Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt

A super show awaits you here on the VoS. It’s a NNS from September 1st and 2nd, 1995. I’ve bestowed the title of “Greedy Grabby Grubsters”

Mason Adams begins the show.

We cash in on a pile of callers:

Jim

Caller talking old time radio

Gregory, Gina and Baby Myles from Marion

Tom from Harwichport

Margaret from W. Newbury

Ruth Clennott – the 13th Farmstand!

Peggy

Joe in Taunton

Unknown Caller

Jim in the car

Marion in Greenland, NH

Rob

Dieter in MD

Deena from Branford, Ontario

Granny Brown from Norwood

And Irene in Ohio

Loose change:

Some Jack Traffic reports

Norm threatens to sing

Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Grand Opening

ABC News with Dorothy McIntire 

Mel Simons and his accordion was going to be appearing at the Farm Stand

Lots of fiery loins

Cumberland Farms

Nissen Bread

Artesani Park

Banks, naked tellers and keeping one’s dignity

Norm tells an old joke about a bank

Norm rails against banks and commercials!

Miss Emerson from the phone company

Tongue depressors up your poopy?

Magazines in the Dr's office waiting room are a clue to how long your wait may be

Clean Teeth

And Nickel Pickles

Commercials:

Bally Totally Fitness

MOM Ride at Jordan’s Furniture in Avon

Ovaltine with Martin Baird of Farmers Branch TX

Julianna Quisling of Chippewa Falls, WI with her red irritated baby for Baby Gold Bond

B.U. Windows Tech Night

Xerox copiers

WBZ Business Breakfast with Anthony Silva

Ovaltine vs Nestle Quik with Joseph Aruho of Lewisville TX

More red, itchy babies with Ann George of Philadelphia PA

Ep 153, Greedy Grabby Grubsters, deposits its way to your ears in 3, 2 and 1.

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Holy cow we are back for another installment of Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. Today we feature a DBG from August 27th, 1994.

The title of which is Ascending Assumptions.

Players:

Ann who sounds incredibly similar to Ruth Clennott

Dolly from Chelsea

Brian from Falls Church, VA

Sylvia in Waltham

Adam Wolf producing and playing in studio

Jack Harte in traffic

Bdays:

Mother Theresa

Margaret Rey

Tuesday Weld

Darrell Dragon

Tommy Sands

Pee Wee Herman

Barbara Bach

Jeff Cooke

More Silly Stuff:

Bellingham Sq in Chelsea has the most beautiful women next to Paris

The soap opera town of Falls Church, VA

CNN Radio’s Pat St.Clair

The Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta

Who is Dolly and Hello Sylvia?

The new parlor game sweeping across America: The Assumed Name Game!

Get ready for the extensive list covered in this show...

Registering under an assumed day, body of water, fruit, color, body part, animal, construction trade occupation, geographical feature, city, plant, bird, sensation or pain, means of entry or protection, mythical beast, building materials, direction, earth material, Las Vegas Hotel, heights, porridge, classical composer, dog sounds, financial situation and occupations.

Norm sings!

And looking Shapely in almost all the right places

Lastly, we learn that there’s only one thing left to do…

Ep 152, Ascending Assumptions, climbs its way to your ears in 3,2 & 1.

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Today brings us a NNS from August 19th, 1995.

It shall be titled: The Gort-on Radioman

This “two-sided” rebroadcast podcast has a bit of everything. It’s post-DBG hours with callers, commercials and a wide variety of subjects.

Hope Schaeur was producing.

Speaking of Commercials, here’s what’s ahead:

Fun Center & Star Market

Ovaltine

Gold Bond

Pro Journey Travel

Lannan Chevrolet, Oldsmobile/Geo

Bill Lawrence for Tufts Health Plan

PowerVites and PowerMate

The Victory Group – Ford Dodge and Chrysler/Plymouth

And Ed Donahue tells us about the upcoming shows at Harborlights!

Our Callers:

Judy

Bob

A caller with a familiar voice but the name escapes me

Robert from Everett!

Louise

Bill (Who’s a dope) from Southbridge but listen closely because Norm’s response to what he said was hilarious.

Richard in Quincy

Everett in Arlington

The wonderful Joan from Tewksbury!

Unknown Caller

A Pay Phone Caller

Another unnamed caller

Irene

Carl

Rich – with quite the list of things to talk about.

