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Ep. 120 Today's Peep Celebrates 120 Episodes, More Smiles and Laughter with Vintage National Lampoon Radio Hour, Unveils Ohio's Boneless Wing Drama, Burns It's Feet in the Desert, Music to Watch Girls By in Today's Rare 45 Record Spin
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to catch a Hamilton Beach electric knife while dressed as a turnip? Get ready for a whirlwind of laughter, nostalgia, and intriguing discussions in this special 120th episode of Pat's Peeps! Celebrating our incredible journey together, we kick off with some fun sound effects, share heartwarming listener feedback, and reflect on the joy and companionship our late-night show brings to your lives. It's a celebration of connection and the magic of radio, guaranteed to lift your spirits.
We then shift gears to humor with a parodies from the National Lampoon Radio Hour and reminisce about some of their most talked-about content. It's a blend of serious discussion, personal stories, and comedic relief that keeps things engaging and dynamic.
Things take a quirky turn as the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling on bones in "boneless" chicken. Amidst the laughter and lively debate, a FedEx delivery completes our home studio setup, setting the stage for future YouTube content. We wrap up with a hilarious segment on an automated "Dial-A-Curse" service and a nostalgic trip down memory lane with a rare 45 record from the 1960s. This episode promises a mix of chaos, humor, and heartfelt moments that you won't want to miss.
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Speaker 1:25th of July today, 25th of July, oh, thank you, thank you. Thank you, my goodness, you're too kind. I haven't used these buttons in a while. I forgot what these buttons are for. I like this one, though. It's pretty good. I like this one too, is it this one? Oh, yeah, I like that one.
Speaker 1:It was a good button for me to start the show. Hey, did you hear the one about the hey? Hey, what do you have? What other buttons? I forgot the other buttons. Oh, there you go. Got a little joke, got the rim shot, got a little laughter going. That's right. Some applause, thank you. What's this purple one here? Oh, there you go, adam Sandler. I'm just going to label that the Adam Sandler joke button. Right there, my weird sweat hole. What's the green button for? Oh, there you go. Well, that matches perfectly.
Speaker 1:Thank you for allowing me a couple of seconds to do that it's the 25th day of July I think I said that 2024, as I gaze out of my studio windows into the golden foothills of Northern California. Boy, it's dry out there. It's hot again. It's cooled down. We're in the upper 90s, so we're on a cooling trend at this moment. If so, I so sweaty man, it's hot and I already showered twice.
Speaker 1:Any, I hope you're well wherever you're listening. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I really want to thank you because I've been getting so many nice comments. By the way, I'm the host of the Pat Walsh Show, as heard in Sacramento with KPK nationally and internationally on the free iHeart app, but so many nice comments on my show. I don't know what's going on this week, but a lot of first-time callers, which is awesome. I think I talked about that yesterday. That's a big deal, but a lot of nice comments, thank you. And then nice comments about the Pats Peeps. That's what happened last night on the show. Like there'll be people call up, say, hey, chime in on whatever topic we're talking about. They're very nice, love your show and all that kind of stuff Really great stuff. And then they'll throw in and I'm loving the Pats Peeps. So thank you. You know it means so much to me that you listen.
Speaker 1:It's not really a milestone, but every time we get to something like this I celebrate it. We're at number 120 right now on the Pats, peeps 120. I can't even believe it. And I keep doing this every day because our audience keeps growing. Our audience keeps growing because they keep doing it every day. Literally, I'm not doing it every day. That's kind of a lie. I'm not trying to lie. I do it as often as possible, which is pretty regularly, I think.
Speaker 1:But you know, here's the thing I want to say up front is that you just never know what's going on in someone's life. I get on the radio. I always envisioned, for whatever reason. I've always envisioned before. I even had my own talk show, someone driving. I always pictured nighttime for some reason. So maybe I was destined to be a nighttime guy. That's when the most loyal audiences are in radio. Believe me, the most loyal are the evening folks, because they're choosing to tune into you or they're working and you're like a companion. Rest of the day you're news, traffic. You know information. Weather sports Hi, good morning Donna. Hi, bob, pleasure to see you. You know that. Weather sports. Hi, good morning Donna.
