A fourth Bill O'Mara Bobble Head doll has been added to the collection at our radio station.
For those who don't know who Mr. O'Mara is, he's been a TV and radio sportscaster since the late 1930's. Best known during the heyday of professional hydroplane racing, he was the first person to provide play-by-play coverage of a hydroplane race, and covered the SeaFair races in Seattle for KING-TV for years. It's his voice you hear behind any clips of the infamous flip of the Slo-Mo hydroplane. For the past 15 years or so, he has been sports director for our radio station. He's 88 years old now, and the general manager and I give him a hard time during the morning news block each weekday. These days, Mr. O'Mara's sports picks are dubious - we jokingly say that he couldn't pick a Toyota hatchback from a lot full of Cadillac Sevilles.
For a few years, we were joking on the air about getting some Bill O'Mara bobble head dolls made. This year, we found out just how expensive such a venture would be. So, we opted for the "low-tech" approach - take some snaps of Bill's head, then scotch tape them onto existing bobble head dolls. The collection grows as we get new dolls, and we've got four so far. Bill loves the doll idea, and hams it up in front of the camera each time we get a new doll for the collection (note: he wears a different hat each time).
If you'd like to download your own copy of the four dolls, you can get the picture here.
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