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Author:  sinicalypse [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:59 pm ]
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in another thread i just invoked the rising head of dennis green saying "THE BEARS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE... AND WE LET THEM OFF THE HOOK! IF YOU WANNA CROWN 'EM, THEN CROWN THEY ASS!"

that got me thinking, wasn't it the vaunted sir larry of shake that who tried riding the wave of dennisgreenmania by starting up a segment where callers would call up and pick someone whose ass needed to be crowned? i think this might have been during the loho solo time when he was on during the mid-days. i think the concept was the rough equivalent of pappy nort's jagbag segment, i.e. you bascally call up and call someone a jagoff, however this one was dressed up in hilarious dennisgreenmania. whoever did it, i don't remember it lasting long, which is why i think it's definitely loho.

another classic segment from the laurence holmes comedy vault came during his hamp-on-holmes (pic related) show. once again, ever the edgy observer of popular culture, laurence wanted to get some play out of the michael phelps caught smoking a bong phenomenon. loaded with giggles and self-promoting "oh my god this segment will never be allowed to come back" we were treated to "who's taking a hit off of michael phelps' bong?" laurence implored callers to call up and pick out athletes/public-eye-people who were acting strangely as if they, wait for it, were taking a hit off of michael phelps' bong.

if memory serves, i think laurence first did it when hamp wasn't around to lean on him, and then he did it one time with hamp. i remember hamp being very silent and groaning/bemoaning the segment, all while laurence kept on self-promoting it as a controversial wacky "hey look it's fun time with hip and happening larry! i'm the only guy who will give you zany off the wall antics like this! this will never be allowed to be on the air because it's soooo crazy" -- oh yeah. fun times. at least there was a little cypress hill in the segment intro.

from there, what are some of the other ones from shake that or even other hosts? i think i vaguely remember that mike north had a caning segment? hmmmmm... *twilight zone theme *
Author:  bigfan [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:23 pm ]
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Telander+Hood+Buffone
Author:  johnnyfontane [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:40 am ]
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bigfan wrote:
Telander+Hood+Buffone

Telander+Mully+Buffone
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:49 am ]
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The Bull and the Bear.
Author:  newper [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:57 am ]
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Image
Author:  Don Tiny [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:01 am ]
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5 hours in a 2-hour bag.
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:02 am ]
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Joe Cain overnight host.
Author:  Walt Williams Neck [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:39 pm ]
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Who You Crappin :wink:
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:42 pm ]
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The Mike North daily reading of the baseball standings.
Author:  A7X [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:43 pm ]
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conns7901 wrote:
Joe Cain overnight host.


That was kinda fun bad though. He was basically begging for callers.
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:48 pm ]
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A7X wrote:
conns7901 wrote:
Joe Cain overnight host.


That was kinda fun bad though. He was basically begging for callers.


I was in high school or college when that happened. I used to listen to the score every night when I got home. I thought it was a bit at the time. I also remember some overnight guys getting fired for going on the air when they were supposed to be playing "Best of the score"
Author:  spmack [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:50 pm ]
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Drillrod of the week sucked.
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:53 pm ]
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McCalister, Kaplan and Kozimer on WMVP.

Peter Brown wasn't very good.
Author:  A7X [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:00 pm ]
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conns7901 wrote:
McCalister, Kaplan and Kozimer on WMVP.

Peter Brown wasn't very good.



I thought McCallister was decent, but I had nothing to compare it to other than Coppock.
The Score didn't come in down here. But I listened mostly for Van Lier threatening to come through the phone and strangle someone. :lol:
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:03 pm ]
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I remember norm being on the radio one night all fucked up and his wife called in to talk to him on air. He was telling people he was giving away trips if they could name the song he wa splaying on the radio.
Author:  A7X [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:07 pm ]
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Yeah Norm was cool. I miss that dude. :cry:

I'm nominate The Fabulous Sports Babe as a failed gimmick. She looks like Steve Dahl in drag.
Author:  conns7901 [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:09 pm ]
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A7X wrote:
Yeah Norm was cool. I miss that dude. :cry:

I'm nominate The Fabulous Sports Babe as a failed gimmick. She looks like Steve Dahl in drag.


I tried to block her out of memory. She was real bad. She also had her show simulcasted on Espn 2 for a while.
Author:  A7X [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:11 pm ]
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She was brutal. Her voice and personality were grating.
Author:  Rod [ Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:07 pm ]
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I think Webio belongs on the first page of this thread.
Author:  Score is doomed [ Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:41 pm ]
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So does Mac and Meat.
Author:  bigfan [ Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:56 pm ]
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Joe Cain overnight was classic
Author:  cpguy [ Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:11 pm ]
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Big Partner. Not missed.
Author:  Beebo [ Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:22 pm ]
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Didn't Joe move back to Seattle area? Wonder if he's tried sportstalk there... Hopefully not overnight; that takes a special kind of radio host to do that. Les, for instance.
Author:  Chus [ Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:43 pm ]
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conns7901 wrote:
The Mike North daily reading of the baseball standings.


His reading of the wild card standings in June.
Author:  Franky T [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:58 am ]
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Fred reading rap lyrics.
Author:  johnnyfontane [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:31 am ]
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Fred speaking
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:29 pm ]
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I came here specifically to post "Who's Taking Hits Off Michael Phelps's Bong" and it was right in the first post. Drat.

As for Crown Their Ass, not sure when that bit was. Larry's solo show was July/August of '08 when Mully and Hanley stopped doing the six-hour morning show but before Hampton came on for football season. The actual Crown Their Ass incident was October 2006, nearly two full years before the Provisional Larry Show started, so to have done it that far past the expiration date would be utterly implausible. So in other words, that's probably exactly when it was.
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