Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] All right, here we go for another episode of Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness. Today we have a dumb birthday game from September 19, 1994. Listen and you will hear the ambient sounds of a portable tape recorder being used to record the show off another radio speaker. That brings me to our title, Retro Recorder Recording. We begin with a quick sampling from a News story Bob McMahon was reading. And then onto the game. The players, Glenn from Brighton, Ann in Boston, who's a first timer, Greg Eben producing and playing in studio and Bruce Connolly in traffic. The birthdays Joan London, Twiggy Mike Royko, Paul Williams, Jeremy Irons, Adam west and Clifton Daniel. We get a date in history.
[00:00:47] What year was President George Washington's farewell address published?
[00:00:53] And then back to another birthday, David McCallum. We get a post game call from Don and Bill Ricka. And then we get a taste of the last 20 minutes of the show with Accuweather from Brett Anderson. And two more calls, Paul from Malden and Ed in Boston. We also enjoy quite the classic commercial cavalcade. Dave Maynard and Martina talking about the Irish Crystal Company and their catalog. And then we hear from Dave again for Caitlin Travel. Going to Italy. Baby Gold Bond with Gwendolyn Jones of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ADT Home Security, Ovaltine Woodworkers Warehouse, Wittenour Watches. Baby Gold Bond is back with Louise Fallon of Brooklyn, New York, Floramos Marazine with Linda Kern of Lahaina, Hawaii. And a bonus during my closing comments, episode 304 Retro Recorder recording broadcast its way to your ears in three, two and one.
[00:01:58] Pretty good, huh?
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[00:02:18] You don't need skill. You don't have to be afraid. You just come down to play.
[00:02:32] Oh, it's that magic time when we will play the dumb birthday game. I'll tell you, a lot of interesting people were born on September 19, this very, very day. And Wilbur see, we guess their ages and whether or not we'll see whether or not that leads into wild, hilarious conversation.
[00:02:49] And if it doesn't, just return the unused portion of the morning and we'll double your money back or something. Anyway, this word. Then we'll do the Dunburg again.
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[00:04:06] Hi, everybody, this is Dave Maynard with some more news about our trip to Italy, which leaves November 8th. You'll be flying Alitalia direct from Boston. No changing planes in New York for only 14.89 per person, double occupancy. You get round trip airfare, three nights in Rome, three in beautiful Sorrento, breakfast daily, a welcome and farewell dinner, sightseeing in Rome, an excursion along the Amalfi coast, a tour of Pompeii, lots of optional sightseeing and side trips in your free time. Weather wise, it's the very best time to travel in Italy. It's not too hot, not too cold, and the American dollar is now 40% stronger than last year. 40%. I'll be meeting you in Rome because I'm leaving a week early to travel to Turkey. And by the way, you're welcome to come that week, too. If you'd like a free brochure on what's going on, call 862-6229 for Caitlyn Travel. Call them. We'll do Italy together, and you never can tell. Maybe Turkey, too.
[00:05:00] Call 862-6229. The brochures are free. Ciao. And ciao to you, big fellow. Okay, let me introduce you to members of our wondrous panel. The piano tuner himself, Glenn.
[00:05:12] Hi, Norm. Hello, Glenn. Hi. I. Did you get Marilyn back?
[00:05:17] No, we did not. No, she did not crawl back. I think maybe she just got cold feet at the last minute. I would guess my mother's name was Marilyn. Well, that's an interesting observation.
[00:05:26] I hope you come up with a Whole lot of other fascinating little tidbits like that as we go along. Well, actually, I have, I think. Are Bruce Connolly and Paul Brandon the same person? Because they both sound identical. So Bruce Connolly. Oh, Bruce Connolly and Paul. No, they are not. No, they're not the same. I thought it was an optical illusion. No, I know it sounds like it is an opt. We have a lot of optical illusions on the program to keep you on your toes, but no, they look the same, Eh?
[00:05:52] Okay.
[00:05:53] Ann in Boston, how you doing? You didn't say they looked alike. He said they sounded alike. I guess he said, how are we? You all set to play? Have you played the game with us? No, I never did. Oh, this must be a terribly exciting moment. Oh, it is. I imagine you probably got some postcards out. You're going to write to all the folks and tell them about your adventures. I will. I will.
[00:06:16] Okay. I'm ready when they are.
[00:06:19] Okay.
[00:06:20] And Greg Evans, our producer, will be playing the game with us. And nice to have you with us again for the second week in a row, Big Greg. Yes, it is. And I'm. I'm more awake this time, so I'm gonna win today. Oh, good. I like that. That's a good kind of spirit, and I appreciate that in my troops.
[00:06:36] That means you don't have to say anything else. That's right. That's right, too. Yes, sir. One of our own staff people wins. They don't get anything because it's a rule. I just made up. Westinghouse people, people employed by West Ham, get prizes.
[00:06:49] So I'm rooting for you and also for Bruce Conley. Hi, Bruce. Hi, Norm. I mean, it sounds kind of subdued. I thought you come in full of pep there, like, hi, Norm, I'm ready to play the game. Yes.
[00:07:01] Give me them something else.
[00:07:03] Throw me a birthday. I'm ready. Okay. Okay, Everybody's ready. Here we go.
[00:07:08] Joan London. Today, September 19, is Joan London's birthday, of course, from Good Morning America. Let me see if I can throw in some other fact that might clue you in as to her, give you a chance.
[00:07:21] No, she. She joined ABC's Good Morning America in 1980.
[00:07:26] That helped you at all? And today is her birthday. Who's the guy she used to do that with? That was.
[00:07:33] He was the key guy? David Hartman. David Hartman, that's right, David Hartman. And he was suddenly resigned after she said she wanted to kind of be the. The big, bigger Bigger on the show or. Anyway, he sort of disappeared from sight.
[00:07:49] That just shows you. I don't know. What it shows you, Glenn, how old. How old do you think John London is? I'll say the lovable Joan London, who I love very much, have a crush on. I'll say she's 43. You seem to have a crush on every single woman whose voice you hear.
[00:08:06] Well, I'm happy because I'm praying with a virgin. A new cry. I don't know. Oh, and yeah, when he says a virgin, he means somebody who hasn't played the game. I got that from very old. That's Tony Neville. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:08:19] And what do you think? I'll say 42. 42.
[00:08:24] Okay. And Greg? 44. Norm, I know this for sure.
[00:08:28] I know it's really upbeat the way he said. That's right. 8. 44. 8.
