Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Episode 176. That's the spirit. And what do we have here today? A dumb birthday game from February 12, 1996, the title of which shall be black silk. Norm lijes, our players. I'm on the phone from home. Mike Epstein producing and playing in studio and asking a question to Norm for clarification on a discussion. Norm. Jackhead, just you wait. Ken Newman in traffic or not. Arlene from Philly. Russ working at the Ottawa International Airport in Canada, and the purring gene from Hyde park. The birthdays. Joe Garrigiola, Arlen Spector, Bill Russell, Judy Bloom, Arsenio Hall, Joanna Kearns and Franco Zepharelli. We also are blessed with two historical events. In what year did George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue premiere in New York? And in what year did the first round the world automobile race begin in New York? Oh, and that's right. Dead birthdays. Abe Lincoln. We are also treated to a commercial read from Norm for the Vermont Teddy Bear company. This is another classic. End. So you may participate at home and yell out, that's the spirit. I will pause after I mention the episode number. Ready?
Episode 176.
Excellent black silk, Norm lijes slinks its way to your ears now.
[00:01:31] Speaker B: Tony Nesbitt, I'm so glad you're with us, Tony.
[00:01:33] Speaker C: Oh, thank you for that lovely introduction, normally person.
[00:01:38] Speaker B: And to have you on the program makes it even more lovely. Thank you so. Oh, thank you. We also, of course, we have Mike Epstein, who's producing this very same program.
[00:01:50] Speaker D: Yes, I am.
[00:01:50] Speaker B: You can tell by the pace the program is going in. And Mike will be a member of the panel as well.
[00:01:57] Speaker D: Yes, it will. And before we get underway, if you don't mind.
[00:02:00] Speaker B: I don't know.
[00:02:01] Speaker D: I wasn't listening Friday night. I happened to sleep Friday.
[00:02:04] Speaker B: Oh, jeez.
[00:02:05] Speaker D: I know. Forgive me, forgive me. But I don't know if you and Jack Hart were talking about what, you lounge around or something like that. Do you remember anything about that?
[00:02:16] Speaker B: Yes, we do. As a matter of fact, Jack Hart at that moment, or at least talked about his jammies. He wears jammies with feet and the hatch in the back and that knitted little cap when he goes to bed. So we were just pointing out the fact that women who had some kind of a fantasy thing about Jack Hart ought to know that that's the way he looks a lot of the time.
[00:02:38] Speaker D: And how did you describe how you look when you lounge around? Do you remember?
[00:02:43] Speaker B: Yes, I do remember.
A black silk neglige, I think I was saying.
[00:02:50] Speaker D: That might explain this. I had this left for me at the desk, as you know, during the course of the night, we talk with some of the callers. We just sit there and chat for a few minutes while they're waiting to go on. One of them is Mary, in puberty. And Mary left this at the desk for me and said, give this to Norm. I think he'll appreciate.
[00:03:09] Speaker B: Oh, really?
[00:03:10] Speaker D: This will work much better on television, obviously, but okay.
[00:03:14] Speaker B: Are you excited about this, Tony? I am.
[00:03:17] Speaker D: I have no idea.
[00:03:18] Speaker C: Whatever it is, I can't wait to.
[00:03:19] Speaker E: See you in it.
[00:03:20] Speaker B: Okay, well, let's see. There's a card that comes along with this. It's a very nice rural card of a barn and a house that looks a lot like my own courier. And I.
Here's a little something to add to your collection. Love, kisses, Mary. And.
I'm sorry. What is that?
[00:03:40] Speaker C: An inflatable doll.
[00:03:41] Speaker B: What was.
Oh, look at this. It's the tissue paper. You can hear the tissue paper and inside.
[00:03:49] Speaker D: Is that what I think it is?
[00:03:51] Speaker B: It's what I described. It's a black.
Oh, God.
What do you call that?
[00:04:02] Speaker D: I guess it's a 90 of 190.
[00:04:04] Speaker B: Or a teddy. Could be a teddy, I suppose.
[00:04:06] Speaker C: Or a baby doll. They call them baby dolls.
[00:04:08] Speaker B: Certain ones, it could be. Let's see if there's a name on here. I just saw a tag. Where did I see?
[00:04:15] Speaker C: Nathans of Hollywood.
[00:04:17] Speaker B: Yeah, that's right. Oh, Fredericks of Hollywood. Fredericks of Hollywood is where it came from.
[00:04:23] Speaker C: Is it crotchless?
[00:04:24] Speaker B: Is it one of those? No, it's not topless. It has crotchless. Oh, crotchless. No, it's not that.
It's like a little small slip. I know there must be names for this, but I don't know this stuff.
[00:04:40] Speaker D: I don't usually wear those things, so.
[00:04:42] Speaker B: I couldn't really tell you. Exactly.
That shows you. Before you go on there and start joking to 38 states, think a little bit about what you're talking. That's pretty great.
[00:04:52] Speaker C: Make sure you wear that next week.
[00:04:55] Speaker B: Where would I wear this?
I'll tell you the truth. I happen to be such a manly guy that this doesn't bother me because I know my machismo pride expression shows through no matter what I'm wearing.
That'll teach Raleigh for taking the night off.
And let's bring in a swab, debonair kind of guy. A man from the WBC 24 hours network service, which is a service we give our listeners because we're that kind of people. Is Ken newman. Hello, Ken.
[00:05:37] Speaker C: He doesn't recognize you because you're wearing your costume?
[00:05:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:05:41] Speaker D: Why don't you go into the callers, and I'll try and bring them up later? I don't know if there's a problem with the.
[00:05:45] Speaker B: Yeah, maybe. Do you think the screen and stuff. Okay, hold on, Ken, because if you're trying to get through, we can't hear you, so shut up.
I thought that as Susan, make him feel better by talking that way.
[00:05:57] Speaker C: I saw Broken arrow, this.
[00:05:59] Speaker B: What did you think?
Not too great.
[00:06:03] Speaker C: I was disappointed, to tell you the truth. Travolta is very good in it. The female character is a complete waste of time, and because she's in a lot of the scenes with Christian Slater's character, it kind of ruins his character.
[00:06:17] Speaker B: Oh, I see. You think he was dialogue.
