Totally 80s Christmas Show

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Welcome to Back to the Eighties Radio. Boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen.
Tonight's show is a Christmas package underthe tree all for thee and remember
opened it with glee. Now here'st scotaw and chang in this stocky dingle

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dingle jingle jingle all the way onfun. It is to Randy, what
a chrisses John Chris, It's Hosschar here talk you you love me here

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Los logic sad, I just damnall know love yous And he talked to

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stop st windows so small he ishave a following shaking sheet. Tign said
to me, Remember listen to hearthat it's commands tolling and it stands to

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reason and the rays and season justbegun to shouted. Joss is adapted lass

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the One and Only Philly Squire.Christmas is the time to say I Love
you nineteen eighty one. This isBack to the Eighties Radio, and you
have joined us at Christmas time forour very own Christmas edition of Back to
the Eighties. You've got to Kanoand Chang and your stocking with me,

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ladies and gentlemen, as he isall the time, and what would we
do without the chang. He hasbeen seen in the eighties doing the voiceover
for Konica and Vivitar cameras. Hewas also the voice for Chrysler card saying
that door is that jar. Weknow him as the man who sits at

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top of Randy's Donuts in A twotwo. He is the one and only
the living legend the Chang. HTuscanos. Thank you for such a warm
welcome and a welcome of nothing buttruth, which could be lies. It's

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like a flip of the coin.Which one was true, which one was
lie? I don't know because thelatter was knocked down from Randy's Donuts.
And as I wore my ram coloredtutu who possibly could beat the New Orleans
Saints and maybe be a wild cardbirth playoff and take the realm of Super
Bowl champs back in a Hollywood movietype scenario. But that's another story.

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Merry Christmas to you, your family, everyone out there. Whatever you're going
to do, be safe and sane. If you're going to travel, remember
have patience because everybody out there isdoing the same thing as you. Trying
to get there, get to yourfamily. You're already stressed out with having
to get gifts. Get the giftsdown there, get however you're going to

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get there, paid for, donewith, deal with whatever crap you have
to deal with back home before youbail. So don't get stressed. Take
it easy. Christmas is not atime for stress. It's a time for
giving, loving and appreciating and remembering. The creator is the one that is
the chess king to all of us. Tuscano, my goodness, it's like

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it was like I was in churchright now and I loved it. I
want to welcome everybody listening from aroundthe world, as we used to do
at one point, mention every singlecountry that does listen to us and support
the show. You know, weare going to be starting a couple of
new segments, as we mentioned inthe well not the previous program because we

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weren't here. Tascono and Chang wereout, but our friends the mechanics Zeke
and Russy were here. But theprogram before Oh, by the way,
they were. Yeah, they dida pretty good job of holding down the
ford. Don't know if anybody heardthe show, but if you didn't,
they're always archived in podcast form.Oh a big, big reminder if you
want to hear the songs in theirentirety, because keep in mind, we

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That's our live radio station with eightiesmusic twenty four hours a day, the
biggest playlist on earth anyway, Thankyou guys for joining us. You know,

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Christmas time for me, Chang bringsback a lot of memories, memories
of you know, my favorite partof Christmas, believe it or not.
Besides the gifts, of course,it was spending the time at what are
my aunts? How in I wasgonna say Highland Park? I think it
was Highland Park that to Island Park. Yeah, it was just a great

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time because it was the time whenwe used to watch Charlie Brown Christmas.
We used to watch Rudolph the RedNose Reindeer, the Island of Misfit Toys,
remember all those. I was justthinking about the other day and I
told my old lady this that weyou know, our generation grew up with

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a Peanuts You know, hopefully alot of people out there turn your kids
onto the Peanuts because to me,the Peanuts is a show, a cartoon
before it's time. Now what alot of people don't know. One of
the top cartoonists was a Latino,So that was groundbreaking back then. The

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other thing I noticed with the Penuts, if you break it down, my
brother, is the diversity. Theethnicities were different, the backgrounds, the
personalities. I mean, how youyou have you have multi races. You
have bullies that you have Linus Uh, somebody that is so introverted it's hard

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for him to do other things withouthis blanket, but yet he's loved by
his homies. You have Lucy's abully, but yet she's not gonna let
nobody with anybody. Charlie Brown,you know what I mean, He's got
a big heart. You know,he knows he looks trippy, but he's
accepted. It's it's things like thatthat I think we grew up with cartoons
like that that kind of taught ageneration a moral code. We really definitely

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need that now. I mean,who could forget watching Rudolph Redden's Reindeer,
you know, yeah, And Ithink those were with like stop motion animation.
They they took a lot of time. It was done in an era
where they didn't have all the technologythat they do today. And in spite
of that, I got to behonest, man, in spite of that,

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in spite of its simplicity and maybenot as fancy looking as they do
today, it was wonderful as akid seeing this for the very first time.
It took you to places in yourmind. It took you to a
special time, a make believe placein your imagination that we will never forget.

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I will never forget. As amatter of fact, I think it
was like an escape to a safeplace, an innocent place, and I
think some of us as adults reflectupon that and kind of get that sensation
once again. That's why, youknow, let me bring up again if

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anybody out there is raise their childrenwith such a type of viewing, I
mean, you're blasted. You're teachingyour children more than appreciating something that you
treasured. Know how some individuals maytreasure older music or a black and white
movie. The same thing with theseChristmas shows, because it's deeper than just

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you know, Santa Claus is bringingyou presents and the thing on our Christmas
show. Remember we're the real deal, so you know, we know that
Santa Claus is within our own selves, and Santa Claus is a mere kind
of a mirage of a moral code. We're supposed to be giving of ourselves.

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That means it doesn't matter the weather, doesn't matter where, if we're
capable and possibly able to, wegive of ourselves. Doesn't matter what we
put in the stocking or the giftwe wrap to somebody. The mere presence
and acknowledgment to get there or giveis the whole essence of it. In
Christmas, my brother, you know, you said something interesting, and that

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was that Santa Claus, for themost part, was a reflection of our
innocence at one point. It wasthe reflection of another time when parents wanted
to bless their kids with happiness.It was it was a time where we,
as kids growing up in the seventiesand eighties, had Christmas at such

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a high place. I mean,Christmas was everybody's favorite time of the year.
It was everybody's favorite holiday as ayoung person and as a child even
more so. Sanna and you know, the reindeer and the Christmas songs and
all the cartoons from that era.From that time was just that reflection of

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innocence. And somewhere along the linewe left. But they're still there,
but we left them. And it'ssad that many of the kids today would
rather play some video game that shootspeople and steals and destroys rather than having

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the innocence of Christmas back into theirlife. When back to the eighties comes
back, we have a show,a very great show, a Christmas show
with special guests, special stories,and a lot more Chang. Don't You
go Anywhere? This next portion ofBack to the Eighties Radio is going to
be chang tastic. Remember it's ourChristmas show. But tonight we are paying

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a tribute to an American legacy inSouthern California rock radio, the passing of
seventy five year old great rock freeformdisc jockey. My mentor my influence to
do what I'm doing now, misterJim Ladd, do not go anywhere.

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And here's a tune right here foryou and for you, Jim up there
something from the Rolling Stones, becauseI'm just waiting on a friend. Legend,

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Girls Fans back. It ain't laystand, just stand go away.
IM just trying some sings like theGirls Fans tells a tale of man not

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wait, just wait, lot afraidSA, nobody waiting, Just wait,

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just wait, just wait, justwait. Don't need no foods, don't

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need brains, but I need someone. I need someone to hating red

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in the haunts. Not wait tillI need, just wait till brands.

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I'm just waiting, not frame.Welcome back to Back to the Eighties Radio

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with Tuscatawan Chang and is Jim ladsave Lord at the Mercy? And where
are all my long legged ponies outthere in southern California. Welcome to a
Christmas version of Tuscano and Chang's OhMy God, Back to the eighties radio

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Tonight. You are going to getsome interviews which we know they're coming in
because we got several text messages andwe got a lot to talk about.
We're going to talk about radio andthe importance and the missing of the American

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disc jockey, which was an entityin radio terrestrial radio we are missing today
and of course a special tribute tomy mentor, mister Jim Ladd. Now,
Tuscano, did you wear a Vneck sweater? Take it off?
But wait, wait it was whyyou wore maybe a red shirt with something

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green a Santa's hat and you wouldtie that sweater around your neck and go
Christmas caroling around the neighborhood with pennyloafers. Or maybe you were the guy
wearing black gloves or red gloves,red satin gloves holding a candle. Wow,
you have quite an imagination of whoI was. Never I was never

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that, no, no, no. During Christmas, I did like wearing
some sweaters but mostly I was atwo colored guy who was usually gray or
black or three color and navy blue. That's pretty much. Yet, so
were you a hoodlum? Were youstealing with nothing with? Oh my god,

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no, it's just a During Christmas, I think the most my dad
bought me a red actually was morelike crimson you know, something more like
crimson red. Remember member's only jacketfor me when I was like twelve years
old forty five. I'm not aforty five really, but yeah, he

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bought me aally like a burgundy coloredmembers only jacket for Christmas. Beautiful.
Yeah, that's a Christmas color.That's a Christmas color, that is,
yes, Now did you wear itthat day to visit family? I did
wear it. He he was veryadamant that I would wear my gray,
my gray slacks, penny loafers.Yeah. Anytime my father I saw my

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dad strap in a forty five andhis yeah, back of his belt,
I knew that I would. Basically, you know that's it, that's right.
Yeah, I wore glasses because Iwas afraid of getting pistols such as
you wore that jacket, same thing, same thing, same exact thing.
And then after we went to visitthe family. We went to uh lost

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Alimitos Racetrack and oh yeah, man, I remember that track. Well,
you know a funny Christmas story.Oh this is a rat, isn't it.
Oh the racetrack stories. I'm sureyou can remember going to one of
the racetracks. I won't give certainnames because all of them have had horses

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die for unknown reasons. But merryChristmas anyway. But going and remember seeing
all the decorations and the lights andthe reads at certain racing stadiums. You
know what I mean, It wasso oh beautiful, you know, it
was like, oh god, itwas a beautiful thing to see the racetrack
during the hallways. It was amazing, and it was like, you know,

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and with Dad won, it's likeSanta Claus is right there on the
other side of the counter cashing outas Dad's given Sunda the magic ticket.
Now, if if Dad lost,mister Grinch came over, took his ticket,
you know what I mean, barelygave me a cold hot dog.

