Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Today we have an encore presentation, kind of as it turns out. I used this show like three years ago. I listened again and thought, eh, why not? What exactly am I talking about, though? Well, it's a dumb birthday game from June 4, 1994. I will, however, give it a new title. Emilie. No.
[00:00:21] It all begins with Norm regaling us with the story of his baseball glory when he dawned a Red Sox uniform.
[00:00:27] Then on to the game. The players. Chris in front of his house on his car phone.
[00:00:33] Kristen from Dorchester, Kathy and Tewkesbury with a terrible phone connection until Steve from Alston admits it was his phone. I'm on the phone from home. Jack Hart, of course, in the traffic headquarters, and Emilio Morata producing and playing in studio. The birthdays. Dennis Weaver, Gene Barry, Parker Stevenson, Freddie Fender, Robert Merrill, Michelle Phillips and Bruce Dern. And then we close with an event in history. In what year was construction on the White house completed? Episode 238, Amelie no.
[00:01:11] Yaps its way to your ears.
[00:01:13] Now. Events that were going to happen that night and kind of spotlighted me for some reason, like the kid from Vine Street, Everett, who used to play for the Vine Street Hawks. And look at him now. He'll be in a Red Sox, you know, and went on and on like that. So it was great publicity. So by the time I got to bat, the crowd was cheering and Ken Coleman was the announcer and he was describing things.
[00:01:36] And the best I could do was hit a really hot sizzler halfway back to the pitcher's mouth. I was really just awful.
[00:01:43] I think Dave Maynard hit one and hit the fence out there. And I mean, everybody was smacking him everywhere.
[00:01:49] Old sports columnists who could hardly walk to the plate were banging off the wall. I couldn't even get it back to the picture.
[00:01:57] I think I embarrassed Ken Coleman more than anybody.
[00:02:02] But anyway, I still have the picture and I. The picture looks good, you think? I knew what I was doing, but there I am in a Red Sox uniform. It's like a dream come true.
[00:02:11] Then again, we did later on, we did the picture that the fellow was talking about when we played the Red Sox wives in a softball game. That was. That was kind of horsing around with. That was more fun.
[00:02:24] I'm getting kind of wordy, aren't I? And I think a little bit boring. Let's go to. But included among.
[00:02:30] Anyway, Chris is on the line with us. I have a terrible time with English. It's not one of my best languages.
[00:02:39] Seem to do pretty well.
[00:02:41] I guess so. Yeah. Well, I'VE learned how to speak phonetically.
[00:02:44] So a lot of times I'm speaking and I don't know really what I'm saying. I'm just kind of repeating the vowels and things. I do it every night, Norm. I know. I mean, it's like, you know, because you know what you're supposed to say, and it just doesn't come out the way. Because you say it a hundred times and it doesn't come out the way you want it to come out. I know. Now you're in your car. Where is your car? Right this way. I'm actually in front of my house right now. Are you gonna. You're gonna sit in the car in front of your house? Yeah, because I figured it would be crazy if I go inside and I wouldn't be able to get through again and get it.
[00:03:13] Okay, well, that's good, as long as you don't mind the club. And I figured last time, the last and first time that I called, I won.
[00:03:22] Oh, you might. You might win again. Another junkie prize. Yeah. You sent all that junk to me. It was interesting. Yeah. Yeah. Because as. As. I don't know how many people know this, but of course I mentioned it. So I guess people know that we. We send out tasteless, worthless, Worthless kinds of things. And so I don't want anybody to expect anything decent if they do win.
[00:03:43] And so. That's really nice. Anyway, if a cop comes and tries to, you know, pin some kind of a loitering rap on you, just hold the phone up near his mouth so we can hear him arresting you. Okay. It just actually just happened. I'm not joking. Oh, really?
[00:03:59] I was double parked in front of my house and the cop came and flashed his lights behind me. I had to move.
[00:04:05] Oh, that's good. That's great.
[00:04:07] I was talking with somebody in a car once and they got pulled over by the police.
[00:04:13] Or maybe they were pulled over, I don't know. Yeah, they were pulled over and I said, don't hang up. Don't hang up. Now just keep the phone there. We want to hear what the cops says and all that. Anyway, at the last minute, they chickened out, said, I can't. I can't do that. I gotta go. And so we never got the complete drama. So should it happen to you, you'll get. Well, you probably won't get any extra bonus points for it, but it'd be kind of fun for us to listen in.
[00:04:38] Definitely. Okay. And we have Kristen, who's in Dorges now. Hi, Kristen. How you Doing. Good morning, Norm. Oh, your voice is just so cheerful and so nice.
[00:04:48] That's because I'm talking to you. I was kind of hoping you would say that. Oh, absolutely. Well, you're a silly pook and I'm glad to have you with us. And we also have with us from Tewkesbury, just in from Las Vegas, America's dancing queen, Kathy. The lovely Kathy. That's me. Yeah, I just. I made. I made that. Oh, you've got. Is that your phone? Is it?
[00:05:13] Yeah, I think so. Because we didn't have that. Let me. Let's see. Let's check.
[00:05:18] Yeah, that's your phone. Did you have another phone at home? Oh, no, that's it. That's it.
[00:05:24] Oh, that. That is. That sounds just awful. No, I don't. That's. You know, I don't know we can do much with that. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, too, Kathy. I feel badly about that and I can't.
[00:05:36] Remember me, Kathy from Tewksbury. Did we have. I was from Boston. Oh, you from Boston. The trivia together.
[00:05:45] Oh, with Marty Menasian and Bernie Corbett. Oh, the line seems to be clearing when you mention their names.
[00:05:53] Yes, I do remember that. That was. That was when. Let's see, that was about 1980. Yeah. Somewhere around that time on. On WHC. It's a Saturday night. We used to go from, like, midnight to 5, midnight to 5 or sometimes 6. A lot of fun. Yeah. And we had a panel of what you mentioned, about three, four people, because we have a regular panel. And we'd have a guest. Right. And then we'd have me, because I never knew any of the answers to anything.
[00:06:20] It was fun. Yeah, that was fun.
[00:06:23] I was thinking of doing that again. We could do that here one night. Oh, that'd be great. That was a lot of fun. I still have all my paperwork to, too.
