Originally Posted June 17, 2009
Recently, a friend of mine encouraged me to get into talk radio. So I tried.
Once and only once. Never before, never again.
It was a first-class disaster.
This isn’t the whole show, but it’s the first phone call I got that night. . . and the last.
Click the link below and listen to the hot-boiling phone call from a disgruntled caller. It’s less than 4 minutes long. That was the call that shattered my dream of becoming a talk radio show host!
Sigh.
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Oh, this blog is making me so mad, I’m gonna type with one hand and dial the police with the other…
That was just insane! If it was real it would be even more hilarious!
You gotta crazy sense of humour, but it rocks! 🙂
Ha, ha,ha, ha. Before I noticed it was a joke, I was going to say, that call would have kept me being a radio talk show host. That was crazy fun.
just a note for those of you who took this call seriously … it was a “prank” bit designed to entertain. a bit of talk radio schtick. ’tis humor.
This was really a hoot. thanks for putting it on your blog.
tags: humor
That sounds like a joke, If I didnt know Frank (and I don’t) 🙂 I would say that was a Joke.
Awesome…
Frank,
If that was for real, you handled it very well. Also, I thought you did an excellent job throughout the show. I rarely (if ever) laugh out loud listening to Christian radio (at least in a good way 😉
kgp
Okay. Now Iknow. ha ha , Frank. I guess this aired on April first.
Ha! Thank you so much for sharing that.
The guy lives in Austin?!? Given his attitude, imagine what his days are like. I live and am native to Austin (and LOVE it). Our poor old vet (he fought for you, you ungrateful hippie) must lay down a constant stream of bile in this blue island of a city. Sadly, I recognize his rhetoric if not his voice.
Frank, you may be under indictment for causing an anurism in an old man who isn’t coping well with change. Wish I knew what you said that set him off.
NICE! See you at the beach!
Someone is off his meds!
When was this on the air? I do wonder what he was responding to. Perhaps it was the style of music, haha but, really, what do you think it was, Frank?
Amazing!
You are at least provocative. Isn’t this the response most talk show hosts are seeking? You are a natural.
Frank,
I do remember that call. Did you ever receive a letter or letters from him?
Joel
SOMEONE needs some meds 🙂
I don’t know… I think he really liked you. 🙂
Wow.
Boy, Mr. Viola, he really let you have it! Which book was he calling to complain about? No wonder why you left radio. I’m still a little shaken myself!
By the way, did the police ever straighten you out?
wuz that for REAL? Was that guy for REAL? Wow . . . is about all i can say
Some young hippie! Some young hippie!