# Zoinks! Casey Kasem is missing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353 "2014-05-13T15:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/1 "2014-05-13T15:00:08Z")
[This is weird.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-concerned-over-missing-casey-kasem) Maybe the gang can help out in the investigation? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/2 "2014-05-13T15:09:35Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > [This is weird.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-concerned-over-missing-casey-kasem) > > Maybe the gang can help out in the investigation? That website seems to be down right now. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/3 "2014-05-13T15:17:19Z")
Let’s hope this thread doesn’t become another [solve a mystery](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722215) thread. And let’s hope Mr. Kasem is OK; I’m enjoying the old radio show playbacks they host on SiriusXM. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/4 "2014-05-13T15:54:18Z")
Very… Elronnish. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/5 "2014-05-13T15:56:51Z")
Ruh roh. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/6 "2014-05-13T15:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Craig Marcus, an attorney who appeared on Jean Kasem’s behalf at Monday’s hearing, said he did not know where the radio personality was but that he was “no longer in the United States.” > > “I have no idea where he is,” Marcus said. You have no idea where he is but you know where he is not? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/7 "2014-05-13T15:59:18Z")
According to CNN, it looks like he may have been kidnapped… by his wife. > [@](#): > > And Kerri Kasem says she believes her father’s wife “fled the country (or possibly went to an Indian Reservation) with my Dad because she knew I would win in court today,” she wrote on Facebook. The judge also ordered authorities to look for him. “Please pray that he is safe,” Kerri Kasem said. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/8 "2014-05-13T16:01:07Z")
Fans and critics agree that “Scooby-Doo and the Case of Spooky Elder Abuse” is the saddest episode of the series. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/9 "2014-05-13T16:11:53Z")
He’s hiking the Appalachian trail. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/10 "2014-05-13T16:13:46Z")
Did someone look under the couch cushions? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/11 "2014-05-13T16:37:47Z")
Is John on the phone? I want a god-damned concerted effort to not post this when we’re coming off a fucking up-tempo thread. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/12 "2014-05-13T16:45:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > You have no idea where he is but you know where he is not? :dubious: They’re looking for him, but they’re not looking for…not…him! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/13 "2014-05-13T17:22:35Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > You have no idea where he is but you know where he is not? :dubious: He’ll be in the last place they look - so it stands to reason they always know where he is not. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/14 "2014-05-13T17:24:11Z")
They should make a list of the top 40 places he might be. But wherever he’s at, he’s probably got his feet on the ground and is reaching for the stars. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/15 "2014-05-13T17:34:11Z")
> [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](#): > > Is John on the phone? > > I want a god-damned concerted effort to not post this when we’re coming off a fucking up-tempo thread. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/16 "2014-05-13T17:39:10Z")
> [@simster](#): > > He’ll be in the last place they look - so it stands to reason they always know where he is not. The last place they looked, he wasn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/17 "2014-05-13T17:40:30Z")
> [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](#): > > Is John on the phone? > > I want a god-damned concerted effort to not post this when we’re coming off a fucking up-tempo thread. > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Well done. Please to 'splain? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/18 "2014-05-13T17:44:49Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Please to 'splain? YouTube [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYK2H0ldbo). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/19 "2014-05-13T17:53:10Z")
Gracias. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353/20 "2014-05-13T18:00:35Z")
Wasn’t Jean Kasem the actress who played Nick Tortelli’s dim-witted wife on “Cheers”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zoinks-casey-kasem-is-missing/688353.md?page=2)