[00:08:32] Okay. What do you say, Bruce? I think Greg's trying to throw us off tracks. I'm going to say 41. 41. Now, everybody guessed everything from 41 to 44. Glenn said 43, and so he was right.
[00:08:45] Yeah. She's 43 years old. When I was a woman's voice, I make sure I know how old she is.
[00:08:51] That's right. You actually forgot because you're. You're sightless. Right? He's not. Is that a bad term, sightless? No, that's my preferred term. But I don't tell anybody else what they can use. Okay, but in other words, you have to judge by the voice because you have. You've never seen John London? No.
[00:09:06] Can you tell she's attractive by the.
[00:09:10] Of course you can't tell. The last woman I saw was before I lost my study was Lynn Vaughn, who works. She used to work at WEI and Channel Oakley here in Boston. And now she's on cnn. That's right. She's our black woman that used to work in Boston. Well, I work with her at ei, as a matter of fact. Yes, that's right. Yes, I remember her. She was a totally different woman at wer. It was incredible. Yes, she was having her. This is probably awful. Well, it's not awful to say it's truthful. She always wanted to be on television and she was on radio at that time, and she was an excellent reporter. She covered mostly court stories, court courtroom trials and things. And she was very reliable and checked out the fact. She swore like a trooper. But she thought about it. And when she missed, you know, when she called to tape a report. Who's breathing heavily, by the way, Is that you in? No, not at all. Okay.
[00:10:00] I was. Thought I may have been aspiring somebody something here. Anyway, when she Called in and she missed, you know, she made a mistake on a report. So all she said, the expertise that would flow out of her mouth, unbelievable. Anyway, she decided she wanted to go on the television. So firstly she did was have her teeth fixed stuff, you know, she went to an orthodontist and she, she changed the pitch of her voice. So she's very ladylike and she's really quite attractive. She sounds like a phone operator.
[00:10:30] Well, she. It's kind of funny. There's a whole trans transformation because she was a tough reporter and then suddenly she, she became a. A very cultured lady. She was always cultured, very sharper. I like the old involved. I thought she was really feisty and interesting. Now she looks like about 9,000 other pretty anchors.
[00:10:47] Do you find that story interesting or should I just shove those up my nose and forget about it? Twiggy. How about Twiggy? Okay, hold on a minute while I tell you something about Twiggy.
[00:10:57] Born Leslie Hornby in London, fashion Trendsetter in the 1960s with a miniskirt. Much in demand as a model and called Twiggy because she weighed 92 pounds.
[00:11:09] Her measurements were 31, 23 and 31.
[00:11:12] Well, that doesn't make you. Make you salivate at all, does it? She earned $2 million in royalty from her Twiggy doll and Yardley cosmetics.
[00:11:21] She's been in, in the film the Boyfriend, Madame Suzatska. I don't remember that. I do. That was Sherry McLean. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. In 1991. Twiggy. 1991, yes. She appeared in the TV series the Princesses.
[00:11:37] And she was also in a thing with Tommy Toon, a Gershwin musical. And I can't. I just can't think of her name. She played here in Boston on that. By this time she's starting to fatten up a little bit and really became much more attractive. She was really, well, like a twig.
[00:11:56] Bruce, what do you think? How old is Triggy? Did you throw any gates out there at all?
[00:12:01] No, I just said in 1991. Okay. That she appeared in the TV series the Princess. I didn't have any dates earlier than that. Oh, and. Oh, the fact that in 1960s. In the 60s, she was a fashion trend setter with a mini skirt. Oh, okay, that's what I, I thought you said something like that. All right, I will say then that she is 48. 48. Okay. And what do you think, Greg? No, no, I'm gonna get a little productive reasoning. Again, 1960s. I imagine she'd be around 46 years old. 46 years old. About 46 pounds. That's right. She wasn't much. This seemed like. Well, I said, I said how much you weighed that? 90, 92 pounds or something like that at the time? Yeah, 92.
[00:12:51] God. My, my index finger weighs more than that.
[00:12:55] But then again, I'm a man of steel.
[00:12:58] And what do you say? What do you think? 48. 48. And you have a very cultured voice too. Thank you.
[00:13:07] I didn't say I like cultured voices. I just said you had one. No, no, I do. I like it. It sounds nice. Glenn, what do you say? 48. 48. Also.
[00:13:16] Okay. Before the this game is out, you're going to fall in love with Anne too. I see. You're a very fickle man.
[00:13:27] Okay. Twiggy is actually 44. She said she was apparently very, very young when, when she was trend setting in the fashion world. And so the closest was greg who said 46.
[00:13:38] Thank you. Damn. Yeah, Greg is coming on. I should have copy. Greg.
[00:13:43] Yeah. You got to know who to copy in this cave. Mike Royko, one of one of my favorite writers, writes for, let's see, for one of the Chicago papers, I think. Oh, the Tribune. Pretty sure, yeah.
[00:13:54] Newspaper columnist, Chicago.
[00:13:58] Anyway, I don't have any more information than that.
[00:14:03] I don't know.
[00:14:04] He was on a show with me once. I remember using him at that time. So his voice has been on the air, I guess, but not very much.
[00:14:13] His picture is in, in the column, which is carried not by too many papers though. And that, but that doesn't help you, Glenn, so why don't I just shut up. And how old do you think Mike Royko is? Do you know who he is? I never heard of him.
[00:14:28] 59.
[00:14:29] Okay.
[00:14:32] And let's see, Bruce, what do you think?
[00:14:36] When did you, when did you have him on the show?
[00:14:41] I will tell you. I'll tell you. It was during. Unless it was this. It was a season. Chicago was having a really bad winter. They were, you know, every storm was like 753 inches of snow and then they have another one on top. I'm exaggerating a little bit, but it was a rough winter. Yeah, it goes back. It goes back to.
[00:14:59] Oh, that's not fair. You're giving them. I'll give you a chance to guess again if you want to. Okay, okay. No, no, but if you want to, because you're the only one who's guessed. If you want to guess again after I give the hints, that's okay.
[00:15:13] I'd say I'd say we're somewhere.
[00:15:16] Somewhere in the late or mid. Mid to late 60s.
[00:15:22] I'd say somewhere around that, you know, about 66, 65. Maybe around there.
[00:15:29] All right, well, 50 was 59.
[00:15:33] Did you say 50 or 69? 59. Oh, 59. 59.
[00:15:38] Okay.
[00:15:41] I'm gonna go with 56. 56.
[00:15:45] Okay. And Grant, what would you go with? I say six.
[00:15:49] 60.
[00:15:50] And Greg? 63. Norm, 63. Okay. 61 is how old he is.