[00:06:20] Speaker C: Some of the dialogue was foolish. And there were a few scenes. There was a fight scene with Christian Slater and John Travolta. And one scene, Travolta's nose and mouth is all bloodied. And then there was another cut to a scene. Now he's only got blood dripping from the side of his mouth, and his nose is completely clean.
[00:06:37] Speaker B: So somebody obviously was not paying close attention.
[00:06:43] Speaker F: It was so obvious.
[00:06:44] Speaker B: That's funny. Were there scenes like the indian, we want them. Whop. No, it wasn't that bad.
[00:06:50] Speaker C: No. The closest thing would come was that it took place in the desert southwest, out in Utah.
[00:06:57] Speaker B: Well, Utah is not exactly southwest.
[00:07:00] Speaker C: Yeah, but it was the canyons, and.
[00:07:22] Speaker B: All I know is I hunt many buffalo with my bow and arrow. Was that line in there maybe just.
[00:07:31] Speaker C: At the end, before the end came on the was.
[00:07:36] Speaker G: Yeah.
[00:07:37] Speaker C: I was just disappointed.
[00:07:38] Speaker B: Okay, so we'll give it how many? It's kind of funny. I hear David, Brett and I do movie reviews and something he hates and thinks ought not to have been a dual movie. And he'll give it two stars out of five. I would think he'd give it. I don't think I've ever heard him give it. No stars?
[00:07:52] Speaker E: No.
[00:07:53] Speaker C: I think he gave one movie one time.
[00:07:56] Speaker B: A half of a star or half of a star. I see. Yeah.
[00:07:59] Speaker C: I don't remember what movie it was. I don't know what I'd do. Maybe. I'd probably, overall give it a thumbs down.
[00:08:06] Speaker B: A thumbs down? Okay. One thumbs down is worse than two.
[00:08:09] Speaker C: Maybe because my expectations were really high. Very excited about it.
[00:08:12] Speaker B: Oh, look at this.
[00:08:13] Speaker C: The guy in the Herald gave it four stars.
[00:08:15] Speaker B: I think he loved it.
[00:08:15] Speaker D: Yeah, I saw that.
[00:08:16] Speaker B: Oh, that's James Vernier. Yeah.
Hey, we have Arlene from Philadelphia with us. Hi, Arlene.
[00:08:23] Speaker H: Hi. Have you seen Valentine's Day?
[00:08:26] Speaker B: Well, happy Valentine's Day to you and lovely to have you back with us and playing America's beloved dumb birthday game. And we also have Russ, who's up in Canada.
[00:08:38] Speaker F: Good morning, Uncle Norm.
[00:08:39] Speaker B: How you doing, Russ?
[00:08:40] Speaker F: Very good, very good. We're starting to get a flurry of activity here this morning.
[00:08:44] Speaker B: I don't know why, but you're at the airport. At Ottawa.
[00:08:47] Speaker F: In the international airport, right.
[00:08:50] Speaker B: Is it called the Ottawa International Airport or Canada?
[00:08:53] Speaker F: Well, that's the old name. They changed it most recently. They named it after famous canadian historical figures. This is now called the McDonald's Cartier International Airport.
[00:09:06] Speaker B: Was Carci for, like. For Jacques Carcier?
[00:09:09] Speaker F: No, for the man himself, McDonald Carci.
[00:09:13] Speaker B: He had the same last name as another figure.
[00:09:16] Speaker F: And I guess I'm not being a good ambassador here. I should know the history behind it. I work here, but I don't.
[00:09:22] Speaker B: No, because I know there's the big Jacques Cartier Bridge, which is in the province of Quebec.
[00:09:26] Speaker F: Yeah, that's the.
[00:09:27] Speaker B: Yeah, but no relationship.
[00:09:29] Speaker F: No, this is a different person. Oh, actually, this may be half and half. It might be after Sir Johnny McDonald and Jacques Cartier, I guess they might have done it. Half and half.
[00:09:40] Speaker B: Will you check that out for us, for heaven's sake?
I know. What kind of a Canadian are you, Russ? Anyway.
Okay, we also have. Gene from Hyde park is with us. Hi, Gene.
[00:09:54] Speaker G: Remember me?
[00:09:55] Speaker B: Do I remember you? Would I ever forget you, Gene? Will I ever forget you if I forgot you? May my left hand hang limp from my body.
[00:10:04] Speaker G: I'm here.
[00:10:05] Speaker B: May my toes curl inwards.
May my belly button drop off, releasing my entire rump from my body. I'm in the middle of a stick. Will you be quiet, Gene? That's why I didn't date you again after the prom, because you kept interrupting my lines.
[00:10:21] Speaker C: Yeah, right. It had nothing to do with the negligence, the neglige she found.
[00:10:25] Speaker B: Right? Yeah, she took off my shirt, found the neglige underneath.
You're talking, aren't you? Gina, we're not even paying attention, so go right ahead. We'll give you some time. Go ahead.
[00:10:39] Speaker G: Well, I think he's the greatest.
I think Norm is the greatest.
[00:10:44] Speaker B: Oh, be quiet. Never mind. I don't need people sucking up to me.
Do we have Ken with us now, too? Ken, are you there?
[00:10:54] Speaker D: I don't know if he even realizes that we're doing the game today.
[00:10:57] Speaker B: Oh, that's right. He may not.
But I just talked to him right after we had trouble at three, so he knows I'm here. Maybe I sound a lot like Bob Raleigh. Do you think so?
[00:11:07] Speaker D: No, I was thinking that myself.
[00:11:09] Speaker B: Yeah, because sometimes it happens that way. I do sound a lot like him, you know. Nothing wrong with that. Hey, so I guess we're going to have to deal with Rob, Ken, because he's usually kind of fun.
[00:11:19] Speaker D: If you like, I can run into. Call him live on the air and.
[00:11:22] Speaker C: Say what the heck's going on.
[00:11:23] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. You want to use the phone, Nick, and you can call him on.
[00:11:26] Speaker D: But I don't know the number over there off the top of my head, Tony. Do you happen to know it?
[00:11:30] Speaker B: Yeah, I do.
[00:11:31] Speaker D: What is it?
[00:11:32] Speaker B: Should we give it on the air? I don't think.
