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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As Blazer and I were talking after the show, as
he was preparing to make his way to dinner the
the I was reminded of my first radio fight, which happened,
you know, in my very beginning time. I shall not
name the other person. They have long since left the
market and hopefully forgotten unless you know you're into nightmares.
(00:25):
But anyway, it was right here at this radio station. Well,
not in this building. It was back in the olden
days at forty two East Gay Street, which was where
the station was when I first started. Yeah, I know,
can you believe that it was at nineteen nineteen, long
time ago? And so what's that nineteen fifty four, wasn't
(00:49):
it not that far back? Man? Ninety four? Something like that.
So anyway, yeah, I was. I was in broadcast school.
Mark and I were both in school at the same time.
And Cannon had just come back to Columbus, and so
I was listening to him that night. He was doing
the all night radio Rampage midnight show, and I called him.
(01:15):
I said, hey, man, welcome back. I remember listening to
you as a youngster. Good to hear you back, and
you know, enjoy listening to you. It was a nice
call just to you know, friendly little first first night
back in Columbus day A couple of nights later, he
starts talking about me on the air and said, you know,
I'd like to talk to that kid again if maybe
get him work here on the Cannon Show. So I
called him again. I said, what are you talking about?
(01:36):
He said, I need somebody to screen calls, answer phones,
produce the show. Can you do that? I'm like absolutely
so that That was my first tour of duty at
six ten double UTV in And there was somebody who
worked for the company back then, as I said, long
since forgotten and gone, and who knows what they're doing now.
But they they just got noxious. They they you know,
they were a nasty person to begin with. Quite frankly,
(01:59):
they just had a nasty disposition about them. And I'm
this youngster, you know, trying to make my bones, as
they say, and uh and this this this person just
flew off the handle and hit me with a bunch
of yelling and profanity one night. And I was I
was young, and I didn't care. I wasn't scared nothing,
and I gave it right back to him. And I
(02:21):
don't know why, but as Mark and I were talking
to Night and we were talking about the early days,
and uh, and that popped into my head and I
just I'm still here and they're not. And that's all
there is to that. Thank I. I would say, ultimately,
in the scheme of things, in the course of life,
I would consider myself the winner in that situation. Okay, fair, Yeah,
(02:44):
I would also consider Columbus a winner in that situation,
because did I mention They're gone forgotten? Now? So anyway,
here's this, this, this almost semi serious story that I was
reading today and you know, preparation to get on the
air and talk to to use people end up. And
I know I got a lot of insurance people who
(03:05):
listen to the radio when I'm on, and I appreciate
you guys, but I'm thinking there should be an insurance
policy for this story right here. Publishers clearing House are
exactly you old enough to remember the Publisher's Clearinghouse. A
lot of people think Ed McMahon was a spokesperson for
Publishers clearing House. He was not. I know he wasn't.
(03:25):
But I remember those commercials and stuff where a ban
would show up with balloons and knock on the doors yeah, yeah,
I remember that. You may already have won. So this
guy wins Publishers. Ed McMahon was American Family. By the way,
this guy wins Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes five thousand. Was it
five thousand a week for life or something? It worked
(03:46):
out to two hundred and sixty thousand dollars a year
for the rest of his life. He's set, you know,
quarter million a year, sells everything, quits his job, pretty
much retired, And in case you missed the headlines, Publishers
Clearinghouse filed bankruptcy. Company I'm pretty sure went into receivership.
(04:09):
It was purchased by a new company. The new company
says that they will not honor any previous sweepstakes wins,
that anything moving forward is their responsibility, but anything before
they took over is not their responsibility. Well, this guy
has been living on his two hundred and sixty thousand
(04:30):
dollars a year, quit his job, hasn't worked in ten years,
says he can't get a job now he's old, he's
out of the market, he hasn't done anything, he has
no practical, usable experience, and he apparently is out of luck.
I think there should be insurance for this kind of thing.