Speaker 1:Hi, bob, pleasure to see you, you know that kind of stuff, Nothing wrong with it, but it's just different. And they have their loyal listeners as well. But you never know what's going on in someone's life. And when I get these messages and I'm not going to give it away, I'm not going to say who it is, and I get a ton of these. To be honest, I'm just trying to go out and be entertaining, if I can perhaps inform, enlighten, whatever I can do, bring nuggets of the day that perhaps have slipped through the news cycle when they're too busy talking about politics and I know I've been political lately but when someone reaches out and they say something to the effect of geez, you know, I had a bad day today. It was going, it was sucky.
Speaker 1:Coming out of the suckiness, I get into my vehicle and I just got a message like this, and I'm totally paraphrasing the message because I just they'll know who it is. But it's not just one person, it's many and it's like it's the most incredibly joyful blessing that I can get as sort of a side effect. I don't know if that's not a side effect, a byproduct, I guess, if you will, of doing these shows. So I've had a lousy day. I'm sad, I'm upset. I get in my vehicle, I turn the radio on, I tune in your show. Within a couple of minutes I'm laughing and laughing and they said how do you do that? I can't believe that you can take me from. You know the depths of almost despair or some sadness. Or it's been a lousy day, or I'm going through this, or I'm taking care of my mother and she's the best Air Force mom ever and I'm sad and I'm driving home. I didn't know what to do. I'd listen to music and one night I hit the button to something else. I didn't want to hear any more music. And I hear you show and within five minutes or less I'm laughing and I've been hooked ever since. Those kind of things.
Speaker 1:I don't say that to be gee, look what I'm doing. I say that as, just again, it's something I kind of never expected and I am so thankful for that. I want you to know how good that makes me feel. Or even going in and covering on a tragic day when there's an assassination attempt on a former president. You get to go in and go to work and cover that and people are just like you know what. It was good to have your voice on the air because you know Sacramento and we all kind of came together so we could air out our feelings Again. I'm sorry if I'm repeating this I hope I haven't but I just wanted to say that I'm very grateful to say that I'm very grateful.
Speaker 1:And having said all of that and knowing that it's been pretty heavy politically lately, I felt, you know the vibe, like I talked about yesterday, the pulse of listeners, and we're, like you know, I'm kind of done with this right now, political stuff, so we're taking a respite from that, which I love. So yesterday and the day before the day before, I just started to trickle in just a little tiny bit of National Lampoon and yesterday I featured some of my favorite bits from National Lampoon, some of the ones I've loved over the years, and I got a good response from people going. You know I'd love to hear some more of that because we need a good laugh.
Speaker 1:And so today, since we seem to need a good laugh, I thought I would play for play, some more national lamp for you, some selected cuts, some lost gems, and speaking of lost gems, so hopefully you know it'll make you laugh. It certainly makes me laugh, speaking of lost gems, we have a great. Well, we have a record. I say great, but I have a record that I culled from my Rare 45 collection today and it's this. One is I'm not sure if I know this, and it's on a Dyno Voice label which I don't think we've featured yet. So I'm gonna play that at the end of this. So I'll get to that. We'll hopefully make you laugh it again. It is pat's peeps, number 120, and so we'll get to all of that stuff straight ahead right after this message.
Speaker 5:Hey, asswipe, where'd you get that Sansuchi amplifier? I got it at Stereos and stuff, jagoff, and it only cost me $9.99. $9.99? What a deal For the amplifier and the tuner. Yeah, and that's not all shitface. I also got an anti-static record cloth and two HLH Crowd, claudio, quattro, quirk 3000 speakers that you're drooling all over scumbag. Only $9.99?. I must be some sort of Neanderthal for not having gone down to stereos and stuff and gotten one already. I gotta fire up some money. God, I got my head up my ass sometimes.
