# Dr. George Fishbeck... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-george-fishbeck/497351 "2009-05-22T23:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-george-fishbeck/497351/1 "2009-05-22T23:10:20Z")
… is still alive, as far as I know. But I came across this [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YY8slevwg) from 1980. Not the best weather segment, as he was at his best when he was really geeking out over the weather. But still, it was fun to see him in his bow-tie being excited about the weather. Added bonus in this video: ‘Now with Low-Tech!’ B&W infrared satellite photos, a rotating weather board instead of a big blue screen (IIRC, they used blue screens at the time), and weather maps that look like they came straight off the fax (which is how they were delivered when my dad was a Flight Service Specialist). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-george-fishbeck/497351/2 "2009-05-22T23:41:05Z")
Og, that takes me back. You feel sure that if he took those glasses off, his nose and mustache would come with them… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-george-fishbeck/497351/3 "2009-05-22T23:44:14Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Og, that takes me back. And there was the late Jerry Dunphy too. ‘From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California, a good evening.’ ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-george-fishbeck/497351/4 "2009-05-23T04:34:24Z")
And whatever happened to Christine Lund? She was the archetypal blonde lipgloss airhead reporter. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-george-fishbeck/497351/5 "2009-05-23T07:23:30Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > And whatever happened to Christine Lund? She was the archetypal blonde lipgloss airhead reporter. > **[Christine Lund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Lund)** > > Christine Lund, also known as Christine Lundstedt (born November 25, 1943, in Sweden) is a former popular Los Angeles news anchor for KABC-TV from the early 1970s to the late 1990s and consistently garnered high ratings. > Born in Sweden and raised in Chicago, Lund began her broadcasting career where she briefly worked at WLXT-TV in Aurora as the station's news director. In 1970, she joined ABC owned-and-operated station KGO-TV in San Francisco as a reporter. Later, Lund moved south to Los Angel... > [@](#): > > Lund currently runs a small general store in Baranof Warm Springs, Alaska. She’s the only resident who lives there year round.