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And my old man would only leavewith one pocket of money rather than two,
which was the right was what hecame with. The left is what
he takes. No one knows aboutit, and some of that is yours
if you learn to keep your quietmouth shut. Yeah, yeah, Merry

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Christmas. I do know those storiesbecause oh yeah, my dad on many
occasions took me and yeah, Ihad my my awesome you know, for
one dollar, we would get ahot dog and a drink and oh yes,
hot dogs that like for example Santaininoor Los Alamino or in Hollywood Park.
They were greatest, the greatest tastinghot dogs ever. Were all beef,
weren't they And they seemed to befatter, and they gave They weren't

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like that dried out bund where theirbuns had been sitting there. Know,
they were steamed. They were niceseams. They were like puffy, you
know, and you just like bideinto one of those in your life.
Hey man, I could stay atthe track all day. What about the
racetrack popcorn? That ship was itsown. Oh everything that they had at
the racetrack as far as snacks wasincredible, whether it be the popcorn,

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the hot dogs, you know whatthey even had. What was that that
the box popcorn that was sweet withlike caramel with a prize. Oh that
was kind of like cracker jacks.Yeah, but they had that. They
had the big boxes of cracker Jacksonas opposed to the cracker jacks you buying
stores. That is correct. Uh. You know what? I remember the

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first time I had a racetrack soda. You reminded me of McDonald's, my
greatest coca cola. Yeah, yeah, and it was like, whoa,
this is so refreshing. You know, I remember this about snacks that are
racetrack that's hilarious. I learned howto read a forum, you know,

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which is the april of of bettingon horses when I was ten years old.
My dad would pay me on theloan with the do crap around the
pad right right, and I wouldgo with him and then I would give
him cash to play win places show. My old man always went baseball on

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some of the crap. Now withbaseballs, you go all three and you
bet, you know on all threethat way that horse you're going to win.
Either way you may lose a littlebit, but you may make it.
So my old man used to alwaystell me what horse do you want?
Read your paper, I'm going totell you the way the track lays

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out, and he would tell meboom. I would win cash. It
was a great thing. It wasone of the greatest bondings of all holidays
that a father and son could have. Oh, it was incredible, wasn't
Yeah. And but there were timesthat when my dad was so cheap he
never bought the forum. He wouldhe would look for somebody he was about

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to throw it away and ask forit. Oh, he would save the
three bucks or whatever it was seventyfive cents at that time, I guess
now now trip out on this EveryFriday evening when my dad would come home
at racing season or any other season, he would send me on my bike
up the street to the liquor storeSam's Liquor, where I later was employed,

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to buy the form on Friday nightbecause it was fresh. It's going
to tell you everything about tomorrow andSunday, and you had the give go.
So that was like his Bible.He would lay that thing out and
boom, boom boom. Now youwant to hear another funny Christmas story.
I remember going to bookie joints asa little kid because my dad used to

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take the bets and my god,my uncle, my Nino. He was
the doorman who kind of looked likethe guy that was uh, mister soprano.
Yeah, yeah, Tony soprano.Yeah, my grandma, my uncle
looked like that guy. So partof my childhood I grew up going to
a bookie joint. Now these jointsthey had somehow underground video of football games

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going on the radio, broadcasting whereI think they planted people at the games
and you could just hear what wascracking. And I'll never forget on Christmas
when I would go, this wholeunderground bar was decked out. I used
to sit at a bar. Well, my old man was taking beds,
and my uncle was at the door, and all these other guys. I

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knew they were playing Christmas music overthe TVs. And for Christmas I would
sit there any sliced ham with pineapples, chili beans, rolls, fruit salad,
and I would get to watch cartoonsin the very corner only on Christmas.

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Good would I do that? Goodtimes? I can tell grate that
father and uncle time. Ah,yes, week times, the best of
times, ladies and gentlemen. Wedigressed a bit, but the nineteen eighties
they were just a vibrant era,and a vibrant era for Christmas time,
and especially during Christmas time the radiostations because they featured yes, they featured

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Christmas music, but every radio personalityacross the different genres, some of the
greatest radio personalities. As a matterof fact, Christmas was just special to
everybody, and they made you feelthe Christmas spirit. If that cheesy line
of Christmas spirit, they actually madeyou feel that. You would feel it.

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You know, you would walk aroundtown, you'd go to malls.
The Christmas decorations, the animatronics insidemalls were just off the hook, you
know, for such a simple time, as many claimed that the eighties were,
it was so advanced. We hadsuch such a such eye candy at

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malls compared to today where it's justsimply boring. They're just lights and a
couple of plants and trees. That'sabout it. A lot of the disc
jockeys back in the eighties and beforeUH would pump up Christmas. It was
they would sell Christmas. Uh.They it was you could depend on everything
anything that you're from the radio.UH with a disc jockey v of music.

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It was getting you prepared for Christmas, as opposed to now nothing but
commercials getting you ready to buy,buy, buy, instead of feel feel,
feel, so we had great jocks. I say, all across the
board, from the East coast tothe West coast. Everybody has a certain

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disc jockey or radio program that theyeither grew up with or grew to love
that had some type of a Christmasshow. I mean with us Southern California
boys, you know, I grewup with AM radio at first with a
real Dawn Steel Christmas shows k orChristmas shows k os KM E T k

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NAC all had Christmas shows K West. Some of even the mallow radio disc
jockeys that that we saw in thepast had a Christmas theme. I think
radio lacks that now. Terrest foryour radio is so compressed in what the

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popular thing is, what the nowthing is, the where we want to
be tight ass is and not spendmoney on bringing people in with quality people
who will bring people in make youfeel loved and wanted and like a friend.
No, we're going to push whatare bonchers won? So Christmas on

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the radio is totally lost what itused to be. Tonight, as we
talk about Christmas and we're going totalk about radio, let's bring them together
now some of the essence of radioback in the eighties, True brother,
we heard Christmas songs boom right afterThanksgiving. Little by little, you know,

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start getting you ready great artists.You know, nowadays we see less
and less music has lost its originality. A program called headsets. This is
an hour of music specifically to listento, as we say, in headphones.
And if you have a pair ofheadphones, please put them on now.
If not, try to set toyourself and the speakers and then send

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to yourself. Anyway, lower thelights and get ready for this next hour.
I hope you enjoy this. Aprogram called headsets. Well, first
of all, you know, JimLadd was bigger than life. To me.
Jim Ladd was the essence of whata disc jockey is and should be.

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And what I mean by that iswhat I feel a disc jockey is
in everyone that I've listened to.And I'm getting pretty much to be an
old motherfucker. But he's your friendthat's not in the room. He's your
friend that takes you away from anyanimosity or anything bad or even through that

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bad kind of guide you through.He's that voice most of the time at
the end of your day. It'sgoing to relieve your mind, take you
away from things, make you thinkJim Ladd pretty much was the voice of
reason, kind of like your newsin a raw and truthful way. Jim
Ladd, I always felt, wasa Native American spirit. The dude believed

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in peace. The dude believed intelling you straight up. But the guy
believed in healing you with music,kind words, a little bit of wisdom.
Put your mind on the track tounify rather than you know, declassify

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or defy mankind, God or yourfellow man. Jim Ladd opened up the
door I believe to freeform radio themind's eye. You know. If anything
you ever heard from him back inthe days of K E. T.
K Los when he also went withthat other radio station ninety seven to one,

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he brought along a presence, aspirit, and I believe the essence
of being a disc jockey anybody thatever steps up to a microphone to deliver
a few things you have to deliverthat you can identify, you can unify,
and you can bring everybody together withthe whisper of your voice and a

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great tune. Jim Ladd did thatfor me. That cat got me through
so much crap growing up in highschool and after when I met him at
a Black Crows day. They weregoing to be brought into the rock Walk
at the Guitar Center, and meand my buddies were working in the area.

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We're working on a pad not toofar. We went over there,
we saw what was going down,went in there. We're walking around getting
ready for the ceremony. I sawJim Ladd. I went up and I
talked to him, introduced myself.He was with Stephen King. You're familiar
with Stephen King, right, ofcourse, Yeah, the author and so

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you know for this horror horror stories. Right. I went up to him,
started talking to him, and heaccepted me like nothing else. He
didn't brush me off. And itwas It was insane because we got into
a very in depth conversation about radio, the state of radio, the possibility

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of free form terrestrial radio coming toa close because corporate America wanting to take
over. And the one thing I'llnever forget about that conversation, which is
crazy, because I had many conversationswith him later in the future, and
he told me one thing. Hegoes, if you have something to say,

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never be afraid to say it.But if you ever get to the
plateau, to say it and movegenerations or mountains. Then always think about
it, always feel it, anddon't be afraid to say it. Yeah,
and something that resonated with me now. Jim Ladd is also another guy.
I went to his book signing radiowaves, talked with him, got

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my book signed. I carried ona conversation with him for twenty minutes.
My wife broke us up. Hetold me to stick around. We had
another conversation at his break for thirtyminutes about radio, about life, society.
He tripped out on you know thatI had a family, and he

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suggested, he goes, if youever get a chance, you should go
into radio because you got a lotto say, he said, And the
music we're talking about. You know, you've studied your music and somebody like
you should be on the radio.You should stop doing what you're going what
you're doing and try to make yourselfpresent on the radio. Well, you

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know, brother, it took mea long time to do that. You
know, I raised my kids,raised my family, but I always kind
of kept up in touch with him, you know, via I call him,
but back then I had MySpace,so I was able to connect with
him. And finally when I decided, you know, I would get feedback
from him, messages a messenger,and it's insane that he was that kind

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of an individual, not only onthe radio but personally when I did meet
him. That kept me going andfor him to keep track of what I
was doing, when me and youwere doing it is everything. Individuals like
that were never going to see.But there's so many disc jockeys that are
like that. Yeah, something incredibleabout Jim Ladd. It was a prominent

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figure in the eighties for free formradio, I mean late seventies and eighties
where DJ's had the freedom to curateplaylists without you know, all this rigid
formatting. He hosted shows featuring youknow, wide ranges of music, album
cuts, deep tracks, mighty man. He was all about the music and
playing a role where depending on whatthe mood was like the day, is

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the you know, the ambiance wasdepending on that, he would bring up
his own playlist. In nineteen eightyone, there was a well publicized incident
with Jim Ladd because he was firedby KOs ninety five and a half ninety
five point five due to disagreements overthe station's changing format. And what happened
was that he was refusing to basicallydo what they were telling him for a

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more structured playlist, because they wereundermining, underscoring Lad's commitment to artistic freedom.
That's what he was all about.This is Freddie Mercury with Queen talking
about good old radio Gaga. I'lltell and what's your like? I believe

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routine age, nothing and that everythingI've had, no, I have it
on my radio. You gave themthose old time starts, the words you
made batas you lay you fa,you made a street that so down,

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some black brownnos the backtom Bot gofast, just dunum a, just unchair
and just fla when nap down.You give me your stop. All wait

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hearsay you'll come way he'll come Bady. He got all we hear is lady
no come lady yo. Com byso school. We watched the shots,

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We watched the starts, all theads. Four hours. We have a
des rigs comies change through. Let'stalk me be all friends like ms on

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the so say, let's we havethis when time all the vision you you
Ray always Brady yo cock Brady yougoogle Rady, you go go alwaity here

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is Brady yo go go Brady.You google Rady, you go go allays
Rady, you go go, Brady, you go, you skill, so

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skill the time you stop. You'relistening today. The soul at the back.

