[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was in high school when Joe Pine was on in central Iowa. This had to be about 1966 or so.

[DeFault User]

I remember Joe Pine from 1966-'67 also. As I recall, his guests usually presented some screwball theory or experience, such as being abducted by space aliens to meet their queen on Venus. Joe would elicit the story and then start hammering them with questions and insults.

It could be amusing but most of the time it was degrading to watch. Even if the guest had a reasonable theory or claim, he would be relentlessly attacked.