Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt

We open another gift from the Vault of Silliness with a NNS/DBG/NNS from December 10 and 11th, 1993.

The title of this latest installment of merriment is…

Big Words, Fancy Ad-libs and Punning Around the Christmas Tree

Sid Whittaker producing and I’m hanging around in the studio.

Get your pencils ready as here comes the line-up.

Pre and Post Game Callers:

Bob Coffey talking about George Shearing (who was a guest the previous hour or so)

Nutty Pat BUT this time it’s the most surprising conversation!

Another classic with Robert from Everett! 

Kevin in Dorchester

Tony from Swampscott

Betty in Sudbury

And we close with an entertaining call from John in Lowell 

But before that closing call we have a DBG from 12/11 that begins with some Bob Raleigh impressions.

Players:

Al

John from Charlestown

Jenny in Plymouth

Mark

Sid Whittaker

Tony in studio

Jack in Traffic

Bdays:

Rita Moreno

Brenda Lee

Jermain Jackson

Carlo Ponti

Teri Garr

Donna Mills

John Kerry

And a Date in History:

In what year did Boston’s Bijou Theater become the first American Playhouse to be lighted exclusively by electricity?

I included the ABC News w/Bob Aronson and the WBZ News w/Darrell Gould.

Our cup runneth over with regards to commercials:

Norm reads a Heritage Radio spot

Liberty Tree Mall Auction for Children’s Hospital

Silver City and Barbosa’s Auto World – weird one

NH State Liquor Commission

Norm read for National Credit Group x2

Triple Action Gold Bond with Jim Brown from Grand Prairie TX

The Huntington Theater

Rich Chocolate Ovaltine

ADT Home Security

And a real bonus here is Norm’s HGPG imitating Arthur Godfrey. Or was it the other way around?

Ep 213, Big Words, Fancy Ad-libs and Punning Around the Christmas Tree, pronounces its way to your ears in 3,2 and 1. 

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First let me say that we have added TWO new countries that have discovered the Silly. Dobryden to the Czech Republic! And for our second country there’s at least 12 different languages spoken there. I will go with what I learned was the most widely spoken: Sawubona, South Africa!

Also thanks to EVERYBODY as we have hit 250 subscribers on YT!

Let’s keep that pace and LSS and, if you are able, please support the show by joining Patreon or, if you prefer to keep me caffeinated and toasty warm, Buy Me a Coffee. Links to both are below.

The 12th month of 2024 kicks off with a deep cut from the Vault of Silliness. A DBG from December 7th, 1991. Pearl Harbor Day.

I have titled this: Scratching that Winter Itch

We begin with the much beloved DBG Theme. Joining us to play the game are the composers of said theme:

Linda Chase and Dave Currier

We add…

Mike from Marshfield

Ernie in Dorchester

Glen from Salem

Joan from Brockton

Tony producing and on the phone from MC

And Jack Harte

Bdays with all the SFX:

Larry Bird oh, but wait…

Eli Wallach

Ellen Burstyn

Johnny Bench

We jump to 12/9 for

Donny Osmond

Kirk Douglas

John Malkovich

And Beau Bridges

Santa’s sack filled with Commercials:

NH State Liquor Stores

Children’s Hospital Auction promo voiced by Peter Meade

Gold Bond w/Patrick Palladino

Silver Restaurant Supply & Equipment Company

Riopan Plus 2 w/Willard Scott

The United Way

Nunsense at the Charles Playhouse

And Parker Insignia Pens

There’s a Post-Game Call from Vivian

And since it’s the season of giving I included both the ABC and WBZ Newscasts. There’s an interesting poll that’s talked about in the ABC Broadcast.

After the news its back to Norm with A Special Show Open by Linda and Dave!

Wrapping it all up is a heartwarming call from Hal in NY

Ep 212, Scratching that Winter Itch, flakes its way to your ears…now.

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Let’s begin this Thanksgiving Week Episode with a greeting to a new country to appear in the analytics…Ola, Portugal!

We have a show here that has all the fixings! Dinner AND dessert, if you will. TWO DBG’s from November 26th & 27th, 1994.

