Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt

Today we have a NNS/DBG/NNS from September 10th, 1993. We get a little pre-game Norm, game-time Norm and then post-game Norm. Titled: Words to Live By

Mike Epstein is producing.

It all begins with a Jack Harte traffic report and then on to the callers.

Chauncy who nominates Norm for some special recognition.

Rich from W Roxbury

Lorriane in Boston who seconds the nomination. Please grab a pen and paper as the call includes a list of doily embroidery phrases. Email us at [email protected] with pictures of those completed projects. My favorite is the advice Norm was given by his alcoholic Uncle.

Jack in Somerville with compliments and a favor to ask.

Beth in MI who accuses another caller, Weldon, of telling fibs!

Heading to 3am we hear the top hour news sounder and then cut to Big Bill Watson introducing Jack in Traffic. Then the Accux forecast with Dave Ryan followed by Norm with the Temp, Lottery, Sports and Intro with full Show Open that leads us to the DBG and that special theme song in its entirety!

It’s one of games where Norm delves into the upcoming week for more dates.

The Players:

Joe in Brockton

Joanne from Fairmont, W. VA

Rich from W. Roxbury

Lorraine in Jamaica Plain

Mike Epstein and Jack Harte

The Bdays:

Brian De Palma

Tom Landry

9/13

Jacqueline Bissett

Nell Carter

Mel Torme

On to Side B to finish out that first half of the game before we break for the bottom hour news. Bill Watson, Jack Harte and Dave Ryan do their thing before we return to the game! 

Moving on to 9/16

Lauren Bacall

Ed Begley Jr.

Peter Falk

And then it’s Back to 9/13 for

Claudette Colbert

Before news time we take a call from Paula in Dracut She asks about Norm’s dogs. She is also heading to video a wedding and that starts a conversation that carries over after the top of the hour.

All the usual suspects are back for news and then we finish up with Paula and close with Kevin from Roxbury who continues the talk about video recordings of everything. Norm gives great examples as it’s EXACTLY what’s going on now! Do we tape too much of ourselves? Wow…this was prophetic. It’s definitely a problem. I’ll save that discussion for my other channel, Tony Nesbitt’s Vault of Annoyances.

Other things:

Norm impresses again with his impressions.

Norm inquiring if there are any younger women who prefer older men. Real older men.

Jimmie Walker and Johnny Walker.

And Norm name drops the photographer from his wedding.

We are fully loaded with commercial content!

The rich, chocolaty taste of after school Ovaltine.

WBZ NewsRadio sales spot with Norman Sigorsky of Woodworkers Warehouse and advertising on Monday Night Quarterback

Dunkin Donuts

Baby Gold Bond with Gwendolyn Jones of Ft. Lauderdale FL

Kid Company Promo

Not one. Not two. But a Threequel of very serious commercials for Silver City Ford Hyundai Coachmen and Dodge Toyota bolstered by the legal powerhouse of Odotto, Cascadden and Hoke! They’re going to have “on-site disposal agents.”

Bill Marlowe for Floramo’s!

Triple Action Gold Bond Medicated Powder with Michael Cook from Grand Praire, TX and his heat rash

The screechy Bessy Duprie for Classic Ovaltine

WBZ TV Promo

Baby Gold Bond w/Louise Fallon of Brooklyn, NY and her red, irritated baby

Hazel Dew is thankful for her new-found self-confidence because of Marezine

The dry and flaky James Rife of Riverdale, IL for Gold Bond

The Learning Center Live Promo

And a commercial for Bald No-More, oh sorry… the Puig Medical Group

Episode 103, “Words to Live By” emanates to your ears…now.

Today’s episode in a NNS from September 1st and possibly the 10th, 1994. I have titled it: ‘Radio Hopscotch’ because there’s a lot of skipping from call to call.

It appears to be the last hour of the 9/1 broadcast and then we jump ahead to some other September nights and conclude with what is labelled as 9/10.

Brian McKinley was producing.

I found this whole cassette to be endlessly entertaining. There’s a lot here for me to whet your appetite with.

It all begins with a call from Fred in Medford about WHDH.

Skip to Norm talking about a pianist who seemed to know how to play every song. 36 musicians in some orchestra with I believe Dave McKenna? Norm sat two tables away from Frank Sinatra!

Skip to talking to Robert from Everett! Now we are in for a treat as this is the first of TWO calls from Robert in this episode!