[00:06:31] Okay, that's great. Okay. Because each one. Each one took a different category. Bernie was great at sports and music also. And Marty knew just about everything. About everything. He sort of disappeared from the face of the earth. But Marty, as a matter of fact, put out a trivia publication. Yes, he did. Yeah. He was in who's who too, I think. Was he? Yeah, I believe he had. Didn't he have property up at Rockingham or something?
[00:06:58] Yeah, he was from that area, as I remember. Yeah. I think he sold it and made a lot of money. Did he? Yeah, I guess so. Maybe that's why he disappeared, because he feels people like us would just go after him for that Right. I would have been after him right away.
[00:07:13] Now. What are you doing now?
[00:07:16] Well, besides, you know, I work and we just bought a house up here in Tewkesbury.
[00:07:23] Well, good. Yeah. Congratulations. You and your husband? Yes. Were you married then? Yes, I was. I've been married all my life.
[00:07:32] Okay, I know. I know how you feel. You know that feeling? Yeah. Let's go to. Steve also is playing the game with us. Steve is in Austin. Hi, Steve. How you doing, Norm? Hey, it's an absolute pleasure to talk to you. What a nice thing to say. My line, I was just talking to her about because I walked into my nursery, I just had a five week old baby. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, isn't that nice? This is a. You started getting the static going on there, right? Yeah, yeah, that was from me. Yeah. Oh, you think that was you? Yeah. I gotta stay in the living room here. Okay. When you have a port, you have a portable phone. I got a portable phone, yeah. She just woke up my. My little girl. Her name is Haley. Oh, isn't that nice? Is this your first child? This is my first child, yeah. I'm 25 years old. Oh, yeah. Okay, that's great. The wife. The wife is up and around. She's mad at me right now because she seems to think that I woke up the baby and she thinks, here you are playing frivolous games on the radio while her baby needs your attention.
[00:08:34] She's cursing me in the background. Oh, no.
[00:08:38] All right. I'm gonna win this game though. Okay. And you understand that you get a totally useless prize if you do win. All right, well, I want to make sure that you send me that totally useless prize. Okay? No, I'll be sure to send it to you. Absolutely, absolutely. And if you want to kiss Haley later. Me? That'd be nice. I think Having a baby around, having. And who changes the baby's diapers that you or your wife? It depends on whether she does number one or number two. Are you a specialist in one or the other? I'm a specialist in the number one area.
[00:09:13] And your wife is. Specialist area. I just kind of block my eyes and run out of the room. Oh, okay. So. Because I used to be.
[00:09:22] Because I used to be very good at that. Oh, were you really either either area? Oh, yeah.
[00:09:28] Specialists in both the areas. Yeah. They used to call me old iron stomach, which is nice. Oh, that's good. Best wishes. Yeah, you're in for a great adventure. Oh, this is gonna be great. It's my first time calling a radio station. Oh, yeah. No, the great adventure wasn't so much this as just having being a father. Oh, being a new father. Yeah. Five weeks. Geez. Yeah, Yeah. I mean, this. I mean, it's not as exciting as being on the dumb birth. I know, but. No, I was talking about the baby thing. Anyway, we have. Tony is with us. Hi, Tony. Hello, Norm. Long time no see. Yeah, that's right, for about an hour and a half.
[00:10:04] Anyway, you got home safely and it's good to talk to you. And of course, Jack Hart is with it. Hey, Jack. Hello. He got to work safely.
[00:10:14] That's right. He got to work safely and thank goodness, therefore, he can make the streets. As our traffic reporter, he can make the streets safe for all those who are still traveling. Safe for humanity.
[00:10:27] Oh, shut up. Hey, Norm. Yes? You know, you could send the. If Steve wins, you can send the prizes to Haley. Wouldn't that be nice? Something she could keep forever and ever. Yeah. Let's see. Gets old enough, they could say, you know where this came from, this paper clip came from? Norm Nathan. Yeah. This useless, totally useless, tacky, tasteless surprise. And then I wanted to know, what did Chris get when he won the last time?
[00:10:54] HE laughs.
[00:10:56] One thing I want to know about Haley. Underneath her bathroom sink, is there.
[00:11:01] Is that where you keep your. Haley's comment? Haley's comment.
[00:11:05] I was waiting for that.
[00:11:09] One thing, one thing about the One thing about Jack, he telegraphs the punch lines about three minutes before he hits you with them. And you can just see the mind going, trying to build up the situation so it comes out like this. For anyone with like. Like cardiac problems or anything, I don't want them to all of a sudden get, like, whacked with this, you know, a ruckus punchline and then, you know, have a heart attack and die. It's safety jokes. That's what they are. That's what it is. That's right.
[00:11:37] And not to mention humorless. Yeah. So, Chris, what did you win? Chris?
[00:11:43] I was again.
[00:11:45] I was actually. It was a plastic paperclip. It was some book. That was a pretty interesting book.
[00:11:54] The thing is, it could have been that interesting because I can't remember what it was, but it's in my bathroom because occasionally when I sit there, I look at it.
[00:12:02] But that's Newsweek.
[00:12:06] It seems to me that we sent something a little bit too valuable. We'll have to watch it the next time.
[00:12:11] Some papers, I forget what they. Something with a coffee stain. I knew that it came with a coffee stain. Yeah.
[00:12:19] I sent you a book that had no, no, no, no. Some papers. I forget what the papers were. I've got them all together. I've got them. Well, next time I. Come on.
[00:12:27] Okay, well, you can have. If you win tonight, then this morning you can have a whole collection of junk. It'll be really nice.
[00:12:34] And Emilio Morata, producer here at wbz, of course, is playing the game with us. Hello, Emilio. Good evening, Norm. I was thinking when you were having your conversation with Steve about you specializing in one or two, that, you know, sometimes some of the shows that we put on may make it seem like we specialize in two here.
[00:12:54] Did Jack. Jack hard write that line for you? Jack called me in the mass control room, and he said, hey, please say that one down. Actually. Actually, Norm, if I could, you know, take advantage of my celebrity status and say hello to a friend of mine that's listening tonight. George Lewis is out there from Gold Gym and Brain Training. I just told him I'd say hi to him. Oh, George has just been arrested. Assault, battery. And wherever he is, I know he'll get the message. I like the way Emilio asked you that. And before you could, yes or no, he said it. Anybody always does that.
