Ponderous

done in one, gumby, dammit.

It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...

One would hardly say that the Top 20 was an uptempo g****** numbers.

before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

I think Casey just got tired of calling the autotune crap hits.

The LETTER U and the NUMBER 2!!!

Ok, Internets, show me your power!

Quest: Find audio of his classic rant.
Difficulty: Not the Negativland song.

Zoinks.

"Oh we are up to our long distance dedication. It's from a man in Cincinnatti. Recently there was a death in our family. Let's start it again. When you come out of those god damn uptempo records. Is Don on the phone? I want a God damn concerted effort to come out of a record that isn't uptempo when I got to talk about death. I want somebody to use their farking brain."

Done in one.

Definite American Top Forty headline, Subby!

Blathering Idjut: Zoinks.

Well played.

They still replay his old AT40 on the Sirius 70's & 80's channels periodically.

Ponderous, man, farking ponderous!

This guy is ending his show and who gives a shiat?

/Copyright infringement is your best entertainment value!

Zumaki: before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

This. Not funny, man.

Im_Gumby: Ponderous

TWO!?!?

/one of the best meltdowns ever
//Along with Earl Weaver
///and Orson Welles peas

As the numbers get smaller, the hits just keep on getting bigger

Note to self: Add Casey Kasem to death pool.

Fark Snuggles.

Infamous Rant (new window)

So what's the story behind him losing the American Top 40 gig that Ryan Seacrest does now?

LOL Zumaki, me too!

I'm from England and who gives a shiat

Cold1s: Fark Snuggles.

NECROBEASTIALITY THREAD!!!!

So, Ryan Seacrest is revealed as the bastard love child between Dick Clark and Casey Kasem? Gnarly.

Nice one, Subby!

GoldSpider: Blathering Idjut: Zoinks.

Well played.

Holy Ending Countdown! That was well played.

That guy always gave me the chills though I will always remember him from Scooby Doo.

/only listens to BBC1 radio on XM...

sekrit muslin... Kemal Amin Kasem... thrived under bush... has to cancel his show under Nobama... wait... whut?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYK2H0ldbo

He's just irked that the Top 10 are all old Michael Jackson tunes this week. Link (new window)

Cat Food: add Dick Clark before you put Casey on the list. He's three years old.

TomServo24: Infamous Rant (new window)

So what's the story behind him losing the American Top 40 gig that Ryan Seacrest does now?

Okay, I seriously busted out laughing. I'll bet whomever it was in Cincinnati did too, once they got over the shock.

Back when I was a kid in the 80s I once made fun of this show in front of a friend of my Dad. He quietly told me that this show was a lifeline for GIs fighting in Vietnam.

Later I found out this friend did three tours there as a Navy Seal.

Think about that every time I run across an old re-broadcast on XM radio.

marcand: The LETTER U and the NUMBER 2!!!

Ok, Internets, show me your power!

Quest: Find audio of his classic rant.
Difficulty: Not the Negativland song.

Snuggles (new window)

N. S. Radieaux: It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...

And he writes... (new window)

It's like when your inbred, incestuous uncle dies. It's polite to pretend to be sad.

It was that dire farking "Birthday Sex" song that caused him to throw in the towel, wasn't it?

AT40 was required listening when I was a kid. I didn't have a dual cassette recorder so I would hold my recorder up to the radio.

/my lawn
//off of it

Marquis de Sod: I'm from England and who gives a shiat

I certainly don't give a shiat that you're from England...

Marquis de Sod: I'm from England and who gives a shiat

This guy is from England and who gives a shiat?!

Seriously, though...what happened with those pictures?

TomServo24: Infamous Rant (new window)

That. Was. Awesome.

N. S. Radieaux: It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...

I guess there is no one to blame. Still, I've got to wonder, "will things ever be the same again?"

I've got mixed feelings about this. On one side, it's kinda sad, 39 years running and it's ending.