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So the world that is on thes s the number of long long
bird. I hear the real bone, so the US about the prod ever
use it. I hear the topicall the d say. Can't I understand?
Josh, what dosy saying? I'mon no Mexican radio. I'm on

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the mex Whoa Radio's younger. Nyou're young, You're gonna get the stair

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and talk about the USA placer.I understand, just a little, no
compreendated, So riddle my radio.I'm on a Mesdarian Whoa radio, Mexican

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radio. I'm on a Mexican whoradio. I wasn't do I wanna eating

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barbecue Warner. I did request asong on the telephone. I'm on a
very blank fall from home. Ifeel like my wind on my shoulder.
I dialing in from salcol corner.I hear the talkie all the TAJ can't
understand. Just what does he say? I'm on Mexican radio. I'm on

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a Mexican Whoa radio. I'm onMexican radio. I'm on a Mexican Whoa
radio radio radio radio radio, radio, radio, radio radio. I'm one

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of Mexican radio. I'm on amesadon Whoa Radio. I on Mexican radio.
I'm on a Messagon who Radio radioradio. Welcome back to back to

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the eighties radio. And that wasQueen Radio. Gaga followed up with a
little bit of I wish I wasin Tewana Walla Voodoo with I'm on the
Mexican radio and you are on theradio with Tuscano and Chang right here,
back to the eighties radio Christmas rendition. But yet we are paying homage to

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a great legend of rock and rollradios throughout southern California. His later years
on serious radio. Some of youmay remember him of deep tracks, as
we talk about Jim Ladd and growingup with Jim Ladd, as I did
Tuscanand also I remember when Jim Laddfirst came upon the the kind of the

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term. It was theater of themind. And anybody I think that loves
radio believes it's theater of the mind. Every song we hear will take us
back and put a vivid memory,which is theater of the mind. Jim
Ladd had a way to put aset of songs in tune with the vibe

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his words and the message that hewas trying to convey to his listeners,
which he called his tribe, whichI think is beautiful to be called the
tribe. Jim Ladd opened the doorfor that unexpected, uninhibited type of radio

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to get a message, to openyour eyes, to take you away with
a few wisdom phrases, some poetry, kind words that are harsh and true.
Some may hate it, but that'sthe way it rolls. But always
the essence of music to unify.Hopefully you guys out there can feel with

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me and Tuscana are trying to bringyou in a way. We are bringing
you in our own form free formradio. We try to take you away
from all the bs of your day. We try to take you away from
all the fear that they put onyour screen or your devices, and all
the worry. We got enough crapto worry about. If we're parents,

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if we're grandparents, uncles, aunts, whatever we do, we have a
lot of responsibility rather than to worryabout what else we have to worry about.
So we are trying to take yousomewhere that radio used to take you
away from the everyday crap. Freeform radio. Many of you have your

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own favorite DJs across the globe thattook you there, just Conda. What
do you think free form radio ismissing from the terrestrial as compared to podcasts
to where anybody can do a podcast. Now, do you think there is

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a certain art form that is missingthat terrestrial was to podcast form? You're
mentioning free forum radio and absolutely,because what I think is missing is individuality
and personalities. You know, theflexibility free form radio gave flexibility to the

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radio personality to express their individuality,connect with listeners on a more personal level.
And podcasting. Although ladies and gentlemen, you're hearing us on a podcast
platform, you know that our showis more like a radio show. That's
what we gear towards because we understandthe radio of the past. We understand

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how it not only attracts listeners,but there is an appeal, there is
an individuality of it all, andthis is something where it's not just two
guys talking. There's a point toour madness. And when we come in
and we play the different cuts ofmusic, you know we're not just playing

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whatever is is, you know,played on an eighties station, the most
famous songs from any artists, becausethose are played to death. There is
a reason why we play what weplay. Usually we choose songs that will
go with what we're feeling, thatwill go with what we're going to be

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talking about, that will enhance thetheme that we're talking about. You know,
we love to delve into album cuts, going into the deep tracks of
this is what used to appeal tolisteners with musical tastes. Today is different.
Today people want things now because that'swhat they were brainwashed to think that

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they need. And that's the onlyway I can say it chang is that
people are being brainwashed into believing thatyou don't want to listen to radio the
way it was. You just wantto listen to a playlist on streaming music.
You don't need a vinyl, youdon't need a cassette, you don't

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need CDs. Everything is on yourhandheld. Man. Everything is much easier.
You can have any song that youwant of the ten billion songs that
are out there at your disposal.Well, the problem with that is there
is no identification neither with the artist. There is no individuality there, there's

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nothing. It's all empty listening.Look today, you ask anybody with the
phone, do you have a playlist? Sure, they'll give you. It's
their version of what we used tohave as mixtapes. But when you and
I chain used to listen to radio, and we used to listen to artists
on cassatts, on CDs or onalbums, we would listen to the entire

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album. There were songs that wehated, songs that we liked, but
we listened to the whole thing.And this paid respect to the artists that
took their time, that suffered,that went through all the hoops to get
to the point where they're selling analbum when we're listening. So yeah,
I think that there was there isa big difference between free form radio as

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it was and radio today being deadcompared to what it was, and now
podcasting that. Yeah, we wehave our form of free form radio.
You know, the fall of terrestrialradio is pretty much the fall of freedom.

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You know, radio used to bea thing that we went to that
we were entertained all the time.You know, before TV, before cell
phones, devices, before computers,you know, people only had a radio
to rely on. So it wasthe personality. The voice on that box

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is what sold everything. And Ithink with the fall of terrestrial radio and
the greed of corporate radio where it'smonopolized over and over again and they're merely
making up a batch of mush inone cylinder and dishing it off in different

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forms, kills the whole essence ofwhat radio is and what it was about.
The sad thing is radio has lostthat bond, that closeness, that
kind of thing we can trust.There is no more voice from the box
that we can go to, thatwe can listen to, that we can

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kind of connect with somebody else somewhere. We don't even know where they're at,
or we even know them, butsomewhere they're listening to this cat and
that song and all together you unite. Yeah. I think sometimes if we
still had that essence in radio,maybe we wouldn't have so many psychotic jackasses
out there that our own are sooften titled, so so much headspace only

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to hate, get the poison injectedto their ears, what they're hearing on
their devices and what they want ratherthan what it used to be, like
a voice or reason. Somebody,take you out of the insanity. I
mean, who's to say DJ's back. Then we're a lot more than what
they are now. Yeah, we'retalking entertainers. Look, the autonomy to

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choose your own tracks based on individualtastes and preferences. Wow, what an
incredible opportunity us growing up in SoCal, so only really knowing so Cal and
we you know, I know thatwe're way beyond out there with our beautiful
listeners out there. We greatly appreciateyou. You catch are changtastic. What

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you do for us is chang hoorrific. You know, we just appreciate you.
So we hope that you listen becausewe're giving you the vibe that we're
talking about trying to give you.Free form radio take you away from the
crap. If there's anything serious that'sgoing to go down, you know you're
gonna hear what we got to sayabout it. We come out straight.
So we're trying to bring back theessence of free form radio. That is

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a dying breeze and something that JimLadd and many others created in radio.
I mean, it's something we've totallylost. We can go all the way
back to AM radio, right Tosconaldwolf Man, Jack I mean cats like
that. You know, personalities,people that are not afraid to pump up
the volume, put a face onthat say something to make people think.

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You know, shock radio is shockradio. But it got a bad name
at a certain time in the mideighties because they were trying to censor everything.
Remember, we saw a censorship inmusic sales, music production, albums,
the content, and they try todo it with radio itself. And

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we did see that in southern California. The day that I saw Disney by
k Los, the day I sawkmy T leave the side of the one
on one Freeway, the day Isaw K and AC go down in the
thunder, it was like, wow, happening at home, It's happening everywhere.

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I mean, they cut off thecircuit of unity. We're missing that
now, program us all you want. Oh man, I could download music
for free, but yet in theday, you could crank on your radio
station, listen to an album sidefrom a job, dave it to you
straight and made you feel the music, made you want to listen to the

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music as opposed today. That's allI gotta say. Got that right.
Free form radio in the eighties adynamic and influential force that provided platform for
creativity, diversity, and individual expressionwithin the radio industry. It remains changing
and it will always remain an incrediblyimportant part of radio history, influencing the

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development of alternative and independent music scenes. On that note, here is a
song for you from a group thatwas telling us what was the future of
radio, the Buggles. This isvideo killed the Radio Star back to the

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eighties radio. I heard you wantmore while it was back in fifteen two,
d ain't awaken and the tuning inon you. If I was young,
it didn't stop you coming through.They took the credit for your second
symphony. Were machine on your technology, And now I understand the problems you

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could see Je. What did youtell him Star Star the juice game and
broke your And then we meet himat the studio. We can't the way

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back, and it seems so long, and you're much You were the first
spot, you were the last IdeoMai Star Ideo Star. In my mind

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and in my car, we con'trywind. We've gone too far. Pettis

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start, Petty start in my mindand in my car we can't rewind.
We've got too bad. But yoursnames bros. Bon Petty Hills, Madi

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start, Pity of Hills, start, Patty Gills, that start, Patio
Gills start inspires you and really reallyis kind of like an epiphany. That

(01:02:30):
is the mark of a good songwriter. And I think that's one of those
songs because it goes deeper than yeah, it's great playing, great production,
great vocals, great melody, greatlyrics. It goes even beyond that because
it really does give you something tothink about. And that line that he
thinks it's about forgiveness, you know, the heart of the matter is about

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forgiveness is something that I've had toconsider in my life, you know,
and it's in a re one.Someone puts that particular situation that you've lived
through and I've lived through, We'veall had to do that, and puts
it in a way where you canthink about it, and it kind of
takes it out of bouncing around insideof your brain pan and puts it in

(01:03:15):
a bit more objective way to lookat it and go, oh, yeah,
that's yeah, that's the way tolook at it. Yeah, Henley's
right, it's about forgiveness. Welcomeback to Back to the Eighties Radio with
a couple of cool cats, Tuscattoand Chang as we reminisce about the late
great Jim Ladd and radio jocks ofwhat it used to be. We are
hanging with a couple of cool Ohwait a minute, hey, Tuscano.

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Hey, the hotlines rail there inthe corner. What's the doe under all
woves? What's the doe under thatdef Leppard banner that your son got you
out of the yard sale? Thewonder we didn't say? You're closer?
That's to the phone. Who isit? Hold on? You know what,
I'll get it. No, okay, hold on, I got it.

