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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 107
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
10/07/22 • 50 min
This week’s episode is a DBG from October 5th, 1996 which I’ve titled, “Age-vantages.”
Tom Howie was producing.
We begin with quite the intro for Jack Harte from Norm.
Norm laments the transitions of the season but because he is a doctor, please take off everything and he will only look at you in a medical manner. Jack believes it all starts with windows going from opened to closed and that brings on general malaise.
There’s some Kyrie and Bobo talk (Norm’s Newfoundland dogs).
We are informed that people walk all over Norm because he’s too good of a person and Jack wastes no time requesting Norm’s help with something.
The subject of growing old comes up along with it’s advantages and disadvantages.
We get some incredible wisdom and insight from a stupid guy Norm knew and everyone’s favorite HGPG.
The Players:
Jack Harte
Mike from Marlborough
Joanne from Everett
Charlie in Malden
And Betty from Sudbury
During the introductions we venture into the “what exactly is middle age” territory and what age was it hardest to turn.
The Birthdays:
Bill Dana
Glynis Johns
Karen Allen
Donald Pleasance...no, wait...
Steve Miller
Sir Bob Geldof
Diane Cilento, Sean Connery’s ex-wife...on second thought
Some Dead Bdays:
Chester A. Arthur
Ray Crock
And Alan Ludden
The game ends with an Historic Event question:
In what year was The World Series first broadcast on radio?
Other highlights:
Joanne hearing static and another station on the line. Norm says turn it up it’s probably a lot better than this.
Newfoundland dogs help everything.
Norm was not a hunk.
Norm’s friend, Sydney Gelpi (sp?), had his own room with pin-up pix on the walls.
Mike needs socks.
WBZ is older than Norm.
Norm remains terribly behind in sending out prizes but in the end, it doesn’t matter because it’s all junk.
Norm’s father describing the younger Norm.
And Jack was at a charity function that his fine lady, Moneen was hosting where a 25-piece Big Band and singer Toni Ballard were performing.
Let’s get the candles lit on Episode 107, “Age-vantages”...now.
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 106
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
10/02/22 • 101 min
Thanks for joining us again as we close out September 2022 with a Norm Nathan Show from September 29th, 1996. This one is titled: BillyBobNorm.
Steven Adams was producing.
Also thank you for sticking with us, listening on your phones and from every other platform where we cast with no damn issues! Still no resolution to our little problem on YT. And with no response from my queries as to what’s goin’ on...I find that YouRUDE.
Before we dive into this episode, I’d like to say, “namaste” to our new listeners in India!
Here we go:
Billy Clyde’s got his dander up in an excited dialogue with Norm about music, then and now!
Norm teases guest Bob Hernandez who’ll be playing his game Significa!
And, again, Norm is WAAAAY behind in tacky, junk gift mailings.
To DBG or not to DBG, that is the question?
Shayna in traffic...or not...orrrrrrr?
Kevin in Dorchester
Wally in Waltham
With a malfunctioning peepers keyring in need of replacement we have Marge in IN
Jim in Lowell and another subject arises: banned records. Not BAND records but banned records.
We now roll on to Bob Hernandez and the aforementioned game, Significa! Bob will give ask 3 questions. Answer all three and WIN! Significa was 4 pack of small travel games covering varying subjects: History, Geography, Literature and more.
Callers:
Debbie in Malden
Bill from Lynn
Marian in Easton
Jenny from Plymouth
Joanne in North Reading
Ken from Roslindale
Christopher in Lowell
Christine from Worcester
Bob in Waltham – maybe not
Joe from Melrose
Anne in PA
Kelly from Weymouth
Bob is back!
Dorothy in Bridgewater
Doug from Newton
Michael in Chelmsford
Whitney
Horace in Brookline
Matt in Weymouth
Laura from PA
Lynne in Malden
Joel from Natick
Ken in Cambridge
Lisa from upstate NY
Bob in Leominster
Bill from Braintree
Bob in Richmond, VA
Geri in Everett
John from Boston (aka Chauncy without the extra accent!)