Speaker 1:If you've got your head up your ass about stereos come to Stereos and Such located at the Bergen Shopping Mall. Awesome, we are back. It is the Pats Peeps podcast, number 120. I told you we'd feature some National Lampoon right For a little grin. Let's get to it.
Speaker 3:Hello, this is Dick Ballantyne, once again, the best looking guy you'll ever hear, and tonight on our show the topic is going to be women in government. If you have any ideas or any feelings on this, or if you can give me an idea that I haven't already had already, I'd be thrilled to hear from you. Call the number. You know what it is, I don't want to keep repeating it. Hello, you're on the air. Hello, you're on the air. Hello, you're on the air. Hello, hello, hello. Am I on the air? Yeah, turn down your radio.
Speaker 5:okay, asshole All right, just a second. Yeah, sure Turn down the radio.
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Speaker 6:want About two months ago. I lost my wife Blechman and I have recently discovered how I might, as an old man of 82, enjoy my physical being. I walk around my house with my walker naked and occasionally my test Good night.
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Speaker 5:C-Spot Run playing any more music for anybody and that includes myself until somebody calls and pledges some money so that our station does not have to go off the air. I mean, why should I bother to play records for you if you're not even willing to call up and pledge a couple of dollars? A couple of dollars, it's not that much money. We've been playing what you want, but we have to have your money. We can't make it without you. We played Margot Hemingway's new album. We debuted it, premiered it on this station. We're the only station in the whole tri-state area to play the fish cheer the whole all the way through.
Speaker 5:We play a lot of old stuff. We play a lot of Cher stuff before she sold out. We play a lot of crap, but that's what you want, you know. And we've sponsored a lot of public service stuff. Man, we had the show on Saturday nights. We had a whole series on how to beat Bank America. A lot of people, you know, want us to repeat it. You know we're getting a lot of heat from the government. We're still going to repeat it. You know the management says to go ahead and repeat it, so we're going to be able to play it for you people again.
Speaker 10:Do you want to hustle? Do you want to salsa? Come to Rimba Simba and call Salsame Sals, there's so many talented people in National Lampoon.
Speaker 1:I'm going to play some bits here. You're going to hear a little bit of Richard Belzer Also. You know, richard Belzer ended up in one of those you know those crime dramas. What was it? Oh geez.
Speaker 1:You know, one of NYP. No geez, what is it? Anyhow, you know, you'll know you'll be, you'll tell me in the comments, but he ended up being a serious actor, also christopher guest, lots of bill murray. Uh, just just to say this. I think this is also a good time just to interject this. This is some vintage stuff.
Speaker 1:Little copyright disclaimer for you into the section 107 of the Fabulous Copyright Act of 1976. As you may know, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright, the statute that might otherwise be infringing. So exactly what it described in that information right there. That is exactly what we are doing Now. This is an amazing piece right here. I won't play all of it. I hope you enjoy this. I know there's all these important things to talk about. We'll talk about it, we'll weave it in here and there, but again, sometimes we need to cleanse the palate with some humor. This is how good National Lampoon is. So they would lampoon the other comedy acts of the time. One of the other comedy acts. It was one of the biggest fact, I think. I even talked about him for a brief moment on yesterday's podcast, but they lampooned Cheech and Chong and here's a little bit of National Lampoon Radio Hour. Excuse me lampooning Cheech and Chong and doing a little channel surfing.
Speaker 4:Oh wow man, this stuff is incredible man.
Speaker 1:What I love about it is that they don't sound exactly like Cheech and Chow.
Speaker 9:It's still them. Yeah, I got it from the speed freak who lives downstairs. Man, he's a really cool dude. I stole it from him. Hey, man, you know what we're going to do right now? What man? I got an idea. We're going to smoke a little bit more, take one or two more toques and then we're going to turn on the television set man.
