For Episode 43 here on Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness the label on the cassette reads June 22nd, 1996. Tom Howie is producing.
We had just moved into new studios at WBZ and let’s just say they were not ready for primetime but that’s what the overnight show is for, right? Pretty much a live, On-Air test study.
Let’s call this one the “Shhhh-ping Show!”
Stay tuned for the riveting explanation of that term and a deluge of technical silliness.
Norm was on the previous night filling in for Bob Raleigh and played a ‘rehearsal’ Dumb Birthday Game, but this night…well, it’s the first DBG in the new studios, on his OWN show!
We were all decked out in our uniforms to keep everything pristine and dust free. And the chapeau accoutrement is magnifique! Oui!
Westinghouse and CBS had just become the largest broadcast company in the world with a newly inked $3.9B deal.
Players:
Richard in Seaford, Delaware
Dorothy in Pleasantville, NY
Steve from Newton
Ethel in Portsmouth, NH
Bdays:
Meryl Streep
Ralph Waite
Ed Bradley – who’s earring leads to a painful revelation from Norm
Billy Wilder
Kris Kristofferson
Bill Blass
Lindsey Wagner
If you’re looking for wisdom from Norm’s Hungarian Gypsy Princess Grandmother…look no further!
Ever wonder what it would be like to have a talk show where you couldn’t put a caller on the air? Norm gives us a fine example.
Now let’s start this with a Question of the Day:
When did the box spring become a ‘foundation?’
Hola to Spain, yassou to Greece and tanks for hoppin’ on the jitney to the Bahamas! Those are the three new countries that have...
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