Animal Stories part II: Not Suited for Morons of All Ages
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Who doesn't love a good animal story, especially when it involves blood, amputation, or death? Yes, such heart warming tales (one of a missing tail) are brought to you in the format of an animal story contest. This is part II of our animal story contest that pits original broadcasts from the WLS world renowned Animal Stories from back in the 70s against our guests' own animal stories. We have two guests, Bruce King and Natalia Cooper, both of them experienced in veterinarian medicine, both willing to entertain us with their tales from the workplace. When this is published on...
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Animal Stories: Bullet Proof Cow vs. Parrot Fed to Grandmother
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Remember Animal Stories that captured the attention of middle school morons like myself back in the early 70s? It was quite a popular segment for WLS-AM radio that featured Uncle Lar’ and Snot-Nosed Lil’ Tommy. This episode will pit WLS animal stories against the adventures of two guests who have long animal medicine backgrounds. Jimmy Ahmuhdoofous is tasked with judging the winner of six rounds of wacky stories that feature a python choking on a Pekinese, a bullet proof cow, and flying fatty masses. Natalia Cooper and Bruce King are the guests who provide hilarious...
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What's worse? Getting kicked in the nuts or giving birth?
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It's an age old question tackled in this Potpourri episode where Jimmy Ahmuhdoofous and I share with you select pieces of prose and poetry collected over the past few months from Facebook. Some are designed to make you laugh, others to tug at your heartstrings, all of them to make you think.
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Roger Beard: Car salesperson who took a cow as a trade in
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If you sell cars for over forty years like my good friend Roger Beard, you're going to have some stories. Roger's adventures include selling cars to exotic dancers, ball busters, drunks, and a couple who had to offer their cow as part of the deal. In addition to those humorous tales, he answers questionns about vehicles such as Is there a best time to buy a car? Should you use your own financing or go with the dealership? Do you need to follow the car maker's manual on items like cabin filters,,radiator and transmission flushing? How valuable is an extended warranty? This is...
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Roger Beard used car buying tip: Check the entire length of a seat belt.
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That’s the humble beginning to a successful forty plus year career in car sales for Roger Beard. He shares with us his early years as a young man trying to find his way, eventually finding traction as a car salesman and becoming a manager of used car sales at a large dealership in Florida that annually generated multi-millions of dollars in sales. In part one of this two-part interview, Roger will tell us about the beginnings of Beard Pontiac, a Prophetstown car dealership that served the surrounding area for twenty years. He’ll tell us amusing stories about various sales he...
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Local Radio Personality Reviews Career (and why he disappoints women): Brian Zscheische
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Jimmy Ahmuhdoofus and I have been able to share with you interviews with people that have interesting hobbies or vocations, people who I usually don’t know that well, but this episode is a treat for me as I get to chat with a life long friend, Brian Zschiesche. He’s a good enough friend that not only do I know his middle name but also how to spell that wacky last name. Prior to his current interesting job at the Sterling hospital, he spent over three decades behind the mic at various radio stations, including 20 years at WSDR, where many of my Prophetstown listeners...
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Chief Franks: Leaving a Mark
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Leaving a mark With over 30 years of service as a police officer for Prophetstown, Bruce Franks had many experiences that left a mark upon him, some of them quite sad, others inspirational. He shares these moving moments, his best and worst days as a first responder, his reaction to national events like the George Floyd murder, and his adjustment to retirement. This is part II of our conversation with Chief Franks.
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Franks for the Memories- Retired Police Chief Bruce Franks
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Franks for the Memories- and your service. “You’ve got to be willing to help people when they are at their worst.” This firmly held belief by recently retired Prophetstown Police Chief Bruce Franks was enacted many times throughout his career. Bruce will share with us stories about offering a hand to those he too often had to deal with that were mired in misery. He’ll also speak about his tireless involvement in community affairs like the Fishing Derby and Light Up the Park, the difficulties and rewards of wearing a badge, how he managed to avoid becoming...
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How to Live - How to Die
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How to Live - How to Die-- when you get to be my age, those topics become of interest. And so they are featured in this episode. The episode is in my occasional format of potpourri, an eclectic reading of various literary gems I've found worth sharing, many of them dealing with living and dying. But to be sure, there are plenty of humorous bits from Jimmy Ahmuhdoofous that will tickle you.
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Rob Allen: Persistence and Passion
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Once upon a time a Wauconda High School student, class of 2004, was floundering around, contemplating life as a painter, not terribly ambitious about anything. He had a below average GPA and a job at Jewel. He was enjoying life, perhaps a bit much. But holy about face, Batman! In a just a few short years, he was excelling in college, scoring a double major while holding down various jobs, all which led to his current position as a top-level executive at the Jim Beam corporation. Talk about a pivot! And he does talk about it and how persistence and passion...
info_outlineNaysayers: Kayla, you're too short. You're too small. You can't play softball on an elite level.
Kayla: Hold my Gatorade.
Small of stature, Kayla Wedl has proven herself in a spectacular way on the biggest of softball stages, including a stellar career at the University of Illinois-Chicago and now as a professional softball player for The New York Rise. She shares with Boomer her memories at Wauconda High School (2016 graduate) and UIC. She talks about her journey and the challenges it provided, how it has affected her on and off the diamond.
Kayla is just one of a dozen of WHS graduates featured on this podcast. Check them out along with other people that Boomer interviews in his continuing series of "Tales From The Workplace."