# Carl Kasell, GET A GRIP! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859 "2003-07-16T12:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/1 "2003-07-16T12:24:06Z")
Poly-Grip, that is. The clicks, pops, and slobbers your loose dentures make during the news on Morning Edition are gross and have been gross for years. I surprised nobody has slipped you some Sea Bond and a subtle hint. Or maybe they have and subtlety doesn’t work on you–it doesn’t work on me, either. Either way, the time for subtlety is over. If I ever win your voice on my answering machine I will insist either you glue down your teeth better or Corey Flintoff does the recording. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/2 "2003-07-16T12:34:45Z")
I always thought it was Karl Castle. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/3 "2003-07-16T12:35:47Z")
And I think Flintoff would make a good television curse. > [@](#): > > **MAN ON TV:** Oh Flintoff.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/4 "2003-07-16T12:36:52Z")
Oh Flintoff. I screwed up the coding. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/5 "2003-07-16T12:47:21Z")
That’s the problem with radio–you don’t get to see their names and have to spend five minutes on the NPR website looking them up. Before the internet you couldn’t even do that–I wonder how some of these people get their fan mail if the letters are addressed phonetically. ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/6 "2003-07-16T13:01:42Z")
I humbly disagree. I love the dentures clicking and the newsreader baritone and all that. He’s comforting to listen to as I’m stuck in morning traffic. And BTW, WTF’s up with that freaky voice Diane Riehm has??? PS: 😉 Actually, I do know what’s up with it. No flames, please. PPS: Craig Wyndham could kick Flintoff’s ass any day. Ann Taylor could too. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/7 "2003-07-16T15:40:12Z")
Thank you, **dropzone** , that bothers me, too. I like his style and voice, but he’s certainly got the old codger sounds going on in the background. Of course, I think that of Cokie Roberts, too. She doesn’t have the clicking, but her voice is getting to sound very scratchy and “old broad-ish”. And while we’re on it, I can’t help but unconsciously plug my nose when I hear Joanne Silburner speak. I noticed during her story this morning on PBMs that I was doing the complete mouthbreathing routine. She’s _very_ nasally. Man, I love public radio! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/8 "2003-07-16T19:03:33Z")
This is one of the most peculiar flames I’ve ever read. I’ve listened to Kasell on NPR for years and have never noticed any noise of the kind. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/9 "2003-07-16T21:18:20Z")
You will now! :evil grin: It had stopped for a while but it was back in force this morning. Sounded like he had to keep pushing the top plate back with his tongue while he talked. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/10 "2003-07-16T21:24:35Z")
And what’s up with Daniel Pinkwater? Lately, he sounds like he’s belted down about six Old Fashioneds before going on the air. I thought he must be getting old, but surprisingly he’s only 62. He sounds at least 80. If he had a stroke or something, I take it all back. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/11 "2003-07-16T22:14:55Z")
Lord, I thought he was talking around a mouthful of marbles. He makes me cringe so bad I usually turn the volume down in the car so I can make out the words, but not the wet, slobbering sound of his mouth. Can you imagine having a meal with him? ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/12 "2003-07-17T04:21:33Z")
But I want Carl Kasell’s voice on my answering machine. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/13 "2003-07-17T15:23:49Z")
I’m with **Zette.** I thought it was the sound of his jowls bouncing around. BTW, it seems to me that every announcer on NPR has either a speech impediment or a foreign accent. Of course, some may view that as a good thing, commercial radio announcers’ accents being as annoying as they are. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/14 "2003-07-17T15:51:41Z")
My current fave is Daniel Shore. He sounds like he has the mumps. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/15 "2003-07-17T16:28:32Z")
Tell you who is and will always be great, though: Sylvia Poggioli. She isn’t a news reader, but whenever I hear her, I feel like all is right in the world. And clickety as he is, I **still** want Carl Kasell’s voice on my answering machine, anyway. So dignified and distinguished. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/16 "2003-07-17T16:30:07Z")
Oh! And _ **Nina Totenberg** _ just gives me the chills … ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/17 "2003-07-17T17:25:08Z")
Meeee-chelle Norris. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/18 "2003-07-17T17:25:51Z")
The correct spelling is “Carl Kasell”, at least that’s how it’s spelled on my official “Carl Kasell, International News Man of Mystery” car air freshener. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/19 "2003-07-17T17:32:44Z")
Whoops, I was thinking of Daniel Schorr, not Pinkwater. Mr. Schorr is 87 years old, so I guess he has a legitimate excuse. “Thish… izh Daniel Schorr” > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hyperelastic \* > \*\*And what’s up with Daniel Pinkwater? Lately, he sounds like he’s belted down about six Old Fashioneds before going on the air. > > I thought he must be getting old, but surprisingly he’s only 62. He sounds at least 80. > > If he had a stroke or something, I take it all back. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859/20 "2003-07-17T17:33:45Z")
I have a big voice-crush on the Indian chic whose name I will not even attempt to spell. Pure butter! Help me out here, people. What’s her name, and does she like goofy-lookin’ white boys? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-kasell-get-a-grip/188859.md?page=2)