[00:13:25] But I've come anyway.
[00:13:27] Here. There are a fair amount of people born on this day, this, of course, being June 4th.
[00:13:32] And we'll start. We'll start the bidding anyway. Dennis Weaver was born on June 4th.
[00:13:40] Dennis Weaver was a. To. Won an Emmy in 1960 for the TV series Gunsmoke, in which he played Marshall Dillon's deputy. Remember, he used to limp in that. Didn't he limp in that? Yeah. Chester Good was. The deputy was named Chester Good. He played that for nine years.
[00:14:01] Pardon me, Is somebody mumbling?
[00:14:05] Yeah, this is Haley's father. I'm sorry. Okay. Talking to Haley's mother. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is a joint thing with you? No, no, no. Well, she's up. She's still cranky at me. Oh, okay. Go on. I'm sorry. Okay. It was one of the most popular TV shows of all time. He also appeared in McLeod, which is on reruns right now, Gentle Ben. And he's been on many TV movies. So that's Dennis Weaver.
[00:14:31] Okay, now, how old do you think he is? Chris, we'll start with you.
[00:14:37] I think he's gonna be like, what, 73, 74? No. Yeah, about 73. 73 says Chris. Okay. Chris sitting in his car out front of his house.
[00:14:49] Oh, you're in front of the Golden Gym in East Boston.
[00:14:54] Do you live near there? Yeah, about two blocks away. Oh, okay. Now, do you work out a lot?
[00:15:00] Not as much as I should, but, yeah, lately I have. Okay. And you go to the Golden Gym. Do you know where that is?
[00:15:06] Oh, Gold's Gym. I actually don't work out there. I just kind of. Just got to get out of the way before the clouds came back again. Oh, I see. Okay. Are they. Are they circling the neighborhood? Are they. Well, it's a pretty busy, busy neighborhood.
[00:15:21] I'm not gonna be here that much longer. I'm moving out.
[00:15:24] You're not gonna. You gotta. We gotta wait till the end of the game. Aren't you. Oh, yeah, yeah. After the game, you're gonna come over, help me move. Okay. All right. Hey, Kristen, how old do you think Dennis Weaver is?
[00:15:35] I'll say 72.
[00:15:38] Kristen says in a cute little voice, I'll say 72. Hello, Kristen.
[00:15:45] Kathy, you're not going to say hello to Tony? Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. Hello, Tony. Oh, how are you? Fine. How are you? Long time no talk. I know. I haven't talked to you since the farm stand. That's right. September.
[00:15:59] Okay. Oh, Kathy, how old do you think Dennis Weaver is?
[00:16:04] I think 67. 67. I'm sorry. I know I'm just a wretch.
[00:16:12] Steve, what? Do you think?
[00:16:13] Dennis Weaver looks exactly like my father.
[00:16:17] My father is 59. Is 59, okay.
[00:16:25] Geez, you get a father who's a whole lot younger than I am. I can't stand this.
[00:16:31] Anyway, Jack, what do you say? O o.67.
[00:16:42] That's Jack. Hat giving you a preview of some of the songs from the Sound of music.
[00:16:50] Anyway. 67. Okay. And, Tony, I'm gonna see if I can thread this together now. Thread this together.
[00:16:58] I get it. I get it. Yeah.
[00:17:00] Yeah. You're gonna want us with those, Tony. Yeah, yeah.
[00:17:04] 63. 63.
[00:17:07] This is Steve. Can I change my.
[00:17:10] Oh, Steve, Please. Beam. Can I change it? You obviously didn't get the rules I faxed out to you right before. Prior to the game.
[00:17:18] I just look in the Star magazine here. No. I was cheating. I don't get a second chance. Not if you tell us that you looked it up. I mean, if you could make up some excuse. I was. My mind was.
[00:17:30] My mind was confused. Haley was going to the bathroom. We'll win this for my girl Haley. Okay. Well, there'll be others. There'll be others. Okay. Go ahead. They're all in the same magazine, apparently so. Everybody else is lost because this guy picked up a copy of this chintzy Magazine.
[00:17:48] All right. Before you say it, can I say it? No, no, no, no, no, no. Emilio's turn, and then I'll tell you who the winner is. Well, no, my first. I have to make my complimentary stupid joke. Oh, gee. Which tonight will be that she's Dennis.
[00:18:04] Complimentary. Yes.
[00:18:07] Dennis Weaver looks as old as that Weaver chicken rondelay I had last week. There it is. I got out of the way. Oh, thank God. 62.
[00:18:17] Okay. Chicken rundelays. You never heard of those? Yeah, there's a Weaver brand of frozen foods. And he's referring to one specific species.
[00:18:27] Yeah, he really. He really. That's Even. Even Jack Hart wouldn't have gone for that one.
[00:18:33] And he has no taste at all. So you can imagine what category you're in, fella. He doesn't have the guts that I have.
[00:18:40] Okay. Dennis Weaver. Actually, I have two.
[00:18:43] Two ages. From A.P. a.P. Says he is 70.
[00:18:48] And my little book here says he's 69. So either way, let's see who comes the closest. Jack had, I believe.
[00:18:56] No, somebody said 71.
[00:18:58] Nobody said 71. No, Kristen said 72.
[00:19:02] And let me see. So don't say 67. And. And yeah, Kathy said 67.
[00:19:09] So I'd say Kristen and Kathy.
[00:19:12] Yes, yes. That's why Kathy and Kristen both. Both came closest.
[00:19:18] You guys are okay. All right. How about. How about Gene Barry?
[00:19:23] Do you know Gene Barry was born Eugene, Class K L, A S S a song and dance man in the movie since 1952. He was on the TV series. Remember Bat Masterson with his cane and Burke's Law.
[00:19:37] And also one of his biggest hits came on Broadway and also in Boston. I saw him here doing LA Casual.
[00:19:45] He was in that. He was excellent.
[00:19:47] Gene Berry. But he also played that. You mind if I say it again? On Broadway.
[00:19:53] Broadway.
[00:19:55] Oh, boy, I love that.
[00:19:58] Okay, Medio. How old is Gene Barry? I have no idea who the gentleman is, but he's been dancing since 52. See? Song and dance man in the movie since 52. Been dancing for 42 years. Years. And, boy, are his arms tired or something.