[00:15:57] Yeah. So you all were very close. All of you. All of you. And Glenn came the closest because he said 60, but he's probably cheating.
[00:16:05] Yeah. I'm using last year's sheet that I got in Braille. Okay.
[00:16:10] Paul Williams, let me tell you. Do you know who Paul Williams is, Ann? Yes, I do. The little guy. The little one now, the singer. Writer. Yeah, that's right. He's a songwriter, singer, composer. Yeah, From Omaha, Nebraska. He's written many songs and themes for TV and movies, including the Love Boat theme and songs for the Carpenters. He won an Oscar for Evergreen, the song evergreen in 1976. Is that the song Barbra Streisand? Yeah, Evergreen. Yes, it is. Okay, he won. He won for the Oscar for that in 1976.
[00:16:46] If that 1976 is rights of a Clue.
[00:16:50] Little. Little tiny elfin like Paul Williams. And he's quite a good actor. He's been on played drum dramatic parts in some movies, some TV movies, good quality movies like Smokey and the Bandit. I was seeing that, too. I know. I didn't realize that. Great dramatic role in that. Yeah, that was great. It's something to be proud of, too, to write the Love Boat theme. Probably get a couple guest appearances there in Fantasy Hour.
[00:17:16] Son of a gun. My whole feelings about Paul Williams are going right down the toilet here. I was thinking of him in kind of elevated terms, exalted terms, but you're a rat. You're not only a little guy, Paul, but you're a hack.
[00:17:31] Sorry. Anyway, we'll start with you, Greg. What do you think? How old is this little untalented guy who puts out commercial dribble?
[00:17:38] He's pushing 50. So I'm going to go about 49. About 49. Okay.
[00:17:44] And Ann, what do you say? 52. 52. Okay. What do you think, Glenn? 53. 53. And Bruce?
[00:17:54] I'm gonna say 51. But what has he done for us lately?
[00:17:58] He hasn't been around at all.
[00:18:00] He's currently on the Face of the Earth. Currently on the Where they now list. Yeah.
[00:18:06] Perhaps Society. I Guess so.
[00:18:10] I'm gonna say 51, though. That's my guess. Thank you. Okay. I couldn't. This is start burning. If he were listening to us.
[00:18:21] He's not only in Boston, but here he comes through the door to thank you very much and to tell you his real age. He's exactly what Glenn said. Are you cheating, Glenn? Oh, wow. That's not. We m now glaze 50. She's 53, which is what you said. Yeah, I know. Yeah. And you guessed you in London right on the button.
[00:18:40] I have a vested interest in her. Oh, oh. What about Paul Williams?
[00:18:46] Okay, okay. Jeremy Irons, the actor. Today's his birthday. Let's see what I can tell you about Jeremy Irons. Not a whole lot. He played twins in the film Dead Ringers.
[00:18:59] He won best actor Oscar for Reversal of Fortune.
[00:19:05] Reversal of Fortune. That wasn't the class Van Bueller. It was the class Van Bueller story. Okay.
[00:19:10] Of course, he's an English actor, as you well know.
[00:19:14] Jeremy Irons.
[00:19:16] Let me see.
[00:19:18] Glenn, how old do you think he is? Well, you see, I won't keep you fine. Because I've never heard of him. So you never heard of Jeff. Jeremy Irons. So I'll probably give something really silly. Okay.
[00:19:31] Was he around in the 60s?
[00:19:34] I don't know.
[00:19:37] He's become fairly well known since then. I. I don't know. I'm. I don't know about that. Well, that dead ring is. I was curious when that came out.
[00:19:45] I didn't know if he had the year. No, I don't. I don't have a year on that.
[00:19:48] Three years ago.
[00:19:50] All right, well, I have no idea how I'll get in and say 50. 50. Okay. And what do you think? Oh, wow. Hear me.
[00:20:00] Oh. Let's go 48.
[00:20:02] Let's go 48.
[00:20:05] Okay. Greg. 45 north 45 says Greg. And DeBrew says 46. 46. Greg. Get it on the bump, Megan. He's 40. 45. And for, you know, you all gets very close again.
[00:20:18] Okay, let's see. Greg has three and. No, Greg has two, and you have three. Now you're leading. Oh. Because Greg is Glenn. I. I get along with people named Greg because our names are similar.
[00:20:34] I see. That's all right, because Lavelle. Diane calls me Glenn all the time. Son.
[00:20:40] He calls me Greg all the time. When I call, does he call you Greg? Yeah. And he calls Greg Glenn. Yep.
[00:20:47] Well, we're gonna. We're gonna call that minute. I want him. I want him in my office in the morning. At 9 o' clock and we'll talk about this. Yeah, I'll tell my guy my guest name. I'm Glenn from Brighton. And then I'll hear Greg from Bray, you're on. Okay. No, Glenn gotta start calling him Lowell or something.
[00:21:03] And Bruce we can call Craig or something. Well, never mind. That was a bad attempt at nothing, Ann. And Bruce, by the way.
[00:21:13] Yeah, kind of. Still, it's kind of a zip. How about Adam? Batman West.
[00:21:18] Batman west from Walla Walla, Washington. The superhero Batman was inspired by a Leonardo da Vinci painting. It says.
[00:21:28] What painting? Would that have been weird.
[00:21:32] Was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci painting. Who's inspired to do what?
[00:21:38] I know. Well, Batman was inspired by. By a da Vinci painting.
[00:21:44] Son of a gun.
[00:21:48] Is that. Oh, wasn't the Mona Lisa?
[00:21:51] No, I don't think it was the Mona Lisa. I don't. I. She wasn't wearing tights, so I thought, well, not bad. If my grandmother's old f.
[00:21:59] What was that? Show me a man who's sleeping for front of a wall socket with nothing plugged in and I'll show you an instant electrocution.
[00:22:06] Your grandmother says that, huh? Yeah, well, she used to believe that if you sat in front of a wall out, but if there was nothing in it, it would jump out, he would give you a shock. Actually, she didn't say that at all, but I just made it up. But she did. She used to tell me, I'll sit in front of an empty wall out. Yeah.
[00:22:21] Do you realize that, Glenn, you're just holding up the game.
[00:22:27] Well, I know the management doesn't listen.
[00:22:31] Well, I mean, it doesn't mean we want everybody else not to listen, you know, I mean, the idea is to get listeners, even the management. I don't know, I wouldn't. You suppose they. They answer ratings slowly falling freely? If you think so, did the management ever get an Arbitran rating book or something? I guess not. Well, anyway, we'll start with Russia. Who we start with this time? Let's start with you, Greg. Well, it's pretty funny how you just ran the gamut of a great actor, of Jerry Irons to a mediocre actor. Adam west. Quality.
