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[cartman]

Kevin, on 01 July 2009 - 06:45 PM, said:

That WA Today article said this year's Telethon will be his last

Really? I never thought he'd give up his duties as 'Mr Telethon'. It is only once a year after all...

[Kevin]

cartman, on 01 July 2009 - 06:52 PM, said:

Really? I never thought he'd give up his duties as 'Mr Telethon'. It is only once a year after all...

My thoughts too. They will have to drag him out for Telethon.

[trisreed]

Bloody encoder isn't working! Might not have the vid for a while Kev.
Its ripped off TV though so you are safe.

[Kevin]

trisreed, on 01 July 2009 - 06:58 PM, said:

Bloody encoder isn't working! Might not have the vid for a while Kev.
Its ripped off TV though so you are safe.

No rush, thanks for recording - appreciate it

[Kevin]

PerthNow said:

Newman said it is going to be hard sitting at home knowing he was not coming up at the end of the bulletin.

+ Jeff Newman resigns from television

[Kevin]

Typical PerthNow reporting though... "After forty years in television, the man labelled Mr Telethon signed off Channel Seven’s 6PM weather forecast for the last time today."

If he still has a month to go, how can it be his last time today?

[trisreed]

Kevin, on 01 July 2009 - 06:59 PM, said:

No rush, thanks for recording - appreciate it

Tried a completely different method and it seems to be working very quickly now!

[cartman]

I didn't know Jeff had won Logie awards...

[trisreed]

Probably the Local Logies from the 80's...

[trisreed]

Apologies in advance for the shit quality, recorded the SD stream in media centre which gives shit quality (usually do HD).

Edited by trisreed, 01 July 2009 - 08:16 PM.

[cartman]

trisreed, on 01 July 2009 - 07:56 PM, said:

Apologies in advance for the shit quality, recorded the SD stream in media centre which gives shit quality (usually do HD).

Why did you upload Rick Astley to your YouTube account?

[trisreed]

cartman, on 01 July 2009 - 08:05 PM, said:

Why did you upload Rick Astley to your YouTube account?

Well, now I have the highest quality rickroll on the internet Useful as the large download pisses off people twice as much.

Edited by trisreed, 01 July 2009 - 08:13 PM.

[Bergoine]

Kevin, on 01 July 2009 - 06:43 PM, said:

Agreed. He most certainly deserves a decent farewell. Unfortunately that isn't TVW's strong point but Jeff is deserving of one. Will be interesting to see how they do it - it's not unrealistic for them to give him his own show... possibly by dedicating TT to him on his last night - although hopefully they just do an extended TVW News and ditch TT for the night.

You just have to remember when Kevin Crease had to retire from NWS due to bad health he left on sad terms, so in this instance you'd think they want to make Jeff's send off huge while he is still able to enjoy it for many years to come.

[Kevin]

Thanks for the video. Some great footage there, although I do think it was poor form for them to include it in the opener like that

[Kevin]

Bergoine, on 01 July 2009 - 08:53 PM, said:

You just have to remember when Kevin Crease had to retire from NWS due to bad health he left on sad terms, so in this instance you'd think they want to make Jeff's send off huge while he is still able to enjoy it for many years to come.

Good point. Usually their careers end on sad terms, it's good to see someone leaving on good terms for a change.

[Mike]

I still think Jeff will appear at Telethons. It wouldn`t be the same otherwise!

[7perth]

Jeff will be sadly missed. This reminds me Mike Munro hosted This Is Your Life while on channel 9 and as he is on Channel 7 now hosting Sunday Night (will be back next year) he can always host This Is Your Life and do a thing on Jeff Newman.