Favoriting Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from August 24, 2024 Favoriting

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Favoriting August 24, 2024: The Marjorie Main Memorial Playlist

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Artist Track Label Approx. start time
Cliff Nash & The Rockaways  Band Stand   Favoriting Nash  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Cells and the Continentals  Chicken   Favoriting Valmon  0:06:21 (Pop-up)
The Uniques  Areba   Favoriting Paula  0:06:59 (Pop-up)
The Montclairs  The Hunch   Favoriting Fame  0:08:32 (Pop-up)
Curtis Long and the Rhythm Rockers  Hootchey Cootchey   Favoriting Linco  0:14:06 (Pop-up)
Bob King  Party King   Favoriting RCA Victor (Canada)  0:15:58 (Pop-up)
Wayne Walker  All I Can Do Is Cry   Favoriting ABC Paramount  0:18:07 (Pop-up)
Jack Bailey and The Naturals  Oh Wnat Love Is   Favoriting Ford  0:20:11 (Pop-up)
Carl Phillips  Wigwam Willie   Favoriting Bobbin  0:22:31 (Pop-up)
The Big Whopper  Charlie Brown's Mule   Favoriting Madison  0:25:19 (Pop-up)
The Carlisles  Pickin' Peas (Down The Long Pea Row)   Favoriting Mercury  0:27:35 (Pop-up)
Zeke and Red  Get Your Dad Burn Fingers Offa Me   Favoriting X  0:29:45 (Pop-up)
Waylon Jennings  Delia's Gone   Favoriting RCA  0:32:14 (Pop-up)
Stew McTaggart  Sex...is for Saturday Night   Favoriting SpazzCo Presents  0:45:20 (Pop-up)
Leon Hart  Long White Line   Favoriting Pike  0:48:19 (Pop-up)
Don West and Rose Lee with the Sunset Playboys  Country Guitar Girl   Favoriting Sioux  0:51:37 (Pop-up)
Monty Johnson  Flyin' Saucers In The Air   Favoriting Space  0:54:29 (Pop-up)
Curt Curtis  A D.J.'s Prayer   Favoriting Peach  0:57:13 (Pop-up)
Larry Darnell  Ramblin' Man   Favoriting Deluxe  1:02:58 (Pop-up)
Tommy Ridgely  Woncha Gone   Favoriting Herald  1:05:37 (Pop-up)
Jimmy McCracklin  Get TOugh   Favoriting Checker  1:07:53 (Pop-up)
T.V. Slim and his Bluesmen  T.V. Man   Favoriting Excel  1:12:04 (Pop-up)
Chuck Higgins and His Joy Boys with Daddy Cleanhead  Broke   Favoriting Specialty  1:16:58 (Pop-up)
Otis Blackwell  Fool That I Be   Favoriting RCA Victor  1:20:01 (Pop-up)
Bumps Blackwell Orch  Sumpin' Jumpin'   Favoriting Keen  1:21:00 (Pop-up)
The Oxfords  Fatty Patty   Favoriting Phonograph  1:26:10 (Pop-up)
The Loafers  Crazy Talk   Favoriting Phonograph  1:28:00 (Pop-up)
Travis Wammick  Umm How Sweet It Is   Favoriting Ara  1:30:09 (Pop-up)
The Panicks  I Can Beat Him Up   Favoriting 20th Century Fox  1:32:14 (Pop-up)
D.D. and the Derelicts  Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow   Favoriting Spy Castle  1:34:30 (Pop-up)
Lee Tillman  Tarzan   Favoriting Sonora  1:37:11 (Pop-up)
Arnold Stang  Where Ya Calling From, Charlie?   Favoriting Epic  1:39:37 (Pop-up)
Go Go and The Spotlights  Piggy Hog   Favoriting Edmac  1:46:00 (Pop-up)
Roddy Jackson And His Band  Hiccups   Favoriting Specialty  1:48:02 (Pop-up)
Teddy and the Continentals  Crossfire With Me Baby   Favoriting Richie  1:51:12 (Pop-up)
Lord Sundance  Pretty Lord Sundance Pt 1   Favoriting Triode  1:53:52 (Pop-up)
Bob Newkirk  The Accident   Favoriting Phillips  1:57:17 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59pm
David The Splatter:

Yay for radio exploitation! Afternoon, Rex.
Avatar 🌮 1:01pm
Mailman Tom:

Howdy, Ma Kettle! How are things at Alligator Creek?
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
The Butterman:

Yes! Rexy time!
  1:01pm
Jane Biscuit Waffelhoven:

YEEEEEEHAWWWWW!!! My teeth done flung outta my mouth!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
Bruce S.:

sweet little rock and rollers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Ma Kettle! Hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
David The Splatter:

"Ma and Pa Kettle In Rural New Jersey"
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
The Butterman:

A rollicking start to this far out dance party today
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ David The Splatter @1:09
"Ma & Pa Kettle Visit a Fur-lined Fallout Shelter"
  1:13pm
morphe':

Marjorie Main needs a drink or something stronger ...
  1:19pm
davefromtoronto:

Cap'n Rex and his Ship o' Fools!
  1:23pm
P-90!:

the phrase “wigwam willie” MIGHT contain a sexual metaphor
  1:25pm
Don F.:

Shouldda been a hit.
  1:28pm
florida:

just a poor dirt farmer
  1:32pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ P-90! @1:23
same with "pea pickers"
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Howdy Rex! 🧪🦠
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
steveo:

lord i know i'm one
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "Delia's Gone" by "Waylon Jennings"
house of the rising Delia
  1:33pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Did Delia go to the house of the rising sun?
  1:34pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ steveo @1:32
a pea picker?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34pm
David The Splatter:

Delia was a gamblin' woman down in New Orleans.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34pm
steveo:

↳ davefromtoronto @1:34
a gamblin' man
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
steveo:

↳ steveo @1:34
check that, a poor ruined boy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
David The Splatter:

↳ Song: "Delia's Gone" by "Waylon Jennings"
I'm surprised a "Murder Ballad" like that wasn't on the Decca label.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
The Butterman:

Dad burn? Instead of gawd damn?
  1:37pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Zeke and Red get your dad burn fingers off Homer & Jethro's act...
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:37pm
Bruce S.:

Dad Burn it Jed!
  1:38pm
davefromtoronto:

i wanna party with marjorie!
Avatar 1:38pm
VantuckyEd:

Ma Kettle was known for elocution?
  1:40pm
P-90!:

I’m surprised Main hasn’t been a Memorial Playlist Page honoree before. She’s like a prototypical candidate.
  1:41pm
davefromtoronto:

i'm rethinking that...
Avatar 1:42pm
estebangrande:

hi Rex and Fools
Avatar 🌮 1:44pm
Hubig Pie:

Fresca and red wine for a summer cocktail.
  1:44pm
P-90!:

Spazz always generous with the Fresca coupons
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:44pm
The Butterman:

Hey now! He had him some stimuler I guess.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm
David The Splatter:

"Finding a waffle in your pocket on a Greyhound to New Jersey", that thought just popped in my head and I don't know why.
  1:46pm
BobPgh:

The Egg & I is a great film, but, the book is even better!!!
  1:47pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ Song: "Sex...is for Saturday Night" by "Stew McTaggart"
written by the songwriting team of Ben Dover and Phil McCracken
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm
David The Splatter:

↳ davefromtoronto @1:47
with Hugh Jass on guitar.
  1:48pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good afternoon, Rex and Everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48pm
steveo:

having some trouble finding more info about the SpazzCo Presents label; hmmm
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:49pm
Bruce S.:

↳ David The Splatter @1:48
wasn't Jack Mehoff on that too?
  1:49pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ David The Splatter @1:48
that actually made me lol!
Avatar 1:49pm
John L:

Marjorie Main has a small, but important, part in an underseen John Wayne film called Shepherd Of The Hills. Great color cinematography. Also starring Beulah Bondi, another actress who often played older than her years.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:51pm
David The Splatter:

↳ Bruce S. @1:49
Ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:51pm
Listener John from NJ:

↳ Song: "Sex...is for Saturday Night" by "Stew McTaggart"
No matter what he might have said, I don't believe that Mr. McTaggart had the formula for a successful and happy marriage.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53pm
David The Splatter:

"Ma & Pa Kettle Meet the Martians"
  1:56pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ Bruce S. @1:49
you're thinking of Mike Hunt
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm
David The Splatter:

↳ Song: "A D.J.'s Prayer" by "Curt Curtis"
Lord, keep the squirrels out of the damn transmitter!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:58pm
Bruce S.:

↳ davefromtoronto @1:56
Ha Yeah good ole Mike Hunt
  1:58pm
florida:

and lord thank you for payola
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:58pm
David The Splatter:

↳ Bruce S. @1:58
He's right. I got him confused with another studio musician, Heywood Jablowme.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:00pm
David The Splatter:

Sounds like the Lord isn't answering the CD player's prayer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:02pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ David The Splatter @2:00
Geoduck and Crowbar will get right on that ... one of these days.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:03pm
Bruce S.:

I heard that before each show Rex kneels and says "Lord Just Allow Me to Make as Many People Happy Today as Possible" sometimes Micheal Shelly Joins in in a Prayer circle
  2:03pm
Oki Flog:

Cancer - her AND her husband !

Main died of lung cancer on April 10, 1975, at the age of 85 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had been admitted on April 3 - I used to go to that hospital thrift outlet in 1993 !
  2:06pm
davefromtoronto:

i'm counting on an appearance by the Daniels Brothers on the show today.
  2:07pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Soundalike day! "The Walk"!
  2:08pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Sax is for Saturday night.
  2:10pm
davefromtoronto:

i want big "Whoopdy Whoopdy" burger!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:11pm
The Butterman:

↳ Song: "Get TOugh" by "Jimmy McCracklin"
Well, we now know without a doubt, what inspired the Garbageman song. Simone tell Little Matty Warwick.
Avatar 2:12pm
Hams:

slim!
  2:13pm
davefromtoronto:

win a rabbit? wtf...
  2:14pm
florida:

eatin that rabbitt hopefully it ain't got worms yet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:14pm
StringOFperils:

Some good eatin' radio rabbit
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:15pm
The Butterman:

Damn! I want Rex to call me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:16pm
David The Splatter:

Rabbit Burgers!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:17pm
Bruce S.:

↳ David The Splatter @2:16
make sure you don't find a hare in you're burger
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:17pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Ha! My college buddies would call random numbers posing as a local DJ and ask them for the song of the day. "Oh, you're so close! That was yesterday's song." This was before caller ID.
  2:18pm
florida:

the stand and leen crew
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:18pm
The Butterman:

Ate rabbit in Italy for my 24th birthday followed by an exorbitant amount of wine and hash. Had the rabbit a second time whilst puking it all up! Yummy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:19pm
StringOFperils:

Bugs always had an elevator too
  2:21pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

"Sumpin' Jumpin'" is "One Mint Julip"!
  2:22pm
florida:

hasenpfeffer really good
  2:22pm
Xangoir:

Hey I don’t wanna mess up my hair
  2:22pm
Otto:

Todays show has been so inspirational and uplifting
Avatar 🌮 2:23pm
William Hellfire:

↳ The Butterman @2:18
Hahaha
  2:24pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ The Butterman @2:18
i had the same experience with frogs legs.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:26pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Song: "Fatty Patty" by "The Oxfords"
🤰
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:26pm
Bruce S.:

I wrote a great song for you guys to record Fatty Patty
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:26pm
The Butterman:

↳ William Hellfire @2:23
Oh man!
I was just about to type, “Where the Hellfire kids at? I’ll just take up the slack since William it’s here to tell fucked up gross stories” AND here ya are! All good with yooze?
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:28pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ The Butterman @2:18
Only time I’ve had rabbit was on a trip to Quebec when I was kid, at this tiny farmhouse restaurant…toilet was in the attic and reached via ladder. Rabbit stew was superb tho
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:30pm
The Butterman:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:28
Toilet attic!
  2:31pm
florida:

all flows downhill
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "I Can Beat Him Up" by "The Panicks"
this sounds like something...I'm not sure what though
  2:34pm
johnk77:

approved by ghoulardi
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:35pm
The Butterman:

↳ Bruce S. @2:33
I was gettin a hint of mr fine wine’s bed music or theme song, maybe.
  2:37pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Diner is prepped, and I am drinking a Martini on my porch. Classes start Monday.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:38pm
Bruce S.:

↳ The Butterman @2:35
Yeah now that you mention it,maybe they listen to the show
  2:38pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Dinner, duh.
  2:39pm
florida:

that drink ain't big enuf
Avatar 🌮 2:40pm
William Hellfire:

↳ The Butterman @2:26
We're good. Erin's sleepy and I'm reading cockfight a fable of failure.
  2:40pm
P-90!:

Sadly they never made the movie where the Marjorie Main character beats the living daylights out of the Arnold Stang character…
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:41pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @2:38
What’s on the menu? I’ll prob do shrimp tacos
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:42pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

<hurriedly applies 'No Brow Tape' to the forehead>
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:42pm
Bruce S.:

ummm shrimp tacos...nice
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:42pm
Deano de los Muertos:

my smoking lamp started bubbling in unison with the bed music
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:44pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Bruce S. @2:42
We had a deal on frozen shrimp last month…I bought 8lbs 😂
  2:44pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

"Umm How Sweet It Is" finds Travis Wammick sounding like himself.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:44pm
Bruce S.:

wasn't Tennesee Tuxedo's friend Chumly?
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:46pm
The Butterman:

↳ William Hellfire @2:40
Oh good. Haven’t heard from ya in a while. I’ve been sleeping through much of Wake. Be up at 5 am when work starts in a couple of weeks. Best to Erin.
  2:46pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

John Lennon was introduced his bandmate as Paul McCharmly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:47pm
David The Splatter:

↳ Bruce S. @2:44
Chumley the Walrus, indeed.
  2:47pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

"once introduced" I meant.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:48pm
Bruce S.:

↳ David The Splatter @2:47
thanks Dude I vagely remembered that,I don't know why it popped up
  2:51pm
BobPgh:

Tennessee Tuxedo was the great Agent 86! Cone of Silence anyone???
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:51pm
Bruce S.:

wolfman councelling a young caller, sniff Glue or something but don't use Heroin
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
The Butterman:

↳ Song: "Crossfire With Me Baby" by "Teddy and the Contine...
Let’s change this to, “Hellfire with me, baby”
  2:52pm
florida:

Watts the nu meaning to urban renewal , ya had to live thru it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:53pm
David The Splatter:

"Say NO to smack, say YES to glue!"
  2:54pm
Benoni:

↳ Song: "Pretty Lord Sundance Pt 1" by "Lord Sundance"
Does anyone know who really recorded this song??
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
Bruce S.:

↳ David The Splatter @2:53
ha didn't Nancy Reagan say that?
  2:55pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@Deano de los Muertos pasta with my pesto or my wife's sauce, fried Hungarian peppers and onions, stir-fried green beans, sliced tomatoes, and baked feta with za'atar.
  2:56pm
davefromtoronto:

Lord Vocalfrye
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
David The Splatter:

↳ Bruce S. @2:55
She said yes to... "other" things, but not drugs. ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
David The Splatter:

Great time today, Rex! Thank you for spreading the grease for us all.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Bruce S.:

Rex You've done it again, thanks for a great show
thanks all,have a good one
Jets Giants Pre game tonight...excitment
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Bruce S. @2:57
Go ✈️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
StringOFperils:

At least Dad didn't hurl rabbit chili all over those kids.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @2:55
Sounds great!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Thank you Rex. 🫡
  3:00pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

"The Accident" with the James Bond riff.
Avatar 11:24am
RevWaldo:

↳ Song: "Fatty Patty" by "The Oxfords"
Looked up the song, think the band is the Ox Tones
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