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Post by BrettVW on May 19, 2012 21:52:15 GMT -5
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Post by easye on May 20, 2012 2:47:31 GMT -5
Good article. Got to give the author credit for keeping track of those wacky WT40 Charts.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 13:39:57 GMT -5
Rick is a legend in radio, and by all accounts a great human being.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on May 23, 2012 17:46:13 GMT -5
I agree. I'd rather Rick over Ryan any day nowadays!
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Post by BrettVW on May 23, 2012 20:47:48 GMT -5
I actually prefer Ryan to Rick. Rick's a great guy, but I just never found his comedy bits and staged interviews and parody songs to be funny. Although the rare chance I get to hear him these days, he's much more focused on the music than he once was. But I'd take Ryan over 80s/90s Rick
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Post by hothitzdj on May 24, 2012 0:30:56 GMT -5
I actually prefer Ryan to Rick. Rick's a great guy, but I just never found his comedy bits and staged interviews and parody songs to be funny. Although the rare chance I get to hear him these days, he's much more focused on the music than he once was. But I'd take Ryan over 80s/90s Rick Do you really want to be labeled a Seacrest lover? Stay neutral and say each has +/- depending your interests. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2012 8:18:31 GMT -5
I actually prefer Ryan to Rick. Rick's a great guy, but I just never found his comedy bits and staged interviews and parody songs to be funny. Although the rare chance I get to hear him these days, he's much more focused on the music than he once was. But I'd take Ryan over 80s/90s Rick I have to say now that I hear the older Dees shows regularly, I have heard a few things that have made me chuckle. Plus, I like the Willard Wizeman skits. Maybe I shouldn't admit that but I enjoy them most weeks I hear it. |
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Post by hothitzdj on May 24, 2012 9:07:01 GMT -5
My favorite bit is Dr. Science. I love his answer to "does yeast feel pain when it is baked?" I like the James Brown & Whitney Houston car alarm. I can't get enough of "we play more music, here's 10 at a time...hey, hey that's 10-in-a-row one at a time. Oh, Sorry!" I love the bonehead award. The liners "we're naked is that okay", "do these look like the beasts of 40 year old woman?", "he never lets me have it." are timeless classics. I will never forget his reaction to WLSD being on his station mentions.
Funny thing, those were the call letters of a pretend station that my neighbor and me created in high school. We made hats etc. for this WLSD station and did phony broadcasts at the local county fair. To hear, Rick Dees say, "This is WLSD. You're kidding me. This is real. WLSD." That moment is frozen in time to what we did in high school. It's hard to believe a pretend radio station was real. Thanks Rick, I knew you would know.
As far as Rick as a person, last year Rick was kind enough to send me one of his old cart machines (UPS I might add at his expense). I talked with Melanie Leech on his staff and she was a sweetheart. Rick surrounds himself with some great people. I only have kind words to say about Rick and the same goes for Casey Kasem when I met him in 1990. They show a true concern for their fans and it shows in their broadcasts.
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