Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] First, a huge ini se idanse and ini k to our new listeners in Guinea. Please consider supporting the show by checking out the options in the description box below. I thank you just so darn much. Today we have ourselves a dumb birthday game packed full of fun. It's from March 16, 1995 and I've titled it it's no pun when the joke's hurt the players. Marge, who's a first timer? Rick from Boston, also a first timer. The soft and gentle Sandy and Wareham. Mike from Maryland, Mike Epstein producing and playing in studio. I'm on the phone from parts unknown Jack Hart in Tin Box Traffic and rookie producer Dave Magar. The Birthdays Jerry Lewis, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Nancy Wilson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Eric Estrada, Henny Youngman, Kate Neligan and Hollis Stacy. Episode 227, it's no pun when the jokes hurt stings its way to your ears now. Oh, nice to talk to you again, Marge. Hello. Okay, you have. You have made the cut. Thank you.
[00:01:15] Okay. It's good to have you. Have you done. Have you played a game with us before? No, I haven't. Oh, this is exciting then. Oh, yeah, it is. This is the kind of virgin territory for you, pardon the expression. Okay, can we have Rick who is in Boston? Hi, Rick. Good morning, Norm. Good morning, Rick. Longtime fan of you and your wife. Well, thank you very much. This is my first time. Please be gentle. Please let me follow Jack Hart.
[00:01:41] Well, you will at times because we. We mix up the order every now and then. So, you know.
[00:01:46] So at times you will.
[00:01:48] Well, you think he's pretty good and so you will. You will always it every year. So he just has to add one to the, I guess, correct answer from the year before. Yeah, that's. Well, yeah, but I doubt very much he's going to remember that. I know. Okay, Sandy in. In Wareham again. Hello, Sandy. Hello, Norman. Oh, you say that so nice and soft and gentle. Oh, yeah, sure.
[00:02:17] Oh, yeah. Show up. I'm ready. I'm ready. Okay, bring on Tony. Okay, Tony. Tony will be with us in a second too. And I'll bring on Tony in just a little bit. And also Jack and. And several other people, including Mike, who's down in Maryland. Hello, Mike. Hi, Norm. You have. You have played the game before, I think, or have you not? Yes, I played it before about a year ago. Okay. Did you win or anything? Oh, gosh, no. Okay, that's probably just as well because otherwise you get a worthless, tasteless prize and you would want a Piece of junk. You probably have plenty of that around your house already. True. You have that voice. You have that sound in your voice that says, hey, I live in a house with a whole bunch of junk.
[00:02:58] I detect all that stuff because there are moments I am a psychic. Thank you. Okay, we do have.
[00:03:06] Mike Epstein is with us today, also playing the game producer. Yes, he is. In fact, he is you.
[00:03:14] He is I. Okay, we have.
[00:03:17] Oh, Tony Nesbitt, of course, who's with us and who's also a producer here at wbz. Yes. Nice to have you playing the game with us, Tony. Nice to be here. I have to let you know something. Yes. The Christmas Story movie. Yes. Okay. It was a Red Rider BB gun. Oh, where's a Red. Not a Daisy. Okay. Daisy was very popular, I guess when I was a kid. Comic books. I remember reading, when I used to read comic books, that Daisy was always the rifle that was advertised. Right. Okay. But I was a Red Rider actually in the Christmas Story. Okay, we have. Oh, we have Jack with us. Jack Hart. Hello. Hi. I don't get a chance to talk to you very much these days.
[00:03:57] They've shuttered me further into this little tin. Tin box that they've got us stuck in.
[00:04:03] But still the wildness and excitement of your personality comes popping through. They'll never be able to confine you. Oh, no, no. Because no matter where they put you, you'll come bubbling through and the charm just reeks. And I'm just rambling on and on in a totally senseless way. And I sometimes I get into one of these long, pointless sentences. I don't know how to end it. Kind of like the one you're in now. Yeah, well, that. Exactly. That's the one. See, that's the one I was just describing. If you were here, if I'm talking to somebody directly, too, and I get into one of these things, I keep talking till they just turn around and walk away from me. So that's. That ends it kind of easily.
[00:04:43] Thank you very much. Well, on with the show now.
[00:04:47] We have Dave Mager, who was with us, who was a brand new young fellow who's just joined our production staff.
[00:04:55] You must have, you must have gone through tons of training and all kinds of technical education to get to this point. It was boot camp. Yeah, we do that with, with members of our staff. In certain cases. It was worse than boot camp. Yeah. Did you, did you, did you work in radio before this or. Oh, yes. Wpro, Providence, Syracuse, and, you know, several tin can radio stations around utica. New York. You were on the air, weren't you? I can tell because you talk like an announcer. Yes, I do. Yes, I do. Brent, why did you change your voice when I said you sound like an announcer when I already said you sound like an announcer? You're like, there are 10 people on the air right now. This is amazing. This is like the. This is tremendous. Yeah, don't overplay your part. Just kind of ease your way into this thing gently. Okay, let's go to. Okay, let's. Here's the. Here's what we do. I'm sorry. I did not play the theme. No, you didn't. I didn't. You're absolutely right. I did not.
[00:05:48] We'll remedy that right now.
[00:05:51] If anybody wants to join in, do that. You don't need skill. You don't have to be a brain. You just call Norm to play the dumb birthday game. Play the dumb, dumb. Dum dum, dum, dum dum, dum.