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Let me move this shit all right? Hey, well, welcome back
to the eighties radio chain right here. Who's calling? Dang it? Stupid
wrapping paper? This is like Groundhog'sDay, but with your laughs more often.
Oh no, is this you?You crazy little bastard. That's right,
I'm anough on the edge. Sowhat, Oh my god, ladies

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and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen,I gotta tell you right now. This
is a cat that me and Tuscanoran into when we were still in Christmas
trees one night after drinking Yukon jackafter a show over at ARV on a
Christmas, and this is Elfie,the angry, disgruntled elf Elfie. Now,

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how come you're not? How comeyou're not? How come you're not
at the salt pool making toys?What happened? Well, well, easy,
with the tone of voice that youtoo botous? Now wait a minute,
now, wait a minute. Iknow you had room and board,
hot chocolate. Wow, I'm workingat a mall, at a toy store.
Whoo to do? What didn't youlike about Satan Nick Sanna, gosh

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dang it? Oh the usual frostbite, the relentless cheering, the never ending
toy making. And I have toput up with that guy dressed in red
and white all that time. Sickand tired of it? Oh sure you
put up with mister ho ho hohorrible. What's not to love? People

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say, I tell you what's notto love? I'll give me a break
with the north Pole and all thenonsense, the endless lists, the impossible
deadlinings of toy making and cheering andall happiness all the time. I'm sick
and tired of it. I justwant you to get something through your thick
skulls. You know all those liststhat Santa has, Well, I got

(01:05:48):
a list of my own? Isit a naughty list? And I know
who's naughty and nice too? Itake you snapshots on my phone from Santa's
list, And you know what,whenever he leaves a nice present from now
on, I'm taking him back,taking him all back, always making me
work over time, always the samepay, nothing's new, the same old

(01:06:13):
smell of hot cocoa and gingerbread.I'm so sick and tired of it.
Oh my gosh, you know what. I quit? I quit. I
quit. If I have to hearanother song and see another ball of mistletoe,
I'm gonna shove it straight up Sanna'sunicorn, right where Rudolph's red nose

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doesn't shine. Oh hey, takeit easy, take it so? Uh
you know he is. I'm alittle pissed off. So tell me what
what is it that you want?I mean, what is it you want
from Sata? Oh that's easy,I'll tell you what I want. Less
work, more play and an annualcomedy night. Is that too much to

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ask? After all, I amthe number one comedian in the North Pole.
Oh Elfie, hey, alfie.Uh so what's it like working at
the mall? If I have toput up with another screaming, crying little
kid, and all those moms bringingtheir kids. They have no idea.

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The life we have is ouves noidea why because we don't matter to any
of them. All that they carefor is the big red fat So now,
Elfie, if you were Santa Claus, would you put them on your
naughty or nice list? Oh?I wouldn't put them on the knotty list.

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I would feed them straight to Crampus. You know, Crampus is right.
Crampus is the other side and stealsthem away on Christmas Eve. That's
right, cramps are now, Elfie. I know you've got a lot.
You're on break right now. Now, Alfie, what mall you're working at?

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Right now? You know, tellthe listeners, maybe you get some
business down there. I'm working atthe Lakewood Cinema. Oh, don't interrupt
me. You heating angry midget,dank long hair hippie. You were like
a midget on a fidget. I'mat the mall Monday through Friday, six
to eight pm, every single week. The best part about working there is

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after work I get to go tomy own toy making shop. It's called
mister Furley's Bar. That's right,drown my sorrows and some good iris cream.
Oh no, now, Alfie,you have anything to say to the
listeners before you leave Tscana? Youwant to hear a certain song, a
hard rock song. What do youwant to hear? All right, listen

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very well what I want you todo? I want you and that other
guy pick their noses all the time. Send me a bottle of double oaked
wood for reserve. That's right,none of the cheap stuff, all right
that I gotta go ho ho hobye bye yulfy. Wow. That's that's

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one disgruntled out man. You knowwhat. I never would have thought that
there would be so much anger insuch a tiny person. Well I know,
I mean, he's got enough angerto be a job. But I'm
afraid he would have abused the horsewith real you know, he's an angry
bout. You know, no matterhow nice something is, I guess there's

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people that will always get tired ofit. What what do you say?
We play some music for everybody.This next song right now is a song
for everybody out there to remember somethingfrom Triumph Fight The Good Fight. Right
here at back to the eighties radiowith the Tuskanawan Chang Christmas rendition with respect

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to the American disc jockey and thelate great Jim Lass. You are rocking
and rolling. Went back to theeighties Radio Lord, have Mercy's short and

(01:10:36):
feels like we read that time,Ynny, it seems much fun right you
can't read the treat discouraged rage Jillyou another name? What I says,

(01:11:14):
started to give that to me?She did not destin my part. She
never leave that bid that a weekthat deep up yours, j up your

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name. You know what you've gotto do the good ground never a gay

(01:12:03):
good it's up way. Why I'mlike you've been wait your Chaji Chack the

(01:12:38):
master destiny. So can I takethe stach Something excites you? That is

(01:14:15):
easy? Nothing good? Its breathecan tell you where to stop takin side
your that's an asy thing. Thankyou sleep. Hey, some of you

(01:15:49):
remember the eighties five right well itlives loud and proud. On back to
the eighties with my pals to Scattoand Jay s s. Speaking with the

(01:16:45):
family boys of Samion, Joses laysout song so res contused, but your
model way magic cats on spading damsof the Plan. Tim taking your sun

(01:17:17):
times crackled like why God, somebodyhas at all time his way, think

(01:17:46):
marry the fight some walls as theshape of making my way, not a
challenge question like your honestly what playmusic? Pacis and then is compromising a

(01:18:18):
shallopy? Not the death of music, struggle by the jams and time was

(01:18:49):
playing Based on most sims, thepuffets were written st Goose with sounds sails

(01:20:15):
there there leasing should be so powerfulyou could stand on your head and on

(01:21:00):
the ceiling. That position would notonly be unavailable but also undignified. And
now back to the eighties with Tuscanoand Chang always press fight the good fight
meaning don't ever give up. Ohand also Canada's greatest band besides Trying,
but even greater with the spirit ofthe radio, which coincides with what we

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are talking about, the essence ofthe rock and roll or terrestrial radio disc
jockey and what they meant and whythey were their own. Tuscano, as
we talk about DJs, I meanwe can go across the board, you
know, guys like in SoCal MachineGun, Kelly Rick des Moucho, Morales,

(01:21:50):
Immunity, I mean I mean big. We had a big boy Mark
and Brian Uh. You know BobCoburn growing up, you know in the
eighties, you know l A Rickd Mucho Morale, Benny Martin, You,
Benny Martinez, Sanity Kiss f Mwith her own batch of personalities,

(01:22:15):
k Los the Fall of k eT can a C which I would always
uh think of. There would havebeen no one O five point five kny
Ce in Long Beach, California.Uh if there wasn't a Jim Ladd of
kmy T and the Mighty Metal Hourthat he incorporated with k e T,

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which became a two to four hourshow which became the Mighty Metal Shop where
a lot of LA bands got heard, recognized. He brought a face and
kind of an education, a classuh, kind of a lesson on heavy

(01:22:56):
metal, kind of incorporated to freeform radio, you know, gave it
a home of valiance in heavy metal. He did that with all forms of
rock and roll. I mean,look at the radio stations all across.
You have your you have your hiphop radio stations, you have your dance

(01:23:18):
radio stations, rock radio stations,country radio stations, you have your classic
classical music radio stations. You're easylistening. But if you break it down.
All these radio stations that came aboutback in the day of the eighties
were known for radio perality. Thisis it at the beginning of your party

(01:23:45):
music marathon with money in the MusicFriday, my attitude is showing Jojo cooking
here on C. One six.Write the song down, word up this.
I'll get you one hundred and sixdollars if you helped to win under
June. I have to do.That's it's my job. It's the all

(01:24:10):
new Hut ninety seven and five fortyseven. That's a thirteen minutes in front
of six. Is it hot?Why not? I'm pumping sixty minutes non
stop. And if you want todrop a corner into the slot, call
that hit, Bree, fly outof bye. Tell me what your dig
is hot one A one hundred andtwo and two three ninety seven ninety seven.
Meanwhile, I'll be revving with shuttinggimp. It's like a shot a
new car. Jesscott grease, Jesscottsprayed, Jesscott bought, just got out

(01:24:36):
car. When so, what's thebest music in cereo seven o'clock? Chuck?
And that is brother, That isJojo Kincaid Broadway Bill leave from New
York. Absolutely amazing, Chuck Geiger, We're talking. These are people that

(01:24:59):
lit it up and it was allimprov nothing written down, just stuff that
came from their heads. And theseguys were radio's essence. This is radio
from the nineteen eighties. Here's thequick sample this chuck boom boom cannon.
Check ch al ch you have bettermix the music radio station with a QJM

(01:25:20):
twins fam one O six point fiveAM six hundred the cannon shooting for maximum
intensity boogie to burn holes in yourconsciousness? Are you ready for thirty minutes
non stop? Hi, dig yeah, ton load, go make it smoke
and get it going with funky calledMedina Oh cool and had a ball and
just like that Chang, Just likechuck boom boom cannon. There were great

(01:25:41):
radio duos as well, and let'snot forget let's not forget one of the
greatest, if not the most listenedto voice in the entire globe. At
some point it was the man,the myth and the legend himself that took
after casey case of that was ShadowStevens Hollywood. This is American Top forty.

(01:26:05):
I'm Shadow Stevens here for that weeklytrip to the top of pop Paradise.
We'll count down the biggest hits onthe Billboard Charts, the official weekly
survey of radio airplay and record salesacross the USA. Our final destination the
big number one. Number four debutsin this week's countdown, and we lead
off with one of them. It'sthe first time in the chart for a

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singer known to a lot of happeninghipsters and the royals of jazz. He's
jazz vocalist. But Bobby McFerrin,you know, we talked about duos,
dynamic duos, people that we lookedup to as far as the radio career.
I want to let you listen toa little clip here of one of
our duo heroes. This is Markand Brian talking to the great Rolling Stones

(01:26:55):
guitarist Keith Richard. MTV recently announcedthe next rocker getting an extreme makeup will
be none other than Rolling Stones guitaristKeith Richards on the phone to discuss.
This is Keith himself. Keith,how's it go, good man? I'm
getting an extreme makeover? Can youdo it? That's what we heard.

