Money

It’s night in the big city
A man says a prayer, puts down a $20 and rolls the dice
The faucet won’t stop dripping

“Welcome to Season Three of TTRH, and we’re glad to have ya. We’ve had a lot of fun the last couple of years, presenting the greats and near-greats, the fondly remembered and the almost forgotten, performing a wide variety of music on a veritable cornucopia of subjects. But as we start season 3 we’re gonna take our cue from a sign Harry S. Truman kept on his desk: The Buck Stops Here. And not just the buck, the yen, the sheckle, the nickel and dime, and if you still subscribe to the barter system, maybe a bushel of corn. So break open your piggy banks and cash in your bonds. This week’s episode of TTRH is most definitely cash and carry.”

The Singers and the Songs

Jerry McCain & His Upstarts – That’s What They Want Louis Prima – Pennies From Heaven Papa Charlie Jackson – You Put it in, I’ll Take it out –“If ya listen, it’s a very unusual instrument he’s playing. It’s kinda half banjo, half guitar. It’s a six string instrument, tuned and fingered like a guitar but with a banjo body, so it has that trebly banjo sound, but there’s more notes available.” Van Morrison – Blue Money“I almost think we play too much Van Morrison. Then I listen to one of his records and I think, no we don’t!” Ray Charles – Greenbacks“There’s a great baritone sax solo on this record. It’s probably Howard Cooper, and you can almost hear him stepping back into the reed section to blend back in at the end of his solo. I always like to give you a little something to listen to in a song; I find it makes you listen to the whole thing more carefully.” Mel Blanc – Money Buddy Johnson and His Band – It’s the Gold Nic Jones – Farewell To The Gold Lefty Frizzell – My Baby’s Just Like Money“One of the true honky-tonk heroes” Buddy Guy (Amigo Hombre) – 100 Dollar Bill“Sounds a little bit like Barrett Strong’s ‘Money’ – not enough to get sued I guess.” P. Diddy (Featurning Lil’ Kim, The Lox, and the Notorious B.I.G.) – It’s All About the Benjamins The Clovers – Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash“It’s because of them we have the familiar sound of the saxophone solo on vocal group records. You see what happened was, back on February 22nd, 19 and 51, tenor saxophonist Frank ‘Floorshow’ Culley brought his band into the Atlantic studios to back the clovers. Well Ahmet Ertegun only wanted to use the rhythm section; Frank knew if he didn’t play he wasn’t gonna get paid. Ahmet said to him, ‘Now listen man, if I pay you, you’re gonna play!’ so play he did and it was the first saxophone solo on a vocal group record. It reached number one, and the bootin’ tenor solo was a mainstay on vocal group records ever since.” Jessie Price – You Can’t Take It With You

Record Labels

Excello Records Vocalion Atlantic Capital Decca

Other People and Players

Christopher Collins Italian Singers Perry Como Vic Damone Tony Bennett Dino (Dean Martin) Freddie Keppard and his Jazz Cardinals Johnnie Dodds Tiny Parham Kid Ory Johnny Burke Arthur Johnston Ma Rainey Ida Cox Terry Southern Elizabeth Magie Charles Darrow Parker Brothers Howard Cooper Stan Freberg Porky Pig Daffy Duck Ella Johnson Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger Ronald Reagan“friend of the black man, striking a blow for world justice” Paul Metsers Jimmy Williams The Beatles M.D.T. Bienville – French physician who “laid out” (if you’ll pardon the expression) the theory of nymphomania Alfred Kinsey “A nymphomaniac is just someone who has more sex than you do” Barrett Strong Lil’ Kim The LOX The Notorious B.I.G Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Harrison Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople Pope Benjamin II Saint Benjamin Arthur Benjamin Asher Benjamin Judah P. Benjamin Richard Benjamin Ben Cartwright – “Patriarch of the Ponderosa” Frank “Floorshow”Culley Ahmet Ertegun Stan Kenton Louis Armstrong Slim Gaylord

Places

Albania Bosnia Denmark Slovakia Poland Mozambique New Orleans America Empire State Building Boardwalk Marvin Gardens Russia China N. Korea Cuba Bureau of Engraving and Printing South Africa The goldfields of Central Otago Constantinople Persia The Federal Reserve Memphis, TN Los Angeles

Other Songs and Albums

Shake That Thing His Band and the Street Choir Penguin Eggs Money (B. Strong) (clip) Got a Penny Benny (Nat King Cole) (clip)

Games, Movies, and other Entertainment

Hokum –“A spicy form of popular song that was chock full of double entendres” Monopoly The Landlord’s Game Melody Maker magazine Chinatown (clip) Grand Ole Opry “One reason you can’t take it with you is that is usually leaves before you do.”

Money Part 2

The Singers and the Songs

Moon Mullican & The Blue Ridge Playboys – Gimme My Dime Back, Gimme My Money“The king of the hillbilly piano players…Many people think he was an uncredited co-writer on Hank Williams’ Jambalaya, and I can believe it, ‘cause it has that bounce.” James Brown – I’ve Got Money Eric “Monty” Morris – Penny Reel Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters – Money Honey“This one’s for you Aaron (Neville)” Johnny Dove and the Magnolia Playboys – Lookin’ for Money Slim Harpo – I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis) Everly Brothers – Man with Money Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Clean Money Johnnie Taylor – Last Two Dollars Johnny Paycheck – Down To My Last Dime Tiny Grimes – Romance Without Finance“He once told me that money isn’t the key to happiness, but if you have enough, you can have a key made.” The O’Jays – For the Love of Money Johnny “Guitar” Watson – You Can’t Take it With You

Other People and Players

Samuel Butler Jimmy Davis Fred Clement Hank Williams Emperor Augustus Penn Jillette (guest) Penn and Teller Clayton Fillyau“James Brown always said, ‘give the drummer some” FDR George McCann King Farouk of Egypt Baba Brooks Smokey Robinson Ben E. King Jackie Wilson The Dominoes Michael Buble Carlo Ponte Josh Groban Aaron Neville – Anything Clyde McPhatter sings is a prayer Egyptian Pharos The Greeks The Romans Americans Alexander the Great The Norse Albert Einstein – if the bees die off man will only have four years left to live Al Urban Charles Calhoun / Jesse Stone William Kidd Norman Vincent Peale Jesus The Money Changers The Who DB Cooper FBI The hippies J. Edgar Hoover Robinhood Van Morrison Charlie Parker Ingmar Kamprad (IKEA founder) Eddie O’Jay Gamble and Huff Ronnie Baker Hetty Green Jessie Price

Famous Literary Misers

Ebenezer Balfour Milburn Drysdale Silas Marner Scrooge McDuck Henry F. Potter Ebenezer Scrooge

Places

Louisiana Tennessee Egypt Cairo New York World Trade Center Jamaica Peru (home to the sandwich-making ants of Peru) Massapequa Long Island New York The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine Superstition Mountains Apache Junction, AZ Jerusalem The Cascade Mountains Columbia River Chitlin’ Circuit Philly Houston, TX Yokohama, Japan

Other Songs and Albums

Jambalaya Beat & Soul (Everly Brothers) Your Cash Ain’t Nothing But Trash Disco Lady (Johnnie Taylor) Love Train Livin’ For The Weekend Back Stabber Used To Be My Girl

Record Labels

Dove Record Label Excello Records Cadence Savoy Records

Books, Radio, Movies, other Entertainment

Mento Dr. Demento Monty Python – the money program Wall Street The New Testament Ace in the Hole Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson) It’s a Wonderful Life Fargo

Kinds of Penny Candy

Squirrel Nut Zippers Mary Janes Wax Lips Lik-M-Aid Lil’ Nips Button Candy Candy Necklaces Salt Water Taffy Root Beer Barrels Candy Cigarettes Atomic Fireballs Chico Stix Red Hots Pixie Stix (also the name of Bob’s first girlfriend)

Night

It’s night time in the big city
A Brinks truck pulls up in front of a bank
A man makes a promise he’ll never keep.

The Singers and The Songs Joe Houston and His Rockets – All Night Long“…A saxophone player who joined the band at age 16. The band leader hired him because he had the right color suit, he could read the charts pretty good, and he said he could be at the train station at 7 AM. The same way I choose a band.” Dr. John – Such a Night“Whenever I listen to Dr. John I can almost smell the night blooming jasmine.” The Drifters – Another Night With The Boys LeRoy Carr – When The Sun Goes Down“Sounds just like Love In Vain by Robert Johnson. Robert recorded it 8-10 years later, but he must have heard that record. You play the two back to back and it’s remarkable. There’s nothing new under the sun – or in honor of tonight’s show, under the moon neither.” Fred Astaire – The Way You Look Tonight Willie Nelson – Night Life Chick Carbo – In The Night“What always kills me about this record is that every time I listen to it I’m totally convinced that the background singers are singing ‘Shoebox.’ Doesn’t make any sense, but that’s what I hear. Shoebox. You be the judge.” Buddy Holly – Midnight Shift Zuzu Bollin – Why Don’t You Eat Where You Slept Last Night The Strangeloves – Night Time Professor Longhair – In The Night“I got nothin’ to say about him, we told you about him before, and you know how to look him up in Wikipedia. That’s where he lives – Wikipedia, Louisiana.” The Latin Playboys – Forever Night Shade Mary“Most of these songs started out in the still of the night in David’s kitchen on a beaten up four track recorder, and it sure sounds like it. And I mean that in the best possible sense.” Charles Brown – Black Night Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through The Night“The only man I know who could write a song for Janis Joplin and then act with Barbara Streisand.”

Other People and Players

Charlie Feathers Wanda Jackson (Why isn’t she in the rock and roll hall of fame?) Samuel Johnson JJ Cale Professor Longhair Gerry Goffin Carole King Yes Dylan Thomas (not mentioned directly but Bob references Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night) Bing Crosby Nat Cole Ray Charles Eric Clapton Robert Johnson Peleus Achilles Adele Astaire Norman Granz Oscar Peterson Flip Phillips Barney Kessel Charlie Shavers Ray Brown Antonio Porchia – Night is a world lit by itself The French Cornell Woolrich F. Scott Fitzgerald B. B. King Radiohead Chuck Carbo The Spiders The Zion Harmonizers The Delta Southernaires Allen Toussaint Batman Superman Bob Kane Bob Montgomery E.X. Brooks Fathead Newman Howard Cooper Ray Charles Bob Feldman Jerry Goldstein Richard Gottehrer David Hidalgo Louie Perez Tchad Blake Mitchell Froom Vincent Van Gogh Walt Whitman Brahms Mozart Native Americans Janis Joplin Barbara Streisand Carl Sandburg

Places

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sampson’s Diner The Northern Hemisphere The Arctic Circle Alaska Canada Greenland Norway Sweden Finland Russia (The extremities of) Iceland “If you’re listening up there, try to keep warm and I’ll see you tomorrow night.” New Orleans Los Angeles New York Bolivia The British Empire Oxford Hutchinson Junior High School Texas Armstrong, Australia New York New England St. Remy West Germany Nashville

Other Songs and Albums

In The Right Place – Dr. John Love in Vain Rule Britannia (clip) Batman Theme (clip) Rock-A-Bye Baby Mockingbird (aka Hush Little Baby) Tura-Lura-Lural All The Pretty Little Horses Hush-A-Bye Baby Kristofferson

Night Flowers

Angels Trumpet Night Blooming Jasmine Moonflower Evening Primrose Night Blooming Cereus

Other Plants

Deadly Nightshade

Record Labels

Atlantic Records Instant Record Label Decca Coral Records Brunswick Records Columbia

Books, Movies, and other Art & Entertainment

Vaudeville Swing Time Rear Window The Bride Wore Black The Black Curtain The Black Alibi The Black Angel Rendezvous in Black The Black Path of Fear Rolling Stone Magazine Detective Comics #27 Starry Night A Clear Midnight Good Night “Like all creatures of the night it’s about time for me to scurry back to my cave. But we’ll be back again next week with another theme, and anecdotes and tales to tantalize and delight.”

Beginning, Middle, and End

It’s night time in the big city
A woman goes through her husband’s pockets while he sleeps
Everyone’s either asleep or in the emergency room
It’s Theme Time Radio Hour with your host from coast to coast, Bob Dylan.