[00:23:05] But I'm gonna go with 57 irons. 57 irons. 57. Okay.
[00:23:12] And let's see, Bruce, what do you think?
[00:23:16] He's.
[00:23:18] He's pushing 60, I think. 60. I'm gonna say 60.
[00:23:22] Okay. 60.
[00:23:24] Okay. And Ann, what are you going to say? 58. 58, says Anne. Just. Just so confident and just full of pertinence that's why I don't answer me just for perfect.
[00:23:38] Okay, Greg, what do you think? 59. 59, okay. He's actually 65. He's older than.
[00:23:46] Oh, he can get Social Security.
[00:23:48] Yes, he is. Because he's been Medicare.
[00:23:52] Sure. He's very good hair counter.
[00:23:55] Yes. Very good hair coloring for man. 65. 65, yes.
[00:24:00] I haven't seen him lately though. Have you done. He's on the show. It's on the USA cable network, I believe. It's. It's. It's some spook. It's kind of like the Naked Gun movies and Police Squad. It's something on that. On those lines just very. It's very dumb is what I'm saying.
[00:24:18] I used to love Batman. It was a dumb show, but I really loved that. I thought it was kind of tongue and cheek kind of fun. When they came out with the, with the Batman movies where Michael Keaton plays Batman, he was actually upset that they didn't consider him for the role.
[00:24:35] Why are you laughing at that? Is he too old now or something like that? Yeah, yeah, I guess that. That's true. He would have been 60 at that point. I couldn't picture him with Kim Basin. He's a bad actor, basically. That's why. Well, he's not. No, he's not a good. A good actor. But as a, as an actor in that spoof, I thought he was kind of. When are we analyzing Batman? What am I sitting here? What kind of an intellectual program is this? Anyway, Paul Williams and Adam west are coming to Boston to take care of us. That's right. Okay, how about a Cl. Tristan Daniel?
[00:25:04] I remember when he was first started going with Margaret Truman, of course, the daughter of the late President Harry S. Truman. It's kind of funny. They see the late President Truman as we signed. That's like saying the late Abraham Lincoln or the, the late Ludwig van Beethoven. He was around so long ago. I think everybody knows.
[00:25:23] Well, never mind. I don't know where I'm going with that. Anyway, New York Times editor Clifton Daniel started going with Margaret Truman during the time I think she was still in the. Still in the White House.
[00:25:37] That helps you? And, and, and Truman was. Was president until 1953. 53. In the election of 52, Eisenhower won. He took over 53. If that puts. Places it in time. Clifton Daniels. Okay. How about you, Glenn?
[00:25:59] Not too familiar with him.
[00:26:01] I'm gonna say 47. 47.
[00:26:05] Okay. Especially after I said he was gone with, with Margaret Truman when, when she was still in The White House. And her father left the White House in 1953, which is 40 years ago. Which anyway never yours. Yeah, go ahead.
[00:26:25] 73.
[00:26:29] Oh, poor soul. You just see the wrinkles suddenly popping over his face and what do you think he said? 73.
[00:26:39] I'll see.
[00:26:40] 60. 65. 65. You figure he and Adam west are about the same age, right?
[00:26:48] Okay, Greg, what do you think?
[00:26:52] I really have no idea. Is he still the managing editor or is it. I think he still works for the. He may not still work for the New York Times. This one says New York Times editor Clifton Daniel is and gives his age. But I. I would think he's probably not. Yeah, shot dark guy like 68. 68. I never heard of him.
[00:27:15] Okay, Bruce, what do you say?
[00:27:17] I'll say 77. 70.
[00:27:22] And you'd be the closest with the 77 because he's actually 81. 81 years old. Doesn't time fly when you're whipping it up and having so much fun?
[00:27:33] That's right. Suddenly he was just a young.
[00:27:35] A New York Times guy with a great future. Future and a great present in America. He was doing well that back then too. And suddenly he's 81 years old. Oh, fate and the ravages of time. How cruel. How cruel they are. How cruel. Well, at least you got a while to catch up to him anyway. Listen, I was acting then. All you could do is just sob a little bit, let a little pause, go on and then come in when I'm hit my last dramatic line like that with. With some wimpy line with yours. Now stop it.
[00:28:07] Oh, I'll try to compliment.
[00:28:09] Forget it. Now I was gonna say that you've got 13 years left if you live to be 81.
[00:28:15] Oh, shut up. Nobody asks you.
[00:28:19] Oh, he said he knows a way to cut back at a guy. Huh? Oh yeah. I don't want to hear from you again. Just be quiet. Here they hear the finals. I guess the final score is all over the only 20 minutes or four, but we had a smaller panel than usual. But I thought it was. I thought it was choicer. It was small, but the quality was great. Do you have any dates?
[00:28:41] Any date or dates? I might be able to do that. Let me see what we get so far. I'd like to keep going because so far you're leading and I'd be damned if I want you to win. I know.
[00:28:51] Well, I was a laughingstock of the last birthday game. I said that Worcester speech was 83.
[00:28:57] Belinda Carlile.
[00:29:03] Does Bruce have any?
[00:29:05] Is Bruce Yes, Bruce has two. Oh, okay. Yeah. Bruce has two correct answers. Greg has two also, and Glenn has three. Oh, wow. And you have.
[00:29:18] I've been close.
[00:29:20] You have been very close. You very close in, but not close.
[00:29:27] I remember losing an audition once like that. The program director, who was very gentle, said, okay, Norm, you were close, but no cigar. Yeah, why got that. And I needed the job so badly, I thought, don't, you know, break it to me a little gentler than that. You smart you, is what I said under my bread. I don't sit that a lot because it's a dirty word.
[00:29:50] Okay, let's see, let's see if there are some dates here.
[00:29:54] I got the President Washington's farewell address, the date he gave that. But that would be fairly easy to guess, wouldn't it? You could, you could fill one in on that. Okay.
[00:30:07] It was also on September 19, this very day, President George Washington's farewell address was published.
[00:30:13] It was published. In it, the first chief executive of the United States said, observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
[00:30:29] That sounds like Robertson. What's his name?
[00:30:35] Sounds like something out of the sick people.
[00:30:37] It sounds like some out of the sick 60s.
[00:30:40] That's my generation. I know that they cared about peace. And you were a hippie, right, Arthur? War protestor. I'm serious.
[00:30:49] That's okay. I mean, there's a lot of war protesters. What you're saying isn't all that dramatic.