[00:06:09] Oh, that was just a beautiful. Now it's official. That's right. Otherwise we couldn't go on with it. Let's go on with. With Jerry Lewis anyway. So what I do is I tell you a little bit about some of these people, as though you need to know about Jerry Lewis, except he was. He just opened in Dan Yankees on Broadway, and the reviews generally have not been too good for him. The only. The only couple of reviews that I've seen have not been that great of him personally. I saw one that said that the show was okay, and then the Cherry kind of dragged it down a little bit because the show is excellent. Excellent. I saw it a lot of years ago, Walt. What's his name? Walston. Ray Walson, who was the devil. Can you picture him? Do you know who Ray Walston is? The name. My Favorite Martian. That's right. My Favorite Martian. Wouldn't he. Doesn't he look like the devil? Tie in for you? Wasn't Jerry Lewis had something to do with that show?
[00:07:02] No. Bill Bixby. Oh, Damn Yankees. No, no. My Favorite Martian. My Favorite Martian. Bill Bixby. It was Bill Bixby. Yeah. No, no, not Jerry Lewis. No. Okay, let's see what it says about him. He was born Joseph Levich in Newark, New Jersey. He's been chairman of the MD Association, West Muscular Dystrophy association, since 1950 and hosts the annual telethon. So anybody had to be told that he had a successful film career with sidekick Dean Martin until 1958. He had a hit record in 1956.
[00:07:34] Was that a hit record. Rockaby youy Baby with a Dixie Melody. Was that actually a hit record?
[00:07:41] A thin year for music. It must have been a thin year for music.
[00:07:46] No, I remember the record, and I think I even. I hate to say this, I think I even played it on the air.
[00:07:52] That was. What year did we say that was? 1956. 56. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that's Jerry Lewis. Marge, how old do you think Jerry Lewis is this very day?
[00:08:04] I think Jerry Lewis is 59. 59, okay. And what do you think, Rick?
[00:08:16] I think I know how old he is. Could I. Oh, no, that's right. You don't have to even make explanations. Well, could I tell you this at a sidebar so these other people don't. All right, well, I tell you what. Well, if you really. You definitely do know. I'll tell you what. We'll put you. We'll put you on the side and we'll come back to you at the very end. Is that okay with you? Okay, Sandy.
[00:08:38] Well, I'm going to have to say a big 69. 69. And Mike, what do you think?
[00:08:47] Epstein or Rainier?
[00:08:50] What? Oh, well, never mind. I'd say about 75, Norm. Okay. And Mike, what do you think? Well, this is my capstone. Oh, that's right. So we do have too much. Excuse me.
[00:09:03] I think that he's 76.
[00:09:08] That's asparagus Tony.
[00:09:13] We only have one Tony. That's right, 69.
[00:09:19] Who just said that? I'm sorry, that was me. Oh, that was you. Okay, because sometimes we get cuckoo birds. No, that was acting. Little Jerry Lewis, you know, hey, lady. Yeah, well, Dean, you know. Dang, Lay me up.
[00:09:36] Very good. I thought he was doing a Wolfman Jack imitation for a second. I thought it was FM radio there for a second. Jack, what do you think? You know, those Boogie Woogie classics and Marrying His Cousin, and he only had Rockabaya Baby.
[00:09:53] Oh, no, no, that was Jerry Lee Lewis. Oh. He's. He's doing humor, I think. I think Jack knows that. No, I know, and I was just trying to contribute to it, but I failed miserably. I see. I see. No, that was Jerry Lemos. It wasn't me. It was Terry Lenois, Dino. A lot of shaking going on.
[00:10:14] Yeah, that's right. Okay, what do you think? How old is he today, Jack? Oh, I don't know why. Why I want to say this, but I'm gonna have to say 69. 69. Okay. And Dave, his hair is 23, so that would make him 67 in the future. Can we not hire former announcers to be producers? I'll just shut up now. Yeah, please. I, I would. Thank you very much. Rick, what do you think now? What is your, what is your. I'll go with Jack and Sandy. 69 and me and try. There are four of you guessed that. Yeah, Rick, Sandy, Tony and Jack and all the little guys or something like. There should be a line after that. But there are four winners of that. That's correct. Jerry Lewis is 69 years old today.
[00:11:08] Okay, how about Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan?
[00:11:12] You know, he was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He does, he just sounds, he doesn't even sound New York. I'd never guessed that, that. No, he must have lived there the first three weeks of his life or something. Speaking of senators, don't you have a senator there on a tape?
[00:11:27] A senator on a tape. All we're trying to do is bring common sense insanity to the United States federal budget. See, I don't think so. Okay. I was just curious. That is a senator. I thought I heard something and that is a senator. What's it? What's this? Livingston. Yeah. Robert Livingston from Louisiana. From Louisiana.
[00:11:49] Oh, he just, well, you know, he believes in his cause.
[00:11:54] Bring common sense and sanity to the United States federal budget. They all tried that with the first, with the senators, especially the one from Louisiana. First. Okay. Senator Patrick, Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote the book because she's the senator from New York. As you know, New York State. He wrote the book Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding. Did he really write a book with a title like that?
[00:12:21] I read the title. Than I would the whole book.
[00:12:24] Would you even think of buying a book with that title? Kind of funny, though.
[00:12:28] Maximum Feasible Misunderstood. I suppose when you think about it. That's quite true. It is. It is kind of a funny title. He's a class, class actor. I like him a lot. I, I, I think the people of New York. I think the people of New York are very lucky to have a guy like that representing him. What do you think, sir? What we're trying to do is bring common sense and sanity to the United States federal budget. You never get Daniel Patrick Moynihan to scream in, yell like that. That's what you sound like at some of your town meetings. Don't lie to us. That's right. Well, not me, but there are people who get up and what do you need? We need more schools. When I was in school, each classroom was only 3ft wide and 2ft in diameter. And we had 200 kids in each Class. And they all learned how to talk good.
