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Yes, sometimes it sounded like there was a fine line b/n comedy and taking advantage of people.

Although occaisionally he let a caller, usually a woman, know that it was a put on.

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Yes, sometimes it sounded like there was a fine line b/n comedy and
taking advantage of people.

Yes, at times I'd get a little nervous listening to some of his bits.
BUT...in his madness, he was also a genius.
E.g., when he'd let the whiny little R.C. Collins call in from
military academy (the away-from-home schools for junior/high schoolers)
and let him give his boasting about eventually being a killer in the US Military.
When Hendrie got a real counter-caller from the US Military, Hendrie
would give them plenty of time to set R.C. straight about what it's
really like in the military.
The military callers were so reasoned and measured, I'm sure some
listeners said "I hope the US Military could mold my mess of a child
into something as good as that some day."