The Singers and The Songs

Antita O’Day – I Can’t Get Started Sonny Boy Williamson – Don’t Start Me To Talking J. Geils Band – Start All Over Again Peggy Lee – Beginning To See The Light (Artie Shaw and his Orchestra – Begin the Beguine – clip Amos Milburn – In the Middle of the Night“We usually think of our next artist as a piano pounding boogie master. But I wanted to take a second to show another side of him, his deep blue side.” Manfred Mann – The One in The Middle Ray Charles – Smack Dab in the Middle“Sometimes ya play a song for just one reason. This song has a lot going for it: it’s got a swingin’ arrangement done by Benny Carter; The Raelettes sound great on it; and Ray sings his ass off. But the reason I like this record – it’s got the best recorded finger snaps I’ve ever heard.” Wanda Jackson – In The Middle of a Heartache“She’s known as a rockabilly singer but she doesn’t get enough credit for singing straight country. She deserves it, too.” Nick Lowe – Half a Boy and Half a Man“…One of the forefathers of punk. He earned this by producing The Damned, and he made a lot of records on his own…you might not know this one, where he channels his inner Doug Sahm. His keyboard player does a pretty good Augie Myers impression too…That’s a knees-up rocker.” Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys – At the End of the Lane Skeeter Davis – The End of The World Richard Thompson – The End of The Rainbow Buddy Guy “South of the border, they know him as Amigo Hombre”

Other People and Players

Ishmael Herman Melville Winston Churchill Norman Granz Gene Krupa Bob Hope Eve Arden Ira Gershwin Robert Edwin Peary Big Walter Little Walter Middle Walter Johnny Little John Big Daddy Simpson Melvin Simpson Julian Schnabel Dr. Niels Birbaumer Pete Wolff Seth Justman David Lynch Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges Don George Harry James Shelly Manne Erika Eigen Sunforest Stanley Kubrick August Ferdinand Mobius Cole Porter“In 1935 Cole Porter went on a round the world cruise to write Jubilee. He took with him a piano, a small organ, 24 pencils…a typewriter, a metronome, and three cases of champagne. He said that he wrote Begin the Beguine in the Fiji Islands, after seeing a native dancer. I think it was after he finished the champagne.” Martha Rae Paul Jones (singer) Benny Carter The Raelettes Kermit the Frog (clip) John Lee (Hooker) George Thorogood Jules Verne Alexandre Dumas Gaston (Jules Verne’s nephew) The Damned Doug Sahm Augie Meyers Jeffrey Eugenides Oprah Fred Howard Nat Vincent Richard Brautigan The Diggers The Davis Sisters Native Americans Piute Indians Cheyenne Indians“…have a story of the giant pole that holds up the universe and it’s gnawed down by the Great White Beaver of the North, with the earth falling into a bottomless pit. I wonder what they were smoking.” Mayans Sir Martin Rees Leprechauns Ike Turner Charles Dickens Robert W. Service

Famous Middle Children

Bill Gates JFK Madonna Princess Dianna Richard Nixon George Burns Bob Hope (clip)

Famous Carnival Sideshow Hermaphrodites

Josephine Joseph Esther Lester Leo Leola Jean Eugene Henrietta (And the He-Man Martha Rae)

Books, Movies, and other Entertainment

Moby Dick Ziegfield Follies The Diving Bell and the Butterfly New Scientist A Clockwork Orange Jubliee Journey to the Center of the Earth The Three Musketeers Count of Monte Cristo Airport 79: The Concorde Five Weeks in a Balloon From the Earth To The Moon 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Around the World in 80 Days Middlesex (Bob read it because it was part of the Oprah Book Club) The Scarlatti Tilt Trout Fishing in America Our Final Century A Tale of Two Cities The End of The Trail

Places

The North Pole Chicago Gary, Indiana Boston Museum of Fine Arts La Caruna lighthouse Spain Fiji Islands Houston England Johannesburg, South Africa The United States Lebanon, KS The Equator Ecuador Columbia Brazil Democratic Republic of Congo Uganda Somalia The Maldives Indonesia Kiribati Paris San Antonio San Francisco Dry Ridge, Kentucky

Record Labels

Chess Records Atlantic Bluebird Label

Other Songs and Albums

I Wanna Marry A Lighthouse Keeper (clip) Chicken Shack Boogie Bad, Bad Whisky Let Me Go Home, Whisky One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer The End of the World

Miscellany

Mobius Strip Ouroboros

Blood

The Singers and The Songs

Little Esther – Flesh, Blood, and Bones Da Costa Woltz and the Southern Broadcasters – Are You Washed in the Blood of The Lamb“Here’s an unusual record, with an interesting story behind it…D. Woltz was in the patent medicine business and he was the mayor of Galax, Virginia in 1930 and 1931. (He) vanished into obscurity after swindling the town of Galax while he was the mayor. Lemme see now…patent medicine business, crooked mayor, swindled the town, disappeared in obscurity…of course they recorded a gospel record!” Memphis Slim – Cold Blooded Woman“The tale of a woman who is positively reptilian” Jerry Lee Lewis – Lust of the Blood “Ya know if anyone ever asks me why I do this radio show I can just play ‘em that. Jerry Lee Lewis singing Shakespeare — that’s what this show is all about.” Ike Turner – She Made My Blood Run Cold Nervous Norvus – Transfusion“That record made it to number 8 on the pop charts. Imagine a record like that on the charts now. We lived in great times.” Honeyboy – Blood Stains on the Wall“Another great example of saying a lot by saying a little.” Paul Clayton – Go Down You Blood Red Roses Danny Barker – Blood On The Moon Big Boy Groves – Bucket Of Blood“Playing the organ there for ya too. Mighty fine sound…A tuneful little ditty about a violence-prone establishment.” The String Kings – Bloodshot The Zion Travelers – The Blood The Mississippi Sheiks – I’ve Got Blood In My Eyes For You “Walter Vinson on guitar and vocals; Lonnie Chatmon on fiddle; Sam Chatmon on guitar; and Bo Carter on guitar – don’t let the name fool you, he was also a Chatmon. I mention their names because it is important to remember that these are people. This is how they made their living. They went somewhere to record it and went many places to perform it. That’s how they got life experience to write and record more songs. Sure you can sit around your house, without ever leaving home, stick in your ear buds, and listen to it all alone. But you gotta ask yourself, what’s the next generation gonna write about? Sitting home alone, you’re not gonna write a song like this.”

Movies, Books and other Entertainment

Dracula (clip) Blood in the Streets (promo clip) The Old Testament The New Testament Othello Catch my Soul LA Times Death of a Salesman Oxford English Dictionary In Cold Blood To Kill a Mockingbird Capote Infamous Roshoman The Book of Revelation New Orleans Jazz Museum Grand Guignol Sin City

Other People and Players

Kenny Rogers Anne Boleyn King Henry the Eighth John Lee Rockefeller Abraham Isaac God The Israelites Angel of Death Matt Murphy“Slim gave a shout out to his guitar player Matt Murphy there and made played pretty nice, though he wasn’t what you’d call a “Guitar God.” They love the flashy fingers and the solos full of filigree. Be careful, these might be false gods. I hope if you’re a young guitar player, listening to this show, with your guitar in your lap, hoping to cop some licks, you’re paying attention. You don’t have to fill up every moment with a hundred notes. People like Guitar Slim only played a few notes, but every single one of those notes was like an ice pick to your heart.” Lady Macbeth King Duncan Macbeth Shakespeare Iago Desdemona Muddy Waters Elmore James Rosco Gordon Otis Rush Tina (Turner) Truman Capote Harper Lee Sylvester Graham –“Dedicated his life to a battle against masturbation. He was also into healthy eating. I’m with him on the healthy eating part.” W.K. Kellogg Honeyboy Edwards Napoleon The British Army Thomas Jefferson Blue Lu Barker Onward Brass Band King Oliver Sidney Bechet Babe Son Kid Rena Benny Carter Cab Calloway Bill Buckner Andre Escobar Oscar Metenier Max Maury Paula Maxa Mary Queen of Scots George Jessel Willie Nelson Lord Byron Winston Churchill

Places

Galax, Virginia Louisiana England Kansas New Bedford, MA New Orleans Colombia London The Lamb and Flag Paris, France St. Paul, MN Harry’s Bar, Paris

Record Labels

Federal Specialty Records Gaiety Records

Guest

Billy Vera

Types of Sea Shanties

Short Haul Shanties Capstan Shanties Halyard Shanties

Bob’s instructions for getting blood stains out of clothing

1. Wet the stain with cold water. 2. Coat the blood stain with powdered meat tenderizer and more cold water; that makes sense – blood is found in meat and tenderizer can break it down. 3. Rub this paste into the shirt and let it sit for about half an hour. 4. During this half hour, consider what you have done. Then rinse, and head for Mexico.

Bob’s Bloody Mary Recipe

2/3 of a cup of tomato juice – don’t pinch pennies here, get a good tomato juice Add 2 go 3 oz of vodka – I sometimes add 4 1 t of horseradish – “use freshhorsh…fresh horshwa…use fresh horshradish” Sprinkle a little Tabasco sauce in there 1 t of Worcestershire Sauce – “I can say that easier than horseradish!” Take the juice of ½ a lime A little bit of salt – “I use the coarse sea salt; I like the texture” A little fresh ground pepper Then stick a celery stalk in there “Put on a couple of Willie Nelson records, sit for a while, and it’s good night, Martha”

War

(The sounds of war)

The Singers and The Songs

Louis Jordan and his Tympany 5-GI Jive Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles-Fightin’ in the War with Spain The Horrors Of War – Attila The Hun“He has the same middle name as Smokey the Bear” Raymond And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Eric Bogle Was My Brother In The Battle ? – Kate and Anna McGarrigle Johnny Horton-The Battle of New Orleans Drive Soldiers Drive – Little Maxie Bailey The Cold War With You – Floyd Tillman Universal Soldier – Buffy Sainte-Marie Let A Soldier Drink – Jerry Lee Lewis (from the rock version of Othello) Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley & The Wailers The Forgotten Soldier Boy – The Monroe Brothers Day After Tomorrow – Tom Waits Bring the Boys Home – Freda Payne I Believe I’m Gonna Make It – Joe Tex (Shouted on stage before shows to make himself hoarse to sound more authentic and then became a Muslim Minister) Peace – Los Lobos

Other Singers and Songs

Edwin Starr -War “blood is spilled too often for too little” Johnny Mercer Charlie Poole Roy Acuff (singer) Jim England (song writer) Bailes Brothers-Kyle, Johnny, Walter, Homer-Searching For a Soldier’s Grave Louvin Brothers Johnny and Jack (Singing groups) Fred Rose Hank Williams Roy Orbison Doc Gibson Boudleaux Felice Bryant The Everly Brothers Peewee King “Tennessee Waltz” Linda Rondstat Album-Hot like a Wheel “American Patrol” Stephan Foster Jimmy Driftwood “They took the Stars out of Heaven” “GI Blues” “Slipping Around” Robert Vincent (records for Military Use only) Donavon Ry Cooter Crazyhorse Elvis John Paul Jones “I got ya” Wilson Picken Ben E King Don Covey Percy Mayfield Jack Good Jerry Lee Lewis Duke Ellington Barry Gordey Quincy Jones Bill Crosby “Band of Gold” Angelo Bond Greg Perry

Other People

Bertrand Russell “War does not determine who it right, only left.” Plato General Patton Mars and Aires William Randolph Hearst Joseph Pulitzer President McKinley Teddy Roosevelt Other Attila the Hun Pope Leo I Winston Churchill Lord Kitchener Matthew Bradley Photography Bernard Baruch (coined phrase cold war) Herbert Bayes Swope Gerald Holtham Shanghai Scheck Shakespeare John Bailey Tyler George S Lamkin Calvin Graham President Coolidge General Johnson Albert Einstein “You can not prevent and prepare for war at the same time” Simon Goldman Fredric March Ben Andrews Harold Russell William Wyler

Places

Cuba US Maine Havana Spain Puerto Rice Guam Grand Ole Opry Roman Empire Austria Germany Italy Rome Peebles, Scotland Australia Gallipoli Black Sea Pasadena Korea Nashville Saskatchewan Germany Hamburg Dusseldorf Frederick, Maryland Mississippi Chicago

Entertainment, TV, Radio and Lit

Sun Su-The Art of war Lt. Don Briggs press conference (speaking on behalf of Cop. Bob Carroll. Sgt. Mel Powell Sgt Ray McKinley) (clip) Bugs Bunny (clip) Tall Man with the High Hat (Penny Bonds) Tokyo Rose Radio (clip) Sesame Street Officer and A Gentleman Jack Neichtze Othello (clip) Othello ‘So do I too, good lieutenant” The Banana Splits (clip) Nutty Professor II Today’s Black Woman (TV SHOW) The Best Years of Our Lives (film) (clip)

Military Abbreviations

PRF-Private First Class CPL Corporal SGT Sergeant LT Lieutenant CP Command Post OD On Duty or Operation Directive MP Military Police PVT Private LIEUG Lieutenant KP Kitchen Patrol QT Quick Time AWOL Absent Without Official Leave MEDIVAC Medical Evacuation MIA Missing In Action KIA Killed In Action SOP Standard Operating Procedure “and WILCO is the name of a band, and we can not forget FUBAR and SNUFU. I can‘t tell you what those mean because this is a family program.”

