Radio Talk Enthusiasts Gifts

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'We interrupt this programme for a sex flash.'

'Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure my little talk has made you all think'

Dog FM. (Man blowing dog whistle into radio microphone).

"Joe's cereal. NPR co-approved."

'The best gig I can get you for your comeback, Lazarus, is DJ in the graveyard slot.'

'Howard can't come to the phone now. He's standing by for a major concert announcement.'

Wally flunks the test: The Emergency Broadcast System.

'I'm Bored'

"See! Thousands of new listeners."

'I think I've found what's causing the radio's funny buzzing sound.'

"No one knows his identity. He just turns up, cuts your grass, then departs without leaving his name. They call him the Lawn Ranger."

'When did YOU switch to a talk format?'

"What's your question for 'Ask Sadie'?" "My mom's in a nursing home. I think someone's stealing her jewelry." "What's the matter, you're afraid someone is stealing your inheritance?" "Simple solution: Send your mother to Japan, where their entire culture reveres the elderly." "Sayonara, grandma!!!" "Are you sure that's not just a stereotype?" "Who cares?!"

As a doctor I can only tell you that the jury is still out as regards the benefits of cannabis in a medical context,however it is my personal opinion that this particular sample would make one bitchin spliff.

Randi Rhodes

Feelings towards radios #2 Picket signs with pictures of radios on them

'Congratulations. You're our 15th caller. The grant is yours!'

'Michelle, this is your brother, Paul, do you copy? Over...Paul to Michelle, do you read me?...'

'Stay tuned for a surprising new health study regarding...'

Doctor to mom about kid: 'Hey - 104.5? Your kid's temperature happens to be my favorite radio station!'

'A sure-win radio talk show. People phone in with questions on existence and reality, and you respond with total silence.'

The reception here is awful!

"That's not my political opinion. That's just stuff I hear on the radio."

John Peel

'Celestial music, my eye. We were just picking up some FM station in Vienna.'

"You're on 'Ask Sadie.' What's your problem?" "Brexit." "It was historic. I'm old enough to remember before the European Union existed. I witnessed its creation. But now it's fallen apart and well then what I witnessed wasn't all that historic after all." "Way to make it all about you." "It's like it was all just one big tease."