Posted on 04/27/2006 1:26:45 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Phil Hendrie...the master of all radio...is calling it quits....extremely sad day for all fans...I love the man and he has been a huge influence in my career.
Dangit after reading this thread I'm really intrigued, would love to hear some of his stuff. Sounds pretty hilarious.
I heard one show where a man was pushing to ban sunglasses at the beach because men used them to look at women without being seen.
He had this long story about getting into a fight with a guy after taking his sunglasses away from him, and irate callers screaming about freedom, and it was very funny.
I only heard him once or twice though.
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That sounds like Jay Santos & the "Hermosa Beach Safety Patrol". "If it was up to me sunglasses would be banned at the beach!"
Hmm... Forgive me for having some difficulty understanding how he's qualified for that "master of all radio" title, then ... ;)
Somewhere Orson Wells is trying to spin in his grave. Martian attack!
Well he's no Bob & Ray (pre-their complete destruction by the idiots at public radio), but one person never could be....
The Greatest Show In The History of Radio is simple in concept but extraordinarily complex in execution.
Basically Phil interviews one or more of a stable of 36 recurrent Guests. These are normal-sounding persons who are, in their own way, demented, possessed by demons, and one or two steps removed from Reality. The Guests call Phil to discuss the scrapes and imbroglios into which they have recently fallen. The interviews prompt even more calls from irate, infuriated, impassioned Listeners who excoriate the Guests for their inexcusable behavior. Phil moderates as the Guests masterfully insult the callers who become the unwitting subjects of a massive national network Crank.
Three voices. Two persons.
You see, Phil plays himself and his Guests. All 36 of them. Only the callers are real...dead meat.
Often imitated, never duplicated, Phil's ability to switch seamlessly between multiple personalities is unparalleled and immensely funny. He occasionally runs live web-cam broadcasts so Back Stage Pass holders can watch him bop back and forth between the studio mic and the Guest phone. It's a better show than Rush's ditto-cam.
"Let me give out our our number - 1 800 449 8686."
To get Cranked, you must survive a fairly rigorous vetting process. During commercial breaks Phil and his able assistants screen callers mercilessly. Only Innocent Lambs with something to say are put on hold - to await Slaughter. Most are occasional listeners to one of Phil's 100 affiliates on the Premier Radio Network. They rarely understand what's going on. Regular listeners and Back-Stage Pass holders who know the score are quickly identified and dismissed, politely of course.
As Phil often warns us, "You can't crank your way into this show."
1 800 449 8686
1 800 449 8686 east of the Rockies
1 800 449 8686 west of the Rockies
"Phil, hold on a minute, I've got to take care of some, ummmm, paperwork...." ((flush))
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Click on "CLIP ENTRY 002: Martian Transmission"
Couldn't have said it better
Ted Bell, Vernon Dozier, Margaret Grey, & Bobby Dooley were all brilliant characters. Everytime they were on I would listen
His ratings weren't very good. Hendrie's radio program was an acquired taste. I don't think Hendrie ever made it clear that he was playing various roles. I remember a different talk show host on another station mentioned it once, and expressed the opinion that Hendrie wasn't being honest with his listeners. I guess people who felt that way turned off KFI while Hendrie's show was on.
That's exactly why Hendrie was an acquired taste, and why some thought he was being dishonest with his listeners.
I don't like him either, but why do y'all not like Michael Weiner?
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