Record Labels

Paramount label Sony Label Excello Label Bluebird Label

Wars

Spanish American War Civil War Cold War War of Independence War of 1812

Misc

Yellow Journalism Waltzing Matilda (Carry your pack around the bush) History of the Peace Symbol

Important Civil War Battles (in which coffins and embalming were big business)

Fort Sumter Bull Run Harper’s Ferry, WV Vicksburg Gettysburg Sharpsburg Antietam Battle of Long Island

Civil War firsts

Workable Machine gun Snorkel breathing device Aerial Reconnaissance Flame Throwers Military Telegraphs Metal of Honor Telescopic sites for riffles Repeating riffles Bugle call “Taps”

Celebrities that fought in war

Yogi Berra Mel Brooks Clark Gable Brock Hudson “All the Kennedy’s” Jack, Robert and George Rod Sterling Bridges Meridice Rod Steiger Ted Williams Sylvester Stallone

Fruit

It's nighttime in the big city.
The rain soaked streets reflect the glare of passing headlights.
A man pace around in his hotel room.
Do you know where your children are?

The Singers and The Songs

Tutti Frutti – Little Richard Peaches In The Springtime – Memphis Jug Band“I always loved that voice that anwsers him in the records. I always love to hear them yell ‘yeah’ and ‘what’ “ Don’t Squeeze The Peaches – Jack Costanzo & Gerrie Woo Lemon ‘N Ice – Latin Playboys Cherry Oh Baby – Eric Donaldson Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow – Sam Montgomery Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White – Perez Prado “I had a friend staying at my house recently. The other morning I came into the kitchen and saw him staring at a carton of orange juice. I asked him what he was doing and he said the carton sai ‘concentrate’. “ W-P-L-J – The Four Deuces Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles I’m Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight – The Savoy Havana Band Eatin’ Watermelon – Crown Prince Waterford Yes, We Have No Bananas – Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers featuring June Hutton The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) – Harry Belafonte Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday

Other Singers and Songs

Bumps Blackwell Dorothy Labostrie The Stray Cats “Mr. Bongo” Desi Arnaz Stan Kenton Nat Cree ? Judy Garland Frank Sinatra x2 Sonny Boy Williamson The Rolling Stones “Black and Blue” Pete Seger The Byrds Robert Johnson “Sweet Home Chicago” “Komono Blues” Billy Regis Eartha Kitt Rosemary Clooney Frank Zappa Rudy Vallee Billy Rosario Con Conrad Jay McShad Jimmy Witherspoon Cassandra Wilson Louis Allen

Other People

Marlon Brando Albert Einstein Sir Issac Newton Jayne Russell Hugh Lasater Lloyd Bright Danny Kay Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Barney Josephson Milt Gabler Billy Crystal

Places

The Big Apple Georgia Greece Germany Havana Kent Village, Jamaica Gold’s Gym Jonesboro, AR Cafe Society

Record Labels

Specialty Arch Commodore

TV, Movies and Entertainment

Ad-The True festive meal Ad-Take a bite of Peach Bells of St Martin Ad-Florida Sunshine Orange Juice Underwater Ad-Sunsweet Prunes Clip-Death of a Salesman

Lit

Dylan Thomas

Guest

John C Reilly

Fruit Based Dessert

Apple Pie Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Strawberry Shortcake Peach Cobbler Pineapple Upsidedown cake Key Lime Pie Lemon Meringue Pie Apple Crisp Blueberry Crumble Banana Bread Jello Apple Brown Betty Pan Dowdy Strutel Apple Tan Tan Apple Cobbler

Street Map

It’s night time in the big city
A cold wind blows no good
A woman tries to remember when things first went wrong
I can’t believe it’s not butter

“Today on TTRH, we’re gonna walk down that weary road, spend a little time on Easy Street, visit Primrose Lane, and attempt to steer clear of Skid Row. We’ll traverse the avenues and boulevards. We’ll take the road less traveled, and hopefully you’ll find us right up your block. We’ll drive down Route 66, America’s Main Street now sadly gone. We’ll get a little bit of southern exposure on Route 90 and find out the skinny from the man on the streets. Let’s go where the rubber meets the road. That’s right, we’re traversing the highways and byways, the promenades and roadways. We’re on the road to ruin. I may not be a Rhodes Scholar, but I got my share of street smarts! So join us for the next hour as we consult the street map. You are here.”

The Singers and The Songs

Laura Cantrell – 14th Street “Gives you a real sense of the serendipitous wonder that is New York City.” The Pilgrim Travelers – Straight Street The Skatalites – Streets of Gold (clip) Roger Miller – King Of The Road Ray Charles – Lonely Avenue“You know I don’t usually like to tell people what I’m doing, but I am talking to a couple of car companies about possibly being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you’re looking for directions and you heard my voice saying something like, ‘Take a left at the next street…no a right…you know what, just go straight.’ I probably shouldn’t do it, ‘cause whichever way I go, I always end up in one place: on Lonely Avenue. Luckily I’m not totally alone. Ray Charles beat me there.” Percy Mayfield – Hit The Road Jack (clip)“It’s acapella. This allows the inherent dysrhythmia of the song to shine through” Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Mississippi Fred McDowell – 61 Highway Hank Williams – Lost Highway Little Feat – Willin“This song has gone on to become a country classic and a truck driver’s anthem. So if you’re driving on the back roads, turn this one up.” The Nat King Cole Trio – Route 66“Back in the 60’s, I used to hear the word ‘groovy’ all the time – I had no idea what people were talking about. For me a record like this was the definition of grooviness. So here’s the grooviest song I know, all about America’s main street.” Clarence ‘Bon Ton’ Garlow – Route 90 Mud Boy and The Neutrons – Dark End of the Street“(Sid Selvidge, Lee Baker, Jimmy Crosthwait,) and of course, that magical musical maestro from Memphis, Jim Dickinson…he was never one of those guys who could fit into a pigeon hole…He was the kind of guy you could call if you needed someone to play the piano, fix a tractor, or make red coleslaw from scratch.” Woody Guthrie – Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Other People and Players

Emily Spray Tennessee Williams Sam Cook J.W. Alexander Ethiopian Clowns New Orleans Crescent Stars Ben Webster Huck Finn Minnie Pearl Faron Young Charlie Chaplin The Little Tramp Percy Mayfield“We’ve told the Percy Mayfield story a couple of times here. If you haven’t heard it, go download some of our old shows illegally.” Ray Charles Perry Mason Della Street Picabo Street Big Sid Catlett Tony Bennett Stephen King Sherlock Holmes Bob Nolan Leon Payne James Dean Tom Mix Eddie Cochran Isadora Duncan Jayne Mansfield Sam Kinison Jackson Pollock Princess Grace of Monaco Princess Diana Lowell George Bill Payne Richie Hayward The Mothers of Invention Roy Estrada Bobby Troup President Eisenhower John Steinbeck Jack Kerouac Yogi Berra James Carr Ry Cooder The Stones Aretha Franklin Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Big Star The Replacements The North Mississippi All-Stars Okies Carl Sandburg“road weary poet”

Places

Chelsea Greenwich Village Union Square Broadway The Academy of Music Vaudeville Houston The Gunbarrel Highway Northern Territory (Aus) South Australia West Australia Yonge Street Toronto Rainy River, Ontario Minnesota Number 1 Bistro Mckay’s Hotel Wick, Scotland Ebenezer Place New York Corner of Houston and Bowery Pacific Northwest Idaho National Ski Hall of Fame Rossville, TN Como, MS The Mississippi Delta Chicago Highway 61 Tunica 221 B Baker St., London, England 10 Downing St. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue The White House The U.S. Department of Commerce The Mother Road I-55 I-44 I-40 I-10 Route 90 Jacksonville, FL Tallahassee Pea Ridge Pensacola Mobile, AL Slidell, LA New Iberia, LA “That’s where they make Tabasco Sauce. You know, I kissed a girl from New Iberia once; had a burning sensation for weeks.” Beaumont Harlow, TX Van Horn Champs Elysee Bourbon St. Rodeo Drive Tiananmen Square The Autobahn Memphis The Dust Bowl The Great Plains The West Coast California

Record Labels

Specialty Records

Books, Movies, Plays, Poems, and Other Entertainment

The Book of Acts, Chapter 9, Verse 11 Big River Easy Street Carrie The Moose Murders Nightmare on Elm St. (promo clip) The Bon Ton Show On The Road (clip of Jack reading) The Road and the End

Other Songs and Albums

Just a Riff Boulevard of Broken Dreams Eleanor Rigby American Idiot Happy Rovin’ Cowboy Bon Ton Roulet They Walk Among Us Chilly Winds “In our last show of season two, we talk about the song ‘Chilly Winds.’ We told you how that song kind of morphed into ‘Going Down the Road Feeling Bad.’ Well you didn’t think I was gonna let our Street show go by without playin’ that, did ya?”

The Most Common Street Names (in order)

1. 2nd St. 2. 3rd St. 3. 1st St. 4. 4th St. 5. Elm St.

The Road and the End – Carl Sandburg

I shall foot it Down the roadway in the dusk, Where shapes of hunger wander And the fugitives of pain go by. I shall foot it In the silence of the morning, See the night slur into dawn, Hear the slow great winds arise Where tall trees flank the way And shoulder toward the sky. The broken boulders by the road Shall not commemorate my ruin. Regret shall be the gravel under foot. I shall watch for Slim birds swift of wing That go where wind and ranks of thunder Drive the wild processionals of rain. The dust of the traveled road Shall touch my hands and face.

Famous People

It’s night time in the big city
There’s a new coffee place on the corner
I hope somebody has change for a dollar.

“Please, no flash photography”

The Singers And The Songs

Mighty Sparrow – Jack Palance Janis Martin – My Boy Elvis Ian Dury and The Blockheads – Sweet Gene Vincent King Stitt – Lee Van Cleef They Might Be Giants – Meet James Ensor Dinah Washington – Christopher Columbus Charlie Adams – Hey Liberace! Ken Lazarus & Keith Lyn – The Beatles Got To Go Bill Cox – The Fate of Will Rogers and Wiley Post The Clash – The Right Profile Leadbelly – Jean Harlow“A full-voiced powerful singer…we last heard from him on our Christmas show. We told his story then, so go listen to that show if you want to know about him.” (Perez Prado – Marilyn Monroe Mamba) (partial) Simon and Garfunkle – So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

Other People and Players

Andy Warhol Ed Koch Elvis Presley Steve Sholes Grady Martin Buddy Herman Floyd Kramer Colonel Tom Parker P. Diddy Combs Sylvester Stallone Pol Pot Mussolini Bill Murray Rush Limbaugh Gene Vincent Eddie Cochran Mark Twain Tom Hanks Ralph Waldo Emerson William Shakespeare“I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety” Mensa Fats Waller Rodrigo – sailor on Columbus’ ship Colonel Sanders (KFC radio commercial) Umberto Eco Emily Dickinson “famous poet” Liberace “By the mid-50s, he had 162 certified fan clubs” Roy Rogers Smiley Burnett Paul Bley (clip) Ida Lupino “She doesn’t get the credit as a ground breaker, which she surely was…you may be forgotten by most Ida, but you’re surely not forgotten here.” Humphrey Bogart Bette Davis William Talman Directors Guild of America John Wilkes Booth Abraham Lincoln Shakespeare Montgomery Clift (clip) Elizabeth Taylor Robert Burns Jean Harlow Paul Bern William Powell“Star of the Thin Man movies…sorry Astra!” Marilyn (Monroe) Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr. Samuel Johnson

Movies and TV

Panic in the Streets City Slickers (clip) The Girl Can’t Help It The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Thin Man They Drive By Night Road House High Sierra The Hitch Hiker Perry Mason A Place in the Sun From Here to Eternity The Misfits Suddenly Last Summer Judgment at Nuremberg Something’s Gotta Give Some Like It Hot The Seven Year Itch A Face in The Crowd (clip)

Other Songs and Albums

Fame (David Bowie) (in background during intro) Fame and Fortune (clip) Heartbreak Hotel Ida Lupino (song clip)

Record Labels and Movie Studios

RCA Records Imperial Records MGM

Places

Cambodia Missouri England Canterbury Art College Jamaica Bahamas The Hollywood Bowl Walakpa Lagoon Point Barrow, AK Oklahoma City Hollywood England Hollywood Walk of Fame The Guggenheim Museum New York City Falling Water Bear Run, PA Pittsburgh Hollyhock House Price Tower Marin County Civic Center

Famous Animals and Their Real or Original Names

Asta (wire haired terrier named Skippy) Lassie (collie named Pal) Ol’ Yeller (yellow lab named Spike) Toto (Terry) Mr. Ed (Palomino named Bamboo Harverster) “A horse is a horse of course of course” Trigger – (Golden Cloud, another palomino)

Literature and Art

Henry V Christ’s Entry Into Brussels I’d rather be thin than famous I don’t wanna be fat And a woman throws me outta bed callin me Gordo And every time I bend to pickup my suspenders from the davenport floor I explode loud, huge grunt-o and disgust everyone in the familio I’d rather be thin than famous But I’m fat Paste that in your Broadway show. — Jack Kerouac

Numbers 11 And Up

It’s night time in the big city
A man tries to wash the lipstick off his collar in the men’s room sink
It’s hard to find a legitimate masseuse around here.

