Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt

Welcome back for Episode 25!

Let us return to that weekend of February 10th and 11th back in 1996 with more caller clips!

Don, who has taken copious notes on the program, provides quite the review.

Glenn from Brighton who talks about Jack Harte’s “tertiary roads” expression.

Louise reminisces about old time radio

We talk with Joe from Winthrop. Or Lynn? Or is it Fall River?

And then another classic call with Robert from Everett!

All of Roberts’ calls were classic but this one, with Norm laughing like Robert, is a stand-out. 

And we close with a caller from Buffalo, NY.

She lets Norm know that he brings so much joy to so many people.

Isn’t that the truth?

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Today we visit February 10th, 1996.

I’ll call this one the Norm & Tony Mix Tape.

Ed Leclair is producing which allowed me to join Norm on the air and we discuss a variety of topics.

Disperesed here and there are promos/commercial announcements that Norm wrote and I voiced.

I don’t know how many of these we did together. Maybe they’ll turn up here in the Vault but I wish I had them all together and complete.

We hear about show postponements and disclaimers, where guests stay when they appear on the show, a magical vacation destination and some important advice about safe listening.

Norm starts by talking about a guest, Jan King who wrote the book “Why Men Don’t Have a Clue.” The interview was not on this tape but he refers to it a couple of times.

Norm? Retirement?

And then a cavalcade of star callers:

Mary-Katherine

The allergy-ridden Kristin from Dorchester

Sandy from Wash, DC

Evelyn in Malden who was a barrel of laughs (ahem)

Dorothy from Brighton

Tim from Buffalo, NY

David from Chicago

And mixed in with those calls is one from Generosa! Listeners to WBZ will know that name. It was great to hear her voice again.

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Paula Lyons consumer reports promo

Salute to Innovation in New England

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Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness will soon to be broadcasting from some new digs but for now we’re still comfy and cozy in the old ones.

Today I grabbed a cassette from October 9th, 1994.

Another version of the DBG where Norm had to dig into the week to play the game. Oct. 10th, 11th AND 12th!

There was the thought one time where we should do a DBG with only dead people.

“How old would they have been if they were alive?

Brian McKinley is producing.

He mentions that it was his niece’s 3rd birthday! Kayla Alice McKinley.

Brian was a best bud from college. We worked on many projects together and had back-to-back radio shows on the college radio station. We would sit in on each other’s shows and had just so darn much fun every week. Somewhere in the Vault resides evidence of these shows.

DBG Players

Richard from Salem

John from parts unknown?

Erin in Worcester

Rina from Sharon

June in Wellesley

Brian McKinley

Ken Newman in traffic

Side note: Brian and Ken sound very much alike.

Bday’s

Sean Ono Lennon

Jackson Browne

Ben Vereen

David Lee Roth

Tanya Tucker

Daryl Hall

Dick Gregory

Luciano Pavorotti

Is that a 73-car accident being reported on Ken Newman’s scanners?

The Game is much more important and thankfully, Ken has his priorities in order.

Rina was so honored to play the game she wants to send Norm a prize

and that starts some silliness that includes some saucy French talk.

And Norm makes the ladies swoon (and Brian too)!

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Personally, I am not on board with this “holiday.”

BUT The Vault of Silliness is, and it shoots an arrow, hitting the mark and brings us a show from Valentine’s Day 1994!

Emilio Marotta is Producing.

We take a few calls and then it’s on to a short segment with Tim Walsh and TriBond.

We hear from:

A regular and entertaining caller from Harrisburg PA who’s voice I remember but cannot recall here name.

Maria and a Valentine’s suggestion for Norm’s horse, Sunflower.

There’s another Maria with a whirlwind of a call!

Norm has some ‘news’ about the Royal Family

And then we hear from Golda!

Unfortunately, she’s not well. Says it’ll be her “last call to WBZ.”

She talks about being voted ‘favorite caller’ by David Brudnoy’s audience

She writes poetry and had a book coming out and reads a poem for the world. 

We close with some fun and a brief segment with the game Tribond.

Leticia begging to win

Roberta in Dedham

Mike from Danvers who’s call prompts some inside info as to why Norm is still in radio. Get ready for that one.

Luke

Bill in Boston

Toni from Braintree

Harriet from Quincy

And we wrap it up with a commercial for Lappen’s Auto Parts voiced by big time newsman, Ed Donahue.

And before we go here I’d like to welcome a new country listening to the silliness: Hello Montenegro!

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Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness brings you a great variety of callers on this episode from February 13th, 1994.

Now try to keep up as they do cut in here and there.

Keith Shields is Producing

We hear from:

David with a wince inducing topic.

Chris, a hard-working sophomore at Pelham High in Pelham, NH

Herb talking about Ted Williams

Mary from Brockton

Addie with a solution for the bitter cold and snow.

Mike from Peabody. Peabody, Ontario!

Pat…He would have one of two wild questions and he has another head scratcher here.

The grumbly voiced Don from Cambridge

Marie in Milton

Chauncy in Boston! The sweetest caller who wants to host a big shindig for Norm’s upcoming 50th anniversary!

Mike who missed the Dumb Birthday Game the night before and he wanted to know if there were any “cuties” on the show!