Heather in Wilmington, MA
Priscilla from Weimar, PA
Fred in Kennebunk, ME
Vivian from Malden
Beth in Boston
Jay from Dorchester
Loose ends...
Callers hearing Norm with an echo and a whoosh!
Traffic reporters are a happy lot hoping for a big traffic jam.
Jim says Norm has a nice singing voice and Norm mentions he’ll be singing with a The Bob Bachelder Band to benefit Self Esteem Boston at the Wonderland Ballroom in Revere. He had rewritten all the lyrics to Cole Porter’s “You’re the Top.”
Stay tuned as I will replay that magnificent performance.
And a question is posed, “Where’s the Gong?”
Ep 106, BillyBobNorm, begins in 3, 2 and 1.
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 186
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
06/06/24 • 48 min
Hello all and welcome back to another episode of Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. Today we have a DBG from May 27th, 1992 which I’ve titled: Weather or Not.
Players:
Ann from South Boston
Ted in Ottawa
Bobby in South Boston
Rob from Dorchester
Tony on the phone seeking Norm’s doctorly advice
Lynn Palumbo producing and on the phone from MC
And Jack Harte
Bdays:
Vincent Price
Henry Kissinger
Lee Merriweather
Lou Gossett
Bruce Weitz
And Herman Wouk
Events in History:
The Golden Gate Bridge was opened in what year?
Commercials:
Steinert & Sons Pianos
The Scotia Prince voiced by Tom Bergeron
Paperama
Purity Supreme
One caller:
The beautiful Robert from Everett!
Ep 186, Weather or Not, drifts its way to your ears...now.
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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 187
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
06/11/24 • 49 min
Today’s show begins with technical difficulties and even though I was home and not in the studio it was probably my fault.
There’s a special pre-game intro by WBZ Sports Guy, Tom Cuddy that leads into a DBG from May 18th, 1996.
The title: Hats, Coats and Tolls, Oh my.
Players:
Tony on the phone
Mike from Marshfield
Irene in CT – And we just may have figured out why her calls sound so bad
Don from Billerica
Marie in Boston
Jack Harte
Bdays:
Perry Como
Pope John Paul II
Bill Macy
Pernell Roberts
Dwayne Hickman
Brooks Robinson
Reggie Jackson
Ep 187, Hats, Coats and Tolls, Oh my, tosses its way to your ears in 3,2 and 1.
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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 159
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
10/16/23 • 41 min
Thanks for tuning back in. The silliness continues with a DBG from October 11th, 1992.
Our Title? A Hopping Good Time
Players:
John from Amherst
Howard in NH
Bertha from RI
Bonnie in Andover – 1st timer
Charity in Rockland
Tony producing and playing in-studio
Bill Wilson in traffic
Bdays
Eleanor Roosevelt – dead
Daryl Hall
Roy Scheider
10/12
Luciano Pavarotti
10/13
Art Garfunkel
10/15
Penny Marshall
Linda Lavin
10/16
Suzanne Somers
And Angela Lansbury
Ep 159, A Hopping Good Time, leaps its way to your ears in 3,2 & 1.
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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 114
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
11/27/22 • 83 min
Sorry for the late posting but I was stuffed from Thanksgiving and just woke up from tryptophan coma.
Let’s begin:
Assalamualaikum to our new listener country of Bangladesh!
Ep 114 brings us a DBG/NNS combo from November 25th and maybe 26th, 1993. I’ve titled it: A Turkey Sandwich of Thanksgiving Wishes.
Players:
Joe from Revere
Rod the Security Guard from the front desk at WBZ
Scott in his car from Wayland
Anne from the Catskills area of NY
Greg ‘Doug, Jeff’ Ebben producing and playing in studio
And the affable Jack Harte in Traffic
Bdays:
Amy Grant
JFK Jr
Ricardo Montalbán
Joe DiMaggio
Bucky Dent
John Larroquette
Kathryn Crosby
And Christina Applegate
We now move to NNS time!