The ever so clever title if I do say so myself is: Stuffed with Silliness. 

My old pal Brian McKinley was producing for both.

Dinnertime players for November 26th:

DeeDee

James in Thompson, CT

Priscilla from Salem

Ken in Waltham

Brian McKinley producing and playing in studio

And Jack Harte

Bdays:

Charles M. Schulz

Robert Goulet

Tina Turner

John McVie

Rich Little

And Jan Stenerud

Two Dates in History questions!

In what year did Casablanca have its NY World Premiere?

And in what year did horsedrawn, public streetcar service begin in NY City?

Dessert players for November 27th:

Glenn from Brighton

Melissa in the S. End

John from Plimpton

Marilyn in Freemont, NH

Brian McKinley producing and playing in studio again

And Ken Newman in Traffic

Bdays:

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

Jane Kennedy

Eddie Rabbit

Robin Givens

David Merrick

Gail Sheehy

And Buffalo Bob Smith

A Date in History!

In what year was Curtis Brady given the first permit to operate a motor vehicle in Central Park?

Ep 211, Stuffed with Silliness, bastes its way to your ears in 3,2 and 1.

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Let us venture back to November 20th, 1992, for a really, super fun SMQ. This one goes so far back that it wasn’t even called the SMQ yet! It’s simply referred to as the Music Quiz, The Wild Music Quiz Game, The Dumb Music Game and The Wild Music Thang.

That last one gives us our title too.

Ric Duarte was producing

Once the game gets rolling the questions from the callers are excellent

The Panel:

Norm Nathan

Tony Nesbitt

Ed Mullen

Jack Harte

And two special guests for hour 2 that you’ll just have to stay tuned for to find out!

Ed explains the rules.

Categories:

Rock

Jazz and Big Bands

Please hold your applause until I’ve completed the list of Callers:

Ted from Norton

Arnold in Winthrop

John from Milton

Mary in Quincy

Bill from Plymouth

Barry in Boston

Joe the Baker

Jim in his car

Patrick from Lexington, VA

Bill in PA

Kevin from Swampscott or maybe not

Bob in Fitchburg

Jason in NH

Bill from Raynham

Kevin in Swampscott

Frank from Winthrop

Evelyn in PA

Claire from Natick

Fred in ME

Andrew from NH

April on the Cape

Tammy in Toronto Canada…or not

Tom from Stoneham

Rich in Avon

Helen….no its Frank from Brockton

Al in Worcester

Pat from Middletown, OH

Jodie in MD

Tracy from Worcester

Jack in Natick

Paul from Haverhill

Jack in Framingham

John from Bradford

Maryann in Philly

Bob from Peabody

Jerry in Batavia, IL

Marion from Lexington

And Joan in Melrose

Partial Commercials sprinkled throughout:

Hilltop Steakhouse with Tommy Heinsohn

WBZ News Promo voiced by Gary Lapierre

Staples Super Bowl Moments voiced by Gil Santos

Ovaltine

Gold Bond

And Baby Gold Bond

Ep 210, The Wild Music Thang, spins its way to your ears…now.

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Welcome back for Episode 209 of NNVoS.

I have a confession to make. I do believe last week’s episode was misdated as today’s show is almost an exact copy only 2 years later!

It’s a DBG from November 23rd, 1995. Last week had the same info but was dated the 22nd.

But like a Broadway show, the understudy’s and new audience keeps it fresh and that applies here. And our title is: History Repeats Itself.

Here’s my standard reminder to keep LSS and to please consider supporting the show through Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee and Castos. Fred and Gladys have kept the java flowing and I thank them.

To make things just so darn easy, all the links are included in the description box.

Let us begin with Jack Harte and a Thanksgiving Day Traffic Report with the sponsor being the Christmas Tree Shops.

Players:

Jack

Producing and playing in studio for the first time: Michael Cannon

Scott from Shirley

Michael in Newmarket, NH

And Jack from Revere

Bdays:

Norm’s mom was born in Haverhill back in 19 ott 3.

According to Norm, there weren't any other notable bdays so we play...The Dumb Dates Game!

