{"id":1472,"date":"2020-01-31T18:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T00:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2020-01-31T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T01:36:14","slug":"silly-thing-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/?p=1472","title":{"rendered":"Silly Thing #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mirth on Memory Lane<\/h1>\n

by Kerry Peace (PD, DJ 1979-1981)<\/p>\n

\"Kerry\"
\n<\/a>The author in his natural habitat.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/i>Friends, I had some memorable experiences in my WIDB days, triumphs and tragedies alike.\u00a0 The day Slaga handed over the keys to the Program Directorship embodies the former, while the night John Lennon was killed is over-qualified for the latter.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the silly things I remember best. They just seemed to be in the air at WIDB, ready to ignite at a moment\u2019s notice. \u00a0Some return in a flash as indelible images (\u201cJOEY RAMONE ATE THIS BREAD!!!\u201d) and some inspire a more substantial reminiscence.\u00a0 Below is one of a handful of my favorite silly WIDB episodes. \u00a0Fair warning: I don’t swear to recalling events exactly as they happened, etc, disclaimer, fog of war, blah-blah, woof-woof\u2026<\/p>\n

SILLY THING #5: SILLY BECOMES US<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes silly happens and sometimes you thrust silliness upon the world.\u00a0 Such was the case in Spring of 1981, when we produced a bunch of funny skits and encouraged general foolishness for April Fool\u2019s Day.\u00a0 There were many highlights, including:<\/p>\n

John \u201cScoop\u201d Dachik\u2019s spot-on impersonation of WSIU\u2019s Erv Coppi in full pledge drive frenzy, for a series of bits that ran throughout the day.\u00a0 Listeners were exhorted to donate during \u201cNational Beg Week,\u201d as John\/Erv groveled for donations as small as \u201cthe juice leaking out of that Tyrolian Special you\u2019re eating at Booby\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 And each time he came on, the name changed from Erv Coppi (pronounced COPE-ee) to Erv Copy to Erv Photostat to Erv I Can\u2019t Coppi Any More, etc., etc.<\/p>\n

\"ervcoppi\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \"dachik\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The one and only \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A close approximation thereof<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Cawley\u2019s giggle-inducing commercial for the fictitious Paper Thin Mobile Homes.\u00a0 Using a pre-produced bed he found in the production studio, Timmo added some appropriately silly copy, leading off with \u201cTornado season is just around the corner and you\u2019ll want to be living in a mobile home from Paper Thin Mobile Homes!\u201d and closing the deal with \u201cAct by June 2nd and we\u2019ll even throw in a free boat anchor!\u201d<\/p>\n

https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1981_04_01-Paper-Thin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Randy Lynch\u2019s Monty Python-esque BBC Rock Hour promo, which was really nothing of the sort, just him bellowing an assortment of British colloquialisms and naughty bits over our standard BBC Rock Hour promo music bed.\u00a0 He never even said the words \u201cBBC Rock Hour,\u201d for fuck sake.\u00a0 Breathtaking in its simplicity, it was.<\/p>\n

\"randy2\"
\n<\/a>Randy Lynch<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Program Director Peace\u2019s tongue-in-cheek apology to the listeners for the aural absurdities the WIDB staff had inflicted upon them that day, which somehow morphed into the spanking of firm little bottoms and oozing skin lotion.\u00a0 Program Director, Perversion Director, what\u2019s the diff?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/widbnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1981_04_01-Apology.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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