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I can't. I can't get nosatisfaction, but I can get some botocks
and a facelift so I don't looklike I'm dead. I mean, I
mean, Vince Neil is one fat, drunk s ob but he looks pretty

(01:27:38):
damn good compared to me, rightright, So I thought, if he's
getting an extreme makeo, I definitelyneed one of those bad boys. My
face is so wrinkly, even mycrows feet have crows feet and my berries
hang. So though I've got I'llchuck him into my sock. Me personally,

(01:28:03):
I Mark and Brian came onto thescene in nineteen eighty seven when KOOS
was going through a big change.LA radio was going These cats came from
the I think the Midwest took itby control Alabama. Yeah, you're correct,

(01:28:24):
Mark and Brian. I remember listeningto Mark and Brian as I was
going to expect my first child.Mark and Brian was the guys that I
would listen to at six o'clock inthe morning as I was going to Alabama
actually Painters Union, because I didhave a child. Those cats got me
through parenthood, becoming a man,going to work early, through just bad

(01:28:53):
days, good days, you know, days of rain. If I stayed
home listen to Mark and Brian.A dynamic duel of radio are something kind
of like your sound system, whereyou hear your right speaker and your left
speaker, but together they're a boombox. A dual personality on the radio to

(01:29:15):
me, has always been like adouble back offense on a football team.
You have a fullback and you havea running back. You don't know which
cat's going to get the ball,get a pass on them, and blast
through the fools in front of him. Radio jocks that are duals, I
think have that capability, you knowwhere they can It's like a tennis ping

(01:29:38):
pong match of what we're trying togive the listener. You know, it's
always good to be the Ying andthe Yang, the Tuscano and the Chang,
the Mark and Brian, you know, the Mark and Kim. I
mean, you know what I'm saying. You have Kevin and Bean from Southern
California radio. I mean, there'sso many duels throughout I think American broadcasting.

(01:30:02):
I mean every coast that just broughtsomething different to the party. That
would be awesome to hear it allthe time, you know. I well,
if you guys hear a couple morelittle clips because they're just nothing describes
it. Eighties radio better than betterthan listening to it yourself. This is
w VBF from Boston, Lauren Wally. You know, the adventure shows are

(01:30:25):
really big this year, and especiallywhen you come up with a local adventure
show, that's gonna be the keyright here. That's why this is gonna
be so big. Can we goahead and preview it? Yeah, this
is gonna be huge, and theNo Taste Network presents Dared Devils from Dover
with your host Charles von Ronson is. Hello, fellow Ted Devils. I'm

(01:30:51):
Charles von Bronson, and welcome toTed Devils from Dover. Tonight, join
us if your dare when we willn'tin fact poop in a public restroom.
Then we'll go to lunch where wewill drink red wine with fish, and
then perhaps the most daring stunt ofall, we will accompany d Brown to

(01:31:14):
the Wellesley Post Office. Join usagain next time on Dared Devils from Dover
when you'll hear your host, Charlesvon Brunson say, join us if you
dare when we will eat at arestaurant that uses napkin dispensers. I'm Charles

(01:31:38):
von Bronson. I think it's gonnabe youle with the loss of DJs and
the loss of terrestrial radio, beingable to express itself, to be free
and adhere to everybody on the commonground without prejudice, without political staff,

(01:32:00):
that is, without judgment, hasbeen gone so long society is of the
matter. Now look at the waysociety is with a loss of radio and
DJ's. Look what's happened with TV, same stuff we get, the programming
commercials. There's no other kind offlow of creativity or positivity the way radio

(01:32:23):
used to be with disc jockeys.For everybody listening, you're tuned into a
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(01:33:09):
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(01:33:32):
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(01:33:54):
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(01:34:20):
listen to Back to the Eighties,giving to nostalgia. With each passing moment,
you make yourself bore of an eightiesfan. It is unavoidable. It

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is your destiny. You don't knowthe power of back to the eighties.
You like your childhood are now badman, Now back to good, wholesome,

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politically correct entertainment Oops, wrong station. Now back to the eighties with
Tescato and Chang. Ten crappiest Christmasgifts are you folks ready? Number one
something used? Oh that's a drag. That is a drag. Number two

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a membership to a fitness club.Ooh. Number three, gifts that you
think fit their age. Wow,now that death stop. Number four a
secret Santa gift. Oh yes,I love that one. Number five one

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crappy gift I never ever enjoyed,and I'm sure you don't because I'm sure
you have a story receiving socks orunderwear. Number six crappiest gift is a
good thing and a bad thing,and the reason being if you get this
gift and you're about to get sexuallylucky, it could be a great personal

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care hygiene products, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, flass you never know secret
sound I hit you boom, you'rewith Barbara the secretary secretary some hot thirty
five year old divorced no kids.Number seven. A crappy gift is things

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you know exactly you would hate,but you don't give a fuck about giving
to someone else. Oh I lovethat one. Oh my god. Number
eight d I Y items for nonDIY people shove it up their as s.

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Number nine nine an imitation of somethingelse. And number ten my last
oncrappiest Christmas gifts anything that it hearsto house chores. You have to be
an anal husband, a bigot,a male chauveness, pig, or a

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closed minded buffoon to give that gift. And that is the Chang's number ten
top ten crappiest Christmas gifts Tuscano.Do you have your own a crappy gift
list of your own? Possibly?Here's my top ten Christmas list of all

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time. Number ten one pair ofsocks wrapped in newspaper, given to me
in the nineteen eighties, and itwas a pair of socks that was taken
out from a pack of six pairsof socks. Number nine a T shirt
that belonged to another child. Numbereight a car set where the batteries that

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were included had already lost all theacid and had burned all the electronic mechanism
inside. Number seven a Christmas cardto a child. Number six crystal What
the heck is a child gonna dowith a crystal plate? Number five the

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TV guide for that month. Numberfour, a set of wooden utensils to
go camping. Number three, atong for tossing salads number two, a
rail track set with no train,And the number one worst Christmas gift of

(01:38:58):
all of the nineteen eighties for mewas a coupon a coupon foreseased candies with
an expiration date of three years prior. That, ladies and gentlemen, is
my list of top ten worst Christmasgifts. And that note. Let's run

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into run DMC as they take usto this Christmas in the hollits. Save

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at the dog wait au see theman Chilean win is talking to Paul.
I throw the very story with myheart full of fil got his dog.
Oh my god, all right there, my man. I was telling on
a man at a beer had aman full of b a twelve o'clock at
nick. So I turned my heada second and the man was going funny,
look the numbers, matter of fact, down on the laws. I
picked the wallet up, banana,took up parts without the lights and thea

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conse at Santa Claus a million dollarsthen and called money to jee. Unough
the Bible met the call with kings. But I never see with Tanna,
that ain't right Fellar going on nomatter back to him last night boo when
I got Hulla Bucks cook under thetree, fuller Lenda from Santa and the
doubles from me. It's Christmas timeand Hollis queens mom's cooking chicken in college

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grease, racist stuff in macaroni andcheese, and saying to put gifts under
Christmas trees, decorate downs with flightsat night, snow's on the brown snow
white break and the fireplace is theule long beneath the mistletoe and bedrace and
knocked the rhymes that you hear allthe rocks off jackals, but to never

(01:41:09):
yet we puts Christmas Carol, MissCarols, Carols rhymes so loud and proud
you here next Christmas time, andwe got this spirit jack bus chicks the

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walk it out and that's what Christmasis all about. The time is now,
the place is here, and thewhole wide world has felled with chairs.
My name is him, see withthe mic in my hand, and
I'm chilling, ain't cooling just likethe snow man. So open your eyes.
Let us we want to say MerryChristmas and happy do you ever wish

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you could go back to the eightieswith the crazy clothes and those wacky hairdooes.
Well, let Tescano and Chang transportyou back in time, back to
the eighties. Last Christmas, Igive you. Very next day you give

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you away to stop me bodies,I willing to sell on spec That's Christmas.
I gave you my heart, butthe very last day you gave it
away to sell mebodies. I'll giveit to some one special slash once spin

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and twice shy. I keep mydistance, but just now catch my tell
the baby then do you recognize me? Well this spinny, it doesn't surprise
me. Christmas co active percent withthe note to say I love you momented

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Now I know one fool love lookingguess now annoy you fo me up.
That's Christmas. I gave you myheart, but the very next day we
give it away it to sevenbodies.I'll give it to someone special sash.

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That Christmas, I gave you myheart, but the very next day you
gave it away LEAs saves. I'llgive it to someone specialish. Oh oh,

(01:45:12):
the crowd the room, friends weretired as some had from you,
and you're soul that my God,I thought you walk somewhere to lie on
for me. I guess so asa shoulder to cry home place son love,
the fiars home, a man ona cover, so now a falgarie

(01:45:44):
of you'll never fool me again.Last Christmas, I gave you my heart,
but the very next day you gaveyou seven give it to some special
species. Christmas the game Stage Specialthe Forest Game next to give it to

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some spect Back in the eighties,Radio Christmas and the Hollis by run DMC
and Last Christmas by the One andOnly Wham and George Michael and we are
talking about Christmas. We're talking aboutradio in the eighties, radio personalities,

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and we just read our top tenworst list. But during the break,
Chang made me aware of some giftsthat he had that were really, really
sucky. Chang, and I haveto ask you please share that with everybody.
Oh che man, I'm gonna tellyou, I'll give you the top
five shittiest gifts I ever got forChristmas. I'm not gonna give you in

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any specific order. I remember onetime my aunt gave me a pack of
twelve underwear, small chili chokers,tidy whities, and I believe I was
probably Chilly Choke eighteen or nineteen.Another time I got a twenty four pack

(01:47:54):
of Trojan condoms. Another time oneyear, I've got uh five bottles of
Old Spice cologne. And now thatthat was my favorite? No, that's
a that that's a drag. Anothertime I got a ticket, a one
ticket to go check out the GratefulDead, and that was your favorite?

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I hate the Grateful Dead? Andwhy would I even go bay myself?
Now? Now trip out on this. Another time I got a gift certificate
for McDonald's and it only gave meten bucks worth. Those were the top
five crappiest gifts I think I've everreceived. Oh wait a minute, I

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just remember this one goes back whenI was a kid. Anybody that is
my age? Remember the Hasbro gI Joe action figure, Yes, of
course, lifelike hair scar on hisface beard, Yes, you know,
kung fu grip. I got ageneric Joe. No you did. They
were like bigger, bigger, They'rebigger, bigger in size, weren't they?

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Oh they were bigger in size.Uh they they were a little bit
more cheaper made, you know whatI mean? So like they were.
They were like their hands really onlystayed in one formation like out, kind

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of like Ken, but a littlebit more where the fingers would hold a
gun, but like if the dudewent in a battle, the gun's gonna
fall out, not like G IJoe where you yes, anyway, this
cat's name was g I John Nice. It was like the gay version of
G I Joe and no offense,but it was like it was like Ken

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going to war. You know,you mentioned the five pack of of No
No, a five pack of oldSpies. That reminded me. So once
in a while I would get agift, and you know, they would

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give me cologne. Let me nameyou some of the colonnes I've gotten for
Christmas that were not even were Thesewere so bad you wouldn't even pour them
in the toilet at a public bathroombecause they would stack up the place.
Are you ready for this? Eightiesthese are way older than eighties, But

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there were colognes found at like Thrifties. Okay, here we go, eighties
colognes that you can find at Thrifti'sdrug store English leather. Oh, I
mean I had some of the baronthe baron Pierre Carden and Brute thirty three

(01:50:58):
and one more. This one isgoing to bring back memory for a lot
of you guys. Two more AquaVelva and my dad's favorite of all time,
Aramis. Aramis wasn't too bad.Now, did you think it was
degrading because you were Italian that youweren't going to wear it? No?