[00:11:35] Speaker C: I'm not sure.
[00:11:35] Speaker B: I don't know if it's one of those.
[00:11:36] Speaker C: We may have an inside hotline number. Yeah, it's right there above the phones, stuck to the.
[00:11:43] Speaker D: Yeah, but I'm not in.
[00:11:44] Speaker C: Well, then.
[00:11:46] Speaker B: Okay, we'll hold off just a minute. And you might want to check. He's very good there, but he doesn't mind these extra duties, and he's going in the call to get him on the program.
This is just all you kids here in the teen canteen and you folks out there on the panel. You all having fun?
[00:12:05] Speaker F: Loads.
Loads.
[00:12:10] Speaker B: I wouldn't call out exactly the most enthusiastic response I have ever heard. Okay. We have. A lot of interesting people, incidentally, were born on this date, including Abraham Lincoln. We all guess his age.
[00:12:22] Speaker C: Why are you using an old book, Norm? I heard you last night mention the book you're using is.
[00:12:27] Speaker B: That's right. Yeah. What happened to her? Well, see, there is no new book. Number one, I didn't get a new book of Chase's calendar.
[00:12:36] Speaker C: What about your celebrity birthday book?
[00:12:38] Speaker B: Okay, now, that was last year, and they made it a three year book, so that's somewhere. But that's not updated either, because that was printed some time ago.
[00:12:52] Speaker C: They made that a three year book.
[00:12:54] Speaker B: A three year book? Yeah. You buy it and it's all set for three years. They don't come out with a new one each year. And so there's probably a new chase's book, the one that we're going by, the calendar of events, which I don't like as well as the other one, but that's it. So I keep updating that. So I really don't have any updates, except we add the Associated press stuff.
Is he with us now?
[00:13:17] Speaker D: He ought to be right here.
We're talking about you.
[00:13:23] Speaker B: No, I don't hear anything? I just hear a voice mumbling a lot, but that can't be Ken.
[00:13:27] Speaker E: No, that's not me.
[00:13:28] Speaker B: How you doing, Ken? I'm sorry.
[00:13:30] Speaker E: Imposter.
[00:13:31] Speaker B: Did you assume that there was no dumb birthday game today because it's Monday morning?
[00:13:35] Speaker E: Well, I sort of assumed that, yeah.
[00:13:38] Speaker B: So we meant to get memos out, and we didn't. And by mistake we sent memos to Peter Casey and other people, and we got memos back from them saying, oh, shut up. We don't care what you know, we don't even care what you broadcast. Just be there to fill the air in case some really important story happens.
[00:13:56] Speaker E: That must have been where the confusion.
[00:14:01] Speaker B: Anyway, a lot of interesting people born today, including Joe Garagiola, well known former catcher, big league baseball catcher and sportscaster, born in St. Louis, Missouri, on this very day, February twelveth. How old, Arlene? How old would you say Joe Garagiola would be?
[00:14:23] Speaker H: I think about 77.
[00:14:25] Speaker B: 77, okay. And what do you think, Russ?
[00:14:29] Speaker F: Let's try 74.
[00:14:31] Speaker B: Russ is going to try 74.
And those of you driving by WBZ, beautiful Studios, the 75 story building here on Soldiersville Road, we do have a big marquee out front, and we're flashing the ages and stuff, so you should keep up with it. Gene, what do you think?
[00:14:52] Speaker G: 76.
[00:14:53] Speaker B: 76, okay. There you go. Mike, what do you say?
[00:14:58] Speaker D: I think 76 sounds about right.
[00:15:01] Speaker B: 76. Okay. And Tony sounds about less to me, too.
[00:15:06] Speaker C: 76.
[00:15:06] Speaker B: 76.
And, Ken, what do you think?
[00:15:10] Speaker E: I think that I'm going to go with 74.
[00:15:13] Speaker B: 74, same as what Russ said, which means that both of you come the closest. But Joe Garagiola is only 70 years old today.
[00:15:24] Speaker E: 70, just a young kid.
Should still be playing. Really?
[00:15:28] Speaker B: That's not it. 70. Boy, do you realize that people don't even come of age? They don't even reach their peak till they're 70.
[00:15:36] Speaker E: Don't even start getting good.
[00:15:38] Speaker B: No, 70. Some people say 73 is the age. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, he was in the hall of Fame and all that, too. Great catcher. So we have two winners. We have Russ and we have Ken Newman and Senator Arlen Specter. Might be a little tough for you up there in Canada, Russ. He's an american senator.
[00:16:00] Speaker F: I'm a close fan of Senator spector.
[00:16:03] Speaker B: Are you really? Oh, yes.
[00:16:04] Speaker F: I follow his political moves day in, day out.
[00:16:07] Speaker B: Okay. He ran for president, which is why I think most people would remember him. He dropped out. He probably has the record of dropping out sooner than most anybody else ever did in the history of the political candidate. He just couldn't raise enough money. And so he's not a candidate and hasn't been. But how old would you say also, what's the memory?
Feminine.
Yes. Nor older situation there.
[00:16:41] Speaker D: Yeah. He was big in that hole.
[00:16:44] Speaker B: He was kind of going after Anita Hill, as a matter of fact. Yeah. Okay. Let's start with you, Ken. What do you think? Senator Arlen Specter.
[00:16:52] Speaker E: I'll say 63.
[00:16:55] Speaker B: 63, okay. Tony, what do you think?
[00:17:01] Speaker C: We have to speculate and say that's close.
Well, no, 63.
[00:17:13] Speaker B: 63. Same as what they can.
[00:17:16] Speaker C: 64.
[00:17:17] Speaker B: 64. Okay. Alan Spectre, incidentally, was born in Kansas. Wichita, Kansas. He's the senator from Pennsylvania. Just shows you there's a message there, but I'm not sure what it means.
[00:17:31] Speaker E: It means wherever you are, there you go, whatever that is.
[00:17:38] Speaker B: What you both said, certainly. They both make a lot of sense to me, even though I didn't have any ideas what you're talking about. Mike, what do you think? Ireland. Senator Arlen Spectre.
[00:17:49] Speaker D: I think Senator Spectre is. What is 64?
