Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 65

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend from all of us here in Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness and the Teen Canteen. 

A Thanksgiving staple is on tap for our episode today...

The Swell Music Quiz (aka ‘Music with Turkeys’).

This one, from November 24, 1995. 

Mike Epstein is producing

We begin with a declaration from Norm and then it’s on to the game.

Ed Mullen in studio

Jack Harte in traffic drinking his ‘radiant roasted’ coffee

I’m on the phone, desperate and lonely on Thanksgiving Day.

My cousins, Taylor and Bianca, had the chicken pox.

I had never had them, so I stayed home.

Ed says hello to his wife, Patricia. Two years ago on this very program, Ed proposed.

On to the Quiz!

Catergories are:

Rock and Roll

Jazz/Big Band

Musical Comedy

And Christmas Music

Ed explains the rules…good thing because I still don’t understand them.

The prize is a poorly written, badly copied, though highly coveted, junky Certificate of Award.

We take 35 calls:

Fred from Medford

Sam in Newton

Bob in Waltham

Paul from Canton

Chuckles from Chelsea

Ronnie in PA

Tom from JP

Glen from Peabody

Chris in Lexington

Rick in Canton

Joe from Winthrop

Mike on a car phone

Craig in Newton

Scott from NY

Dave in Boston

Carlene from PA

Irene from Dayton, OH

Paul in Foxborough

There's a short traffic report with Jack with an Osco commercial

Dave in Leominster

Victor from Winthrop

Side B

Picks up with Victor’s call

Linda in Quincy

Louie from Lunenberg

Dave in CT

Dieter from MD and a SMQ scandal ensues

Lisa from Cortland, NY

Glenn in Fairbanks, AK and he’s listening to us!

Originally from Marlborough, MA

Has a 38’ antenna on his house. Norm asks to put his radio up to the phone and sure ‘nuff we hear ourselves!

Dave from E. Cambridge

Steve in Dedham

Lisa from Chelsea

Brian in Boston

Jim from Ithaca, NY

Mary in Peabody

Sarah from York, ME

Don in Billerica

And we close with Bob

Arthur Godfrey makes two appearances and waxes poetic that he smoked 72 packs of Chesterfield’s and that is why today, he’s dead.

We return after the news to give the answers to the unanswered questions along with learning that Norm owns the only house in Massachusetts where you need a front-end loader to get across the kitchen into the dining room.

Black Friday Traffic is discussed and I recommend a movie.

Ep 65 – The Swell Music Quiz dba ‘Music with Turkeys’ begins in a 1 a 2 a 1,2,3,4.

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