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A non-copyvio sound clip of MZ signoff would be a great addition to this article. Im sure permission from KTRK would be required. If someone from there is monitoring this page then please consider putting one up. His signature signoff is an iconic part of Houston. (ditto the slime in the ICE machine!) thanks, István 01:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately it looks as if most of MZ's Wikipedia entry was cut-and-pasted from his KTRK page. mrbill@mrbill.net 03:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
One of the hallmarks of Wikipedia is un-substantiated or incorrectly substantiated references and slapdash cut and paste / hit and run pages. Whoever cut and pasted this Wikipage from the KTRK page was oblivious to the fact that Zindler worked for Houston’s third newspaper, Scripps Howard’s “The Houston Press”. Zindler did not work for the weekly alternative owned by Village Voice Media and bearing the same “Houston Press” name. The newspaper was bought out by the Houston Chronicle in 1964. The weekly alternative did not start publication until decades later. The hyperlink connecting “Houston Press” to the weekly alternative’s page is misleading and of no logical use on this page. In fact, that page states, “The Houston Press is not to be confused with the newspaper of the same name that closed in 1964.”
The entry says: "In 1941, at the beginning of World War II, Marvin joined the Marines and later received an honorable discharge.
Marvin began his broadcasting career in 1943 as a part-time radio disc jockey while working for his family's clothing store which his father founded."
Is there a typo on one of the 1940's dates? Or did Marvin work in his family's store while he was a Marine during World War II? Or did he get an honorable discharge in the middle of World War II, after being in the military for only 2 years? Dbaldock 15:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
It's also a bit ridiculous to imply that WWII started in 1941. WWII started far earlier (some say it started right after WWI ended), so I edited the article to reflect this. 64.2.115.228 19:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Reply: In an article of the Houston Chronicle newspaper of July 30, 2007 on Marvin Zindler, it stated he joined the Marines in 1941, but received an honorable discharge the same year.
I think there is enough cited information about his brief attempt at politics to merit some rearrangement. Since quite a bit of his information was initially broadcast, how can we cite a television broadcast?-- Hourick 11:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
RIP Zindler, but there is nothing about him being Jewish on wikipedia. Not that I see. someone write something down please.
I think a brief summery of the amount of people went to the viewing and any dignitaries attending the memorial or funeral would be worth mentioning if anyone has this information. -- Hourick 02:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
In the article, there is a screencap of Marvin Zindler, doing a "commentary" on a 2005 "Eyewitness News" telecast. In this pic, it included a ticker about not using candles and avoiding opening the fridge. It also gave a time of "7:41", which would've been in the midst of ABC programming at the time. Was that pic during KTRK's Hurricane Rita coverage? If so, does anyone know what choice words Marvin had to say about it? -- azumanga 00:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Looks like you know who struck here. WAVY 10 21:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
How can the station go from "perennially" in third place to its "usual" spot at number 1 in the span of 1 sentence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.125.32.90 ( talk) 19:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
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Lived in Sharpstown early 70's and we loved seeing hearing him sign off. Sharpstown was a great place then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:AE80:8B89:6138:581:8E05:86E1 ( talk) 12:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
This section is written in such a way as to imply shock at the idea that a man whose father welcomed the patronage of African-Americans and despised the KKK would have considered himself to be a Republican. This demonstrates an ignorance of the Southern culture of that era, where a man of such principles would have had very little choice OTHER than to be a Republican. 2600:1004:B142:AFCB:0:9:482B:9A01 ( talk) 21:47, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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A non-copyvio sound clip of MZ signoff would be a great addition to this article. Im sure permission from KTRK would be required. If someone from there is monitoring this page then please consider putting one up. His signature signoff is an iconic part of Houston. (ditto the slime in the ICE machine!) thanks, István 01:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately it looks as if most of MZ's Wikipedia entry was cut-and-pasted from his KTRK page. mrbill@mrbill.net 03:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
One of the hallmarks of Wikipedia is un-substantiated or incorrectly substantiated references and slapdash cut and paste / hit and run pages. Whoever cut and pasted this Wikipage from the KTRK page was oblivious to the fact that Zindler worked for Houston’s third newspaper, Scripps Howard’s “The Houston Press”. Zindler did not work for the weekly alternative owned by Village Voice Media and bearing the same “Houston Press” name. The newspaper was bought out by the Houston Chronicle in 1964. The weekly alternative did not start publication until decades later. The hyperlink connecting “Houston Press” to the weekly alternative’s page is misleading and of no logical use on this page. In fact, that page states, “The Houston Press is not to be confused with the newspaper of the same name that closed in 1964.”
The entry says: "In 1941, at the beginning of World War II, Marvin joined the Marines and later received an honorable discharge.
Marvin began his broadcasting career in 1943 as a part-time radio disc jockey while working for his family's clothing store which his father founded."
Is there a typo on one of the 1940's dates? Or did Marvin work in his family's store while he was a Marine during World War II? Or did he get an honorable discharge in the middle of World War II, after being in the military for only 2 years? Dbaldock 15:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
It's also a bit ridiculous to imply that WWII started in 1941. WWII started far earlier (some say it started right after WWI ended), so I edited the article to reflect this. 64.2.115.228 19:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Reply: In an article of the Houston Chronicle newspaper of July 30, 2007 on Marvin Zindler, it stated he joined the Marines in 1941, but received an honorable discharge the same year.
I think there is enough cited information about his brief attempt at politics to merit some rearrangement. Since quite a bit of his information was initially broadcast, how can we cite a television broadcast?-- Hourick 11:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
RIP Zindler, but there is nothing about him being Jewish on wikipedia. Not that I see. someone write something down please.
I think a brief summery of the amount of people went to the viewing and any dignitaries attending the memorial or funeral would be worth mentioning if anyone has this information. -- Hourick 02:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
In the article, there is a screencap of Marvin Zindler, doing a "commentary" on a 2005 "Eyewitness News" telecast. In this pic, it included a ticker about not using candles and avoiding opening the fridge. It also gave a time of "7:41", which would've been in the midst of ABC programming at the time. Was that pic during KTRK's Hurricane Rita coverage? If so, does anyone know what choice words Marvin had to say about it? -- azumanga 00:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Looks like you know who struck here. WAVY 10 21:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
How can the station go from "perennially" in third place to its "usual" spot at number 1 in the span of 1 sentence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.125.32.90 ( talk) 19:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
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Press release about museum exhibit:
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Lived in Sharpstown early 70's and we loved seeing hearing him sign off. Sharpstown was a great place then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:AE80:8B89:6138:581:8E05:86E1 ( talk) 12:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
This section is written in such a way as to imply shock at the idea that a man whose father welcomed the patronage of African-Americans and despised the KKK would have considered himself to be a Republican. This demonstrates an ignorance of the Southern culture of that era, where a man of such principles would have had very little choice OTHER than to be a Republican. 2600:1004:B142:AFCB:0:9:482B:9A01 ( talk) 21:47, 25 February 2022 (UTC)