In what year…

Did first Jukebox made its debut at the Palais Royale Saloon?

Did Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the NY Met in Rigoletto?

Was the first edition of Life magazine published?

What was considered the first play-by-play football broadcast occur? 

And in what year did the musical Fiorello open on Broadway?

Hang on now...we have a bday.

Jerry Bock

Ep 209, History Repeats Itself, rewinds its way to your ears in 3, 2 and 1.

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Whilst scouring the Vault I discovered at least 20 remaining cassettes covering November. Oddly, though they are all dated from the 20th and beyond. Doesn’t matter what year. Nothing from the earlier parts of the month.

I will have to check again but I think I saw one entire night covered from start to finish. I am toying with the idea of airing that in weekly installments, but it will most likely have to wait until next year.

We have ourselves a DBG from November 22nd, 1993. The title of which shall be… “PUN-kin Pie.”

Players:

Joan

Pat

Maryann

Fred

Mike Epstein producing and playing in studio

John Kelly producing and playing in studio

And Jack Harte in Traffic

Bdays:

Norms’ mom’s bday!

Louis Tiant

Jerry Bock

And Susan Anspach

Then we get three “In what year…”

…was the first jukebox was installed in the Palais Royale Hotel & Saloon in San Francisco? Devised by Louis Glass, it was made of an Edison tin foil phonograph with 4 listening tubes and a coin slot for each tube. It cost 5 cents for a couple of mins of music

Did the first issue of Life Magazine hit the stands?

And in what year did Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Met in NYC in Rigoletto? 

Ep 208, PUN-kin Pie, slices its way to your ears…now.

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For today’s episode only let me Velcome you to NNVoScariness!

On this, the 28th anniversary on Norm’s passing, let’s not be sad but enjoy this frightfully good Halloween themed broadcast.

We have a NNS from October 28th and 29th, 1995 the title of which shall be: Found Treasures!

It all begins with a Show Open and then Norm talks about the upcoming guests. The second guest, Laurie Jacobson, author of Hollywood Haunted: A Ghostly Tour of Filmland was not on this tape. However, we get one of my favorite annual October guests, Robert Ellis “Bob” Cahill whose latest book was New England Pirates and Lost Treasures. It’s his 14th or 17th 0r 20th book about offbeat, weird and creepy New England. 

Part two, if you will, of our ghostly good time, after the excellent Cahill interview, we are treated to some terrifying tales and sinister songs from an Old-Time Radio program that was broadcast on, I believe, WJUL 1230 AM which was based in Lowell back then. It’s call letters are now used for a station in Hiawassee, GA.

You will feast on one of the creepiest songs I’d never heard…The Hearse Song. Then we get 2 stories. I’m not sure of the titles but I’m going with: I Am Shadow and Me Tie Dodie Walker.

Next is another sing-a-long: The King Kong Stomp

And we close it out with two more stories: Monsters on the Prairie and The Haunting Hour with what I believe the titlewas If the Shoe Fits. Insert asterisk because we have an inadvertent cliffhanger as the tape ran out. A note written on the cassette says there may be another tape with the conclusion but, in keeping with the season, it remains a mystery!

Ep 207, Found Treasures, digs its way to your ears in 3,2 & 1.

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Right at the top here I’d like to say, “Shalom, Ma Neesh-ma” Israel? The worldwide phenomena (I wish. Soon? Maybe?) known as NNVoS is now broadcasting in Tel Aviv!

If you’re enjoying this as it puts a much-needed smile onto the world’s face, please consider supporting the show through Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon and Castos. Convenient links to all are below.

Oh, and one more thing…the very first episode, which will celebrate it’s 4th anniversary next Tuesday, just achieved more than 1000 views. I’m just so darn thankful!

Today brings us a DBG from the way back machine, October 26th, 1991. I may have stated this before but boy, do I wish I had more of these shows from back then. Great records of the madness that was the show.

We shall call this one: Overstaying Your Welcome (and you be the judge as to whom I could be referring to)!

We begin with two, count’em, two show opens!

