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PARTON ME! ... Embarrassing True Story About Greg Budell at WAXY-FM, 1982

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PARTON ME! is the latest (and possibly funniest) addition to South Florida Radio History.

In Parton Me, WAXY-FM's Greg Budell (the Peck’s Bad Boy of south Florida radio) tells the story of when he painfully emceed for Dolly Parton at the Youth Fair in 1982, just hours after OD-ing on Ex-Lax.

It is a wise man who can go through an embarrassing and potentially life-threatening experience like this and profit from it -- even if only profiting metaphysically.

This story was originally published last year in Parkland Life magazine.

Read it now at http://RadioPages.net/radio/partonme.html

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

73s!
 
PARTON ME! is the latest (and possibly funniest) addition to South Florida Radio History. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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That was a great (and well-written) story. Thank you for sharing it with us !

What are you working on for the August 2006 edition (or is it September) of 'Radio News' ?

I've wanted to tell you this for awhile (and maybe I already have), but as much as you promote your web site on here it's all worth it. You do a good job with it. It's fun (and educational) reading ! I bet it consumes a huge chunk of your spare time to maintain and update it.

THE MAJOR
 
David has plenty of free time to work on his website!

We've both admitted to not having much of a life!

But, in all seriousness, he does do a great job with the website.
 
Thank you Major and Kevin. Glad you liked it.

Kevin said:
David has plenty of free time to work on his website!
Not really. It's whaty I do instead of watching TV or otherwise having a life.

Please help me make it worthwhile. Whenever you want to buy something
from Amazon, please remember to use the links on my site to get there.

We've both admitted to not having much of a life!

But, in all seriousness, he does do a great job with the website.
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73s
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Thank you Major and Kevin. Glad you liked it.

(I screwed up the quote tags last time, so I'm trying again.)

Kevin said:
David has plenty of free time to work on his website!
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Not really. It's what I do instead of watching TV or otherwise having a life.

Please ... help me make it worthwhile. Whenever you want to buy something
from Amazon, please remember to use the links on my site to get there.

And if you do, please let me know so I can personally thank you. I don't get
any info about who orders what. Just a list of items and prices. No names, cities,
or anything.

Though, I suppose if someone ordered a book abouty Alaska, I'd wonder if it
was Les!

We've both admitted to not having much of a life!

But, in all seriousness, he does do a great job with the website.
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http://RadioPages.net/radio/partonme.html

73s and Thanks.
 
The-Major said:
What are you working on for the August 2006 edition (or is it September) of 'Radio News' ?
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Nothing as big as Eric Brandon or Footy, but a lot of little stuff.

And one thing I think will be very amusing relating to a departing deejay. No, don't ask which station.

73s
 
This reminds me of a situation that happen to me several years ago. I was on stage at a very large amusement park introducing a popular national act. There were thousands of sea gulls in the area. Just as I walked on stage one of the gulls let one go -all over my head. Well, the crowd just started howling with laughter. I was embarrassed but made a funny comment, and I thiink, came off pretty well, considering the circumstances.
The station program director was notorious for not having a sense of humor (why would he go into radio?) When I got back stage he started ripping me a new one. He acted like I had done the whole thing to embarrass him and the station. I tried to explain to this humorless pampas jerk, that having sea gull poop on my head was even going beyond what I would do for a joke. Fotunately I left that station about a month later and moved on with my carrer.
 
anoldguy said:
This reminds me of a situation that happen to me several years ago. I was on stage at a very large amusement park introducing a popular national act. There were thousands of sea gulls in the area. Just as I walked on stage one of the gulls let one go -all over my head. Well, the crowd just started howling with laughter. I was embarrassed but made a funny comment, and I thiink, came off pretty well, considering the circumstances.
The station program director was notorious for not having a sense of humor (why would he go into radio?) When I got back stage he started ripping me a new one. He acted like I had done the whole thing to embarrass him and the station. I tried to explain to this humorless pampas jerk, that having sea gull poop on my head was even going beyond what I would do for a joke. Fotunately I left that station about a month later and moved on with my carrer.
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That happened to me earlier this year... standing under a tree, talking to a roofer, and I was shat on by a bird.

My neighbor, who is Jamaican by way of Brooklyn, told me it's good luck. (Maybe in Jamaica it is. Surely not in Florida or NYC.)

Haven't had any (good luck) yet.

73s
 
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