The Singers and The Songs

Bobby “Blue” Bland – 36-22-36“I always wanted an introduction like this for myself.” Prince Buster – 30 Pieces of Silver Muddy Waters – Forty Days and Forty Nights“Many days and many nights…not to be confused with the Mennonites, who are also in the bible” Lattie Moore – 100,000 Women Can’t Be Wrong Floyd Dixon – Girl Fifteen Jim Ford – 36 Inches High“…with a song that you’re gonna say after you heard it, ‘What’d he say?!?’” Sonny Boy Williamson – Ninety-Nine“Our next artist is one of only three performers that we play on TTRH who had his face on a bag of flour…if you think you know the other two make sure and take the TTRH quiz, available now on line. There’s no prizes to speak of, we’re just trying to gather some information on our listeners.” Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 Was My Number The Showmen “A slightly different shape on a slightly different woman – a man after my own heart.” Connie Allen with Todd Rhodes and his Orchestra – Rocket 69“I don’t know how they got this one past the censors.” Joe Mooney Quartet – A Man With One Million Dollars Ann Peebles – 99 Lbs.“Every time I see her name, I think she’s Fred Flintstone’s daughter.” Howlin’ Wolf – Three Hundred Pounds of Joy NRBQ – 12 Bar Blues Merle Haggard – C’mon 65“Life’s musical reporter”

Other People and Players

B.B. King Roscoe Gordon Barbie Doll “If Barbie was a real person, she would be six feet tall and weigh only a hundred pounds. Her measurements would be 39-19-33. Her neck would be twice the length of an average person’s, and she would wear a size three children’s shoe. If she were life sized she wouldn’t be able to walk with those tiny feet and her top-heavy frame, and she couldn’t have both a trachea and an esophagus because her neck was too narrow. She would have to choose between breathing and eating. With a figure like that I’m guessing she’s gonna choose breathing.” James Thurber Judas Iscariot Jesus The Roman Soldiers The 12 Apostles King Saul King David King Solomon Elijah Moses The Mennonites Anatole France King Henry VII George Jones Preacher James Burton Jim Keltner Dr. John Billy Barty General Johnson Peter Paul Rubens Paul Reubens Pee Wee Herman King Henry IV Marie De Medici Clement “Coxsone” Dodd Leslie Kong McKinney’s Cotton Pickers Benny Carter Coleman Hawkins Rex Stewart Doc Cheatham Don Cheadle Wynonie Harris Gene Vincent Alan Freed Frank Sinatra Tony Bennett Nat Cole Fred Flintstone The Peebles Choir Erasmus John Lee Hooker Jack Butwell

Some Famously Corpulent People

Winston Churchill Notorious B.I.G. Refrigerator Perry Jackie Gleason Alfred Hitchcock President Taft“our fattest president”

Guests

Tom Waits Billy Vera

Record Labels

Duke“Where the smart money always was” Del-Fi

Places

Egypt Canaan England New Orleans California Helena, AR The United Kingdom Japan Hungary Puerto Rico Norway Cleveland Patterson, NJ Hollywood Birmingham, AL Burlington, VT Little Rhodie New York

4 of Bob’s Other Favorite Bars (other than the 12 bar blues, that is)

Rojo The Three Needs The Met Café Elmo’s Lounge

Other Songs and Albums

Juke Joint Johnny Drunk Again“Good name for a country song” Hey, Bartender Harlan County Blues For The Red Boy I Love Florida Hey Fat Man (Fats Domino) (clip played in background)

Movies, TV, and Other Entertainment

Out All Night Gold Diggers of 1933 The Spike Jones Show King Biscuit Flour Hour (clip) The Moon Dog Show Mattel Barbie commercial (clip)

Misc. References

The Last Supper The Lost Gospel of Judas The Little People in America Organization Lou Gehrig’s Disease “This is TTRH, where we’re lookin’ at the new math…nah, I’m just kidding. We’re talking about numbers, old school.”

Work

“This week we’re talking about work. We’re talkin’ about golden parachutes, poison pills, golden handshakes. We’re talking about workin’ like a dog, work around the clock, workin’ 9 to 5; talking about all the workin’ stiffs who’re workin’ for a livin’, who live to work, labor intensive, doin’ odd jobs, married to their job, them employee of the month hard at work.”

The Singers and The Songs

First, You’ve Got to Recognize God – The Bernadettes Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) – T-Bone Walker Workin’ Man Blues – Merle Haggard “you can’t say enough about Merle Haggard” Big Boss Man – Jimmy Reed Nice Work If You Can Get It – Sarah Vaughan “I had a boss so mean once, his time clock punched me.” Payday – Jesse Winchester Gotta Find a Job – Lee Dorsey The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work (and The Vest Gets All The Gravy) – Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser & His Orchestra with Tom Stacks) I Can’t Work No Longer – Billy Butler & The Enchanters I’ll Do Anything But Work – Ray Charles Payday Blues – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Want Ads – Honey Cone Whistle While You Work – Adriana Caselotti Call My Job – Detroit Junior I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue) – Tom Waits “A song with a very long title” You Got to Have a Job (If You Don’t Work, You Can’t Eat) – Marva Whitney & The J.B.’s

Lit

Walt Whitman-I hear America Singing (Bob reads) I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day―at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. Robert Frost-”By working faithfully 8 hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work 12 hours a day.” Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche -”He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.” Longfellow-The Blacksmith (bob reads)

TV. Movies and Entertainment

Why do people work-ad Interview on process of working with Charlie Chaplin Jackie Cougan The Kid Vaudeville MGM Studios High School Confidential The Adams Family Mesa of Lost Women Damsel in Distress Make yourself valuable at work-ad Fiddler on the Roof In Living Color Office Supply-ad Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs Fishing for a job-Ad Make you own opportunity-Ad

Other People

Jimmy Carter Thomas Edison-“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Dwight Eisenhower-”Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” Abe Lincoln-log splitter Rod Stewart-Printer, grave digger J Lo-Legal Assistant, Fly Girl Papa Doc Duvalier-Doctor Madonna-Duncan Doughnuts Jack Nicholson-Mail room Clerk Walt Disney Larry Morey Frank Churchill Cassandra Peterson-Elvira

Places

California Santa Monica Apollo Theater Shreveport, LA Montreal Port Au Prince Haynes, AZ

Record Labels

Divinity Label Veejay Amy Label Atlantic Hotwax Motown

Other Singers and Songs, etc.

Barry Gordy Blue Monday “Hungry Eyes” “Okie from Muskogee” Miles Davis Bud Johnson Benny Green Tony Scott Jimmy Jones Freddie Green Billy Taylor JC Heard Jerry Butler Garret Mitten ? Curtis Mayfield The Impressions Betty Hall Jones “Buddy Stay Off That Wine” Last Train to Hicksville Bobby Sax and the Blue Jeans Holland Dozier Holland Darlene Love The Nightcats Small Change

Jobs that have disappeared (or will soon)

Milkman Travel agent Typesetter Sewing Machine Operator Elevator operators Telex Operator Polaroid plant worker

Least Popular Jobs

Poultry Processor Sewing Machine Operator Farm Laborer Laundry Worker Roofer Recycling plant worker Street Prostitute “I wonder which is worse, street prostitute or poultry processor?”

Jobs Bob mentions

gambler cashier bartender taxi driver taxidermist playwright copy editor skylark bookie police officer judge fireman shaman weatherman mailman zoo keeper manufacturer inventor gym teacher history teacher janitor plumber baker manager painter tailor seamstress banker concierge podiatrist pharmacist apple picker field hand physicist “I’m gonna get outta here and see if I can beat the traffic. You know what it’s like when everybody gets off work.”

Nothing

It’s night time in the big city A wealthy man terrorizes a waitress The dogs can smell rain.

The Singers and the Songs

The Fugs — Nothing The Cookies – Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) Sammy Davis, Jr. – There Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Dame Brenda Lee – Sweet Nothings Frank Sinatra – I Got Plenty O’ Nothin’ Harry Johnson – It’s Nothing To Me “Always enjoy a song with a story attached. It’s like getting a two for one, and he makes a good point. Mind your own business! You don’t have to get involved; you don’t know that whole story. Before you go jumping in, take a moment. Look at the situation. Ask yourself: Will I really be making this better? I guarantee ya, 9 times outta 10, the answer is nooooo.” Peter Wolf (with Mick Jagger) – Nothing But The Wheel Marlene Dietrich – No Love, No Nothin’ “Boy, what can you say about that? Just fabulous.” Toussaint McCall – Nothing Takes the Place of You “With a song this good, you only need one” Mose Allison – I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues Mac Curtis – That Ain’t Nothin’ But Right Rockin’ Sidney – You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine “Huh-ha, that sounded like me playing harmonica. Short and sweet with a steady beat.” Townes Van Zandt – Nothing

Other People and Players

Ed Sanders Tuli Kupferberg N.W.A N.R.A W.B.A The Manson Family The Family The Eagles Shakespeare Carole King Gerry Goffin Margie Hendricks Jean McCrea Don Kirshner Oscar Hammerstein Richard Rodgers Myron McCormick Luther Billis Frank Sinatra Jean Passerat Ronnie Self American Rose Society George and Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward Ariel Durant– One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. Albert Einstein JFK Ted Williams Marie Magdalene Dietrich Josef Von Sternberg Burt Bacharach Duke Ellington Sid Nathan (clip) Floyd Soileau Allison Kraus T-Bone Burnett Benjamin Franklin

Famous Roadtrippers

Lewis and Clark Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac Ken Kesey (“took a bus full of people”) Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda Michael Paternini

Literature and Entertainment

The Winter’s Tale Macbeth Hamlet – there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so King Lear The Great White Way South Pacific Three Amigos (clip) Porgy and Bess Easy Rider The Blue Angel The Edinburgh Festival Fight Club Tao Te Ching Scrabble“one place where nothing takes the place of U” The Scrabble Dictionary

Record Labels

Dimension Records Reprise Records Columbia“Back when there was a Columbia Record Label” King Label Gin Records

Places

Paris Schoenberg, Germany Monroe, LA Cincinnati Floyd’s Record Shop Ville Platte, LA

Types of Therapy

Freudian Jungian Reichian Theme Timeian Therapy

Guests

Amy Sedaris Luke Wilson Elvis Costello

Other Songs and Albums

God Less America Sleepless My Toot Toot

Misc. References

Zen Buddhism Medal of Freedom Chevalier Legion d’honneur

Some Words That Have a Q But No U:

Qat – the leaves of a shrub that can be chewed like tobacco or used to make tea Qindar – a subunit of Albanian currency Qorty – keyboard Qi – variation on chi

Something

It’s night time in the big city
A man falls asleep far from home
There’s a strange car parked outside.

