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Pat's Peeps Podcast
Ep. 184 Today's Peep Laughs and Stories, Wolfman Jack Covers Neil Diamond, Neil Diamond Sings about Pot, Amazing NYU Pot Dispensary Story, Howard Cosell's Toupee Mishap, Mr. Rogers and "Troll Talk", and "The Bathrooms Are Coming"
Ever had a song stuck in your head that wasn't quite what you expected? That's how I felt when I first heard Wolfman Jack's spin on Neil Diamond's classic "Sweet Caroline." Join me on Pat's Peeps Podcast as we celebrate the quirky, laugh-out-loud moments of radio's golden age, featuring hilarity from Howard Cosell's infamous live broadcast mishap with boxer Scott Ledoux. With a mix of nostalgia and humor, we pay tribute to these iconic figures who turned everyday broadcasts into unforgettable experiences.
But wait, there's more! Embark on a zany adventure exploring subjects you never knew you needed to laugh about—like the art of whistling and the odd fame of U-Hauls, complete with an original song you can't miss. And who could forget those chipmunk-voiced mischief makers, Alvin and the Chipmunks? We'll even take a lighthearted detour into the world of dog training and end with a salute to personal space through the whimsical musical ode, "My Bathroom." Fasten your seatbelts for an evening filled with unexpected joy and the charm of life's little absurdities!
hello there. How are you, patrick? Here, it's the pats peeps podcast, january the 4th 2025. You know what? This is very unusual for me to be doing this, quite frankly. Why is that? Because it's Saturday. I don't generally do any kind of a podcast on the weekend, but I don't know. I just felt like it tonight. I just felt like doing this. I don't know why. I'm enjoying it very much. Pat's Peeps 184.
Speaker 1:It's dark outside as I take a look out my studio windows into the beautiful foothills of Northern California, but today was a lovely day and I worked all day. I mean, I worked all day yesterday and today. I don't know if that's the greatest way to spend a vacation. I mean, tomorrow is my last day of my vacation. When I say vacation, as I always tell you, I'm the host of the Pat Walsh Show. It was heard on the iHeartRadio app free or free app and KFPK in Sacramento. But I've had a couple of weeks off to rejuvenate. I needed it, I tell you. But tomorrow's my last day off and then back to work.
Speaker 1:On Monday we begin a new year, Positive things to look forward to, Wherever you are. Thank you for listening tonight. I just thought I'd like I say, do this one on a Saturday and, quite frankly, the only thing I have on my mind is just goofing off. So I have nothing really relevant in terms you know, nothing earth shattering, nothing super important. I need to break in on a Saturday for important stuff? No, nothing super important. I need to break in on a Saturday for important stuff? No, I don't. I just had a collection of things that I find fascinating. So, if you don't mind, here on Bats Peeps 184, I have some audio gems for you. I love audio, so I've got a little mishmash of a variety of things here that we'll dive into. On Pat's Peeps 184. We'll start with this one.
Speaker 1:Being a radio guy those of you who enjoy radio, I certainly do I love working in radio. Tough business to be in. But there are legends in this business. One of the big legends, as we all know, is the great Wolfman. Jack baby, that's right. The Wolfman, that's right, you know. Wolfman put out some music of his own back in 1972. Wolfman, Wolfman, he gave Sweet Caroline. You know the great Neil Diamond song that's still sung at ballparks when everyone's in a festive mood. Wolfman thought he'd give that classic a try.
Speaker 3:Okay, when it began I can't begin to know when I only know it's getting strong, growing every day.
Speaker 2:Sometime back in the spring. And then spring became summer. Who'd have believed that you'd come along, hands touching hands? Who'd have believed that you'd come along, hands touching hands, reaching out, touching you, touching me.
Speaker 4:That's right, baby.
Speaker 2:That was me. Yeah, baby, sweet Caroline, things ain't never been so good. Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely. Baby Smooth, we fill it up with only two, and when I hit it just runs off my shoulder. How can I hurt when I'm holding on to you One? How can I hurt when I'm holding on to you One?
Speaker 5:Touching one.
Speaker 1:Reaching out, touching me, touching you. Hey, now here we go. Wolfman, these backup singers are serious. Thank you, wolfman Jack, everyone, there he is. There he is, ladies and gentlemen, the great Wolfman. That's right, baby. And if they ever ask you what the Pat's Peeps podcast is about, or my radio show, the Pat Wolf Show, probably I can't figure it out myself. Here is Scott Ladeau. Scott Ladeau is a former boxer. Scott Ladeau was fighting Johnny Boudreau back in the day. You know Howard Cosell, one of the great broadcasters of all time. Just recently we were talking about broadcasters here on Pat's Peeps 184, we present Scott Ledoux talking about the time where he knocked off this is. You got to see the video too. By the way, he knocked off Howard Cosell's toupee live, live on ABC television. Scott Ledoux, that guy could fight.