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I think the most no, butthe most degrading cologne I've ever received was
was the It was actually an aftershave and it was men and men in
after shaving. It was green liquid. That thing would burn your faith.
Even as a child, without shaving, you would feel that you just fresh

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though. Yeah, you know.But then again when we got in the
eighties, you know, cologne changed. Well, we had we had decent
cologne in the eighties, Like ifyou went to a may Company or a
Robinson's, you had the good cologne. But if you you know, if
you didn't have that much money tospend, you know that you'd get stuck
with some of the most horrific senseof all time. You know. Chang

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and and that were some of thecolognes that that we used to get back
in the eight Oh. Shoot,we're getting another phone call here. This
is a. This is from ouroh, this is from our white phone.
This phone we only get when wehave celebrities that have passed on.
But this is also connected to thesame line from the North Pole. That's

(01:52:30):
kind of weird. Let's see,all right, who do we have on
the line here? Back to theeighties radio? Hey hey, everybody,
Merry Christmas? Everybody, it's thisyou know everybody is same? Wait?
Did you say Sandvis Sands Man?Pay attention, man, I don't know

(01:52:56):
why you're not paying attention. Man, I like you will put me on
speaker phone. Merry Christmas. SoI take it that you are so Sandvist.
I take it your Elvis and Santa? Where where's that? Where's your
Chinese? Boy? Won't even giveme a Chang chang? Can you can

(01:53:20):
you get Sandvis? Is it right? Sand Hey? Is this the hey
bro? Is this the one andonly Sandvist? Hey? Man? What's
going on? Man? The onlything longer than your hair has been my
career, Chris, that's what yousaid. Now, what are you doing

(01:53:45):
that special? Everybody? Red Sandasuit made of leather, just like my
comeback suit. Shut your mouth man, when I'm talking. It's one of
my l's and coming near and slappedthe ship out of you. Hey where's
that? Hey? You long hairedboy? Hey well, I just asked
you a simple question. Hey,hey, buddy, you just pay attention

(01:54:09):
to somebody wise. This is adisgruntled Santa Christmas song and beat the hell
out of these comedies. O thisold? Were you marry Christmas to you
and your wow? Anyway? Now, wait a minute, we're getting off
track. We're off track and onesunda gets off track. You know what
it's like. It's that what's thename of that kid? Move here with

(01:54:32):
the train for Christmas and runs offa track or she got a face or
something. I don't know, man, Oh, I don't know, man,
anyway, yeah, man, shoot, shoot, well, can I
ask you a question at least?All right? So are you what is
the most requested gift for this Christmas? Requested gear? I asked sound of

(01:55:00):
this from the ladies? Now someof the men, it's an entire evening
under the sheets with Sandvis prove thejoy God. Oh, come on,
I don't think that that's what they'rerequesting. You know what I'm talking about?

(01:55:21):
And I'm talking to Saint Peter.Okay, all right, name my
Penis sat Dick sand Okay, soall right, tell me something Sandvis.
What is your What is your favoriteit's your favorite memory memory? It's your

(01:55:44):
favorite memory of Christmas? Man,I won't tell you is the gig I
did back in Lost the No BadMan? You have you ever been there?
Huh? Oh you're I think you'reItalian? I have, I have.
It's my kind of town. George, you on Christmas to put a
tree in your heruse oh mother?Anyway, man, I was it snowed

(01:56:10):
in Christmas? At least it wassnowing in my hotel room. We had
a gig, you know, downat the Big House, and we had
Son of We ordered some of Santa'sreindeer, but they were Vixen's dress like
reindeer. There was Nancy and PrancyDancy and let me Smashy. There was

(01:56:33):
Ronnie and Hilda, Candy and Cane. There was Rudy and Ruby and swallow
your rain anyway, man, Therewe were dancing in cool. There was
so much cocaine. Man, Ithought it was I thought it was snowman.
I came out of my bathroom inmy king suit and I snow crawls

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Sopatico in the g all right,ladies and gentlemen, or Merry Christmas,
everybody remember Santo's the real and ifyou're divorced saying, get hold my book

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Agent America Mary. Back to theeighties radio. We're gonna be right back.
Don't nobody has the movie I want? Hey, if it's on video,
Blockbuster probably has it. I meanwe have over ten thousand videos.
Wow, I'll watch the past hapthem back tomorrow, I promise. Relax

(01:57:44):
and Blockbuster you can keep your videosfor three evenings, so take home plenty
and use our twenty four hour quickdrop. Do you have any children's videos?
Sure, Blockbuster's America's Family Video Store. You know we have more kids
videos than anyplace else. More movies, more nights, more fun. Welcome
back to Back to the eighties Christmasrendition with Tuscano and Chang. We've been

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talking about all kinds. We've beeninterrupted with some interesting Christmas phone calls.
Oh remember it's a Christmas theme.But we are remembering the late great rock
and roll jock of Southern California.King the tribal Chief Jim Ladd passed away
a few days ago, and weare talking about the essence of the jock

(01:58:35):
platform and the jock presence of terrestrialradio, and hopefully you catch and kiddies
that join us appreciate what we're tryingto do. We're trying to bring back
what it used to be. There'sother cats you can listen to that are
probably bringing some flavors. So pleasegive as much energy and like to whoever

(01:58:57):
you listen to and keep that floating. Hopefully cats like us and the big
wigs will get a glimpse and maybeget an enema and bring back free form
radio. So we appreciate your ears. Now, Tuscano, I've gotta tell
you this Christmas, It's going tobe Christmas. Okay, put our hearts

(01:59:19):
in the right place. Okay,Now, Tiscano, going to ask you
a very serious question. Do youprefer a Douglas fur or a noble Christmas
tree? Oh? Well, Ibelieve that I prefer a Douglas fur and

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I do prefer a real live treeover one that is you know that you've
got to put together every single year. That's just personal preference. I understand
the convenience of having a fake tree, and your bottom line is you're saving
money. But to have that thatnatural tree and some people complain that,

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oh, they kill the tree by, you know, by selling it,
and I understand that fact. Sobut I love the smell. I love
the smell of a beautiful pine pinetree Christmas tree in the house. But
you know, it goes both ways, because you can get a real nice
fake tree to look real. Butyou know, I prefer a Douglas fur

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You know what, my brother,I agree with what you said, and
I am a man that prefers thenoble tree. I like the clearance between
branches. I like the chear dropeffect of the noble of the structure,
of the of the leafing. Ilike to have a lot of my ornaments
on display in the middle of thesegaps of the tree. I to to

(02:00:57):
bring back what you said about areal tree over a fake tree. I've
had to do both. At onetime, my girls were already bigger.
There was only Vanessa and Jennifer atthe house with me and the wife.
And instead of us getting a bigtree, my daughters wanted to be who
they are and they went and gotus a fake Christmas tree. Now it

(02:01:19):
was black, so we decor really. Yeah, Now we decorated it with
like the theme of the night beforeChristmas, some Halloween Christmas type slash decos.
So it came cool, But that'slike a horror Christmas tree. That's
right, bro, you know whatI'm saying That sometimes you got you know,

(02:01:41):
it was cool for them, butto me, when you bring a
fresh tree is bringing in that trueessence of what Christmas is. You know,
Christmas, you get your decorations out, but really things don't happen until
you got that fresh tree. Whetheryou have a big family and you go
out with your kids to get thattree and buy it somewhere, whether you're

(02:02:02):
fortunate to live like where I'm atand take your own tree like yours.
Truly, I went out and cutmy own Charlie Brown out tree, seeing
that it's only me the wife,my two pits, you know, and
looking for sasquatch. But bringing homethat tree is like going out and bringing

(02:02:23):
Christmas finally home that because you getto do that now, right, You
get to cut your own tree.Yeah, bro, it's cool. Yeah,
And where I'm at, you know, you can go up there and
do it because they don't really mind, because it gets away the possibility of
something that's going to ignite and possiblyevacuate me and my family again for an

(02:02:45):
entire month, like it did thatvery last time we had fires up here,
so away from that. But whenyou go out and get a tree,
I mean, it just brings homeChristmas set scent, that feeling of
a fresh tree, that excitement,you know what I mean, The freshness
it gives to your house. Itmakes your house smell like Christmas. What

(02:03:10):
other time does a room or ahouse smell like a freshly cut tree?
What is a freshly cut tree butan essence of life? Yeah? I
love that, you know what.I love that. What does a plant
do a tree? It absorbs negativeoxygen and puts out positive oxygen. So

(02:03:31):
to me, getting a Christmas tree, that's what it does. Whatever bad
vibe was up before that holiday,the birth of the Creator, the day
of appreciation, the day that weappreciate being a family, being alive,
being what we have, no matterif we have money or not. Appreciation,

(02:03:54):
the appreciation of a tree coming inand absorbing all the toxins and bringing
out nothing but love, hope,and prosperity within your own household unit.
To me, that's what a Christmastree is all about. Maybe maybe I
think a little bit too deep.Maybe you know what it seems when you

(02:04:18):
have a live Christmas tree. Maybeit's psychological, maybe it's not, but
it does seem to absorb all thenegative crap you know that we deal with
on a daily basis, that evencan be inside of our homes. It
sucks them up. Maybe that's whythey turn so brown so quickly. Who

(02:04:42):
knows, you know what. Theone thing about Christmas that, to me,
it's kind of a holiday. Itdoesn't matter where you come from or
what you got. When Christmas comesaround, everything around you is different.

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But it all depends on what yourcommunity, your community does about it.
You know, I come from acommunity growing up to where the streets were
decorated for Christmas. You know,your highways, your thorough ways, your

(02:05:28):
boulevards. They had stuff on poles, you know, trees were decorated.
I come from a neighbor you know, I come from a neighborhood where every
house was decorated, lighted up Christmas. The front trees were wrapped in foil
or red ribbon, you know,red ribbon around them. Everything was giving

(02:05:50):
you the essence of hope, youknow, care, unity, love,
appreciation put you in a different mindsort you know back in to the eighties.

(02:06:11):
It carried that on up into certaindegrees in certain neighborhoods into the nineties.
So you know, Christmas in theeighties it was totally different than now.
Back then, I remember in theeighties you can go see many neighborhoods
decorated. There was way more neighborhoodsdecorated to the tee than we see nowadays.