[00:20:14] No. If I could digress off this subject for a second, I kind of get nervous when you start digressing. Well, I wanted to ask you. When you said, we'll start the bidding, that reminded me of Bob Bark. And I wanted to ask you what you think about this sexual harassment suit that he has with I. I. Everybody's suing everybody. This guy's been. He's been widowed for years. Well, how do you feel about this old guy? Having sex with this beautiful young woman. I think that sounds great to me. It sounds okay to me. Yeah. Gives us all hope. Yeah, I think so. I think so. I was just wondering how you felt about that. Anyhow, I think Gene Barry. What did you think I was going to be opposed to that?
[00:20:48] I think funny looking old guys are not damn sexual beautiful young women. That's the way I think. And that's the truth.
[00:20:55] Much as it may hurt guys like you. Well, Norm, I noticed that you don't abuse your position of power, that you're a man of intelligence. Oh, yes, Yes, I do. Oh, I'm sorry. Every chance I get.
[00:21:06] Okay. Anyhow, no, I'm gonna say Gene Barry is 68 years old. 68 years old. Norm's fighting for paternity suits as we speak.
[00:21:15] Wouldn't that be something, huh?
[00:21:18] Wouldn't that be front page news, huh? Yeah, well, Tony saw he hit at the plate at Fenway. My kids are listening. You know what, you know, my, my Sarah is saying right now. Oh, dad. Oh, dad. Come on, dad. Fathers aren't supposed to talk that way.
[00:21:35] Anyway, Tony, what do you. How old do you think Gene Barry is? I don't think it's so much you talking that way. It's. It's the idea of maybe it really happening.
[00:21:43] She knows better than that.
[00:21:48] Oh, God.
[00:21:50] Gene Barry. Gene Barry.
[00:21:52] They had. They brought back Burke's Law, didn't they, over the fall, did they? Or at least late winter. They brought it back for a few episodes. What is that, Tony? And it's a show. It's a TV show, I guess. I'm watching all these. Kind of played actually the same role, passing down his expertise to a much younger man in the show. Oh, that's like James Garner with. Yeah. A Maverick's Law.
[00:22:23] And incidentally, Mel Gibson plays Maverick.
[00:22:27] And I won't tell you the part that James Garner plays because it comes. It's kind of a tricky ending, and that's part of it, but it's a. It's a lovely movie. And Jodie Foster, by the way, looks lovely.
[00:22:41] I just remember her kind of looking like a bratty tomboy kind of character a few years ago.
[00:22:46] And why you blossomed into a beautiful lady. Now, watch what you say, Norm. We don't want anything to be misconstrued. Will you shut up? Will you just shut up, okay? I hope not. I hope I'm not out of line.
[00:22:59] Anyway, what was Emilio's guess? Emilio said 68.
[00:23:04] He was gonna. He was gonna. He was gonna answer 72. He's gonna answer you himself. But he's scared to death of me because I just flexed my muscles. Norman, he's towering over me with a. With a clenched fist. And I'm in the corner shaking like a mouse at Linda's house.
[00:23:19] Jack, what do you think? Gene Barry, what would you say?
[00:23:23] Barry?
[00:23:24] Let's see, he's.
[00:23:29] He's 70. He's 70. 70.
[00:23:33] Okay. And Steve, this is the guy with the. With the star. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Trying to win the prize for my daughter here. So. Yeah. So you're looking it up and you're going to come up. No, no, I'm not looking at anything. No, no.
[00:23:45] His wife's telling him. That's what my wife was trying to tell me. Oh, I see. Yeah, he was on the go.
[00:24:00] I'll have to say Gene Barry is.
[00:24:04] What did Amelio say?
[00:24:06] 69. What does everybody care what Amelio says?
[00:24:10] Amelio said 68. All right, I'm gonna beat him with 72. 72. That's what I said. That's right. That's what Tony said. All right, son. Okay. And Kathy, what do you say?
[00:24:23] Say that again. 66. 66, okay. And Kristen, I'll say a little older. 76. 76. That's the spirit. Yeah.
[00:24:35] I love the way you guys throw that.
[00:24:38] That's the spirit. Yeah. I'm wondering if Jack is feeling a little off centered today because he hasn't come up with very many witticisms and, you know, usually he's so shy.
[00:24:48] That's a Lavelle word, isn't it?
[00:24:51] All the Rondelay jokes to you.
[00:24:54] Thanks, Jack. Pass the torch. And Chris, what do you think? I kind of cut things in the middle there just a little bit. Well, I think Chris is kind of close. I think 74. 74, okay. Actually, he's 72.
[00:25:08] Steve and Tony both hit that one right on the button. So Tony must have reached and grabbed his star magazine.
[00:25:15] Okay, let's go to.
[00:25:18] Moving right along. Moving quickly along. Yes.
[00:25:21] Excuse me, Tony, do you recall where the off switch is for meteors? I believe. I believe it's in front of you somewhere. It's right there. I just found it. Okay. Parker Stevenson.
[00:25:34] Kirsty, Ellie's husband.
[00:25:37] Pardon me.
[00:25:38] That's right. That's right. He's Christie. Elliot says, but you don't mind if I keep your microphone. Just give us a little rest for a few minutes.
[00:25:47] He won't stop. Parker Stevenson, anyway, played Frank Hardy on the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew mysteries.
[00:25:55] He's in Baywatch. He has Baywatch. He's in Baywatch now.
[00:26:00] There's a voice in the background, but I can't make out what he's saying. Or is it a woman? He's had to make out the voice.
[00:26:07] He's married to actress Christie Alley. Okay, I'll release you from the bondage of an unplugged microphone. And how old do you think, Emilio?
[00:26:17] Geez, Paca Stevenson's gotta be 38 years old. 38. Geez. He's gonna perform that with voices.
[00:26:25] I'm like, what was that guy that called up, did the invitation of the guys in the street? What happened to all. All the really good producers? Are they all drafted or what's going on here? Popcorn.
[00:26:36] Okay. Kathy, what do you think?
[00:26:41] Tucker Stevens? Didn't you thank him for the big one?
[00:26:45] Pardon me.
[00:26:46] Come again?
[00:26:49] Can you. Can you get a little closer to the phone and speak up a little bit? Okay. Can you hear me?
[00:26:54] Yeah, but you. You're. You're so much lower volume than anybody else. And, And. But it is becoming.
