Comments on: Hal Fishman ~ RIP

By: arturo

arturo — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:57:31 +0000

Kent Brockman looks like Jerry Dunphy but his style is a bit more Hal Fishman… anyway they were both great broadcasters.

Hal was a huge Iraq war supporter, but to his credit he seemed to have jumped off the bandwagon relatively quickly.

By: Hadley

Hadley — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:30:18 +0000

Pour out a little Cactus Cooler for Hal tonight, Los Angeles!

Thanks Paulag, most of the contributers at Los Angeles TACO are actual Southern Californians who grew up watching Hal and will miss him.

My brother and I used to call him Lou Reed when we were kids. Then one day, we were eating lunch and in walks Lou Reed to the restaurant, I hit my brother and yelled, “Dude, Hal Fishman is here!”

By: Colinski

Colinski — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:14:45 +0000

I always think of Kent Brockman as being more like Jerry Dunphy, although I guess both newscasters served as partial model for his character. Regardless, Hal will be missed.

By: paulag

paulag — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:34:49 +0000

I am so glad i bumped into your site, i was at laist.com and los anjealous and they have yet to put something on hal’s death and look at you, you even put the simpsons pic of Hal.
He will be missed, he’s L.A. as it can be.

By: Hadley

Hadley — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:45:08 +0000

Thanks for the memories, Hal. You’ll be missed!

By: 455ER

455ER — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:39:16 +0000

R.I.P.Hal Fishman…