[00:17:57] Speaker B: 64, okay. And, Gene, what do you think?
[00:18:01] Speaker G: 61.
[00:18:03] Speaker B: Gene says 61 in a very sedate, subdued voice.
Is that you, Gene, doing those funny noises?
[00:18:12] Speaker E: That was the sexy purring noise.
[00:18:16] Speaker B: Is that what it was? Yeah, that's like that Rogers and Hammerstein song.
[00:18:24] Speaker E: Sexy purring noise.
[00:18:25] Speaker B: No, there's a song, the girl that I marry, pink is a nursery and she purrs. I don't know. A lot of the women were objected to that whole song. They thought it was kind of anti feminine, especially when they talked about the girl, the girl that I married purring like a kitten.
[00:18:50] Speaker E: Dressing up in a vinyl catwoman outfit.
[00:18:52] Speaker B: Well, she can dress up in this. I have to have this black silky thing.
Anyway, Russ, what do you say?
[00:18:59] Speaker F: I'm going to take a chance and I'll try 65 in case he's older. Then I'm going to get it.
[00:19:04] Speaker B: Okay.
Arlene, what do you think?
Your name is almost like his.
[00:19:10] Speaker H: Yeah. And since I live in Pennsylvania, I should know this, but I don't know, but I'll make him a little younger. I'll just guess 58?
[00:19:22] Speaker B: 58. Actually, Russ is the closest. He's senator Spectre, 66. And Russ said 65. And a couple of you guys, Mike and Tony both said 64. So you were pretty close.
[00:19:37] Speaker F: Politics down there, I guess.
[00:19:40] Speaker B: Yeah. How about Bill Russell?
Bill Russell, the basketball hall of fame, former coach of the Celtics.
It says here in parentheses that his real name or name at birth, anyway, was William Felton. F-E-L-T-O-N.
He changed it to William Russell. Anyway, Bill Russell, superb athlete. What do you think, Gene? How old is Bill Russell today?
How much?
[00:20:11] Speaker G: 69.
[00:20:13] Speaker B: Are you just saying that just to tempt me?
[00:20:16] Speaker G: I didn't say 69. 69.
[00:20:18] Speaker B: You're going to say 39 is what you really. You honestly do mean that to be 39?
Okay, Arlene, what do you think?
[00:20:32] Speaker H: 41.
[00:20:33] Speaker B: 41.
Tony?
56. 56.
Okay. Russ, what do you think? Bill Russell, what do you think?
[00:20:44] Speaker F: 54.
[00:20:45] Speaker B: 54.
Okay.
[00:20:48] Speaker E: Ken, I'm going to go with 56, too. Bud, I was going to say that, so I will.
[00:20:53] Speaker B: And you did say that.
[00:20:54] Speaker E: 56.
[00:20:54] Speaker B: 56. Okay, Mike, what do you say?
[00:20:57] Speaker D: Well, hoping no one else is going to catch up with me, I'm going to say 57.
[00:21:01] Speaker B: 57, okay. That's enough to get you the win this time. He's actually 62, a lot older than any of you said.
[00:21:12] Speaker E: Getting up there.
[00:21:13] Speaker B: Yeah, he's getting up there. Yeah, 62. He won't really be there till he gets to be 70. I'd say. Then he's in his peak. That's when he'll probably get back into basketball. Right.
[00:21:22] Speaker E: He'll pull a magic Johnson.
[00:21:24] Speaker D: That's right.
[00:21:25] Speaker E: Get back on the court.
[00:21:27] Speaker B: He wants to send a message to all those who think that senior citizens ought to be dropped into the sea and forgotten about.
Yeah, he's 62. Okay, so Mike got that. And Mike and Ken has one, and you, Russ, have two.
[00:21:45] Speaker F: Thank you, Uncle Bob.
[00:21:46] Speaker B: Okay. No, thank you. Judy Bloom. Kids would know her. She mostly wrote children's books, although she's written some adult books, too. One book was kind of teaching kids about sex in a way, and some parents were objected to that because she'd been so much involved with kids books. She wrote books like blubber, super fudge, a couple of her books, and we. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Russ, what do you think?
[00:22:23] Speaker F: Oh, God. Let's try. I have no idea who she is, but we'll try 39.
[00:22:30] Speaker B: You're going to try that, too.
I see.
Whenever you see in doubt, you try 39. I say.
[00:22:42] Speaker F: You're not mocking me, are you, Uncle Norm?
[00:22:45] Speaker B: Yes, I was. Okay, I was mocking you. Yes, I was. Definitely. Oh, yes. Mike, what do you think?
[00:22:52] Speaker D: I also have no idea who this woman might be.
[00:22:55] Speaker B: Yeah. See, my kids used to read her books when they were very little and saw kind of grew up. Judy Bloom and I interviewed her once when she had written this more adult kind of book.
[00:23:06] Speaker E: Which book was it?
[00:23:10] Speaker B: I can't remember the titles other than the two that I mentioned.
No, I don't remember that. Did you want to get it now, do you think? Now that you're a married man. Do you think it would be helpful to you?
[00:23:20] Speaker E: Yeah, I think I might be able to learn a few things. Especially if it teaches you about sex.
[00:23:24] Speaker B: That's right. And it is. It's aimed at young people. Very young people. So it would be a big kind of language.
[00:23:30] Speaker E: Might be the help I might need for this Valentine's Day.
[00:23:33] Speaker B: It would be in language that you could understand.
[00:23:39] Speaker D: I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say 56.
[00:23:47] Speaker B: Arlene, what do you think?
[00:23:50] Speaker H: 55.
[00:23:50] Speaker B: 55? Is that what you said? Okay, Tony, what would you say?
[00:23:57] Speaker C: She's blossoming at 53.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: Blossoming into bloom. I see. Yes.
Excellent. Yes, thank you. If I spelled her name B-L-U-M-E which is the way she spells it. I don't know whether that would give any clues. It probably would not. But anyway. Ken, what do you think?
[00:24:15] Speaker E: Well, I was going to say 52, but now that you said V-L-U-M-E-I think I might change mine to 57.
[00:24:24] Speaker B: 57.
Okay.
[00:24:27] Speaker E: The letters are much later in the Alphabet, see? And it throws my whole calculations into a big jumble.