[00:27:01] Becoming what? 36. 36.
[00:27:05] Now, what did you. What did she say about the big one? What did she. When she got the award? Didn't she at the end saying, I want to thank Parker for giving me the big one or something? Oh, Christie Alley did.
[00:27:15] She very well might have since she was married to him. And that would have been a very tender thing to have said. Oh, yes.
[00:27:22] She wants to thank him for the big one. Is that what you said? She's talking about the car. Okay. Speaking of the car, Chris, what do you think? Welcome to Worcester. $1.25, please.
[00:27:34] Adam Sandler. Yeah, I would say I was playing that all night tonight.
[00:27:39] I would say what a joy it must have been to be wherever you were. Oh, it was bad. It was really bad tonight. Things are very bad tonight.
[00:27:49] I would say 42. 42 said Chris.
[00:27:54] Okay. And Jack, 43. 43.
[00:28:00] Steve.
[00:28:01] Yeah. I'm gonna have to go with whatever you'll say.
[00:28:11] He said so much. He said something about the three.
[00:28:14] I'll go with 40. 42. 42. Okay. And Kristen, I'll say Parker's 44. Oh, geez. Everybody's. Everybody's turning into us to comics. Have you noticed that?
[00:28:36] And. And we're also good at it.
[00:28:39] Tony, what do you think? Parker is 40. 40.
[00:28:44] Okay. Ashley. Parker Stevenson is 42. There you go. And so Chris. Chris is now there on the scoreboard. And.
[00:28:53] And Steve has got two correct ones now. He's now leading the pack. And so we have. Everybody has a winner except as one at least once. Except Jack and Emilio.
[00:29:03] And there's a message there, but I don't know what it is.
[00:29:07] Steve, I'm wondering if you're going to be able to look your daughter in the eye in a couple years and say, you know, Daddy cheated.
[00:29:13] No. No, I'm sorry. I don't have. No. I don't know. We've lost all trust in you now, Steve. Now, you came out clean with us, really, you know.
[00:29:19] Where's that switch again?
[00:29:23] Okay. Freddie Fender.
[00:29:26] Freddie Fender, born Baltimore Huerta in San Benito, Texas. I don't see Freddie Fender. Yeah, no, yeah. Baltimore Huerta. H U E R T A. You're making that up. No, no, I'm not. No, I'm not. He's related to Tony Butler.
[00:29:43] Tony Butler. Bumper.
[00:29:46] Tony Bumper. I see there's another bit of humor there, too. Oh, the. The laughs really just come fast and furious, don't they? Do you know if he was Irish, it'd be Freddy O. I found the switch. Oh, nice job. Okay. Nice job. Okay, biggest hit before the next teardrop Falls in 1975. Oh, I thought you were talking about what, as big as it was before your next teardrop fell?
[00:30:09] No, Freddie Fender, his biggest hit was before the next teardrop falls. Okay, in 1975 is when he did that. If you want to piece together these dates. He was in prison on a marijuana possession charge from 1960 to 1963. Isn't that a typical American success story?
[00:30:28] Get out of jail and within 12 years had a big hit record.
[00:30:34] And where is he now? Where is he now? Right now he's married to Deanna Durbin. They're living in a little townhouse outside of Paris.
[00:30:44] Will you shut up and let me finish a statement?
[00:30:46] And he's now.
[00:30:49] I don't know. Never mind. It doesn't matter. I got thrown off my face there. We'll start with you, Chris. Freddie Fender. How old do you think he is?
[00:30:57] Oh, geez. You know, you think where I was a dj, I would know this stuff?
[00:31:03] He had the hit in 72. But he was bigger than 60s, you said.
[00:31:07] Well, no, I said he was in prison on a marijuana possession from 60 to 63. He was in jail. 60s revolution. And then he got high and then he realized he wrote a song. Let me see. I would say give him 56. 56, okay.
[00:31:30] And Steve, what do you say? I'm gonna go with 56. 56 also.
[00:31:36] Okay. And Kristen.
[00:31:39] 55. 55 says Kristen.
[00:31:42] Okay, Jack, you know not to. A couple of years ago, we Had a little group, the Texas Tornadoes. And they did a pretty hot McDonald's breakfast burrito commercial. Is that right? Yeah.
[00:31:54] I wish they kept playing it. I like the song better than before. The next Teardrop falls. Almost as good.
[00:32:04] 53. 53.
[00:32:09] And Tony.
[00:32:12] Yeah, 50. 54. 54.
[00:32:17] Kathy, what did Emilio say?
[00:32:24] You say 50? No, 60. Oh, 60. Okay.
[00:32:28] And let's find out what Emilio says as we ask him.
[00:32:32] 52. 52.
[00:32:36] It's kind of quiet and subdued, isn't it? My feelings are hurting all. Oh, that's good. About time. I've been trying to do that for weeks.
[00:32:45] Okay, Freddie Fender is 57. Oh, there you go. So Chris is 56.
[00:32:52] And nobody said 58.
[00:32:55] So therefore, Chris is now in a tie with Steve. Yeah. And they have two apiece. Oh, I got three.
[00:33:04] Hold on a minute.
[00:33:06] Who's got three? I got three of them. No, you haven't got three of them. I get Gene Barry. Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You said 56 also, didn't you, Steve? That's right. You're right. Yeah, you do have three. I'm a little reed.
[00:33:20] What's that?
[00:33:21] What a surprise. Yeah, because he copied my number. That's right.
[00:33:27] Okay, how about Robert Merrow?
[00:33:30] Rob Mel, the opera singer. Oh, the. Oh, geez. I. Yeah, I know all about that guy. You know all about Rob? Oh, yeah. Why don't you take your first shot then? Yeah. How old do you think he is? Oh, you're gonna start with me now, huh? You betcha. You're gonna tell me some more about him, though. Well, I thought you knew all about him. You tell us. Yeah, come on. He's an opera singer. That's right. Some details, like when was he born? Maybe one of his big hits was, as I recall, was a thing called the Bluebird of Happiness.
[00:33:59] And I'd like to sing a little bit of it for you if you'd like.
[00:34:02] Would you do that? Yeah, sure, sure.