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Yeah, it seems like now thatit's all lost a very few homes.
And as a matter of fact,there used to be some neighborhoods where
Santa I used to come visit.Do you remember on the streets in these
like giant parade type float in areindeer slate. It was. It was
phenomenal. When when I became adad in eighty seven, I was in

(02:07:00):
Santa Fe Springs. My kid waslike tiny a year up to maybe three
years old til I moved to Downeyand Santa Fe Springs. I think you
remember on Christmas they had the streetclosure to where Santa drove down the streets
with Missus claws on a decorated bedof a truck and they would cruise down

(02:07:21):
the streets and Santa Fe springs,you know, and toss out candies and
take pictures with kids. You know, stuff like that is long gone.
When I moved to Downey from eightynine into the ninety nine, took it

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over another decade, but the trueessence of what Christmas was was still going
on. Where I was taking mygirls when they were three, four and
five to see Santa Claus in frontof a neighborhood house, to where the
whole neighborhood was lit up. Knowwhere people were, you know, singing

(02:08:03):
Christmas carols. Every house within thatcult de sac was based on Christmas,
almost like a Disneyland of neighborhoods.People dressed up, there was characters on
their large figures. I mean,the essence of Christmas nowadays is so so

(02:08:24):
almost lost and materialistic because you know, even before COVID and after COVID you
could go ahead and order gifts somewhereelse. You're not going out and shopping,
You're not meeting with people. You'renot getting that true feeling like you
used to be. You know,nowadays you can give somebody a gift card

(02:08:46):
rather than go and remember who theyare and get them something you really think
is going to fit their personality somethingthat we've lost, you know, in
tradition from the eighties till now onChristmas. So yeah, we've lost that
being personable and that just closeness ofactually choosing something from the heart and having

(02:09:13):
them like whatever they got exactly.And my point is how it gets into
what we're discussing tonight with the lossof terrestrial radio connection, the loss of
a personality that's a DJ that willconnect with you at these certain times is
kind of a little bit to faulton why we're at where we're at,

(02:09:37):
because nowadays people can bluetooth in yourvehicle. There is no terrestrial radio even
if you couldn't. That is choicethat is not fabricated, that is not
plastic, that is not pretentious,that is not already grafted and written in
ink. And you know, thisis what you do, that essence of

(02:10:03):
you get into your car, you'regoing Christmas shopping, You're going to get
a tree, and you got Christmasmusic blasting on whatever genre of music you
like. There's that version of Christmasmusic, you know what I mean.
The jocks have music beds that areChristmas. There's a lot of Christmas stuff
going on to where now it's likeyou bluetooth. A lot of people don't

(02:10:28):
want to hear commercials, you knowwhat I mean, so they'll pay a
little bit more so they don't getcommercials, so you lose that feeling,
you know what I'm saying. AndI think like the death of radio and
jocks and personality of radio has contributedto that kind of decay of the way
society may look at the holidays nowadays. I don't know. I'm just going

(02:10:52):
on them, ladies and gentlemen.I'm shadow of Stevens and you must listen
to Back to the eighties radio.It's the law, It's Christmas. Thank
you please come for yeah, thesnow fling watching the fall. Lots of

(02:11:28):
people and snow shot felling bill Sothe happy house billys there seeing your vat

(02:11:48):
go let it start a Christmas atall. I would have been moving you
away, you know so she Ilove to SA should be me and be

(02:12:13):
sle'll see that. Let me starta Christmas at all and go you away.

(02:12:39):
You don't want to go, yousays I. But it's Christmas thing
every week. Welcome back to Backto the eighties Radio. The Christmas renditioned

(02:13:22):
with the gift always giving under thetree, Tuscano and Chang that was you
two Christmas? Oh, please comehome baby now Tuscano. Does that not
say Christmas all the way? Allthe way? My friend? Oh,

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I believe seeing that this is aChristmas show, we have one more or
two more top ten Christmas lists.Yes, we do. As a matter
of fact, I wanted to sharewith everybody one of my favorite lists because
it is a list that normally wedon't think of. See, when you

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think of Christmas and lists, yousay, oh, what are the top
five, top ten, top twenty, whatever it is? You know,
best gifts, worst gifts, etcetera. However, I have a list
of the top five the top fivehorror Christmas movies the nineteen eighties. Do

(02:14:30):
you want to hear that? Ofcourse, you know. This is a
segment that is beyond words. Ithink this is possibly the scariest part of
the Christmas show. All right,So here is my list of the top
five Christmas horror movies of all times. Now, some of these may be

(02:14:54):
better productions than others. Most ofthese, you got to keep in mind,
most these were really really cheesy backthen, so just take it as
it is. But here we go, starting with number five from nineteen eighty
nine, a movie called Elves eLvees, a movie called Elves. Number

(02:15:16):
four Lucky Stiff I've Been from nineteeneighty eight, Lucky Stiff. Number three
Don't Open Till Christmas from nineteen eightyfour. Number two is Silent Night,
Deadly Night from nineteen eighty four.Now, my number one most favorite Christmas

(02:15:41):
horror movie is really more of ayoung teenager's kind of horror movie because it
is the nineteen eighty four motion picturecalled Gremlins, and that's my top five
horror movie Christmas movies of the night. Now, Tuscano, let me ask
you, do you think die Hardwas a Christmas movie? Well, I

(02:16:09):
can tell you for a fact thatit is. It is a Christmas movie.
Now, it may be an actionChristmas movie, and it may revolve
around Christmas, and it may haveChristmas theme and Christmas decorations and a lot
of Christmas music, but it's itis, yes, in fact, a

(02:16:33):
Christmas movie, but it is anaction Christmas movie. It is not a
Christmas because the background scenery and themusic Christmas and the theme of the movie
revolves. I have to say thatis in one of the I would put
it in a terrifying category of aChristmas movie, violence, murder, shootings,

(02:16:58):
that terrifying. No, wait aminute, no, wait a minute,
there you go, because it's morewait a minute, because it's more
closer to reality with a superhero.It's not as no, it's not classic.
It's classified as an action movie.It's not classified as a horror movie.
It would be yeah, you're noto a small Yeah okay, yeah,

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no, no, no, no, no, no no. I
would have said top five action Christmasmovies. A matter of fact, a
top five action movie list in frontof you, and you know what,
as a Christmas bonus and a giftto the listeners, I will give you
my present of what I think ofthat top five. Okay, okay,

(02:17:50):
are you are you ready for mytop five action Christmas movies. Yes,
of the nineteen eighties. Oh andyou know what, if you disagree with
me, it don't really matter.It is better. Oh I know,
all right, it's like the DonaldTrumble. That is well, I'm just

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saying. You know what, I'mjust saying. You know you cannot confuse
action with horror. That's different,all right, But anyway, here you
go, coming in at number five, number five. Now it's a fantasy
adventure action acuisity. Okay, youmay disagree. What's that. Yeah,

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it's kind of like My Second life. Yes, it's a fantasy adventure and
it may be it may not beas action packed as some other films on
the list, but it combines fantasyand adventure with a Christmas theme, making
it a unique addition to this lineup. Okay, and the movie is from
nineteen eighty five. It's called SantaClause number four, number four, another

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story revolving around Christmas, all right, during the holiday season. It's with
Eddie Murphy nineteen eighty three, TradingPlaces. Number three, I will put
in there. I will put inthere Gremlins again from nineteen eighty four,
because it also falls into a actionmovie, not only horror movie. Now.

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Number two is nineteen eighty seven LethalWeapon with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
Now, while once again it's nota Christmas movie, feel good,
but it's centered around Christmas, takesplace during the holiday season, and it's
the recurring theme throughout the story andthe number one action Christmas movie of all

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time. Bruce Willis NYPD Officer JohnMcClain taking place during Christmas the na Kotomy
Plaza, were terrorists take hostages andMcClain must save the day Boom nineteen eighty
eight. Die Hard, all Right, I knew it. I knew it.
I knew it. Yeah, Itold you. You know what,

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Okay, I'll have to agree.I'm not gonna say Ernest saves Christmas because
I mean I would got to saythat. You know, to me,
that's my top five stupid Christmas movies. H you like that movie. You
like that movie. You like Scroogetoo, Scrooged with Bill Murray. That's

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one movie I didn't like with BillMurray. There there's two of them.
Well, you know, I wasn'tgonna say. I wasn't gonna say First
Blood Rambo was a Christmas movie eventhough it was around when in time,
No, because it didn't revolve aroundChristmas. But Diehard, you know,

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I don't care if Bruce Willis himselfsaid that he didn't conceive you know what,
you could say it was a Christmasin the category as in ship happens
on Christmas movies. You know what, I got to hand it to you,
the s h you know what,the s H T F category.

(02:21:31):
That's right, the s h TF category. Well we can agree on
something. Now, now let meask you this, what is the best
action Christmas movie of all time?Even if it's not the eighties? Hmmm.

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So there is a movie week calledViolent Thin Night. Violent Night.
It's where Santa Claus is going throughchimneys. I've got two, okay,
one with Mel Gibson called Fat Man, but Violent Night. It's Santa going
to different homes and on one ofthese homes it's just happened to be it's

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getting robbed, so Santa gets involvedand starts killing all the bad guys and
that's a break. It's a oh, yes, this is yes, I've
seen this movie. Yes, it'suh, it's brutal. I think,

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uh, it's got to be oneof the most super hero ish, brutal
replications I've ever seen of Santa Claus. In a way, it's very Saint
Nick but old testament. Yes.And as a matter of fact, there's
one with it's called fat Man.It's with Mel Gibson where Santa is uh,

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you know, it's getting ready forChristmas night. But Santa's had it
with being Santa, so he dresseslike a normal guy and he has to,
you know, take out his fortyfive and take care of some bad
guys in the movie. He evengets shot in the movie, but he
is. This is the twenty twentyfilm called Fat Man with Mel Gibson.