Players:

Jennie

Fred

Paul in Malden

Anne

Mike Epstein

Jack Harte

And I’m producing and playing in studio

Bdays with all the sfx AND the dates used exactly match with this year’s calendar:

Bob Hoskins

Pat Sajak

Jacklyn Smith

Francois Mitterrand, oui!

Tues 10/29

Richard Dreyfuss

Wed 10/30

Henry Winkler

Thurs 10/31

Jane Pauley

John Candy

Dan Rather

And back to Tues 10/29

For Kate Jackson

Ep 206, Overstaying Your Welcome, talks incessantly to your ears…now.

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The Halloween Theme continues before we dive into eve more fun and hilarity with this NNS from October 15th and 16th or maybe just the 15th or maybe just the 16th , 1993. Let’s call this one: Hot Swing and Other Things

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And, ya know what? Even more importantly is to continue to share this show with as many people you can. I’m not saying that because it would help revenue. It’s really because we need the silliness to help keep us afloat in this drowning world.

This begins with a Jack Harte traffic report and then on to some guests: Dave Bertolino from SpookyWorld and one of the performers, Linnea Quigley. She’s a Scream Queen from horror classics such as Return of the Living Dead, Nightmare Sisters, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama and Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers.

Next: Craig Ball, whose White Heat Swing Orchestra will be backing up Joel Grey at the Roxy. This is a great conversation!

Callers:

Paul in the car

Jean from Weymouth

Norma

Jack in Milton

Mary from Maine

Greenie from Amsterdam, NY

In one of his funniest appearances: Robert from Everett

Dan in Boston

A different Robert talking about ham radio

Ed in Boston or maybe not

And Betty

Commercials:

Carolina Brown Rice

Pilgrim Healthcare

Silver City Ford Hyundai Coachman Dodge Toyota X 2!

Marezine with Linda Kern from Lahaina, Hawaii

Ringling Bros/Barnum & Bailey Circus

Bill Marlowe for Tommy Floramo’s in Chelsea

ADT Home Security voiced by Jay McQuaide

Gene-Jim Brown of Grand Praire, TX and his itchy, chafing problem that was relieved by Triple Action Gold Bond Medicated Powder

WBZ Afternoon News Promo

And Rich Chocolate Ovaltine

Ep 205, Hot Swing and Other Things, shimmies its way to your ears in 3, 2 & 1.

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Two super entertaining hours from the weekend of October 7th & 8th, 1995 comprises today’s withdrawal from The Vault of Silliness. The Title: Tiny, Sandy and Normy

Eddie LeClair and Hope Schauer were producing.

Now before I get to the details, I want to mention here at the top of the show a few ways you may support the show. Patreon, my distributor, Castos and Buy Me A Coffee. The wonderful Fred from Medford, whom you’ve heard many times on these shows, was very generous with the java and kept me caffeinated this week. Thank you, Fred! 

It was a great month, listener and subscriber wise, and it would be just so darn nice to keep that going by liking, subscribing and sharing from whichever platform you obtain your weekly dose of the Silly.

In the next couple of weeks, I hope to have some additional ways to contribute, including…merch?! 

Ok, as I mentioned, the title of this is Tiny, Sandy and Normy. It all begins with Jack Harte reading a commercial for the Family Channel and Norm with a sly line. 

Then on to the guests:

From SpookyWorld, America’s Horror Theme Park we have David Naughton, one of the actors from An American Werewolf in London and Kane Hodder, Jason from, at the time, the last three Friday the 13th films and then…an absolutely fascinating interview with the one and only, Tiny Tim! Not only does he impress with his incredible musical knowledge…he sings! And so does Norm!

Calls taken throughout were from:

Peggy

Don

Nancy

Generosa!

Helene

Fred

Kay

And two callers which remain unidentified.

We now mosey our way to October 8th with our guest: Sandra L. Beckwith author of “Why Can’t a Man Be More like a Woman?” as well as creator of the “Do Little Report” newsletter. Now it’s not what you think but it just could be an early indicator of where we would end up. She and Norm have a whole lotta fun.

We close with some callers and Norm talking about a Court TV reporter whom Norm had worked with and could not stand! 

Ep 204, Tiny, Sandy and Normy, transforms its way to your ears, now.

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