Speaker 4:No wait, man, we have to first write some material for the record.
Speaker 9:man, you know no man, nobody works on records anymore, man, we just watch this stuff that's on TV there are these funny guys? And they're funny. They're just from Britain, man, and they wear dresses and stuff and we can just take their stuff, oh man, because they're not going to be looking and they're over there, man. They don't even know the difference between the ocean.
Speaker 4:That's a great idea, man. We turn on the TV, man, and we just tape record the show. You know, that's why I got the tape recorder, man. Hey, man, let's turn on the tube, okay.
Speaker 9:I got it all set.
Speaker 4:Okay, I'm getting all set. Okay, man, here he comes, excuse me. Oh man, those guys are wearing new dresses. Man, I don't believe it, oh wow.
Speaker 9:This is the most insane thing I've ever seen, man.
Speaker 4:Hey, man turn it up, a little, man Turn it up.
Speaker 9:Oh, yeah, man, yeah, yeah, yeah, turn it up a little, oh, come on.
Speaker 5:Let's try something else man, enough man, we're in the cooking man tomorrow show wilbur. Wilbur, will you show me how to curtsy you? Just kind of lean forward and spread your dress like this and and bend your knee hi, we're gonna talk about some interesting things today.
Speaker 4:Did you know that, sure? Hi, because I'm your friend. Can you say that, friend? Sure, we're going to talk about what to do when it rains outside, when the rain goes pitter-patter, pitter-patter in your window, or when it's snowing out and your feet are cold. Sure, you know, I'm your friend and I hope that you're my friend too, because we can be special to each other. Did you know that, sure? And speaking of special things, there's someone right next to me today that's very special to me. His name is Mr McNulty. Sure, hi, mr McNulty, how are you? I'm fine, mr Hodges, how are you Right? You know you're very special, mr McNulty. Can you say that? You know you're very special, mr McNulty. Can you just say special, special, thank you. You know, we're going to have a very interesting show today. We're going to play some music for you. We hope you enjoy it. We're just going to sort of sit here and listen to some very nice music.
Speaker 5:Oh man, I don't believe it. Man, these two guys are dancing. Turn it, man. I can't stand it.
Speaker 9:Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha Ha.
Speaker 1:Oh, my goodness, that's great. By the way, in case you're eating chicken wings in Ohio, don't get boned. Let me explain. Republicans on the Ohio Supreme Court rule that bones are a natural part of a chicken, so a consumer should be on guard for them, even in boneless wings. This is from the Columbus Dispatch. Just because you order boneless chicken wings at a restaurant does not mean this, according to them not me, and I'll tell you if I agree. Maybe you do or don't, but here's what they say does not mean you shouldn't expect to find bones, says the Ohio Supreme Court in a four to three ruling issued today. Court in a four to three ruling issued today In a divided decision.
Speaker 1:Republicans on the Ohio Supreme Court rule that bones are a natural part of a chicken, so a consumer should be on guard for them. Even in the boneless wings Quote, there is no breach of a duty when the consumer could have reasonably expected in guard against the presence of the injurious substance in the food. This is according to Justice Joe Dieters, writing for the majority. But Democrats on the court called that reasoning absurd. They contended that a jury, not an appeal court judges, should decide whether customers should expect to find bones in their boneless wings. The result, they say, in this case is another nail in the coffin. That's a quote of the American jury system. This is, according to Justice Michael Donnelly, a Democrat. He says in my view, the majority opinion makes a factual determination to ensure that a jury does not have a chance to apply something that the majority opinion lacks, which is common sense. So the majority according. So he says again, to repeat him in his view, a a Democrat, the majority opinion makes a factual determination to ensure that a jury does not have a chance to apply something the majority opinion lacks. What in the hell common sense? The majority opinion? I don't know what they're saying. Maybe you know what he's saying right there. It's a bunch of gibberish. This will be a good one.
