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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: yesno on September 02, 2008, 11:30:20 PM
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Tony Torgvort? Keith Garfinkle?
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Was it "Sleepy Jeff" on the April Fools Show?
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Brock Peuchk.
DONE.
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Another vote for Sleepy Jeff (RIP)
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Bill Cheetah, with his radio show "Runnin' with the Cheetah"
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Kid eBay (RIP?)
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I also really like this anonymous caller- http://www.divshare.com/download/2400840-b8a
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Yay Sleepy Jeff ... there's a chance he's still alive.
I also nominate Brad Somerstant, candidate for Newbridge County water comissioner. Unless he's called more than once, in which case never mind. But if I'm right, then grant me hall of fame status, Jerk!!
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Somerstant was great also. "Now in my other hand, I got Somerstant water.. you could see the vitamins in it."
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Ok, my answer is the Music Scholar now that I think of it.
Best two-time character: Ronald Thomas Clontle.
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I think I've made my love of I-Ron pretty clear already.
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The King of the Coatchecks. I forget his name.
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The King of the Coatchecks. I forget his name.
Larry Smirthwaite!
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Paul Higgins, the Godfather of the modern day convention (as voted by Convention Weekly).
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Corey Harris, Mother 13.
Ok, technically it was twice. But I consider it a two-part bit. And I can't ever stop thinking about "The Big Man" from the E Street Band.
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I can remember at least 4 Corey Harris calls:
1. The one that's on New Hope for the Ape-Eared.
2. The one where Tom calls him at Radio Hut, where he is employed
3. & 4. The pre- and post-Mt. Everest calls (Disc 3 of Art of the Slap)
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Brock Peuchk.
DONE.
I'll second Brock. There's the huge digression in the middle, and then that sad, disturbing "yeeeeaaaaaaah?" about what he sees in the mirror at the end. Haunting.
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I'll second Brock. There's the huge digression in the middle, and then that sad, disturbing "yeeeeaaaaaaah?" about what he sees in the mirror at the end. Haunting.
Also, it features one of my fave malapropisms ("Now is the winter of our discotheque") and the phrase "I'm from Missouri on that one", which I use at least twice a week now. Not to mention all the DVD bonus feature stuff.
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Brock Peuchk.
DONE.
I'll second Brock. There's the huge digression in the middle, and then that sad, disturbing "yeeeeaaaaaaah?" about what he sees in the mirror at the end. Haunting.
Another great, one-time creeper is relaxation guru Gregor McWilliams. The end of that call is very disturbing.
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Brock Peuchk.
DONE.
I'll second Brock. There's the huge digression in the middle, and then that sad, disturbing "yeeeeaaaaaaah?" about what he sees in the mirror at the end. Haunting.
All that stuff about the connections between punk bands and newscasters is amazing.
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I had a client say "I'm from Missouri on this one" YESTERDAY. I had forgotten the Brock reference.
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I'm a fan of Chief Ray Ploppleton and his love for 'Greasy Funk'.
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Woodsy.
No contest.
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Rick the soaker!!!
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Brian Hottenstead(?) from Anything Inc. One of my favorite calls ever.
Rick the Soaker.
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I like Sleepy Jeff or Little Mike
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T: Put your hand up to your face. What are you touching? Anything covering your face?
B: It doesn't feel like it, but it looks like it. In the mirrow it looks like it.
T: Are you touching a ski mask by any chance?
B: Uh HUH.
T: Now in your other hand, what's in your other hand?
B: The phone.
T: Ok, is that, is there...
B: ... and a knife.
T: Ok there it is. Why do these guys find me?
B: You know why?
T: Why?
B: Because we like the night life baby... *claps* she says... *claps* YOU DIE. *hangs up*
T: Oh my God, that's horrible. I just got threatened to the tune of "Let's Go."
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B: You know why?
T: Why?
B: Because we like the night life baby... *claps* she says... *claps* YOU DIE. *hangs up*
T: Oh my God, that's horrible. I just got threatened to the tune of "Let's Go."
Between that and the Newbridge Theme Song, S & W have sure gotten a lot of mileage out of the Cars.
Get it? Cars? Mileage?
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B: You know why?
T: Why?
B: Because we like the night life baby... *claps* she says... *claps* YOU DIE. *hangs up*
T: Oh my God, that's horrible. I just got threatened to the tune of "Let's Go."
Between that and the Newbridge Theme Song, S & W have sure gotten a lot of mileage out of the Cars.
Get it? Cars? Mileage?
Here's another Cars-related journey from Larry Smirthwaite/King of Coatchecks:
In 1985, Larry told Hilly that he'd had enough of the hardcore shows, so he got put on the night shift and checked at shows for obscure bands like Camper Van Beethoven, Dinosaur Jr., Scruffy The Cat, and Poi Dog Pondering. While there was no snow during the SxE-leaning hardcore shows, Larry was now skiing downhill every night. The coat check room became known as ski lodge, and Larry was called "The Railroad Captain". One night, Ric Ocasek came to CB's with his wife, who was even hotter in person than she was on the posters Larry bought as a kid. (Tom preferred nerdier wall art.) Larry was a "big fan of her body", so he had to get romantic with her coat while gacked on coke. Paulina came back to the coat check area to get some cigs and caught him in the act. While Ocasek seemed supercool in The Cars' videos, Larry's antics made him madder than a rattlesnake at a Thai wedding. Surprisingly, Larry was fired for the incident.
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Ric Ocasek for mayor!
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I saw Rick O'casek in Manhattan once, he is a really weird looking guy up close. And really tall.
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I saw Rick O'casek in Manhattan once, he is a really weird looking guy up close from any angle, at any distance, in any light . And really tall.
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Bill Cheetah is definitely a favorite of mine
and this guy.
http://eden.rutgers.edu/~themaher/halloffame.mp3
courtesy best show vault
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I saw Rick O'casek in Manhattan once, he is a really weird looking guy up close from any angle, at any distance, in any light . And really tall.
Fair enough.
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sleepy jeff has to be up there... i like the Angry Mr. Bungle fan, thats a classic.
brock is great also, what was the date of that show. the Club Pazzazz guy was good.
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i like the Angry Mr. Bungle fan, thats a classic.
He actually called 3 times!
brock is great also, what was the date of that show.
1/16/07.
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baal (maybe ball, or bol with an umlaut) from newbridge.
'i thought you were gonna get that mohawk" or something.
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Maurice Kern. Remember how he gave the gift of imagination for Christmas?
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neal pollack.
wait, i meant to post him in the "worst one-time character" thread. and did wurster play pollack or was that earles or jon benjamin?
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There was a pollock on the show?
I thought Andy from Lake Newbridge was a carp.
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Maurice Kern. Remember how he gave the gift of imagination for Christmas?
he's called at least twice. that call, and his first call, which you can find on the S&W cd chains fights, beer busts and service with a grin. (buy it.)
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neal pollack.
wait, i meant to post him in the "worst one-time character" thread. and did wurster play pollack or was that earles or jon benjamin?
That might have been the genuine article.
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i seriously doubt it.
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And I believe you are wrong to do so. Although perhaps you're joking.
P.S. Everyone should (re)listen to him read his bit about John McCain (starts at 1:35 in the archive).
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Troy Dershman was a good call. He only called once, right?
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sleepy jeff has to be up there...
My vote would go for Jeep Grand Cherokee Wilson from the same show. I love his strange, grammatically incorect concern over Barry Bond's career.
Also:
-The Cougar from Pout and his beautiful, drunken rendition of "Stand By Me"
-Al Green fan- "Sometimes she peels the sweatpants off of me"
-Gary Puckett fan an his deviant car fetish
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sleepy jeff has to be up there...
My vote would go for Jeep Grand Cherokee Wilson from the same show. I love his strange, grammatically incorect concern over Barry Bond's career.
Also:
-The Cougar from Pout and his beautiful, drunken rendition of "Stand By Me"
-Al Green fan- "Sometimes she peels the sweatpants off of me"
-Gary Puckett fan an his deviant car fetish
The Cougar is an underrated gem. What other show would do a 45-minute spoof on Peter Criss?
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Jimmy Crespo!
"Hey, how many pull-ups can you do?"
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Jonny W. has a special kinship with drummers - I can't entirely explain it.
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Troy Dershman was a good call. He only called once, right?
Twice
The main, long call.
And the 'Pantyboys' call - Oct 10, 2006
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Rick the soaker!!!
My first TBSOWFMU! I didn't know anything about the show or JW... I couldn't believe that just a regular listener would call in with something so insane and Tom would so casually roll with it. The fact that he was semi-plausible and not somebody like Brimstead made it even more unbelievable.
I vote music scholar.
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Power Pop Pop-Pop. Even though the character actually appeared twice, and Quad P himself didn't actually make the call.
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Power Pop Pop-Pop. Even though the character actually appeared twice, and Quad P himself didn't actually make the call.
PPPP was fantastic.
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Patton Oswald calling as the Spike fan.... he said something about the reject potatoes from dinty moore soup, genius!!
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Paul Higgins, the Godfather of the modern day convention (as voted by Convention Weekly).
Seconded.
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Rick the soaker!!!
I'd vote for either Albany Rick The Soaker (my Best Show in-point)
Or Randy from Tunnelbridge - He's the one who "danced" with Madonna in 1989-90 at the Madison Square Garden
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Another vote may have to go to Judge Davies. He may be the most influential one-time caller ever.
It's hard to imagine what Newbridge would look without him. He can count Keith Gaystburt, Bishop Fontana and the Freedom Eater as converts.
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which show did rick the soaker call in?
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which show did rick the soaker call in?
2/7/06.
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Wasn't Bill from Consolidated Cardboard a one-time character? If so he's definitely the best.
"Oh, you must have misunderstood me..."
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I also enjoyed the Cat-wrangler from Vernton, Iowa (though Tom actually called him); kid eBay, the millionaire, and once again: BROCK PEUCHK.
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The Music Scholar is a great pick.
Loved Troy Renfro calling after the Steelers won the Superbowl.
Troy: "Most of these guys in Pittsburgh didn't even, you know, truth be told, didn't even graduate high school; judging by a lot of the fan mail that we get at the clubhouse."
Tom: "What do you mean?"
Troy: "Well we get a lot of, you know, kind of supportive mail saying, you know, 'you guys get out there and really do it this coming Sunday!' You'd think a third grader wrote these letters. 'Go out there on Sunday and kick Cincinnati's asses!' Signed the boys at, I don't know, Hoffman's Muffler Shop. Cincinnati's spelled with two S's and ending with a Y. That's kind of sad stuff there. I actually have a bunch of those letters up on the wall, what I call the 'Dope Board' in the clubhouse."
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Listener Danny (http://wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=605&archive=510&starttime=0:32:12), who would not kick Julianne Moore out of bed for eating pudding.
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Listener Danny (http://wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=605&archive=510&starttime=0:32:12), who would not kick Julianne Moore out of bed for eating pudding.
that one is the best
the cat catcher is great. those are 3 great calls in a row.
Nils from matador is priceless also
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Freddy Harmon, the magician....."dot magic"!!!
oh and the depressed guy suffering over the demise of the XFL.
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I totally forgot about the Madman. His disintegration at the end of the call is one of the shining moments in Best Show history.
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Larry Smirthwaite.
so good.
best two-time only caller: ZEPH.
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Larry Smirthwaite.
so good.
best two-time only caller: ZEPH.
3 time actually.
but I'd put Zeph on my list of best callers ever
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Brock Peuchk.
DONE.
Hey, can anyone tell me the date of the show Brock was on? Wanna hear it again......
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January 16, 2007: The Hero's Call (2:04)