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Jack Horkheimer, 'The Star Hustler,' Dies At 72

Posted by Soulskill on from the keep-looking-up dept.

krswan writes "I'll bet many readers had their interest in astronomy fanned by Jack Horkheimer through his long running 'Star Hustler' (later changed to 'Star Gazer') program on PBS. His joy and enthusiasm for basic naked-eye astronomy was contagious, and more than once got me in big trouble as a kid for sneaking outside when his show ended at 12:05am, trying to find whatever he was presenting that week. Horkheimer passed away on Friday. There's a nice story at Sky and Telescope, including the epitaph he already wrote for himself: 'Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition // I can do little else in my present position.'"

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  1. Program names by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

    I once had a program called "Penthouse Stars" but later had to change it to "Gazing at Stars from your top-floor apartment".

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    1. Re:Program names by JustOK · · Score: 1, Funny

      Bet you had some wonderful spreads. Plus, the forum would have been interesting: Dear Penthouse Stars Forum; Today I met a beautiful woman with 3.14 vaginas.

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    2. Re:Program names by nacturation · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, there was a sweet full-color poster of Cassiopeia, and there was a really hot shot of the Gemini twins... quite the thing to behold. We also catered to the women too: the stars below Orion's belt were quite popular.

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    3. Re:Program names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      We also catered to the women too: the stars below Orion's belt were quite popular.

      I admit the dude's well-hung, but the glowing rash is a turn-off.

  2. Re:Good man - poor epitaph by interval1066 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your right. If it read "wife" I'd have been a little confused as well. He always struck me as a bit of a flamer. Very nice- I loved his show, but he just seemed like he would have responded if some one yelled "Mary!" on the set.

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