R.I.P. Tom Snyder, Unlikely Punk Benefactor
From a Plasmatics performance ending with an exploded television to the the first American television appearances of U2 and “Weird Al” Yankovic, you could count on Snyder to have someone interesting on nearly every night. What other network television show before or since would feature a roundtable discussion on the state of music with guests Robert Hilburn, Kim Fowley, Paul Weller and Joan Jett? Thanks for the images, Tom, as they flew through the air.
Legendary Newsman Tom Snyder Dead [Fox 11 Los Angeles]