The Singers And The Songs

The Beatles – Something“I think we all know there’s only one way to begin.” Earl-Jean McCrea – I’m Into Something Good“Ya know when I heard Herman’s Hermits sing it I thought it was just about having a piece of cake, or ridin’ on a Ferris wheel. But when I hear Earl-Jean sing it, I know exACTly what she’s talkin’ about!” Vic Damone – Something’s Coming Billy Ward and the Dominoes (with Clyde McPhatter) – Do Something For Me“Ya know, nobody sings like that anymore. He makes it sound effortless, no matter how difficult it really is. I like the elegance of a guy like Clyde McPhatter; it’s like watching Fred Astaire.” Jimmy Ballard – She’s Got Something“You can just tell he’s one of those guys raised on Western swing, looking forward to rockabilly. I sure would like to know more about him; if ya know anything, give us a call here at the station.” This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (clip in background) – Steven (Valentine Patrick William) Allen  The Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin’ Something Eddie Cochran – Somethin’ Else“You know, sometimes I get jealous of you people listening. Some of you are hearing these songs for the first time, and that must be exciting. I remember what it was like when I first heard ‘em, and I tell ya even after all these years it’s still an amazing record – but that first rush of hearin’ it…wow!” Daddy Cleanhead – Something’s Goin’ On In My Room Charlie Rich – When Something is Wrong With My Baby“Here’s The Silver Fox, back when he still had a little bit of black in his hair.” June Christy with Pete Rugolo – Something Cool“A beautiful song of quiet despair…a lot of times the arranger gets ignored, but on a record like this you can’t imagine it without his touch.” Bobby Marchan – There’s Something on Your Mind Pt. 2“Next up, part two of a two part record. Side one is kind of a straight read. Part two – it’s wild! Not surprisingly, the guy performing it is wild too.” Jumpin’ Bill Carlisle (with the Carlisles) — Something Different Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air

Other People and Players

Plato George Harrison Joe Cocker Patty Harrison The Cookies Little Eva Herman’s Hermits Carole King Gerry Goffin Perry Como Pier Angeli James Dean Diane Carol Leonard Bernstein –“hell of a cat” Stephen Sondheim Serge Koussevitzky The New York Philharmonic Black Panthers The Million Dollar Quartet Elvis Presley Jackie Wilson Jayne Meadows Bennie Goodman Bertha Barbee Carolyn Gill Bananarama Louisa May Alcott Tallulah Bankhead – her last words: “Codeine…bourbon…” P.T. Barnum Humphrey Bogart Lou Costello Heinrich Heine Paul McCartney John Lennon Sharon Sheeley Gene Vincent Jimmy Ballard Chuck Higgins Fred Astaire Isaac Hayes David Porter Sam and Dave Beethoven Fluffy Hunter Billy Barnes Stan Kenton Nat Cole Harry Belafonte The Four Freshmen Johnny Vincent Bobby Fields Huey Piano Smith The Clowns Bobby Robinson Little Sonny Warner Sonny Parker Bob names him as the vocalist on Big Jay McNeely’s ‘There is Something on Your Mind’, which is incorrect. It’s Little Sonny Warner). Big Jay McNeely Cliff Carlisle Hotshot Elmer – Bill Carlisle’s comic alter ego “I’m gonna get me one a those” James Simon Kunen Israel Horovitz Ad-Rock The Beastie Boys Bruce Davidson Kim Darby Jack Sheldon Speedy Keen The Who Jimmy McCulloch Pete Townsend Henry Wadsworth Longfellow H.G. Wells

Other Songs and Albums

Abbey Road Layla (clip) The Loco-Motion The Girl Can’t Help 20 Flight Rock“The same song that Paul McCartney used to impress John Lennon when they first met” Summertime Blues Something Cool Artistry in Bass Artistry in Percussion Artistry in Bolero Artistry in Boogie Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu The Who Sell Out Armenia City in the Sky (Bob refers to this song ‘Armenia in the City’ which is incorrect)

Movies, TV and Other Entertainment

West Side Story (clip) On The Waterfront Candide The Fugitive Run For Your Life The Chitlin Circuit The Powder Box Revue The Porter Wagoner Show The Strawberry Statement

Poetry

Something Left Undone

Places

Brooklyn, NY The Paramount Theatre Manhattan New York Lawrence, MA Tanglewood, MA The United States Lexington, KY Western Michigan University Totonno’s Pizza “You can take it on the bus with ya.” Neptune Avenue Brooklyn Los Angeles Memphis Italy Santa Rosa, CA New Orleans Dew Drop Inn Youngstown, OH The UK

Record Labels

Federal Motown Specialty Sun Stax Hi Records Capital Ace Records Fire Records

Books

The Ground is Our Table Ripoff: The Corruption that Plagues America The Guinness Book of World Records

Miscellaneous Mentions

Triumph Motorcycles Vietnam War

Guest

Tom Waits

Cats

It's nighttime in the city.
A man makes a promise he'll never keep.
Spring just won't come.

Pink Panther Theme (background) “Keep it tuned right here. I know it’s not actually a dial, I just like saying that…”

The Singers and The Songs Three Cool Cats – The Coasters Hep Cay Holiday (background) Tom Cat Blues – Cliff Carlisle Leave My Kitten Alone – Little Willie John I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail – Buck Owens And His Buckaroos“Tigers have more than 100 stripes and no 2 have identical stripes, unless they’re wearing the same pajamas” Sell The Puss-y – The Mighty Sparrow Put A Nickel In The Kitty – Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers Dead Cats On The Line – Tampa Red & Georgia Tom The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens The Cat’s Got The Measles, The Dog’s Got The Whooping Cough – Walter “Kid” Smith And Norman Woodlief A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam) – Emmy Oro “a song that raises more questions than it answers… First time I heard it was on a hot summer day. I thought I was hallucinating” My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone – Hop Wilson & His Buddies Stray Cat Blues – The Rolling Stones The Theme From Top Cat – Joseph Barbera (Hanna Barbera Cartoons)

Other Singers and Songs

Brother Jack McDuff Henry Mancini Plaz Johnson Jelly Roll Morton James Brown Mable John Sid Nathan The Beatles Merle Haggard Del Mayers? Wynn Stewart Rose Maddox Melvin Brown and His Musical Brownies Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys “Precious Lord” “Peace in the Valley” Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds Alan Lomax Pete Seger and The Weavers The Kingston Trio Hugo and Luigi Muddy Waters Joe Cocker Dr. John Beggar’s Banquet Hoagie Carmichael Hoyt Curtain

Other People

Mark Twain-”Of all Gods creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash.” Jayne Mansfield Mamie Van Doren Diana Dors “You probably have a picture of her in your house right now! If you don’t believe me, pull out a copy of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Front and off to the side. HEY! There I am!” Peter Sellers The Zulu Phil Silver Arnold Stang

Places

Grand Road Bay, Granada Swaziland Wichita Grapeland, TX Manhattan Hoagie’s Alley

Record Labels

Decca

TV, Movies and Entertainment

There’s a Girl in My Soup Clear Channel Siegfried and Roy Cat women of the Moon? Dick Whittington and His Cat Cat Dancers Top Cat Hanna Barbara

Guest

Cat Power John C Reilly

Lit

William Blake-Tiger “Cool cat poet” Nan Porter “If cats could talk, they wouldn’t”

Misc.

Cat as a Hipster Phrase- Hip, Hep and Hippie mean “to be alive or aware of what’s going on” (at least that’s the way Bob always heard it) History of the term Kitty Cat in a bag/Pig in a poke Black Cat Bone

Madness

It’s night time in the big city
The worst has already happened
A well dressed couple lean on the balcony; they laugh as they sip martinis.

The Singers and The Songs

Patsy Cline – Crazy Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra – I’m Nuts About Screwy Music Eddie Cochran – Nervous Breakdown James Brown and his Famous Flames – I’ll Go Crazy Charlie Parker – Relaxing at Camarillo (clip) Prince Buster – Madness Jimi Hendrix – Manic Depression (clip in background)“I can’t imagine Jimi Hendrix writing a song called ‘Bipolar Disorder.’” Peggy Lee – You’re Driving Me Crazy Bo Diddley – Crackin’ Up Johnny Paycheck – (Like Me) You’ll Recover in Time Annie Ross – Twisted  “A lot of people are unfamiliar with the way that Annie and other vocal lead singers would take jazz solos and put words to them; well this is one of the most famous ones.” The Tibbs Brothers – I’m Going Crazy The Mighty Sparrow – The Mad Bomber Little Walter – Crazy Mixed-Up World “Walter basically reinvented the harmonica. When he was growing up, he was obsessed with the Louis Jordan records, and would practice playing Louis’ saxophone solos on his harmonica.” Dinah Washington – Blow Top Blues Porter Wagoner – The Rubber Room “The Thin Man from West Plains” Beatrice Kay w/ Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra – Hooray, Hooray, I’m Going Away Redd Foxx – It’s Fun To Be Living In The Crazy House“Here’s a wild record with a surprising person at the helm.” Mose Allison – Lost Mind “Here’s a man that some call the William Faulkner of jazz. Now I’ve got to tell you, I’ve heard this guy play since the 60s, and I’ve never heard anybody call him the William Faulkner of jazz. But there it is in a book. I mean, somebody just wrote that; I can’t imagine anyone calling him the William Faulkner of jazz! I mean that would be like calling Garnet Mimms the Gabriel Garcia Marquez of soul music. It’s just not done. I’m getting excited over nothin’, let me just play the record. By the way, I consider William Faulkner to be the Mose Allison of literature. Here they are, together again, Mose Allison and William Faulkner, singing the Percy Mayfield song ‘Lost Mind.’” Jack Kittel – Psycho“The third in our trilogy of demented country songs” Nirvana – Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle

Other People and Players

Allen Ginsberg Willie Nelson Patsy Montana Floyd Cramer Harold Bradley Owen Bradley Buddy Harman Walter Haynes The Jordanaires Grady Martin John Lee Hooker Otis Redding Randy Hughes Cowboy Copas Hawkshaw Hawkins Aristotle Plato Fred Rose Roy Acuff Sy Oliver Harry Partch Andral and Jonas Kilmer Val (Kilmer) Sid Nathan Ernest Hemingway Mary Welsh Hemingway Charlie Mingus Joey Gallo Roky Erickson Syd Barrett Bud Powell Charlie Parker LAPD Bill Gaines —“Madman of free speech…he never sold advertising in the magazine while he was alive, and there were no sacred cows.” Madness Benny Goodman Ben E. King Dave Barbour Walter Donaldson Patrick Hamilton Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Jimmy Piersall The Boston Red Socks The Yankees Billy Martin Mickey McDermott Vern Stephens Dom DiMaggio The Indians Larry Napp The White Sox The Mets Casey Stengel Anthony Perkins Carl Malden Aubrey Mayhew Porter Wagoner Ray Price Faron Young George Jones Wardell Gray Bette Midler Joni Mitchell Dave Lambert John Hendricks Lambert, Hendricks and Ross “Who were kind of the Crosby, Stills & Nash of jazz” Crosby, Stills and Nash Art Blakey Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman George P. Metesky Louis Jordan Muddy Waters Leonard Feather Ralph Kramden Hippocrates Dr. Phil Napoleon the 14th / Jerry Samuels Ken Kesey “Earned a little money by doing drug testing. This was in the late 50’s and he was gobblin’ down LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin – this will become important later, hold onto this information…” Kirk Douglas Jack Nicholson The Merry Pranksters Neal Cassady Dean Moriarty Jack Kerouac The Grateful Dead Ken Kesey “Psychedelic Pioneer of the Insane” William Faulkner Garnett Mimms Gabriel Garcia Marquez Percy Mayfield Dr. Alois Alzheimer Leon Payne Charles Whitman Eddie Noack Alfred Hitchcock Frances Farmer Lillian Farmer Leif Erickson Clifford Odets Kurt Cobain Charles Bukowski “Voice of the barroom, poet of the gutter, and the Shakespeare of the alleyway” Frederick Nietzsche

Literature, Movies, TV and Other Entertainment

Howl “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness” Grand Ole Opry The Girl Can’t Help It EC Comics Mad Magazine Gas Light Gaslight Fear Strikes Out Fear Strikes Out Psycho Calypso The Honeymooners (clip) The Koran One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest On The Road The Acid Tests The Voice of Action (leftist newspaper) Broadway Golden Boy Ed Sullivan Show Some People Cocoa puffs commercial (clip)

Places

Nashville Oakland China Minnesota Southern CA England Binghamton Bellevue Camarillo State Hospital Chicago Westborough State Hospital Los Angeles Italy The Alps Austria Germany West 54th St. The New York Public Library Grand Central Station Penn Station Radio City Port Authority The RCA Building Waterbury, CT Bedlam New York (x3) La Junta, CO Oregon La Honda, CA University of Texas Seattle, WA Soviet Union Moscow Russia Indianapolis

Other Songs and Albums

20 Flight Rock Live at the Apollo Twisted (instrumental) Take This Job and Shove It They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha (clip) Mention My Name in Sheboygan“We’ll be playing that one on our all Sheboygan show” Lost Highway I Love You Because It’s a Gas Record Labels & Movie Studios Liberty Records Capital Records RCA/Victor Columbia GRC Label Paramount Pictures

Medicine Show Tonics

Richard Stoughton Elixer Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Old Dr. Kaufmann’s Great Sulfur Bitters Clark Stanley’s Snake Oil Liniment

Types of Chickens

Rhode Island Red White Leghorn Andalusian Blue “Few things go together as well as country & western music and crazy people.”

