There's a movement afoot to get Pete Parisi a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. The online petition currently has 57 signers. The late Parisi was the mastermind behind World Wide Magazine, a public access TV program that ran for 15 years. We ran an article about the show written by Brent Feeney, a regular cast member, back in March of 2002.
Posted under People by Brian Marston on Sun., Aug 5, 2007 at 12:28 PM
How many signatures does it take?
Would he be the most "underground" person on the walk? After the forever indie Phyllis Diller that is.
[Posted by Gabe on Mon., Aug 6, 2007 at 12:41 AM]There's not a set number of signatures, but the more WWM fans we can get, the more convincing the case I can make. I posted a bunch of clips on YouTube a while back and got a great response. This is a good next step.
Check up at http://wwm.diabetoboy.com for updates.
[Posted by Jim on Mon., Aug 6, 2007 at 4:41 PM]Just discovered that social activist and writer Michael Harrington grew up in Skinker-Debaliviere and was even baptized at St. Roch's.
Harrington's work in the 1950's was hugely important to the creation of the Great Society program. He was a giant in the area of anti-poverty work.
Nothing should happen on that walk of fame until there's a big fat plaque in honor of Mr. Harrington.
[Posted by Warren Rosenblum on Sat., Aug 25, 2007 at 12:35 PM]Member of the STL Syndicate
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