’ve been alive. Of course, he’s still working, so I suppose he’ll be okay.

Image via FredSherman.com, also apparently shut down now, too