He joined the Mets in 1962, their first season, to do both radio and television broadcasting, and, for what seems like forever, with a hiatus or two, he has hosted a post-game show called "Kiner's Korner," which is as raffish as always but which, sadly, no longer features Kiner pouring a glass of Rheingold Extra Dry beer.
This year, he hosted a post-Oscar party at Avalon, in Hollywood, where the set list included covers of the Cars, the Rolling Stones, Jimmy Eat World, as well as some originals ("Cream," "7") and semi-originals ("The Glamorous Life," "Jungle Love").
The organization I head, America's Voice, hosted a post-election conference call to hear from a bipartisan panel of political pros as they analyzed what happened in Florida.
He brought the LA orchestra to play in Helsinki, and I hosted a post-concert dinner for the entire LA Phil (including accompanying spouses and partners), and invited Finnish classical musicians to join in a summer outdoor meal.
Over at Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, rapper Puff Daddy hosted a post-fight party and performed hits such as "It's All About the Benjamins" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" along with his new single "Finna Get Loose".
The Post Office could host a "Post Bank", a people's bank that is trusted, local, solvent and innovative in ways that the big banks can't be bothered to develop in their retail branches.
Fleming also hosts a post, originally written for and unprinted by the Scotsman, in which comedian Bob Slayer lays out, in pretty galling detail, just where all the money goes.
Dr. Drew Pinsky will host a post-show discussion to be shown on MTV.com.
Finally, we'll be offering a little help to those of you who want to host a post-conference Happy Hour or Mixer.
Pepcom has unjustifiably come down on me and my company (CNET Networks) like a ton of bricks for doing something as simple as hosting a post-event gathering after one of their events.