[00:30:55] No, I'm not, I'm not kidding. Back in the 60s, I was younger than I am today. I'm serious about that.
[00:31:03] And I was in radio a much shorter time than I am now, on top of it all. I'm serious. I'm not kidding.
[00:31:09] Okay, Glenn, what, what year was.
[00:31:12] Was that published? I'm trying to think with E1 or 2 termina.
[00:31:16] He was, I believe he was a two termer. I would say. I don't know. I'll tell you the truth. I read. No, I'll just give it away, norm. I'll say 1784. 1784, yeah. Okay, 1784.
[00:31:32] You can make. I don't know. I don't know where the. Was the, Was the farewell address simply given because he was stepping down from the presidency, or was it given because he was. He was ill and was going to die soon or something? I don't. I don't know.
[00:31:46] Probably a little of each. Who knows, who knows? Who knows? I mean, it's before our time. How would we know that?
[00:31:54] Okay, how about that? You Ann what year do you think that was?
[00:31:59] 1778. 1778.
[00:32:05] Okay, that's pretty good. He gave the address before he even became president.
[00:32:10] Which is. Which is why wait till the last minute? Why procrastinate? That's right. Okay, Greg, what do you think?
[00:32:18] I'm trying to think.
[00:32:21] I think it's 1897, and I think he gave the address because he wanted to set a precedent and you know, that he didn't want to be president as long as everyone else wanted him because he was the man, you know, and everyone trusted him and he wanted to be the president. Everyone wanted him to be president until he died, but he didn't want to do that. He just wanted to sit back and relax back in Virginia. What did he say, 1890 samurai? Well, yeah, 1897.
[00:32:54] Well, I'm trying to think, because I'm trying. When the Constitution was. Take it back. Right.
[00:32:58] I'm sorry. 1797.
[00:33:01] I'm sorry.
[00:33:03] Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much. I thought. I thought, boy, what a guy, huh? 1897. Go back to first grade. If I said that that was. I think that was William McKinley, I believe, was president in 1897. I just throw that in every now and then to show people they're not dealing just with a bubble ad, but with a man of great depth.
[00:33:24] Yours truly, a Lois Abrella. Thank you, Bruce, what year do you think it was? Well, I just have to say that Greg just told that story about 30 seconds ago. I don't remember one word he just said. What were you talking about? No, no, he was trying to. He was rationalizing why he said the year he did and trying to point out, you know, whether he'd run for a second term or that and why he wanted to give the farewell address before he died because he was. He realized he, as first president, he was setting precedent and he did not want to be in office too long or something. I'm probably quoting it. Something wrong?
[00:34:00] Greg's over there saying, norm. That's not what I said at all. I wasn't even thinking that. And not only that, but factually, you're so inaccurate, it's embarrassing.
[00:34:11] So what does that prove to you, Bruce? What year would you say? I will say 1792. 1792.
[00:34:21] Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Yes. Thank you.
[00:34:24] Actually, 1796, Greg was the closest. Thank you. So all that rationing, rationalizing, I think, actually proved to be cl. Who's. Somebody's breathing kind of funny. Is that you, Glenn? No.
[00:34:39] How come when you speak in, the breathing stops?
[00:34:43] Well, I'M on a staticky line.
[00:34:46] That's heavy breathing. Oh, that's. That's not static. I know, because I'm getting excited already. Yeah, me too.
[00:34:53] Oh, I'm getting goose pimples. I know I'm fantasizing about Joan London, but. No, it's not. Okay.
[00:34:59] Okay, so that. That's. That. That winds up bad.
[00:35:04] That means that Greg and Glenn are now even at three a piece. Should we have a tiebreaker or is this getting boring?
[00:35:10] This game. This game was started about three weeks ago and it's never going to end.
[00:35:18] Okay. Just with you two. Okay. Night. Night.
[00:35:23] You got to do that.
[00:35:24] I'll listen. Okay. Thanks a lot. Sure. Maybe next time I can do well. No, you. You did just fine. Okay, thank you. Thanks a lot. Bye. Bye.
[00:35:35] Night. Night.
[00:35:37] I didn't think anybody said night night anymore, did you? My mother used to say night night. Don't let the bag. No, I can't speak tonight. I have a little problem. Don't let the bed. Okay. Yeah. I thought it was your grandmother who should say that. Glenn. Oh, she's in here. My mother got it from my grandmother. I see.
[00:35:54] Okay, hold on. Let me see if I can get you another date here that maybe you can.
[00:36:01] Go ahead. I was gonna say maybe you can. I want to know the date of when the pre medical group was invented. Okay, Stop doing you one line. Okay.
[00:36:10] David. David McCallum. Okay. Today's his birthday. September 19th. He played a secret agent with Robert Vaughn in the teacher TV series. The man from Uncle. It's got a little Scottish accent. David McCallum. So just Glenn and Greg will guess on this and whoever gets the closest wins. And. And thus with it goes all the wonderful prizes and things that come with winning the honors, the distinction. Anyway. What do you say? Let's start with you, Glenn.
[00:36:42] How old is. This is David McCallum.
[00:36:45] He was on the main street.
[00:36:48] I don't know. Was that when it was it? I just. I don't have a date if he was on the Math Monkey. Yes. Yeah, that was in the.
[00:36:56] Ah, it's a tough one.
[00:37:02] I'm gonna say 49. 49. Okay. And what do you say? Rank a little bit older? A little bit higher? 58. Norm, 58 is within one year. That's very good. He's 59.
[00:37:16] Glenn, I'm sorry. You just.
[00:37:19] You dismissed my hair. I feel just so bad now. You won't say anything else? I'm sorry. I'll give you my pen and then I'm going to win you a grand.
[00:37:29] No, that's another program.
[00:37:32] Whatever. Whatever it is. Okay. I want to thank you all for playing the game and was just wonderful. And let's never do this again.
[00:37:41] Hey, Glenn. Yeah, I think the breeding continued after and hang hung up. So I think we've narrowed it down.
[00:37:48] What about Bruce Carlin?
[00:37:50] No, no, it's not the same kind of sound when he's on a microphone as when you're out there on the telephone, Glenn. So next time you call, we just not breathe, okay? Well, no, ask him greater. I want to thank Greg for putting me on. I called earlier. I was disappointed that I didn't get to the farm stand. So at least I was able to cheer up on the game or whatever.
[00:38:11] I'm glad you did. And you did very, very well. Yeah, I should have known that. I said 49. I should have said 59. I'm going to hang up on you if you want to keep talking. You want me to hang up on you right in the middle of a word? Oh, like you doing Tony Nest.