[00:13:19] We practiced fiscal responsibility.
[00:13:23] Yeah, that's true.
[00:13:26] Anyways, we ought to have was one of the prizes.
[00:13:30] You can come to one of our town meetings as a guest.
[00:13:35] You can't vote or say anything, but just sit there and watch the action. It's really kind of. It's really a great deal of fun. Okay, let's start with you, Dave. Senator Patrick Moynihan.
[00:13:46] I, I can still talk. I'm allowed to. 70. Oh, just answer that stuff. 73.
[00:13:54] How to make yourself unpopular your first day on the job.
[00:13:59] Yeah, by Dave Baker. Right, Jack? Maximum feasible unpopularity. Yeah, I mean, once you're an announcer, it's impossible for you to just, just to say a couple of words. Of course. I, I, I, this is like the, what did they say, the kettle calling the pot black or something like that. Sound like I'm talking about myself there, Jack. What do you think? How old is Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan? Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Well, there you go. There's a senator, isn't he A senator? Yes, he's a senator. I was just being talkative.
[00:14:35] 70.
[00:14:37] Ish.
[00:14:39] 72. 72. Okay.
[00:14:44] I'm just checking again just to make sure we have the right stuff. Okay. And Tony, if you like him, he must be a Democrat, correct? He is a. He is a liberal Democrat. Okay, well, then he's got to be about 73. I see. The fact that he's a liberal Democrat, that makes him has to be an older person. They're a dying breed, huh? Yeah. Okay, Mike, what do you think? I think he's closer to 80, Norm.
[00:15:11] Okay, closer to 80. What would you say? I've got to identify which Mike I'm talking about, but this is Mike in Maryland. And you say what, 80. 80. And Mike in, in Boston, Mike Epstein. I think that he's closer to 70. 70. 70. 75. 75. Okay. And Sandy, I believe I'm going with the mic in Boston. Thank you. And thank you.
[00:15:34] No, thank you.
[00:15:37] Moynihan. Terry Lewis Moynihan. 35. 75. 35. You're saying Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan is 35? 75. Oh, 75.
[00:15:50] I thought you had given leave of your senses there for a second. I thought, I think I did at the sidebar back there.
[00:15:59] What year is this? And who's the president?
[00:16:05] I see Rick. Rick, what do you think? Well, whenever I get a chance, I cross the border and vote for him, and I think he's turning the big six, eight, big Six, eight. Huh? Okay, Marge, what do you say?
[00:16:22] Well, I think he looks a little older than he is, and I'm going to say he's 70. Okay. Actually, Rick has got this on the button, too. Did you look all these things up ahead of time? No, sir. No. You just happen to know that's not as convincing.
[00:16:39] You just happen to know he was 68 and Jerry Lewis was 69. You just knew that.
[00:16:44] You didn't look them up in advance. No, because there's no law says you can't have done that because you only get a junkie prize even if you won. Believe me, I. I will go downhill before this game is over because I think. I think, you know, I think there's a little bit of. I can smell cheating. I've been doing this long enough so I can smell a cheat.
[00:17:03] Yuck.
[00:17:05] Okay. All right. How about. Pardon me. I said get out the dog. Snip out that feeder over there? I think so. I think that's the next. Okay. How about Nancy Wilson? This is not my Nancy Wilson. Jasmine Wilson. This was the heart. Heart Nancy Wilson. This Wilson is a blonde. And of course, she. She. Her. What was the.
[00:17:25] I don't know whether she still is, but one was a blonde and one was a brunette. And what was the other person's name?
[00:17:33] That's right. Ann is the dark haired one. And this is the blonde haired one, Nancy Wilson. And she's the one on the right.
[00:17:41] She's the one in the middle, which is kind of. Yeah, she's the one in the middle of this duo. Okay. It looks like she's on the right, but as you know, it's an optical illusion. Exactly.
[00:17:52] Sandy. Wow. That really went. Yeah, she put Sandy into the picture. And Sandy looks like she's on the left, but actually she's just off to the right. And I thought she was one of the Gatlin Brothers. She looks that way, too, because she also is an optical illusion. An optical illusion. Exactly, Sandy. I'm an obstacle illusion. You're an optical illusion.
[00:18:17] Mary Wilson. Yeah. You know, this is. No, this is Nancy Wilson. This is Nancy Wilson. Now, Mary Wilson is one of the Supremes, I believe, as opposed to Woodrow Wilson, who was a member of the Mills Brothers.
[00:18:34] And Bob Wilson, of course, was somebody else who broadcast the hockey games in his undershorts. He did? Oh, yeah. Nobody knows that. I just revealed that for the first time. Whoops. I shouldn't have done that. I let the cat out of the bag. That should have remained our secret. I just love the feel of the Cold. Coldness from the ice seeping up into his tush.
[00:18:58] This guy's listening to him now. He's gonna meet me outside after the program.
[00:19:05] Yeah, that's right. That's right. That's right. It used to put the fire out in his lawns. As a matter of fact, no. I worked with. I worked with the Bob at. Before. He was a. An announcer for the Bronze Games.
[00:19:18] I had one of these really big voices. South Boston Savings Bank. If you don't shop there, I'll come and I'll beat the be.
[00:19:27] Anyway, I forgot who I asked. The question. Have I asked anybody that? Oh, Sandy. Nancy Wilson. Yes.
[00:19:35] I'll have to say 35. 35, okay. And, Dave, what do you think?
[00:19:45] 41.
[00:19:48] Okay.