On the other I'm saying "Thank farking god!"
I work 2 jobs. My other job is at a little pizza place and I usually open on Sunday mornings which means lots of food prep while listening to American Top 20. It drives me nuts.

Of course, this still means my manager has to choose another station which will most likely be the "We play anything." station. Ugh... it's a no win.

More ranting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK75u5EDdEc

Because I can...


Some of Casey's best work, I must say...

TomServo24: Infamous Rant (new window)

So what's the story behind him losing the American Top 40 gig that Ryan Seacrest does now?

Casey Kasem's in his late 70s now and frequently fills up and overflows his Depends before reaching #23. Seacrest can make it all the way to #8 so there's less to clean up.

Besides his counting down the hits and being a constant voice on the radio for most of my youth, I shall always remember three great things that Casey gave us.

First, I could never hear him on the air without remembering the hysterical, gut-wrenching laughter my friends and I suffered through after we first heard the 'Casey Kasem Flips Out' outtake with the story of Snuggles back in the early 90's.

Second, I remember the first time I realized while watching Scooby Doo as a teenager and saying to myself, "Holy Crap! Casey Kasem is Shaggy!?" Then rinsing and repeating that to many of his other works as a voice actor such as Bluestreak and Cliffjumper of Transformers, Robin of The Superfriends, and just about anytime he did a guest appearance on a cartoon show.

Third, I can never forget the inspiration he gave my friend's off-the-rocker cousin who, while playing Wolfenstein would constantly speak as if he were Casey, "Dear Casey, I've left some guns and ammunition for you behind the painting, hugs of kisses, Hitler."

Forget Mike, Casey was the shiat!

"Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars"
R.I.P.

Sunshine Band unavailable for comment?

/Wrong KC? O RLY.

southaustin: Zumaki: before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

This. Not funny, man.

Thirded. That would have sucked.

TomServo24: Infamous Rant (new window)

Oh. My. God. All I can say is that I am so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I listened to that. Funniest shiat EVER.

ZOINKS!!



\surprised I'm the first..

TPerrin: \surprised I'm the first..

The first to what? Get spanked for hotlinking? :D

Gee whiz, that gave me a flashback. There was a brief time in history where "the rant" made it's way onto every mixed tape made.

I honestly thought he was dead.

southaustin: Zumaki: before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

This. Not funny, man.

I thought the same thing, southaustin. With something in the water lately, I thought we had lost another B (or is it Z) celebrity.

Of course, Casey Kasem has always reminded me of Dick Clark... they both have paintings in their attic.

TPerrin: ZOINKS!!



\surprised I'm the first..

I guessing that's a picture of Shaggy.

TPerrin: ZOINKS!!



\surprised I'm the first..

The first time is always the roughest, isn't it?

Good golly Miss Molly

Casey Kasem provided me with most of my "pirated" music back in the '80s. For that, he'll always be cool in my book.

Marquis de Sod: I'm from England and who gives a shiate

Didn't we kick your arse like 230 years ago this week?

N. S. Radieaux

It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...


DOODOO DOOOOO doo

DOODOODOODOOTDOOOOO

Heres a CK soundboard (pops).

AT40 was the first thing that I recorded on my first boom box. J Geils Band and Hall and Oates FTW

We used have to take turns engineering (pressing a button or two) Kasem's show on Sunday mornings. Came in to our station on CD. Jeebus, you could not listen loud in the headphones because when he opened that mic the compression would suck out your eardrums. I wonder what he really sounds like in person because on his show the Casey voice was all processsing.

/"Not another G-D dog story" - ah, those priceless Casey outakes.

Mental_Knife: They still replay his old AT40 on the Sirius 70's & 80's channels periodically.

Came to say that - they are really pretty funny. Interesting part is some of the "hits" in the 30 - 40 slot, that were supposed hits when I was in HS or College I have never heard of, never heard played, and are, well, crap

(as is most top 40)

Zoinks! Like, let's get out of here, Scoob!