[00:34:05] Okay. Go ahead. Okay. Just a couple ones. Be like I. Hold your head up high Somewhere there's a bluebird oh, I know the guy now. Okay, I got him. You know. You just want me to stop singing now. You don't know. I just want to cut you off. I don't blame you.
[00:34:25] I was kind of hoping you'd start to scream out faster than that before I made a total ass of myself. All right.
[00:34:31] Okay. All right. What's his. What's his last name again? Merrill. M E R R I L L as in Frank Merrill of he's got to be 70. 70? Yeah, got to be. If he's not, shame on him. Are we not gonna get any clues?
[00:34:52] No, I don't have any more information.
[00:34:55] The bluebird of happiness. Yeah, the bluebird of happiness. Everyone's smart to go with 70. Okay, I'd say the bluebird of happiness came out.
[00:35:03] And it might not have been Robert Merrill who did that. I think it might have been Jan somebody, another opera singer who did that.
[00:35:10] But the song itself came out in the 40s. 40s, early 40s, late 30s.
[00:35:18] So it might have been somebody else. Though he may not have done that. So don't use that as a clue. Did you finish a little to do the next line.
[00:35:27] You mean you want me to sing some more? Yeah, please. Oh, there's a. There's a. There's a narrative in between.
[00:35:35] The poet with his pen, the peasant with his plow. It makes no difference who you are. It's all the same.
[00:35:41] We thought that was the greatest tear jerking, emotional song. And it really actually, in musical circles it's known as a piece of crap.
[00:35:54] It is such a phony kind of song. But Anyway, when you're 13 years old, anything like that really grabs you.
[00:36:01] Anyway, we have one guest from Steve who says Robert Merrill is 70.
[00:36:05] And Kristen says 75. 75.
[00:36:11] Adorable little voice. It's just as sweet. She's so cute, isn't she? She is very cute.
[00:36:16] Steve, you're a married man. Yeah, I'm a married man. I gotta remember that. Amelia, how old do you think Robert Merrill is? Well, I am bullish on 73.
[00:36:27] We should lynch you for that.
[00:36:30] Okay. Yeah.
[00:36:32] My feelings aren't hurting. Oh, no. Okay, that's good. Oh, that's. No, that's not good. That's not good.
[00:36:38] Let's see where. Man, let me hear. Let me make sure my finger's right near the switch.
[00:36:44] Chris, what do you think? You said you were 13 when you were listening to Meryl sing this song. Yeah, but I'm not sure.
[00:36:50] I have a feeling with somebody else. It wasn't me. How old do you think he was in his popularity and when he was very popular? Yeah, yeah. I don't know. You know, opera singers are pretty popular till pretty late in life. That's true. In other words, he's not gonna tell you, Chris. That's what he's trying to. Yeah, I know. I don't really know. I'd say he was probably very big in the 50s, 60s. Through there. I'm gonna say 82. 82.
[00:37:18] Okay. We don't Hear any police cruisers pulling up? No sirens or anything. But I can't move my hands. They get me cuffed.
[00:37:26] But he's listening to the show and he. He likes this.
[00:37:29] That's right. The police officers are listening. They might arrest you for being on the show.
[00:37:34] Tony, what do you think?
[00:37:41] 78.
[00:37:45] Oh, thank goodness. That gets me off the hook with my cock of Mamie voice.
[00:37:50] Okay, Jack, you know, I believe his story goes that he was like a street urchin type of kid who somewhere like got a little bit of help and ended up becoming an opera singer for like a kid from like the New York area. Yeah, he was from New York. You're right. I think. I think what you say is quite true.
[00:38:08] What you say is true.
[00:38:12] I belong to you. He must be 72 when you're. No, I'd say he's 74. 74, okay. Kathy, I thought he was dead. 80.
[00:38:26] Well, assuming he's not, how old would you say he's a baby? Yeah, No, I don't think he is. I think he's still alive.
[00:38:35] Let's see. He's actually 75.
[00:38:37] So Kristen said that right on the button. I know. And. And Jack. Jack was within a year of that. A lot of you came very close, but the cigar goes to Kristen. Oh, thanks.
[00:38:51] And I thought made. I thought you did the best version. I mean, I've never heard the guy before, but I bet you were the best version.
[00:38:59] Thank you very much.
[00:39:01] He's looking for some few points.
[00:39:03] Where's his switch? I know.
[00:39:07] Michelle Phillips. How about Michelle Phillips? Oh, how about her? How about her? She was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California. She appeared in the soap Search for Tomorrow.
[00:39:18] Hotel Knott's Landing says she was with the Mamas and the Papas. Is that right? Yes, she was. That's right. And cute as a bug. And she is very pretty lady. Wasn't she married to some famous rock singer? She was married to Papa, wasn't she? Phillips. What's it. What's his first name? Oh, John Phillips. John Phillips and his. Their daughter, Mackenzie. That's right. Now they. They both were with mamas in the Papas, obviously. Okay.
[00:39:47] When they released Monday. Monday on her birthday in 1966. There's another date there.
[00:39:58] How old was she then? I don't know. She was with the mamas and the fathers when they released Monday. Monday on her birthday, which would be June 4, obviously in 1966, obviously. I'm not going to tell you how old she was then. Although I certainly could figure it out.
[00:40:13] But you tell me how old you think she is now.
[00:40:16] And let's see, we'll start with. Let's start with you, Chris. No, we started with you the last time, Emilio. Well, start with you again. What the heck? Okay, I'd go with 56. 56, okay. And Kathy. I'll say 52. 52, yeah, 52.
[00:40:36] Okay. Emilio.
[00:40:43] I'll say 48. 48, okay. And Tony.
[00:40:58] Monday, Monday.
[00:41:02] Come on, master.
[00:41:04] Monday, Monday.
[00:41:07] Every other day. Every other day of the week is fine. Yeah.
[00:41:15] Oh, please, Tony.
[00:41:17] 55. 55, okay. And let's see. Kristen.
[00:41:25] Well, well, I think.
[00:41:30] Hang on to Tony and say 55.
[00:41:40] Jack, what do you say? 49. 49 says Jack. And Steve from Austin. 48. Also 48. Okay. I feel good about this, then. Steve. Yeah, we got it. I got it. Me and the other guy. Okay. Actually, you don't. But your second closest. Oh, she's 50. She's the big five zero today. I was gonna say 40. Yeah, Jack said 49. Now Jack finally is on the. On the scoreboard. That leaves me. That leaves you. Amidio is just sitting there doing bad material.