Speaker 6:by the way, it was so frustrating to me that I had won the fight and Papa Joe said you won this fight and afterwards to get a decision, to go to Johnny Boudreaux and prior to that I was training in Montreal and they were asking me about the fight with Boudreaux I said I'm gonna. I'm gonna knock him down, kick his butt and beat him up. And they said you won't get the decision. And I said what do you mean? I won't get the decision? We were on on the street, it's already done. And so I went to the Naval Academy and fought and they held true. I lost the decision.
Speaker 6:I got through the ropes and stood on the ring and hollered at Cosell you tell it like it is, howard, you tell the truth. And then Howard was looking up at me and then Johnny Boudreau was looking up at me and said something about my mother, and so I tried to kick him in the face and he jumped back and his foot got tangled in Howard Cosell's headset, took his toupee off. I have that on film on a disc that isolates the toupee. I look at it every winter and just kind of run it back and forth and it makes me laugh.
Speaker 1:Scott Ledoux. It's great man. I can't believe it took me all these years to see that. You know we just heard Wolfman Jack doing a Neil Diamond song. Sweet Caroline, speaking of Neil Diamond, you ever heard this one? Here's Neil Diamond. Ladies and gentlemen, here on Batch Peeps 184, I present to you. I don't know how many of you maybe have heard it, maybe some Neil Diamond fans out there. I'm a Neil Diamond fan. I don't know how many of you maybe have heard it. Maybe some Neil Diamond fans out there. I'm a Neil Diamond fan. I love Neil Diamond. There's just something about him. But maybe not everyone has heard Neil Diamond, the pot smoker song. Here he is.
Speaker 5:La, la la Pot pot. Give me some pot. Forget what you are, you can be what you're not. High, high, I want to get high. Never give it up if you give it a try, try high, high. La la, la la la.
Speaker 4:I started when I was 13, and I had saw some people smoking pot and I had saw some people smoking pot and I bought myself a nickel bag and I went behind my building and sat on a bench all by myself and I smoked that bag, you know, until I finally got high. I started with pot because I was curious and at that time I was having problems with my family. I remember on one trip I was at party and I got very sick from speed, from meth, and I used to shoot it in my spine. Jeez, I used to shoot acid in my spine.
Speaker 1:Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not making this up, neil Diamond. By the way, this is from the album Velvet Gloves and Spit.
Speaker 4:I had too much. I was building a big thing up over a week and I got sick and I tried to commit suicide.
Speaker 6:Wow.
Speaker 2:La, la, la pot pot. Give me some pot. You get what you are.
Speaker 1:You can be what you want Sing along if you know the words.
Speaker 2:Dude, take a family cruise. You, with your grass are. You can be what you are Sing along if you know the words. Dude, take a family cruise.
Speaker 1:You with your grass, mom and dad with their booze. Oh, by the way, nyc this is in New York City. This illegal weed shop, the owner of a marijuana dispensary in the Big Apple, is on a financial high. Get it After his budding business. Get it. Thank you so much. Who's writing this crap? This is from the New York Post.
Speaker 1:Very nice, raked in about $7 million in sales last year, nearly two decades after he was locked up for selling weed. He says everything that really made me where I'm at right now is showing up every single day and putting in that work, whether I had to clean the floor or the sidewalk or wipe something down or pick something up. He says Kost Marte, the founder and CEO of ConBud. I was just showing up. He says we don't take days off. I work 365 days a year. I love the hustle. I love we don't take days off. I work 365 days a year. I love the hustle. I love the grind. I love the work. He was busted on a drug conviction in 09 that landed him a seven-year prison sentence. Now projects that his booming business is going to bring in 12 million dollars this year, boasting an 800 000 monthly profit. Meanwhile, here's michael jackson. Why michael jackson? This is a song called a place with no name by michael. As you listen, my Jeep began to rock.
Speaker 5:I didn't know what to do, so I stopped and got up and looked down. I noticed I got a flat so I walked out, parked a car like sideways, so I can find what I can fix.
Speaker 1:I looked around, there was no car on my way.
Speaker 5:I felt estranged, feeling like a mist. I walked down toward the end of the road and in the fog, a woman appeared. She said don't you worry, my friend, I'll take care. Take my hand, I'll take it there.
Speaker 1:Take me to a place without no name. I wonder if he'll get there on a horse. I wonder if the horse will have a name.