Im_Gumby: Ponderous
apackagefromted: TWO!?!?

/one of the best meltdowns ever

right up there with "Hi, this is Barry White for Paul Quinn College..." (pops, like I'M TRYING TO CUT A SPOT, TONY!)

They re-run old AT40's? Whoah. That's...odd. Do people think the order might change next time or something?

Anyway, nothing but props for Casey. He used to help me get through about four hours of tractor driving on Sunday mornings during haying season.

Jim R: Zoinks! Like, let's get out of here, Scoob!

Holy worth the wait, Batman!
Came here for this.

Holy Howard Stern, Batman!

Blathering Idjut: "ZOINKS"

receive +2 InterTubes for excellence

LonMead photo contribution =

receive +1 InterTubes for the yum

and a $50 donation will be made in your name to Outback Steak House, where the rights of Outbacks come first.

Damn you Scurvy Dog!

Huh. I thought Casey'd already left American's Top 20 after the Carbombya episode.

Someone should really get Don on the phone and tell him.

He was no Shadoe Stevens.

Casey Kasem on the Ben Stiller show 1st clip (new window)

And now, for our long distance dedication for Ilene. The letter reads:

"Dear Casey -

I've loved dancing for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I was involved in a farm accident last summer. Casey, my left leg got trapped in some farm machinery and it was ripped off my body. Casey, I miss my left leg and want it to know how sorry I am that we're no longer together. Casey, could you please play 'At the Hop' for my left leg?

Signed,

Ilene Onwalls"

Well, Ilene, here's your long distance dedication to your left leg. Keep your foot on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!

I'm putting money on Casey committing suicide during his last dedication. Since every dedication is pure depressive sap, I think it would just be fitting.

"Dear Casey, my hit top 20 show is ending. My entire career has been nothing but voicing cartoons. My wife hates me and as far as I know, I'm mocked by everybody in the world and often mistaken for Dick Clark. Could you dedicate one song to me before I Budd Dwyer myself? Love, Casey.

"Well, Casey, I think I can do that. As I put the .45 under my chin, here's something by Slipknot. I'll see you all in hell."

Guntram Shatterhand: I'm putting money on Casey committing suicide during his last dedication. Since every dedication is pure depressive sap, I think it would just be fitting.

"Dear Casey, my hit top 20 show is ending. My entire career has been nothing but voicing cartoons. My wife hates me and as far as I know, I'm mocked by everybody in the world and often mistaken for Dick Clark. Could you dedicate one song to me before I Budd Dwyer myself? Love, Casey.

"Well, Casey, I think I can do that. As I put the .45 under my chin, here's something by Slipknot. I'll see you all in hell."

Hate to say it, but the "entire career...voicing cartoons" has made Casey a very, very wealthy man...

When I was a little girl, we lived in California, where the Top 40 originated (it was the Top 40 then). We could drive by the radio station in Stockton and see Casey Kasem in the window of the radio station, broadcasting his show. It blew our little minds that Our DJ was sending this show all over the country.

I think it was the first time I was aware of that thing called "syndication."

cryinoutloud: When I was a little girl, we lived in California, where the Top 40 originated (it was the Top 40 then). We could drive by the radio station in Stockton and see Casey Kasem in the window of the radio station, broadcasting his show. It blew our little minds that Our DJ was sending this show all over the country.

I think it was the first time I was aware of that thing called "syndication."

Stockton?? How old are you? That must have been fairly early in AT40 history!!

Is she holding him up?

Robert1966: I honestly thought he was dead.

You've killed him!

D:

/he'll be dead within a month.
//DUN DUN DUNNNN.

Marquis de Sod: I'm from England and who gives a shiat

I don't give a shiat you're from England.

JammerJim: They re-run old AT40's? Whoah. That's...odd. Do people think the order might change next time or something?

