WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 14, 2023

Listener comments!
	3:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there Larry and all other listeners!
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:01 Hey Andrew!
	3:02pm Yvang: Hi Larry! Hi testifyers united!
	3:02pm dreamyandseedy: hello hello Larry and all!
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Yvang @3:02 Hi Yvang!
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ dreamyandseedy @3:02 Hi dreamy!
	3:03pm northguineahills: haze!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @3:03 NGH!
	🥁 3:03pm WLSClark: Been scared of dentists ever since WC Fields became one!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hey Clark!
	3:04pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hi Clark! Me too!
	🥁 3:04pm WLSClark: Hi larry, andrew, Yvang, dreamy, NG!!
	3:05pm doctorjazz: Hello Larry! maybe I'll tell my dentist story (again)...
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:05 Hi Doc!
	🥁 3:05pm WLSClark: That pic looks Wobegon to me!!
	🥁 3:05pm WLSClark: Hi drJ
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:05 Daws Butler, June Foray and Stan Freberg
	🥁 3:06pm WLSClark: I actually had yearly cleaning yesterday. A new helper who wanted to skim on mouth cleaning. I wondered if it was a statue when I was full of teeth crap and water and she finally would relent!
	🥁 3:07pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:06 WOW! How cool!
	3:07pm Funky16Corners: My dentist is nice, as are her techs. I still hate going there
	3:08pm Erica: Afternoon Larry. Hearing some comedy this week?
	🥁 3:08pm WLSClark: Do you guys remember the TV show "Remember WENN"? Great Rupert Holmes show that really recreated OLD RADIO very well!
	3:08pm northguineahills: Once I start working, I should go see a dentist. It's been 13 years....
	3:09pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:08 I remember when it was on. I wish it was streaming somewhere
	🥁 3:09pm WLSClark: ↳ northguineahills @3:08 You're beyond hope now! Just get out the buffer.
	3:09pm Sem: Hello, Larry, and radio friends.
	3:09pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Sem @3:09 Hey Sem!
	3:09pm coelacanth∅: greetings Larry & all
	🥁 3:10pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:09 Me too! I have some shows taped then on BETA somewhere. It was quite a lesson for me! My dad got to see a live show in 47 in Hollywood.
	3:10pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:09 hiya coel!
	3:10pm Funky16Corners: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:09 Hi C!
	🥁 3:10pm WLSClark: He Sem, coel!
	3:12pm coelacanth∅: hey Andrew! WLSC!
	3:14pm Sem: ↳ WLSClark @3:10 Yo, WLSClark.
	🥁 3:21pm WLSClark: Love all these old comedy bits!
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: His Dragnet parodies are so spot on
	3:25pm coelacanth∅: ↳ northguineahills @3:08 i went 17 years once. had 1 cavity in a wisdom tooth which should've been pulled anyway because the root was entering my sinus cavity; and 1 cavity in the molar next to it. i blew off my last cleaning, about a year ago. 'doesn't matter if it's free; twice/year is a waste of time.
	3:27pm Erica: I hear you too screaming dragon.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @3:27 Hi Erica!
	3:28pm Erica: Sounds nothing like Jackie Gleason
	🥁 3:29pm WLSClark: ralph sounding like Aflac!
	3:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @3:28 I think people were able to pick up on context clues
	🥁 3:30pm WLSClark: I wish Crazy Gugenheim woulda been worked into Honeymooner skits!
	3:30pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:30 I can never decide whether Crazy Guggenheim was drunk or brain damaged
	3:30pm Erica: If Gilbert Gottfried, Lois Griffin and Bullwinkle voiced the Honeymooners.
	🥁 3:31pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:28 "One of these days, Erica--BAM to the moon!" haha
	🥁 3:31pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Electric Chair" by "Ace Trucking Co" 'Not the thinker! Not the cement mixer!" Foghorn Leghorn....
	3:32pm Erica: ↳ WLSClark @3:31 Straight to the moon you mean.
