Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 85

Hola to Spain, yassou to Greece and tanks for hoppin’ on the jitney to the Bahamas! Those are the three new countries that have joined us in our quest to leave this world a little sillier than we’ve found it.

The Medley of Blame, Hate & Technical Difficulties is the title of this show as we withdraw from the Vault a DBG from May 4^th, 1996.

We begin with the technical difficulties or is it ‘operator error?’

Before the game begins Norm does an entertaining tap dance to fill the time while the issue is being worked on. However, due to the previous editing of the tape, it is not included here. But one can imagine…

Jack Harte gets on his soapbox to praise radio and in the end…all the problems are blamed on one of the players; Shirley.

Speaking of players…it’s a short list:

Shirley from Michigan

Margaret from Falling Waters, W. VA

Jack Harte

And Tom Howie producing and playing

They digress again before playing the game with Norm railing on about blame and hate and society crumbling. That troublemaker, Shirley, is asked for her opinion and doesn’t hold back!

The dregs of daytime TV talk at the time are mentioned as well.

Birthdays:

Pia Zadora and Norm sings a medley of her hits

Randy Travis aka Randy Bruce Traywick, aka Randy Ray – Norm gushes on about his love of Randy from his days as a dishwasher to country music stardom. Though there are some seedy details revealed so stay tuned!

Opera singer Roberta Peters

Jackie Jackson

Honsi Mubarak

Maynard Ferguson – and we just may get another medley from Norm.

Norm was going to be taking that Saturday night off (the lovely and talented Paul Sullivan was filling in), so he includes May 5^th birthdays too:

Annette Benning

Alice Faye

And Tammy Wynette

Other highlights include:

A moment of sensual delight, perspiration, a Lionel Barrymore cameo, and Norm telling us how he reflects on the show when he gets home. 

We close with an abbreviated caller talking about Big Bands, band leaders and black musicians.

Episode 85, The Medley of Blame, Hate & Technical Difficulties, begins now.