Lloyd Lindsay Young, known as "Double L" (born September 4, 1941) is an American weather reporter who gained notoriety for his over-the-top delivery and antics. He is the father of former

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weatherman George Lindsay Young, with whom he worked for several years in New York. Young grew up in

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. He attended

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Eric Johnson
"Hellooo Bay Area – The Weatherman: LLoyd Lindsay Young"
''Alive'', March 6, 2013. and has been in the broadcasting business since 1962, when he started at

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radio station KWAK AM 970. He spent three years at

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, channel 14 in

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, leaving in late 1980, then was at

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in San Francisco from 1981 to 1983. He also spent twelve years at

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, channel 9 in

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,Andrea Kannappell
"'Hellooooo' and, Maybe, Goodbye"
''

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'', June 4, 1995. through October 1, 1995. In his ascendancy, he was seen on

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, and heard on KNAK,

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; his break came when the San Francisco station's news manager heard him when on a skiing vacation in Sun Valley in the 1970s. Starting in 1996, while living and working in Bakersfield, Young was also a weatherman on KGO 810 radio out of San Francisco on the afternoon drive-time newscast; he added the morning drive-time slot in 2009, replacing the retired Leo Ciolino. On December 1, 2011, KGO fired Young as well as many talk-show hosts. Young was the television weatherman at

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in Bakersfield, California until September 2008. He was replaced by former KERO weatherman

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. Between 2012 and 2016, Young was heard on KKSF-AM in San Francisco. He was let go in July 2016 after KKSF-AM became an

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station. His trademark intro is "Hellooooo (insert city name)",John Carman
"Bring Back That Old Time Weather"
''San Francisco Chronicle'', May 24, 1995. which he started doing in Idaho. He is also known for his outrageous weather pointers, including icicles, mannequin legs, and a six-foot model of the

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with attached

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. His wild weather routine has earned him guest spots on '' Geraldo'' and ''

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''. Young had cameo appearances in the films ''

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'' and ''

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''. Young also introduced

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in his stand-up special '' What Am I Doing In New Jersey?'' It is Young who says "it's a trip, it's got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it" in the

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song " B-Boy Bouillabaisse" (in the " Mike on the Mic" segment) from the 1989 album ''

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''. According to author Dan LeRoy in his book on ''Paul's Boutique'', the group commissioned Young to appear on the album when they became a fan of his work on WWOR. The introduction to their song " Hello Brooklyn" may have also been influenced by Young's trademark calls. Also, Young's voice saying "bug out to it" can be heard in a sample (at 1:11) in the Beastie Boys song "

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" on their 1998 album ''

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''. The line can also be heard in the introduction to the video remix version of Do Me! by

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References

External links

Lloyd Lindsay Young's bio on KKSF website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Lloyd Lindsay 1941 births Living people Television personalities from Los Angeles American television weather presenters People from Bakersfield, California Radio personalities from San Francisco