Radio Show:GARY OWENS WEEKEND 5/7/88 BRUCE HORNSBY LIVE, MARTIN MULL CO-HOST

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LISTING PICTURE IS NOT THE ACTUAL SHOW THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT.  SINCE ALL THE SHOWS OF A RADIO SHOW SERIES LOOK EXACTLY ALIKE EXCEPT FOR THE DATE OF THE SHOW AND THE CUE SHEETS, IT IS EASIER TO LIST JUST A REPRESENTATIVE SHOW AND  FILL IN ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION BELOW.   THANK YOU!

AND IF YOU BUY ANY FIVE ITEMS FROM MY STORE, THE SIXTH OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE IS ABSOLUTELY FREE.  JUST MESSAGE ME THROUGH THE EBAY MAIL SYSTEM WITH YOUR CHOICE AND IT WILL COME RIGHT ALONG WITH YOUR OTHERS.

SO HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION:  WHAT IS A RADIO SHOW?  WHY COLLECT THEM?  WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? 

Well, those are good questions, especially if you have never known of them. 

 Radio Shows are syndicated productions by one of several large and small distributors who supply broadcast product to radio stations normally during weekends when the usual air personalities have a break.  Many air on Saturday or Sunday evenings or during overnight segments.  

They often feature some of the best known voices for their genre from across the country thus the Dick Clark's and Casey Kasem's and Rick Dees and Dick Bartley and so many others. 

People collect them for various reasons. 

Some just collect the series because they like it and want them all. 

Some collect their favorite artists or genre of music.  Rather than an album by the artist or a compilation bought at Wal Mart or downloaded through iTunes or wherever, they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj presentations which were very entertaining.  

Some collect interviews with their favorite artists as most shows had interview segments.   Since most of these artists are no longer with us, these interviews are invaluable and lend a personal touch to each show. 

Some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those.  

AND, these shows are in limited quantity. 

They were pressed just for syndicated stations in the United States.  Many have just a few still in circulation.  Some of the more popular shows may have as many as a few hundred of each week's show that survived but think about it.  A few hundred for some 200 million Americans and millions of overseas collectors who look for unique presentations of their favorite artists or form of music is about as rare as rare can be.  

PLUS, many if not most stations simply threw the shows away after airing since they could not be aired again due to the commercial content and most stations had limited space in which to store shows.

So, there may be only one or two of any given show out there and many are in collector collections and cannot be pried loose!

 They were first distributed on reel to reel tape if the show goes back that far into the 60's, then later on lp, later on CD and even later (after 2000 for most shows) on CDR.  Now they are not available at all to collectors since they are distributed by digital download much like you get your music from iTunes.

These shows become rarer and rarer every day because the people who buy them hold on to them and the people who sell them, like me, are running out of them.   My best contact for these shows is totally out of shows so I am at the mercy of finding a good deal here and there but never from a regular source.  

The shows that you get now and hold on to will never decrease in value and only increase. 

I have prided myself since the start to provide the best and fairest cost with a no holds barred guarantee that you will be happy or I refund your money.  I sell them for near what I bought them for.  I give volume discounts and discount postage always.  

As the postal service increases their rates, my shipping rates over the years has decreased. 

And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of over ten thousand shows, so many that I don't even know all that I have and am sometimes amazed when I go to look for one show and find another that I did not realize I had.  

Finally, it is Americana at its best. 

Whether the show be from the 60's or 2000's, rock, countdown, oldies, country, classical, religious, jazz or big band, it is unique and home grown. And you just can't find them anywhere.  Even record stores that still exist will rarely have any. 

  Radio shows are wonderful representations of the real golden age of radio at least music wise. 

And every  one you buy is an original, not a copy, not a remake - all are limited editions. Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!  Welcome to the Club!

Picture yourself back in the late 50's or 60's, even the 70's.  You were glued to your transistor radio listening to the top 40 presented by your local radio station.  You had that radio glued to your ear or connected with the little earphone jack that immediately broke.  Your local dj was great.  He knew the music.  He had the gift of talking which rarely occurs anymore.  You loved the presentation of the music as much as the sounds.  You liked the station jingles. 

