Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt

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Ep 278 here and it’s a DBG from March 7th, 1992 titled: The Same, But Different 

It begins as Norm checks the Traffic with Jack Harte

Show Open and a DBG Open

Players:

The whispery Stacy from Boston

Pat in Melrose

Mike from Peabody, Ontario

Rick in Boston

Tony producing and on the phone from MC

Jack in traffic

Some of these will sound an awful lot like last week’s bdays…Except these come w/ALL the SFX:

Lord Snowden

Daniel J. Travanti

Peter Wolf

Ivan Lendl

Willard Scott

3/11

Lawrence Welk

Sam Donaldson

Post Game Calls:

The one and only Pat!

Then Tony in St. Louis and sometimes from Cape Cod

Commercials:

The Flower Show

First Day with Dave Maynard Promo

The itchiest, rashiest, peeliest Gold Bond commercial ever

Dave Maynard and Nancy Kerrigan for Swim for Sight

And the Federal Jobs Digest

Ep 278, The Same, But Different, sorts its way to your ears in 3, 2 & 1.

Welcome to the maybe Award Winning NNVoS w/TN. It’s maybe because, as of this recording, I have not heard if we were a win/place/show or just a total loser in the Podcast Tonight Awards. I’ll let you know the good or bad news as soon as I do.

Let’s say helo to Malaysia, marhaba to Qatar & cómo te va? to Chile! What a nice surprise when checking the analytics after getting the Norch Studios and FuzzyWuzzyProductions up and running again after a weird computer issue. Lucky that I produced enough episodes to cover the downtime! Anyway, that’s a little inside info for you.

Indulge me for a moment here: Listenership is increasing but support is waning. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to support the efforts here. It’s been difficult to just cover distribution let alone try to put some aside for the Berklee College of Music’s Norm Nathan Scholarship Fund. Check out the links in the show bio on ways you can do so. I post episode teasers and other things to those subscribed. Lastly, if everyone who listens take a second to click on the thumbs up/like button. THAT helps immensely! If you’ve stopped by and tuned in, give it a click. Housecleaning completed. On to the show! 

Possibly by the time this airs the temperature would have moderated a bit. It’s been a good old fashioned N.E. winter, but the month of March brings us hope for spring and all that comes with it, especially Peepers! This month also gives us hope for another phenomenal episode of NNVoS and I’m here to tell you that hope will be fulfilled!

We have DBG from March 5th, 1995 which I have titled: Innumerable Incoming Nuptials

Players:

Todd, former DBG Champion and later, his wife Michelle subs in

Jeanie in Roslindale

Billy from Cambridge

Belle in Rockport

Karen Meslener producing and playing in studio

Jim Frawley also producing and playing in studio

Ken Newman

Bdays:

Dean Stockwell

Marsha Warfield

3/7

Daniel Travanti

Peter Wolf

Willard Scott

Ivan Lendl

Lord Snowden

Post-Game Callers:

Charlie aka Chauncy

And a Caller I will name Webster

Ep 277, Innumerable Incoming Nuptials, marches its way to your ears now.

There’s still time to keep voting for NNVoS to win the Listener’s Choice Award at the Inaugural Podcast Tonight Awards! The Llnk to do so is below and in the bio. Voting closes on Feb 28th.

I do thank ya.

We gots ourselves a jumping DBG from February 29th, 1992 which shall be titled: Over Talking Over-talkers

Players:

Peter from BU

Paul in Stoughton

Jim from Springfield

Debbie in Wellesley

Tony producing and playing on the phone from MC

Jack Harte in traffic

Bdays w/all the SFX:

No bdays for 2/29 so Norm jumps to…

3/3

Rhea Perlman

3/4

Paula Prentiss

3/5

Dean Stockwell

3/6

Ed MacMahon

Rob Reiner

Dates in History:

Gone with the Wind won 8 Oscars on February 29th of what year?

In what year did the first Playboy Club open in Chicago?

Commercials:

Gold Bond w/William Sanda from S. Bend, IN & Sharon Doherty of Reading, PA &Sandra Harrod of Alvin, TX

WBZ Call 4 Action Promo for Ask the Tax Expert

Wachusett Mountain

Post Game Fun:

Norm reads the Accuwx forecast from Roy Gallant

Calls:

Mary from RI

Dan in RI

Norm with Sports & Lottery

News Sounder

Back to Norm with Traffic or I should say LAFFic

A Dry Show Intro!

And we close it with calls from

Helen in Boston

And Al in Framingham

Ep 276, Over Talking Over-talkers, babbles its way to your ears in 3, 2 & 1.

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All right Nathanites, here we are again for another exciting episode of NNVoS. Today features a DBG from February 17th, 1996.