Norm was going to be participating in a charity comedy show at the Comedy Connection.

Skips to a different caller from Maryland (maybe named Irv?) talking about WBZ history and a question for Norm, “Who were the talent known as ‘The Live Five?’” You’ll have to stay tuned for the answers.

Norm had recently spoken to Jess Cain. Norm cites Jess as an inspiration to because of all the wild stuff he would do on WHDH and Norm felt he had to keep up and be wild too.

We hear from Charlie in Abington with some broadcasting advice for Norm

Then Larry who started listening about a year ago when he began a third shift job as a security guard and loves the show.

Norm teases the guest for tomorrow night (kind of) then the kids in the Teen Canteen whoop it up one more time and he sends it to the morning news.

Now on to a Jack traffic report and spot for Store 24

Lovell Dyett makes an appearance! Norm talks to Lovell about Sophia Loren and the temptations that are flaunted at big time radio folks. Norm enlightens us on his most recent one.

Moving on, here’s Norm introducing Rob Floyd in Traffic but no report because we skip to a caller, Kathy.

Fred from NJ talking about a lady who sends him apple pies. The worst he’s ever tasted. He also tells a story about being at a BBQ and overhearing a conversation. The woman, when she was younger, couldn’t go to sleep at night until she checked under the bed. Sparked a conversation where many people there had done the same thing. That prompts Norm to mention a play called ‘Small Wonder’ A very interesting plot that I’m certain you’ll ‘see the point too.’

Norm worries more about walking down a dark city street than living in the woods.

Norm has never seen a UFO.

Let’s Jump to Norm talking with Jim Morley or Morlia, a toll taker on the Tobin Bridge for 20+ years. We get some insight into the big-time broadcasting dollars he was paid when he began his radio career.

Next caller, Tom, says a bad word and apologizes.

Tom also said how sorry he was to hear about Norm’s wife Norma passing. She had been gone for nearly three years. Norm tells a great story about Fr. Dick Schmaruk who gave the eulogy at Norma’s services.

Next caller, Mike, who believes he met Linda Chase and tells the Howard Stern fans to be nice.

Norm teases a guest for the next show and he signs off from another September day.

Here’s the next night with Norm talking to traffic reporter Rob Floyd who needs to call Norm’s brother in-law to fix some stuff.

Norm takes the blame for Adam and Eve being banished from the Garden of Eden.

Suddenly there’s a Jack traffic spot for Exxon and then Jack reports on every work crew in and around Boston.

All I’ll say next is Jack, gawkers and cockpit.

Norm says he’s the ‘throw-away act’ at that upcoming charity comedy show at the Comedy Connection even though he’s prepared to do an entire comedy special in need be. It was to benefit Life House Inc which helps people to find shelter for people who do not have it in the Dorchester Area. In the studio, I believe was Josh Binswanger from WBZ Radio and at the time, WBZ-TV. He tells a naughty Prince Charles joke.

Others appearing that they were sharpening the hook for:

Bruce Schwoelgler

Shelby Scott

Sara Edwards

Michele Michaels

Majorie Claprood

Frank Malicoat

Laura Raposa & Gayle Fee

Joe Stapleton

Jack Harte was going to be in the audience but not performing

Fred Allen and Major Bowes are discussed

Jack broke his headphones. They may have been purchased at The Shoddy Equipment Store.

Norm talks shop with Jack…

Side B

Norm has the story about the Green Day concert at the Hatch Shell and the crowd acting like a bunch of mo-mos. Jack brings Norm to his senses about the whole thing.

Now onto a caller talking about a News Director named Henry Santoro who had a quote regarding the concert. Caller believes, if you’re in a band, Boston is a hard town to make a living in.

Jumps to another swell call from Fred in NJ. He says the show is like Uncle Norm’s General Store. Helps a lot of people make it through the night. And, somehow, we segue to leather fetishes. All I’ll say here is inflatable companions and balloon dolls.

Norm thinks better when he sings. When others hear him, not so much.

Jack joins the conversation with the details on the The Mills Brothers’ song Paper Doll. The infinite knowledge and rigorous testing that it takes to become a traffic reporter is astounding.

Norm comes to a conclusion regarding Fred’s life.

Here comes call #2 with Robert from Everett and it is superb.

Next caller, Russ who’s a truck driver.

An unnamed caller tells quite the joke.