Speaker 5:Michael Jackson, a Place With no Name, all where the kids are playing and people are laughing and smiling and laughing. Michael.
Speaker 1:Jackson, A Place With no Name. That's an original sounding tune right there, my friend. Wow, All right, here is. This is Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. Remember Mr Rogers' Neighborhood? Who doesn't remember Mr Rogers? Rest in peace, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. Who doesn't remember Mr Rogers? Rest in peace, Mr Rogers. Here is Robert Troll singing in a. This is in Troll Talk. It is Troll Talk from Mr Rogers.
Speaker 3:Your Majesty. Yes, Number seven and last for our variety show is the Someone Sarah Saturday helps tame. Oh, really, None other than Robert Troll and his new Happy Troll Talk song.
Speaker 1:Sing along with this one too, if you know.
Speaker 3:Robert Troll. Why? How tame of him yeah.
Speaker 7:Robert Troll, I presume.
Speaker 1:I want to start a song. Oh, thank you. Troll talk, Robert Troll. Now I like this. So this group here I think I guess they're this jazz group, Kevin Bales and Kerry Johnsrud. This album is called Beyond the Neighborhood, the music of Fred Rogers. Mr Rogers, and they did a very jazzy upbeat version of Troll Talk that we just heard. Check it out, here we go. That's right, Pads, peepseps 184.
Speaker 5:Muley, dum de shalte, boom Muley dum de shalte boom Muley, dum de shalte boom Muley, dum de shalte boom Muley, dum de shalte boom yeah.
Speaker 1:Kevin Bales and Kerry Johns are at Beyond the Neighborhood Music of Fred Rogers. Meanwhile, we've all had to use one of these and I'm sure a lot of people are using them as they're exiting California these days. You know the U-Haul trailer, right, it is an icon of America, american society. It's the U-Haul trailer. Here's the U-Haul trailer song. Please enjoy.
Speaker 2:It's goodbye town, See you around. Boss man on the job has been my jailer. Come on, hon. The packing's done and our future loaded on the U-Haul trailer. Well, I'm driving to the nearest service station. It has U-Haul trailers waiting in the road and I'll tell the man at the time that I was moving to a place, somewhere that I don't even know, and if he wants, to know my destination.
Speaker 2:Well, I'll tell him. Pick out any place that's far. Then he can hook that new and shiny U-Haul trailer to the back of my old trusty beat-up car. Then it's goodbye town, see you around, boss. Man on the job. Job has been my jailer. Come on, hon. The pack is done and our future loaded on. Thank you, old train dude. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't think anyone can ever describe what is my podcast all about. I don't know. I guess I don't know.
Speaker 2:It's not fair to make you put up with my weakness, and I need the love you've always given me. So it's goodbye town. See you around, boss. Man on the job, spin my jailer. Come on, hon. The pack is done and our future noted. On U-Haul trailer yeah.
Speaker 1:Thank you very much. U-haul trailer song right there for you. You know one thing that I do enjoy doing and people tell me all the time oh, you're a good whistler. Little vibrato in there, a little vibrato in there. They have some very old instructional whistling videos that you can check. Here's Fred Lowry. It's a rare instructional video on how to whistle. In case you don't know how to whistle, he'll teach you.
Speaker 8:I'll try to go along with it. Yes, whistling is real fun and I'm going to try to show you how it's done. But first of all let's talk a little bit about breathing. When you get up in the morning, stand erect shoulders back.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's for sure You're not joking, Fred. How'd you know? Take a real deep breath, like this that guy needs to get some of that. He's got like nasal congestion. Take a deep breath like this Shit.
Speaker 8:Always keep your mouth closed when deep breathing. Now, try and do this at least 10 or 15 times in the morning and at least 10 or 15 times at night before you go to bed. You'll find it very effective. Sure, now we're ready for the whistle, and first of all, briefly, let's just take a few do's and don'ts when you whistle try and keep a real pleasing pucker.
Speaker 1:In other words don't pucker your lips too tight. It might be a good idea if you get a mirror, yeah get a mirror for your pleasing pucker Practice. What are you doing in there, honey? I'm just trying to find my pleasing pucker. That's good dear.
Speaker 8:Your facial expressions as pleasing as possible for others to look at.
Speaker 1:As pleasing as possible for others to look at. You don't want to be an ugly whistler.
Speaker 8:Second, always breathe in and then whistle on the outtake of the breath. Don't whistle while breathing in, because this cools your vocal cords.
Speaker 1:Let me whistle on it. I don't ever do that. Let me try to whistle him. I'm going to whistle out to him. Let's see, that's not a good one. No one does that.
