Flat Transfer
Terry Kath
Providing DR numbers for the EK 34188, DIDP 20006
Posts: 484
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Post by Flat Transfer on Mar 10, 2018 21:17:16 GMT
It is a pity those links end at page 4. 5-9 might of helped solved the riddle. Other than the alleged photo I see no evidence at all to his existence. It appears "Rock On" did not exist at that time or even if it did it was so small scale it would not have attracted the free tickets and endless drinks Hoofer claims. I really want to see that photo of "John" I might email claus and see if he has it. From old-friends.co/class.php?s=16111&c=1970 - has anyone contacted any of Hoofer's old pals to ask about "John" or what STeVe actually was like back then? I have spent way too much time in the past researching this, and I have never found anything that pointed to John Oteri being a real person. The remaining pages of that thread did not have a lot of information, mostly just goofiness. I have a vague memory of seeing that picture on Claus' site when it was still up, but it obviously left no impression. Remember, it was a SHite who just guessed it was Oteri, no actually involved said it was. There was, however, a pic posted by SH once with one person on it which he claimed was John Oteri in the 70's. A Mexican looking dude. However, when downloading that, you'd see the filename of the pic was "eric" or something like that. A brief summary about Hoffman's sockpuppet activity here: microdynamiks.blogspot.nl/2015/08/chapter-6-steve-hoffman-his-imaginary.html
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Mar 11, 2018 0:27:55 GMT
So are we saying that John Oteri was Hoofer? I came to pretty similar conclusions to you, and also puzzled by that Claus post (I think I mentioned it in another thread). Did someone mention (or did I imagine) that Claus may have been referring to something similar to Oteri's avatar? No record of Rock On magazine having existed (unless Hoof got the name wrong), and no record of John Oteri (but that's already been covered) anywhere. The thing I found hardest to swallow was the idea of someone with two avatards / profiles posting one within moments of another. However, I know that people do get sucked into doing this kind of crazy shit online. I remember this woman telling me she had a male avatard and her ex boyfriend had a number of sock puppets, and they were basically snooping on one another. If Hoffman = Oteri then Hoffman = one big personality disorder. Was Oteri supposed to be a friend from another school or the same one as Hoofa? Even "John Oteri" mentions Rock On magazine, so there's no chance Guff got the name wrong. I'd chalk it up to blatant lying.
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Post by aaa-appreciator on Mar 11, 2018 1:09:58 GMT
Someone needs to open up an account over there as John and start poating “memries” of all that crazy analogue ventures they had.
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Post by thisonehurts on Mar 11, 2018 9:52:48 GMT
Mark Yandle could settle this right away. Particularly as he still appears to be living in 1969.
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Post by graucho on Mar 11, 2018 11:36:30 GMT
Even "John Oteri" mentions Rock On magazine, so there's no chance Guff got the name wrong. I'd chalk it up to blatant lying. Here's a very self aggrandising post from Steve. As well as a having world famous golden ears, he was a 'teen journalist' in the 1970s, in case you didn't know! (his time frame looks way off.) This gave him access to TV stations that others didn't get. In the late 1970s he was a 'long haired kid' who wowed local Fargo station with his presence. He makes out that late '70s-early 80s he was at college. At NBC Washington He was as commanding as the president had been (the thread that this comes from was started by Steve, with a youtube vid of the first colour video footage - president Eisenhour 1958, and here he an analogy between himself and the president himself). I think it could be very groovy to get in contact with Mark Yandle, and maybe create a new John Oteri account at SHF Let me tell you something. When my buddy and I hitchhiked to Fargo/Moorhead back in the late 1970's (he had a girlfriend there) I called up the local ABC TV station and asked for a tour. They said no dice until I told them I was from Los Angeles and then they just opened up the door! They didn't expect this long-haired kid though! It was a great little studio and I enjoyed hanging out there. The techs asked me what it was like in Los Angeles where the stations stayed on ALL NIGHT and didn't sign off. Heh. What I didn't tell the guys is that I would have been happy at a studio in a small market any old time.
The thing is, growing up here, most kids back then (or now) have never seen the inside of a TV station or Radio station (nor did they really want to). I did. When I was on BOZO THE CLOWN at the age of 6 and found myself on the "take" end of a TV camera (with them big hot lights shining down, even though we were outside) I was hooked.
My friend John Oteri and I worked on the high school paper and therefore had a legit reason to beg entrance to the holiest of holies, the inside of a broadcasting building. In those days you could just call up the Newsroom and the on-air talent like Jerry Dunphy, Clete Roberts or George Putnam would answer the phone. It was freaky! We wrote many great articles on what we saw at CBS, NBC, ABC, KTLA 5 (where our Forum buddy Steve D. used to work), KCOP, etc. We concentrated on the news operations for the most part but got to see everything (like Master Control, etc.) because I asked if we could (just like President Dwight Eisenhower asked to see the master control rooms at NBC in Washington on his visit in 1958).