Glenn from Brighton talking about Mary from Kittery’s transformation. He mentions Jack’s alter egos and the WBZ hitmen may have to be deployed.

Out of nowhere we get an extremely brief intro to Jack from Josh Binswanger.

Our sponsors:

Bessie Duprie from St. Petersburg, FL raving about her Ovaltine complete with Norm commentary and a WBZ Farmstand Promo with Dave Maynard. 

We wrap up this marathon with a call from Judy, wife of Ben Farnsworth whom Norm co-hosted the morning news with on WEEI. Ben gets on the phone and away we go! The stories, the memories, the laughter…you’re all going to love this one.

 Episode 102, Radio Hopscotch, begins in eeny meeny miny ‘moww’ let’s start the tape right now.

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Before we get started I want to thank everyone for listening not just to last week’s Big 100th episode but all the time, every week.

Since I mentioned the 100th let me quickly explain the weirdness that went on with it. This was only a YT problem. Though displaying the full length, time-wise, it would only play for 2 seconds on desktop computers! Mobile phones worked with the YT app as well as all the other streaming services. We just may end up with a whole row of that broadcast until the issue is resolved. It’s silly but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

I also want to thank Jack Harte again for stopping by.

And another enormous thank you to Joan McCool. Her dedication and time she lovingly put in to recording Norm is really unsurpassed. And I know she’ll be pleased with what I have to say next…

 “Dia huit” to our new listeners in Ireland! We’re ‘lucky’ to have you.

If you recall, last month we had a SMQ and it was mentioned that we were going to be back in August with another. As promised, we are back. This is from August 17th, 1995. And this one is direct from the Ed Mullen Collection (EMC)!

After approximately 26 years, Ed and I met for lunch and he arrived baring gifts. A lovely box full of SMQ’s and other treasures.

We will meet again and I plan on having Mr. Ed on the show.

These SMQ’s will be titled “The Ed Mullen Collection (EMC)” This being Volume 1 – All-Star Callers. Not only because of the excellent questions but there were a couple who were of some notoriety.

Here we find Uncle Norm filling in for Bob Raleigh. Mike Epstein is producing. BTW, Mike is on that future guest hit list too.

The Esteemed Panel:

Norm

Ed Mullen

Jack Harte

Where’s Tony? Fear not as I do appear after receiving treatment in the trainer’s room for a pulled music muscle.

You know the categories.

As always, before we begin, Ed reads the rules and makes them as clear as ever.

Norm reiterates the rules with even more clarity.

Those rules plague us, well, plague Norm really, throughout.

Let me note here that, for some reason, we were accepting requests for particular decades! And taking questions for fun.

The callers were as follows…

Kevin in RI

Barbara from Brookline

Virginia in Roslindale

Ben from Hudson

Deedee in W. VA

Deborah from Malden

Bill in JP

Ed from Cambridge

Dana in Salem

Jay from Bridgewater

Sal in NH

Chris from Roslindale

Ginny from East Bridgewater

David in Quincy

Jim from Boston

Bruce in NJ

Enos from PA

Bill in NH

Charles in Plymouth

Jerry from Natick – who, at the end of his call, says something we completely missed. Listen closely as it would have generated a bunch of questions from us if we were paying attention.

Phil in Johnstown

Toni from Braintree

Steve in VA – Colonial Beach VA is Norm Nathan Country!

Fred from ME – needs another certificate to finish wallpaper his bathroom.

Linda from Quincy

Joe in Providence RI

Joe from Hazelton, PA – Hazelton PA is NN Country!

Jay in Arlington – sang on the Gleason Show!

Jack from Springfield – with some information

And Mike in Springfield

Some other fun:

Ed makes a reference to a since long closed store.

Certificates have many uses...if you ever receive them.

I contribute a little-known fact about Neil Diamond.

Norm does impressions of Robert Goulet, Zero Mostel and Arthur Godfrey

There’s mic trouble, audio trouble and operator error.

And we get commercials for Regina Gifts and two live reads from Norm!

Episode 101, The SMQ – The EMC – V1: All-Star Callers, begins in 3, 2 annnd 1.

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I’d like to thank you all for joining us here for Episode 100!

It is a DBG from August 3rd, 1996, appropriately titled: Harte Murmurings.

Why? Because Jack Harte stopped by the Norch Studios this week!