Anyway, nothing but props for Casey. He used to help me get through about four hours of tractor driving on Sunday mornings during haying season.

Actually, it's pretty cool to hear what was really on the charts, in order, and not the Clear Channel version of the '70s or '80s. The stuff at the bottom is really cool, or really bad. Sometimes there are acts I never knew existed.

TomServo24: Infamous Rant (new window)

So what's the story behind him losing the American Top 40 gig that Ryan Seacrest does now?
KIIS in LA played network commercials during Casey's show in 1981, so his show was moved to a different network, so KIIS made their own with Rick Dees, which got pretty big and then Rick Dees left and they got Ryan Seacrest to do it.

zabadu: Guntram Shatterhand: I'm putting money on Casey committing suicide during his last dedication. Since every dedication is pure depressive sap, I think it would just be fitting.

"Dear Casey, my hit top 20 show is ending. My entire career has been nothing but voicing cartoons. My wife hates me and as far as I know, I'm mocked by everybody in the world and often mistaken for Dick Clark. Could you dedicate one song to me before I Budd Dwyer myself? Love, Casey.

"Well, Casey, I think I can do that. As I put the .45 under my chin, here's something by Slipknot. I'll see you all in hell."

Hate to say it, but the "entire career...voicing cartoons" has made Casey a very, very wealthy man...

Yeah, but given his love of depressing stories to dedicate music to, I'm guessing it's left him bitter and unfulfilled or just suicidal. There's something seriously wrong with that man that playing a robot called Cliffjumper cannot solve.

I honestly thought Casey Kasem died like a decade ago and whenever I heard his voice on the radio I figured it was some nostalgic repeat.

Could someone make a concerted effort?

zabadu: Is she holding him up?

Forget whether she's holding him up - WTH is with those Frankenstein t*ts? Sheesh. She could kill someone with those things.

//whoever she is

His wife filmed a movie in DC back in the late 80's and she was a real cooont.

BTW, one of the absolute worst movies ever committed to celluloid - "Elliot Fauman, PhD" My now ex-wife told me that they were going to use her office (at Mt. Vernon College, where she was a professor) and the campus to film a movie and I asked her who was starring in it. She replied, Dreyfuss! Me: Wow, Richard Dryfuss, that's got to be a big budget flick. Then she smiled and said, no - not Richard, his nephew Randy.

Jean Kasem was delivered to the set each day in a huge limo and was just an absolute beyotch to the crew according to my wife.

Kasey loses it in the studio.

Link (new window)

raptusregaliter,

That is the aforementioned Jean Kasem aka Mrs. Casey Kasem.

Probably her biggest claim to fame was Cheers and the Tortellis, where she played Carla's ex Nick's dumb, blonde, bimbo of a girlfriend/wife.

More pics of Jean Kasem!

/she got a nice pair of zoinks.

Linux_Yes: Kasey loses it in the studio.

Link (new window)

You are usually late to parties, aren't you?

peewinkle: Linux

don't waste my time at 'parties'

but i did hear about the one in your mouth, everybody's comming.

(laugh, its just a joke)

Casey Kasem has a nickname for his penis, I've heard. It's Shaggy.

He probably quit because after 40 years he know enough about music to see that what's comming down the pike is nothing he wants to be around for.

Is Don on the phone?

Dan Rather had a good meltdown too.

I remember listening to his show every weekend in the 80s. I haven't cared about the top 40 (I guess its 20 now) since then.

I didn't even know he was still doing it. I bet it will be missed by someone though.

lawboy87: raptusregaliter,

That is the aforementioned Jean Kasem aka Mrs. Casey Kasem.

Thanks. :)

She looks like a real piece of work.

Casey Kasem is actually an incredibly nice Detroiter. Greetings, subby here-I'm celebrating since this thread is my 500th Green(Of course this doesn't include several mysteriously reverted greens, & my only Epic Thread that was pulled after Farkers got into a border skirmish with the webmistress of the linked website), empirical evidence I have no life. Indulge me with this link to my 1st Green, the tag was a mistake, but a buncha liters prove There's No Hate Like Subby Hate; Link (new window)

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars, my man!