	3:33pm Funky16Corners: Fred Willard, Bill 'Ray J Johnson' Seluga, Patti Deutsch, Michael Mislove and George Memmoli (who appeared in Mean Streets)
	🥁 3:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:32 BOTH!! haha
	🥁 3:34pm WLSClark: Fred Willard was just so great! Fernwood Tonight--classic TV!
	3:35pm Erica: ↳ WLSClark @3:34 Played in many sitcoms too
	3:36pm Erica: Charlie Chaplin lol
	🥁 3:37pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:35 yep!
	3:37pm northguineahills: I have to admit, most of my knowledge of comedians from the 80s and before (outside of the obvious examples) comes from the last 15 years trolloping around online...
	🥁 3:38pm WLSClark: I knew these guys would be coming soon!
	3:39pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Temporarily Humboldt County" by "Firesign Theatre" although i do have a few firesign theatre LPs...
	3:40pm Erica: 🌮
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: I don't think anyone did this kind of thing (on record) better than Firesign
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: My favorite line: "Domine Domine Domine, You're all Catholic!"
	🥁 3:45pm WR: More Sugar!
	🥁 3:46pm WR: A Stan Freberg special was streamed a couple of days ago on Sheena's wfmu.org...
	3:48pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:45 Hey WR!
	🥁 3:49pm WR: The first three Firesign albums are imprinted deeply in what is left of my brain, great to refresh the synapses.
	3:50pm Sem: ↳ WR @3:49 Pointedly put. Likewise.
	3:51pm Sem: Larry, just getting into Fighting Clowns. Saved it for my dotage.
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: This part is amazing, esp for the 60s
	🥁 3:52pm WLSClark: Forward into the Past was a pic sleeve 45 in 69 or 70. My first intro to this crazy group!
	🥁 3:52pm WLSClark: Hi WR!
	🥁 3:53pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:52 indeed! Who knew?
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:52 It's kind of amazing how many people would dismiss this as "drug humor". It's some of the smartest comedy every committed to vinyl
	🥁 3:54pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:53 Yes, I believe the Committee was doing some crazy skits like some of these, but never committed to record that I knew of.
	🥁 3:57pm WLSClark: I used to play F Theater on my show in 80s. Ron Britain on WCFL was like a Firesign Theater LP playing every night.
	🥁 3:59pm WR: ↳ Song: "Introduction/The Tomato" by "Milt Kamen" Did not remember Milt Kamen by name, looking him up, recognize the face.
	4:00pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:59 He did a ton of TV/Movie acting. Died young in 1977
	🥁 4:11pm WLSClark: Didn't Dick Gregory run for president once?
	4:11pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:11 I believe so
	🥁 4:14pm WLSClark: SCALLIONS!
	🥁 4:16pm WLSClark: Im not sure I have EVER heard a more ONE SKIT comedian than Eddie Lawrence. He used the Old Philosopher thing for decades! It still gets used occasionally today.
	🥁 4:19pm WLSClark: I think Avery Schriver was in the Committee???
	🥁 4:22pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. If you lived here you'd be home by now. Was it the Lennon/Marx album originally?
	🥁 4:23pm WLSClark: Bob and Ray--so brilliant!
	4:23pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:19 He started out as a Second City guy in Chicago
	4:24pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:16 At some point someone resurrected the Old Philosopher for casino ads in the 80s/90s. Not sure if it was still him
	4:24pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:23 Bob and Ray were nuts. Drier than dry.
	4:25pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:24 Drier than nuts?
	4:27pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:25 Depends on the nuts
	🥁 4:27pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:24 Probably not.
	🥁 4:27pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:24 I used their Right Guard commercial on my Father Flot fill in last week.
	4:29pm Erica: Somebody I say somebody knock.
	4:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:27 I wish someone would do a Bob and Ray boxed set that included their advertising work.
	4:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:29 This is where they stole Foghorm Leghorn from
	🥁 4:30pm WLSClark: Indeed! I once had a stack of original reels from their syndicated shows in 70s, but sold all but one which I still have.