That’s right, Jack and I talk about what he’s been up to the last 26 years since this game aired. Then we play along with the game.

This tape was chosen at random and I’m pretty sure Norm paid us a visit. Jack and I looked at each other in wide-eyed amazement.

So we can get to it, let me give you the players, birthdays and some highlights.

Players:

Jack Harte

Betty from Sudbury

Marge from Indiana

Bruce in Attleboro

And Hiram from Hudson

Bdays:

Tony Bennett

Jay North

Victoria Jackson

Martin Sheen

Richard Adler

John Landis

Martha Stewart

And John Graham

Plus a pleading Jack asks for a date in History:

What year was Calvin Coolidge inaugurated after the death of Warren G. Harding?

Other Highlights:

Peeper Battery Replacement Instruction from Jack

Authorities have contacted Norm and informed him Marge was responsible for a breakdown in essential services on her street.

Norm recites the Jack Armstrong theme.

Norm has taken a job as Jack’s spokesman.

Clare de Lune on the harmonica is an emotional experience.

Norm does many fine impressions.

The Limit, The Strip and The Route all make an appearance.

And to close Jack and I get philosophical, looking inward, zen-like regarding traffic and public transportation.

Episode 100, Harte Murmurings, beats a path to your ears…now.

Tickets please, tickets. Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness is now boarding the way-back machine for a DBG from August 10th, 1991, the title of which is: “I Can’t Fight This Reeling.”

Long before we had an official, real, honest to goodness opening song I played the Olympic Theme to kick off the proceedings.

In addition, we had smartly uniformed WBZ pages that would march into the studio, white gloves and all, carrying sealed envelopes containing all the birthday details. As Norm stated, it truly was a feather in the cap of WBZ.

The Players:

Paul from Malden

Wolfie

Alice in Brockton

Scott in Lynn

I’m producing and playing on the phone from Master Control

And a fully relaxed Jack Harte

The Bdays with all the SFX:

Jimmy Dean

Rosanna Arquette

Eddie Fisher

Patti Austin

Rhonda Flemming 

And Bobby Hatfield

Other Stuff:

Poor Jack has been ‘Zha-dool-u-rized.’

Norm realizes he forgot to stay home.

Wolfie has doubled his thing.

The original songs 73 & 77 trombones didn’t take. 

It’s an emotional rollercoaster of humor highs and lows.

Tony and Jack dispel any rumors of cheating!

At times Alice is calling from fah, fah away.

I’m is forced to stay another hour.

And Norm does the weather with some musical accompaniment that puts him in a romantic mood.

Classic Commercials & Promos:

Ask a Nurse with a semi-whispery announcer.

Dr. Howard Smith with be talking stomach pain with his guest, Dr. Michael Wolf

Bottom Hour News read by Norm which I include here!

A Traffic check with Jack in his polyester uniform and shiny shoes.

The Cape Cod Melody Tent.

We hear about the instant gratification Patrick Palladino from Winchester MA gets from Triple Action Gold Bond Medicated Powder.

Keep It In Your Sneaker – hot, sweaty, burning, sore and smelly…and that’s just the script writing.

Norm relates his very own experience with KIIYS.

The all-new Marshfield Fair – very excited announcers give you all the details.

WBZ/N.E. Patriots Promo with Gil Santos.

Barney and Carey Lumber Company in Quincy

Gold Bond is back with another one of our favs, Joan Cantwell of Brockton MA

And Keep It In Your Sneaker again! Must be for the other foot.

There was also time to take some calls:

Kathy who thought it was one of his better shows. She thinks he should let us keep punning until we exhaust all the options. I like Kathy. She is also awaiting a prize Norm promised.

And Marilyn from Boston – formerly from Wellesley by way of the Cape and maybe Maine and good gawd it’s a nutty call.

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Episode 99, “I Can’t Fight This Reeling” is cast to the airwaves in 3, 2 and 1.

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We reach all the way back to August 1st, 1992 for this glistening jewel of a broadcast.

I’ve titled it: Radiodorant

Norm makes a triumphant return to the airwaves after a two-week absence while he convalesced from hernia surgery.

It all begins with Bob McMahon from WBZ News and his intro to the Accuwx Forecast w/the lovely and exciting Roy Gallant.

Then Norm introduces Jack Harte for Traffic sponsored by IHOP! That Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity Breakfast was a bargain!