Speaker 1:I'm going to bring this up on my show tonight. No one else is going to be talking about this. Is it your responsibility, when they say boneless chicken wings, to look for a, to perhaps look for a bone, or is it no, no, no, no. You said boneless. I expect boneless. Which one is it? And you know what? I think. I'll do this without on my show, without giving away which one is the democrat and which one is a republican, just to see what people say. If you're asking me and you go well you know are you going to vote how your heart feels politically in this case? In this case, I'm a little torn because there is the advertising it's boneless. However, if I see we have boneless salmon, let's say, you know, filet, deboned fish or what have you, am I still going to look for a fish bone? Yeah, I am, because I don't want to risk the chance that they missed a fish bone. And a fish bone is much thinner, much harder to detect, but what difference does it make? It's still said, right, that it had no bones.
Speaker 1:I got the FedEx guy dropping packages off of my home, thank you. You know what that means. That means I'll be working from home next week. Pal, there's the FedEx guy. Ladies and gentlemen, there he is. He just dropped off like the last of my equipment. I'll be working at home soon. Wait till you see what I'm doing here. And I think he just dropped off the last of it, the last of the gear that I needed. Well, that was exciting Anyhow. So, yeah, I'm going to bring them up on my show tonight. Okay, back to some national food. Oh, my god, that is so awesome that that I'm really it's like Christmas every time I drop off these packages, because I can't wait, because we're going to be on, we're going to have a YouTube channel very soon doing this very show.
Speaker 8:You have reached Dial-A-Curse. Please stand by. All our lines are busy. As soon as one of our lines is free, you will be connected with today's curse. Thank you for waiting.
Speaker 2:He or she is a slimy-sided, frog-mouthed, silt-eating slug with the brains of a turtle. He or she has a voice that could peel paint, and his or her looks present a constant threat to the continued functioning of cameras and clocks. In his or her lineage, females of the canine species predominate. He or she smells like a bus Of his or her physiognomy. It suffices to say that, since it occupies a position on the front of his or her head, it must be a face If fashion law is ever enforced. He or she faces a life sentence without hope of parole. He or she possesses the intellectual agility of a small soap dish. To sum up, he or she is a boring, selfish, stupid ugly dolt. He or she is repulsive, revolting, repugnant, vile, base, crass, foul oafish and crude.
Speaker 8:This has been today's Curse, presented as a public service by the United Council of Cursors. Thank you for calling you pathetic, cringing little milksop.
Speaker 7:It's time once again to play. Catch it and you Keep it, and here's your host.
Speaker 11:Bob Benson. Hi folks, for you newcomers to Catch it and you Keep it. Here's how we play the game. I'm now standing on a balcony on the 10th floor of the CBS studios. The contestants are gathered below me in the parking lot. My assistants and I will throw prizes down to the crowd and if they catch them, they keep them. That's all there is to it. Now let's turn on the PA system and start the fun. Can you hear me, folks? Who do we have first Phil?
Speaker 7:Well, Bob, our first contestant is a consulting engineer who used to play center field for his high school baseball team. Meet Mr Ronald Hodgson of Canoga Park, California.
Speaker 11:Hey Canoga Park. Yeah Well, welcome aboard, ron, and tell me how were you out there in center field, ron? Did you drop many?
Speaker 7:No, I booted a few.
Speaker 11:Well, let's hope you're in top form today, ron, because I'm holding a 21-jewel Benruss wristwatch. How would you like to give it a try, you bet? Then get ready, because here it comes and he caught it. Take a look inside the box, ron.
Speaker 3:There's a watch.
Speaker 11:And money. Yes, it's a surprise bonus of two crisp hundred dollar bills. Now, ron, I'm holding a lovely piece of American Tourister luggage. Would you like to try for it? Well, I don't know. I'm going to open this suitcase, ron, and place inside it a $500 Spiegel catalog gift certificate. Now, how do you feel? Can I ask my wife? Go for it, ron, go for it, okay.
Speaker 7:She's the boss.
Speaker 11:It's a bit on the bulky side, so you'll have to be pretty agile.
Speaker 7:I'll give it a try. Ron had better be agile indeed, because what he doesn't know is that, in addition to the $500 Spiegel catalog gift certificate, the suitcase also contains not one, not two, but three solid gold bars weighing 85 pounds each, and after a 100-foot fall, this baby's going to carry quite a load.
Speaker 11:Get ready, ronald Hodgson of Canoga Park, california, because here it comes. I guess Ron booted another one and I'm afraid his brand new watch got spoiled in the bargain Moving right along. It's catch all time. When we'll just toss merchandise over the side and whoever catches it keeps it, are you ready? Then here goes Can you describe some of the action, phil?
Speaker 7:Be glad to Bob. An elderly woman has just snagged a sunbeam toaster and, whoops, a Hamilton Beach electric knife has come down. Point first, I'm afraid, on a man dressed as some sort of vegetable. I think it's a turnip. Oh, there's something. A lady was so pleased over catching a Sears completely immersible electric coffee maker that she failed to notice a plummeting Tappan gas range. Tappan, the leader in kitchen appliances since 1881. Most of the contestants managed to dodge the amount of freezer, but the year's supply of Gaines dog food certainly caused quite a stir. Three couples joined up and made a great try for the dining room set from Ventura Collection by Keller. Two or three more, and they just might have.
Speaker 11:There goes the fanfare that announces our mystery package. Remember, this package could contain anything from feathers to lead balloons. So while the contestants get ready, phil will let the home audience in on the secret.
Speaker 7:Today's mystery package contains a dream house, that's right. A prefabricated golden medallion home for the ultimate in total electric living, complete with wall-to-wall carpeting and a real brick fireplace. Altogether it weighs over 46 tons are you ready?
Speaker 11:and here it comes. That about wraps up today's show. But nobody goes away a loser Because every contestant gets a Parker Brothers. Catch it and you keep it game to play and enjoy in your own home. See you tomorrow.
Speaker 1:Meanwhile, in Death Valley, a tourist has been hospitalized After burning his feet in the dunes without shoes, in 123 degree temperatures. Hospitalized over the week after briefly making contact with blistering sand dunes that scalded his bare feet and caused third degree burns, according to the National Park Service. Bare feet and cause third-degree burns. According to the National Park Service, park rangers believe the 42-year-old man from Belgium lost his shoes while taking a short walk on the Mesquite Flat sand dunes, a section of Death Valley where visitors hike routes of their own choosing because there are no marked trails, which is always a great idea. You head on out to those dunes in Death Valley on a 123 degree day and you just choose your own trail. I'll see you on the next episode of I Can't Believe I'm Still Alive.
Speaker 1:Meanwhile, the man's name has not been released. The tourist was apparently wearing flip-flops when he started his walk over the dune field, but either the shoes broke or came loose in the sand. They got lost along the way. Imagine this. Rangers, according to the National again, the National Park Service could not communicate well with the man. They were unsure of exactly what happened to him before they arrived. He's from Belgium. I don't know the Belgium accent, but you know your feet are burnt and you're trying to explain that your feet are burnt. They arrive, and at which point the family and other visitors had already carried him to a nearby parking lot.
Speaker 1:It's been searing hot. One person died earlier this month on a day where temperatures soared to 128 degrees. It was around then that the temperatures in Death Valley hit 129 degrees and that tied the area's daily heat record set in 07. And this is amazing. This is amazing. This is amazing. It was just shy of the hottest temperature ever recorded in Death Valley 134 degrees. And that was before global warming, thank you. Temps were about 123 degrees on Saturday, according to the Park Service, and the ground temperatures along the dunes would have been, of course, even hotter than the air. They responded to his burns because of the severity and first transported him in the ambulance to get him to a higher elevation to meet the medical helicopter and anyhow so this guy. Once they arrived, they took care of the guy.
