'River City Weekly' examines Chamberlain

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Former Kansas University basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain is the subject of this week's "River City Weekly" encore show.

The show features Bill Mayer, sports columnist for the Journal-World; Jerry Waugh, Chamberlain's assistant coach at KU; Maurice King, Chamberlain's teammate at KU; and Max Falkenstien, former "Voice of the Jayhawks."

"River City Weekly," with host Greg Hurd, premieres on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays with replays at 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mondays, and 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

"River City Weekly" also can be viewed anytime on Sunflower on Demand.

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JayCeph (anonymous) says...

I hope they delve into his acting career... namely his stint as warrior giant in Conan the Destroyer. What a top-notch movie!

Pretty crappy in all actuality but a fun show to watch nonetheless.

November 29, 2006 at 9:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

I_was_here (anonymous) says...

that was one of my favorite movies as a kid! I never even thought of that being "the Stilt!"

"I thought you were going to hurt the girl." Where was Bambarta when CJ had his little episode in the towers?

November 29, 2006 at 12:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

JayCeph (anonymous) says...

He was saving the rest of the world from Grace Jones.

November 30, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )