On this day in 1913 the first pilot to parachute from an aircraft was Adolphe Pegoud of France.
- It worked out way better for him than for all the other guys before him who just jumped out of planes.
Have a great day and don’t forget to vote in the Suburban Collection’s “Great Charity Giveaway”! A total of $40,000 is up for grabs! Just click on any SC ad on this page to make your voice heard! First Round voting ends this Friday, August 24th!
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-Dick
Today I’m joined by Art Vuolo… who’s known in the broadcast business as “Radio’s Best Friend”. We talk about the heyday of radio - when people carried transistor radios with them everywhere and have now been replaced with iEverythings. We also take a look back — comparing how vastly different radio is today from the way it was. So many changes… some good, but mostly bad. And I tell two stories: One about a waitress who’s one pancake short of a stack when it comes to History, plus a true recounting of the time I sat next to 90-year-old Sonny Eliot as he heckled a stand-up comic… and the comics hilarious comeback.
Purtan Podcast #54 (43:47)
Al Qaeda is running an ad on an Internet jobs site to look for suicide bombers.
- Note: They don’t offer much of a retirement plan.
- They realized one guy padded his resume when he claimed to already have blown himself up 3 times.
- Talk about a dead end job.
Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani is questoning whether or not Joe Biden has the “mental capacity” to serve as President if it ever became necessary. He said Biden just isn’t very bright and never has been.
- That’s why Jill Biden always wears those “I’m With Stupid T-Shirts”.
- Rudy said “Besides… putting people in chains is SO 20th Century!”
According to a survey, around 3 million dogs across the country are using treadmills.
- Why? Don’t they get the same amount of exercise chasing their tails?
- They run really fast if you put a cat on the front end.
- Joe Biden “chains” his dog to the treadmill so he doesn’t fall off.
A new poll shows an increasing number of atheists worldwide.
- Of course none of the atheists believe it.
In Norway, a woman was arrested for shoplifting after walking out of a store with a 42-inch color TV between her legs.
- That sounds like something only the Octomom could do.
- I guess Suzanne Somers was right about the “Thigh-Master”.
Kenny G. is getting divorced.
- His wife caught him saxting another woman.
- She also said he sat around all day playing with his instrument.
Ron Palillo dead of a heart attack at 63. He played Arnold Horshack on “Welcome Back Kotter”.
40 years ago today Woodstock was in it’s second day on Max Yasgurs farm in Bethel, NY. There were 24 bands and 400,000 people attended.
- Only 4 people remember being there.
Also on this day in 1977, Elvis died.
- Or so they would have us believe…
Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Friday with a brand new Podcast!
-Dick
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will give the keynote speech at the GOP convention.
- The speech is expected to be short since the convention is featuring an “All You Can Eat Buffet”.
Mitt Romney’s new running-mate Paul Ryan told a group of home-state supporters in Wisconsin that “my veins run with cheese”.
- So do Dick Cheney’s which is why he’s had so many by-pass surgeries.
- He almost said “Blue Cheese” but realized that would make him sound like a Democrat.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary added the word “F-Bomb” to the newest edition.
- Don’t worry, sooner or later they’ll end up dropping it just like Kathy Griffin does every New Year’s Eve.
According to federal records, The National Weather Service has put in a requitision for 16,000 rounds of Smith & Wesson hollow point bullets.
- Apparently they’re going to test the theory that most meterologists couldn’t get the forecast right if you put a gun to their head.
The Air Force is testing a new hydrosonic plane that could someday fly passengers from LA to New York in just 45 minutes.
- It would take longer than that to get through the security line!
The tabloids are reporting that CNN’s Anderson Cooper’s boyfriend may be cheating on him.
- To add insult to injury, the guy he’s cheating with is Barney Frank.
On Tuesday, Taylor Swift released a new song trashing an unfaithful boyfried, called “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”.
- It’s a follow-up to the song she released last week called “We Are Never Ever Going To Break Up!”
- The song is way better than Randy Travis’s new hit “I Am Never Ever Going To Try To Buy Cigarettes In The Nude Again”.
Judge Judy is the highest paid TV star, earning a whopping $45 million a year.
- Which is $44,950,000 more than Doug Llewelyn used to make for his appearance at the end of Judge Wopner’s “People’s Court”.
On this day in 1991 750,000 people attended Paul Simon’s free concert in New York’s Central Park.
- The next day 75 people attended Art Garfunkel’s free concert in the same location… and that included his hairdresser.
Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!
-Dick
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-Dick