[00:24:35] Speaker B: Yeah. And you are a numerologist. I know.
[00:24:37] Speaker C: I love when Ken uses the technical terms.
[00:24:41] Speaker B: He's based his entire life on numbers. The day he was born, the date, the years. You multiply them, divide them by six, add on his father's age and that kind of stuff.
[00:24:54] Speaker E: I win the lottery all the time.
[00:24:56] Speaker B: I know that. And I know you've won a lot of things. And I know that you got your job as a big time traffic reporter as a result of knowing numerology. So if you'll send away for our numerology kid, operators are standing by. Anyway, Gene, how old do you think Judy Bloom is?
56.
Okay.
Judy Bloom actually is 58 years old today. And so that means Ken Newman, who.
[00:25:25] Speaker E: Said 57, telling you that numerology stuff works.
[00:25:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it really does. Yeah. And also with milk or cream and some kind of fruit. Many call it the breakfast of champions.
Today is also the birthday of Arsenio hall. Whatever happened to him? He was riding so high with coming to America, the movies and know. And with Murphy. Eddie Murphy never liked him.
[00:25:49] Speaker E: He was one of those guys.
[00:25:51] Speaker B: I never trusted him. In a way. I thought his reactions to things were overdone, mostly for the show.
[00:25:58] Speaker E: And he had those really long fingers. I think that really did him in at the end.
[00:26:02] Speaker B: I don't remember the long fingers, but I remember him pounding on the chair when he was supposedly getting into hysterical fits. When people did a joke that was to show how he was appreciating. It, I thought. Nobody appreciates jokes that much, especially not that often.
[00:26:20] Speaker D: It's not that every single guest comes.
[00:26:25] Speaker E: He really would kiss up to the guest.
[00:26:28] Speaker B: Everyone was wonderful.
[00:26:29] Speaker C: Everyone was his best friend.
[00:26:31] Speaker B: That's right.
Our city hall. Apparently, we just taken a survey. Nobody misses you at all on television.
[00:26:38] Speaker C: Please welcome my very dear friend, Norman. Please welcome my very dear friend, Clint Eastwood. Please welcome my friend.
[00:26:44] Speaker E: I was just saying, friends with everyone.
[00:26:47] Speaker B: Yeah, that's with. Let's see. Let's start with you, Mike. How old do you think Arsenio hall would be on this very day?
[00:26:56] Speaker D: I think Arsenio hall is, and I.
[00:27:00] Speaker B: Know he's one of your very dearest friends.
[00:27:03] Speaker D: He certainly is.
I'm going to say 46.
[00:27:12] Speaker B: 46, okay.
Was that you, Tony, that said yes? It was.
Why don't you tell us what you think, what age he is?
40. 40, okay. And let's see, Gene?
[00:27:33] Speaker G: 43.
[00:27:34] Speaker B: 43, okay, Ken.
[00:27:37] Speaker E: Well, you know, I was talking with him backstage just before the show, and I think he's 36.
[00:27:46] Speaker B: 36, okay. Did he mention. Because. Not that you can't use it anyway, but did he mention how old he was when you were talking with him backstage?
[00:27:56] Speaker E: Oh, we talked about all kinds of things. His newest movies, but especially his age.
[00:28:02] Speaker B: I got the inside track.
Okay. Arlene, what do you say?
[00:28:07] Speaker H: 37.
[00:28:08] Speaker B: Arlene says 37.
[00:28:10] Speaker C: Do you consider you a very dear friend?
[00:28:13] Speaker E: Dear, dear friend.
Pals.
[00:28:17] Speaker B: Russ, what do you say? How old is Arsenia hall?
[00:28:20] Speaker F: He's very big up here. He's like the Jerry Lewis friend.
[00:28:26] Speaker B: They think he's a genius. Canada, he's all the rage.
I'm going to try 35. 35. Okay. Cine hall actually is 41 years old today. That seems to make Tony Nesbitt the winner.
I said 40. Okay, so we have a tie for first place between Russ and Ken, and one apiece with Mike and Tony.
And nothing. Is that you, Gene? Who said zero?
Zero.
[00:28:58] Speaker H: And nothing for me, either.
[00:29:00] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:29:00] Speaker H: I won't win my big trip to Kansas City. I'm so heartbroken.
[00:29:06] Speaker B: I'm sorry.
[00:29:07] Speaker E: Wichita, Kansas, the vacation capital of the world.
[00:29:10] Speaker B: Yeah, that's right.
You all know Joanna Kearns?
[00:29:16] Speaker E: Yeah. She was in growing pains.
[00:29:18] Speaker B: Growing pains, right. And a former national caliber gymnast. I didn't know she was that. I didn't know that.
Born in San Francisco, California, on February twelveth. And, of course, the question is, how old is Joanna Kearns today? Rather an attractive lady, as I recall. Is she not?
[00:29:36] Speaker E: She's not bad.
[00:29:38] Speaker C: Wasn't she Tony Danz's love interest or his wife?
[00:29:40] Speaker B: What did he play?
[00:29:41] Speaker C: What did she play? Is that the right one?
[00:29:43] Speaker E: No, you're thinking of Judith light, who's the boss.
[00:29:47] Speaker C: Yeah, she was the boss.
[00:29:49] Speaker E: This is the growing pains.
[00:29:51] Speaker B: Actually.
[00:29:52] Speaker E: She's in any tv movie of the week that involves, like, a baby getting stolen or switched at birth or something. She's usually the mother.
[00:30:00] Speaker B: All right.
Okay, Arlene, what do you think? Joanne Kearns, 43 33. No, 43 43.
[00:30:12] Speaker F: Okay, Russ, I'm going to try 44.
[00:30:16] Speaker B: 44. 44. Okay.
He's way up in Canada.
[00:30:24] Speaker F: The polar bears are on the move. I can see my window here.
[00:30:27] Speaker B: Okay.
Russ works at the, as we mentioned, the airport, Iowa. I went to work with a guy. One of the first stations I ever worked at was WesX, and I was about 18. I was not about, but exactly 18. There was a guy used to come in with an army shirt on. He was about my age, too. Never been in the army or anything, but he had a scar on his forehead, and he said he used to work at an airport, and he got hit by a low flying plane. That's what caused the scar. And I was so stupid, I believed it.
