On October 4, 1971, I was filling in on KAYO for Don Lane, from 8:00 P.M. until midnight. Our control room was at the back of the building and had big windows that swung open wide. Listeners would drop by and visit. It being a summer night, there were bugs flying around too.
I was reading a live spot and took a breath – something was in my throat and I coughed. I choked, “I think I inhaled a gnat!”
Two days later, there was a package in my mail. A couple of guys listening at work sent me a custom made Gnat Trap. I’ve carried this prized possession with me ever since that night forty-nine years ago.
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And why not, Jason? After all, Bash was born in Paris and it was to Paris that he returned, and I don’t mean Kentucky, Missouri, Texas or Tennessee.
And Bruce, what were you thinking of, the cadavers’ Halloween party? The annual spree d’corpses?
Dick, with you, Bashful Bobby and Buck Ritchie, Country KAYO had a wonderful measure of Espirit d’corp! That made it so enjoyable for the listeners!
Espirit d’corp! ??? Buck, Bashful and Dick spoke French? Those were some sophisticated yokels!