Speaker 1:Hopefully he's going to be fine. Hopefully he's going to be fine, but my goodness, just not, not. Not great right there. Not a great idea to be out there 128 degrees, thank you, I want to get to some music right now. I just have had so much fun today and I just hope that you know, I hope that you've enjoyed some of the National Lampoon stuff. There's so much to share with you and I know at least I need a laugh right now and they've always done that for me, and so I'll continue to introduce you to some of this stuff as we go along.
Speaker 1:But this is Pat's Peeps 120, and, as we always do, we pull out a record from the Rare 45 collection. I'm going to pull this one out of the sleeve. It's a blue label, promotional copy, not for sale. These are all Radio DJ copies. This record, even though the label I mean it looks pretty good condition a label, but you can tell that it's been up there for a long time but still it's in good condition. Blue and silver. Dino Voice. This is the first one from Dino Voice Distributed by Bell Records. Bell, weren't they the ones that did like Tony, orlando and Don and the Partridge family?
Speaker 1:I think I don't know if I've ever heard this song. It has a sticker on it from the radio station that says 1966. God, was there something else I wanted to get to? It feels like there was something else I wanted to get to today. I don't know what it was, trying to figure out, if there was anything else before I forget. Oh man, you know what I'll get to that next time, so let's get back to the record. So the sticker on the record says 1966.
Speaker 1:This song was the first top 40 hit by this artist. I don't remember the guy's name, honestly, using his own name, though recorded by his group that he also gave the name to, which I'll tell you in a moment. It was composed by Sidney Sid Ramin. This guy, the artist, first heard the song performed by in a jingle demo of all things for a Diet Pepsi commercial and according to Greg Adams' Writing for All Music Guide, this song exemplified the groovy state of instrumental music at the time. So it's an instrumental, okay. In this version a trumpet plays the whole verse the first time around, sounding like Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, that style. The second time the verses played a half step up in tone from G minor to A flat minor, a tenor, saxophone playing a jazzier version baby, that's right Accompanied by string, surf style guitar reminiscent of the 1960s spy films and even a harpsichord featured in this that play a counter melody and then the trumpets finish up the refrain and all the parts are played repeating the first part in the code before the big fade out. So this was recorded December of 66, so this must have came out right away to the radio station, since the song has the 1966 sticker on it.
Speaker 1:Let's see where did it chart? It charted number 33 on the UK singles chart. Number two on the US Billboard chart, so it did really well. Number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In the UK it went to number nine. I don't know if I on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the UK went to number nine. I don't know if I know the song, so I'm looking forward to hearing this. Maybe you've heard it. It is music to watch girls by by the Bob Crew Generation. Oh my gosh, yes, I know this song so well. I remember this. I haven't heard this forever. Remember this. I haven't heard this forever, forever. Yeah, sorry God, I haven't heard this since I was a kid. Yeah, this Tijuana Brass style. Oh, here we go surf. Wow, wow, yeah, I haven't heard this song in 40 years. Tequila, wow, oh my God. Oh my God. I forgot all about that song.
Speaker 1:I liked that song when I was a kid. Wow Geez, that brings back memories. All right, I'm going to flip it over here. This side is Bob Crew Generation. This is Girls on the Rocks. Girls on the Rocks, I don't know, it must be another instrumental. Let's check it out. Here we go. That too has a very groovy sound, doesn't it? For a new generation, a groovy generation, baby, that's right. Tune in, turn on. Yeah, it was a tune out, turn on. You know what else this reminds me of that I haven't thought of in forever and ever and ever, along with the Tijuana Brass, and now this sound, the Bob Crew Generation. It reminds you know what I haven't thought of? The Baja Marimba Band. Remember the Baja Marimba Band? Oh my God, same time frame Used to be on, like you know, all the big shows Merv Griffith, mike Douglas, everybody. Thank you for listening. I appreciate it so much. Pat's Peeps, number 120. Yeah, have yourself a fabulous day. Please Back tomorrow for number 121. See you on the radio.
