Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 93

The summertime is heating up with Episode 93 of Norm Nathan’s VoS.

The number may just match today’s temp here in some parts of MA. It’s a scorchah!

We have a DBG from July 2^nd, 1995 which is titled:

‘Raiders of the Lost Birthday Book’ because we begin with Norm not being able to find said book and a quest may be needed!

Was it just misplaced by Norm? Was it stolen by Sid Whittaker and WCCM? (a reference to some scandal back in Ep 91) Will Netflix buy the rights to this astonishing whodunnit?

Stay tuned!

Onward to the game:

Our 1st player is Stan Roberts, calling in from Buffalo. He worked with Norm back on WHDH from 1970-72.

They chat quite a bit before the game begins. Some WHDH history, station breaks, technology of the time, and how Norm got his overnight gig.

Stan notes that “In an age when machinery is replacing man, you replaced a machine.”

Wait until you hear Stan recall the great ad campaign for his show that was on a billboard along the SE Expressway.

And there’s talk of Stan’s career when he returned to Buffalo.

And now the other players:

Michael from PA

Tom in Cleveland

Robert in Framingham

Hope Schauer producing and playing in studio

And the wild, different and crazy Ken Newman in traffic.

Bdays:

Polly Holiday

John Sununu

Lucy Baines Johnson Turpin

Cheryl Ladd

Jimmy McNichol

And then it’s event time. And we get three!

What year did Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round the world flight at the equator?

What year did the Lawrence Welk Show premiere on ABC television?

And in what year was The U.S. Army Air Corp created?

The game is so exciting that it reminds Norm that just when he feels that he’s been in radio longer than he should be, nope. Not yet. This prompts a possible lead in the DBG Book theft!

We get the details on an old survey that Lawrence welk had taken where one of the questions was, “Larry, what do you think of violence?

It is revealed that Norm hosted a polka program which featured the one and only, Johnny Wilfahrt.

And post-game we get a few more minutes of conversation with Norm and Stan which takes us through to the end.

Ep 93, ‘Raiders of the Lost Birthday Book’ is comin’ atcha in 3, 2 and 1.