No apparent topic in this clip. Callers discuss the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the lottery, and Bob responds to an article in USA Today about stock prices.
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The first hour of this show is a revisiting of an old WPLP monologue where Bob lists the things he likes–things more important than the damn football team. The rest of the show is about homeschooling, and how it’s a symptom of a steadily more divided nation…a marvelous monologue here, based on an article in the Tribune about a former Bucs player (who calls into the show to defend himself).
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Tampa Bay is up in arms because the Florida state Senate has effectively killed public financing for the football stadium; it looks like the Bucs will be leaving town, and “Tampa will become a second-class city.” Bob points out that no city ever benefited in any meaningful way from having an NFL team.
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Concerned about a caller from the previous night who accused him of being anti-religious, Bob takes this evening out to explain his beliefs about religion, as it applies to him, to you, and to everybody.
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On a Saturday night in June, Bob does a remote broadcast from Walt Disney World in Orlando. That place, he says, represents Middle America, and he asks listeners to call him up and tell him about what their vision of America was. Almost nobody does–until Rocky calls and turns the whole show inside out.
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Just in case you didn’t really believe the phrase “Anything Goes Friday,” the women on the WFLA sales staff can be heard partying with Flounder in the control room while Bob conducts his show. Some highlights include a call from Rosemary and a few drop-ins of Sharon Taylor yelling from the bathroom.
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Col. Burke (US Army, Ret.) is a tactical weapons expert who discusses military strategy in Europe and the Middle East with Bob. Bob is clearly very knowledgeable, and the Colonel is both a tough guy and a smart one. At 9:00 Reagan makes a speech about Iran-Contra, and afterwards Bob hosts open phones about the speech.
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Bob debates Ed Oliver and Bob Carver, professors of theology at Clearwater Christian College, on the historical and logical merits of the Bible.
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What starts as leisurely talk about Lee Iacocca and his new autobiography turns into a heated discussion of the black community in America. And it does so without a full moon, or even a call from Rocky.
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Possibly our shortest clip, but important nonetheless. Lassiter’s in the studio with WPLP General Manager George Joachim, for a round of “Ask the Manager,” and the caller wants to know why Bob gave up his Saturday night show.
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“Your Nickel” is another one of Bob’s many different names for “Open Phones.” There’s some talk of Pete Rose, and a photo in the St. Pete Times. But what makes this clip special is what nobody yet knew when it was originally broadcast: that it was Bob’s last Friday show. The next Wednesday he would come in and announce that he was leaving the station to take a job at WLS in Chicago.
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Technically it’s an open program, but the conversation is mostly about flag burning, with China is a distant second and a few sidetracks. Plus a brilliant letter from a union hater, and an equally brilliant call from Rosemary.
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What goes on inside the heads of callers like Rocky, Rosemary, and the Brandon Brain Lady? Bob invites the audience to psychoanalyze their favorite callers from the Lassiter Show. This is a little too brainy for most people, leading Lassiter to suspect that he’s being sabotaged by the engineers, by Fidel Castro, and by WTKN.
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Bob addresses Oscar’s accusations from the day before in a long, thoughtful monologue. It’s a show about ethics, both personal and professional, and both Bob’s and Oscar’s.
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Most of this we’ve heard before. Lionel’s show, earlier in the day, had dismissed Bob’s discussion of the abortion issue as “boring,” and Bob responds with daggers. But it turns into fury when Lionel’s friend Oscar calls in to fight back at the Mad Dog with nasty allegations.
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