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Dave E. Crockett brought up the idea of recounting on-air bloopers here on the board a few threads back, and since things are getting a little heavy in recent threads, I thought maybe it might be a good time for a bit of levity. Not being an on-air type, I don't have any to speak of, but it would be a hoot to hear some that y'all might have. Soooooo........ ???

poops
 
One of my giveaways included a "gas grill", not a "grass gill"... ;)
 
There's no one who ever worked on air at KILT since this "blooper" happened who has not heard of Jim Carolla's newreport during the Carla Faye Tucker execution. Let's just say her name's letters got a bit scrambled and she became Carla Taye...well you get the idea.
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I was standing in the studio with Rowdy as we were shanging shifts that day. Between the FM and the news room where Jim sat is a large window...both Rowdy and I looked at each other to make sure we both heard him say what we thought he did. Then we both looked at Jim who never missed a beat.

To this day it it is THE best on air gaff I've ever had the pleasure of hearing someone else do!
 
Wow, he must have felt pretty stupid for doing that. But shi* happens. What I want to know is if any of the audience noticed and called back (I've heard of the weirdest audience call the studios) . I would have hate to be the one explain to them why the F word was splattered over the air.

You know what poops, lets make this better, how about everyone's craziest caller. Someone that called the studio and said something that shocked you or made you laugh. Like poops, I sit in the bench, but I'll like to know some of the craziest calls out there.
 
LTT said:
There's no one who ever worked on air at KILT since this "blooper" happened who has not heard of Jim Carolla's newreport during the Carla Faye Tucker execution. Let's just say her name's letters got a bit scrambled and she became Carla Taye...well you get the idea.
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Rog (of the Dean and Rog show) on KKRW made that exact same blunder. They even included it on their first "Best of" CD (bleeped out, of course), although I heard it live on the air when it actually happened.
 
Hi LTT,

I would've liked to have heard that one. I can imagine how red faced he must've been, and I bet as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was looking around to see if anyone there had heard him.

I did however, hear a Lanny Griffith blooper during his "Traffic & Bondage" segment of the S&P show some years back. He was doing a Kroger spot talking about "Packer Trimmed Roasts" and instead of saying "Packer"... well he put an "E" in the place of the "A". Needless to say, there was a pregnant pause, then S & P hit poor Lanny with both barrels.

Ya just can't beat live radio.

poops
 
oldjohnny said:
You know what poops, lets make this better, how about everyone's craziest caller. Someone that called the studio and said something that shocked you or made you laugh. Like poops, I sit in the bench, but I'll like to know some of the craziest calls out there.
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Hey oldjohnny,

I think that's a great idea. My whole purpose for starting this thread was to kinda get some smiles going here. We all hear and talk about the bad things going on with radio everyday, which affect all of us, both radio professionals and listeners. Maybe some chuckles could lighten the load a bit.

poops
 
Janice Dean (now of FOX News Channel fame) was doing news for us at KLDE several years ago. A story that day had a congressman moving from the Republican to Democratic party... Janice got the story right except for one word... she said the guy "defecated" from his party... instead of "defected".

It was one of those priceless moments.....She never had a chance to pretend it never happened, because the rest of us in the studio were cracking up.

By the way, this is the same Janice who was mentioned in the Chronicle last week because she has been diagnosed with MS.
 
During an Oilers broadcast about 15 years ago, Bum Phillips, doing color commentary, made a doozy during the post game show. Russ Small was going to announce the I.W. Marks player of the game and told Bum (who always drank several Budweisers in the broadcast booth) that he'd allow Bud to make the announcement instead. Bum responded "well Russ, that's awfully white of you." Bum was no racsist, but I'd assume some of that poor taste, Orange, Texas humor comes to the surface after about 6 beers.
 
Years ago, back during the Civil War, a KHOU sportscaster named Paul Orsak was doing a story about the bloodless bullfights the Astrodome was featuring that weekend.

Yes they really did have bullfights in the dome in the late 60s -- the bloodless kind, where the bulls weren't harmed, and their horns were tipped with rubber balls to protect the matadors. They were very popular, because they attracted the best and most famous matadors in Mexico and South America, and I think they'd be even more popular now. Those people looking for something to do with the old dome would do well to look into it.