[00:38:28] That's bad. Oh, that's bad stuff. Hey, thank you very much, Bruce. We'll talk to you soon. Okay, thanks, Norm. Okay, bye bye. And thank you very much too, Chris. Thanks. Norman. The pleasure. Oh, it is that great.
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[00:41:50] Let's take some calls. 2, 5, 4, 10:30.
[00:41:54] Don in. Bill Ricka. Hi, Don. Hello. How you doing? Don't. Fine, thank you.
[00:42:00] David McCallum did a series over in England that was showing it called Sapphire and Steel.
[00:42:07] Oh, I like the name. What was that about? It was one of those supernatural things. It was him and he was Steel and Sapphire was Joanna Lumley. Oh, I see. Okay. And she was.
[00:42:21] She was in the last. Remember the Avengers?
[00:42:26] I remember there was a series with that name. I don't remember ever seeing it, though.
[00:42:30] It was Diana Riggs. Patrick Macnee was in all of them. He played Steed. He wore a boulder hat. Almost like Bad Mastersman. Oh, yes, yes, I do remember that. Yes.
[00:42:41] The first part before he came here was Lana Blackman. She was Kathy Gale. And Diane Rigg played Hemmas Hill.
[00:42:48] And the thing that stood up about that program was it was supposed to have been when women, instead of screaming when they were attacked, they used martial arts.
[00:42:59] Oh, yeah. In Arnold Black, we used jiu jitsu. Emma Thiel used karate.
[00:43:05] And was that the guy with the bowler hat? His name was McNee. Patrick McNee. I have a picture of him in Avenger book with Twiggy or. Really? He was kind of very sophisticated, kind of suave kind of guy. Yeah, kind of very cool. He had like a walking stick and he had a. A rapier in it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it sounded made out of metal. He said, excuse me, and bop the person off the head with this boulder was like a hard hit. And his. The credits on that program, the graphic stuff was. Was. I thought was kind of interesting. Yeah. Oh, hey, I did it. So I have seen the show. Yeah, yeah. It's been. I think it started in 60, and it went up until 69, then it went off, then it came back for about a season. It didn't go over that big, but between 76 and 78. And there was a younger guy on there to do all the fighting because by that time, Patrick McNee was like in his late 50s. He couldn't run.
[00:44:06] Hey, can I complain about somebody on television I've never mentioned before? I can't think of his name.
[00:44:13] He's on one of these information infomercials.
[00:44:16] I don't really ever see any of these things. This is the guy.
[00:44:20] He's got his hair sort of in a ponytail.
[00:44:24] And the exercise guy, he jumps up and down and leaps. And he talks very loud.
[00:44:30] Do you know who I'm talking about? Yeah.
[00:44:32] Is he for real, this guy? I don't know. That's a rhetorical question. I. I'm sure you don't know, but easy to me, to me, if. If you looked up the word nerd, I mean, this guy's picture would be there. I know he's built very well and he gets so excited about exercise, he practically leaps out of his undershorts.
[00:44:52] And I. I just had to say that because I. I can't bear to watch him.
[00:44:57] I just. And I wanted to tell you that I feel better now. I can watch him. Those were. My aunt was saying, you know which commercials are killing? You know how something get nauseating?
[00:45:06] Oh, yeah. Is it keeps on going. The bunny oh, you mean the energizer?
[00:45:13] The one he's going through the Mojave Desert and the vultures are still waiting for him to die and they're falling out, these guys. Yeah. That is funny. That is funny. The, the, the battery thing I was thinking of, that gets kind of a. Is Dick Clark does a thing, a whole big long thing for batteries.
[00:45:30] I don't know whether you've seen that. I think Dick Clark has got to have just about all the money in the world. Next to guest Alfred Winfrey. And why is he. Why is he. He gets involved in some really slutty programs.
[00:45:43] And there, there's another thing I got off my chest and I feel better now. I can watch it. I mean, we all. De. Was 62 years old.
[00:45:51] No, he. I think he looks great.
[00:45:53] There's no question about that. Is Frankie Avalon. No, he's. No, he's. He's amazing the way he, you know, keeps that youthful look and all.
[00:46:01] So I'm not criticizing that part of it. Just criticizing the kind of schlonky stuff he does. Yeah, I, I don't know because, you know, I look at this thing now and I say, I think I caught it a few weeks ago. Told you about my nephew. He watches MTV and they got that Beavis and Butthead.
[00:46:21] I think that's the lowest TV has come. Yeah, I've never seen that. When is that on? Oh, it's all. We, you know, he lives in houses.
[00:46:30] We have.
[00:46:32] We kept him from watching. We tell him that's a. No, no, that's. He's restricted from watching that because he and his, he and his friends, they were impressed by what they, the skits. Are they doing it like it's something children shouldn't be watching?
[00:46:50] It's like, you know, like they get up there and they're sitting in school and the teacher's trying to say something and they look at each other, they got the scowl on their face and they say, well, that sucks. And all this kind of stuff. I said, I don't like especially you hear adults using. I mean, we were on the service, but eight and nine year old kids going around talking to adults like that really disgusts me. And they're learning it from this crap like this. Yeah, I don't blame you. I don't blame you. I'm on your side, Don. And if you want me to carry a placard, I'll do it. Yeah, they were trying to get these people off the air, but it's this cable television. It's.
[00:47:31] I don't know. It's like a lot of these terminologies that the kids using to.
[00:47:38] I didn't learn until I was like in college. It's like we grew up watching the Cisco Kid, you know, and Roy Rogers and now like I get an old Ted, put that on. They think it's corny. They rather watch.
[00:47:57] What's the name, Michel Pfeiffer and Kirstie Alley run around in Brazil. I mean, no, I understand. I understand. It's kind of when I was, when I was a kid. I'm not going to finish that sentence. I hate old people who talk that way. I'm not even going to finish that sentence. I got to get going. We got news coming along. Don, always a pleasure to talk with.
[00:48:20] That's 1-800-long- distance.
[00:48:25] Charles Barkley is scheduled to have tests on his back back after collapsing at the Phoenix Suns training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona. Barkley says he was scared stiff when his left leg went numb and he fell. The team doctor says that's consistent with a disc problem. Barkley was the NBA's MVP last season.
[00:48:43] A 29 year old machinist admits he raped and killed four elderly widows in Spring Hill, Florida. 29 year old Edwin Kaprat told police he murdered him because he had an urge.
