Aaron Gold was Brother Wease's intern in the summer of 1991. On his first day, he showed up to find out the other intern — also named Aaron — had died that weekend. That was his welcome to the Brother Wease Morning Circus.
35 years later, he's a senior editor at Motor Trend, and he's finally back to tell the stories. The Pauly Shore kick-out. The Joe Cocker bit BJ ruined on purpose. Nora Hayden and the invention of football, baseball, and ice cream sundaes on the radio. The Circle of Jerkness. And the night BJ Shaeffer walked him through his divorce over ice cream at the Grammys.
This one's for the real ones who remember the golden age of CMF mornings — and anyone who wants to know how that kind of radio actually got made.
Plus: Wease shops the new Kia Telluride, Aaron explains why he secretly loves the Cybertruck, and we learn way more than anyone needed to know about mules.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 — Clark Peskin estate planning (seriously, go to a seminar)
01:00 — Aaron Gold checks in from LA (and he's sitting next to Jake)
02:33 — Motor Trend, Toby Gold, and how Wease gave him the internship
04:30 — Telluride vs. Palisade: Wease shops for a new ride
08:49 — The summer of '91, Tom Proietti, and how the internship actually happened
12:00 — The dead intern story: "You're Toby's kid?"
15:18 — D the Killer Deadhead vs. Pauly Shore
17:40 — What it was really like to work the Brother Wease Morning Circus
19:30 — Why Wease kicked Pauly Shore out (twice) and Michael Winslow once
22:30 — The Jack Benny theory: great radio has no ego
25:30 — Why Wease says he has no talent (and why Jake calls BS)
28:00 — "Cocker? I don't even know her" — the Joe Cocker bit BJ blew up
30:30 — Nora Hayden, football, baseball, and ice cream sundaes
32:30 — "Blow me a kiss" and the joke that almost got Aaron killed
38:00 — Beagles, Corvettes, and a 100-year-old snow shovel in LA
43:00 — Rule #1 at Motor Trend: if the press launch is in Florida, the car sucks
44:00 — The Cybertruck confession
49:30 — Infiniti QX80, keypad entries, and hacking press cars
55:30 — Aaron's kids, and how BJ Shaeffer talked him through his divorce
1:00:30 — The Circle of Jerkness
1:02:00 — The crazy lady, "Scotty!", and the loudest page in CMF history
1:04:30 — Mules, baby mules, and a horse named Mercedes
1:10:30 — "Aaron takes it in the face" — how BJ worked a directional mic
1:12:30 — Kasko Gladstone, Desert Storm, and the song that gave Aaron chills
1:14:10 — 35 years later: thank you to the master
1:15:00 — Sabres vs. Tampa, Fubo TV, and the gay hockey show
1:21:30 — The wrong bed, Doreen's Irish temper, and guest-room protocol
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ABOUT THE SHOW
The Wease Family Circus is the continuation of a decades-long radio legacy — Brother Wease, Doreen, Jake, Lucy, and a rotating cast of people you already know. New long-form episodes every week. Clips, vault drops, and live call-ins in between.
No corporate polish. No bullshit. Same Circus. New ring.
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