Quotes About Countdown

Countdown came about at a time when we'd just had our first baby, and, if I'm entirely honest, it looked like an income - a salary - something I'd never had before.

On 'American Top 40' the Kasem voice soared and swooped, like an expert aural acrobat, through promos, jingles and dedications, usually rising to a dramatic peak for the top-selling song of the week.

I essentially grew up listening to Radio 1, the chart show in particular. It was a routine, as for many young people. Every Sunday, I waited patiently to be told who was on top.

FIFTEEN MINUTES later

Blondie pressed the gun into him even harder. "I'm gonna count to one," the man said into his ear. "Just one.

One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none.

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.

Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine. Nine

Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine.

One little soldier boy left all alone." How did it end? Oh, yes! "He got married and then there were none.

If I were doing a real rock show, slapping the phone book in time to the music, grooving with the songs, then it would matter to know how I felt about what I was playing. You can't fake it in that situation. But I'm just counting them down as they appear on the chart, 1 through 40. What really matters is what I say between the songs.

Sometimes I get mad when I think that I only have maybe 40 or 50 more springs in New York. When I miss one, 'cause I'm on location for a film, I wanna go, 'That's it, that just cost me one of my 50!'

In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

Someone asked me when is my birthday?The poet inside me replied, "My birthday is on the last day of the year, It's 31st December my dear!

I just looked at the calendar and realized- my days are numbered

You only have till Friday," Yoko pointed out. That

Once you've been taken, you usually have twenty-four hours left to live.

Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.

Allison began broadcasting the countdown. Richard Feynman, a future Nobel laureate who had entered physics as an adolescent via radio tinkering, tinkered the radio to life. Men began moving into position. "We were told to lie down on the sand," Teller protests, "turn our faces away from the blast, and bury our heads in our arms. No one complied. We were determined to look the beast in the eye.

Twelve minutes. I can give you that.

They're trying to beat out this movie, the Ring, which is a similar idea. Our movie is about a website you visit and die in three days. Their movie is about a videotape you watch - and die in three days.

As a kid at the World's Fair in 1965, I missed seeing the big global population clock roll over from 2,999,999,999 to 3 billion - I was really disappointed.

Your days in power are numbered because the deepest forces of the universe are on the side of the oppressed, the underdog, and the powerless

What are you smiling about? And five! And four! chanted Meade. Nothing much. After we get to Titan we might— The blast cut off her words; the Stone trembled and threw herself outward bound, toward Saturn.