[00:48:54] Fernando County Sheriff Tom Islander says he met his victims by doing odd jobs and trying to destroy the evidence by setting their homes on fire. We had contacts working at these different homes. His sister lived in the same neighborhood as two of them. Jody Wells says she saw Capratt at his sister's house shortly after the first fire. He was all kind of nervous and sweaty and I said, did I wake you up? He goes, yeah, I've been up all night. Local residents are relieved he's in charge custody. Many had installed alarms and bought handguns fearing a serial killer was on the loose.
[00:49:25] Two people were killed yesterday at the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque when a balloon snagged a power line and the gondola fell to the ground. Officials say the pilot had flown in the Fiesta for eight or nine years.
[00:49:37] A seven year old boy in the Philippines told the judge he was sorry and he would never do it again. He killed his family's maid when she switched the television channel without asking his permission. The boy was watching the movie Robocop and he told police he did not want to watch the local soap opera.
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[00:50:27] For the ABC Information Network, I'm Katherine Cowdery. I'm Bill Watson. WBC News. Authorities have tentatively identified the bodies of three people found in the waters off Nantucket. The first body, that of a boy, was found about five miles south of the island. The other two were found later. The Coast Guard is looking for a fourth person who was with the other three.
[00:50:47] 21 year old Kenneth Dahl has been convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of a South Boston man during a party last year. It took the jury 15 hours to return the guilty verdict on Dahl. Witnesses testified that Dahl came up behind the victim and beat him over the head with a golf club until the club shaft broke.
[00:51:02] Acting Boston Mayor Tom Menino has picked up more support.
[00:51:06] City Councilor Bruce Bowling has endorsed Menino over Representative Jim Brett. Last week, Menino picked up the endorsement of city councilor and unsuccessful mayoral candidate Rosario Salerno. Funeral services scheduled for Tuesday for former federal judge Andrew Capre, who died last week in Florida. Caffrey suffered a heart attack while attending a conference. He was 73 years old. He served for 25 years on the federal bench in Boston.
[00:51:29] Now the extended WBC ACCU weather forecast for meteorologist Brett Anderson. Thanks, Bill. Well, it will be turning brisk and colder overnight. We'll see a few showers moving through the area. Low temperature near 45 degrees.
[00:51:41] Sunday, sunny and a partly cloudy day, but windy and on the chilly side. A high temperature of 55.
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[00:52:10] Thank you very much, Brett. The Temperature now is 46 degrees.
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[00:55:28] Norm Nathan. Yes, hello. It's 10 minutes after 4:00', clock, which I think is a beautiful time of day.
[00:55:33] We'll be around just about another 10 minutes or so and we'll take some calls in just a minute. But first, does your baby suffer from red irritated diaper rash? It's thought it is a little rash. It's just red and like prickly. I like the heat rash. I feel bad. Then Louise Fallon of Brooklyn, New York discovered Baby Gold Bond Medicated Powder. Now all I use is the Baby Gold Bond. I think it's the best powder that you could use. I don't use it just for rash. I use it every diaper change. Baby Gold Bond combines zinc oxide with the finest talcum powder to relieve baby's red irritated skin and actually helps prevent diaper rash. With ingredients medical experts recognize as both safe and effective, including a skin protecting medication. Ordinary baby powders don't have helped the rash and I use it as a preventative. It's like a shield that he doesn't stay wet. Really. He hardly gets rashes anymore. He loves Baby Gold Bond. Baby Gold Bond Medicated Powder does more for diaper rash than ordinary baby powders. News only as directed. Available at all Walgreens stores. Okay, let's take some calls. Paul and Malden. Hello. Good morning. No, good morning. You were mentioning cartoon voices earlier. Yes. And you referred to Mel Blanc's son as Mel Blanc Jr. It's not Mel Blank. I believe it's Noel Blank. No, I'll blank. Right. And I think it's a little confusing. I think when Mel Blanc passed away, there was something in his contract that said that the son was to take over cartoon voices of Warner Brothers.
[00:57:07] But I'm also.
[00:57:09] I also think that there are some other people that are doing some of the Warner Brothers voices at times. So I'm not sure who. Yeah, I would. I would think maybe his, his son Prep maybe could not handle all the ones that he handled. He was unusually. Yeah.
[00:57:23] Expert at that kind of stuff.
[00:57:25] And you were mentioning yesterday morning show about the traffic reports and how people were killed. Skeptical. Skeptical about, you know, how good they would go run during the night. You know, what sense. And I was one of those people because I didn't. I said, you know, VZ started the traffic. What is this? You know, during the night? You know, it seems kind of foolish, but, you know, I think it's great. I mean, it's a great service, especially in the winter time. And of course, if we didn't have those, we wouldn't have had Jack Hart and his giggly personality. That's right, to play the dumb birthday game. Yeah. Plus I think even during now when they do a lot of roadworks right through the night, you run into problems. Any time of the day or night, it would seem that traffic becomes really, really a problem. So anyway, they seem silly to me too at the time.
[00:58:14] 4 o' clock in the morning, he's going to give a traffic report.
[00:58:17] But actually they really have come to make a whole lot of sense.
[00:58:21] Well, wish me luck. Norm. I'm trying to get Billy Joel to appear at our school, at the school I work at.
[00:58:29] I wrote to his publicist and the reason for it is that the kids at my school are performing his latest hit song, river of Dreams at our Christmas concert. And we just, we've just gotten it started, but the kids are all psyched up about it, about performing the song. And of course, if they, if Billy Joel appears, that's going to make it even more, you know, worthwhile. But, you know, is he going to be in this area. Area during. He's coming to Worcester, the Worcester Centrum again in November. And I'm trying to, I, I had to go through different circles like the Columbia Records and then they, they got me the publicist's name and I had to contact her office. And now I'm, I've written a letter and it's already in the mail and hopefully I'll hear something. You know, I don't, I'm not holding my breath waiting. But you know, you never know.
[00:59:20] That would be great. It might just be one of the publicity gimmick he thinks might help him. Yeah, well, I mean, Colin Powell came to our school back in June. Really? Yeah. And it was a great visit. And, and I also mentioned that in the letter and I, you know, this is a totally different type of thing. I mean, having an entertainer as opposed to a government military official. But you know, the kids are psyched up, I tell you. They, they stayed after the school yesterday to perform, to rehearse the song and I mean, that's how dedicated they are to the whole thing. Well, that's good. And I'm enjoying it because I'm not a music teacher, but I'm helping the choral teacher with it. You know, she's not at our school all the time, so I'm kind of taking over when she's not there.