[00:19:50] You could add a couple more words. I'm just. I'm just joking. I'm having fun with you. Shut up. Speak up, Dave. Don't be shy. That's right. Okay. Mike Epstein, what do you think? Nancy Wilson.
[00:20:02] They haven't been around in a heck of a long time, have they? I haven't seen anything or heard them. No. And I watch mtv. Yeah, of course they have. They came out an album last year. Did they? Yes, they did. I missed that. Son of a gun, I gotta have that.
[00:20:16] I'm gonna say she's 42.
[00:20:19] Yeah. And it was actually a critical success too. Yeah. Yeah. Because I watch mtv, as you know, constantly from every moment I'm home. I know. You do. They do. I especially like Real Life and quiz shows and stuff.
[00:20:34] Oh, yeah. They do so many other things now they hardly have any time for the. For the videos.
[00:20:40] How do I know that? Isn't that shameful that a guy my age would know that? Couch potato. Yeah. Even my kids have outgrown mtv. And I'm standing, I'm watching it. Norm's into Snoop Doggy Dog, all jokes and unplugged.
[00:20:55] Okay, Marge. Or as we say here in New England. Madge? Yes? What do you think Nancy Wilson is how old? Oh, let's see.
[00:21:04] What year was she born?
[00:21:10] Nine months after her mother became pregnant.
[00:21:14] Okay. I'm gonna say she's 40. 40. Okay. And Tony.
[00:21:28] Okay. Because I didn't think about the release of some of their albums at all. Well, the big.
[00:21:35] Oh, yeah. No, I didn't tell you anything about her.
[00:21:38] Her biggest hit was Alone, which came out in 1987.
[00:21:44] Okay. Does that doesn't help you at all, then. She's from Seattle, Washington. Oh, don't say no more. Does that help? You know, Sure. A lot of people in Seattle Were born on this magical year.
[00:21:55] She also plays guitar as well as sings, but you knew that anyway.
[00:21:59] And she's a swell dancer and a neat dresser and to be seen on a date with her as she takes 38. Yeah, I'm glad you said that because I didn't know where I was going. Nowhere. I was going nowhere with that thing is true. I did turn around and walk away from you, but you couldn't see me.
[00:22:22] Next time I'll hear. When I hear a clock, I'll let you drop the phone because you really lost that. Okay, Rick, what do you think?
[00:22:30] I'm confused, which may be why I was chosen to play this game. But this isn't the famous Nancy Wilson I take. No, no, this is not the. The other. The jazz singers. The dark haired, very attractive lady. Also, this is the. From the group Heart as we've mentioned. And she's the blonde, one of the.
[00:22:57] 40. 40, I'll go with 40. 40, okay. And.
[00:23:04] Oh, Jack. Yeah.
[00:23:07] I wonder, could you tell me how old you think she is? You know, you see, you see, you know? Yeah, you see, I'll say 39. You'll say 30. 39.
[00:23:25] Listen then that wasn't, that wasn't a hint to Jack? No, it just came up.
[00:23:31] Oh, Mike, in Maryland, how old would you say she is? 40. 40, okay. She's actually 41, which is what Dave Megar said. So he wins that round. Very good. Spectacular guess on my part. Well, it was an excellent guess. Right on the button. So we have Rick who has two correct answers and one apiece from Sandy, Tony, Jack, Dave and all the other kids in the old corral.
[00:24:03] How about Jerry Jeff Walker, Singer, guitarist who was born.
[00:24:10] Do you any of you know his real name? He's the one who wrote the Bojangles. Mr. Bojangles. Jerry Jeff Walker. Yeah. Do you know, do you know his real name? Jeff. Jerry Crawler?
[00:24:25] No, his name. Jerry Jeff Pedestrian. No, his name is Red Ryder.
[00:24:30] No, he's actually. His born name was. Was Ronald Crosby.
[00:24:36] Well, what was wrong with that? Why didn't he keep the quies? Because he figured there's already was a singer with that name.
[00:24:45] Yeah, he didn't, he didn't make it terribly big. He was out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and recorded only polkas.
[00:24:54] Anyway, he wrote. He wrote Mr. Bojangles. I don't even have the year that. That was popular. That was. That goes back to the.
[00:25:02] Quite a few years.
[00:25:04] That back in the 1870s. 60s, I think. Wasn't that a big tune in the 60s? Mid to late. Was it 60s or early 70s? Late 60s, if I recall. Yeah, but I could be wrong. 1960s.
[00:25:19] Okay, let's, let's. Let's call on you, Mike, Maryland. How old you think Jerry Jeff Walker is today?
[00:25:26] Well, you have to throw a guess out there. Normally, I'm not sure. Well, guess okay with me. Sure. Just right out there, I guess.
[00:25:37] Making 43. I'm gonna say 43. Yeah. Okay, we're gonna make him 43. Yes, sir. 43 years of age. Yes, sir. Okay, sir. Yes, sir. Rick, what do you think?
[00:25:50] Jeff Walker. Jerry Jeff Walker. Yeah.
[00:25:55] I would say Jerry Jeff is turning 53 today. Turning 53 today. Okay. And let's see.
[00:26:07] Jack, what do you think? Let me see. Mr. Bojangles, could you get just a little closer to your microphone or speak up or turn it up or something? I. I was just being Ponderous. Oh, I see. Ponderous. Yeah, I see. Ponderous. Remember that western they had? They lived in the Ponderous Ranch.
[00:26:26] Let's see, sometimes is it.
[00:26:33] Oh, Mr. Bojangle. Story about a man with some experiences in life.
[00:26:41] Somebody have it Next spinning to you after this commercial.
