Any holiday centered around candy is bound to be a favorite of mine. Add in the excuse to do mediocre impressions of James Stewart, Cary Grant, Paul Lynde, Grandpa Munster, and Orson Welles….well, it’s irresistible! Halloween Safety Tips were one of multitudes of “tag messages” our radio stations used to sell. We did a LOT … Continue reading Halloween Safety Tips
Watch this video first. It will give you the recreated experience of sitting through something tedious while waiting to get the the point of the evening. The idea to write this entry in the ol’ blogski came about earlier this week. We have a new account executive at the radio station named Kody who is … Continue reading Tonight’s The Night…When I Write About… Awaaaaaaards!
We plan early in the radio business. But not this early. This is just me having an idea itch around my head for a few months and deciding it was time to put it to paper (or screen I guess). Every Halloween on KCOW we do a two-hour special featuring classic radio thrillers “War Of … Continue reading Is It October Yet?
My friends and I, you see…we make radio shows for fun. At least we did in the Before Times®. I don’t know how much my friends enjoy it, but they indulge old Wenty every once in a while. I wrote this at the very beginning of the Covid-19 spread. I think if we had gotten … Continue reading I Apologize In Advance
I would actually record and produce this script, but Bob is locked in the basement until this coronavirus thing blows over. (His pet pig Hot Dog and pet chicken Ranchy are also quarantined with him. When I write scripts for these guys I sometimes write dialogue for Hot Dog because Bob and I speak fluent … Continue reading Bob and Wenty Quarantine PSA
I haven’t written much here lately, possibly because–like you–I just haven’t done much lately. I go to work as one of The Essentials®, which I use in jest because there is absolutely nothing essential about playing Cyndi Lauper records and making semi-humorous comments. I don’t think it’s wise for me to write about the virus, … Continue reading Bestos Family Tree
To recap for those just joining us: In the early days of Panhandle Post, our company’s website which serves the same area as our radio stations, we were putting a lot of things on the site that we later realized were better done by other people–like Associated Press wire stories about entertainment news. Even though … Continue reading Still More Silly Headlines
Today’s blog post is a double feature. First: we did two new commercials today for Alliance’s beloved Dairy Queen. Alliance’s Dairy Queen is beloved because their burgers and fries are awesome, their employees are swell, and they do a Free Cone Day every year. Now, on Free Cone Day one might think it enough to … Continue reading New Commercials & “Crack Or No Crack?”
This offering is divided into two parts. The first part is humorous (one hopes) stories. The second part is a little different. PART ONE: HUMOROUS (ONE HOPES) STORIES Wook Spoiler Alert. Everybody calls my brother “Chewy” because he is a hirsute fellow who can growl with the best of them. But he was a neither … Continue reading Family Christmas Stories
