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Dan Ingram, 20th Anniversary Show, WABC New York, July 3, 1981
Introduction by contributor Bruce Portzer
WABC went all out to honor Dan Ingram's twenty years at the station with this wonderful anniversary show, complete with guest celebrities, anecdotes, accolades and plenty of Ingram-style humor. Much time and preparation went into making what was clearly an exceptional production, which will be presented here in four parts, over four months, in 2010.
Dan shares many of his high points at WABC, and one or two low ones. He also talks about some of the people he worked with over the years. There are many features to go along with the stories, as well as samples of Dan's early work at WNHC, KBOX and WIL.
Vintage jingles and promos are in abundance.
Throughout the show, newsman Rick James provides a chronology of events from the past twenty years.
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There are no nuances, it's all screaming
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The first hour includes a This Is Your Life parody narrated by Rick James, special pre-recorded greetings and personal appearances from Bob Lewis and Ron Lundy, and short airchecks from WICC/Bridgeport, WNHC/New Haven, KBOX/Dallas and WIL/St. Louis. The Herb Oscar Anderson theme song is also featured.
The RESTORED version contains the four songs played during the 1981 broadcast.
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 COMMENTS REGARDING PART ONE, DAN INGRAM WABC 20th ANNIVERSARY
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Don't tell Bill Meeks
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Dan Ingram continues his WABC 20th Anniversary celebration with airchecks of the 1964 April Fool's Day joke, the 1965 Power Blackout, the Brief Showers Incident and the 1964 Beatles fans jingle sing-a-long. Following several minutes of technical difficulties and general confusion, Cousin Bruce Morrow joins Dan via telephone, and Scott Muni and Rick Sklar are featured with recorded messages.
The RESTORED version includes five songs played during the 1981 broadcast.
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COMMENTS REGARDING PART TWO, DAN INGRAM WABC 20th ANNIVERSARY
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The only real qualification for being a disc jockey is that you must be able to defecate in less than 3 minutes
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Dan Ingram has the opportunity for a potty break in the third hour of his 20th Anniversary Show on WABC, New York. Howard Cosell joins Dan in his salute to ABC Staff Announcers, and Dan receives a cathedral radio with a gold plaque. Also featured: The Gasser ID and Dan's fave jingle, newsman Rick James tells a story about the Nixon resignation, Dan's Mom and wife call in, What Is A Dan Ingram, David Frye does My Way, and Dan speaks with Richard Factor, a founder of Eventide Clockworks and inventor of an early digital production toy.
The RESTORED version includes five songs played during the 1981 broadcast.
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COMMENTS REGARDING PART THREE, DAN INGRAM WABC 20th ANNIVERSARY
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love you, Pappy
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Without question, some of the most poignant moments in Top-40 history, 46-year-old Dan Ingram pays respect to Hal Neal, and plays a 1933 recording of his father Johnny Ingram in the last hour of his 20th Anniversary Show on WABC, New York. And Dan learned lessons about tongue-twisters.
Newsman Rick James reminds us of the horrors unfolding before us as Jimmy Carter becomes President, including Jim Jones and the hope and change promised by Ronald Reagan. What happened to Lee Marvin's first-ever Palimony suit? Ask Liberace's live-in friend.
Dan's intro to Kiss And Say Goodbye is simply hilarious. There is some material repeated from previous contributions to REELRADIO (online since '96), but we've not been privileged to Dan's marriage proposal until now.
The RESTORED version includes six songs played during the 1981 broadcast.
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COMMENTS REGARDING PART FOUR, DAN INGRAM WABC 20th ANNIVERSARY
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