[00:26:47] And here's a letter from a fellow in the Punjab who wants to say hello to his girlfriend in Finley, Ohio.
[00:26:59] No, you do a better imitation and she'd have love.
[00:27:04] Let's see.
[00:27:08] He'd have to be 51. He'd have to be, eh? Well, he wrote that song. It's about. It's about experience. It's about life. It's about right, you know, it's hard times.
[00:27:20] He faked it, but he couldn't have been 16 when he wrote. He couldn't have been 12. He didn't know anything. No, it's true. Okay, Dave, what do you think? Dave Maker again, I have very little idea. I'd say 47. 47. Okay. And Marge, what do you say?
[00:27:40] Well, I'm gonna say 53. 53. Yeah. Okay. And Mike Epstein. Did this guy write anything else besides Mr. Bojangles? No, that was it.
[00:27:56] His pen ran dry and that was the end of it. Because he was very successful with that. You think he would have written some other tunes? There were some rumors that he did.
[00:28:10] Mrs. Bojangles.
[00:28:13] Mrs. Bojangles didn't know that. It wasn't that. It was by Mayor Bistouche.
[00:28:17] Somehow got it to a Yiddish music thing after that. And then he also wrote Osolo Mio when he was on his attack and a variety of polkas.
[00:28:32] He also wrote the intermezzo from the Cavalieri Aristicana by Pietro Mascani. But it didn't.
[00:28:38] Well, give her all the clues, Norm. What's that? Please give her all the clues. Did you know that the word polka is Czechoslovakian for half? And apparently people could only practice in very small rooms and they would take half steps. And that's the etymology of no kidding. That's why they. Hey, I want to change my guess on it after that statement.
[00:29:03] Who's this? This Rick? Yeah. Okay. No, you. You said 53. So we'll stick with 53. I'll stick with him. Okay. All right. I think that this guy is 51 years old today. 51 years old on this very day, March 16th. Okay. And what do you think, Tony? I thought he was that new guy. Jerry Jeff and the Fresh Prince. No.
[00:29:25] Oh, Jazzy Jeff.
[00:29:27] I'm confused. And does he spell his name Jeff? Is it G, E, O, F, F? Or is it J? It's J, F, F. All right, that helps me. Yeah, I figured. Also, if he was born in.
[00:29:38] Or ORION ORIANTA, NY ORANT. Does that help you at all? Orient? No. Now you confused me. A man who could say that words are. We see that it had a couple of years. They're live. Yeah, well, it's an Indian name. And it means where the deer of the buffalo roam. And the stars are not cloudy all day except in June. I thought the. The Oriental would be the Indian Chinatown.
[00:30:03] Oh, I see. Or a movie theater. The shows just Chinese films. The Orienta Theater. Yeah, we're going to the Orienta. Mark and I have a dime and maybe a little bit for popcorn. What do you say, Mark?
[00:30:17] Okay, who did I ask? This Sandy. Oh, Tony. I'm sorry. Tony.
[00:30:23] 49. 49, okay. And Sandy, well, you know, usually I like going with Tony. He's pretty cool. We've had some fun times, haven't we?
[00:30:36] But I do believe I'll try my very own 50.
[00:30:44] Okay. Actually, Jerry Jeff Walker is 53. Rick scores again, huh? Oh, I'm surprised. Yeah, Rick. And where am I going to get that information? I don't even know who he is.
[00:30:56] We don't believe a word you're saying, Rick, so save your breath.
[00:30:59] You're using that book. I don't know who he is. He has probably not been talked about this much since the song came out. What? Are you kidding me? Some friends of mine and I get together every week and we talk about Jerry Jeff Walker. That's what you're the president of the Jerry Jeff Walker fan Club? Absolutely. Every Wednesday afternoon I get a crowd in my living Room. And we're talking about Jerry Jeff Walker. And we analyze each and every line of. Not only Mr. Bojangles, but Mrs. Bojangles and Uncle Bojangles.
[00:31:25] You're known as Mr. Bojangles. Yes, on occasion. Because you're just such a big fan of Jerry Jeff. Yes, indeed. Myself, personally, I'm a member of the. Although the world may have forgotten you, we never will. Saboo, you wonderful Elephant boy Fan club of Methuen.
[00:31:45] What about.
[00:31:47] What about Conta Floss from around the world? That's Thursday at my house. Yeah, that's. That's another. That's a whole other thing. Don't, Don't. Don't be silly. We're trying to be serious, Rick. God's sake. Just because you looked up first time. Yeah, well, just because you cheated. You know, there's no reason to think we're going to laugh at all your jokes because we look upon cheats with scorn.
[00:32:08] With scorn, Rick, you hear what I'm saying? Okay, don't knock scorn. It's a look.
[00:32:17] And I'm. And I. And I was telling Dave to cool it. I'm sorry, Dave. Say whatever you want. Let's get Rick to cool it. Okay. Eric is. And he looks like Rick is going to win. That's. You know how tough it is to give up junkie. Even a junkie price to somebody who's aggravating.
[00:32:34] Okay. Eric Estrada has a birthday today. He appeared, of course, on the TV series Chips, which is still running. Watch. And he. He appeared in the national lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, a Mexican soap opera and a Taco Bell commercial for which he was paid $150,000. I think he's appeared several times in court for his temper, hasn't he, as well?
[00:33:01] I think that's in his past, Jack. Oh, I see. He's healed. Yes. He lived with the ex wife of Vidal Fasoon, is that right? Yes, and things got a little hairy.
[00:33:17] Okay, Eric Estrada, we'll start with you. Marge, how old do you think Eric Estrada is today? Let's see.