(04:55):
In fact, I think that should be part of your winnings.
And it's not just Pblisher's Clearinghouse or sweepstakes companies. Let
us not forget it wasn't that long ago that the
state of Illinois defaulted on lottery winnings. If you want
the lottery in Illinois, you weren't getting paid. I don't
(05:18):
know why people continue to play the lottery because you
weren't getting paid. So as we legislate everything these days,
I don't know, man, because I you know, I used
to be this. We got enough laws. That was how
I was. But the world keeps on a change in
(05:39):
and I'm just wondering, would it be advisable practical that
we have some kind of law for these companies that
are giving away life changing money that part of the
winnings have to be an insurance policy that they must
carry so that if they go up, if they file
(06:01):
bankruptcy or whatever, that you continue to get the payments
that you're supposed to get. Save to be said for
the state lotteries and the Mega Millions and the power
ball and all that. If you're promised something, you legitimately
win something that is supposed to like last the rest
(06:25):
of your life, the remainder of your existence on this earth.
Shouldn't you actually get it? I think that will be fair,
and I don't think it's asking too much that we
look at that in a, you know, a legislative way
where it actually becomes the law of the lad If
(06:47):
we're going to have all these these various ways to
take money out of your pocket and the name of
funding the schools or whatever, and you are fortunate enough
to win, you should get it. Or maybe that's just me.
I'm just curious what you guys thought. If you think
I'm onto something here, if I'm just if I'm out
of whack. Eight two, one, nine, eight eighty six is
(07:09):
the number eight too one wtv IN or eight hundred
and six to ten WTVN. Maybe maybe you want to
tell me, no, it's just luck of the draw. You
gambled when you won, and you gamble that you'll get
your money. I can understand that point of view. Don't
necessarily agree with it, but I can understand that point
of view. I mean, if you go to a casino
(07:29):
and you win five thousand dollars and then they they
pay you a non negotiable currency confederate bills or something. Well,
they gave you the five thousand dollars, Yeah, but I
can't spend it. Well, we didn't stipulate it would be
in US currency. See what I mean? If you're going
to win shipwreck Indian gold. Yeah, yeah, some of them
(07:51):
coins they sell at two am on the TV newly minted.
They're only printing a few, only only only seven trill
and we'll be printed out seven trillion for you have
this beautiful eagle sword COI. Oh my gosh, the coin
guys and the night. Have you ever seen the knife guy? No,
(08:11):
I've just seen. I haven't seen that. I haven't seen
a knife one like folks for eighty nine ninety pout,
you can get four hundred and seventy seven different kinds
of knives. Here, we get your billion knives. We got
your bucket knives, we got your hunting knives, we got
your stilettos right here. Look at this switchblade, all American switchblade.
You're gonna love everybody. Just send your money right now. Yeah,
what's crazy? It sounds like an EVANGELI between them. Oh,
(08:33):
I saw one of them last week. I woke up.
I had left the TV on and fell asleep. And
this guy is an auctioneer. He's an evangelist, televangelist, auctioneer.
Can I get the phones to ring? Right now? Right now?
I want those phones to ring? Could I get six
hundred dollars six? Can I get six? Six hundred dollars six?
Plant the seat six hundred dollars six? Listen to those
(08:53):
phones ring six hundred. I'm like this, this really really
and I'm I'm sure people donate that money, but wow, wow,
he this he made televangelists look bad. I only listened
to the old Jimmy Swaggered vhs. You like them, Jimmy Swaggers,
(09:16):
I'm a rick humbard guy. Who's the guy with the
comb over who used to heal people? Strangely, I love
Benny he He was wonderful. He's a wonderful man. And
Benny Heiny was away. I always said, a beautiful white
so that he was waiting, he'd be like, put their
(09:38):
hand on their head and people just collapse. It's amazing.
