# Best goodbye by an anchor or host

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504 "2015-04-12T18:24:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504/21 "2015-04-14T16:50:07Z")

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> [@TommyTutone](#):
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> No Bud Dwyer yet? He went out with a bang.

While memorable, he was neither an anchor nor a host.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504/22 "2015-04-15T00:46:19Z")

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[Keep fucking that chicken](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7XbukdoGmM).

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504/23 "2015-04-15T20:20:04Z")

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The final episode of Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford in 2000, and Regis’ own farewell in 2011.

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**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504/24 "2015-04-16T08:37:41Z")

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Sal Marchiano. ESPN Sportscenter ,  
“Happiness is Bristol in my rear-view mirror.”

It wasn’t supposed to be his final moments at ESPN, He was going to leave Sportscenter, but stay on the network as a boxing commentator and analyst, but it led to him being fired,

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**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504/25 "2015-04-18T03:46:07Z")

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> [@TommyTutone](#):
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> No Bud Dwyer yet? He went out with a bang.

His headstone in Blooming Valley, PA is a keystone. At this time of year, I’m sure, the daffodils are lovely.

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-goodbye-by-an-anchor-or-host/717504/26 "2015-04-18T12:18:51Z")

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[Charles Kuralt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrGHFA-Miqs).

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