And, of course, the army jacket, I think, was his father's, who was in World War II.
But I don't know, every time I go to an airport, I think of that fellow, except I can't think his name. And getting hit by a low flying plane.
[00:31:15] Speaker D: Ow.
[00:31:17] Speaker B: I thought, ooh, that must have hurt. But I believed it.
[00:31:23] Speaker C: How big was this scar? Was it the entire length of his forehead, down the side of his face.
[00:31:27] Speaker B: Along his chest to his. No, no. That was the most wanted man by the FBI of that year.
It was a tiny. He probably fell on a beer bottle or something like that.
[00:31:42] Speaker C: It was hit by a model plane.
[00:31:44] Speaker B: That's right.
More like that. That's right.
Anyway, paper airplane.
[00:31:52] Speaker C: It was a paper cut that scout up on him.
[00:31:56] Speaker B: He would sit there and tell war stories. It was kind of funny, except stupid of.
Gee, that's. Wow. That sounds awful.
[00:32:05] Speaker G: Wow.
[00:32:06] Speaker B: And then when you went on the air, is that Norm Navin?
[00:32:09] Speaker C: Because you had your voice and then you had your radio voice, right?
[00:32:12] Speaker B: That's right. I talked like this off the air. Then when I went on the air, I said, we sx. Salem, hold on a minute. I've got to do a time check and just stand there. I got to turn my microphone on. Do a time check. Just a second.
It's now 342. Okay, I'm all set for a bit more.
Gene, how old do you think Joanna Kearns is? How much?
[00:32:38] Speaker G: 42.
[00:32:39] Speaker B: 42.
You sound very subdued. Gene, are you okay?
Okay, as long as you're okay. Otherwise, a lot of police listen, including those in Boston. We can send a cruiser over to your house.
Oh, I see. So this is what you do when you're fascinated. You're just very quiet. I know.
[00:33:02] Speaker G: I just listen.
[00:33:03] Speaker B: Okay, Mike, what do you think?
[00:33:06] Speaker D: Think she's 41.
[00:33:09] Speaker B: 41?
A lot of funny noises going.
[00:33:13] Speaker E: That was a sound effect.
[00:33:15] Speaker B: You like that? That was really nice.
Tony, how old do you think she is?
43. 43, okay.
[00:33:25] Speaker E: And, Ken, I think she's 42 also.
[00:33:28] Speaker B: 42? 42.
[00:33:29] Speaker G: I got a buddy.
[00:33:31] Speaker B: Okay. Actually, she's 43.
[00:33:33] Speaker E: No kidding?
[00:33:35] Speaker B: Yeah.
Tony and Arlene both had that right on the button.
[00:33:39] Speaker C: I'm not even really paying attention now.
[00:33:41] Speaker B: I'm reading the paper. I'm not paying attention either. Russ, Tony and Ken are all. Tie it to a piece. Is that interesting? Oh, that is so interesting. Arlene and Mike have one apiece. And, Gene, I know you're tantalized by all of these. You got a zero. Yeah.
How about the movie producer?
Well, wasn't that interesting?
He's actually a film director.
[00:34:07] Speaker D: Norm?
[00:34:07] Speaker B: Yes?
[00:34:08] Speaker D: Before we do that, can we take care of.
[00:34:10] Speaker B: Oh, yes, hold on a minute. We have some commercials and stuff. Goody, goody. And you know what a sticky person.
[00:34:16] Speaker E: This is the good part. This is what everyone waits for.
[00:34:18] Speaker B: That's right. It's coming soon to a theater near you.
Something like that. Hold on a minute. I just want to tell you about a Valentine's Day suggestion for Valentine's Day. Of course. The official day of romance. You understand that it is the official day of romance, don't you, Mike? Because I know you're a terribly romantic person yourself.
Is that one of the romantic sounds that you, me and.
[00:34:46] Speaker D: Me and romance don't know?
[00:34:49] Speaker B: Romance. I understand. As I understand it, hot blooded romance is your middle name.
[00:34:54] Speaker D: Absolutely.
[00:34:55] Speaker B: Anyway, Vermont Teddy bears make it easy for you to be truly romantic. Send your sweetheart a Valentine's Day bear. Graham to order, just pick up the phone, dial 1808 two nine bear. That's 1808 two nine bear. And you'll just melt your Valentine's heart with a bear gram from the Vermont Teddy Bear company. Plus, unlike flowers or candy, a bear gram lasts forever. Choose the cupid bear, the gangster of love or the fool for love bear.
Or how about, I was suggesting once we call up. Remember, we called up Vermont Teddy Bear Company, and I suggested. I asked the operator if they had a transvestite bear, and she said, no, we don't. She wasn't all amused by that.
Okay, anyway, the thing is, I think.
[00:35:48] Speaker E: It would be a lot more exciting if they would have it 1800 bare and then you could really get it.
[00:35:53] Speaker B: That would be. Really get it on.
[00:35:55] Speaker D: That would change the tenor of the spot entirely.
[00:35:58] Speaker B: Just one bit of advice, though. When you send your sweetheart a Valentine's Day beer, try to send it on a time when his wife is not at home.
That's 1808. Two nine bear, B-E-A-R. There I go again with the spelling.
Send your sweetheart a Valentine's Day bear, grab from the Vermont Teddy Bear Company and make sure her husband is not home at the time. We might as well make this kind of a bisexual thing.
Bisexual? I don't think it's the word I was groping.
[00:36:30] Speaker E: Groping for.
[00:36:32] Speaker B: Groping is not the right word either, is it?
Okay, should we get back? Are you guys ready for the part two of the dumb birthday game or part seven? I think it is now?
[00:36:42] Speaker E: Dumb birthday game two.
[00:36:44] Speaker B: Just when you thought it was safe tuning your radio. There they are again. Franco Zaffarelli, the movie filmmaker, the film director.
Born in Florence, Italy, on February twelveth. How old would you think he is? Ken, what do you think?
Can you think of any of his movies? Any of you?
[00:37:06] Speaker E: No.
[00:37:07] Speaker F: Are you all documentary on Senator Specter last year?
