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Remembering Robb Webb, longtime voice of 60 Minutes
Robb Webb s voice is familiar to longtime viewers of 60 Minutes. He was associated with the broadcast for two decades. 2021 Feb 05
The name Robb Webb might not be familiar to 60 Minutes viewers, but his voice almost certainly is.
Beginning in the mid-1990s, Robb Webb s warm baritone voice greeted 60 Minutes viewers to inform them what to tune in for on our Sunday evening broadcast. Webb was the distinguished voice of 60 Minutes and the CBS Evening News during a long and storied career as a voice artist.
Nelson Robinette Robb Webb died this week in New York City, from complications related to COVID-19. A native of Whitesburg, Kentucky, Webb was 82 years old.
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LARRY SUMMERS op-ed about the Biden stimulus bill that we flagged this morning has set the left wonkosphere on fire. Summers is warning that $1.9 trillion in new spending would amount to three times what is needed to fill in the hole in the economy, and could lead to an overheated economy and financial instability before next year’s midterms. And, more important to progressives, make it difficult to pass President
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Fishing With John only ever had six episodes, and they average about 25 minutes apiece; you can watch the whole thing in less time than
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In his new HBO program Painting with John, John Lurie wants you to know that he knows the comparisons to Bob Ross are inevitable, but he s there to quickly subvert them. None of the trees in my paintings are happy, he tells viewers as he dabs his paintbrush on to a watercolor palette. They re all miserable.
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