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Good Good Flock. Yeah, dude, I seen the trailer of this movie.
It's it's intriguing the way that wesee movies taking a spin on the
character of Saint Nick because for years, you know, kind of Americana has

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painted up Saint Nick to be somewhatnot super heroish, but like the Tooth
Fairy, the Easter Bunny, youknow, something of a Disney imagination,
which I'm not knocking, because childrenneed to have some type of fantasy and

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fairy tale to get through being children, to take them away from anything that
is negative. So that is veryimportant. But yet as we grow older,
it's it's insane how you're as wegrow older as kids into adults,
we know Sata's fake, true,but then in a lot of our religious

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background, yeah, Sata is fake. You know what if Sata was real,
that fat son of a bitch wouldhave come and paid a lot of
my credit card bills being Santa Clausfor my four daughters. That fat son
of a bitch could have came tomy house and helped me and my wife
wrap packages and build bikes and barbiehouses. And you know that fat son

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of a bitch could have put allthe trash. Wow, wow, you
have something against Stanna they're doing.That fat son of a bitch could have
come at six in the morning whenour kids woke up after me and my
old lady had wrapped and made bikesand probably polished off a twenty sack of

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weed and a whole Yeah, okay, a booze gets ready away exc Santa
Claus Sex to be woken up threehours later and be there like pick,

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hey, did you can you imagine? You know what? I can you
imagine? How would you like tosee Santa having just getting it all saying
that would be like x mass Santabangs, you know what I mean?
Some kind of crazy. So nownow let me ask you this, what

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is your favorite Christmas pick the toptop three favorite Christmas movies of all time?
Oh geez, I would have tosay Christmas Vacation top Okay, there,
I would have to say Christmas withthe Cranks. Okay, right up
there with that and I would alsohave to say It's a Wonderful Life or

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my favorite Christmas Wow. Do youever see a Miracle in thirty four?
Yes? I did. I didsee that movie that was That was a
very intriguing movie. As a matterof fact, we brought up our girls
to watch that movie. That wasa good movie, but it was not
in my top five. We toldmy quick top three you would be jingle

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all the way with Arnold Schwarzenegger.That's my number four. Yeah, exactly,
the Polar Express. Oh and I'lllet me give you two more.
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, theLittle Uh animation slash stop action film.
And I really enjoyed The National Lampoon'sChristmas Vacation. Yeah, it's a it's

(02:27:30):
the funnier movies and the more moviesthat are family oriented that I think are
the best memories for Christmas entertainment.Now, like I mentioned an older movie,
It's a Wonderful Life. For thoseof you who haven't seen the movie,
or who have seen the movie,Tusky, I don't know you,
Yeah, you need to see thatmovie. Mind changing movie, I think,

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and everybody out there needs to seethat movie because it's the essence of
what Christmas is appreciation of what youhave, Appreciation of not what you can
give materialistically, but will you giveemotionally, what you give presently, what
you give comedically, helpfully, lovingly. It's those are the true gifts I

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think that we can give each other. And the true gifts of what Christmas
is about started at a manger,whatever you believe, it started at a
higher place, and the higher placestarted something with a gift of life.
So on that day you celebrate thegift of life to your creator, to
what you have right then and there, what you've been bestowed, or whatever

(02:28:45):
is coming right after that holiday endof the new year to rebirth, appreciate
it. You can't appreciate it.There's something tremendously wrong with you, and
you need to find some love withthat. You know What's Take us out
with a little bit of music that'snot too Christmasy, but it is a

(02:29:07):
little bit rock and what do yousay, Tuscano? Take us away,
man, And I'm going to tellyou this song goes out to everybody that
ever had to go to Black Friday, whoever had to deal with parking,
lot of nonsense lines or anything else. Something from Judas Priest screening for Vengeance

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on a Tuscano's version of Christmas backto the eighties, eighties style. Remember
so the cards in the guy thatscratched your car car expect. That's so

(02:30:01):
Jaya said, I say up andthree sirs that choice say, I'm talking

(02:30:41):
about my bad but the bot outto drop and I need to chop.
That's the sayd conap by Bryan asgonna shot. Yes, so you'll wait

(02:32:28):
out my dog side and I gotstaying at out right down pray makes it
up ray that steady days up athousand about about out. My dog talked
about it that song right like,I'll start it out straight a size.

(02:32:54):
I sped back my rights said,that's right by a sass. You a

(02:34:28):
ship without storm, cold without lightingside and on mistet it bees. We're
all up without without the week oftalking. We're to the winds. We

(02:35:16):
may never never never come out,but the basting that when the time right,
we're in the brown. We're thethrough balls the top. You generally
beat yourself. They don't we comealut. We are fire. We are

(02:35:41):
fo we're not let right tack quicklyblow. We're we're no f were w
a y well bill from the gas. If they hang at the dream the

(02:36:18):
god week, that's from the truth. We can die about the truth.
The fruit from the jers and workthe bread were no dollar bot. If

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we're where the way we run downamong the crowd with a downs you generally

(02:38:05):
shot down. I know you wantwill know we're here. A lot of

(02:38:26):
where serious wit were a stand wewere stand. We're dusty. Where was

(02:38:54):
this with? With gowd inside anda ho ho ho in a row row

(02:39:31):
row you heart. This net tookback to the eighties radio rendition of a
Christmas show It Toscato and check hangoh, and we rolled in the Christmas
with everybody's favorite Judas Priest the streaminfor vengeance because we know everybody gets a
little angry on Christmas, and wehad to go ahead with rolling out with

(02:39:54):
the last in line by Rodney James. Deal to everybody out there that has
ever had this a time in theline of Christmas, and remember, roll
your carts into the guy that nickyour car Tisconno Christmas is here? Where
is the missiletoe? I smoke mine. I'm smoking in mine right now.

(02:40:16):
Oh the missiletoe. You're smoking it. You're smoking it. I did want
to give some couple some honorable mentionsfor movies. If you get a chance,
don't miss out the Home Alone seriesone and two. Those are the
best of the Home Alone series andthey are Christmas movies. And The Nightmare
Before Christmas is a great one thatyou cannot miss. Now here's my honorable

(02:40:41):
mention. If you've never seen thismovie before, you must. This movie
is a must. It is amovie with Vince Vaughan and Reese Witherspoon.
It's called Four Christmases. So ifyou get a chance, that's my recommendation

(02:41:01):
for Christmases. It is something thathappens in many, many families today.
You're gonna love that felf. Butyou could ask Santa Claus right now as
we're sitting here, say Santa wason the other side of the glass listening
to us, or maybe Sanna hada secret line that was planted in the

(02:41:24):
light like the MafA and the copsused to do. If you could ask
Santa for one thing and he couldgrant you a wish, just like I
dream of Genie, what would thatbe? I would say that I would
really want there to be more understanding, more love going around because there's just

(02:41:50):
too much hate going around. AndI mean everywhere everywhere you look, everywhere
you turn on the television, everywhereyou look at social media, uh,
everywhere you turn, and you seewhat happens at schools. Society is full
of depression and et cetera, etcetera. I don't want to go into
that, but yeah, I wouldsay, you know what, if there's

(02:42:11):
a possibility to spread some of thatmagic and have everybody not force them to
love, but have them to bea little more understanding, and you know
what, maybe this is more importantthan than the actual love. Have everybody
be respectful of you. You knowwhat, That's awesome. That's that's pretty

(02:42:31):
awesome. If you could ask Satathat, you know what, I would
ask Santa Claus if I could rightnow, wait, hold on, hold
on? Well was out there?Hold on? Hold on? Oh yeah,
Rick, what's going on out therein the front? What somebody's coming
in to visit? Hold on?Hey, Tusky, he said, somebody's

(02:42:54):
coming in to visit us? ShallI tell Rick to let them through?
Yeah? Rick, yeah, Rick, Rick let him through? What It
depends on who it is? Yeah, I guess so. Oh, Merry
Christmas, it's Santa Claus. Imean this is an honor Santa Claus from

(02:43:16):
direct from the North Pole. Uhwhat brings you by? Back to the
well? I was getting some workdone from the country boys on on my
old slave and I had to getnew shoes on the rain near. You
know, just go to it day. Have you been good? Boys?
Well, you know what, Santa, you're the one who can tell us,
because you're the one who like weedin this room and not mistle.

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Well, Chang was just he hadnothing to smoke, so he smoked the
missiletoe. Santa, So tell mewhat are you excited about Christmas this year?
I'm gonna tell you the truth.Boys, Amazon, whoa take a
lot of my business? Way?Oh well, Santa, I don't think
that the public wants to hear ChrisKringle lay down the F bomb. Oh

(02:44:07):
then I take it back screw Amazon. So I take it that Amazon has
been getting a lot of the business. Well doesn't that make you maybe a
little bit less stressed out? Ohno, you don't understand. With Amazon,
the elves that have nothing to do. All they do is fiddle around.
Missus claws underneath her skirt. Ican't keep track of the little masters.

(02:44:33):
Well, you know, we hada little while ago, we had
a phone call from one of yourelves who seems pretty described. Are you
talking about Alfie? And he sayshe's sick and tired. Yeah, and
he says he's pretty sick and tiredof your orders and doing the same thing.
And why don't you we would thinkyou can cut some of them some
slacks. Well, let me tellyou, fellas healthy. He's a lion,

(02:44:56):
little midget, and he can't betrustee. I caught him with some
of my toy documents. It ishis soul called condo medium apartment when you're
not supposed to have talk classify.Okay, all right, well then I

(02:45:18):
watch you and I all right,so that's kind of creepy. Uh,
I don't like to be watched,Santa. Thank you, But let me
ask you this Santa before hold on, Hey, Rick, did I get
a straw? That's just wrong?All right, Santa Claus, Ladies and
gentlemen, thank you for joining us, Santa, and a merry Christmas to

(02:45:41):
you. That is a rap fortoday. Have a great Christmas. Enjoy
the family, enjoy the friends,enjoy the food, Enjoy being alive.
After all, that's all we got. We got you and me Until the
New Year's show on behalf of Tuscano. I want to say, Mary christ
and have the greatest eighties time ofall everybody else there. I want you

(02:46:07):
to have a chang horrific holidays anda merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah. Remember
this is the season to appreciate,have compassion, care and share. And
if you are going to be missinga loved one at this time in the
holidays, where a lot of usdo, let's not ever forget about our

(02:46:28):
loved ones up there and up therein the sky with the Creator. They're
still with us. Hold their memoryand remember, hold their thought. Go
out there and make memories. Bewith the people that love you the most.
Be with the people you love themost. And I'm going to take
you out with a song. AndI give this song to all of you
that have lost somebody and that haveto go through the holidays. Remember the

(02:46:50):
memory is as close as having themthere. And to the late Great Jim
Ladd, a mentor to you anda friend on air and the king of
the airwaves, we will always missyou. And I give you this song
from Queen's Right side lucidity. Youall be fantastic. I love you all,

(02:47:13):
will catch you next year about ashow those you cry bike away the
d drop from the line by savedall the bad friend spinning by June,

(02:47:48):
feel the bab of someone close toyou, the game alone, so be
it is another chance? Why itaway? You means the day the dream
miss over? What has it?Just because there's a play some night to

(02:48:30):
hide a doorway that I have onethrough the night, relaxed child only get
lines you miss scared. It's anice way you lie ps trysts back to

(02:49:03):
the mine. I'd sasp to theback chuck, we don't want what with

(02:49:39):
the dot next to you? SoI had a new suit a teav conti

(02:50:30):
wise nature accorded to personist. Ifyou consist in more of this you can
achieve or brain control control control ifyou want man your mind the mean woll

(02:51:01):
love not be nice to say?What was the time of the twice a

(02:51:26):
month? Save the thing in thedream of mine? Sins which the journey
your master conolution? Yess he ganslove the yard, but we actually not

(02:52:03):
about sell T'm signing next to yousaid and soul it sound whoa one hundredful attended at

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