} Seems I went from Larry on AM to the Duke of Madness on FMnow was that BZ-FM? A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Posted by JACK March 27, 09 11:42 AM co.. in 1977I was turned on to the show by a friend while living in Rochester NY. He reminded everybody that you always need to leave a little room for some fun in your life, and I think that's what he gave to his listeners. He wanted his heart to feel better, she said. Even Trump himself called the AP, apparently against the advice of his son Eric, to accuse de La Hoya of making the whole thing up. I'm thankful to Roger for giving me a chance to enjoy the company of this warm and wonderful man. I used to listen to Larry Glick as a kid back in the 1970s. Glick's current term ends in 2025. This is one of the greatest overnight station host .. My mom told me to listen to this station years ago in the graveyard and i'm hooked.. R.I.P Glick! Your first recordings ? Posted by oceanfoam March 27, 09 07:02 PM gw.. width: 100%; .votebox-scroll-container { I too was a proud owner of a Glick Universirty t-shirt. I called him about 6 months later to thank him and earned my very own Glick University tshirt. Larry was up beat, funny, and a true human being. We will all carry a little bit of you in our hearts. Posted by vicki March 27, 09 04:57 PM fx.. font-weight: 300; Dear Glicknicks, Welcome to the Larry Glick 2 Podcast page. I got to meet you in Boca Raton, Fla, and I hope that you got the "feel" of what a thrill it was for me. Help expand Ballotpedia's elections coverage - volunteer with us, Garland Independent School District school board Place 1, .infobox { .widget-row.Libertarian { Rest in Peace, Mr. Glick, and thanks for the many enjoyable hours of entertainment you provided me. overflow-y: auto; it was a small portable reel to reel. I live just east of Toronto and remember hearing Larry usually after the Bruins or Celtics had played on the West coast and he would follow immediately after on WBZ 103. But to do that you have to first be a lawyer or an accountant. Read More. Commander Glick you were the answer to my insomnia on many a night. font-size: 0.9em; "A favor's a favorwhat is your favor?". Larry Glick (1922-2009) was an American talk radio host, based in Boston, Massachusetts, whose long-running show on WBZ and later WHDH became a New England institution in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.. He can now join Jess Cain on the funniest and best radio station in heaven! Posted by Shaun L. Kelly March 27, 09 10:38 PM hv.. Posted by Tom Shaer March 27, 09 01:41 PM ee.. Larry Thank you for all the great memories. a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } background-color: #003388; Radio has changed dramatically, and many hosts can and should remember Larry and Jerry and incorporate their style into the show. Posted by Chris March 27, 09 08:42 AM c.. nobody will ever come close to the great Lorenzo Glickiano.THE last of the great radio hosts.one last "Larry Glick Salute" to the master. Godspeed, Commander Glick. With the radio volume low, we all listened to the graveyard stories, UFO probings, and the story of Gunga Din, laughing like idiots. Thanks for the memories. Posted by Steve W March 27, 09 10:33 AM bm.. To this day whenever I go to Las Vegas I try and eat at Batista's Hole in the Wall Italian Restaurant. p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;} It always was a day brightener to wake up to Larry Glick and then watch the early morning reruns of The Muppet Show. Larry called me while on the air and asked to speak to Erik Von Handorf, the famous scientist from Munich. Posted by Bob Dixon March 27, 09 12:20 PM dd.. Erudite one moment, droll the next, only two things were certain: Mr. Glick would be funny and listeners would laugh. Posted by glickglickglick March 27, 09 04:40 PM fq.. Oh My.he was one of a kind..was great to listen tonever was able to win the Tshirt. Do you know any background info about this artist? When we were first married I would turn the radio on at midnight and she would get annoyed soon she understood and listened also. You were a kind soul who brought joy to the world. To this day "2-5-4 5-6-7-8" still occasionally pops into my head, and I smile everytime I think of it. Posted by Bill K. Uxbridge March 27, 09 01:25 PM dy.. Ken's Steak House, great boy meets girl, and a place to park the buggy. } padding-left: 10px; The graveyard marauder was a great story. (function() { } Larry had the best sense of humor, the likes of which we will never see again. My late mother-in-law who lived in New York and then moved to the Boston area was one of your biggest fans. Anyone else remember his lemonade stands, god I'm here smiling just remembering some of the fun nights back then. In the clip, Trump himself makes a guest appearance on a par three, hitting the green on his tee shot. Posted by Bill from Malden March 27, 09 04:22 PM fk.. Reading all these comments makes me wonder if most the Eastern Seaboard had a radio under the pillow, one of those antiquated earpieces or a mother who yelled at them for staying up all night! His audience knew to expect the unexpected. Heres Trump: gets the ball from the bag, looks at the hole, hits the shot, puts the shot this far from the flag. We also share videos about Travel \u0026 Cruising. Posted by franktalk March 27, 09 10:09 AM av.. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. Looks like the only link to old-time radio is now Steve Leveille. Posted by Jan March 27, 09 11:55 AM ct.. Greg said it well. years! WBZ proposed an upgrade to 500 kW from a new transmitter site in Provincetown, which . position: relative; Larry used to appear in Shirley, MA @ the Bull Run eatery Posted by Mike Jones March 27, 09 01:25 PM dz.. background-color: #6db24f; The Orangutan story. How am I feeling? Larry was one of a kind. thank you. Remember old time radio with Rick Safire from Lancaster PA? Rest in Peace Larry. Posted by Brenda March 27, 09 11:29 AM ch.. Larry Glick helped me make it through college. Listening to his show helped me through a depressing time, God Bless,Larry Arrivederci. background-color: #f9f9f9; } With WBZ booming in at night I listened to Commander Glick and went to school bleary-eyed. I'll bet he is telling The Lord a great story right bow. (I STILL DO: Posted by Joe March 27, 09 03:55 PM fe.. We live in Larry Glick's house. He was a legend. display: inline-block; to paraphrase a line from one of the comedy bits, "you're a better man than I am, Larry Glick". Posted by Bill Downey March 27, 09 10:23 AM bd.. Now you can view some of his vibrant watercolor paintings from his years living in the Virgin Islands, a seriesof incredibleoil portraits and a number of Mirage dEsprit paintings, aunique style of painting developed by Larry. I went to his office, where he took time out of his day at work to listen to my concerns and ideas. Our new State of the Art Security system. Posted by Paul March 27, 09 04:18 PM fj.. .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h3.votebox-header-office-name { I don't need to check. top: 2px; Such a rare combination. Thanks for the laughs. Count me amoung the youngsters with an AM radio under his pillow. From 1960 to 1964, he developed his style as a talk show host through the night at WINZ in Miami before jumping to WMEX in Boston for four years. During most of his BZ tenure, he manned the overnight show. Nobody will ever come close to Larry's whit and banter. Maybe WBZ would replay them. Myself and my cousins stayed up late at night with my granfather listening to the show.. Great memories. I'll miss Las vegas's Hole in the wall restaurant manager, him checking to see how he was doing when you asked him how he was, Uncle Starchy, calling random pay hones, him calling people coooks, his random banter with David Brudnoy, etc etc. No one in talk radio has ever come close to the genius, humanity and humor of Larry Glick. } width: 100%; She told me later the only thing that kept her sane and laughing through the many sleepless nights was Larry Glick. My prayers and wishes to his family. clearInterval(nTimer); One of You Tube's oldest RADIO AIRCHECK MUSEUM with a NEW VIDEO posted daily at 3PM EST. margin-bottom:16px; } Many of us became addicted to your stories and your voice. He was funny. 122 records for Larry Glick. RIP, Commander, from another person who went to sleep with his radio under the pillow. more, The first Mission: Renaissance studiowas established in 1975 by Larry and Sheila Gluck in their Los Angeles home. Posted by Puleeze March 27, 09 11:57 AM cv.. Larry Glick was perhaps the single most influential person in my life outside of my family. He seemed excellent 20 years younger. A true great in the radio industry was Larry. A brief pause. Posted by R. Martin March 27, 09 09:38 AM ad.. Back in the 70's, when I was in my 20's, I used to stay up all night sometimes, to sew a new skirt or dress to wear to work the next day and Larry kept me going ! Welcome to LarryGluck.com About Larry Gluck Master artist, Founder of Mission: Renaissance Fine Art Studios and The Gluck Method of Instruction, Larry has long dedicated himself to providing the best in art education. Mr. Glick was persona Listening to Larry was the best medicine you could get. } I found Larry Glick when I was a summer school student at Harvard, summer of 1969. .widget-row.value-only.white { Glick won in the general election on May 7, 2022. Who could forget stories like the Midnight Marauder or personalities like the cabbie, Charlie DiGiovanni, or Moses, the guy from the hills who sang old folks songs? We were parked on a hill after midnight, next to a giant water tower and I turned on my radio and there he was. Larry did a show centered on Old Time Radio, and I was into OTR at the time and so was Larry, as he mentioned many times throughout the years. We love ya Larrysee you soon. Remember how he used to read the sports scores? I borrowed this little gem, and a few others, since first hearing them as a high school student in the late 1960's when an old tube-type radio played at my bedside into the early morning hours. He was full of energy., Israel said her father seemed very optimistic about the surgery. Thanks Commander! Glad to hear you lived til 87 ! Posted by Bartolo March 27, 09 10:50 AM bu.. Larry: "Were you born in Italy"? There was no one like Larry Glick, and there will never be anyone like Larry Glick. Glick graced WBZ's airwaves for 20 years, building up a faithful group of fans known as "Glicknics." Larry and WBZ-TV's Jack Williams (right) had been close friends since 1975. $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { Posted by Fred Winer March 27, 09 09:00 AM j.. As someone who use to listen to Larry growing up he will be sorely missed. font-size: 1.25em; School districts | The call he received one night from a patrolman who called in and told the story of an encounter he had late one night while passing a cemetery was a classic Posted by SM March 27, 09 09:54 AM ak.. Dear Glicknicks, We have reached the maximum space allowable for this account. The orangutan story? I didn't get one but started my own. } Posted by DWeden March 27, 09 09:20 AM v.. Larry had a huge Audience at my Grandparents house. Posted by Too Many Bills March 27, 09 12:04 PM cx.. We love you Larry.! Israel said the surgery was supposed to take five hours but the doctor told the family that there were complications. Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EllisAirchecks/ width: 100%; He denies this vehemently, just as he denies that, Andy? it read. Rest in peace Larry. How do we create a person's profile? Follow her on Twitter @JessicaHeslam. Funny stuff. } He knew my Uncle Chubby Drumonte a drummer at the C & W Hill Billie Ranch in the early 60's and the way Larry vividly told stories. Posted by Terry Sweeney March 27, 09 06:49 PM gt.. Posted by Paul March 27, 09 09:40 PM hq.. My greatest Larry Glick memory: in 1987, on WHDH, Mr. Glick hosted a rare early evening shift on Hallowe'en of that year, during which he hosted a recording of the original 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds". And I grew up in New Jersey, where I'd fall asleep with the "ear plug" of a Motorola transistor radio in my ear, listening to Jerry Williams. At the time, I thought it annoying, but, It became a nightly ritual - one that I now cherish . He did not know it, but he was a friend she enjoyed listening to for many lonely years after my Dad's passing. His last words were, Hey, Im going into surgery looking good, Israel recalled. If a caller droned, he'd play a tape of a loud yawn and snoring. He arrived wearing his cowboy hat ,of course. remember that? Ha Ha Ha. Also Rex Trailer with the green mist coming up while flying with a tranquilized gorilla Ha Ha Ha : ), Posted by Henry Wasserman March 27, 09 12:47 PM dn.. Larry was an automatic when I was driving home from a concert, a movie or a party. Not a bad age ! Posted by Stuart Glick March 27, 09 02:09 PM ek.. Posted by JohnFrom Middleboro March 27, 09 06:40 PM gr.. State and local courts | Hes absolutely lying, he said. } .votebox-results-metadata-p { Let Me Check. } display: block; YOU WERE THE BEST LARRY!!! I was 14 in 1974 and lsitened every night. height: 100%; Printed with durable, fade-resistant inks. Larry Glick, legendary Boston talkmaster, dies at 87. YesNo, I want to continue Have you finished your recording? $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); My favorite was Billy Clyde telling the "Orangutan Story". making the winners of the Glick University T-shirts promise to "keep it clean." Contact our sales team. Still have a 'bad' habit of sleeping with a small transister radio under my pillow, but now it's Steve that keeps me awake. Now in my 30's, the thought of listening to Larry while falling asleep in my childhood bed conjures up warm memories. width: 150px; vertical-align: top; We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. It was my great privilege to work for The Commander, serving as his program manager at WBZ. } In September 2008, he was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame at Massasoit Community College in Dedham, Massachusetts. I loved Larry's phone calls to Edward Roe Snow about ship wrecks, light houses and flying Santa. Having been on the air, I was always hoping to get a show just like Larry's. VICTURY Sports - Maker of Ollyball 2019 Toy of the Year. Larry Glick, a legendary talk show host on Boston radio stations who was best known for his late-night programs, is dead at the age of 87. Do you remember When I was in elementary school l'd fall asleep listening to Larry Glick with my AM transistor radio and ear plug. You were a classy guy, and one of the last of the GREAT entrertainers. I gave Mr. Glick a call at his office, and he proceeded to politely inform me that his boss has never broken the rules while golfing. Thanks Larry. margin-top: 1px; Contribute Have you finished your recording? He along with his regular callers such as Charlie the cab driver DiGiovanni made for an entertaining evening. Larry Glick (May 16, 1922 - March 26, 2009) was an American talk radio host, based in Boston, Massachusetts, who presented a long-running show on WBZ and later WHDH through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. If you go to Youtube you can find the Orangutan story and the graveyard marauder. With Trustee Robert Selders A yearly traditon continues. Through most of his years on the air, Mr. Glick also became a pilot and performed as a hypnotist, entertaining crowds and helping many people quit smoking. padding-bottom: 7px; laughter with those you love. I really loved Larry Glick. Posted by Peggy Miller March 27, 09 02:10 PM em.. So many jokes and so many radio "bits" that are still in use today were started by Larry Glick. Which Lesley? I loved Larry when I was 9-11 he as Great! color: #6db24f; Funny thing is, I don't remember at all if he was conservative or liberal! This is Larry's last show of 1977, on the last day of the year. One night he talked about having his feet annointed with oil, so I called him and told him about Reflexology. I, too, was a glick-nik for a good stretch. 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