[00:37:11] Speaker B: Yes, he did. He did a day in the life of Ireland. Spectre, I think it was called, starring Arsenio hall.
[00:37:17] Speaker F: It was very big up.
[00:37:18] Speaker B: Arsenio hall was in a production called death of a moil.
[00:37:24] Speaker E: He played all inspector.
[00:37:27] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:37:28] Speaker C: In the spoof expectorate.
[00:37:30] Speaker B: That's right. That was it, too, inspector. It was the story of dentistry in Finley, Ohio, at the turn of the century. His film was called Rinse, please, as I recall.
[00:37:42] Speaker C: Directed by Franco Zafaroli.
[00:37:44] Speaker B: That's right. Didn't he have something to do with that industrial film, the Romance of steel? Ingot? Yeah. Didn't think maybe it was just his.
[00:37:54] Speaker C: Production company, maybe directed it.
[00:37:57] Speaker E: That was the american version.
[00:38:01] Speaker B: The franco american one.
I knew somebody would get that line in it, but it had to be you, kid. I was kind of hoping it would be Gene from Hyde park.
Speaking of Gene from Hyde park, how old do you think Franco Zephyrlli is on this very day? February. Pardon me?
[00:38:20] Speaker G: Picking on me again?
[00:38:22] Speaker B: I am picking on you. Yes, I am.
[00:38:25] Speaker G: 58.
[00:38:27] Speaker B: 58. Okay. And Tony, what do you think?
[00:38:34] Speaker C: I don't know.
[00:38:37] Speaker B: That's not acceptable. That's not acceptable. This side of the aisle, page 353.
[00:38:43] Speaker E: Paragraph a.
I'm checking that out in the rulebook.
[00:38:48] Speaker B: That's exactly where it is?
Yes, it is. It said, I don't know is not acceptable. Someone has to make a firm guess.
[00:38:59] Speaker C: I firmly guess. I don't know.
[00:39:02] Speaker B: That's better. 68. 68, okay, and Mike, what do you say?
[00:39:10] Speaker D: Does anyone know any film that this guy ever was involved with or any production, anything of any kind? Do we know have anything to judge this guy's birth date with or the year of his birth or anything?
[00:39:24] Speaker B: Nobody seems to be speaking.
[00:39:26] Speaker D: I guess not. Thank you very much.
[00:39:28] Speaker B: I'm going to say that I know I've seen his name a million times.
[00:39:32] Speaker D: That makes one of us.
[00:39:33] Speaker B: There are film buffs all over who saying, don't you understand what he did?
What's wrong with you guys?
He did Lanotitzi de jordno. Il bulletino materiologico is one of his great films. Why don't you know that?
Mark? Viet seven de corporate and a piece of roof was his only german film. He did that, too. Don't you know that?
[00:39:59] Speaker D: I'm going say that.
[00:40:07] Speaker B: Was his film. Jeez, don't you read subtitles or what?
[00:40:12] Speaker C: Didn't he do a film in chagra?
[00:40:15] Speaker B: Yes, he did.
That was interesting.
The title of that was, as you know, Chagra is a language with just a few consonants, no vowels. Three it was called.
And they didn't have. They couldn't figure no subtitles for that. Very few people can translate chagra, but that was his film.
It was not a financial triumph, but it wasn't artistic. Definitely.
[00:40:50] Speaker C: Most definitely.
[00:40:51] Speaker B: It was shown at the film festival, as I recall.
[00:40:56] Speaker D: I'm going to peg this guy's age at 63.
[00:41:01] Speaker B: 63, okay. And let's see. Russ, what do you think?
[00:41:04] Speaker F: That name has an air of, I don't know, oldness about it, that he's been around for long. Nobody in this century named their kids that.
[00:41:13] Speaker B: Franco Zephyrlli.
[00:41:14] Speaker F: I give them 80.
[00:41:16] Speaker B: 80, okay.
And, Ken, what would you say Franco Zephyrlli's age is today?
[00:41:24] Speaker E: Well, I would say the correct age if I knew it, but under these circumstances, I think I'm going to say 68.
[00:41:35] Speaker B: 68. Okay. And, Arlene, what do you think?
[00:41:38] Speaker H: Well, I should know better because I'm italian, but I don't know. So I'll just have to guess. 62.
[00:41:46] Speaker B: Okay.
Franco Zephyrli today is 73 years old. 73. So the closest. Was it me, I believe. Let's see, you said 68, so you were five years off, I believe. Maybe it was. Let's see, we had the. Russ was. No, Russ was seven years off.
And I believe you and Ken both said 68. Yes, you both did, to win that round. So you both are tied at three apiece.
Son of a gun. And getting down to the wire. Oh, it is just one more thing. Russ has two. Today is also. Here's a historical thing. I'll give you the event and you tell me what year it happened.
[00:42:35] Speaker E: I'm not so good at these.
[00:42:36] Speaker C: I don't like these, either.
[00:42:38] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:42:38] Speaker C: Nice to learn something.
[00:42:39] Speaker B: But. Yeah, well, we feel that if people are going to stay up all night listening to this program, at least they can take away some bit of knowledge.
[00:42:46] Speaker E: What year was the popsicle stick invented?
[00:42:51] Speaker B: How did you know? It's going to say that?
[00:42:53] Speaker E: I had a feeling.
I have the script.
[00:42:56] Speaker B: This was. It was on this date, February twelveth. George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue premiered.
[00:43:02] Speaker C: Was colorized in New York.
[00:43:04] Speaker B: That's right. It was actually his Rhapsody, black and white at the time. They colorized it later. You're absolutely right. It premiered in New York on February twelveth. But what in heaven's name was the year that that happened? What do you think, Arlene? What year was the Rhapsody in blue?
[00:43:22] Speaker H: I'm not sure.
I might be wrong. I guess 1920.
[00:43:32] Speaker B: 1920. Okay. Russ, what year do you think that was?
[00:43:37] Speaker F: I'm not a big Gershwin fan, but I have all his cds. Let's try.
[00:43:45] Speaker B: 1933. Okay. Gene, what year do you think that was?
[00:43:54] Speaker H: Norm?
[00:43:55] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:43:56] Speaker H: Could I change my guess? Because I think I guess too early.