Next, our ears are caressed with the voice of Dr. Lonnie Carton, host of The Learning Center. Sally Six-Pack to Charlie Coke-head were in attendance.

Now the big DBG Theme to launch the frivolity.

Players:

Helen from Boston

Jimmy in Winthrop

Ann from Everett

Joe the Baker

Karen Meslener

I’m in Studio

And Jack Harte.

The comedy-soaked Birthdays are spread over FOUR days!

Dom Deluise

Geoffrey Holder

Joe Elliot

Norm left a bunch of bdays on the table for 8/1 and refused to divulge who they were!

So, we move to 8/3:

Martin Sheen

And we may have to send search and rescue out to find Ann.

Tony Bennett

Now on to 8/5 for:

Loni Anderson

Annnnnnd 8/6 for:

Robert Mitchum

Other revelations!

Norm is fired up for this one.

Norm has been remiss in sending out prizes and his 2-week recovery has made it worse.

Jimmy is still waiting for his Woodsman’s Weather Stick from 8-months ago. Turns out that was MY responsibility.

The sales dept has started locking their drawers and placing notes not use their typewriters!

Norm chortles along with Karen.

The jokes are so bad Norm feels it may be worse than when he left. He just may have more surgery and take another 3-4 weeks off and hopes I have gotten all the crumby jokes out of my system.

Jack Benny has returned in fine voice! Norm was practicing with the nurses at Salem Hospital.

Another Birthday Game Scandal may very well erupt

There’s only one book in the WBZ Library.

Down in the dumps? Depressed? Call Karen.

Oh la dee da oh wee ha ha

Is Norm dreaming this and he’s still in Salem Hospital?

On a separate note…Ann sounds like Ruth Clennott!

Post Game:

We discover Norm dislikes Mother’s and Father’s Day and Joe the Baker gives a pep talk about Chelsea.

Episode 98, Radiodorant, rolls on to your ears….now.

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All you guys in the Teen Canteen are simply the best! We have surpassed 10k views on YT before our 100th Episode! Thank you, thank you, thank you just so darn much.

Our offering today takes place over two shows. One from July 23rd, 1995 and then July 27th, 1996.

Titled: Butter Than Nothing. You will understand why, shortly.

The first quarter has various talk with some choppy edits.

We take calls from:

Norma who has a funny epitaph and then a poem to her boyfriend.

Judy in PA with some chat about restaurants. Norm wants to open ‘Picasso’s.’ And the hiring qualifications are very interesting.

Our dear friend Joan in Tewksbury talking about stamps, the Talking Information Centers for the Blind and being buried in newspapers.

We the move to July 27th, 1996 for the entire second part of the episode.

Our guest was Norma Duffy Lyon – The Butter Lady. She sculptures in butter! Stuff like a full-size Clydesdale horse, a brahman bull, Garth Brooks and oh, so much more. She was currently ‘churning’ out American Gothic for the Iowa State Fair. This is one fascinating woman. Not only her talents but her family as well. Just a super interesting lady and a great interview by Norm.

Before we end Norm teases an upcoming guest, Chuck Mitchell, owner of Dove Glove in VT. He rents doves out for all types of events.

And Norm is blessed with my presence.

Episode 97, Butter Than Nothing, melts into your ears…now.

The DBG: It’s a concept built from an idea! This concept is from July 23, 1993 and I have titled it:

“A Clear Case of Pun Poisoning.”

This one is unashamedly bad in the best of ways, though Norm clearly feels otherwise and believes he’ll likely be out of a job.

Norm had to scrape the birthday offerings to put this one together. Weirdly, only three people were playing…

Helen from Boston who sounded like Norma from Boston but really was Helen from Boston

I’m producing and playing in studio

And the Mr. Jack Harte in Traffic

Bdays:

Olivia de Havilland (de haven) – Norm had, at one time, a torrid affair with her. The question is posed if she played the character Violet Bick in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life?’

I’ll tell you now that the answer is no. Young Violet was played by Jeanine Ann Roose whilst Gloria Grahame played the twenty-something Violet.

There are many digressions during this one:

Sexy ladies from Swampscott.

Frolicking in the sand on King’s Beach.

The Westinghouse Hitmen.

Norm’s brother in-law’s lack of creative humor.

And “rating a ‘chippy.’”

