{"id":43187,"date":"2020-08-08T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-i-scored-a-big-laugh-from-the-great-pete-hamill\/"},"modified":"2020-08-08T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T17:10:00","slug":"how-i-scored-a-big-laugh-from-the-great-pete-hamill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-i-scored-a-big-laugh-from-the-great-pete-hamill\/","title":{"rendered":"#How I scored a big laugh from the great Pete Hamill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb9c4d847\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb9c4d847\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-i-scored-a-big-laugh-from-the-great-pete-hamill\/#Francesa_loses_his_perceived_his_power_over_power_company\" >Francesa loses his perceived his power over power company<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-i-scored-a-big-laugh-from-the-great-pete-hamill\/#Strong_words_but_no_action\" >Strong words but no action<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How I scored a big laugh from the great Pete Hamill<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        The Post was founded in 1802 by Alexander Hamilton and in great part saved by Pete Hamill in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you about the room where it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing how it was considered bad form to plot the overthrow of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper\u2019s owner from the editorial offices \u2014 and if we didn\u2019t quickly rid ourselves of parking lot magnate and crackpot Abe Hirschfield, he\u2019d already made it clear that he\u2019d get rid of us \u2014 the War Room became the corner of the short-lived South Street Diner, a small dyspepsia depot \u2014 expiration dates applied to the customers \u2014 beside The Post\u2019s freight entrance.<\/p>\n<p>As we went about whatever was left of our business, we\u2019d slip into that diner to ask impertinent questions, including, \u201cAre we still in business?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamill or fearless fellow \u201cDon\u2019t Tread on Me!\u201d lead conspirator Marc Kalech, who passed in 2012, would shoot back a thumbs up or a shrug, and then it was back upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>There was something hopeful, reassuring and gloriously rebellious about having Hamill, who remained editor-in-chief even after Hirschfield fired him, as our calmly defiant leader. Damn the torpedoes, and all that.<\/p>\n<p>Newspaper editors often holler, curse and throw things as deadlines approach. Apologies to follow \u2014 sometimes. For Hamill, it was steady as she goes. Even with The Post on the brink, I never even saw him brood.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t know Hamill well, not in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> sense. But I knew him enough to recognize that he was special.<\/p>\n<p>The longest conversation I had with Pete was in an elevator en route to the fourth-floor City Room on 210 South Street. When I entered the lobby, Hamill was already on board, but reached back to prevent the door from sliding closed in my face.<\/p>\n<p>I entered and thanked him. His gesture reminded me of my first day at The Post, and I then took a shot at telling one of the greatest storytellers the story:<\/p>\n<p>It was 1973, Day 1 as an 85 bucks per week copy boy. I wore a tie and blazer, which I quickly learned wasn\u2019t a sensible ensemble for a down-and-dirty ink grunt.<\/p>\n<p>I was sent with a hand truck to pick up a bundle of the latest edition from the presses on the ground floor. I was to distribute them to different departments.<\/p>\n<p>As I returned to my copy boy station, the elevator opened to reveal the Post\u2019s famous, liberal-minded owner Dorothy Schiff and her Dapper Dan chauffeur, Everett, holding her precious Yorkie. Wow, Day 1!<\/p>\n<p>TV viewers thought the Mrs. Pynchon character played by Nancy Marchand in \u201cLou Grant\u201d was inspired by Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, but that Yorkie clinched it \u2014 she was Dolly Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>As Schiff, Everett and the dog were about to enter the elevator, Everett ordered me out. Huh? Get out? \u201cMrs. Schiff rides alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>I was livid and humiliated. Still am. But I obeyed. Not much severance for half-a-day\u2019s employment. But this paragon of all-embraced virtue treated her dog with greater regard than her employees.<\/p>\n<p>Later that week, the Times and Post reported that Mrs. Schiff had been feted at a dinner in tribute to her humanitarianism.<\/p>\n<p>I told that story to Hamill, wrapping it up as we entered the City Room. He nearly fell flat laughing. Man, that felt good. I\u2019d scored with Pete Hamill.<\/p>\n<p>Hamill died Wednesday at 85.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Francesa_loses_his_perceived_his_power_over_power_company\"><\/span>Francesa loses his perceived his power over power company<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even in absentia, Mike Francesa\u2019s credibility remains off the charts, as in below zero.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Francesa boasted on WFAN that the severe storm that had knocked out the power in his neighborhood was quickly restored to his home because the electric company workers at PSE&#038;G are big fans of his:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys at PSE&#038;G, after listening \u2014 because I know they\u2019re listeners \u2014 did a great job. Thanks for getting my power back on so I could do the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, his delusional conceit surpassed reality. Power companies don\u2019t make house calls in the midst of raging storms. They service power grids that serve entire neighborhoods or regions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16106733\"><img alt=\"Mike Francesa\" data- data- height=\"352\" width=\"324\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Mike Francesa<\/span><span>Richard Harbus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, this past week\u2019s storm again eliminated power to Francesa\u2019s home \u2014 as well as tens of thousands of others. On Twitter, Francesa not only took the outage personally, his great regard for his personal PSE&#038;G servants vanished like a lost tape:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe amazingly survive the storm only to lose power this morning. Why now? Why now will we be out until Sunday? Called PSEG. Their response: No idea what happened. And not a crew in sight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually you have to be a badly run sports franchise to be this inept.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>One would think by now that TV would stop trying to trick golf viewers with stupid, petty, transparent and repetitive deceptions. Why bother to insult us with what we\u2019ve been conditioned to know is bogus?<\/p>\n<p>Thursday during ESPN\u2019s coverage of the PGA Championship, Talor Gooch \u2014 1-over, ranked 141st and not previously seen on the telecast \u2014 suddenly appeared. Of course he did. He was ready to strike a 65-foot putt. By now we knew better.<\/p>\n<p>Though ESPN pretended the coverage was live, the anticipated fact that the moment Gooch appeared he\u2019d sink that putt was pulling one of TV\u2019s sustaining \u201clive golf\u201d cons. The moment Gooch appeared, golf fans knew they were about to be had. Again.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Strong_words_but_no_action\"><\/span>Strong words but no action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In April, N.Y. Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Letitia James did some public muscle-flexing, distributing a release that called on seven major satellite or cable providers to reduce the cost of sports packages because COVID had canceled live sports. Go get \u2019em, Ms. AG!<\/p>\n<p>OK, now it\u2019s August. Anyone receive a credit or rebate for 18 weeks of lost \u201cvery expensive\u201d sports programming? James\u2019 bold statement wasn\u2019t worth a soggy corn flake while the networks and systems pocketed subscribers\u2019 money in exchange for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Over the 40 years I\u2019ve covered TV, not one leading politician has fought for sports cable\/satellite consumers in what seems a populist issue. Perhaps that\u2019s because the cable and satellite lobby knows how to spread it around.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Reader Dennis Flatley, from San Luis Obispo, Calif.: \u201cAt least one thing hasn\u2019t changed about the formerly great <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of baseball: Half of the Dodgers\u2019 cardboard cutout fans are gone by the seventh inning.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Sports News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/08\/how-i-scored-a-big-laugh-from-the-great-pete-hamill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#How I scored a big laugh from the great Pete Hamill&#8221; The Post was founded in 1802 by Alexander Hamilton and in great part saved by Pete Hamill in 1993. 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