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Title: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 06:08:38 PM
I see bob's name has been removed from the bio list at weather.com. I guess that means he's gone? Anyone know the circumstances?
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 14, 2008, 06:09:21 PM
I wonder why he left all of a sudden?

I saw him on First Outlook last week
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Gil on February 14, 2008, 06:09:43 PM
I never liked him...
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 06:10:16 PM
I dunno. I hope he wasn't fired. Whatever happened I hope that, at the very least it was his own choice.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Gil on February 14, 2008, 06:11:22 PM
I don't know why he would be fired. Then again, TWC isn't so good these days.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 06:12:22 PM
LOL, if you recall TWC has quite a track record when it comes to firing people for no good reason.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Gil on February 14, 2008, 06:13:50 PM
Yeah, their management isn't good.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 14, 2008, 06:16:42 PM
Maybe TWC temporarily removed Bob's bio?
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 06:17:14 PM
Don't know why they'd do that. I don't think I've ever seen it happen before... :unsure:
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 14, 2008, 06:18:46 PM
Is Bob Stokes in the OCM list in WSikipedia?
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Alejandro on February 14, 2008, 06:21:48 PM
Is Bob Stokes in the OCM list in WSikipedia?

yes vic i just checked and he is
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 06:22:56 PM
That doesn't make any difference anyway because no one would update that until its known for sure that Bob is gone.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 14, 2008, 06:43:21 PM
Maybe someone should email TWC and ask why he left?
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 06:58:57 PM
We don't know if he did or not Vic.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Al on February 14, 2008, 07:02:32 PM
typically it would take them a year to take off an OCM who left TWC, or was fired. (of course I'm exaggerating)
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: wxmancanada on February 14, 2008, 07:15:14 PM
Yeah, their management isn't good.
I don't know how you have that judgement, when I left Atlanta to come up here for family I was promised a job when I came back..  <_<
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Spring Rubber on February 14, 2008, 07:51:08 PM
This is yet another crying shame. Bob was freaking awesome, especially when he worked with Dave, Mark, or Ray. I'm really going to miss him. :(
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 14, 2008, 08:08:21 PM
This is yet another crying shame. Bob was freaking awesome, especially when he worked with Dave, Mark, or Ray. I'm really going to miss him. :(

I couldn't agree more.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Logica on February 16, 2008, 10:04:15 PM
Let's wait and see about where he is or his whereabouts.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Spring Rubber on February 17, 2008, 01:24:57 AM
How about taking a little trip down memory lane with some pictures of Bob on the Weather Channel...

(http://b.imagehost.org/t/0110/Bob1.jpg) (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0110/Bob1.png) (http://b.imagehost.org/t/0110/Bob2.jpg) (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0110/Bob2.png) (http://b.imagehost.org/t/0110/Bob3.jpg) (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0110/Bob3.png) (http://b.imagehost.org/t/0110/Bob4.jpg) (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0110/Bob4.png) (http://b.imagehost.org/t/0110/DaveBob1.jpg) (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0110/DaveBob1.png) (http://b.imagehost.org/t/0110/DaveBob2.jpg) (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0110/DaveBob2.png)

That picture with Bob and Lisa Mozer is actually from 1997. I didn't realize he's been around that long! Courtesy goes to Shaun for the video that came from.

Hopefully I'll be able to find some more pics soon.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: beanboy89 on February 17, 2008, 01:49:31 AM
Bob's one of the OCMs I remember while watching TWC in the mid-to-late 1990s...

Here are what screens I've got of Bob:

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9449/bob1yb9.th.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bob1yb9.jpg)  (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1466/bob2be9.th.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bob2be9.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1134/bob8he7.th.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bob8he7.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9540/bob5ue7.th.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bob5ue7.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7131/bob4aj8.th.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bob4aj8.jpg)


If Bob is indeed gone from TWC, and he left on good terms, maybe he'll be in the same boat as Warren Madden and appear as a freelance OCM.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Spring Rubber on February 17, 2008, 02:32:59 AM
If Bob is indeed gone from TWC, and he left on good terms, maybe he'll be in the same boat as Warren Madden and appear as a freelance OCM.

I really hope so, but Warren only did what he did because he has time to do so with his current line of employment. Bob, in all likelihood, would seek another full-time job, but here's hoping he comes back to our living rooms/kitchens/bedrooms someday soon. :P

BTW, why can't any former TWC OCMs ever seem to come to Chicago these days?
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 17, 2008, 10:10:23 AM
the last clip was hliarious! :lol:

dave and bob were best!
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Spring Rubber on February 18, 2008, 04:57:40 AM
Bob is definitely gone. Eboni Deon is doing First Outlook this morning. Monday was always Bob's spot, never Eboni's. They have no one else to fill his spot, apparently.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Mike M on February 18, 2008, 10:48:19 AM
He better not have been fired because of his comedy.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 18, 2008, 10:53:49 AM
Its a shame taht bob is gone. IMO, he and Dave were the best pairing. The two of them togetehr were always a hoot.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: beanboy89 on February 18, 2008, 10:57:27 AM
He better not have been fired because of his comedy.
I highly doubt it. If that were the case, Dave would've been gone ages ago.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 18, 2008, 11:17:24 AM
So Bob was fired/
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: lfmusiclover on February 18, 2008, 11:19:58 AM
I don't think we actually know for sure if he was fired or if he left of his own free will.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 18, 2008, 11:22:06 AM
Well i hope TWC makes some dort of announcement
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Mike M on February 18, 2008, 11:47:32 AM
Well i hope TWC makes some dort of announcement
Doubt it. I've never heard of TWC making an announcement of an OCM departure. :no:
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Localonthe8s on February 18, 2008, 11:49:14 AM
The only time they was to Johmn Hope cause he died
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: wxmediafan on February 18, 2008, 11:55:58 AM
The only time they was to Johmn Hope cause he died
Probably because he didn't really get "fired" or leave on "his own terms"  :whistling:

I also remember Paul Emmick saying good bye when he left earlier this decade.
Title: Re: Bob Stokes
Post by: Al on February 18, 2008, 12:00:52 PM
I've noticed that OCMs that leave by free will, their names are erased off of weather.com ASAP, a perfect example? Sarah Libby, and a few others who left freely.

speaking of which, I found this funny blooper of her: http://mikerose.vox.com/library/posts/tags/weather/