Happiness

It's night in the City.
A cop runs a license plate.
Ten will get you twenty.

“Welcome everybody to TTRH. It's good to see so many familiar faces... Yes indeed-ee-doo, I could not be happier to be with you today.”

The Singers and The Songs

Feelin’ High and Happy – Hot Lips Page Love and Happiness – Al Green (I Wanna Go Where You Go) Then I’ll Be Happy – Jimmy Heap And The Melody Masters Happy Home – Elmore James Happy – The Rolling Stones “It just goes to show ya, ya leave people alone in a studio and you don’t really need anyone else. Look what Keith did there! Of course, he’d been up for about 4 days when he came up with it. But you have to suffer for your art.” I Want To Be Happy – Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra Happy – Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Brenda Holloway Happy Rovin’ Cowboy – The Sons Of The Pioneers Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – Buzzcocks Smile – Judy Garland (Music written by Charlie Chaplin for his farewell movie “Modern Times”) Happy Trails – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Frank Worth & His Orchestra

Other Singers, Songs and Music Industrials.

Ma Rainey Bessie Smith Count Baise William Mitchell Hodges Brothers Anne Peebles Otis Clay “The Wild Side of Life” “Release Me” Ester Phillips “Anchors Away” “Happy Days Are Here Again” (background) Bobby Keys Jimmy Miller “Get Happy” (background) Wardell Gray -sax “Twisted” Annie Ross Ben E Carter Teddy Hale David Sanborn Louie Jordon “A-Tisket A-Tasket” Ella Fitzgerald “Safety Song” Irving Caesar Blood, Sweat and Tears Joe Cocker Hank Williams Will Rogers -“Everything is funny as long as it’s happening to someone else” “You know everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects” “The only time people dislike gossip is when it’s about them ” Nat Cole Charlie Chaplin John Turner Jeffery Parsons Dale Evans

Other People

Schecky Greene “Some people need to get high to make other people happy; take the case of Schecky Greene.” Mary Whitsen (grits) Richard Gere Dalai Lama “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ” Roosevelt

Places

Las Vegas Memphis Texas LA Zoo China

Record Labels

Motown Stax Sun High Flair

Lit, TV, Movies and other Entertainment

Albert Camus “It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.” James Elroy Chasing Rainbows (film) Plastics (AD) Robert Frost “Happiness makes up in length what it doesn’t have in width” State of Relaxation (AD) Modern Times (film) Jane Kenyon “Happiness”

Types of Stalkers “I personally think they might make good personal assistants. Afterall, they already know where you pick up your dry cleaning.”

Obsessional Erotio-Maniac Love Obsessional

Cops and Robbers

The Singers and the Songs

Nat Cole Trio – Call The Police  “What made their sound so swingin’ is that they didn’t use a drummer and the rhythmic pulse was carried by that big bass fiddle.” Red Simpson – The Highway Patrol“The forgotten man of the Bakersfield sound” Blind Willie Walker – Dupree Blues Billy Bragg and Wilco – Against the Law The Crickets – I Fought The Law Freddie ‘Bama Boy’ Hall and his Gadsden Band – This Crooked World Bascom Lamar Lunsford – Poor Jesse James The Byrds – Pretty Boy Floyd The Coasters – Bad Detective“Using bad as a bit of braggadocio and not casting any aspersions on his abilities.” Los Socios De San Antonio – La Muerte De Fred Gomez Carrasco Eddy Grant and the Equals – Police On My Back Smiley Lewis – Dirty People Merle Haggard – I’m a Lonesome Fugitive“A man who never forgot where he came from; he’s the real deal.”

Other People and Players

Lao Tzu Oscar Moore Wesley Prince Reverend Gary Davis Josh White Buddy Holly Norman Petty Jerry Allison Sonny Curtis Earl Sinks Bobby Fuller Ernesto Miranda –“Many of you have probably heard these (Miranda Rights), probably first hand.” Ernest Hemingway Theodore Dostoyevsky Jesse James John Newman Edwards Robin Hood Tom Howard Bob and Charlie Ford Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd John Dillinger Woody Guthrie (x 2) Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Fred Gomez Carrasco Bonnie Raitt The Clash Fred Caswell (?) – under house arrest but figured out how to make a living by cooking and distributing crack out of his grandmother’s kitchen.“American ingenuity at work.” Chicago Crime Commission Al Capone Johnny Cash Jack the Ripper Don King

TV and Movies

Highway Patrol (clip) Mr. Scarface The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (clip)

Other Songs and Albums

Police and Thieves – Junior Murvin (played in background during intro) Betty And Dupree Boy With The Be-bop Glasses That’ll Be The Day Sweetheart of the Rodeo Electric Avenue Public Enemy #1 Baby Come Back His Majesty the Policeman (by Lord Buckley ) (clip)

Places

St. Petersburg Great Britain Belgium Denmark Sweden Chicago Alabama Indiana Texas St. Joseph, MO Nebraska Bartow County, GA East Liverpool, OH Kansas City South Bend, IN Huntsville Prison (in TX) British Guyana England East London Oklahoma Muscogee San Quentin The Louvre

Record Labels

Decca Brunswick Records

Guests

Ricky Jay Steve Earle

Famous Sheriffs

Tom Smith Doc Holliday Judge Roy Bean Bass Reeds Bat Masterson Buck Garrett Isaac Parker

Books

Crime and Punishment Webster’s Dictionary Spiderman Comics

Art

Mona Lisa The Scream “This is TTRH, your police headquarters for illicit themes, illegal schemes, and hijacked dreams”

Sugar and Candy

It's night time in the big city
The bartender wipes the counter with a damp rag
That car’s been parked there all night
There’s no one left to call. 

“This week we’re gonna indulge our sweet tooth, go into sugar shock, look at some eye candy, meet back at the sugar shack, take some candy from a baby, give some sweets to my sweet, get sweet and low-down, and maybe even revisit the sweet bird of youth.”

The Singers and The Songs

Joe Liggins – The Honeydripper Elizabeth Cotton & Brenda Evans – Shake Sugaree “Listen to this and you think it’s a traditional song but it’s not – Elizabeth wrote it” Grateful Dead – Sugar Magnolia Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop Lazy Lester – Sugar Coated Love Ray Batts – Stealin’ Sugar “I don’t know anything about Ray Batts except for this song…another mystery man, another great record” Lara and The Trailers – Sugar Town“You play me a Nancy Sinatra record, and I’ll play you a cover of it by a band from Singapore” Joe Tex – If Sugar Was As Sweet As You The Strangeloves – I Want Candy“Listen to that Bo Diddley beat!” Harry McClintock – Big Rock Candy Mountain The Astors – Candy Elvis Costello – So Like Candy“Listen the drums on this record, they’re quite good. You owe me five bucks, Jim.” Cleveland Crochet and the Sugar Bees – Sugar Bee Boy “when was the last time a record hit the charts with accordion or a guitar like that?! Been much too long. It’s not that I like old music, it’s just that I’m not hearing anything like that from out in left field nowadays” Dave Van Ronk – Candy Man “Here’s a guy who could talk about Trotsky as well as about the Delta Blues. He could tell you about politics and literature, could identify all the French symbolist poets, and play blues and ragtime on the guitar. I could talk about Dave Van Ronk for a long time. He could totally electrify a coffee house and you could never tell when he was drawing to an inside strength. It was a privilege to know him; he was a singular individual, and hearing just one song will only give you a clue.”

Other People and Players

Mark Twain The Liggins Brothers Sammy Franklin’s California Rhythm Rascals Winnie The Pooh Delmore Schwartz Peggy Seeger Pete Seeger Mike Seeger Lily Cotton (Elizabeth’s daughter) Robert Hunter Bob Weir John Barlow Amber Throated Finch Francis Coppola Jerry Garcia George Smith Little Walter Lightnin’ Slim Jay Miller Lee Hazlewood Nancy Sinatra George Clinton Bob Feldman Jerry Goldstein Richard Gottehrer The Angels The British Invasion Bow Wow Wow Bo Diddley Johnny Otis Burl Ives The Duntinos Carl Thomas Steve Cropper Isaac Hayes Leo Hirschfield Eduard Hoss III Paul McCartney Eddie Schuler The Hillbilly Ramblers Trotsky

Literature

The Heavy Bear That Goes With Me

Places

Chapel Hill, NC Washington, DC Costa Rica Jamaica Singapore Sugarland, TX Hershey, PA Brooklyn Australia Memphis New York City

Other Songs, Jingles, and Albums

Freight Train (clip in background) Sugaree American Beauty Keith Moon / The Who – Great Shakes Juke Chocolate City The Love You Save Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) Let’s All Go To The Lobby My Boyfriend’s Back Big Rock Candy Mountain (children’s version) Cracker Jack Commercial My Brave Face Mighty Like a Rose

Record Labels

Excello Records Stax Gold Band Records

Types of sugar

Sucrose / Table sugar Castor sugar Brown sugar Powdered sugar Turbinado sugar Sugar in the raw Sugar and spice and all things nice (that’s what little girls are made of)

Movies

Tootsie The Man With The Golden Arm (clip) Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (clip) Tootsie Roll Milk Duds Three Musketeer Bar Pez Cotton Candy / Fairy Floss

Questions

The Singers and Songs

Bo Diddley-Who Do You Love ? The Robins-Whadaya Want? Allen Toussaint-What Do You Want The Girl To Do? The Everly Brothers-When Will I Be Loved? Lloyd Price-Where You At? “This is Theme Time Radio Hour, where we’re asking the burning questions, we’re popping the question, we’re saying don’t ask don’t tell, we’re not ducking the question, we’re there for the asking. The question is, where y’at?” Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys-I Wonder Where You Are Tonight “Bill had a strong temperament. He rarely granted interviews and seldom performed on television. Once he even canceled a concert at Carnegie Hall, ‘cause he believed the promoter, Alan Lomax, was a communist. He may have been wrong, but he stood by his decision.” Bobby Tuggle-The $64,000 Question The Colettes-Who’s That Guy? “A band that there’s little information about. But like I always say, you don’t dance to the information!” The Isley Brothers-Who’s That Lady? Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks–How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? “Sounded real out of place back then, but it seems timeless to me.” Marvin Gaye-What’s Going On? Billie Holiday-What is This Thing Called Love? Brinsley Schwarz-(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?

Other People and Players

Voltaire Rudyard Kipling



“Questionable Poet”

 Leiber and Stoller The Coasters The Boasters Alan Fried The Tijuana Brass Dr. John Labelle The Meters Bonnie Raitt Boz Scaggs Lowell George Suffragettes David Bowie Susan B. Anthony Socrates



“Looking for truth until the end”

 Plato Dave Bartholomew James Thurber



“He was smart, funny, and he knew how to draw a dog.”

 Bill Monroe Johnny Bond Alan Lomax Charles Van Doren Mamie Van Doren Herbert Stempel Dr. Joyce Brothers Piano Red Jimi Hendrix R. Kelly Mr. Biggs Ronald Isley Margaret Dumont Marx Brothers Budd Schulberg Edward Albee Philip K Dick Horace McKoy The Charlatans The Hot Club of France Sphinx Sophocles Oedipus Jocasta Eddie Lawrence Humphrey Bogart John Marley Bruce Cabot Field Marshall Alexander Leo Durocher Cole Porter Joe Guy Stanley Webb Tiny Grimes Bob Haggart Specs Powell Elvis Costello Nick Lowe Brinsley Schwarz (band) Brinsley Schwarz (musician) Ian Gomm Billy Rankin Bob Andrews Carl Sandburg



“Poet with the answer… so I’m gonna take my cue from Carl and just shut up.”