	🥁 4:31pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:29 Ha! That is cool! I loved Foghorn leghorn!
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:30 The Stan Freberg box set I have includes a ton of his advertising stuff
	🥁 4:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:32 I played a cut from "Who Listens to radio" on my drop in. Those shorts were SOOO true as to radio vs TV back then.
	4:34pm Funky16Corners: This piece is over 20 minutes
	4:35pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:34 Just like prog rock.
	🥁 4:35pm WLSClark: Im gonna be slipping out when "somebody" gets home from work shortly, but want to say this show is awesome. You could go on for 24 hours and never have the same artists on a second time, Im sure. Too bad about Bill Cosby, because many of his skits were priceless.
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:35 Glad you're enjoying it!
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:35 This is most of an episode of his pioneering late 50s radio show. He only did 12 or 13 episodes but they're all fantastic
	4:37pm Erica: Now this is a cool retelling of Romeo and Juliet
	4:38pm Funky16Corners: He was always making fun of rock'n'roll, but his parodies were always really well done.
	🥁 4:39pm WLSClark: Johnathan & Darlene Edwards were so fantastic in 50's but no one remembers them today.
	4:39pm Discotech Underground: Hey Larry! Hey Testifiers!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Discotech Underground @4:39 Hey Kip!
	4:40pm Discotech Underground: ↳ Song: "Incident at Los Voraces" by "Stan Freberg" Man, you make me feel old with this because I recognize most of the names being dropped!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:39 Wasn't their whole act a gag?
	🥁 4:40pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:38 Indeed, I think the Chickenman guys made their career with commercials from Freberg's comedy for decades!
	4:41pm Funky16Corners: Stay tuned for Kip at 5PM ET: wfmu.org...
	4:41pm Discotech Underground: ↳ WLSClark @4:40 Dick Orkin was definitely a Freberg fan!
	🥁 4:41pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:40 well as man and wife, it was really quite fun to hear.
	🥁 4:41pm WLSClark: ↳ Discotech Underground @4:41 Kip, Orkin was Freberg on acid. haha
	4:41pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:41 "Darlene" was singer Jo Stafford!
	🥁 4:42pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 HA! Again, I did NOT know that!
	🥁 4:42pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 I have 3 of their old Columbia LPs.
	4:49pm Discotech Underground: ↳ WLSClark @4:41 I met Orkin at a conference once. Not a real friendly guy but I still respected his brilliance and creativity.
	4:52pm Andrew in Toronto: What a fabulous show! Thanks Larry!
	4:53pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:52 Thanks, Andrew!
	🥁 4:55pm WR: Many thanks! Larry!
	4:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Larry!
	4:58pm Erica: Interesting show today Larry. Much different when you do comedy shows. Back to the music next week.
	4:58pm Yvang: Thanks Larry for the great comedy pieces!
	4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	🥁 4:58pm Mxter Baba: gotta go??!!? I just got here! well, gotta go to the archives! HI, Larry! Thanks! Byeeeee
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Mxter Baba @4:58 Hey Baba!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 14, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Robert Klein	At the Dentist "At the Dentist" by "Robert Klein"	New Teeth	Epic	1975	LP	0:01:26 (Pop-up)
David Brenner	NY NY/LA LA "NY NY/LA LA" by "David Brenner"	Excuse Me, Are You Reading That?	MCA	1983	LP	0:10:19 (Pop-up)

Stan Freberg	St George and the Dragonet	45RPM Single	Capitol	1953	45	0:23:13 (Pop-up)
Stan Freberg	The Honey Earthers "The Honey Earthers" by "Stan Freberg"	45RPM Single	Capitol	1955	45	0:26:27 (Pop-up)
Ace Trucking Co	Electric Chair "Electric Chair" by "Ace Trucking Co"	Ace Trucking Co	RCA	1970	LP	0:30:07 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theatre	Temporarily Humboldt County	Waiting For The Electrician or Someone Like Him	Columbia	1968	LP	0:37:38 (Pop-up)
Firesign Theatre	Ralph Spoilsport Motors	Forward Into The Past	Columbia	1976	LP	0:46:43 (Pop-up)
Milt Kamen	Introduction/The Tomato	Here's Milt Kamen	Capitol	1961	LP	0:53:47 (Pop-up)
Dick Gregory	Name Rank Serial Number	Dick Gregory On	Poppy	1969	LP	1:03:13 (Pop-up)

Bob and Ray	The Big Scoop "The Big Scoop" by "Bob and Ray"	The Best of Bob and Ray Volume One	RadioArt	2003	CD	1:22:22 (Pop-up)
Fred Allen	Allen's Alley "Allen's Alley" by "Fred Allen"	Fred Allen Show 11/11/45	Old Time Radio	1945	MP3	1:27:42 (Pop-up)
Stan Freberg	Incident at Los Voraces	Face the Funnies	Capitol	1962	LP	1:33:09 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On The Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	1:57:15 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there Larry and all other listeners!