I remember listening to the late-night broadcast of AT40 when working the late shift (the station would run it once in the morning and once at night).

This was when Billy Ray Cyrus had come out with that infamous tune, and it was in the Top 10 that week.

Kasem comes on after the #6 song and says, "This week, Billy Ray Cyrus comes in at #5 with 'Achy Breaky Heart'."

A second later he says, "And now, on with the countdown."

I don't know if the radio station cut the tune, or if Kasem didn't want to play it, but I thought that was funny as hell.

/was the only place you didn't hear that damn song

AT40 was a Sunday afternoon ritual for me in the 1980s, especially in the summertime when I would usually wash my parents' car while listening to all 4 hours of AT40. These days I look back and realize "it took them 4 hours to play 40 songs?" Yeah, it was about 2:10 of music and 1:50 of commercials but who cares, it was Casey Kasem!

Then in January came the "top 100 of the year" countdown, which I always hated because they edited the fark out of the songs to make them about 1:45 apiece so they could get all 100 songs in 6 hours with the same amount of commercial time per hour. That and the radio station would move the countdown from Noon to 6am that week.

/Keep your feet on the ground off my lawn

I enjoyed listening to Casey Kasem in the 1980s. I would be driving back to University after visiting home and listen to it on Sunday nights.

Mental_Knife: They still replay his old AT40 on the Sirius 70's & 80's channels periodically.

Plenty of stations around the country play'em too.
Clever Farkers listen.

TWO!??!

puddleonfire: NEGATIVLAND

I still don't know what I'm looking for.

ChrisPC: Actually, it's pretty cool to hear what was really on the charts, in order, and not the Clear Channel version of the '70s or '80s. The stuff at the bottom is really cool, or really bad. Sometimes there are acts I never knew existed.

This weekend on broadcast radio:

GIRLS OF THE ROCK ERA - 7/2/77
7TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
40: SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN (1973)
39: RAMBLIN' ROSE - NAT KING COLE (1962)
38: LADY MARMALADE - PATTI LaBELLE (1975)
37: MANDY - BARRY MANILOW (1975)
36: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - ELTON JOHN (1975)
35: CLAIR - GILBERT O' SULLIVAN (1973)
34: HELP ME RHONDA - BEACH BOYS (1965)
33: VENUS - SHOCKING BLUE (1970)
32: DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY - MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS (1966)
EXTRA: MICHELLE - BEATLES (1966)
31: JACKIE BLUE - OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS (1975)
30: CANDIDA - DAWN (1970)
29: SHEILA - TOMMY ROE (1962)
28: SUNDOWN - GORDON LIGHTFOOT (1974)
27: MARIANNE - TERRY GILKYSON & THE EASY RIDERS (1957)
26: CRACKLIN' ROSIE - NEIL DIAMOND
25: SUSIE DARLIN' - ROBIN LUKE (1958)
24: OH JULIE - CRESCENDOS (1958)
23: ANGIE - ROLLING STONES (1973)
22: ANNIE'S SONG - JOHN DENVER (1974)
EXTRA: LAYLA - DEREK & THE DOMINOS (1972)
21: ANGIE BABY - HELEN REDDY (1974)
20: MRS. ROBISON - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (1968)
19: RUNAROUND SUE - DION (1961)
18: JUDY IN DISGUISE - JOHN FRED AND HIS PLAYBOY BAND (1968)
17: BRANDY - LOOKING GLASS (1972)
16: HEY PAULA - PAUL AND PAULA (1963)
15: DELTA DAWN - HELEN REDDY (1973)
14: PEGGY SUE - BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS (1958)
13: ME AND MRS. JONES - BILLY PAUL (1972)
12: WINDY - THE ASSOCIATION (1967)
11: SHERRY - FOUR SEASONS (1962)
10: DONNA - RICHIE VALENS (1959)
9: SARA SMILE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (1976)
8: HONEY - BOBBY GOLDSBORO (1968)
7: VENUS - SHOCKING BLUE (1959)
6: CATHY'S CLOWN - EVERLY BROTHERS (1960)
5: HELLO DOLLY - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1964)
4: DIANA - PAUL ANKA (1957)
EXTRA: MONTAGE OF LITTLE RICHARD HITS - LONG TALL SALLY, LUCILLE, JENNY JONES, GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY
3: MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART
2: WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE - EVERLY BROTHERS (1957)
1: TAMMY - DEBBIE REYNOLDS (1957)