[00:43:59] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:44:00] Speaker H: I have a feeling I guess too early.
[00:44:05] Speaker E: Better look that one up in the rulebook.
[00:44:07] Speaker H: What?
[00:44:08] Speaker B: Better look that up in the rulebook.
No, actually, once we get going, usually allow a person to take a second choice.
[00:44:15] Speaker H: But go ahead thinking about it anyway. I know I did.
Anyway, I'll guess 1930.
[00:44:22] Speaker B: 519. 35.
[00:44:24] Speaker H: And I'll never do it again.
[00:44:25] Speaker B: Pardon me?
[00:44:26] Speaker H: I said I'll never do that again.
[00:44:28] Speaker E: I'm never going to guess 1935 again.
[00:44:35] Speaker B: What's that?
[00:44:36] Speaker G: Changed it?
[00:44:37] Speaker B: Yes, she did change it to 1935.
Mike. I just allowed that because she only has one correct answer. There's no way she can win the whole.
[00:44:46] Speaker C: You sucker.
[00:44:47] Speaker B: Jeez, Mike, what do you think?
[00:44:50] Speaker D: I think 1938 sounds about 1938.
[00:44:54] Speaker B: Sounds right to you? How about you, Tony?
[00:44:57] Speaker C: That's exactly what I was going to. I'm sorry.
[00:44:59] Speaker E: Did I scare you?
[00:45:00] Speaker B: Yeah, you really did.
[00:45:01] Speaker C: 1938.
[00:45:02] Speaker B: However, you did remove a large piece of earwax from my right ear. I'm sorry. You said 1938 and, Ken, I'll say 30. 619. 36.
Okay.
The actual year was 1924.
[00:45:19] Speaker D: Oh, my goodness.
[00:45:20] Speaker B: So you were much closer. Arlene, you so let's see who the winner would be. Probably Russ, who said. Yeah, he said 33. Right?
[00:45:31] Speaker E: That is irony right there.
[00:45:33] Speaker B: That is irony. And the winner would have been Arlene. That just shows you go by your instincts, Arlene, for heaven's sake. Because a woman's instincts are terribly important. They made America great.
So we have Russ with three correct answers and Tony with three correct answers. And also, Ken, we ought to have to the beginning. Yeah, we ought to have maybe one more. Yeah, we can do one more. Okay, one more. Okay.
This is February twelveth. The first round the world automobile race began on February Twelveth in New York.
It ended in Paris the following August 1. Round the world automobile race.
Okay. What year would that have been, Ken?
[00:46:31] Speaker E: Take that, Ken.
[00:46:32] Speaker B: The first round the world automobile race began.
[00:46:36] Speaker E: I don't see how that's possible.
[00:46:38] Speaker B: I know that. I don't think they traveled across the Atlantic. There probably was some other means of getting overseas.
[00:46:45] Speaker E: As far as I know, that hasn't taken place yet.
[00:46:49] Speaker B: Will you guess? Because we're running kind of tight on time. Sorry.
[00:46:53] Speaker E: I don't know. 19.
35.
[00:46:59] Speaker B: 35. Tony, what do you think?
[00:47:04] Speaker C: I'll stick with 38.
[00:47:06] Speaker B: 38. Okay. Mike?
[00:47:08] Speaker D: 29.
[00:47:09] Speaker B: 29. And Gene?
[00:47:12] Speaker G: 20.
[00:47:13] Speaker B: 819. 28. Russ?
[00:47:15] Speaker F: I'm going to go with Gene. 1920.
[00:47:17] Speaker B: 819. 28. Arlene?
[00:47:19] Speaker H: 1930.
[00:47:20] Speaker B: 1930. The actual year was 19. Four.
I'm sorry, 19. 819. Eight.
So the close. Closest.
Nobody was really close, but I think Mike was the closest with 1929.
[00:47:36] Speaker F: I said 1928, Norm.
[00:47:38] Speaker B: You said 1928. You're absolutely right. So you win. You win the whole thing.
The problem is getting a prize up to Canada without going through custody. Have him pick it up on his motorcycle trip down to Washington.
Okay, hold on, Russell. Not Russell, Michael. I got to get gone because we got about 45 seconds to news. But, Michael, take your name and address. So you hold on. Don't hang up yet, Russ. Okay, we'll send something up. We'll see.
[00:48:11] Speaker F: A whirlwind tour of the city of Lynn would be nice.
[00:48:14] Speaker B: That would be good. You're in line for that. Hey, Tony, thanks a lot. You're welcome. Hey, have a great day. And you, too, Arlene.
[00:48:21] Speaker H: Thank you.
[00:48:22] Speaker B: And, Ken, see you next weekend. Okay, see you next weekend. And Gene, too. Thank you very much.
Okay. Nice to have you playing the game. And, of course, thanks also to Mike Epstein. And thanks to me, the very beautiful Norm Nathan.
[00:48:38] Speaker A: Did that live up to the hype? I found it to be an excellent condensed version of almost everything. Norm. Please, like, subscribe and share and support the show on Patreon. Closing the vault and leaving this world a little sillier than we found it. Four jackhart's jammies, negligees, teddies, ninety s and baby dolls. Heck, lingerie in general. Mary from Peabody, Fredericks of Hollywood, Nathan's of Middleton. Limp left hands, curling toes and dropped belly buttons.
[00:49:09] Speaker B: Shtick.
[00:49:10] Speaker A: Norm's unmatched Bob Raleigh impression. The teen canteen using old reference material, not getting the memo. The great dumb birthday game. Marquee on soldiers shield Road. David Wright and the american weekly numerology movies of the week. Getting hit in the forehead by a low flying model paper airplane that leaves a scar. Norm's real voice bear, bear grams. Arsenio hall starring in Death of a Moyle.
[00:49:42] Speaker B: Oh, my.
[00:49:42] Speaker A: It's hard to say that with any kind of a straight face. Expectorate the story of dentistry in Finley, Ohio. Also known as Rinse, please. The romance of steel ingots, franco american norms speaking in italian, German, French and chagra, a woman's instinct. Whirlwind tours of Lyn, Mass. Mike hot blooded romance Epstein, Ken Newman, and my very dear friend, Norm Nathan. And using my real voice, I'm Tony Nesbitt.