 And on weekends when the local dj's had off, you listened to either taped shows they did during the week to be played on the weekend or a syndicated radio show featuring one of the greats.  It was the golden age of rock.  Music was king and the dj's were just as popular. You can relive those days whether you grew up then or just wish you had on only a handful of oldies shows. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. 

 GARY OWENS MUSIC WEEKEND. 

Gary, of course, is a legend if only for his regular participation on Rowen and Martin's Laugh In every week.  Before and after that, he was one of the country's top dj's.  Here is his biography:

Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey, voice actor, radio announcer and personality. His polished baritone speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Owens was equally proficient in straight or silly assignments and was frequently heard on television and radio as well as in commercials.

He was best known, aside from being the announcer on Laugh-In, for providing the voice of the titular superhero on Space Ghost. He also played himself in a cameo appearance on Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1998. Owens' first cartoon-voice acting was performing the voice of Roger Ramjet on the Roger Ramjet cartoons.[1] He later served as voice of the over-the-air digital network Antenna TV.Owens started his radio career in 1952 as a news reporter at KORN, Mitchell, South Dakota and two years later was promoted to news director. In 1956 he left KORN for a newscaster job at KMA, Shenandoah, Iowa before moving on to a disc jockey job at KOIL, Omaha, Nebraska. He also worked in Dallas, New Orleans, St. Louis, and at KIMN in Denver before relocating to California in 1959, working at KROY in Sacramento and KEWB in Oakland before finally settling in Los Angeles.Owens moved to KEWB's sister station KFWB in Los Angeles in 1961. From there, he joined the staff of KMPC in 1962, where he remained for the next two decades, replacing previous afternoon host Johnny Grant, working the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. shift Monday through Friday. A gifted punster, Owens became known for his surrealistic humor. Among his trademarks were daily appearances by The Story Lady (played by Joan Gerber); the Rumor of the Day; myriad varieties of "The Nurney Song"; and the introduction of the nonsense word "insegrevious," which was briefly included in the Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary.

His regular on-air radio terms included "krenellemuffin," as in "We'll be back in just a krenellemuffin." Gary always credited his radio engineer at the end of his broadcast: "I'd like to thank my engineer, Wayne Doo, for creebling at the turntables" (referring to KMPC engineer Wayne DuBois). He also created the previously non-existent colors "veister" and "krelb".

In the early 1960s, like punster-TV star comic colleagues Ernie Kovacs, Steve Allen, and Jonathan Winters, Gary Owens created a few comic characters of his own, such as the gruff old man Earl C. Festoon and his wife Phoebe Festoon, the stuffy old businessman Endocrine J. Sternwallow, and the goofy good ol' boy, Merle Clyde Gumpf. Another character was crotchety old cantankerous Mergenthaler Waisleywillow.

Owens also did amusing radio promotions, such as sending in for "Yours," which turned out to be a postcard from him at the radio station which simply said "Yours" on it; autographed pictures of the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles; and his famous "Moo Cow Report," in which Gary and his character Earl C. Festoon would describe where cows were moving inbound on the crowded freeways of Los Angeles.

During this time Owens was also known as "Superbeard," because like his contemporary radio icon Wolfman Jack, he sported a goatee-beard, Hawaiian shirts, baggy Bermuda shorts, and his "1941 wide necktie with a hula girl on it." Often during these comedy sketches on the air, he would have the assistance of other radio comics, most notably Bob Arbogast (known as "Arbo" to his adoring fans), Stan Ross (of "Drowning in the Surf" fame in 1963), and Jim "Weather Eyes" Hawthorne.

According to IMDb, Owens appeared on eight episodes of the 1966-67 television series The Green Hornet.

Owens also did his famous "Good Evening Kiss" on KMPC when he was on from 9 p.m. to midnight, by saying, "Now I'll just snuggle up to a nice warm microphone, and embracemoi," making a big wet kiss sound effect followed by the sound effect of a gong striking. In 1966, Owens collaborated with Bob Arbogast, June Foray, Daws Butler, Paul Frees, and others on a comedy spoof record album titled "Sunday Morning With the Funnies" with the Jimmy Haskell Orchestra on Reprise Records.

During this period, Owens became more widely known as the voice of the eponymous television cartoon characters in Roger Ramjet and Space Ghost; the excitable narrator/announcer from The Perils of Penelope Pitstop; and perhaps most well-known, as the hand-on-the-ear announcer in the booth on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, all the while continuing his show on KMPC. He also hosted its daily game show spin-off, Letters to Laugh-In, during its brief run in 1969.

