COLDER AIR RETURNS.
HIGHS ON CHRISTMAS DAY RIGHT
AROUND
43.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS NEXT
STORY IS POSSIBLE.
HE'S ONLY 44 YEARS OLD BUT HE'S
FINISHING UP 45 YEARS IN
BROADCASTING.
TODAY ROB ROBLIN IS PUTTING THE
MIKE DOWN AND RETIRING.
I'M GOING ON THE HONEST CAN
WITH YOU.
NONE OF US LIKE IT.
WE DO NOT LIKE IT BUT WE DO
NAINT.
ROB WAS COVERED THOUSANDS OF
STORIES OVER THE YEARS, SERIOUS,
SUNNY, WEATHER STORIES, YOU NAME
IT HE'S COVERED IT.
HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF AN
ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN TV NEWS.
THIS IS WHAT THE NEWS OPEN
FIRST LOOKED LIKE WHEN ROB
ROBLIN WAS BACK MERE IN THE
1970'S.
HE'S BEEN HIRED HERE FIVE TIMES,
THE LAST TIME FOR 24 YEARS.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WBAL
WITHOUT ROB ROBLIN.
HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE HIS HAIR
WAS RED, NOT PLATINUM.
HE'S REPORTED THOUSANDS OF
STORIES.
HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORS.
I'M HERE!
YOU CAN SEE HOW STRONG THE
WIND'S BLOWING.
THE WATER, WHEN IT HITS YOU IN
THE FACE, IT JUST STINGS.
NOT JUST THE WATER.
ALSO THE SAND.
WHERE ARE YOU, CHARLIE?
COME HERE, CHARLIE.
HEY, CHARLIE!
OH, THERE YOU ARE.
THIS IS THE BAYSIDE BEACH.
THE WIND'S RIGHT IN MY FACE.
STEVE'S BEEN HERE 16 YEARS.
I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE WIND
IS.
I HAVE NO IDEA BUT IT'S STARTING
TO STING.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECIDED
TO STAY HERE, A DECISION HAD
ALREADY BEEN MADE.
IT'S PRACTICALLY TOO LATE TO
LEAVE OCEAN CITY AT THIS POINT.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START
THE RABBIT?
IT'S A RAT.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
HOW ARE YOU, MA'AM?
VERY WELL.
THOSE WHO COME TO MARIETTA
SAY THERE'S NOTHING BETTER.
YOU'RE A GOOD BOY.
GO AHEAD, POP, ZOOM IN AND GET
THIS HANDSOME FACE.
LET THEM SEE A REAL GOOD LOOKING
GUY IN OLD CHARLIE HERE.
IN ONE OF THE WORST CRIMES THIS
REPORTER HAS EVER SEEN, SOMEONE
STOLE FROSTY'S ARMS AND ALL
FROSTY WANTS ARE HIS ARMS BACK.
♪
COME ABOARD ♪
WE'RE EXPECTING YOU ♪
IT'S AT VALENTINE'S DAY
CRUISE.
I DECIDED TO LEAVE THE WIFE IN
THE -- BRING THE WIFE
ALONG.
YOU LOOK STUPID.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS
ANYMORE.
WHOOPS.
IT WAS TIME TO GET A NEW HAT.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE.
IT'S TIME TO GET ON THE DINGY
AND HEAD HOME.
IT'S BULL RIDING TIME.
EITHER YOU LEARN OR YOU DON'T.
IT'S REAL EASY IN BULL RIDING.
THOSE WHO HAVE IT AND THOSE WHO
DON'T.
THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR GAVE
ME MY LINE OF DIALOGUE FOR THE
SHOW.
LIEUTENANT, IT GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT?
HE TOLD ME TO PRACTICE, SO I
PRACTICED.
LIEUTENANT, ARE THEY GOING TO
BE SFLRT
JOE THOUGHT THE GIRLS WERE
GETTING A BAD WRAP, SO HE CAME
UP WITH THIS.
THE GIRLS OF DID YOU KNOW
DOCK'S
CALENDAR.
IF THIS WORKS OUT, MAYBE I COULD
GET INTO THIS CALENDAR BUSINESS.
