Marvin Zindler, the Houston television legend, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 85. He was best known for his white wig, blue-tinted glasses, his trademark sign-off from his KTRK stories ("MAAAAAR-VIN ZINDLER, EYE-WITNESS NEWS!"), and his rat an roach report ("There's SLIME in the ice machine!"). He came to prominence in 1973 when he broadcast a series of stories that led to the closing of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, which served as the basis for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas musical and later movie. A less-known fact is that he twirled the baton for the Rice University Marching Owl Band back in 1973. I remember seeing Zindler's rat and roach report on the evening news shortly after I came to Houston in 1992 and wondering what kind of place Houston was to have that sort of guy on TV. RIP, Marvin.
Monday, July 30, 2007
RIP, Marvin Zindler
Marvin Zindler, the Houston television legend, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 85. He was best known for his white wig, blue-tinted glasses, his trademark sign-off from his KTRK stories ("MAAAAAR-VIN ZINDLER, EYE-WITNESS NEWS!"), and his rat an roach report ("There's SLIME in the ice machine!"). He came to prominence in 1973 when he broadcast a series of stories that led to the closing of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, which served as the basis for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas musical and later movie. A less-known fact is that he twirled the baton for the Rice University Marching Owl Band back in 1973. I remember seeing Zindler's rat and roach report on the evening news shortly after I came to Houston in 1992 and wondering what kind of place Houston was to have that sort of guy on TV. RIP, Marvin.
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