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Archae

(46,301 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:08 PM Nov 2020

Latest "celebrity" to abandon Twitter and run to Parler...

John Tesh.

I know, I know, "Who's John Tesh?"

John Tesh Jumps on Parler Bandwagon by Declaring He's Leaving Twitter, Users Wonder Who He Is

Musician, radio host and presenter John Tesh became a trending topic on Twitter today after he announced his departure from the platform in favor of Parler, a social network favored by conservatives and right-wing personalities.

https://www.newsweek.com/john-tesh-joins-parler-leaves-twitter-trends-viciousness-censorship-1547659

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Latest "celebrity" to abandon Twitter and run to Parler... (Original Post) Archae Nov 2020 OP
Thank you, Mr. Tesh, but this isn't an airport gratuitous Nov 2020 #1
Oooh- that is a very good line. 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #6
Swiped from my wife's quilting group gratuitous Nov 2020 #7
Not even the Airport Lounge... dchill Nov 2020 #8
Another Great just like Chachi and Victoria Jackson Tribetime Nov 2020 #2
Who did he used to be? Refresh my memory. brush Nov 2020 #11
Celebrity gossip show co-host with a less visible gig as a lounge singer JHB Nov 2020 #31
Oh, man I'm so gonna miss that guy! Not sure WHAT I'd do if he stopped Tweeting ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #3
But....will they still play his music in elevators? Nevilledog Nov 2020 #41
lol.. I remember John Tesh.."favored" by Cha Nov 2020 #4
Well the MAGA-Utopia will apparently feature his easy listening piano music Shermann Nov 2020 #5
What will we do with out his smooth air piano licks?? Docreed2003 Nov 2020 #9
And your music sucks too. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #10
Actually his instrumentals weren't bad, but they were boring. Archae Nov 2020 #38
But it was badly boring. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #39
I'm old enough to know who John Tesh is but still not care. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #12
I always get John Tesh and the Tosh.O guy mixed up..LOL LeftInTX Nov 2020 #13
I somewhat resent that you have reminded me of John Tesh...but it is my own fault really, (sigh) Thomas Hurt Nov 2020 #14
His new album "John Tesh Live From Four Seasons Total Landscaping" rocks Blue Owl Nov 2020 #15
LOL! lunatica Nov 2020 #25
John Tesh - the Zamfir of Yannis! hatrack Nov 2020 #16
"Zamfir of Yannis" LearnedHand Nov 2020 #27
Wasn't he accused of doing unseemly thingss with children? fierywoman Nov 2020 #17
No, that was the guy from Seventh Heaven coti Nov 2020 #36
If you're out in the boonies here in Wis. the only radio you can pull in, in the afternoon... Ellipsis Nov 2020 #18
Oh gawd!! Hasn't anything changed in 40 years?? LeftInTX Nov 2020 #20
Not as much polka music on Sundays... Ellipsis Nov 2020 #23
Oh. H2O Man Nov 2020 #19
Is he still around? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #21
All your data belong to us. Parler vous? C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #22
Forgotten but not gone central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #24
Good one! lunatica Nov 2020 #26
He was the voice of Tour de France in the 80s LearnedHand Nov 2020 #28
He also always covered Women's Olympic Gymnastics despite having no background for it. Reader Rabbit Nov 2020 #30
I forgot about that LearnedHand Nov 2020 #32
The Tour coverage on network tv in the 80's was epic. miyazaki Nov 2020 #37
Bye bye IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #29
Well, now they've got their elevator music needs covered pecosbob Nov 2020 #33
Holy crap essme Nov 2020 #34
"How can everybody miss you if you won't leave?" struggle4progress Nov 2020 #35
Maybe he will take others with him rockfordfile Nov 2020 #40

JHB

(37,157 posts)
31. Celebrity gossip show co-host with a less visible gig as a lounge singer
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 09:06 PM
Nov 2020

What was it? Entertainment Tonight? Access Hollywood? Don't remember and ain't gonna look it up.

Apparently also was big enough in certain circles to have a music career that most Americans didn't notice, like a second- or third-tier David Hasselhoff.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
3. Oh, man I'm so gonna miss that guy! Not sure WHAT I'd do if he stopped Tweeting ...
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:12 PM
Nov 2020

Be all broken up inside

Shermann

(7,399 posts)
5. Well the MAGA-Utopia will apparently feature his easy listening piano music
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:13 PM
Nov 2020

That sweetens the pot a little but I'm going to employ some self-restraint.

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,599 posts)
12. I'm old enough to know who John Tesh is but still not care.
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:25 PM
Nov 2020

I'm just asking the question we all probably are asking: how does this affect Mary Hart?

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
18. If you're out in the boonies here in Wis. the only radio you can pull in, in the afternoon...
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:41 PM
Nov 2020

is often John Tesh.

It's understandable.


LeftInTX

(25,150 posts)
20. Oh gawd!! Hasn't anything changed in 40 years??
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:44 PM
Nov 2020

I moved from Wisconsin 40 years ago. Rural radio stations sucked.

Reader Rabbit

(2,624 posts)
30. He also always covered Women's Olympic Gymnastics despite having no background for it.
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 09:01 PM
Nov 2020

I never understood what that was about. It creeped TF outta me.

LearnedHand

(3,387 posts)
32. I forgot about that
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 09:07 PM
Nov 2020

He was quite good with the Tour de France and I was sorry when he left and Phil Liggett (sp?) replaced him. But that was way back pre-world-knows-bland-John-Tesh days.

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