by Neumann Sennheiser » Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:00 pm
I found a post from Pat Holiday earlier today that I wish I had saved (..cannot find it again, dammit). Pat had a great story about how the LW jocks would compete to top one another in creativity, humor and energy in their respective show openers.
Bill Gable set the bar that effectively ended the unofficial contest when he came out of the top of the hour with Papa Was A Rolling Stone and talked up the entire nearly two minute intro, completely unscripted with an anecdotal recitation about growing up as a poor kid in the ghetto and ultimately nailed the post with the Temptations Dennis Edwards completing his last sentence: “It was the 3rd of September...that day I’ll always remember....”
And NOBODY has an aircheck of this??? I cannot believe THAT.
"You don't know man! I was in radio man! I've seen things you wouldn't believe!"