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As of six month ago, Grease was back on the air in DC. I was stunned to find him. He’s on an AM station, and he’s doing exactly and precisely the same routines that I first heard him doing in 85. Kind of sad. I guess he’s still there.

As of six months ago, Grease was back on the air in DC. I was stunned to find him. He’s on an AM station, and he’s doing exactly and precisely the same routines that I first heard him doing in 85. Kind of sad. I guess he’s still there.

Oh I wouldn't call that sad, I'd call that 'knowing your niche' and enjoying what you do. Doug Tracht has had a remarkable career, his days at WAPE-AM in Jacksonville Florida (aka 'The Big Ape') are legendary, I consider him one of those figures in broadcasting that are truly 'larger than life'.

I remember one of Grease's routines when he tells the story of taking a vacation in Mexico with his ex-wife 'Estelle', and how they came upon a scene with a man blindfolded, standing before a wall, with Mexican soldiers being given rifles, and he says "An EXECUTION! Estelle! Bring the NIKON!"

He says "the Commandante begins the countdown, 5, 4, 3, and suddenly a soldier puts down his rifle and says 'Senor Commandante', I am feeling ill and cannot do this today' so the Commandante' looks into the crowd and says "Does anyone here know how to fire a Springfield rifle?"

"...being a combat marksman, I put my arm up and said "YEAAHHH buddy!" and the Commandante' puts the rifle into my hands and says "you see ze heart over the chest of the blindfolded man? aim for that heart when I say 'zero', si'?"

I said "AbsoLUTEly!" and I thought to myself, 'they always leave one rifle unloaded so everyone can think they didn't kill the condemned man, but I'm not bothered, so I decide to show off my marksmanship a little, so when the Commandante' counts down '5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ZERO!' I pull the trigger and give 'em a HEAD SHOT! RIGHT between the eyes, the man goes down HARD!

Then the Commandante' walks over to me and says 'Senor? Did YOU shoot the man between the eyes instead of at the heart on his chest?', and I said "You know it! How do you like THAT kind of precision rifle work eh?"

And the Commandante' says "You stupid GRINGO! We were testing a bullet proof VEST!"

UH-ohhhhhhhh...... LOL

I am sorry to hear that Greaseman is back in town. Disgusting pig, IMO. A shame, too, because he really is a comedic genius.