Sunday Funday

A late brunch, a little “fleaing”, and a brisk walk around the reservoir.

Then, home to watch the Bengals win the AFC.

Good Sunday.

We started with brunch at The Cafe in their new space! It’s so cool to see how Paristown has transformed into this hip hangout and it makes me very excited for warmer days to grab The Cafe to go and have my feast outside. It’s also a great shopping area with a connector to one of my favorite local spots, Louisville Stoneware. I have several of the Churchill Down pieces! ❤️

And…since we were in the area, we had to Flea at Fleur de Flea just around the corner. I’m in the process of doing my January clean so I was being super picky about what I was looking for. I’ve got my eye out for a hurricane floor lamp.

Being the first warm sunny days we’ve had in a while, we made a brief stop to the reservoir off Frankfort Ave. We ended up meeting a sweet couple visiting from out of town and they asked if we had just gotten married. 🤣 #theclothes

That’s a new one! Usually it’s, “are you guys in a show or something?” Nope! We just like to get gussied up and head out for little adventures. We chatted for a bit and they graciously snapped a photo of us! ❤️

It’s been a pretty basketball only household around here this month but we did catch the end of that Bengals game! How about that?!? Congrats to the Bengals and now I am looking forward to Suoer Bowl!

Not too shabby for a Sunday funday!

#thecafelouisville

#louisvillestoneware

#fleurdefleaurbanmarkets

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Don’t Touch That Dial - My Life in Radio

At the young age of 10, I remember creating my own radio station in the basement of our home. I was a huge fan of Gary Burbank on WHAS radio in Louisville, KY. Gary was a master of character voices and would feature his characters on his afternoon radio show.

My radio show consisted of me recording comedy bits with character voices on my cassette player and playing music of that period, which I had also recorded on my cassette machine by holding it up to the radio and waiting patiently for a favorite song to be played. I remember quite vividly waiting for "Indiana Wants Me" to come on the air. It was a popular song in 1970 and because I was in Indiana, it seemed like the perfect song.

My love of doing voices carried on into high school where I would perform a comedy act for various talend contests doing voices of famous actors and politicians of the time. Rich Little was an idol of mine in those days. My senior year of high school I decided to drop by our hometown radio station in Corydon, IN - WPDF 1550 am. It was a little 500 watt radio station run by Herb Arms. I told Mr. Arms of my love of radio and I did a few voices for him. He had me fill out a form to apply for a "broadcaster's license". I think it took a couple of weeks to acquire, and as soon as I got it in the mail, he put me to work that weekend. I was in heaven! I was a real live, honest-to-goodness, bonafide DJ!! :)

I have worked in radio as my profession for several years, and then quickly realized that DJs were near the bottom of the pay scale. So, I found other work, but would still dable in radio for the rest of my life. My biggest part-time job that I was fortunate to land came in 1998, when, while working on WAMZ radio in Louisville, as a weekend jock (Cactus Jack), I ran into Terry Meiners in the hallway one day. Terry was the afternoon drive-time jock on WHAS, the #1 radio station in the Louisville market. I had heard that Terry's long-time character voice partner had just quit. As I met Terry in the hall, I said something like "Hey, Terry, you know, I can do the same voices that Randy did, in case you need anything." And, although he was quite congenial, I got the feeling I hadn't made a real impression with that comment.

I told him I would be happy to make a cassette recording of the stuff I do and leave it on his desk sometime soon. He said something like, "Sure, that's fine. You do that."

Well, I did. The next week I got a call from Terry. He said something like, "Let's see what we can do together."

The rest, as they say, is history. lol!

I have now been providing character voices for Terry's show for nearly 25 years. It's just a hobby, really. But it brings me joy, and I hope it provides his audience with a laugh or smile as they listen and make their way through their afternoons. I've always been proud and honored that Terry brought me on board and allowed me to join in the fun on his award-winning afternoon radio program on 84-WHAS.

Terry has always provided the hilarious scripts and put a voice to them. I never had the chance to meet Coach Hall, but I am forever grateful for his good nature in taking the parodies all in stride. Honestly, The Beasman has always been a favorite of not only Terry's audience, but a favorite of mine as well.

Below is a recent article about the relationship between Coach Hall and Terry and how The Beasman became a radio icon.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kentucky.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mark-story/article257753478.html

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https://video.wixstatic.com/video/6b50e3_21df0cf978a242fe8d0489454e9ec252/480p/mp4/file.mp4

A clip from our home recording studio of The Beasman.

Mayberry Lucy Day

Come see us in Granville, TN!

Everything is now final for Mayberry Lucy Day in Granville, TN! It will be on Saturday, April 9. We’ll be there with our Not So Long Trailer, performing our Lucy & Desi tribute show a couple of times that day.

ALSO, Keith Thibodeaux (Little Ricky) will once again be at the festival this year! He is, of course, the last surviving cast member from I Love Lucy. Keith talks about his experience on the show and his life after I Love Lucy. He also shows off his talents on the drums!

Granville, TN is located just 90 miles east of Nashville and 36 miles northwest of Cookeville, TN.

It’s a fun and charming little town that is known as “Tennessee’s Mayberry Town”.

We hope to see some of you there!

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