I SHOW JOE SHOTS FROM MY
PORTFOLIO TO SEE IF I COULD
SPARK SOME INTEREST FOR THE
FOLLOW-UP CALENDAR.
YOU LOOK LIKE -- I WOULDN'T
KNOW BY THE WAY YOU DRESS.
YOU COVER IT WELL.
IT STARTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
IT WAS PLUNGE AFTER PLUNGE INTO
THE ICY WATERS OF THE
CHESAPEAKE.
A COMMITMENT OF $125,000 FOR THE
SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
THAT'S WHAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN
WERE FREEZING FOR.
SAFETY IS FIRST.
FOR ME, AFTER THE FOURTH PLUNGE,
THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
ROB, YOU HAD BASIC BEGINNINGS
OF HYPOTHERMIA.
THAT'S WHEN THE DEEP CORE OF THE
BODY STARTS COOLING.
♪ HERE'S A STORY ABOUT A MAN
NAMED ROB KNOWN AROUND THE BLOCK
AS A GENUINE SLOP.
THEN HE DECIDED HE WOULD BE COOL
AND BUY HIMSELF A MINIATURE
POOL.
♪
ROB DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLASS
FOR THIS.
HOW DOES -- WHO DOES HE THINK
HE IS?
LET THEM SAY AND DO AS THEY
PLEASE.
THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
AND THE FACT IS, I'M THE ONE
GETTING A HOT TUB, I'M THE ONE
GOING CALIFORNIA, I'M THE COOL
ONE.
HA-HA-HA.
EVERYONE COMES OUT FOR THE
PARADE.
FOLKS WILL TELL YOU THEIR 4TH OF
JULY PARADE IS SECOND TO NONE.
PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
GET A GOOD SEAT.
14 DAYS BEFORE THE PARADE AND
PEOPLE HERE ARE ALREADY STAKING
OUT THEIR TERRITORY.
CHAIRS ARE BEGINNING TO LINE
BOTH SIDES OF THE PARADE ROUTE.
I GOT TO ADMIT, THIS IS A
GOOD SPOT.
GOOD PLACE TO WATCH THE PARADE
FROM.
HEY, ROB!
GET OUT OF MY CHAIR!
MAN, THEY ARE PICKY ABOUT
THEIR CHAIRS HERE.
SORRY.
WE COULD GO ON AND ON BUT
PERHAPS ROBBY SAID IT BEST.
FORGET IT!
I'M GOING!
I'M OUTA HERE!
GOOD-BYE!
YOU ARE A CLASSIC AND ALL OF
US WILL MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU
WOULD KNOW.
THIS WAS A TOUGH JOB,
PILGRIM, BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO DO
IT.
ROB ROBLIN, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS.
SOMEBODY DID HAVE TO DO IT
AND HERE HE IS!
MAN!
THE LEGEND.
IT'S NO MYTH.
WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.
HOW LUCKY.
HOW LUCKY WE ALL ARE TO DO THIS.
YEAH.
AND I JUST WANT TO START OFF
BY SAYING THANKS TO EVERYBODY.
ESPECIALLY HERE AT WBAL-TV.
I'M SITTING RIGHT NOW TWO OF THE
BEST ANCHORS EVER TO DO THIS JOB
WITH ONE OF THE BEST AND THE
BEST, IN MY OPINION,
METEOROLOGISTS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
I LOOK AT TV STATION AND THE
YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, IT'S IN
WONDERFUL HANDS.
I'M GOING TO WALK AWAY.
IT'S TIME FOR ME TO WALK AWAY
AND I WANT TO WATCH THE YOUNG
PEOPLE DO THEIR THINGS.
I WANT TO WATCH THEM STAND OUT
IN THE SNOW AND GET SNOWED ON.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
BALTIMORE.
THEY LOVE YOU.
THEY 4R06 YOU.
I PANICKED THIS MORNING.
I WEAR IT ABOUT ONCE A WEEK.
RIGHT.
AND THIS TIE IS A MARYLAND
TIE.
AND I WEAR IT ONCE A WEEK.