[00:42:15] Nobody said 50. No, no, nobody said 50. We had. Kathy said 52. She was close. And Steve said 48, which was close the other way.
[00:42:24] But Jack at 49 was the closest. Thank you so much. And now let's get down to the field and pick up the band. Who's winning?
[00:42:33] Who's winning? Am I still in the lead?
[00:42:35] You know. You know very well that you're still in the lead, otherwise you wouldn't have asked. Yes, you have three and Chris has two, and that's about it. Chris is the only one who can get caught up. You see, Norm, I haven't scored yet, but I'm. I'm not. You know, that's a slim. I'm not here to provide technical support. I'm here to provide entertainment.
[00:42:55] Oh, is that. Is that the way you see a robe? When are you gonna start?
[00:43:00] Okay. Bruce Dern.
[00:43:03] I almost thought that was short for something else, but apparently that's his whole name. Doesn't seem like it was chopped off.
[00:43:08] My name is Bruce Dernabeck, but nobody's name is Bruce Dern. Looks like somebody slapped him hand over his mouth and he stopped speaking after. Anyway, he was in they Shoot Horses, don't they? Which is a great movie. The Great Gatsby, which is the F. Scott Fitzgerald story where Gatsby calls everybody old sport. By the way, that's where I stole that.
[00:43:31] Coming Home, the burbs and Digstown and he's the father of Laura Dern, who's quite a good actress and been a number of fine movies herself. And I believe his first role was in the John Wayne movie the Cowboys, where his credit was simply listed as long hair.
[00:43:49] Really? He was the guy who shot John Wayne in that movie. No kidding? That's right. Yeah.
[00:43:55] That's very interesting. I had no idea that Bruce Dern. Why don't we start with you, Jack? How old do you think Bruce Dern is on this very day? The father of Laura Dern. Laura Dern.
[00:44:10] She. He is 55.
[00:44:17] He is 55.
[00:44:20] Okay.
[00:44:22] And let's see, Steve, what do you think? Bruce Duran.
[00:44:26] Yeah, I saw him in the. The Cowboys. Excellent movie.
[00:44:33] He looked to be about 28 back then.
[00:44:37] Let's say he's 58. You say he's 58. Okay.
[00:44:42] And Kathy?
[00:44:47] I'll say 61. 61. 61. 61. Okay. And Kristen?
[00:44:55] I'll say 60. 60.
[00:45:02] Okay.
[00:45:04] Emilio. I'd say he's darn near 58.
[00:45:09] Darn near 15.
[00:45:12] Tony, I've just been patiently waiting my der in here and that's even worse than what I said.
[00:45:19] No, it isn't. Nothing is worse than what you said. So.
[00:45:23] So don't flatter yourself. They must be looking through rose colored glasses, Norm.
[00:45:28] Rose colored glasses? No, that doesn't tie in with anything. I'm just saying I'm looking. Oh. I say because I always kind of wasn't Laura Dern in some movie. Something rose. Yes, she was. That's right. Ramblin Road. She's her mother. That's right. You knew it.
[00:45:41] You had an idea tied in. I just didn't know why I just tied it. And thank you for showing that up. Only Jack.
[00:45:48] Okay, who did I just ask? Tony? Yes, yes.
[00:45:52] And I feel I told you. What did you say? I said 56. Oh, did you? Yes, I did. Oh, I'm such a silly poo. It's okay. Okay, And Chris, what do you say? Bruce said. You said he was in the burbs.
[00:46:06] He was in. He was in the burbs, that's right.
[00:46:09] How was he? Was he the neighbor? He played the psychomaniac that shot off the roof. He was on the roof with the sniper rifle.
[00:46:21] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. I know what you're talking about. He was the one that was the army guy. Yeah, he was the army guy. He was like. Yeah, yeah, like a mercenary type guy.
[00:46:30] 56. 56. Okay, here come the answers now. The answer is 58. Yes, Emilio has made this Made it to the scoreboard. Yes. And Steve has put another notch in his belt. In his belt. In the belt. Gee, that's so surprising that he has nine correct answers now.
[00:46:52] Magazine and claiming. Oh, no, I'm not looking at it. Yeah, let's get four out of seven.
[00:46:58] And he's.
[00:47:00] I'd say out of the four, three of them were right on the button. Isn't that a coincidence? Yeah.
[00:47:07] Wait a second here.
[00:47:09] Hold on now. You're gonna hurt your case now if you keep talking. He's gonna be like, vince Lombati just teach you to win seven. Seven birthdays. But I've only gotten four.
[00:47:18] Oh, the other ones are. Yeah, and then three, and three out of four, you hit right on the button. Nobody's come out close to that. Geez, I guess I'm lucky. You know, you keep yourself in the lead and, you know, well, I can screw this, then. They don't think I'm cheating. And when someone gets close, you throw one at us again and you get another one.
[00:47:36] We know your whole routine, honestly. No, the baby. The babies. Give me the answers.
[00:47:41] She's holding up fingers now. We know he's not cheating. We know he's not cheating. By the way, we should buy that book. What is she going to think about a father in prison for lying?
[00:47:49] Think about.
[00:47:51] Okay, I'm going to give you one more because we have a little extra time. It's only a taste. Tasteless, tacky. And this. Yeah, this is this. Yours will be even taste. Tastelesser and tackier.
[00:48:02] Okay, here's. Here's an event. And you tell me what year it happened. Okay. Because it happened on June 4th. The White House was completed. Well, this is a birthday game. That's right. It is a birthday game. But occasionally we do events that happen on that day as well, when we don't have enough birthdays to go around. No, don't you understand? He can't look that up in the star magazine. So he's a little upset with you.
[00:48:24] Yeah, but he's already. He's already won. The cheat is won. So he's okay.
[00:48:30] Yeah.
[00:48:32] What was the White House completed? My lifelong dream was to beat Emilio.
[00:48:39] I've done it. I've accomplished everything I wanted to do in life. Oh, that's great.
[00:48:46] Except finish that back porch you started.