My grandmother was magging to Leroy Jenkins. She loved her
some Leroy Jenkins. Yeah, we've we've seen a lot in
my short time on Earth,
As Blazer and I were talking after the show, as
he was preparing to make his way to dinner the
the I was reminded of my first radio fight, which happened,
you know, in my very beginning time. I shall not
name the other person. They have long since left the
market and hopefully forgotten unless you know you're into nightmares.
(00:25):
But anyway, it was right here at this radio station. Well,
not in this building. It was back in the olden
days at forty two East Gay Street, which was where
the station was when I first started. Yeah, I know,
can you believe that it was at nineteen nineteen, long
time ago? And so what's that nineteen fifty four, wasn't
(00:49):
it not that far back? Man? Ninety four? Something like that.
So anyway, yeah, I was. I was in broadcast school.
Mark and I were both in school at the same time.
And Cannon had just come back to Columbus, and so
I was listening to him that night. He was doing
the all night radio Rampage midnight show, and I called him.
(01:15):
I said, hey, man, welcome back. I remember listening to
you as a youngster. Good to hear you back, and
you know, enjoy listening to you. It was a nice
call just to you know, friendly little first first night
back in Columbus day A couple of nights later, he
starts talking about me on the air and said, you know,
I'd like to talk to that kid again if maybe
get him work here on the Cannon Show. So I
called him again. I said, what are you talking about?
(01:36):
He said, I need somebody to screen calls, answer phones,
produce the show. Can you do that? I'm like absolutely
so that That was my first tour of duty at
six ten double UTV in And there was somebody who
worked for the company back then, as I said, long
since forgotten and gone, and who knows what they're doing now.
But they they just got noxious. They they you know,
they were a nasty person to begin with. Quite frankly,
(01:59):
they just had a nasty disposition about them. And I'm
this youngster, you know, trying to make my bones, as
they say, and uh and this this this person just
flew off the handle and hit me with a bunch
of yelling and profanity one night. And I was I
was young, and I didn't care. I wasn't scared nothing,
and I gave it right back to him. And I
(02:21):
don't know why, but as Mark and I were talking
to Night and we were talking about the early days,
and uh, and that popped into my head and I
just I'm still here and they're not. And that's all
there is to that. Thank I. I would say, ultimately,
in the scheme of things, in the course of life,
I would consider myself the winner in that situation. Okay, fair, Yeah,
(02:44):
I would also consider Columbus a winner in that situation,
because did I mention They're gone forgotten? Now? So anyway,
here's this, this, this almost semi serious story that I was
reading today and you know, preparation to get on the
air and talk to to use people end up. And
I know I got a lot of insurance people who
(03:05):
listen to the radio when I'm on, and I appreciate
you guys, but I'm thinking there should be an insurance
policy for this story right here. Publishers clearing House are
exactly you old enough to remember the Publisher's Clearinghouse. A
lot of people think Ed McMahon was a spokesperson for
Publishers clearing House. He was not. I know he wasn't.
(03:25):
But I remember those commercials and stuff where a ban
would show up with balloons and knock on the doors yeah, yeah,
I remember that. You may already have won. So this
guy wins Publishers. Ed McMahon was American Family. By the way,
this guy wins Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes five thousand. Was it
five thousand a week for life or something? It worked
(03:46):
out to two hundred and sixty thousand dollars a year
for the rest of his life. He's set, you know,
quarter million a year, sells everything, quits his job, pretty
much retired, And in case you missed the headlines, Publishers
Clearinghouse filed bankruptcy. Company I'm pretty sure went into receivership.
(04:09):
It was purchased by a new company. The new company
says that they will not honor any previous sweepstakes wins,
that anything moving forward is their responsibility, but anything before
they took over is not their responsibility. Well, this guy
has been living on his two hundred and sixty thousand
(04:30):
dollars a year, quit his job, hasn't worked in ten years,
says he can't get a job now he's old, he's
out of the market, he hasn't done anything, he has
no practical, usable experience, and he apparently is out of luck.
I think there should be insurance for this kind of thing.