CBS/KNXT on Sunset was a great place, it housed the radio, TV and Columbia/Epic Records studios all in one place. We saw a lot there. When I was hanging out there (thanks, Mom for the lift) the front of the building was glass and you could peak in and see them broadcasting. That ended when someone shot a bullet into the place..
Without a doubt the neatest place was NBC "Color City" in Burbank, built in 1954-55. For us teen journalists in the 1970's it was easy access. (They let us in any time we wanted). I got to see those big color cameras work the HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, News, etc. shows any time I wanted, just as long as we didn't bother anyone. We got to see the dressing rooms, walk around inside and peak in everywhere. As I've written a bunch of times here, I was amazed to see that they were still using the old 21" monitors from the 1950's in Master Control and on all the sets. This was like 1975 or so... I guess when something worked it worked. In 1980 (because I asked an old-timer who worked there) they showed me the old manual switching room that was about a mile long. It was still there but automatic computer switching (between commercials, air, etc.) was in place. I bet that great old console is gone now..
I remember in college my buddy was a page at NBC so in the late 1970's and early 1980's I saw the TONIGHT SHOW a zillion times live. Got to walk past the bar behind the stage right into the complex. I loved that stuff...
Forum member Steve D. has some great stories of working in LA Broadcasting. He told me that Stan Chambers (local Channel 5 legend) was "fire chasing" with Steve and the broadcast truck the "KTLA Telemobile!") and Steve would haul out that giant RCA TK-41 camera to do the remote in color with the fire raging right behind them. They had to haul butt out of there with their tail weighed down with that enormous camera that he carried in and out by hand.
Them were the days!
Steve D., if you're reading this, check out this link:
http://www.ejoboffice.com/video/GEPdDwozZOQ
A bunch of KTLA 5 News intros down through the years with shots of the Telemobile. Bring back memories of heavy lifting!
Back to reality...
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Post by hugofuguzev on Mar 11, 2018 11:50:33 GMT
Let's not forget about "AudioGirl" either, another one of Steve's nom de plumes...
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Mar 11, 2018 13:57:39 GMT
Let's not forget about "AudioGirl" either, another one of Steve's nom de plumes... STeVE was sure into autofelatio with his AudioGirl persona. Here's a typical poat of "hers": No one knows more about the Beatles history and timeline than Steven. He's just trying to keep the thread going, not asking a question he needs an answer to . If he has an actual question about the Beatles it would involve something about the brand of guitar strings that John Lennon used in 1964 vs. 1968. He doesn't need a lecture. Think about this. STeVE got indignant because some random SHite didn't bow down and accept his word as Gospel. He then told the guy off via a sockpuppet account. What a pathetic little man Hoffman is. Karla and the kids really have bragging rights that piece of work.
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Post by graucho on Mar 11, 2018 20:37:15 GMT
Steve's flirting with himself here? Who does this shit?
Audiogirl:
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Mar 11, 2018 21:35:18 GMT
Steve's flirting with himself here? Who does this shit? Audiogirl: Wow, he's really playing a character there, totally unlike his actual self. Pretending to be a woman and pretending to be employed.
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Post by hugofuguzev on Mar 12, 2018 5:14:19 GMT
I think at first Steve wanted everybody to think "AudioGirl" was his wife's user account or something along those lines, until he gave the game away by poating too much like himself in the AudioGirl poats...the same thing that happened with the late unlamented John Oteri of course. People got wise, but again, none of the SHiTEs had the balls to call him out on it.
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Post by audiobile on Mar 6, 2019 13:47:10 GMT
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Post by essayceedee on Mar 6, 2019 14:49:41 GMT
That's the real John Oteri who was a camera operator on Seinfeld and memorialized at the end of an episode that year. Our STeVE probably saw that, stole the dead guy's name, and created a whole backstory for him.
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Post by audiobile on Mar 6, 2019 17:02:23 GMT
I stumbled on that a couple of days ago. Wasn't sure if it was a clue, or if I was clueless. Apparently it's the latter. As you were.
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Post by Brick Wall on Mar 6, 2019 20:09:14 GMT
I'm with Ess Ay. Realizing over time just what a sick cunt Hooofman in fact is, he probably read the article and invented himself an instant childhood buddy. It fits the shitbag's modus operandi perfectly of dead men tell no tales. He uses it with his imaginary lunch dates all the time. The people mentioned are all deceased and can't refute anything.
I suspect Hooofbag was an extremely spoiled little brat. Daddy bought him this, Mommy bought him that. His focus has always been on possessions or "things", rather than people. That's why he can tell you which model radio was in Mommy's no-doubt luxury car in 1961. With the twisted, passive-aggressive, narcissistic behavior constantly on display, how many real friends do you think the asshole had or has? Exactly. So what do you do? You make them up. Say hello to John Oteri, Audio Girl and who the fuck knows who else. If he wasn't such a sick fuck, it would almost be sad. Thankfully it isn't. Fuck you, Hooofman, you piece of shit.
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Post by Aural Relations on Mar 6, 2019 20:44:06 GMT
I'm surprised Hoofie didn't just pretend to know the Seinfeld cameraman -- could've waxed lyrical about all the times he was snuck on set.
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