Ruth in Brookline

Mike in Boston

Peggy in Georgetown

Doris from Sharon

And Nickie in Boston

Ep 151, The Gort-on Radioman, invades its way to your ears …now.

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Today brings us an oldie. A DBG from August 11th, 1991.

I will simply title it: Spotlight Dancing with Dingbats

Players:

Stacey

Linda from Medford

Ruth Clennott

I’m producing and playing on the phone from MC

And Matt Phipps in Traffic

Bdays with ALL the SFX

Hulk Hogan

Alex Haley

Jerry Falwell

Eric Carmen

Mike Douglas

And Carl Rowan

Post-Game Fun:

Norm with a bottom hour news update!

Traffic with Matt Phipps

Some serious talk sneaks in with Bill from Waltham 

Norm with the weather accompanied by his orchestra.

Then we close with Margaret from Stoneham who was concerned with Norm who had survived the earlier trauma of weird callers.

Other gifts:

We learn The DBG is secretly played in the Oval Office.

There’s Jack Benny Cosby cameo

Rabbi Giddleman

Revile

Hokey tunes that still suck

Annette Funicello and Mike Douglas operated a store in Cordyline, WA called The Bigfoot Indian Artifact Store. Carl Rowan handled the mail order side of things.

Teaching Ancient Greek Literature

Bribery works!

The middle initial ‘T.’

The Westinghouse Hitmen

Norm’s tap dancing suede pumps, yeth thir!

Venting your spleen

Going down the aisle and out the front door

And The great story of Brandi the Sheltie

Featured Commercials:

Stop Smoking with Resolve voiced by Steve Allen

Sears Kitchen Cabinet Refacing

Ask a Nurse

Dangerous Obsession at the N.S. Music Theater

Joan Cantwell from Brockton MA for Triple Action Gold Bond Medicated Powder

Keep It in Your Sneaker

Ep 150, Spotlight Dancing with Dingbats, shuffles its way to your ears…now.

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A DBG from August 6th, 1994 entertains us today here at the VoS.

The Title? “The Dimpled Diva of the DBG.”

The Players:

I’m in Studio

The dimpled Liz in Studio

The adorable Kay in Studio

The lovely Lynn in Studio

Jack Harte from Traffic HQ

The terribly excited Adam Wolf producing and playing in studio

The alternate dimpled Brian McKinley also producing and playing in studio

The Bdays:

Robert Mitchum

Monday 8/8

Dustin Hoffman

Esther Williams

Donnie Most

Deborah Norville

Mel Tillis

Connie Stevens

And Joan Mondale

Other observations:

Danny Kaye and the History of Musical Window Washers?

Red Nichols and His Five Pennies

Norm tells his great story of spending the weekend with Dustin Hoffman. Went with him to visit Andover High School and Jay Leno was a student.

And Norm’s nose job

Ep 149, The Dimpled Diva of the DBG, smiles its way to your ears in 3,2 and 1.

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Ola, Mehico! Welcome and thanks for joining us here at NNVoS! 

Sorry I’m late with this post. A slow recovery from an Alaskan vacation is my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

The Vault has gifted us this jewel from July 29th and 30th, 1995. This show is packed full of great stuff. So much so that I’ve titled it: “A Treasure Chest of Norm.”

Show begins with Norm speaking to a fantastic guest, Dennis Webb, who co-authored “Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles.”

Next is a wildly interesting caller who tells us about her business…glass blowing. She makes Kaleidoscopes.

Switch next to another call and the subject of children gambling. Trust me, it’s not a serious call.

Next call talks about a guest we had on recently, Joanna Cole, who wrote a book called, “Jump Rope Rhymes.”

Next call brings up Dapper O’Neil and the Irish Belly Dancer 

We connect with WERE in Cleveland with Mitch Mann, Rick “Gilly” Gilmore and Steve Wainstead and their show NightTalk. They have absconded with the DBG and play the SBG. They talk all things radio and silliness and Ken Newman from traffic joins the fun too. They take some calls mixing people from Cleveland and Boston like:

Mike the 45-year-old virgin from Cleveland

Tim from Franklin

Drew on WERE

John in his car who was chief engineer at WJUL University of Lowell radio station

Pete/Bill/Phil? on WERE

Katie in Malden

There’s a new show on WERE and Elvis tells us all about it

And some Wacky Police Blotter News

Moving on we are back to Norm solo with a couple of unknown callers to go along with Ruth The Molasses Baby and Shirley asking for info on Jump Rope Rhymes.