Capitalizing on Owens' "Laugh-In" fame, Mel Blanc Audiomedia, an audio production company based in Beverly Hills, California, developed and marketed "The Gary Owens Special Report," a 260-episode package of syndicated radio comedy shows.

Gary Owens appeared in the Sesame Street pilots in a sketch called "The Man from Alphabet." as the title character, a bumbling spy in a trenchcoat who, with the help of a young paperboy called H.B., tried to catch the villainous Digby Dropout and his henchman Dunce using clues from H.B.'s "Alphabet Book." Initially, the Man was also to have had a chief, "Teacher." The segments were created by Sesame Street executive producer David Connell and referenced such tongue-in-cheek spy series as Get Smart and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. Despite the advance publicity, and Connell's investment in the series, "The Man from Alphabet" proved to be a failure with test audiences. The combination of the Man from Alphabet's constant bungling and problem solving attempts confused kids, and the lessons never came across. H.B.'s role as the true problem-solver was not clearly understood, a fact exacerbated by the child actor's stilted delivery and poor diction. As assessed by Edward L. Palmer, "The amount of truly effective educational content, relative to our goals, is virtual nil." The Man from Alphabet also walked through the window of his door to enter his office, a violent movement which might have proved imitable. After reviewing the test results, producer Connell advised that the segments be shelved, referring to them as "Connell's Folly". The segments never aired on Sesame Street.

He was a scriptwriter for Jay Ward Productions, appeared in many series for Walt Disney, and did over 30,000 commercials. He was also a guest star on The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie and McHale's Navy.

During the late 1960s, when the films of 1930s comedians such as the Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields and Mae West were finding a new audience, Owens narrated phonograph records containing sound clips from the films. He appeared as the racing correspondent in Disney's The Love Bug 

Owens received a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 1980, between those of Walt Disney and Betty White.

In the 1980s, he announced on jazz radio station KKJZ (then KKGO-FM) in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.

On the weekend of September 12–13, 1981, Owens substituted for his old KEWB station partner Casey Kasem on American Top 40; this was his only appearance on radio's first nationally syndicated countdown show. In that same year, Watermark chose Owens to replace Murray "The K" Kaufman as permanent host of Soundtrack Of The Sixties, an oldies retrospective show that ran in syndication through 1984. Immediately afterward, he hosted Creative Radio's Gary Owens' Supertracks, which was an oldies retrospective show similar to Soundtrack Of The Sixties, except it presented the fifties, sixties, and seventies.

He was the narrator of Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center pavilion, World of Motion, which operated between 1982 and 1996. His television special was "The Roots of Goofy" which aired from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

Owens moved from KMPC to KPRZ-1150AM (also in Los Angeles) in the early 1980s, hosting mornings at the "Music Of Your Life"-formatted station. Owens in the morning and Dick Whittinghill in afternoon drive was an inversion of Owens' KMPC years.

When Roger Barkley surprisingly walked out of the long-running "Lohman and Barkley Show" on KFI in Los Angeles, Owens briefly teamed with Al Lohman for the successful morning commute show. Jeff Gehringer was brought on as producer. The program ended after the station changed format to talk. Owens had a hilarious bit part as an emcee for "Pimp of the Year", a dream scene in the 1988 comedy, "I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka!"

Owens also co-starred in a number of documentaries about dinosaurs in the 1980s alongside Chicago's Eric Boardman. These documentaries were distributed by the Midwich Entertainment group for the Disney Channel before it went from being a premium pay channel on cable to a standard channel.

Owens guest starred on an episode of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"

Owens was the voice narrator on the ABC Saturday morning animated series, Mighty Orbots in 1984.

The show aired for FOUR hours weekly on the DIR Radio Networks 

Each show contained songs from the golden age of rock and included some current hits as well.  It is a rare show and belongs in your collection.

Gary hosted the show through the end of June, 1988 at which time he left the show.  The show was then hosted thereafter by well known dj  Bill Neal

There were special themes and interviews and special segments throughout the four hours.