Sam Watters from Oklahoma City, not to be confused with the Sam Watters from Methuen whose birthday is a week from next Thursday. Sam was in a group called Color Me Badd and Norm gives us a rendition of their hit, “I Wanna Sex You Up” which is not to be missed. We are awash in puns during this.

Spencer “Don’t Call me Mr.” Christian – A weatherman from GMA

David Essex – born David Cook in England and born Sidney Lefkowich in Methuen – sang Rock On. Also starred in some odd ball movies. Actually, the most underrated trilogy of medical films in movie history:

“Odd Balls of 1973.”

“Hold On, Let Me Cough” (in some countries it was known as “Excuse me while I Cough”)

“We Have an Ointment for That”

Norm wishes he was back on WMEX doing “It’s Curtain Time w/John Kiley on the Organ and the vocal stylings of Theo Carrero.” It had a swelling organ. Wait a minute…is that another medical film?

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

Don Drysdale – we believe he just died a couple of weeks ago. So, let’s guess how old he would have been today if…

Pee Wee Reese – he was a ‘short’ short stop. We explore how his name also worked during other conversations.

Woody Harrelson – I’m was not a fan back then, but I am now.

Other Stuff:

One of my deepest, darkest secrets is revealed.

Norm sings and Helen wishes.

We learn of a costly medical procedure that Helen could choose to undergo.

“Schwoegler & Kent” – cigarette brand or clothing store?

We get some words of wisdom: “If it’s unfair for all then that makes it fair.”

Chicken brothel?

Burlesque and Vaudeville make a comeback on this show.

We get a couple of punchlines, “…but who’s smoking?” and "Excuse me lady but I think your sign fell down.” I coax Norm into telling us the set ups. Norm was worried he had an image to uphold. Needless to say, he didn’t have to worry.

Helen thinks this show is getting worse.

SO many puns that Norm questions all his life’s choices.

Susquehanna Hats

“…the Queen’s box.”

I feel duped by my comrade.

Norm had such high hopes when he was hosting such programs as “The Classical Album.”

Jack and I are tied "two a piece."

Norm may have come up with an idea for a show tag line.

We learn that in-house jokes are a lot cheaper!

The wonders of the 7 second delay.

We also take a call from Sean in Boston – He’s a Top 40 DJ in town and fears that even talking to Norm may violate his non-compete clause.

We strike it rich with some commercial gold:

Prince of Fundy Cruises – good luck keeping track of the details.

Dave Maynard for Caitlin Travel

Olsen Cadillac – Ray Garrahan with the Master Plan – and maybe a dinner at La Mia Cuccina in Woburn?

Ed Donahue voicing Free Friday Flicks!

Gold Bond w/ Gerald Barnett of Toland CT and his heat rash

Classic Ovaltine w/ Anne Pugsley of Middlesex NY

And Michael Bissonette with Voice Power Technologies

You are in for a treat!

Ep 96, “A Clear Case of Pun Poisoning” begins entering your blood stream in 3, 2 annnnnnnd 1.

We are cruising towards Ep 100 and it would be just so darn awesome to reach 10,000 views on YT by that time. We have close to 14.5k combined on others which means we are nearing 25k overall!

Thank you to every single one of you who listens and spreads the word. Keep liking, subscribing and sharing.

I will have some other news coming soon.

Now speaking of YT…

The Episode cover images that I’ve scoured the internet for and chosen for each and every episode finally started appearing on YT about 3 months ago. Now, for the last 3 weeks, it returned to what is my standard YT image backdrop. Well, that should be corrected once again this week, but I won’t know until it uploads.

The VoS has offered up a DBG from July 16th, 1994 aptly titled: “My Desperate Plea for Love.”

Darrell Gould joins Norm and I with some pre-game chatter.

A stealthy Norm begins the conversation…He asks me a question about my weekend away at Hampton Beach, NH where, at a club called The Electric Wave, I saw a beautiful young lass whom I was smitten with.

It’s quite the pathetic tale of squandered chances and lost love.

Amy was the name of the girl I was taken with. I was weak in the knees and couldn’t get up the nerve to talk to her. I did however get some details from her friend Laurie. Finally, at the end of the night, I said to her that I thought she was incredibly beautiful.

I won’t give you any further details but just say that the slobbering, plaintive, tear-soaked plea continues until it sickens us all. 

Thankfully, Norm goes to a commercial where we only get to briefly hear John Wall from Wall’s Lincoln Mercury before it fades out.