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:01 Hey Andrew!
	3:02pm Yvang: Hi Larry! Hi testifyers united!
	3:02pm dreamyandseedy: hello hello Larry and all!
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Yvang @3:02 Hi Yvang!
	3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ dreamyandseedy @3:02 Hi dreamy!
	3:03pm northguineahills: haze!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @3:03 NGH!
	🥁 3:03pm WLSClark: Been scared of dentists ever since WC Fields became one!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hey Clark!
	3:04pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hi Clark! Me too!
	🥁 3:04pm WLSClark: Hi larry, andrew, Yvang, dreamy, NG!!
	3:05pm doctorjazz: Hello Larry! maybe I'll tell my dentist story (again)...
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:05 Hi Doc!
	🥁 3:05pm WLSClark: That pic looks Wobegon to me!!
	🥁 3:05pm WLSClark: Hi drJ
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:05 Daws Butler, June Foray and Stan Freberg
	🥁 3:06pm WLSClark: I actually had yearly cleaning yesterday. A new helper who wanted to skim on mouth cleaning. I wondered if it was a statue when I was full of teeth crap and water and she finally would relent!
	🥁 3:07pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:06 WOW! How cool!
	3:07pm Funky16Corners: My dentist is nice, as are her techs. I still hate going there
	3:08pm Erica: Afternoon Larry. Hearing some comedy this week?
	🥁 3:08pm WLSClark: Do you guys remember the TV show "Remember WENN"? Great Rupert Holmes show that really recreated OLD RADIO very well!
	3:08pm northguineahills: Once I start working, I should go see a dentist. It's been 13 years....
	3:09pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:08 I remember when it was on. I wish it was streaming somewhere
	🥁 3:09pm WLSClark: ↳ northguineahills @3:08 You're beyond hope now! Just get out the buffer.
	3:09pm Sem: Hello, Larry, and radio friends.
	3:09pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Sem @3:09 Hey Sem!
	3:09pm coelacanth∅: greetings Larry & all
	🥁 3:10pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:09 Me too! I have some shows taped then on BETA somewhere. It was quite a lesson for me! My dad got to see a live show in 47 in Hollywood.
	3:10pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:09 hiya coel!
	3:10pm Funky16Corners: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:09 Hi C!
	🥁 3:10pm WLSClark: He Sem, coel!
	3:12pm coelacanth∅: hey Andrew! WLSC!
	3:14pm Sem: ↳ WLSClark @3:10 Yo, WLSClark.
	🥁 3:21pm WLSClark: Love all these old comedy bits!
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: His Dragnet parodies are so spot on
	3:25pm coelacanth∅: ↳ northguineahills @3:08 i went 17 years once. had 1 cavity in a wisdom tooth which should've been pulled anyway because the root was entering my sinus cavity; and 1 cavity in the molar next to it. i blew off my last cleaning, about a year ago. 'doesn't matter if it's free; twice/year is a waste of time.
	3:27pm Erica: I hear you too screaming dragon.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @3:27 Hi Erica!