[01:00:05] And these kids are just psyched up for the whole thing. And you know, the nice part about it is one of the boys said, well, if, you know, I said. I said to them, you know, if he may want a fee for the, you know, for coming. I said that we cannot, you know, pay an extraordinary amount. No, he would not want to fee. He'd either come or not. Yeah, well, I mean, I just, you know, there's always a possibility that they, you know, they throw something in like that. But anyway, the kid said, well, I wouldn't want him to come if he wanted a. You know, if he wanted money.
[01:00:33] If he can't come for the kids, then. Okay, good enough. That was a good. You know, you usually. Kids at that age wouldn't, you know, wouldn't think of that. You know, wouldn't come out with something like that. I know it. Hey, keep in touch. I'd love to know how you make out. Yeah, yeah. I'll let you know in future weeks. Have you been a little bit behind in your dumb birthday tacky gifts?
[01:00:51] Because I never received. Yeah, no, I know it. No, no. Well, you're only about a week behind. Yeah. I didn't know whether you were behind. No, no, no, no. I haven't. I haven't. Now, we eventually get them out, but it sometimes takes a little bit longer. I had a whole bunch of other stuff to get out. Yeah. So I. I do get behind, but I. I do have all the information so that they'll probably go out this weekend. Yeah. And. And go home and have a nice slice of raisin toast with peanut butter. I think you like raisin toast. I love raisin toast, but not with peanut butter. Oh, not with peanut butter. Oh. I mean, raisin toast has a flavor of its own. You don't really need that. A little jelly, maybe, or butter. A little bit of butter or cheese or something like that. Yeah, cheese is good, too. Cheese is excellent. Hey, hey, hey. Keep in touch and let me know how you make out with. I will now. Okay, good enough. Have a good morning. You, too. Paul. Hi. This is Bill Marlow. You know, every time you visit Tommy Floramo's restaurant, it's a very special experience because the food is so phenomenal. Floramos is located between the Mystic Mall and Stadium at 213 Everett Avenue in Chelsea and features such marvelous dishes as Steak Diane with peppers, onions, mushrooms and a marvelous sauce. I don't know, maybe you'd prefer the juicy and tender sirloin steak with the garlic butter. Out of this world of the scrumptious steak pizzaiola marinara. The meats are what have really made Tommy plus so well known. The Marinated barbecue steak. I mean, the lamb, pork, turkey tips are incredible. And the gnocchi marinara and that tortellini Alfredo will leave you craving for more. And the ziti and broccoli is tremendous. There were lobsters with pasta. And once you try the veal bonnet bucker with the tender veal medallions topped with prosciutto and mozzarella in that nice Marcella wine, you'll know why people love Tommy Floramos. When you Visit Floramos at 213 Everett Avenue, Chelsea. They're open seven days a week. And be certain to tell Tommy Floramo that Marlow sent you in. Bill Marlowe.
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[01:03:50] I missed part of your program earlier and it was great about Fred Allen. Oh, yeah, thanks. Thank you. It was kind of nice. We had some people who knew quite a good deal about him. I get out of work late and sort of like, my mom always told me about him and all that stuff, so. Yeah, no, he was. He was an excellent humorist. He was one of the great American treasures. Yeah. You talked to a woman from Lynn or something like that that had tapes or something like that or.
[01:04:19] Well, I talked to a few people who either knew him or knew people on the show or whose parents or uncles or something knew them. Quite a number of people called who had some relationship. It was amazing. I heard a woman from Virginia, I think, or something like that. That's right. It was great. Yeah. Thank you very much. He was excellent. Have you ever heard tapes of him or anything by him? No, I haven't.
[01:04:42] You know, I've been.
[01:04:46] It's funny. I was born in 47, so I should know him. Well, not really, no. Because television came along at 48 and that pretty much wiped out radio. Radio hung around a little bit longer. Not much longer, but it was pretty well gone by 49, 50, and you were just a little tiny kid. So now you were much too young to have really had a chance to hear much of that kind of. Yeah, but that show is supposed to be there for two more weeks, right?
[01:05:15] Yes, yes, the show will be. Yeah, I'd love to see it. That's right. Well, that'd be a good show to see because my mom always raved about it and all that stuff. Yeah. No, he was. He was very special. I've seen the show on a different form and I liked it and I suspect it's probably even better now.
[01:05:30] And I appreciate the call out. I've got to sign off because we got some other programs coming on time for me to say goodbye. You are great. Hey, thanks a million, that. I appreciate you saying that. Thanks a lot. Take care. Okay. It is time to say goodbye. Son of a gun, it is time to say goodbye. Just can't believe our time flies. We'll be back tonight at midnight. We'll be back for an hour on Sunday night.
[01:05:53] And so I hope you get a chance to call in because I get kind of lonesome if you don't.
[01:05:57] On behalf of our entire crew, Greg Edmond and Sid Whitaker and the lovely Marilyn Guralnick and myself, the almost good looking Norm, Nathan Torson. I hope today will be a nice day for you and a nice weekend. Bye Bye, old sport. From wbz, Boston, Batman was inspired by a Leonardo da Vinci painting.
[01:06:15] I got nothing else except one more commercial. Hi, I'm Markipost. There's nothing more basic than breathing and nothing more upsetting than winnet. Asthma interferes with breathing. But a specially trained nurse is waiting to answer your questions about managing asthma and making breathing easier. Call Lung Line, a free information service of the National Jewish center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine in Denver. Lung mind toll free. 1-800-222 L U N G. That's 1-800-222-Lung. Closing the vault and leaving this world a little sillier. Than we found it. Four turkey calls. Bob McMahon, Dave Maynard. The Irish Crystal Company. Caitlin Travel, Optical Illusions.
[01:07:01] Double your money back.
[01:07:03] Crushing on the Ladies. Lynn Vaughn. Transforming for tv. Heavy Breathing. Smokey and the Bandit. The Love Boat Commercial. Drivel. What have you done for us lately?
[01:07:16] Batman.
[01:07:17] Close but no Cigar. George Washington. Bubbleheads. Rationalizing finicky lines, Baby. Gold Bond, adt Home Security. Bill Marlowe, Tommy Floramos. Sapphire and Steel. Tony Little. Who was the ponytail guy that Norm was trying to think of. During the great infomercial days of the 90s? Ovaltine Woodworkers Warehouse. Witten Hour. Watches, Marazine. Martin the Lung Line. Fred Allen, Greg Eben, Sid Whitaker. Bruce Connolly. And the man of great depth, Norm Nathan. I'm Tony Nesbitt.
[01:08:01] Pretty good, huh?
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