[00:33:25] He looks younger than he is, I'm sure you're really going to be conditioned for your jokes, Jack. You know that? Yeah, I'm going to say he is 37.
[00:33:39] Please. March, you're interfering with the rest of this. I'm sorry. I wasn't saying. No, no, no, no. It was your turn. You did just right. I was thinking. Okay, no, 37. Okay. No, no, you did fine, Rick. What do you think? Eric Estrada Chips? That's right. Just, just kind of pretend like.
[00:33:59] Pretend like he's going to be one year off this time. Yes. There, I told you so. Give me a break.
[00:34:07] 48. 48. Okay, Sandy.
[00:34:16] Well, now riding a motorcycle does make you kind of look older than what you originally are. You got a lot of flies and especially around the side. Yeah, bugs. You get bugs in your teeth. A lot of stuff, you know. Yeah, bugs in your teeth. Little Amarol take care of it. That's right. That chips, you know, that's. That's on reruns now. Yes, it is and it looks horrible. It really does look awful. He. I thought he was, you know, good looking guy and a good actor, but that you don't need the acting for chips. Sit there as long as you can handle the handles or something on a motorcycle. You know, he did a version of that in, in South America for, you know. But he says what a Spanish soap opera. He also. And what was it called down there? Nachos. Nachos.
[00:35:07] Thanks, Jack. Oh, thank you for asking.
[00:35:10] I knew something like that was coming.
[00:35:14] Hold that. When I can. Hey, Sandy, what do you think? I'm thinking here? I would have to say he's 45.
[00:35:25] 45. Okay. And Mike Maryland. 48. Mike Maryland says 48. And Mike Epstein. 48. 48. Tony. He's well under the speed limit at 43. 43. Okay, Jack, because you can't forget the theme song was to the. Was to a salsa rhythm.
[00:35:49] Oh, 44. 44. See, you figure if you said it with son of a little funny accent, it would come out more. More accurately. He's just trying to score. Yeah.
[00:36:13] You know how.
[00:36:14] Okay, Dave, what do you say? I'd say it's the big four. Four. Zero for punch, 400 for punch. Is that what they call. They call them punch on the show.
[00:36:32] Puncherello, I think. Oh, okay. Okay. Eric Estrada. And I know you're excited about finding out who in heaven's name came the closest with that one. Eric Estrada is 46. Six.
[00:36:46] Yeah, that's right. Sandy, you said. You said 45. Yes, thank you very. And nobody said 47. So you are just one year off and the closest. And you have two correct answers. Thank you very much. And Rick has three.
[00:36:59] And again one a piece by everybody. Except we're through that one. So we would wouldn't suspect him any longer.
[00:37:08] But two points that I have are very much appreciated. I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.
[00:37:18] Good night and good news actually on the first one. And Jerry Lo, you both guessed this in Fact, four people guess the same thing. But anyway, Mike and the two mics are the only two who are scoreless so far. But hey, what's new?
[00:37:34] There's lots of. There's lots of time. Norm. Yes. How do you cheat in this game?
[00:37:41] Well, I'm not going to tell you because then you'll do it.
[00:37:44] Birth certificates. I would say you pass the answers by way of your toes under the table. Well, I would think since we're doing this now, you. The Sunday papers very often will have listings of people who have birthdays this week. See, normally we do it. We do it. Well Fridays for Saturday, except we have a lot more birthdays then they listen most of the papers and sometimes you go into the next week if there's not enough and that's right, listen to last year's game and add one. Well, on Saturday, Saturday. On Saturday night we have Sunday and the Sunday papers usually are not out by then. But anyway, Henny Youngman has a birthday March 16. Also, he had his own show, says with Rocky Graziano in 1955. I don't remember that. It was designed to fill the rest of the hour if and when ABC's Wednesday Night Boxing matches were short. Is that all they have about him? I mean, probably the king of the one liner still going strong.
[00:38:44] All they had for him in there, that's all. That's the whole thing. They don't even say what year that's all removed from whatever he. I know it doesn't. It doesn't make any sense for them to list that. That was 1955, however, if that helps, you know. You know, that show is still running and you can find it sometimes in the morning. The, the, the Rocky and Honeywinkle Show.
[00:39:04] Oh, you didn't score on that one at all, did you? Why don't we guess before he dies?
[00:39:13] Rick, you're a bundle of laughs. Next time we have a Christmas party here, I'm going to remind the management not to send you an invitation again.
[00:39:22] Anyway, anyway, he's the one who's, you know, Take my wife, please. The king of the one liners. Big in colleges a few years ago. I don't know about right now.
[00:39:30] Anyway, let's start with. Did he receive an award? Yes, he did. Recently. What was that? Comedy? Still breathing.
[00:39:42] Some kind of hall of fame comedy award. You know, they've got the Pulitzer Prize. Exactly what it was for, the Comedy hall of Fame, you know. You know, they've got the Pulitzer Prize. He's got the pulmonary prize.
[00:39:54] One day you'll Be his age and you won't think that joke isn't funny at all. I mean, even at my age, I don't think that's funny. Line. Anyway, I had dinner with him and, well, about three or four other people here in Boston one time.
[00:40:09] No, no, I just. Just one sideline about Henny Youngman, which I thought was really very nice. He got up in the middle to call his wife and people at the table who. Who know him well, see, he does that all the time. He had a very close relationship with her. She died a few years back, and I must just about destroyed him, but it was very, very close. Here's a guy on the road, roaming around all over the place. Don't issue. But. But always, every day. Would call his wife several times a day. Nice. I think that's a nice little tender story, don't you, Beautiful.
