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Curious...how far in advance do they have these retro pieces on dead celebs?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:48 am
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:48 am
Watching the Ali stuff on tv and reading on the web it's like they have had these death tributes in the hopper for years.
Does anyone know how far in advance they have these done?
What other celebs do you think the networks have the obit already written on?
I'll say Magic, Tyson, Jordan? Possibly Artie Lange? Ha
Does anyone know how far in advance they have these done?
What other celebs do you think the networks have the obit already written on?
I'll say Magic, Tyson, Jordan? Possibly Artie Lange? Ha
This post was edited on 6/4/16 at 10:50 am
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Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:50 am to oysterpoboy365
I used to work in media. About five years in advance on average. For big celebrities like Ali, more like a decade.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:51 am to genuineLSUtiger
Thanks. Any insight on the criteria of who gets one done that far out?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:53 am to oysterpoboy365
I thought this same thing last night. What a job to be the journalist that prepares for someone to die. Think they're excited when the time comes that their hard work is able to be shown?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:54 am to lsugrad35
Seriously it's very morbid. Just pretend if a close relative asked you to write their obitb before they die. Very creepy
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:56 am to oysterpoboy365
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Thanks. Any insight on the criteria of who gets one done that far out?
A guy like Ali or Prince. Someone like Screech from Saved By The Bell gets a quick on the spot write up. The lead singer of Creed somewhere in between those two categories. Hope that helps.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:04 am to genuineLSUtiger
So the networks look up when a famous person is going to die in their celebrity death almanac and then they just subtract 5 years to see when they should start working on the tribute? That's impressive. They'd be unstoppable in the annual tigerdroppings celebrity death pool
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:08 am to snake23
You don't seem to know what an average is.
Good luck in life.
Good luck in life.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:09 am to oysterpoboy365
30 Rock had a pretty good episode on this.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:21 am to oysterpoboy365
Here's a short discussion of it LINK
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:28 am to oysterpoboy365
The Saturday night live skit about Gerald Ford is hilarious.
Eta: Dana Carvey is funny
Eta: Dana Carvey is funny
This post was edited on 6/4/16 at 11:48 am
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:39 am to PepaSpray
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The Saturday night live skit about Gerald Ford is hilarious.
Probably my favorite one of all time. Gerald Ford dead today...
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:51 am to oysterpoboy365
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it's like they have had these death tributes in the hopper for years.
The piece on Keith Richards must a lot of dust on it.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:55 am to oysterpoboy365
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they have had these death tributes in the hopper for years.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:57 am to oysterpoboy365
I majored in mass Comm and concentrated in journalism at LSU.
One of my teachers was a former editor at the LA Times. This stuff is prepared far in advance. They just addin dates and a couple paragraphs at the top.
One of my teachers was a former editor at the LA Times. This stuff is prepared far in advance. They just addin dates and a couple paragraphs at the top.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 12:09 pm to SpiderY2Bannana
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One of my teachers was a former editor at the LA Times. This stuff is prepared far in advance. They just addin dates and a couple paragraphs at the top.
I'm also going to guess they take likelihood of death into account. Muhammed Ali was old for a boxer and had a serious illness. Wasn't that hard to know it was coming. Same for someone with a destructive lifestyle.
If it's an accidental death you'd need to throw something together quickly.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 12:12 pm to PepaSpray
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The Saturday night live skit about Gerald Ford is hilarious.
Jon Stewart did something along those lines when Lance Bass came out of the closet. He noted how fast every media outlet had an extremely gay picture ready to go. He said of was just like the celebrity death tributes. It was prepared in advance.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 12:41 pm to oysterpoboy365
They keep the clips in a file ready to go and a producer and editor throw them together with a talking head narrating a script so they seem fresh.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 12:57 pm to oysterpoboy365
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What other celebs do you think the networks have the obit already written on?
In all seriousness though, Eastwood has to be up there.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 1:03 pm to oysterpoboy365
Ali has been pretty sick for a while. It's not like you need Nostradamus running the sports department to figure out that an international icon like Ali might go soon so have some clips ready.
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