Speaker 8:No one whistles in oh and one other thing, uh-huh. When you're whistling, I've always found it best to keep the tongue right back of the teeth. You'll get the best results this way and get a more beautiful whistle. First of all, let's take some exercises. Here's the first one. You'll notice that this is just a plain whistle. Later on I'm going to give you a little exercise to get a beautiful little tremolo on your whistle, something like the violin. And then let's take the next little exercise. You notice, the first one is legato and staccato, or the first one.
Speaker 1:We connect the notes. Thank you, ed Lowry, everyone. There he is. Hopefully you learned something and now you'll know how to whistle you. Look, you can impress your friends.
Speaker 1:Here's something extremely annoying. The song was annoying to begin with in 1995, but then you hand it over to alvin and the chipmunks. It takes annoying to an all-new level. Already annoyed most of you, already annoyed put your hand up in the air like you just don't care. That's peeps 184. Here to annoy you. That's Peeps 184. Here to annoy you. Hey, now they say that they're pretty nice. They all want me. They can't have me. So they all come and dance in the tightrope, move with me, chat with me and if you're good, I'll let you dance with me.
Speaker 1:Oh God, I left the world while I was eating macarons. I left the world while I was eating macarons. I left the world while I was eating macarons and macarons. My daughter was without my boyfriend. The boy's name was Alessandro. I don't want him, can't stand him. He was my good son. Now, come on, what was I supposed to do? He was out of town and he's been with so fine man. You can only take so much of that crap Hope you enjoyed that From one animal to another. Here is Canine International. Hope you enjoyed that. From one animal to another here is Canine International. An old record is a training record. It's called Dog Dynamics.
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Speaker 7:If possible, all family members.
Speaker 1:Yeah, just get on with it pal shown you a method that works Well.
Speaker 7:I would never correct Rover. I just can't live a life of frustration.
Speaker 1:Here's the guy, the guy's chastising one of the listeners, one of the guys you know, one of the dog owners.
Speaker 7:For an example, we have with us today a dropout from our training school. A dropout.
Speaker 1:You couldn't handle it. Could you bunk? That's our training school. A little too tough for you. Huh, you're at Canine International, mr Timid. Have you ever corrected? Did he call him Mr Timid? Did he call him Mr Timid? Hey, hey, who you calling Mr Timid? You call me Mr Timid. Hey, who you calling Mr Timid? You call me Mr Timid. Do I look timid to you? This came out in 78.
Speaker 7:This type of person's cruelty, yeah yeah, right, where's Mr Timid? For an example we have with us today a dropout from our training school.
Speaker 7:Mr Timid, have you ever corrected your dog's jumping and barking problem? No, I haven't. Well, why not? We've shown you a method that works. Well, I would never correct Rover, I just can't be that cruel. He will probably straighten up anyway. May I ask what you will do with him if he doesn't straighten up, be it as little? Oh, I may give him away to some good home. The chances are that the people you give your problem to, mr Timid, will not have very much patience with him, as they have no real attachment to him.
Speaker 7:I didn't think of that.
Speaker 1:Mr Timid, ladies and gentlemen, you know it's been a long time since I'd heard of Mr Timid. It's good to hear from Mr Timid again. Ah, pat's Peeps 184. I think I'm gonna wrap things up a little early, you know a little quicker. Podcast today nothing off the shelf today, nothing off of the shelf. I'm just gonna continue with this theme. How about this one? I think this will be a great one to end it with. This is from the 1960s. This is from Everything is Coming Up Prophets, the Golden Age of Industrial Musicals, volume One, which, by the way, this is indeed an audio companion to the book, in case you were wondering. All right, so let's go back to this. It was a great year. I mean, it was an amazing year, moon landing, woodstock. I mean just an incredible year, 1969. So this one gets overlooked a lot. This is by. The Bathrooms Are Coming. It's called my Bathroom. Please enjoy.
Speaker 5:My bathroom. My bathroom is a private kind of place, very special kind of place, the only place where I can stay Making faces at my face my bathroom, my bathroom. Is my very special room should have made this into a musical, like a movie musical where I prim and fuss and groom, where I can get away from all and really feel in bloom, I'm free.
Speaker 1:I'm free. I'll bet you're wishing I would have pulled a record from the shelf today. I'm free. I'm free, I'm free. Well, thank you for putting up with me on a saturday I can really pats peeps 184.
Speaker 1:I don't have rights to this and I'm kind of glad in a way. I'm gonna have to find out what else is on this incredible record, more than it may seem, where I wash and where I cream, oh gee what. Thank you so much for listening. That's piece 184. See you for 185. And then Monday back on the radio.
