Bob Scherago:
So sad. Lou was a good friend! I had such good times traveling with Lou and Arnold Dean. I miss them both terribly.

Arnold D’Angelo, Jr.:
I remember those days very well.  Hope they are broadcasting a Hartford Knights game together again.

Bob Scherago:
I think of your dad often. Every time I have cocktail sauce I remember the times we’d be on the road together, order shrimp cocktails, and see which of us would outdo the other with the amount of horseradish we’d add. He and Lou were a great team, and I enjoyed those memories with the two of them perhaps more than any others.
 
Jim Thompson:
Sweet Lou...that fits so well. [Referring to ESPN Article] Any time I was scheduled to be the announcer on his show was a pleasure. May God watch over you and your family.

Sue Leroux:
I was at 'TIC from '72 to '74.
     When Lou Palmer came in to do the afternoon drive-time show, it made me happy because it meant my workday was winding down.
    He often stopped by Continuity to say hi, share a joke or opinion, and invariably looked out our window to the highway below to greet who he called, “My People.” 

Lou loved his commuters and they loved him.

He was a smart, personable guy I will remember fondly.

James Stewart:
Last evening my phone rang, a call from a good friend at ESPN alerting me that we had lost Lou.  As I wandered around trying to process this news I began thinking about all the work I shared with Lou, both at TIC TV and all of the work we shared during the first year at ESPN.  Lou, Seamus Malin and I traveled throughout the country doing all of the NCAA Soccer coverage each weekend in addition to many other events, such as basketball, field hockey and some college baseball.  Lou was an absolute pro and a delight to know.  God Bless You my friend.

Doug Webster:
Always remember Lou’s story of starting out doing TV for a very very small station somewhere in the Dakotas.  When doing the news, he sat in front of a venetian blind reading Lou Palmer News. In the commercial break after the news he would turn around, flip the slats to read Lou Palmer Sports...and continue. Ya can’t beat that first paying job. Great person and tru professional.

Charlotte & Herb Hankin:
I kept in touch with Lou via E-Mail since I live close by. I also worked with Lou on TV when he came to WTIC and also ESPN in the beginning. May you Rest In Peace, Lou. You will be missed. I hope to get information from the Funeral Home since I live right here in West Palm Beach.

Bob Scherago:
When Dick Bertel was doing a Saturday show he ran a short syndicated feature each week called "Ellery Queen," based on the original radio show of the same name. It was a disk, where the first cut narrated a mystery, and the second cut contained the solution. The first part would be a description of a crime, usually a murder. It would end with something like "we'll have the answer to this mystery after this commercial." The second cut would be something like "The murder was committed by Colonel Mustard, bludgeoning the victim with a lead pipe." Dick never listened to the disks beforehand.

Lou would be the announcer on duty, and I'd always play the ending for him. Later, Dick would introduce the feature, then Lou would read the commercial, after which Dick would ask Lou if he had any idea who the murder was. Lou would answer, "I believe the murder was committed by Colonel Mustard, bludgeoning the victim with a lead pipe." Then we'd play the answer.

Always good for a laugh.

Steve Cohen:  
As a summer tech in 1970, one of my recollections of Lou was that of a fine upstanding announcer.  One summer afternoon while engineering the "'TIC Afternoon Edition" with Lou, he was about to intro a cut from Ted Heath and his orchestra when a stunning brunette walked by the studio window which somewhat flustered him.  It definitely made the blooper reel and as I recall it went something like this:  "Here's Ted Heath and his Orchestra, a Blood, Sweat and T*** heyayaya… a Blood, Sweat, and TEARS hit of a few years back, 'Spinning Wheel'".  Lou's face, as I recall, was beet red at the faux pas and the rest of us were in stitches!  I don't think the brunette had any idea she was the cause of his distraction and subsequent blooper.

Dick Bertel:
I am so saddened to learn of the death of Lou Palmer.  Lou was not only a good friend but one of the finest announcers I've ever worked with.  What a talent he was.
In about 1972, when men's hair styles were getting longer, Lou decided to let the back of his hair very slightly overlap his collar.  It looked trendy, as I recall.  Pat saw Lou in the hall one day and told him to get it cut.  Lou refused and was suspended for five days.  It was only when the Hartford Courant got hold of the story and posted Lou's picture in the paper that Pat relented.
Thank you, Lou, for your friendship and the high standards you set for all of us.

Jeff Israel: (Click Here for Photo of Lou Palmer & Jeff Israel)
I met Lou when I joined TV in 1972 and heard he was on leave because management told him to cut his hair because it was too long. A collection was set up to help Lou and his cause.

In 1979 I reconnected with Lou when I joined ESPN. Great memories, in Spring Training at Dodger Town we had just finished interviewing Tommy Lasorda and Lou had been waving his hand in front of his face during the interview, Tommy asked Lou what he was doing, Lou said "these flies are awful down here", Tommy came back with “they must be after that dead banana of yours. I thought Lou was going to wet his pants.

I was on the road with Lou for three weeks in 1981 covering Charlie Hustle leading up to his record breaking hit number 4192 conquering one of baseball’s greatest records. The pictures below were taken at Pete’s house outside Cincinnati and overlooking Cincinnati.

OK one more… Lou was never one to pull punches. We were covering the U.S. tennis Open, and Jimmy Connors won. Lou asked him how he felt and Connors said, “Great, especially when everyone wrote me off. You wrote me off too.” Lou replied, “No. Not me. Frankly, I don’t like tennis enough to care one way or another.”