That segues to Norm talking about a survey of hot dates for Valentine’s Day. Some names on that list were:

Cindy Crawford

Meg Ryan

Michelle Pfeiffer

Nicole Kidman

Whitney Houston

And for the ladies:

Mel Gibson

JFK Jr

Tom Cruise

Dennis Quaid

Denzel Washington 

Ed from Boston 

Helen – She likes Nelson Eddie

Mack – answers one of the questions Norm has fielded during this episode.

Glenn from Brighton wishes a Happy Valentine’s Day to Irene from Enfield, CT. 

Lastly, Ethel, a retired teacher from Ohio who praises Norm for the way he treats the younger callers.

It’s because Norm was a just a big kid himself.

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Episode 20!

Let’s venture back to a frigid January 30th, 1993.

We begin with Norm waxing poetic, in an old Yankee accent, about wintertime and going to school back in the day and then an exciting traffic report from Jack Harte where Emily Barsh from the WBZ Programming Dept and her unwavering dedication to the station has made her Employee of the Month! Frank Murtaugh, from promotions was also helping out Jack’s report by causing some traffic to give him SOMEthing to report on.

There's an award-winning rendition of “Hello Bluebird!”

Norm talks about chocolate frappes from Tony’s Spa with his friend Norm Flaxer then belching as he walked up Washington St in Chelsea.

Norm informs us that when he quit smoking many years-ago he also gave up something else.

Our sponsors for this episode of the Vault of Silliness are:

Gold Bond

Dave Maynard for Dial-A-Mattress

Kid Company promo

Ovaltine

Baby Goldbond

And a WBZ StormCenter promo

The contestants:

Rog from Cambridge

John from Boston

Irene speaking on the world’s worst phone

Bill in Chelsea

Tony in Studio

Jack Harte

The Birthdays:

Gene Hackman

Tammy Grimes

Vanessa Redgrave

Dick Cheney

Harold Prince

Dick Martin

Marty Balin

Louis Rukheiser

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Welcome back for another exciting episode of Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. This time the vault has released one from January 24th, 1993.

We start with some details on a Boston Bruins win and I correct Norm on the pronunciation of one of the players’ names and he goes ‘all French’ on us. 

The esteemed cast for today’s game is as follows:

Charles from Waukegan, IL

Hazel from Ontario, Canada

Marty from Rockland

Lisa from Topsfield

I’m in the studio but not quite ready to play when introduced

And Bill Wilson and his tight pants in traffic.

The birthday honorees are:

Ernest Borgnine

Neil Diamond

Nastasja Kinski

Mary Lou Retton

Ray Stevens and we all get to sing along

Anita Baker

And Yakoff Smirnoff

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May 16th, 1993 is our destination this week with another visit to the Vault of Silliness. A Dumb Birthday Game that features:

Helen from Boston

Al from Framingham

Heather from Dorchester

The lovely Jodie in Hudson, NH

Tony in the studio

And Bruce Connelly in Traffic

Birthdays:

Debra Winger

Olga Korbet

George Gaines

Pierce Brosnan

Janet Jackson

Lowell Weicker

Gabriella Sabatini

Studs Terkel

And we close out the game with Dates in History:

First Academy Awards

And Annie Get Your Gun opened on Broadway (Norm says it in his special way)

Bruce and I are completely smitten with Jodie.

Poor Helen doesn’t score but was hoping for a prize anyway. Norm says she only gets our admiration and love and maybe something else…I cannot give that answer away here so you’ll just have to continue listening to find out. 

We hear some sage advice from Norm’s Hungarian Gypsy Princess Grandmother.

And Norm recreates a performance from his role in the industrial film “The Romance of Steel Ingots.”

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Here we are back for more of Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness!

There were a couple of notes written on this cassette of the DBG from May 15th, 1993:

Funny and strange.

It does get off to an ominous start.

Norm, as he was with most shows, was at his best with comebacks and great wit.

1st time Players:

Connie from Salisbury

Richard in Lynn

Jim from Milton

Rosemary in Everett

I’m producing and join Norm in the Studio

We have Jack Harte and his Orchestra in Traffic

Post DBG caller:

Raj at M.I.T – Norm and Raj lament how the standards of broadcasting, radio and tv, were lowering.

We never had to worry about that as our standards were always low!

Commercials:

Triple Action Goldbond Medicated Powder!

Dave Maynard with Caitlin Travel! 

Anthony Silva with a “Focus on the Future” business event promo

Let’s get this party started!

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Welcome back for another exciting raid into Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness! This time we set the way-back machine to January 25th, 1992 with a Dumb Birthday Game and then some additional unbridled lunacy after that!

Our esteemed panel consists of:

Scott from Peabody

Rose Marie from Wellesley

Multi-time player Mike in Marshfield

Jay from Allston

Jack Harte from high atop the Prudential Center in Boston

And I’m producing as well as calling in from the control room

Becasue there weren't too many birthdays of note on the 25th, we had to dip into the coming week to piece together a game.

Is this the game that spawned a Senate inquiry and the Birthday-ola scandal? The case is still pending.

We are treated to BOTH Jack Benny AND Arthur Godfrey impressions!

There’s a realization that, due to the popularity of the show, we may have to move it to a time when no one listens. You’ll have to hear Norm explain that one!

And if all that wasn’t enough all bets are off after the game with a naughty and riotous weather report and a terror-soaked traffic dramatization!

It's all for the love of the silly!

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