Talk:David Brinkley

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 20:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

The biography skipped the disastrous co-anchor assignment with Barbara Walters. (I don't know how to make that wiggly sign) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.35.46.16 (talk) 04:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

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While Brinkley was witty, he was hardly an entertainer. He was a journalist and reporter. His death should not be included with those of "entertainers who died in their 80's."

Why has nobody mentioned the Buffy reference yet?

Because it's completely trivial and hard to include in the article as it is. Zeppocity 15:59, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm quite certain that the closing music was not from the beginning of Beethoven's Ninth, but from the beginning of the Second Movement, with its distinctive "DUM dum, DUM dum, dum dum DUM dum" violin attack--it was so distinctive that my father, who directed the local news that followed Huntley-Brinkley on my home town's NBC affiliate for years, could hardly keep from saying "Stand by" every time I played the second movement. Honzie

It's the opening notes of the Second Movement of Beethoven's Ninth -- look it up on YouTube if you don't have access to a recording. (Subito Piano, June 5, 2011)

A whole day of Star Wars?

In 1977, Brinkley aledgedly spent a entire day at a movie theatre (maybe the Loews Astor Plaza in Times Square, New York City) to watch the original 1977 Star Wars over and over again.

If a cite can be found for this event, it could be added to the trivia section.

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BetacommandBot 11:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Christie?

Should the fact that he's Christie Brinkley's father be mentioned? Michael Hardy (talk) 18:07, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

What in the world does this paragraph mean?

I just read the following text (pasted verbatim from the current version of the David Brinkley page) and I'm totally baffled:

Another example of Brinkley's seething wryness was evinced on the third night of Chicago's infamous Democratic Convention of 1968. After continuous abuses made on the floor of the convention of NBC correspondents – namely, interference and shadowing of the media staff by supporters of Hubert Humphrey, presumably with connections to political boss Richard J. Daley – voiced a protest of Daley's behavior and his alleged interference with freedoms of the press following Senator Abraham Ribicoff's stormy nomination of George McGovern. Perhaps in reply to a control room for objectivity, referencing Daley's refusal to be interviewed by John Chancellor earlier in the evening, Brinkley can be heard over the McGovern demonstration to have scolded "Mayor Daley had his chance!"[4]

Can anyone translate this into English? Thuvan Dihn (talk) 20:55, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

THANK YOU Thuvan Dihn! I might do it myself but I am unfamiliar with the event and the wording is unintelligible. Somebody help here -- or should we just remove the paragraph entirely? It serves only to detract from the article. (Subito Piano, 6/5/2011)

Did he call Clinton a bore or a boor?

I know it was widely reported in the media at the time that on election night of 1996, Brinkley called President Cliton a "bore" (a dull person) but I have always believed that he said and meant to say "boor" (an uncultured person). In context, it makes a lot more sense to me. Is there any evidence on which word Brinkley intended? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.86.139.118 (talk) 06:31, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

David Brinkley & Christie Brinkley's Father

David Brinkley was not Christie Brinkley's father. His sons with his first wife are Alan, Joel, and John. He had a step-daughter, Alexis, through his second wife. MacLennan123Maclennan123 (talk) 01:21, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

What in the world does this paragraph mean?

If your computer has the command "Simple English," try translating the paragraph in question into that category. MacLennan123Maclennan123 (talk) 01:27, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

NPOV

In the following sentence, the adjective "unhappy" does not reflect a neutral point of view: "An unhappy Brinkley left NBC in 1981." MacLennan123Maclennan123 (talk) 21:40, 2 May 2012 (UTC)