For you Gary Kelly

copper1 · Guru

For you Gary Kelly

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Cool!

GaryKelly · Guru

Well, well, well, thanks a lot, Gaz! I don't have a pic of 2LF so I'll add that to my scrapbook page. I vaguely remember it despite being 45 years ago. The first thing the boss said to me when I arrived was, "Don't get any bright ideas... you're the best of a very bad bunch (of applicants)." Then he put me in the production studio (a twin of the on-air studio) and told me to practice with the broadcast desk. I was having a lovely time in there unaware that I was being piped into the boss's office, so after a while he came into the studio and said., "Right, you'll be doing the afternoon shift." Eeeeeeek! When I finally did get on air, I froze with fright and couldn't say a damn word. But I loosened up after a while and from then on they couldn't shut me up. By the way, LF is short for Lambing Flats, which is what the town used be called. It's famous for its cherries ya know... but I managed to keep mine while I was there. :) Thanks again, Gaz. What a lovely surprise!

jules47 · The Happy Helper

How good was that! And great way to prove yourself on a job, Gary!

GaryKelly · Guru

Ah, I detect an excuse to post a video I recorded about 4 or 5 years ago prior to the cancer thing and losing my teeth. Ready?

-- Edited by GaryKelly on Sunday 28th of September 2014 02:52:24 PM

-- Edited by GaryKelly on Sunday 28th of September 2014 02:56:53 PM

Vic41 · Guru

GaryKelly wrote:
Ah, I detect an excuse to post a video I recorded about 4 or 5 years ago prior to the cancer thing and losing my teeth. Ready?

Interesting Vid Gary, thanks for sharing smile

Golddetectornomad · Senior Member

Great stuff Gary...with a voice and quick wit such as yours, you could have been the next Jack Davey...the Legendary Jack Davey died in October 1959 and I presume you commenced 'announcing' about 1968/69?...<24 years of age and now 70 =46 years ago= 1968>..so perhaps you were born a little late for the best of the 'Golden Years' of traditional Australian Radio......so many of us 'Baby Boomers' had unfulfilling careers, living to work rather than working to live, because of family commitments... so it must have been great to do what you obviously had/have a passion for.. and.......like Roy Rene you had a perfect head for Radio...lol....working as a DJ in 'The Cross' during the R&R years...bet you have a few more story's you can't tell on here!.....lol.....interesting, thanks.....Hoo Roo....

GaryKelly · Guru

Yes, I remember Jack Davey, and the "feud" between him and Bob Dyer. Jack used to say bite off more than you can chew and chew like buggery. But all I ever managed was to bite off more than I could chew and choke. Jack was a Kiwi who came to Oz and hit the big time (like Brian Henderson did). He moved over to TV but it was Dyer who shone with Pick a Box. Jack was a mad gambler and died of cancer with hardly a bob to bless himself with. But he was a legend in the radio biz.

As to stories to tell... I remember my mother turfing me out of the house when I told her that I'd quit my job in the Public Service for a job as a DJ in Kings Cross. So I rented a small flat in Darlinghurst Road and was surprised to discover that all my neighbors were waitresses who worked late hours like I did. Waitresses? I was very naive in those days. As to my mother, she forgave me after I got my first job in radio and welcomed me back to the brood.

And careers? I never thought of my time in the media as a career. It was party time. Kinda like a pub crawl. That was my big mistake. One day the party was over. But it doesn't matter now. I have better things to do like travel Oz and find a few nuggets.

Big Gorilla · Guru

Beautiful Gary......How could you ever forget Jack Davey and Bob Dyer. I remember when I was knee high to a grasshopper, lying on a carpet strip in front of the radio listening to those guys. Memories that come back as we get older..... biggrin

johnno02 · Veteran Member

Loved your Video Gary,and your story,

Yes,I remember Jack Davey,and Bob,and Dolly Dyer on BP Pick a Box

Always remember Barry Jones,as an exceptionally bright contestant.

I believe Bob Dyer was a very keen, big game fisherman.

thanks for the memories.

John