	3:28pm Erica: Sounds nothing like Jackie Gleason
	🥁 3:29pm WLSClark: ralph sounding like Aflac!
	3:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @3:28 I think people were able to pick up on context clues
	🥁 3:30pm WLSClark: I wish Crazy Gugenheim woulda been worked into Honeymooner skits!
	3:30pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:30 I can never decide whether Crazy Guggenheim was drunk or brain damaged
	3:30pm Erica: If Gilbert Gottfried, Lois Griffin and Bullwinkle voiced the Honeymooners.
	🥁 3:31pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:28 "One of these days, Erica--BAM to the moon!" haha
	🥁 3:31pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Electric Chair" by "Ace Trucking Co" 'Not the thinker! Not the cement mixer!" Foghorn Leghorn....
	3:32pm Erica: ↳ WLSClark @3:31 Straight to the moon you mean.
	3:33pm Funky16Corners: Fred Willard, Bill 'Ray J Johnson' Seluga, Patti Deutsch, Michael Mislove and George Memmoli (who appeared in Mean Streets)
	🥁 3:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:32 BOTH!! haha
	🥁 3:34pm WLSClark: Fred Willard was just so great! Fernwood Tonight--classic TV!
	3:35pm Erica: ↳ WLSClark @3:34 Played in many sitcoms too
	3:36pm Erica: Charlie Chaplin lol
	🥁 3:37pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:35 yep!
	3:37pm northguineahills: I have to admit, most of my knowledge of comedians from the 80s and before (outside of the obvious examples) comes from the last 15 years trolloping around online...
	🥁 3:38pm WLSClark: I knew these guys would be coming soon!
	3:39pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Temporarily Humboldt County" by "Firesign Theatre" although i do have a few firesign theatre LPs...
	3:40pm Erica: 🌮
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: I don't think anyone did this kind of thing (on record) better than Firesign
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: My favorite line: "Domine Domine Domine, You're all Catholic!"
	🥁 3:45pm WR: More Sugar!
	🥁 3:46pm WR: A Stan Freberg special was streamed a couple of days ago on Sheena's wfmu.org...
	3:48pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:45 Hey WR!
	🥁 3:49pm WR: The first three Firesign albums are imprinted deeply in what is left of my brain, great to refresh the synapses.
	3:50pm Sem: ↳ WR @3:49 Pointedly put. Likewise.
	3:51pm Sem: Larry, just getting into Fighting Clowns. Saved it for my dotage.
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: This part is amazing, esp for the 60s
	🥁 3:52pm WLSClark: Forward into the Past was a pic sleeve 45 in 69 or 70. My first intro to this crazy group!
	🥁 3:52pm WLSClark: Hi WR!
	🥁 3:53pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:52 indeed! Who knew?
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:52 It's kind of amazing how many people would dismiss this as "drug humor". It's some of the smartest comedy every committed to vinyl
	🥁 3:54pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:53 Yes, I believe the Committee was doing some crazy skits like some of these, but never committed to record that I knew of.
	🥁 3:57pm WLSClark: I used to play F Theater on my show in 80s. Ron Britain on WCFL was like a Firesign Theater LP playing every night.
	🥁 3:59pm WR: ↳ Song: "Introduction/The Tomato" by "Milt Kamen" Did not remember Milt Kamen by name, looking him up, recognize the face.
	4:00pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:59 He did a ton of TV/Movie acting. Died young in 1977
	🥁 4:11pm WLSClark: Didn't Dick Gregory run for president once?
	4:11pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:11 I believe so
	🥁 4:14pm WLSClark: SCALLIONS!
	🥁 4:16pm WLSClark: Im not sure I have EVER heard a more ONE SKIT comedian than Eddie Lawrence. He used the Old Philosopher thing for decades! It still gets used occasionally today.
	🥁 4:19pm WLSClark: I think Avery Schriver was in the Committee???
	🥁 4:22pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. If you lived here you'd be home by now. Was it the Lennon/Marx album originally?