[00:48:49] Okay. Anyway, the White House completed on this date, June 4, and the first occupants moved in. I won't tell you who they were because that might be too much of a clue. June 4th of what year? Yeah, you tell me what Year? Oh, that's the question. The question is what year was the White House completed? Oh. What? Okay, one. Fair enough question. I always start with somebody else here.
[00:49:13] Nobody's. Nobody even mentioned you, Steve.
[00:49:16] Why don't we start with somebody else here? Okay, we'll start with somebody else here. Sure. I wasn't going to start with you anyway, Steve.
[00:49:24] I don't even want to finish with you. I don't even want. Oh, shut up, Steve. Okay, let's get Krista. What do you think? What year was that?
[00:49:31] Can you talk another minute? I'm trying to look it up.
[00:49:36] It's on page four, section 62.
[00:49:42] I guess these people that went to that gas station. No.
[00:49:45] Where's his microphone? Sweatshirt. Okay, the White House. Anyway, what year would you say. Chris, that's still looking it up. No, come on. Will you stop that? What year was that?
[00:50:00] You see, the capital. Capital was of the United States up to that point. Was in New York.
[00:50:06] And they finally live in the White House.
[00:50:10] That's a clue.
[00:50:12] I failed history.
[00:50:14] It could have been Reagan. He was old enough.
[00:50:18] Yes, yes, yes. It could have been. Yes.
[00:50:22] You want to humiliate me, huh? Yeah.
[00:50:26] Oh, that's not nice.
[00:50:29] I don't even know what to say.
[00:50:35] I'll give you another 18 minutes. I'm breaking out into a sweat.
[00:50:43] Well, I have no idea. So I'll just have to say.
[00:50:49] And even 1900. I have no idea. 1900 was when the White House was completed and the first. The president and his wife moved in. 1900, that would have been.
[00:51:03] Theodore Roosevelt was in office during that, I believe that year.
[00:51:08] Or Grover Cleveland. Oh, no, it would have been William McKinley. Maybe that's the year they opened up a Lincoln's ghosts bedroom.
[00:51:16] That's right. It was the first year of that. And that happened the same. Same year the first couple moved in. Yeah. Yeah. Lincoln also. He must have gone to head the White House in New York.
[00:51:28] Anyway, we're rewriting history here.
[00:51:31] Okay.
[00:51:33] We're Vince, Right. What do you think, Tony? Oh, geez. I had to open my mouth.
[00:51:39] Okay.
[00:51:43] Now, the White House just had an anniversary.
[00:51:49] Yeah. June 14th.
[00:51:52] Within the past few years.
[00:51:54] The past few years. I don't know. Maybe not like, you know, it's so many. And it's so many years old. Yay. You know, it was one of those deals. Yeah. Well, it would have been kind of an odd year, you know, in other words, it wasn't a rounded number. If that's not saying that. I mean, it could have been. There was a clue. Yeah. I Was giving clues. That's true. I mean, I'm saying could have. Could. They could have celebrated in 1991. I don't know that it was so many years old. They could have done that. Could have done that. Yeah. Could have been so many years. Yeah. We. We don't have too much time left. If you just come up with an answer. We know. Wow, look at that. A couple minutes. A couple of minutes. Yeah. Okay.
[00:52:39] Oh, boy.
[00:52:41] 1919. The White House. We completed, remember? Okay. Yeah, don't give me any hits. 1894. No, no, no, no, no, NO. 18. 1891. 1891. Okay, Kathy, what do you think by 1930s? 1934? Right in the middle of Franklin Roosevelt's time.
[00:53:08] Yeah, that's right.
[00:53:09] The packing he had to do. Wait a minute. I made a mistake. I didn't want to say that. 18:9. What am I, an idiot? Too late now. I didn't want to say that.
[00:53:19] 41. Okay, Steve, what do you think? 1820. 1820. Chris.
[00:53:28] Officer Non. Nathan. Okay, just give me five minutes.
[00:53:32] 18.
[00:53:34] I would say 1832. 1832. And Jack.
[00:53:39] 1817. 1817. And Emilio. I'll steal Tony's 1841. Thank you. Okay. 1841.
[00:53:47] Okay. Actually, it was 1800.
[00:53:50] Wow.
[00:53:52] Jack Hart said 1817, so he was the closest and. Hang in there, Steve.
[00:53:59] You're. You're. You're the winning cheat.
[00:54:02] Okay? Yeah. Okay. For my tasteless, tacky prize. Can I get a picture, autographed picture of you, Norm? Yes, you. Yes, you may. Just hang in there. Emilio's gonna take your name. Name and address and stuff. Okay? Okay. Thank you. Thank all of you. I've got to get. Get going because.
[00:54:18] Okay. Nice to play with you, Chris and Kristen and.
[00:54:22] And Kathy and me too. And you too, Tony and Jack Hart and all the folks out there. Thank you so much. A good time was had by all on that great players that added a lot of fun. I will run next week's episode through the repeat detector and see if it applies. If it does, then we will run diagnostics on its humor, capacity and dumbness. If not, then we will have ourselves some all new dumb fun.
[00:54:49] Closing the vault and leaving this world a little sillier than we found it for the Vine Street Hawks. Hot sizzlers. Halfway back to the pitcher's mound. Ken Coleman. Embarrassment getting kinda wordy.
[00:55:03] Speaking phonetically.
[00:55:05] Worthless kinds of things.
[00:55:08] Caller arrests live on the air.
[00:55:11] Silly pooks.
[00:55:13] Marty Menejian and Bernie Corp.
[00:55:16] Baby Haley, who's no longer a baby. Telegraphing the punchline. Adventures in radio and in being a dad. George Lewis from Gold's Gym and Braintree. Star Magazine. Chicken Rondelaise.
[00:55:30] Broadway.
[00:55:32] Norm's pending paternity suits.
[00:55:35] Witticisms. The off switch becoming.
[00:55:39] Becoming what?
[00:55:41] Thanking someone for the big one.
[00:55:43] Baldemar Hueta. Typical American success stories. The Texas Tornadoes. Norma Roddy belting out the Bluebird of Happiness. Street urchins. The Mamas and the Puppies. Birthday notches in your belt. Rewriting history. Emilio Morata. Jack Hart. And the old sport himself, Norm Nathan. I'm Tony Nesbitt. 76. 76. That's the spirit. Yeah.
[00:56:10] I love the way you guys throw that. Yeah, that's the spirit. Ye.