[00:40:41] Don't make me sound like a total idiot. Okay, Dave Meger. What do you think, Henry? Henny Youngman, 87.
[00:40:50] Henny Youngman, 87. Okay. And what do you say, Jack?
[00:40:54] Oh, let me think. Any young one. He was in the movie Goodfellas, actually got a cameo appearance.
[00:41:04] I would have to say he is 86. 86, okay. And Tony, what is Henny short for? Any name at all or something?
[00:41:16] No, that's a. That's a good point. It. It doesn't. It doesn't say here. It could be Henry. Could be Henry. It could be Hennequin.
[00:41:28] Well, it could be anything. It could be even. Could be any. Like I said, it could be any name at all.
[00:41:35] It could be a nickname. We may have worked as a child, like in chicken coops. That's funny. You often said that when I was a child, I used to work in chicken coops when he got. You know, when he'd get out to play with his friends. Take my rooster, please. It's about kind of Henny. Yeah.
[00:41:53] Okay. Tony, you want. You want to just talk over this guy?
[00:41:59] Oh, boy. Any young man.
[00:42:02] You can see this one coming up. Broadway. Youngman anymore. He's.
[00:42:07] He was born in England. Did you know that? Oh, yeah. See, you throw me off again. Oh, I'm sorry. All right. Yeah.
[00:42:14] So when did he come to the States? I don't have any idea. So he was already here by the time I was born. Well, he supposedly. He didn't have to come here because otherwise it would be, you know, Would take my wife if you'd be so good. You say that's true. Yeah.
[00:42:32] All right. He's 80.
[00:42:36] I call her my melancholy Baby, because she has a head like a melon and a face like a quality blonde tresses all the way down her back. Unfortunately, she has none on the top of her cranium.
[00:42:52] British don't talk that way. They don't talk that way at all.
[00:42:57] You have one more joke on that set of jokes you do. Do it again. Another one? Well, yes. My wife actually so skinny that I recall one day she swallowed an olive.
[00:43:07] It landed in her stomach and ten men left town. And in a fit. In a snit. In a snit. See, they thought she was pregnant. You see, that's the restaurant. Because she was so skinny that even an olive.
[00:43:22] We Englishmen don't have much sense of humor except those of us who watch channel two.
[00:43:29] 89. I'm sorry, I don't remember the question.
[00:43:32] Okay, Henny Youngman, 89. Okay. Mike Epstein, 87. 87. And what do you say, Mike in Maryland? 83. Mike in Maryland says 83. Were you an announcer, too, Mike and Marilyn? No. Because you sort of talk like, hello, I'm a late night announcer. He plays one on tv.
[00:43:53] Yeah, but he plays one. He wasn't announced, but he played one in television. I see. That's a sexy home voice. Yeah, that sounds like that. Hello, ladies. It's late at night, and this is.
[00:44:06] Don't be embarrassed. Have you never been to a man's boudoir before? Remember that? That some of those programs they ran. We ran one here called the Lonesome Gal, and we used to laugh at it because she tried so hard to be sexy and. Let's move along first, though, like. Like Dr. Lonnie Carton or something. Yeah, she. Yeah, the same kind of sexy voice. How are you? We're in the Learning Center. How are you? Hey, this is Dr. Sex.
[00:44:33] Ready to throw you with my good voice on the sex.
[00:44:38] Senior editor of Playboy today. That's right. Okay, sadly, what do you think?
[00:44:47] Anybody who knows Dr. Lonnie Card, just say no? I think they mentioned no. I guess they didn't.
[00:44:53] What do you think? How old do you think he is? Well, take my hands up late.
[00:44:59] That was bad. That was really awful.
[00:45:02] Yeah. Okay, we'll go with a 93. 93. Whoever's breathing heavily, and I don't blame you. When Sandy speaks, I breathe heavily, too. But if you could just turn away from the phone, we'd appreciate it, because while she's talking, you're going.
[00:45:23] It is kind of disconcerting.
[00:45:26] Rick, floss your breath.
[00:45:30] Don't you ever brush your teeth? For God's Sakes. Floss. Have you ever heard of floss? Yeah.
[00:45:37] Well, I think when he makes medical appointments, he goes to archaeologists at this point, so I will say 90.
[00:45:46] He goes to what? Archaeologists. I see. That's. Oh, that's humor. Did all you get there? Yeah, yeah, that's. That's. That's hilarious.
[00:45:57] Yeah, that's really. Oh, I'm not even doing that.
[00:46:01] It's not a thin woman. Yeah, never mind swallowing an olive.
[00:46:06] Just go back to breathing heavily again. I think that'd be better. Marge, what do you think?
[00:46:12] Well, he's probably up in his 90s, but I'm gonna say 85.
[00:46:20] Yeah, let's. Let's try to analyze what you just said. Were you a math major? No, you. He's probably in his 90s, so therefore you say 85. How did you arrive at that long gestation? Hold on, hold on, Rick. Well, of course, in California, where he probably lives, it's an earlier time zone.
[00:46:39] It's got to do with percentages and numbers. Norm. It's all numbers. Absolutely mathematical. Okay. I figure everybody can't be older than I am that much. I mean, I remember him. So I'm saying 85. You had to ask. You had that. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Actually, Tony got it anyway. I did. Yeah, it's 89 is correct.
[00:47:01] So Tony's now got 2. And so has Sandy, and I like Sandy's 2 better than I like Tony's. But anyway, Rick has got three. And Kate Nelligan. We've been hurry along this. This. We're getting here toward the end of the hour.