 John Entwistle

Other Songs and Albums

Whipped Cream

(Clip played) Lawdy Miss Clawdy Stagger Lee Personality Shout This Old Heart of Mine It’s Your Thing Body Kiss The Old Philosopher (comedy single)

(Clip played)

The Plays & Musicals

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Threepenny Opera

Record Labels

Checker Records Specialty Motown Decca

Places

San Quentin New York Wyoming

”Today, women can actually vote in 37 of our states.” Athens Carnegie Hall Egypt San Francisco Thebes The Borscht Belt North Africa The States Broadway

Magazines

The Daily Mail

Books and Poems

Just So Stories The Elephant’s Child What Makes Sammy Run? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The Answer

Movies and TV Shows

The Dating Game Quiz Show

(Clip played) The $64,000 Question Twenty-One The Today Show The Maltese Falcon Casablanca The Lady Eve Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gold Diggers of ‘33 Legend Willow Midget in Shadows The Creep Hunchback of Notre Dame The Oxbow Incident National Velvet The Sound Of Music All About Eve Birdman of Alcatraz Showboat Gone with the Wind Ma and Pa Kettle Meet Me In St. Louis Network Mystic Pizza Erin Brockovich Up in Arms Duck Soup

(Clip played with Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont) They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Wars

World War two

Famous Character Actors

Sydney Greenstreet Charles Coburn Billy Barty Rondel Hatton

Famous Character Actresses

Thelma Ritter Hattie McDaniel Marjorie Main Conchata Ferell Margaret Dumont

Truth and Lies

The Singers And The Songs

The Chromatics – Tell A Lie Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) Fats Domino – Don’t Lie To Me“People think of him as just a jolly fat man from New Orleans, but they don’t realize what a bluesy piano player he is. Here he is with a song that’ll help you get down to the real nitty-gritty.” Leon Chappel – True Blue Papa Graham Parsons – How Much I’ve Lied Guitar Slim – Twenty Five Lies“He’s flamboyant and an artist you can’t ignore.” Carl Perkins – Your True Love “Everybody always thinks of rockabilly as being a guitar-based music, but you can’t imagine that record without Jerry Lee Lewis pumpin’ the piano all over it. During the 60’s and the 70’s the guitar hero became popular, but for my money give me that pumpin’ piano. The only reason the guitar became so popular is because you could wear it around your neck and stand in the middle of the stage. The poor guy playin’ the piano was stuck in one spot and unless you were Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis you were relegated to the background. I feel we lost something when it became all guitars and no piano. Another thing that happened is that somewhere along the line people seemed to think the solo was more important than the song. On some of my favorite blues records there isn’t even a solo at all. The guitar playing is mostly call and response to the vocals. If you’re lucky maybe there’s a one chorus guitar solo. It’s not about the length of the solo, it’s the feel, and a lot of those blues records had more feel than you could ever put in a twenty minute solo.” Faye Adams – I’ll Be True Duke Reid & The Silvertones – True Confessions Willie Mabon – He Lied Conway Twitty – It’s Only Make Believe Bobby Moore & The Fourmost – It Was A Lie “Here’s another one of those records that I don’t know anything about. There was more than one artist named Bobby Moore, and the records I have don’t all sound like the same guy.” The Who – La-La-La Lies “Before they started making operas, The Who were one of the great singles bands of the 60’s.”

Other People and Players

Mark Twain Ben E. King Ahmed Ertegun Betty Nelson Orson Welles Elmyr De Hory Clifford Irving Howard Hughes Richard Gere Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt LBJ Nixon George Bush, Sr. Scotch Presbyterians The Shelton Brothers The Lone Star Cowboys Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys The Lone Star Ramblers Jimmie Davis The Sunshine Boys Diogenes The Sect of the Cynics Socrates Alexander the Great Penn and Teller Garfunkel Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens The Big Bopper Sam Phillips George Harrison Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard The Mormons The Celts Gilmore Grant Keith Coley Delroy Denton Shakespeare George Orwell Winston Churchill Billy Tipton (clip in background) Ezzy Dame Rusty Goff Charles Kuralt Harold Jenkins The Golem Carlo Collodi The Blue Fairy Disney The Mods Roger Daltrey John Entwistle Pete Townsend Arthur Schopenhauer Carl Sandburg

Places

Long Beach, CA The West Coast Las Vegas L.A. New Orleans United States Viet Nam Gilmer, TX Louisiana Jamaica Chicago, IL Hollywood, TN Reno Montana New York Twitty City, USA Hendersonville, TN Pigeon Forge, TN Dollywood Smoky Mountains Hyde Park

Record Labels

Million Atlantic Capital Specialty Sun “Back then there were regional sounds and those sounds were reflected in the record labels, who had a distinctive sound of their own, based on the size of the recording studio and the man sitting behind the console. One of these days we’re gonna fool ya and make our theme Sam Phillips and do nothing but play records he recorded.” Herald Treasure Isle Chess (x2) Brunswick London

Other Songs, Albums, and Concerts

It’s a Sin To Tell A Lie (background clip) Don’t Know Why I Cry When You Wish Upon A Star (background clip) My Generation Won’t Get Fooled Again (clip) Live Aid British Music Awards Wire and Glass

The Seven Deadly Sins (just as a reminder…)

Pride Envy Wrath or Anger Sloth Avarice Gluttony or Greed Lust “Lemme see…good for about five of ‘em.”

Movies

F For Fake (clip) –“sort of a fly by the seat of your pants documentary; little bit free form” Hoax Jamboree Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pinocchio Putney Swope

Guest

Penn Jillette

Tabloid Magazines from the 50’s and 60’s

True Confessions Confidential Blast Hush Hush Uncensored Exposed The Lowdown Side Street

Literature

A Winter’s Tale Hamlet Pinocchio The Liars

Miscellaneous

Handfasting “Where do I sign up for that?!” Kabbalah

Family Circle

It’s night time in the big city
The city lights reflect off the Burnett (?) River
Working girls share an inside joke.

The Singers and the Songs

Lonzo and Oscar – I’m My Own Grandpa Memphis Jug Band – Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues Clannad – Two Sisters Peter Tosh – Shame and Scandal (In the Family)“He was a brilliant singer and one of the best guitarists to come out of Jamaica…he was a proselytizer of the healing powers of marijuana…he was kinda like the Dr. Phil of ganja.” The Olympics – I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Elvis Presley – Little Sister“You know, people used to go into the studio when they had a song or two, when they had something to say. Nowadays, people just go into the studio ‘cause they got time to kill. They sit around, they order sushi, get some Starbucks, wait for inspiration to hit, and the records sound like that. There’s some records that take two years to make and you listen to ‘em, and there’s nothin’ on ‘em! This record, I guarantee you, took less than two hours to make, and wasn’t even the A side. You be the judge. What would you rather listen to? A whole record about nothin’ or a 45 called Little Sister?” Boozoo Chavis – LA Women Love Uncle Bud“It’s kind of ironic: we’re doing our family show, and this is probably the least family-oriented song we’ve ever played. It is not for the pusillanimous listener, so if you’re listening with young children please send them out of the room for a few minutes. Unless you’re listening in the car. In that case turn the radio down for a while.” The Flamin Groovies – Second Cousin The Wild Tchoupitoulas – Brother John“As good as that record sounds, you gotta see what they look like! That, my friends, is what I call showmanship.” Rilo Kiley – A Better Son / Daughter Willie Mabon – The Seventh Son Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers – Bring It On Home To Grandma “The question I have is, ‘Bring WHAT on home to grandma?” Sly & the Family Stone – Family Affair“A weary skeptical record, with a darkness born of drug use. This song was all over the radio and its power could not be denied”

People and Players

Thomas Jefferson“Ol’ T.J. was a smart guy” Lloyd George Rollin Sullivan Eddie Arnold Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones Mandy Smith Steven Wyman Patsy Smith Jerry Lee Lewis Caroline Dye Will Shade (clip) Ben Ramey Charlie Borse Hambone Lewis Francis J. Child The Wailers Bob Marley The Temptations Louis Armstrong Sean Connery Harry Fox Dr. Phil Doc Pomus Mort Shuman Cyril Jordan Roy A. Loney “Not to be confused with another famous product of San Francisco, Rice-A-Roni.” Slim Gaillard Mardis Gras Indians Big Chief Jolly (George Landry) The Neville Brothers Amos Landry (Spy Boy) Booker Washington (Trail Chief) Thomas Jackson(3rd Chief) Norman Bell(2nd Chief) Carl Christmas (Flag Boy) French Settlers Les Blank Willie Dixon Mose Allison George Bernard Shaw Richard M. Jones The Beau Brummels Bobby Womack Johnny Guitar Watson Ike Turner Miles Davis Charlie Chan

Places

England (x2) Jamaica Shreveport Lafayette San Francisco Mexico Canada New Orleans California Romania Ireland

Other Songs and Albums

Newport News Blues Cruel Sister The Bonny Broom The Wind and The Rain Adams Family Theme (clip) Simmer Down Legalize It Steppin’ Razor Walk and Don’t Look Back Flamingo “Or as I like to call it, Flaming ‘O’” The Execution Of All Things I Don’t Know There’s a Riot Goin’ On Laugh, Laugh Dance to the Music Everyday People Stand Will The Circle Be Unbroken (clip)

Movies and Other Entertainment

Ziegfeld Follies Always For Pleasure Woodstock Charlie Chan’s Secret The Chinese Cat

Dance Crazes

The Twist The Texas Tommy The Turkey Trot The Grizzly Bear The Bunny Hug The Foxtrot The Charleston The Breakaway The Lindy Hop The Jitterbug The Balboa The Black Bottom The Conga “How many can you do?”

Kissing Cousins

Queen Victoria & Prince Albert Charles Darwin & Emma Wedgewood Franklin D. Roosevelt & Eleanor Roosevelt Edgar Allen Poe Jesse James & Zerelda Mimms

Books

Leviticus 18 The Bible

Mystical Things With the Number ‘7’

The Seventh Son of a Seventh Son The Seven Sages The Seven Sisters Seven Hills of Rome Seven Ages of Man Seven Stars Seven Wonders of the World Seven-league Boots 77 Sunset Strip

Record Labels

Chess

Noah’s Ark – Part I

It’s night time in the big city
A burly man sells factory-seconds tube socks out of his trunk
An abandoned balloon is stuck in a tree.

The Singers and the Songs

Jimmy Cliff – King of Kings Cousin Emmy with Frank Moore & His Log Cabin Boys – Ground Hog Eric Von Schmidt and Rolf Cahn – Grizzly Bear Dave Bartholomew – The Monkey Speaks His Mind “D. Bartholomew has a writing credit on this song, but I think the lyrics go back a lot further. I have a postcard with a poem on it from at least the 30’s; but Dave did put a distinctive, driving guitar beat behind it. Anything that gets this type of thought across, I’m all in favor of…A tale of morality and monkey business.” Joe D. Johnson – Rattlesnake Daddy “Here’s a rockabilly rave-up” The Marvelettes – Too Many Fish In The Sea The Sons of the Pioneers – Hold That Critter Down “It’s not totally politically correct but we must remember it was a different time.” Bonnie Raitt – Baby Mine “It sounds like she’s singing it to the man she loves but no, she’s singin’ to an elephant!” Rolf Harris – Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport Tex Ritter – Froggie Went A-Courtin’  “Orginially the song was a satire. Queen Elizabeth had a habit of referring to her ministers with animal nicknames. She called Sir Walter Raleigh her fish. The French Ambassador Simier was her ape. And the Duc d’Alencon was her frog. So this song wasn’t just about marriage in the barnyard, but it was a scathing political satire. I didn’t get that the first time I heard it.” Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Barnyard Boogie “One of the few R & B records I know that has as steel guitar solo in it” Waylon Jennings – Will the Wolf Survive? Sonny Boy Williamson – Fattening Frogs for Snakes “Ya know, like when you take a gal out to dinner and then at the end of the night she gives you a little peck on the cheek, and then she calls me to come over? You know what you were doing buddy? You were fattening frogs for snakes.” Lesley Sarony with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra – Jollity Farm The Kinks – Animal Farm

People, Players, and Animals

Werner Keller Noah Coxsone Dodd Duke Reid Prince Busta Cynthia May Carver New Lost City Ramblers Pete Seeger Bill Murray German Settlers Punxsutawney Phil Sir Walter Wally Long Island Chuck Grizzly Adams Dan Haggerty“…was a good actor; whatever happened to him?” Bonobo monkeys “Bonobos engage in group sex to resolve conflicts. I kinda miss the 60’s.” Bill Carlisle Norman Whitfield Eddie Holland Bob Nolan Jesse Chisholm Charles Goodnight Buddy Holly Oliver Loving Dumbo Isoroku Yamamoto Walt Disney Bill Tytla Topsy the Elephant Thomas Edison Nikolai Tesla James Bond“the platypus of espionage” Aborigines Dante Johnny Cash Wanda Jackson The Collins Kids Big Al Thelma Ritter Edward White David Hidalgo Louis Perez Lonesome George Charles Darwin Ray Davies George Orwell Memphis Minnie