And on XM(70's):

CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 7/4/70
DEBUT SHOW
40: END OF OUR ROAD - MARVIN GAYE
39: SILVER BIRD - MARK LINDSEY
38: SPILL THE WINE - ERIC BURDEN
37: GO BACK - CRABBY APPLETON
36: I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING - B.J. THOMAS
35: SPIRIT IN THE DARK - ARETHA FRANKLIN
34: MISSISSIPPI - JOHN PHILLIPS
33: WESTBOUND #9 - FLAMING EMBER
32: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - FOUR TOPS
31: SAVE THE COUNTRY - FIFTH DIMENSION
30: OHIO - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG
29: EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - RAY STEVENS
28: CHECK OUT YOUR MIND - IMPRESSIONS
27: QUESTION - MOODY BLUES
26: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED - STEVIE WONDER
25: SUGAR, SUGAR - ARCHIES
24: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
23: WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY - THE POPPY FAMILY
OLDIE: LITTLE OLE MAN - BILL COSBY
22: LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - MOMENTS
21: MISSISSIPPI QUEEN - MOUNTAIN
20: MAKE IT WITH YOU - BREAD
19: ARE YOU READY - PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC
18: LOVE LAND - CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103RD STREET RHYTHM BAND
17: TIGHTER & TIGHTER - ALIVE AND KICKING
16: MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' - WHITE PLAINS
15: A SONG OF JOY - MIGUEL RIOS
OLDIE: HELLO DOLLY - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
14: UNITED WE STAND - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
13: GET READY - RARE EARTH
12: OOH CHILD - STAIRSTEPS
11: GIMME DAT DING - THE PIPKINS
10: HITCHIN' A RIDE - VANITY FAIR
OLDIE: SPINNING WHEEL - BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS
9: THE WONDER OF YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY
8: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - BEATLES
7: CLOSE TO YOU - CARPENTERS
6: LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE WIND) - MELANIE
5: BAND OF GOLD - FREDA PAYNE
4: RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE - BLUES IMAGE
3: BALL OF CONFUSION - TEMPTATIONS
2: THE LOVE YOU SAVE - JACKSON FIVE
OLDIE: SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES
1: MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME - THREE DOG NIGHT

Anyone else ever have to work with his wife besides me? What a pain in the arse!

Ahh, ATF, I agree with the Farker above, free tape singles if you didn't mind a little patter before hand. It supplied me with a go-to source for all those songs I was never fast enough to record off the radio without missing the intro.

that dude was the voice of cliffjumper from the transformers.

LonMead: Because I can...


Some of Casey's best work, I must say...

More, please!

These guys are from England, and who gives a shiat?

+1 subby

Great, where am I supposed to get my gawddamned death dedications now?

aesc: AT40 was required listening when I was a kid. I didn't have a dual cassette recorder so I would hold my recorder up to the radio.

/my lawn
//off of it

You too? 1970 Radio Shack cassette recorder, single tape.

These names don't mean diddly-shiat!

Zumaki: before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

Same here. But I stopped listening to his show in the 80's, had no idea he was still doing it.

N. S. Radieaux: It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...