Anyway, old Paul, who was a slightly nervous sort, closed out that story with these words: "And don't forget folks, the bull fart stights tonight at 7 in the Astrodome." It took me an hour to get myself off the floor.
 
FilioScotia said:
Years ago, back during the Civil War, a KHOU sportscaster named Paul Orsak.....
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Am I the only one who scratched his head by this? Ha ha ha, if only this was broadcasted over the air.
 
It WAS broadcast over the air. On KHOU's 6pm News.

I don't understand the point you're trying to make. Are you puzzled by my reference to the 60s as "the Civil War"?
 
He is the only one scratching his head. It's like when I mention about my time when the dinosaurs were around; its a joke about our age.
 
FilioScotia said:
It WAS broadcast over the air. On KHOU's 6pm News.

I don't understand the point you're trying to make. Are you puzzled by my reference to the 60s as "the Civil War"?
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I got it FiloScotia. Though I didn't hear that particular blooper, I do remember Paul Orsak and vaguely the bullfights (old timers is setting in on me ;) )
 
The funniest one that I personally had happen was when I was working with Kat over at KIKK doing afternoons. Some guy called up (and the Vox Pro was rolling!) and asked Kat if she had "big tits." Kat shot back, "Are you a F-ing pervert?!?!" The speaker for monitoring the editing was VERY small and hard to hear so the edit was not too good. I think I managed to get the "U" out of the word. The call aired and to our horror the f-bomb was crystal clear on the huge JBL speakers. Darren Davis burst into the studio ready to kill us because the monitor in his office was also apparently crystal clear too. Oddly enough the speaker that made editing so difficult to hear was never replaced... just the talent a few months later!

The other one is from my buddy Jeff Hendricks from WLS in Chicago. The mens restroom was right across from the studios at 360 North Michigan. It had two stalls in it and Jeff was seated on one and Fred Winston in the other. Fred had been working to perfect his chili recipe and commented to Jeff that he wished he could have a normal bowel movement. Jeff reached under the stall with a turd wrapped in toilet paper and said, "You mean like this?" I heard Lujack refer to it on the WLS 50 year Anniversary over the summer so I know it really did happen! When Jeff told me the story back in 1988 or so and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. Jeff is a very quiet understated guy so it was even funnier.

Those were the good old days! Try doing that today!!!


Dave Crockett
 
I dont know if this fits in or not!! Most likely no, but today Susan Hanks or Suzy I dont remember her name from KKRW said this!! Hi this is Susan Hanks and its 8 ummm 8:29 am and your listening to the best of Den .... And later she said From The Thunderbolt motor and Transmission weather center here is your ummmm weather!! She forgot her lines!!
 
Dave E. Crockett said:
The other one is from my buddy Jeff Hendricks from WLS in Chicago. The mens restroom was right across from the studios at 360 North Michigan. It had two stalls in it and Jeff was seated on one and Fred Winston in the other. Fred had been working to perfect his chili recipe and commented to Jeff that he wished he could have a normal bowel movement. Jeff reached under the stall with a turd wrapped in toilet paper and said, "You mean like this?" I heard Lujack refer to it on the WLS 50 year Anniversary over the summer so I know it really did happen! When Jeff told me the story back in 1988 or so and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. Jeff is a very quiet understated guy so it was even funnier.

Those were the good old days! Try doing that today!!!


Dave Crockett
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I have the audio of Lujack, Tommy Edwards and Fred Winston discussing THAT during the Big89 Rewind last Memorial Day.....the way they talked about it, you would have thought it was a comparison of a male anatomy part.....NOW I see why Lujack called it the most disgusting, gawd awful, sickest, tasteless and FUNNIEST bit ever told on the air!!!! :) No, they didn't tell it ALL during the Rewind...just alluded to it...Yes, those WERE the days......

Like Neil Harrison, now a webmaster at CC Corp, working at 1450 KAYC Beaumont back in the 70s and having his CUTE little girlfriend, Donna Peveto, come by....getting one of the DJ/engineers who was working in the prod room at the time...(onder who that could be? :) to cover the board for 15 min or so...and later Neil walks back in and takes over....says thanks, we were down n the men's room F ing.........YEP.....there was Donna walking down the hall, straightening her overalls and had a devilish look on that sweet face!!! OH the good old days of radio....
 
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