(04:55):
In fact, I think that should be part of your winnings.
And it's not just Pblisher's Clearinghouse or sweepstakes companies. Let
us not forget it wasn't that long ago that the
state of Illinois defaulted on lottery winnings. If you want
the lottery in Illinois, you weren't getting paid. I don't
(05:18):
know why people continue to play the lottery because you
weren't getting paid. So as we legislate everything these days,
I don't know, man, because I you know, I used
to be this. We got enough laws. That was how
I was. But the world keeps on a change in
(05:39):
and I'm just wondering, would it be advisable practical that
we have some kind of law for these companies that
are giving away life changing money that part of the
winnings have to be an insurance policy that they must
carry so that if they go up, if they file
(06:01):
bankruptcy or whatever, that you continue to get the payments
that you're supposed to get. Save to be said for
the state lotteries and the Mega Millions and the power
ball and all that. If you're promised something, you legitimately
win something that is supposed to like last the rest
(06:25):
of your life, the remainder of your existence on this earth.
Shouldn't you actually get it? I think that will be fair,
and I don't think it's asking too much that we
look at that in a, you know, a legislative way
where it actually becomes the law of the lad If
(06:47):
we're going to have all these these various ways to
take money out of your pocket and the name of
funding the schools or whatever, and you are fortunate enough
to win, you should get it. Or maybe that's just me.
I'm just curious what you guys thought. If you think
I'm onto something here, if I'm just if I'm out
of whack. Eight two, one, nine, eight eighty six is
(07:09):
the number eight too one wtv IN or eight hundred
and six to ten WTVN. Maybe maybe you want to
tell me, no, it's just luck of the draw. You
gambled when you won, and you gamble that you'll get
your money. I can understand that point of view. Don't
necessarily agree with it, but I can understand that point
of view. I mean, if you go to a casino
(07:29):
and you win five thousand dollars and then they they
pay you a non negotiable currency confederate bills or something. Well,
they gave you the five thousand dollars, Yeah, but I
can't spend it. Well, we didn't stipulate it would be
in US currency. See what I mean? If you're going
to win shipwreck Indian gold. Yeah, yeah, some of them
(07:51):
coins they sell at two am on the TV newly minted.
They're only printing a few, only only only seven trill
and we'll be printed out seven trillion for you have
this beautiful eagle sword COI. Oh my gosh, the coin
guys and the night. Have you ever seen the knife guy? No,
(08:11):
I've just seen. I haven't seen that. I haven't seen
a knife one like folks for eighty nine ninety pout,
you can get four hundred and seventy seven different kinds
of knives. Here, we get your billion knives. We got
your bucket knives, we got your hunting knives, we got
your stilettos right here. Look at this switchblade, all American switchblade.
You're gonna love everybody. Just send your money right now. Yeah,
what's crazy? It sounds like an EVANGELI between them. Oh,
(08:33):
I saw one of them last week. I woke up.
I had left the TV on and fell asleep. And
this guy is an auctioneer. He's an evangelist, televangelist, auctioneer.
Can I get the phones to ring? Right now? Right now?
I want those phones to ring? Could I get six
hundred dollars six? Can I get six? Six hundred dollars six?
Plant the seat six hundred dollars six? Listen to those
(08:53):
phones ring six hundred. I'm like this, this really really
and I'm I'm sure people donate that money, but wow, wow,
he this he made televangelists look bad. I only listened
to the old Jimmy Swaggered vhs. You like them, Jimmy Swaggers,
(09:16):
I'm a rick humbard guy. Who's the guy with the
comb over who used to heal people? Strangely, I love
Benny he He was wonderful. He's a wonderful man. And
Benny Heiny was away. I always said, a beautiful white
so that he was waiting, he'd be like, put their
(09:38):
hand on their head and people just collapse. It's amazing.
My grandmother was magging to Leroy Jenkins. She loved her
some Leroy Jenkins. Yeah, we've we've seen a lot in
my short time on Earth,
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