On Monday’s “Howard Stern Show” on Sirius XM, Stern paid tribute to the late Wink Martindale. Martindale was a regular on the show and announced prize giveaways.
Stern praised Martindale’s voice, saying, “He had a beautiful voice until the end,” while recalling watching “Tic-Tac-Dough” as a child.
Stern added, “I do want to personally thank Wink. That guy was 91 years old delivering like that.”
He shared a message from Martindale’s manager that read, “Wink’s first love was radio, Howard, when he started as a DJ, and you gave him an opportunity to end where it all started. He truly loved radio, and he went out as a regular on the biggest show on radio.”
Here is the video from the tribute segment.
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Howard was not a kid when Wink hosted the revival of Tic-Tac-Dough. He may have watched it as a kid with a different host, but he didn’t watch Wink on the show until 1978 when Howard was 24 years old.
Howard lies!