Books

Bible One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Animal Farm

Movies and Other Entertainment

Bill Cosby Noah’s Ark routine (clip) Grand Ole Opry Swing in the Saddle Under Western Sky Newport Folk Festival Groundhog Day Electrocuting an Elephant A Lifetime in Paint Green Grow the Lilacs Song of the Gringo Town Hall Party Disney World’s Country Bear Jamboree

Places

Lamb, KY Sherman Oaks, CA Disney Land Pennsylvania Punxsutawney, PA Raleigh, NC Long Island, NY Central Plains Texas Kansas Chisholm Cattle Trail New Mexico Colorado The Goodnight/Loving Trail The Slaughter Ranch Garza County The Halsell Ranch The 6666 Ranch The Clayton Ranch The Borden Ranch The Rafter T Ranch Lubbock The JA Ranch Crosby County Pearl Harbor Luna Park @ Coney Island The National Gallery Murvaul, TX Beaumont University of Texas New York North America Pinta Island Galapagos Islands England

Record Labels

Motown Capital Decca

Other Songs and Albums

The Frog Came To My Door A Most Strange Wedding of the Frog and the Mouse The Marriage of the Frog and the Mouse Mr. Frog Went A-Courtin’ A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go The Frog and The Mouse The Frog’s Wedding Day The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society One Black Rat

Guest

Pete Wolf

Battles and Wars

Pearl Harbor The Spanish American War

Noah’s Ark Part II

It’s night time in the big city
A cop runs a license plate
I never tell the truth

The Singers and The Songs

The Meters – They All Asked For You Roddy Jackson – There’s a Moose on the Loose“One of my three favorite songs about meese.” The Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit“Telling us to feed our heads. That’s not a direct quotation from the dormouse, by the way.” Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell – Carried Water for the Elephant Randy Newman – Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear The Country Gentleman – Fox on the Run Nina Simone – See Lion Woman Joni Mitchell – Coyote“Here’s another strong-willed woman, and I mean that in the best possible way… (Coyotes are) a very vocal animal… use short barks to warn of danger…whine and whimper when they are establishing bonds. They produce high pitched barks to summon puppies and sometimes, late at night when they’re all relaxing, they sing Joni Mitchell songs.” Johnny Mercer – The Possum Song Toots and the Maytals – Monkey Man“I think that might have been produced by the Chinese-Jamaican producer, Leslie Kong. Chinese-Jamaican…that’d be a good kinda food. Get myself some General Tso’s Jerk Chicken!” Dick “Two Ton” Baker – Bert the Turtle (The Duck and Cover Song) “A very sick song from a very sick time” The Blues Rockers (featuring Lazy Bill Lucas) – Calling All Cows Memphis Minnie – One Black Rat Ferlin Husky – On the Wings of a Snow White Dove

Other Songs and Albums

I’m Just Wild About Animal Crackers (clip) Big Ten Inch Record Somebody to Love Sketches of Spain Sail Away Hejira Nuclear War – Sun Ra (clip) United We Stand, Divided We Fall – The Wailers (clip)

People and Players

Ziggy Modeliste Art Neville Leo Nocentelli George Porter, Jr. Bull Moose Jackson Elephant Taylor Joseph Smith Ella Fitzgerald Redd Foxx Bobby Bare Gary Mule Deer Richard Rabbit Brown Eddie Rabbit Armadillo Slim The Great Society Darby Slick Miles Davis Jimmy Stewart Elwood P. Dowd Thornton Wilder Voltaire Walt Whitman “Poet unleashed” Charlie Waller Buzz Busby The Bayou Boys John Duffey Bill Emerson Tom Morgan King Charles II W. Dunham & T. Shand George Jones“Had the nickname of ‘Possum,’ not because he played dead but because he kinda looked like one.” Leslie Kong Helping Hands Leon Carr Leo Corday Leo Langlois Dave Lambert Lambert, Hendricks and Ross Early Drane Temple Grandin James Cagney Simon Crum Aesop

Record Labels

Specialty King Records Choral Excello Records

Literature

Jabberwocky Alice In Wonderland The Wizard of Oz Peter Pan Song Of Myself Aesop’s Fables The Four Oxen and the Lion

Places

Haight-Ashbury United States Hawaii The Marshall Islands Boston, MA Colorado State Franklin Pierce College Arizona State Colorado

Movies

Harvey “Another blow struck for the non-conformist” Duck and Cover film

Vaudeville Animal Acts

Laura Comstock’s Bag Punching Dog Professor Leonardo’s Troop of Cats and Dogs Jumbo the Trained Elephant

Guests

Ricky Jay “This is TTRH, your home for barking dreams, roaring themes, and slithering schemes. Climb aboard Noah’s Ark with us. It’s a musical menagerie, animalistically speaking.”

Clearance / Clarence Sale

It’s night time in the big city
Everything must go, and we pass the savings onto you
It’s Theme Time Radio Hour with your host from coast to coast, Bob Dylan.

The Singers and The Songs

Clarence Ashley – Little Sadie Clarence “Bon Ton” Garlow – Bon Ton Roula / Let The Good Times Roll Rex Griffin – You Got To Go To Work (left off ‘Work and Jobs’ show) Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra – When You’re Smiling (left off ‘Happiness’ show) Clarence Frogman Henry – Ain’t Got No Home Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys – Big Balls in Cow Town“Come on in, Bob.” (left off ‘Noah’s Ark’ shows) Walter Smith & Friends – My Evolution Girl (in honor of Clarence Darrow) Steve Earle – Copperhead Road“Here’s a guy as far away from the prodigal son as you can imagine.” (left off ‘Street Map’ show) Jerry Lee Lewis – End of the Road“He sings this song, he pounds the piano. He says he wrote it and that’s good enough for me.” (left off ‘Street Map’ show) Van Morrison & The Chieftains – Raglan Road“A traditional song, but in the hands of someone like Van Morrison you can see how hard it is to separate the performer from the performance. It’s like a great jazz musician bringing a new interpretation to a song you’ve heard dozens of times.” (left off ‘Street Map’ show) Clarence White  – Bury Me Beneath The Willow Tree Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man“Born with the name Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien – a lovely Jewish name.” (left off ‘Family Tree’ show) O.V. Wright– A Nickel and a Nail (left off ‘Money’ show) Anita Harris – Somebody’s In My Orchard“Let’s wander over to the succulent fruit department…ya know I better get out of the peach orchard before I get myself in trouble.” (left off ‘Fruit’ show) Clarence Gatemouth Brown – Boogie Uproar“He had a loud guitar and a swingin’ band…you hear this (trombone) solo and you can’t believe that Al (Grey) played with Duke Ellington’s band…it’s pure gutbucket!…We don’t play a lot of instrumentals all the way through, but that one was so swingin’ we had to play the whole thing.” Joe Turner – Rock Of Gibraltar “America’s favorite singing bartender.” (left off ‘Classic Rock’ show) The Lion – Bing Crosby (left off ‘Famous People’ show) Ben Vaughn – Jerry Lewis in France (left off ‘Famous People’ show) Cripple Clarence Lofton — Strut That Thing Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters – You’re Nothin’ But A Nothin’ (left off ‘Nothing’ show) Ike & Tina Turner – You Can’t Miss Nothing That You Never Had (left off ‘Nothing’ show) Jim Ford – Go Through Sunday (left off ‘Days of the Week’ show) Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight Annisteen Allen – Fujiyama Mama (left off ‘Around the World’ episode)“We don’t often play two versions of one song, but these two are so different, and Wanda’s rocks so hard, that we got to play both of them.” Wanda Jackson – Fujiyama Mama (left off ‘Around the World’ episode) Rilo Kiley – 15 (left off ‘Numbers 11 And Up’ show) Johnny Cash – Mean Eyed Cat (Left off ‘Cat’ show) Clarence Reid – Fools Are Not Born Mississippi John Hurt – Candy Man (left off ‘Sugar and Candy’ show)“The sweet, gentle sounds of Mississippi John Hurt. You can hear elements of the songster tradition, the music that came before the blues, carrying elements of minstrel songs and other native American forms.” Bob Marley and the Wailers – Sugar Sugar“In a crypt near his birthplace, buried along with him, were his Gibson Les Paul guitar, a ring he wore every day that was given to him by Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia, a marijuana bud, a soccer ball, and a bible. His needs were simple.” (left off ‘Sugar and Candy’ show) Clarence Palmer & The Jive Bombers – Bad Boy Betty Carter — ‘Round Midnight“…known as Betty Bebop, but she hated that name. She thought that bebop was limited and she wanted to do more, and she did.” (left off ‘Night’ show) Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (left off ‘Blood’ show)

Other People and Players

Doc Watson The British Royal Family Duke of Clarence Lionel of Antwerp Johnny Winter Clifton Chenier Jimmie Rogers Hank Williams Lefty Frizzell Lester Young DJ Poppa Stoppa Clarence Darrow John T. Scopes Sam Phillips The Dubliners Patrick Kavanagh The Byrds The Kentucky Colonels The Springfields John Hurley Ronnie Wilkins Marvin Gaye Wyclef Jean John Ashcroft Martin Luther King, Jr. Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Tom Dowd Don Robey “was kinda like the Syd Nathan of Texas” Syd Nathan James “Widemouth” Brown Wilson “Gapmouth” Brown Al Grey Duke Ellington Hercules John Lennon Yoko Ono The Calypsonian Association Jimmy Stewart Arthur Alexander Phil Specter Jerry Lewis“I like to believe they (the French) just appreciate a good pratfall when they see one. Magnifique, Jerry.” Thomas Jefferson Earl Wilson Bruce Springsteen Clarence Clemons The E Street Band Clarence and Calvin Etta James Charles Atlas Lucky Millender Clarence Birdseye “The father of the TV dinner. Soon of course they’ll be called internet dinners.” Floyd Dixon Humbert Humbert Graham Greene Stanley Kubrick Betty Wright Gwen McCrae Blowfly Kool Keith Ol’ Dirty Bastard The 2 Live Crew Tom Hoskins The Monkees The Archies “We’re not gonna play The Archies…we gotta draw the line somewhere!” Ziggy Marley Prince Asfaw Wossen Sonny Austin and the Jive Bombers The Palmer Brothers Thelonius Monk Bernie Hannigan Clarence Williams Miles Davis Ray Charles Clarence Williams III Clarence Holbrook Carter Clarence Saunders Clarence Thomas Keith (Richards)

Places

Clare River Ireland Gadsden, AL Algiers, LA Joy Lounge Memphis United States England Clarence, MO, NY, PA, LA Lithgow, New South Wales Clarence River Australia Clarence, Tasmania Clarence, New Zealand Clarence-Rockland, Ontario The Rock Of Gibraltar Gibraltar Europe Spain Atlantic Ocean The Mediterranean Northern Africa The Strait of Gibraltar Philadelphia Memphis Mississippi Chicago Taylor, TX Austin Maryland State College Mt. Fuji Japan Ethiopia Brooklyn The Arctic Paris Cochran, GA Avalon, MS Pawtucket, RI Switzerland

Other Songs and Albums

The Last Letter Lovesick Blues The Dawning of the Day Silver Threads and Golden Needles Dusty in Memphis 8 Men and 4 Women You’re Gonna Make Me Cry The Ballad of John and Yoko (clip) Papa Chunks You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Bing Crosby) (clip) The Wild Side of Life Release Me Nebraska Tunnel Of Love Tell Daddy Tell Mama Patches Snatching It Back Dark End Of The Street Girl Fifteen Clean Up Woman Avalon Blues Honky Tonk Women Baby, It’s Cold Outside Let It Bleed (album)

Movies and TV

Inherit the Wind (clip) 3rd Rock from the Sun That 70s Show Diff’rent Strokes Nash Bridges Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure Airplane The Movie (clip) Birds Eye Steak and Kidney Pie commercial Rashomon Lolita The Mod Squad

Record Labels and Recording Studios

Sun Back Beat Peacock “Where the smart money always was” Savoy Records Volcalion Records Capital Atlantic Criteria Studios Okeh Records

Poems

On Raglan Road Clarence

Books & Publishers

Lolita Olympia Press

Miscellaneous

The Smoking Gun (website) The Insult Birds Eye Frozen Foods Piggly Wiggly

Goodbye