IT'S GOT MARYLAND DOWN THERE AND
IT REALLY REPRESENTS ME.
YEAH.
IN A LOT OF WAYS.
SOMEBODY GAVE IT TO YOU,
RIGHT?
YEAH.
FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A
FIREFIGHTER.
I AM EXTREMELY PREJUDICE TO
FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS.
I THINK THEY'RE SOME OF THE
GREATEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
YEAH.
THIS IS SPECIAL TO ME.
VERY NICE.
I WEAR IT EVERYWHERE I GO AND
I SAY I LIVE IN MARYLAND,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, MAN, LET ME
TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
I'M SO PROUD TO BE HERE.
THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO GOOD TO
ME.
THERE'S COACH TOM, COACH HERMAN.
YES, YES.
COACH BLIE.
YOU JUST GO ON AND ON.
I'M JUST LUCKY.
I AM BLESSED AND I AM SO
GRATEFUL AND THIS COMES NOT FROM
ME.
FROM MY ENTIRE FAMILY, FROM MY
CHILDREN AND MY GRAND CHILDREN.
YOU HELPED RAISE MY FAMILY.
I TOLD ONE YOUNG REPORTER -- AND
I'LL LET YOU GO -- YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BE SMART IN BALTIMORE,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD
LOOKING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
TALENTED.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE IS LAUGH AT
YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO BE REAL.
AND IF YOU CAN'T TAKE IT.
IF YOU CAN'T TAKE SOME HONEST
CRITICISM, YOU BETTER PACK UP
AND LEAVE MARYLAND.
BUT IF YOU WILL DO THOSE THINGS
AND BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF,
THEY WILL LOVE YOU, THEY WILL
CARE FOR YOU, THEY WILL MAKE
SOMETHING OUT OF YOU.
IF THEY CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT
OF ME, THEY CAN MAKE SOMETHING
OUT OF ANYONE.
YOU TOLD ME EARLIER THIS
WEEK, YOU SAID I -- BAYS ASKED
YOU.
HAVE PEOPLE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE STORIES THEY'VE SEEN ON THE
AIR THIS WEEK.
YOU SAID I CAN'T BELIEVE SO MANY
PEOPLE WATCH THAT STUFF.
ONLY YOU DIDN'T USE THAT NICE A
WORD.
OH, NO, NOT ME.
BEFORE I GO, FOR THE LAST 24
YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KEN
BROWN SR. MPLET
YOUR PARTNER.
HE'S MY PARTNER AND KENNY,
FINALLY, HE CAN GET SOME RELIEF
FOR HIS BACK, HE'S BEEN CARRYING
ME FOR 24 YEARS.
GETS TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT.
HE'S THE BEST.
MICHELLE, ALSO.
SHE'S OUR BOSS.
SHE'S OUR BOSS AND TOM AND I
WERE TALKING ABOUT, I SHOULD NOT
BE SITTING HERE, THE HEALTH
PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD.
I'VE BEEN SO LUCKY BECAUSE OF
THE GREAT WORK BY THE MEDICAL
PEOPLE HERE IN MARYLAND.
EVERY TIME, MICHELLE WAS THERE
AND FOR MY FAMILY.
SHE'D TAKE -- SAY YOU TAKE CARE
OF MY FAMILY.
THIS IS WHAT WBAL IS FOR ME.
THIS IS MY BROTHER, MY SISTER, I
KNOW, AND WE'VE ALL WATCHED EACH
OTHER AND WE'VE ALL HELPED EACH
OTHER AND I'M JUST
LUCKY.
OK.
ONE LAST QUESTION.
IT GOING TO BE THE LINCOLN OR
THE CADDIE?
CADILLAC.
CADILLAC ALL THE WAY?
I'M GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY ♪
ARETHA.
SAY GOOD-BYE.
LOVE YOU, MAN.
YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE WORKED
ALONGSIDE YOU.
STAY WITH US.
11 NEWS AT 6:00 IS STRAIGHT
AHEAD.
THANK YOU.
LOVE YOU!
WE LOVE YOU!