It always seemed when Norm got very comfortable with a producer, they would leave and the whole process would start again. It was a tough situation because we lost some good ones. Sooooooo, because producer Ed LeClair was leaving for FL to possibly work at GulfWorld, I will title this, “The Incredible Mr. LeClair.” Norm and Ed discuss all that and the players are introduced. And there’s a whole lot of fun before they finally start the game.

Players:

Ed LeClair

Jack Harte

Twin brothers John & Jim from Livonia, MI

Bob in Peabody

Pete from Lawrence

Bdays:

Hal Holbrook

Margaret Truman Daniel

Jim Brown

Michael Jordan

Mary Ann Mobley

Date in History:

The first issue of Newsweek Magazine was published in what year?

Ep 275, The Incredible Mr. LeClair, swims its way to your ears, now.

I hope you’re ready for this madness. Lots of laugh out loud moments throughout. Whatever am I talking about? It’s a DBG from February 7th, 1993, that’s what!

The title for this gem will be: The Rowdy Babe Radio Revue

We begin with a Show Open, Norm reads the Lottery Numbers and the DBG Theme.

Players:

Kristina in Hamilton, Ontario

Mandy also from Hamilton, Ontario

Chris from just outside of Reading, PA

Jodie in Hudson, NH

Tony producing and playing in studio

Bill Wilson in Traffic

Bdays:

Garth Brooks

2/8/93

John Williams

Nick Nolte

Audrey Meadows

Jack Lemon

Gary Coleman

Lana Turner

Ted Koppel

Robert Klein

Ep 274, The Rowdy Babe Radio Revue, entices its way to your ear in 3,2 & 1.

As promised, whether good or bad news, I’m here to update you on the Podcast Tonight Awards.

So, the shortlist was to be announced back on January 26th .

I received an email yesterday regarding that.

Here’s the latest: NNVoS w/TN was shortlisted to move on to the finals!

Winners should be revealed February 28th.

We are nominated in the Listener’s Choice Category.

What does this mean? It means our work is far from done.

The more you and I share, the greater the chances of taking home the distinction. So don’t hesitate, YOUR votes can make a difference!

Again, I humbly ask for that vote.

The link to do so is below and with your help we can expand the universe of Silliness further and wider than ever before. 

Thank you just so darn much!

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This early February date brings us a DBG from early February 1994. The 5th to be exact.

Included here will be the debut of Emilio Marotta who, at the time, was in training. We also hear a traffic report from Jack BUT not for WBZ.

Let’s title this one: Exhausting Analytics

Players:

John in W. Roxbury

Helen

Libby from VA

Chris in MI

Tony producing and playing in studio

Emilio Marotta in training and first time playing

Jack Harte in Traffic

Bdays:

Red Buttons

Roger Staubach

Bobby Brown

Hank Aaron

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

Barrett Strong

Barbara Hershey

Al Cooper

Dead Bdays:

John Jefferies, America’s 1st Weatherman AND inventor of the busy signal.

Ep 273, Exhausting Analytics, calculates its way to your ears, now.

Welcome back to NNVoS. We have a DBG from January 23rd, 1993 cued up and ready to go. Due to the age range of the players let’s title this one: Awesome Demographics

Players:

Glenn in Brighton

Michael from Chelmsford

Kerry from Fort Wayne, IN

Kristin in E. Bridgewater

Aaron Sawyer in traffic WITH Lisa Reichwein (1st time on the show)!

Sid Whittaker producing and playing in studio

Tony on the phone

Bdays:

Anita Pointer

Princess Caroline of Monaco

Jean Moreau – oui?

Richard Dean Anderson

Chita Rivera

Jerry Kramer

Date in History:

Casablanca premiered in what year?

We are also treated to some great quotes from Vince Lombardi and Norm’s HGPG.

Ep 272, Awesome Demographics, charts its way to your ears in 3, 2 & 1.

“Salom” to Uzbekistan, “Howzit” to Zimbabwe and “Senga!” to Ethiopia. The International Fund for Silliness continues to expand its reach! Thanks for being here.

What’s on the docket today? Why it’s a NNS from January 21st, 1996, which shall be titled: Nathanized

We begin our adventure with Norm teasing the weekend’s upcoming guests and a shout out to yours truly.

Next, it’s a WBZ StormCenter Promo and then on to our guest, author Marybeth Bond…orrrrrr maybe not

Suddenly we are listening to some classic radio chatter between Norm and Lovell Dyett!

Now it’s time for an actual guest: Greg Smith, author of “Beer: A History of Suds and Civilization from Mesopotamia to Microbreweries.” The interview HOPS around a bit but does come to a HEAD. And calls are on TAP but the taps are dry as no callers are featured.