MOST SHOWS FEATURED AN IN STUDIO GUEST OR CO-HOST, WHICH WILL BE LISTED IN THE TITLE.  THESE MAKE THE SHOW SUPER RARE IN THAT THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN GARY AND HIS GUESTS COULD NOT BE HEARD ANYWHERE ELSE OR ANYWHERE AFTER THE AIRING OF THE SHOW.   

THERE WAS OFTN A MEDELY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW FEATURING THE FEATURED ARTIST.

AND, EACH SHOW CONTAINED A  RARE LIVE MINI CONCERT FEATURING AT LEAST ONE AND OFTEN SEVERAL SONGS CAPTURED LIVE AT A PERFORMANCE.  YOU ARE IN THE FRONT ROW!

This show was absolutely unbelievable and now you can own one or more for yourself.  It came as pictured (it is a generic picture and not of this particular show but they all look the same) with four beautifully decorated LP's WITH their the cue sheets in excellent condition. 

These shows are very rare because they are GARY OWENS and for some reason are among the least available of any show  

This show is #882-6 and aired on MAY 7,1988. 

THIS SHOW COMES IN ITS RED ALBUM COVER AS SHOWN IN THE LISTING PICTURE 

HERE IS WHAT YOU GET!!!!    

Without You- Bryson & Belle      You Are The Woman- Firefall      My World Is Empty Without You- Supremes      Over You- Ray Parker      I Just Called To Say I Love You- Stevie Wonder      Anything For You- Gloria Estefan      That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be- Carly Simon      Love Is Forever- Billy Ocean                      

Bruce Hornsby LIVE with Mandolin Rain        

You Can Call Me Al- Paul Simon      Mrs Robinson- Simon & Garfunkel      Theme From LA Law- Mike Post      Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay- Otis Redding      Being With You- Smokey Robinson      Africa- Toto      Hey Baby- Bruce Channel      Never Die Young- James Taylor      Rhiannon- Fleetwood Mac      Steal Away- Robbie Dupree     One More Try- George Michael                   

Let It Be- Beatles      Yesterday- Beatles      Baby I'm A Want You- Bread      Nothing From Nothing- Billy Preston      You Are My Everything- Stylistics      Dueling Tubas- Martin Mull      She's Out Of My Life- Michael Jackson      Man In The Mirror- Michael Jackson      Higher And Higher- Rita Coolidge      All I Need Is A Miracle- Mike & The Mechanics      I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues- Elton John     The Fruit Song- Martin Mull              

Smooth Operator- Sade      Best Of My Love- Eagles     How Can I Be Sure- Rascals  Endless Summer Nights- Richard Marx      I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song- Elton John      Hooked On A Feeling- Blue Suede      Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley      Celebration- Kool & The Gang      Summer Breeze- Seals & Crofts      Chariots Of Fire- Vangelis      I Don't Want To Live Without You- Foreigner.    

This is the original show sent for airing.  It is NOT an unauthorized copy but the Real McCoy!!!   I personally guarantee that every radio show that I sell is the original show sent to stations.  Each show comes from my personal collection.

Stations could use the show anytime during that weekend and then if any were left over they became  available to us all to enjoy. You are truly buying a  show that will only increase in value and I am selling them at a price very close to what I paid for it. 

The show also comes with its original national commercials and none of the boring local commercials everyone hates!  

Wrigleys      Avis      Playtex      Cool Ranch Doritos      Armour      Greyhound  AND  MORE!  

Some people buy these shows for their commercial collections but if you don't like them, just skip to the next track and they are gone!  

Remember that this and all the radio music shows that you see on eBay  are not just about the music - the music can be found anywhere.  It is the mixture of great music and great announcing that makes it so entertaining. 

As well, it is a piece of radio and music  history.  You just aren't going to find these shows around very much longer as everything is now digitized and downloaded for play and shows are no longer sent out on CD's.  Think of what they will be worth in a few years!  (IF you wanted to sell.) 

I am selling to share with other music lovers what I was able to get at a reasonable price.   It is a great show and would be a valuable addition to your collection. 

As always, for U.S. buyers, I charge only shipping on the first show you buy so the more you buy the more money you will save.  For my international friends, I charge shipping for the first show bought and every other show in the same package ships for ONLY $8 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MULTI LP SHOW and no extra cost for any other cd or lp radio show.  This is how I try to counter the terribly high shipping prices that recently took a huge hike. 

Good Luck and may God richly bless you always and forever.