[00:47:19] Kate Nelligan is an actress who appeared on the Masterpiece. Masterpiece Theater, appeared in the film Frankie and Johnny and Prince of Ty. She also was in a great. I have. I have the needle with Donald Sutherland.
[00:47:34] First time I'd ever seen her. Kate Nelligan. She's currently portraying the. The captain of the new starship on the latest now, the Voyager. Yeah, that's right. No, that's not. That's Kate Mulgrew. Yeah. Oh, it's Kate Malgru. Oh, close enough.
[00:47:52] Okay, okay, let's. Let's not. Close enough. Yeah. Okay, let's go through this very quickly because we don't really have an awful lot of time. Marge, what do you say? Oh, boy, this is good.
[00:48:08] 45, Rick.
[00:48:11] 44. And Sandy. Which part is Frankie and Johnny? Did you talk, may I ask? No, I don't. I really don't know. The only thing I know is what I told you, Kate. Now, again, what do you think, Sandy? 50. Okay, Mike, which, which one? Sorry, Mike Maryland. 51. And Mike Epstein, 48.
[00:48:33] Good. Thank you. Tony. 46. 46. Jack. 51. 51. And Dave 42. 42. Okay. Actually, strangely enough, Rick hit that on the button too. 40. I'm very surprised. Yeah. So actually, actually, actually, Rick. Rick is.
[00:48:52] We only. I had just one more name, but Rick has already really won the game. But if you want to go through the last one very quickly, we can do that. A lesser known person, a golfer named Holla Stacy on the pro golf circuit. She has earned over a million dollars from Savannah, Georgia. Holla Stacy. Okay. She has a birthday also today, March 16th. And Dave, what do you think?
[00:49:16] 48. 48. Okay. And Jack, 37. Tony, I'm trying to. Try to link this with the other one.
[00:49:26] 30. 39. 39. Okay. Mike. Mike Einstein. 42.
[00:49:33] Okay. Rick.
[00:49:34] 36.
[00:49:36] Rick says 36. And large. 35. 35. Okay. She's 41. And so Sandy. Sandy got that. That's very good, Sandy. Good for you. Also, Mike. Mike Epstein said 42, so I bet. Wait a minute. Yeah, no, that. No, yeah, Mike said 42 and Sandy said 40 and she's 41. So good. So I got one of these. So you got Mike, but he went over. What's that? No, it doesn't matter. No, there's no rules. Rule about going with the one who came to the closest. Okay, so the winner is Rick. Rick. Hold on. And we'll get your name and address and we'll send you some. Some really piece of junk. Thank you very much.
[00:50:21] Okay. Would you. Would you take his name and address? Dave. Rick's, please. Thank you. We get rid of him from the air anyway. That's kind of good.
[00:50:30] Make sure you send them a real piece of crap. Oh, it'll be true, man. It'll be even the worst. It'll be really. It'll be the worst than we usually sell. Send them box of music turvy equiz certificates.
[00:50:42] That'd be fun. Marge, thank you very much for playing the game with us. Thank you very much. Okay. And also to you, Sandy. Thanks, Amelia. Thank you. Oh, she said sweetie and I clipped her off right in the middle of Sweden. Could you. I know that's really cruel. And Mike and Marilyn, thank you very much. Good to talk with you. Zero, I guess. Thank you very much, Storm. You're welcome. Thank you. He's. He's got a bit of announcer. He's got great voice. Oh, great voice.
[00:51:08] And Mike Epstein, thank you very, very much. A pleasure as always.
[00:51:12] Okay. And of course Dave is in there now taking the winning name so we can know who he is and get him. Really a piece of junk stuff. Oh, that'll be good. What a pleasure that'll be. Oh, yeah. Or I can just see it right now. It'll be one of these things when you open it up. A million stars and things fall all over your rug. We'll do that one, Tony. Thank you very much. Always a pleasure. Good night, lovey pook. See you Friday. Okay. He lovey pooks. And to you too, Jack. Hey, you'll not get not get any of that talk out of me. Because you're a tough guy. Oh, you Betcha. Well, you're Mr. Macho. Anyway, talk to you soon. All right. Bye Bye. Now another laugh out loud game from the vault has been cashed in. Have a great week, everyone. And let's meet again next week at that little cafe in Antwerp, Belgium. Closing the vault and leaving this world a little sillier than we found it. Four Guinea. First timers. Gentleness. Red Rider. BB guns. Daisy. BB guns. Bubbly charm. Martin and Lewis. Rockaby. My baby with a Dixie Melody. My Jerry Lewis impression. Hey, lady.
[00:52:24] Failing miserably. Just like my impression. Former announcers as producers is not recommended. Believing in your cause. Maximum feasible misunderstanding. Maximum feasible unpopularity. Town meeting. Engagement Impressions.
[00:52:43] Smelling a cheat. Optical illusions. Heart. The Old corral. Jeff. Jerry Crawler. Mr. And Mrs. Bojangles. Polka history ponderances.
[00:52:58] The Punjab norms. Telling of jokes like an Englishman. Scorn. The South American version of chips. Nachos. Little funny accents. Henny and Rocky. The pulmonary prize. Beautiful tender stories.
[00:53:15] Sexy phone voices.
[00:53:18] Dr. Sex. Editor in chief of Playboy. Today, breathing heavily. Masterpiece Theater. Although the world may have forgotten you. We haven't. Saboo, you wonderful elephant boy. Mike Epstein. Dave Magar. One of the purveyors of the worst jokes ever. Jack Hart. And the sweetie Lovey Pooks himself. Norm Nathan. I'm Tony Nesbitt. I can smell cheating. I've been doing this long enough so I can smell a cheat.
[00:53:49] Yuck.