Ok, it’s game time!

Our Players:

The breathy Arlene from Philadelphia

Rick in State College PA

Betty from S Portland ME

The stuffy but still adorable Kristen from Dorchester

 I’m on the phone

Emilio Marotta producing and playing in studio and spending his penultimate night with us as he is heading off to San Diego CA. He describes a temporary job he’s lined up in Tijuana where he predicts his Lawrence Welk medley will be a big hit.

Jack Harte in traffic who’s insincere greeting prompts Norm to do an impression of his uncle. Wet, stubby cigar hanging from his lips… 

The Birthdays:

Bess Meyerson

NEXT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE LONGEST TIME SPENT ON A SINGLE BIRTHDAY:

Orville Redenbacher.

The impressions, the jokes, the puns, the losing of one’s mind and the moaning and groaning throughout is FUNtastic.

Ginger Rogers who won an Oscar for ‘Kitty Foyle.’ Oh yes, the foolishness carries on with this one.

The very sharp, Reuben Blades 

Before we skip to Monday the 18th here’s the list of leftovers that remained on the birthday cake plate: 

Desmond Decker

Raine Pryor

Barnard Hughes

Jim Rathman

Barry Sanders

Dick Thornberg

Margaret Court

Stewart Copeland

And Pincus Zuckerman

Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Baker Eddy and Theodore Vail were also born on the 17th but were dead.

Monday, 7/18

Red Skelton

Harriet Nelson

We end quickly as news is fast approaching!

So many other highlights:

Norm declares may resign from shtick.

Egotistical hosts who are afraid to say there are open lines but not Norm. He has no qualms about begging.

Norm’s Bob Raleigh impression, “Nothing wrong with that.”

Kristen’s chafed and sore stuffy nose that was an adorable shade of red that matched nicely with her teary, swollen eyes.

You will be treated to hearing my gears turning as I figure out the ages.

Emilio is frightened to death of Norm.

There’s an inadvertent quote from Norm’s HGPG that leads to another and the yet one more!

Norm is working on a compilation of these phrases and reveals that Simon and Schuster will be publishing a five-volume set of them. 

Using a ‘Quilted’ pen for the winter.

Bonus birthday info is let loose.

One of our players, Betty, throughout the game, gives us some wonderful phrases to crochet on our doilies.

I have a letter from Kristen.

Julia Roberts contacts Norm a lot.

Edgar Hoover did not enjoy chiffon. He was more of a silk man.

Being so mad you could spit

My cat makes his voice heard.

And wandering up and down dark alley’s yelling out our bits.

Ep 95, “My Desperate Plea for Love,” starts now.

We are back for another edition of NNVoS. Today we feature a DBG from July 7th, 1996…The title of which will be  “The Raccoon Report” (because it just may be the most exciting thing you’ll hear during this game). 

The show begins with some talk about Dragnet. Norm gives some details and mentions a funny tidbit about one of the show’s characters and then it’s on to the game.

The Players:

Kathleen in Milton

Cheryl from Weymouth

Jeanie in Hyde Park

Sid Whittaker in Traffic with a raccoon in the road down in Norwell.

And Tom Howie producing and playing in studio

It appears to have been an odd night on the phones so far and even though Norm spends hours of prep getting ready, he has lost interest in the game before it has even begun.

The Bdays:

Ringo Starr

Shelley Duvall

Vince Edwards

Doc Severinsen

Gian Carlo Menotti

Jessica Hahn

Pierre Cardin

Joe Spano

And Charlie Louvin

Other heart-pounding moments during the episode…

Norm went with a girl named Kathleen. She was a twin.

He spent time snuggled up in a rumble seat with her during a raging snowstorm.

Any day that your alive is a great day.

Norm pleads with the callers to win so he can get the junk out of his house to give as prizes.

The game has a pre-Olympic intensity because it's a try-out for the DBG Olympic Team heading to Atlanta. You can feel the sparkles!

A Best of the DBG Album is “in the works.”

Jeanie the Purring Stripper?

Give a bored and lonely Sid a call at *1030 for the BZ CellOne Phone Force

There's a promo for ‘Looking at the Law with Neil Chayet.’

And we close with an exciting Accuwx forecast and some lottery numbers.

I can barely contain myself!

Episode 94, “The Raccoon Report” crosses the road to your ears, now.