Next up was Scott J. Kerman who wrote “All Sold Out! How to Sneak into Sporting Events and Concerts.” This was his second time on the show and his next conquest was to sneak into the Superbowl. Norm really loved talking to him and he tells some great stories.

We take some Calls:

Anne

Jill

Russ

Helen in Belmont, not Helene

Al

And a mystery Caller

Special Announcement! Let’s cut away to the Paul Parent Gardening Show talking crosspollinating grasses and deep roots with caller Richard

Back to Norm talking to Diane, about a guest we had on, the announced yet not included Marybeth Bond and her book: Traveler’s Tales: A Woman’s World. It was a book Norm highly praised for its excellent writing.

Let’s now hear from Mack talking about Superbowl 30. Norm had some trivia which you’ll have to wait to hear. Buuuut, if you’re a Patron supporting the show, you already know the answer as I used it for this week’s episode preview.

The lovely Monica from Cleveland, OH is on the line – Norm recently proposed marriage in a letter he wrote but had not mailed yet. She worked with Mickey and Gilley (a pair we’ve had on the show) on WERE in Cleveland. She was kind enough to ask about my then health condition: recovering from Chicken Pox a mere month from my 29th bday. Boy, THAT was a whole lotta fun.

Marilyn in West Virginny and a story about a clunk

Norm gives us a heads-up about a guest for the next show: Mr. Cheap

Oh, well looky here…It’s Mark Waldstein aka Mr. Cheap and his book, “Mr. Cheap’s Boston.” In studio!

They take call from the three C’s: Carol, Caroline and Chip

Ep 271, Nathanized, tempers its way to your ears, now.

Let’s start off right away with the title for this here Ep number 270.

The ADHD Radio Free-for-All

I had to trim this up quite a bit as it’s really scattered, hence the name. We are all over the place but it certainly keeps things interesting and it’s nice to hear all the WBZ voices of the past.

By the scrawled dates on the cassette this is a NNS from January 16th and maybe February 25th, 1995.

It begins with guest Richard Smith (who sounds a lot like Fred from NJ) talking about his book: “Richard Smith’s Guide to Getting Even! 143 Lessons in Etiquette for a World Gone Mad.  (Including the Getting Even Rude Whistle)!” It’s a wildly accurate interview with insights that are as relevant today as they were 31 years ago.

Calls are taken:

Bill in Lynn

Dolemite from MI

Norm’s tiny 10-year-old cousin from FL, Hilary! (the sweetest call)

Charlie in Reading

Joanne

Fred from Roslindale

That concludes and we hear Norm referencing someone named Chuck from Binghampton, NY and his quest for something to do. Doris may have some answers.

Ben Parker in Traffic

Norm talking about Radio Drama Cats infected with Satan!

I TOLD you this was all over the place!

Next a Caller talking about WHDH and Dick Summers

Why now we have a Caller reading a poem to Bob Raleigh

Hey, why don’t we check in with David Brudnoy? He’s talking Daytime TV Talk Shows that he was/would be and not on regarding his book, “Life is Not a Rehearsal.” Including Oprah where he would be appearing with Greg Louganis who was set to reveal something.

A mystery talk show pops in and then back to David who’s now speaking with actor Rufus Sewell and calls from Doug and someone else.

Ready for the next jump?

It’s Steve Leveille with a guest that wrote some dating guidebook and a caller.

Back to Norm with Ruth Clennot on the line. Norm’s commentary on Awards Shows is so spot on!

Next caller sounds like Joan from Tewksbury so that’s what I’m going with! 

Another caller which was possibly one of our phone booth” calls we would make (man do I wish I had more of those moments).

Norm again with Ed Mullen on the line talking about some tune and then Ed intros Jack!

Speaking of the Jack of All Traffic…

Sprinkled about this radio salad mix are approx 1 million Dramatic

sponsor reads from Jack (some with reports):

Now don’t quote me on how many times we hear certain sponsors but I’m pretty darn close:

John Deere:

Fox Run Equipment Inc in North Pembroke x5

Nashua Outdoor Power Equipment Repair x2

146 Supply Ctr in Millbury

Dunkin

The Delta Connection x7

Riopan Plus 2

Qwai Garlic x2

HP Deskjet Printer

Fortune Magazine

Silver Lake Dodge x2

And there’s some bizarre Backwards masking weirdness that happens in the middle. Cue the Twilight Zone Theme.

Keep this description on hand so you can follow along at home.

Ep 270, The ADHD Radio Free-for-All, hey look! A squirrel! Starts now.