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Ann, I'm pleased someone else connects with Bob and Ray. But wasn't it WHDH?
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I've heard a few Bob and Ray shows (not originally aired) as both my Dad and brother were *broadcast radio fans. I remember they had a sense of humor that was a bit ahead of its time.
More people have been effected by their humor than one might imagine. One of their sons (I don't remember which one but I can see his face) has a *successful career as a TV comedian (had his own TV series). That guy floors me.
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That's Chris Elliot, Bob Elliot's son.
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but is a dink the same as dinky?
and if it is, well, what about mamby pamby--
and scribble scrabble..
what-- that doesn't work.. scribble has a small life on its own, and scrabble, aside from being the game, also has a life, a hard one, but manby pamby still can sort of get by.
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To best of my recollection Bob and Ray started as local boys on local radio - Lowell, Mass, Radio WLLH and when they "caught on" went to the big time at Boston Radio WHDH. But I've been wrong three times  before! Ann Goulding, Ray's younger sister, went to same school I did ... she was a year or two behind me. In a link to an interview with Ed McMahon at speaking.com he mentions his early associations with WLLH and Lowell, Mass.
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For USns, 'Weekend Radio' on Cleveland's WCLV airs the Bob 'n' Ray skits regularly. 'Weekend Radio' is carried on many NPR stations. Check your local listings. Right now we are being treated to the mind-boggling, cliff-hanging episodes of "Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife."  http://www.wclv.com/seaway_listings_weekend.jsp
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excuse me, bob and ray, this is a word thread...
i am the only TV watcher in the crowd? the new verizon ad has a some kids playing on a roly-poly...
if you don't know what a roly poly is.. its a long way back.. a good year, 15 months..
but they seem like a co dependant pair
i never got in the habit of listening to radio much.. a bit of music to make a long car ride go easier.. classical for quite background when studying, wild rock and roll for cleaning house.
never did much like bob and ray.. they might have been better if i had been forced to listen to them-- and at times i was.
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