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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: San Nakji on November 13, 2007, 04:18:02 AM

Title: Kid Ebay
Post by: San Nakji on November 13, 2007, 04:18:02 AM
I just finished listening to Hippy Justice... Did Tom ever hear from Kid Ebay again? I loved his conversation with Tom. I would hate to think he is still in that basement...
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Andy on November 13, 2007, 08:06:17 AM
he dies in the end of the unedited version.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: buffcoat on November 13, 2007, 09:53:56 AM
he dies in the end of the unedited version.

Only theoretically.  He says that if he's still alive he'll call in next week, and then he doesn't, but Danny/Kid Ebay was, as we say elsewhere, a "shady character."

He did leave Tom with these final words: "I love youuuuuu!"  Charming to the last.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: thom on August 02, 2009, 02:01:10 PM
(oops nevermind.)
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on August 04, 2009, 10:01:30 AM
Such a great call. 

"I'm gonna try to get up... Nooooooo dice!"
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: buffcoat on August 04, 2009, 11:49:34 AM
The full version is a must.  It just goes on and on and on...
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: RyanInSC on August 04, 2009, 06:13:53 PM
rockin the sheets
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Newbridge PhotoChopper on August 05, 2009, 01:25:48 AM
Full version?  Is there a version that isn't on the album?
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: masterofsparks on August 05, 2009, 06:35:14 AM
Full version?  Is there a version that isn't on the album?

The version on the CD is edited down from the original call that aired. They do this with all of the calls that are released on the S&W CDs.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on August 05, 2009, 10:52:53 AM
Full version?  Is there a version that isn't on the album?

The version on the CD is edited down from the original call that aired. They do this with all of the calls that are released on the S&W CDs.

Wait, whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut?
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: eastgrandforks on August 05, 2009, 05:25:57 PM
He must have had a booth at the Collectors' Convention that the Sports Guy attended

 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/gallery/8 (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/gallery/8)
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Mike from Western Maine on August 05, 2009, 06:24:58 PM
Mmmmmmm....... Rod Carew Circus Peanuts.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: betheboy on August 05, 2009, 07:46:10 PM
The bulldozing the house part nevar fails to make me laugh. 

"Those things go like, six..."
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Newbridge PhotoChopper on August 06, 2009, 10:42:37 AM
Does anyone out there have a full version of the Kid Ebay call?  That is the call that got me started in LOVING the Best Show on WFMU!
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: fredfoster on August 06, 2009, 10:54:49 AM
It's streaming at

http://www.last.fm/music/Scharpling%2B%2526%2BWurster/_/Kid+eBay

Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: fredfoster on August 06, 2009, 11:21:12 AM
Strike that it's only the CD version.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: amiright?? on August 06, 2009, 12:39:03 PM
Full version?  Is there a version that isn't on the album?

The version on the CD is edited down from the original call that aired. They do this with all of the calls that are released on the S&W CDs.

Really?  To what extent are the calls edited?
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: masterofsparks on August 06, 2009, 01:43:29 PM
Full version?  Is there a version that isn't on the album?

The version on the CD is edited down from the original call that aired. They do this with all of the calls that are released on the S&W CDs.

Really?  To what extent are the calls edited?

They address it on the AST Radio episode. It's been awhile since I listened to it, but I remember them saying the calls are edited to tighten the bits up. I've never done an A/B comparison, but I think the editing is usually pretty minor.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: buffcoat on August 06, 2009, 02:27:54 PM
I hate to disagree with the esteemed Master of Sparks, but most times at least some complete side conversations are cut out.  If you listen to the shows soon after the first Gorch appearance, for example, Tom plays part of that call that did not make it onto the CD.

Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: thom on August 06, 2009, 07:06:44 PM
(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/8/6/128940734803709154.jpg)
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Chad from Oregon on August 07, 2009, 01:46:29 PM
Of course, you can always stream it 24/7/365 from off of the main WFMU/WMFU archive page located on the front page of FOT.com or here: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/BS
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Kedzie on August 07, 2009, 02:35:21 PM
This is absolutely my favorite S/W bit. I can't remember where I read or heard this, but they said that the bit was supposed to end pretty much right after he fell down the stairs and the whole music discussion was just an unexpected tangent they went off on. Pretty brilliant.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: amiright?? on August 07, 2009, 03:46:41 PM
Of course, you can always stream it 24/7/365 from off of the main WFMU/WMFU archive page located on the front page of FOT.com or here: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/BS

But you can't stream any of the shows with the bits from S&W CDs...
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Chad from Oregon on August 07, 2009, 05:41:36 PM
Of course, you can always stream it 24/7/365 from off of the main WFMU/WMFU archive page located on the front page of FOT.com or here: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/BS

But you can't stream any of the shows with the bits from S&W CDs...
ah. erm. nevermind.
Title: Re: Kid Ebay
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on August 08, 2009, 06:10:56 AM
(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/8/6/128940734803709154.jpg)

Is that Bankroft?  Whenever someone tells me something is "off the hook" or "off the chain," I like to ask "Is it off like Anne Bankroft?"

They never get it... But she was off the chain!