	🥁 4:23pm WLSClark: Bob and Ray--so brilliant!
	4:23pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:19 He started out as a Second City guy in Chicago
	4:24pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:16 At some point someone resurrected the Old Philosopher for casino ads in the 80s/90s. Not sure if it was still him
	4:24pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:23 Bob and Ray were nuts. Drier than dry.
	4:25pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:24 Drier than nuts?
	4:27pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:25 Depends on the nuts
	🥁 4:27pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:24 Probably not.
	🥁 4:27pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:24 I used their Right Guard commercial on my Father Flot fill in last week.
	4:29pm Erica: Somebody I say somebody knock.
	4:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:27 I wish someone would do a Bob and Ray boxed set that included their advertising work.
	4:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:29 This is where they stole Foghorm Leghorn from
	🥁 4:30pm WLSClark: Indeed! I once had a stack of original reels from their syndicated shows in 70s, but sold all but one which I still have.
	🥁 4:31pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:29 Ha! That is cool! I loved Foghorn leghorn!
	4:32pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:30 The Stan Freberg box set I have includes a ton of his advertising stuff
	🥁 4:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:32 I played a cut from "Who Listens to radio" on my drop in. Those shorts were SOOO true as to radio vs TV back then.
	4:34pm Funky16Corners: This piece is over 20 minutes
	4:35pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:34 Just like prog rock.
	🥁 4:35pm WLSClark: Im gonna be slipping out when "somebody" gets home from work shortly, but want to say this show is awesome. You could go on for 24 hours and never have the same artists on a second time, Im sure. Too bad about Bill Cosby, because many of his skits were priceless.
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:35 Glad you're enjoying it!
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:35 This is most of an episode of his pioneering late 50s radio show. He only did 12 or 13 episodes but they're all fantastic
	4:37pm Erica: Now this is a cool retelling of Romeo and Juliet
	4:38pm Funky16Corners: He was always making fun of rock'n'roll, but his parodies were always really well done.
	🥁 4:39pm WLSClark: Johnathan & Darlene Edwards were so fantastic in 50's but no one remembers them today.
	4:39pm Discotech Underground: Hey Larry! Hey Testifiers!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Discotech Underground @4:39 Hey Kip!
	4:40pm Discotech Underground: ↳ Song: "Incident at Los Voraces" by "Stan Freberg" Man, you make me feel old with this because I recognize most of the names being dropped!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:39 Wasn't their whole act a gag?
	🥁 4:40pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:38 Indeed, I think the Chickenman guys made their career with commercials from Freberg's comedy for decades!
	4:41pm Funky16Corners: Stay tuned for Kip at 5PM ET: wfmu.org...
	4:41pm Discotech Underground: ↳ WLSClark @4:40 Dick Orkin was definitely a Freberg fan!
	🥁 4:41pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:40 well as man and wife, it was really quite fun to hear.
	🥁 4:41pm WLSClark: ↳ Discotech Underground @4:41 Kip, Orkin was Freberg on acid. haha
	4:41pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:41 "Darlene" was singer Jo Stafford!
	🥁 4:42pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 HA! Again, I did NOT know that!
	🥁 4:42pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 I have 3 of their old Columbia LPs.
	4:49pm Discotech Underground: ↳ WLSClark @4:41 I met Orkin at a conference once. Not a real friendly guy but I still respected his brilliance and creativity.
	4:52pm Andrew in Toronto: What a fabulous show! Thanks Larry!
	4:53pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:52 Thanks, Andrew!
	🥁 4:55pm WR: Many thanks! Larry!
	4:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Larry!
	4:58pm Erica: Interesting show today Larry. Much different when you do comedy shows. Back to the music next week.
	4:58pm Yvang: Thanks Larry for the great comedy pieces!
	4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	🥁 4:58pm Mxter Baba: gotta go??!!? I just got here! well, gotta go to the archives! HI, Larry! Thanks! Byeeeee
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Mxter Baba @4:58 Hey Baba!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from September 14, 2023

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