Now we leap to a weird segment that’s pitched down.

There’s a quick call and then Jack Harte is under attack?

Closing with a sponsor read by Jack that kicked open the door to his Broadway career.

There’s a lot more so just sit back and enjoy this piece of broadcasting excellence.

Ep 148, A Treasure Chest of Norm, begins now!

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The Vault of Silliness rolls on with another rebroadcast podcast. This time we have, Direct from the Ed Mullen Collection, a SMQ from July 22nd, 1993.

The most, big band/jazz and musical comedy/theater questions EVER were asked on this game! So, let’s title it: Norm’s Quiz Cup Runneth Over

Right away, Norm refers to the game as “The Dumb Music Quiz.”

The Panel:

Norm, of course

Ed Mullen

Jack Harte

And Ric Duarte who's producing

Categories:

RnR

Musical Comedy/Theater

BigBand/Jazz

The Callers:

Marty in Rockland

Cynthia in NH

Bob in Norwood

Tom in NH

Helene from Belmont

Mae in Boston

Denise from Brookline

Paul in Malden

Paul from Haverhill

Mary in Danvers

On side B the tape jumped to the beginning of a SMQ from Thanksgiving 1993. I have archived that for later this year. Because of that we upcut to a call-in progress w/Ted from New Brunswick

John in Natick

Neil from Lynn

John in Billerica

Steve in Milwaukee, WI

Chris from Toledo, OH

Brad in Detroit, MI

Paul in his car

Peter at BU

Paul in Chelmsford

Rob from Milton

Dave in Woonsocket, RI

Randy in W. Boylston

George from Everett

And lastly, Fred from Yarmouth, ME

Ep 147, Norm’s Quiz Cup Runneth Over, a SMQ from the EMC, serenades its way to your ears in 3, 2 and 1.

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Nice to have you back this week for more laughs from the Vault of Silliness. Today we will feature a DBG from July 19th, 1993. The title of which is: Only Three Because of Sleep.

Players:

Carrie from E. Bridgewater by way of Indiana

I’m producing and playing in studio

Paul Brennan in Traffic

That’s it but we have some fun…

Bdays:

Ilie Natase

Rosie Grier

George McGovern

Vicki Carr

Sue Thompson

And George Hamilton IV

An Event closes out the game:

What year were The Boston Braves known as “The Miracle Team” and went on to win the World Series?

Post DBG:

Norm reads the list of  “Ten Top Movies”

Lollapalooza in RI

Nose piercings

And we take a call!

Frank in NH talking about The Big Broadcast, an Old-Time Radio recreation play covering the WWII years with Big Band music being performed in Portsmouth, NH

Some Commercial content too:

Marazine Tablets

Baby Gold Bond w/Barbara Lanier of Conley, GA

Ovaltine w/Ann Pugsley of Middlesex, NY

Michael Bissonette with Voice Power Technologies and their VCR Voice Programmer Remote

Ep 146, Only Three Because of Sleep, dreams its way to your ears, now!

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The DBG’s keep spilling forth from the Vault with this selection taking us back to July 16th, 1995. Norm was in a feisty mood and had an ominous feeling about the game so for that reason I’ve titled it:

Must be the Heat.

Our Players:

Ken Newman from Traffic who also answers Norm’s questions about the steamy roadways

Craig from N. Billerica

Pete from Lawrence

James from IN

Hope Schauer producing and playing in studio

Bdays:

Orville Redenbacher

Ruben Blades

Stewart Copeland

And Barnard Hughes

Events that happened:

In what year were the very first parking meters installed in Oklahoma City?

In what year did Apollo 11 blast off and head to the moon?

And in what year was the District of Columbia established as the seat of the U.S. Government?

Ep 145, Must be the Heat, sizzles its way to your ears in 3, 2, and 1.

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This week’s Vault of Silliness installment is a DBG from July 2nd, 1994.

The title? Heels with No Soles.

Let’s slip right into this.

Players:

Denise

Judy

I’m in studio

Jack Harte

Elizabeth from Chelsea in studio

Lynn from Malden in studio

Chris in studio

Emilio Marotta producing and in studio

Bdays:

Imelda Marcos

John Sununu

Jimmy McNichol

Polly Holiday

Lucy Baines Johnson Turpin

Cheryl Ladd

And Jose Canseco

Ep 144, Heels with No Soles, ties one on to your ears…now.