Hi Glenn,
Facing an imminent deadline, I just put in an application today to be a radio personality on a new community radio station here in Bend, OR.
If they have any sense at all, they'll hire me (for nuttin') in a Noo Yawk Minute. My banter, patois, and verbal legerdemain will be featured in doses of dementia called "the real news"...... just kidding. We're going to wrap the truth up in a Chief's Blanket we're calling "Ray's Radio Rodeo", or alternatively "Ray's Rowdy Radio Roundup".
I thought about knocking off Robin Williams' "Good Morning, Vietnam" and titling it "Good Evening, America!" but then I decided that with the sort of general audience we have hear-abouts, that a more folksy Will Rogers approach would be in order. None of that slick, smarmy, sarcastic smorgasbord of sassiness that personalities like Air America's Randi Rhodes exude.
Nosirreebob, we are going for that downhome sincere effect. We know how to fake that just fine. Just like the big boys.
Now here's the thing, Glenn. I think there's a real opportunity here for you. A chance to break into the world of advanced communications. I figure I'll need a good bantering partner from time to time. Someone who could hold up the Republican point-of-view to something other than utter ridicule. That could be you! Good-cop, bad-cop. Or Devil vs. Saint. We could trade roles to keep the audience guessing who's on top, who's on first and who's line is it anyway.
Anyway, drop a line if your interested, or if the lake ever freezes over.
Your pal, Ray |
