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Ep. 222: Noodle! Dusty! Scooby! Andy!

In this one I tell you about the various dogs I’ve known throughout my life, and share a few stories about each of them. They were some fine, fine hounds… with one possible exception. I also share two phone calls from the hotline, including one that clears up some Downton Abbey criticism I recently received. Enjoy!

Mistakes I made in this one: I said the gassy Scooby episode happened in 1985 or 1986. That is clearly not true. My parents were probably planning their 20 year class reunion, and not 25. Which would have put it in 1980 or 1981. That makes more sense.

Room 222 theme song and opening
The Smoking Fish flier — send us your photos!
The vintage Antarctica Smoking Fish photos

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A few pics of our dogs. Who doesn’t love pics of dogs?

My brother and Dusty, a million years ago.

Scooby, the King of Dogs. I took this picture with my Canon AE1 in the early 1980s.

Andy, the best dog in the history of dogs. AKA Black Lips Houlihan. He lived to be 17 years old and it wasn’t nearly enough.

An action shot of the late, great Andy, always in hot pursuit of food. I’ll never stop missing that guy.

Ep. 220: A Return To The Motherland!

Are you craving a 42-minute summary of my just-completed trip to West Virginia? Well, you’re in luck! Just click PLAY and you’ll be into it. Highlights include GPS trouble, a memorable detour, hot baloney, hobo dinner, Red Lobster, Cracker Barrel, another tour of my hometown, a baffling new resort they’re building, many game shows on TV, and a pilgrimage to the Mothman statue.

MISTAKES I NOTICED: I don’t know what’s going on… but I’m now making a lot of errors in these episodes. It’s concerning to me, but I blame it on lack o’ sleep. Am I fooling myself? In any case, I screwed up in this one right out of the gate when I said I went to Arby’s for breakfast sandwiches as soon as I left my house. Arby’s? Why did I say that?! We don’t have an Arby’s near us, and I don’t even know if they serve breakfast there. And I repeated it, over and over. WTF? It was Burger King. I hope it’s just lack o’ sleep. That’s got to be it, right? …Hello?

The giant resort they’re building near Milton, WV
A good article about the future resort and history of the property
An article about Hot Bologna, including the famous Dunbar recipe

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Some photos:

A couple of photos taken by my grandfather in (we’re almost sure) 1966. That’s me in the cowboy hat, and my brother. You can see the Silver Bridge in the background, which collapsed in 1967. It was the “deadliest bridge disaster in U.S. history.” This was tied-in with the Mothman legend, and it’s all very strange.

This is the Mothman statue located in downtown Point Pleasant, WV. I took this one last week. My parents were not impressed by any of the Mothman stuff. “It’s stupid,” was their succinct appraisal.

This is a small poster I purchased in the gift shop of the Mothman Museum. They had a bunch of similar posters, created by various artists. This is the one I liked the most.

Self-explanatory. “Survey says!”

An interesting shot I took while my dad was buying gas in Nitro, WV. Who the hell knows?

Ep. 218: Exploring A Mystery Folder From An Old Computer!

In this one I tell you about an old external hard drive I’ve been exploring recently, and the backup files I found from an old computer from 15 or 20 years ago. Included are many, many audio files, and I share a few of them with you here. I remember the origin of most of them, and some I don’t recall at all. I’ll explain as we go along. It’s a fun one!

Richard from Greentford (I think I repeatedly said “Brantford” in the episode, but I was wrong. It’s been a long time.)
99X morning show reunion
Article about the 99X reunion
Photo of the 96 Rock Wake Up Crew at the height of their powers
Old Frito Bandito TV commercial

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One more thing… Here’s a replica license plate I purchased recently. I used to see these things all over Atlanta when I lived there. That station was huge, and Christopher Rude was the main man.