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Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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blizzard
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Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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Watch Bernie Smilovitz perform his final sports segment at Local 4

https://youtu.be/nkferAicZZI?si=IR8gAIS4wcnigUC2

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dial-it-in
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radiofann
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Re: Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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He was legendary in the mid 80s to early 90s. Same for Albom.

Internet changed everything. Bernie= old and boring and not relevant.
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deadend
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Re: Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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He was a great guy. I certainly wish him the best. Thanks for the memories, Bernie!
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briangoleb14
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Now I can watch channel 4 sports!!!
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briangoleb14 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 4:43 am Now I can watch channel 4 sports!!!
"We've got highlights".
He is a great guy and I wish him well.
The joy of retirement. Spoiling grandkids.
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Musicrewired
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I liked Bernie’s approach. He was no Al Ackerman, but Al was great for his time. Bernie’s approach was from “sports-as-entertainment”, which is closer to how a casual viewer would approach it.

Best wishes to Bernie in retirement!
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Kratos429
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Re: Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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In his last comments I really kind of had a soft spot when he mentioned how they would drop the humorous stuff when there was serious news (he mentioned the Oxford shooting)
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RedfordRob
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Re: Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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A smile and a tear, thanks Bernie.
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Re: Bernie Smilovitz signs off after legendary WDIV career

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Was nice to see Carmen and Chuck!
Wonder where Ruth Spencer is.

That was a great goodbye segment
Music is my life.
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Seeing Carmen Harlan there, reminds me of the segment where she and Bernie were talking about "Toy Story" and mentioning the dolls that were available to be purchased from the movie, Carmen said something to the effect..
"So you got your Woody"..
Bernie just lost it as the broadcast ended there, Carmen had no idea what she said....
(Feel free to correct me on this post anyone)....
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Majik
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lidoshuffle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 9:55 am Seeing Carmen Harlan there, reminds me of the segment where she and Bernie were talking about "Toy Story" and mentioning the dolls that were available to be purchased from the movie, Carmen said something to the effect..
"So you got your Woody"..
Bernie just lost it as the broadcast ended there, Carmen had no idea what she said....
(Feel free to correct me on this post anyone)....
Hopefully there is a clip of that somewhere.
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yupislyr
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaEEN2jJcI&t=2260s
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