WGAR

Felipe mentioned that WGAR in another topic. Decades ago, when WGAR was, I think, a top 40 station, it had at least 3 memorable DJs: John Lanigan, Fig Newton (I swear that was his name) and also, Phil Gardner. Lanigan might still be working in Cleveland media; he used to host the daily B movie afternoon show on WUAB, as did Fig Newton. I don't ever recall seeing Phil Gardner, but I remember him being quite funny; his radio ID included a statement that he won some American radio comedy award (or something like that). I think he left WGAR in the late 1970s. Does anyone know what happened to him?

Didn't he play 3rd base for the Brewers?

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yeah john lanigan is still around. he needs to not be. he's just an annoying old man now.

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But his mustache ROCKS!

eeeeeeeeeeew he has a mustache now?!?

At least I'm not the only one who remembers Phil Gardner.

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When I was a teen, I delivered for the Sun Newspapers. I had a house on my route that had taken one of those popular WGAR bumper stickers and cut out the letters. When reposted on their car, it spelled GWAR. Yes, they were biker metalheads. I liked those people.

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The first and only time I heard Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" on a top 40 station was on WGAR in the mid-1970s.

Autobahn was the name of the nihilist group in "The Big Lebowski". It featured Flea. Lanigan is still on WMJI (I think--I don't listen), as he has been for 25 years or more. He usually has a stache.

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Han's Liberscwhanz was conceived in the back of his parents VW Microbus. They were heading to a Kraftwerk concert in Hamburg. Autobahn was the song that was playing as Hans was conceived.

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For anyone interested in Phil Gardner:

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... Lanigan might still be working in Cleveland media; he used to host the daily B movie afternoon show on WUAB,..

You know it's funny... I associate the B movie afternoon show with peanut butter.

I did not live in the U.S. when that show was around but I use to visit my dad once or every two years here in Cleveland. He would leave me home alone and I would watch afternoon TV all day waiting for the kids 43 cartoon block. That b movie show use to come on right before the cartoons so I would watch it everyday.

The peanut butter comes from my dad having nothing to snack on at his house. Desperate for something to eat I found honey, eggs, and some grape nuts cereal one day and cooked it all together. Needless to say it was disgusting but my dad found out about my little concoction and after getting yelled at, he bought me some peanut butter and Jelly to make sandwiches.

This was the first time I ever had peanut butter and I loved it. I was seriously acting like Death in "Meet Joe Black". Peanut Butter? What is Peanut butter?

The first day alone with the peanut butter I was watching the B movie afternoon show. They were showing "Flint" (this one was the one about women getting brainwashed through hair dryer domes at the salon to take over the world) I ate the whole Jar while watching the movie.

My dad was pissed so he told me I was only allowed to have two peanut butter sandwiches: One for lunch and one for snack. So I had a sandwich right at the beginning of the B movie show and one at the end.

"Peanut butter, Lanigan, and B movies!" That will be the title of my autobiography.

Didn't that show also featured a quiz game show between breaks?

That was Big Chuck & Little John.

it was definitely Lanigan B.C. & L.J. was at night and I don't remember them being on channel 43

The Prize Movie with John Lanigan would show a craptacular B movie and at every break he would play a game by showing very short obscure clips from movies that were even more obscure. Lanigan would pull a postcard out of a tumbler from a lucky viewer and he would spin a wheel of old B movie actors that you had to name. They had some dollar amount that was not very much that the viewer would win if they correctly guessed the 'prize' movie. I never saw anyone get the movie title right. The prize movie makes me nostalgic for staying home on sick days from school and eating peanut butter right outta of the jar by the spoonful. Here is a clip: [www.youtube.com] Check out Lanigan's 70's stache and the grand prize dollar amount of $420.43
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WOW! maybe the show subliminally made you want peanut butter.

I don't know who's more retarded (or funny)--Sassy or Felipe. You guys are both catfish.

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Funny - Sassy Wins

Retarded - retard (mongolico) was my grade school nickname which means I was child prodigy on the subject matter. So I win on this category.

Hi Everyone, I have 2 great seats up front in Section 22 Row A I can not use due to work issues. If you're are interested, drop me a line or call me at 216 256 6279. Includes VIP parking pass. Cost is $200.00 cash at pick up Downtown during the day or East Side in the evening (after 7).

Bill

Great seats to the prize movie?!?!....I call shenanigans!!

Remember the good ole days when 43 served both Lorain and Cleveland

I still sometimes say, "What the fuck? I'm not channel 43, I don't play favorites!"

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Regarding Phil Gardner. I go to chruch with him here in Fort Wayne Indiana. He currently works at WBCL under his real name, Phil Reaser.
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Amazing! Once again, Praise to the Military-Industrial Complex's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for giving us the Internet!

Kudos to the military (and let's not forget Al Gore) for the internet indeed! It certainly is a wonderful system of tubes. Now I'm off to find myself some midget-tranny-bestiality porn. Life is good.

I think I read DARPA created what became the internet to 'harden' command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) during wartime (so nuclear war would not interrupt their email).