Callers with tons of Happy Thanksgiving wishes and other praise!
Carolyn in NC
Mike in Boston
Mike from Kingston
Jerry in Natick
Katie in beeyooteefull Cape Breton, Canada
The one and only, Generosa!
Peggy
Lavera in Charlottesville, VA
Jim from Manchester, NH
Bill from Jaffrey, NH
May in Boston
Steve who wanted to thank Norm personally for something Norm helped him with back in February. I will let him tell the story so you just hang in there for it.
Pete in Roslindale
We close with a commercial for The Secret Garden at the Colonial Theater and then Norm teases SMQ and signs off.
Other leftovers:
Mixing metaphors and Old English sayings and speaking in dead languages
Bad Math
Through the entire game, Anne, unintentionally, does a great Gabby Hayes impression.
Rod reveals that he has been tutoring Mike Epstein on bdays!
Sipping
Does Scott get hauled off to the ol’ Gray Bar Hotel? Is his one phone call used to return the DBG?
Scratchy tapes
Anne gives us some fantastic inside baseball observations.
Norm likes his floozies young.
Yula Grunes(Runes? Rooms? Grooms?) and Donald Lowzahn were married today on top of a wedding cake float at the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade.
And cooking a special dinner for your pet?
Ep 114, A Turkey Sandwich of Thanksgiving Wishes, begins to baste your ears in wonderfulness...now.
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 145
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
07/08/23 • 37 min
The DBG’s keep spilling forth from the Vault with this selection taking us back to July 16th, 1995. Norm was in a feisty mood and had an ominous feeling about the game so for that reason I’ve titled it:
Must be the Heat.
Our Players:
Ken Newman from Traffic who also answers Norm’s questions about the steamy roadways
Craig from N. Billerica
Pete from Lawrence
James from IN
Hope Schauer producing and playing in studio
Bdays:
Orville Redenbacher
Ruben Blades
Stewart Copeland
And Barnard Hughes
Events that happened:
In what year were the very first parking meters installed in Oklahoma City?
In what year did Apollo 11 blast off and head to the moon?
And in what year was the District of Columbia established as the seat of the U.S. Government?
Ep 145, Must be the Heat, sizzles its way to your ears in 3, 2, and 1.
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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 147
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
07/22/23 • 79 min
The Vault of Silliness rolls on with another rebroadcast podcast. This time we have, Direct from the Ed Mullen Collection, a SMQ from July 22nd, 1993.
The most, big band/jazz and musical comedy/theater questions EVER were asked on this game! So, let’s title it: Norm’s Quiz Cup Runneth Over
Right away, Norm refers to the game as “The Dumb Music Quiz.”
The Panel:
Norm, of course
Ed Mullen
Jack Harte
And Ric Duarte who's producing
Categories:
RnR
Musical Comedy/Theater
BigBand/Jazz
The Callers:
Marty in Rockland
Cynthia in NH
Bob in Norwood
Tom in NH
Helene from Belmont
Mae in Boston
Denise from Brookline
Paul in Malden
Paul from Haverhill
Mary in Danvers
On side B the tape jumped to the beginning of a SMQ from Thanksgiving 1993. I have archived that for later this year. Because of that we upcut to a call-in progress w/Ted from New Brunswick
John in Natick
Neil from Lynn
John in Billerica
Steve in Milwaukee, WI
Chris from Toledo, OH
Brad in Detroit, MI
Paul in his car
Peter at BU
Paul in Chelmsford
Rob from Milton
Dave in Woonsocket, RI
Randy in W. Boylston
George from Everett
And lastly, Fred from Yarmouth, ME
Ep 147, Norm’s Quiz Cup Runneth Over, a SMQ from the EMC, serenades its way to your ears in 3, 2 and 1.
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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 148
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
08/02/23 • 100 min
Ola, Mehico! Welcome and thanks for joining us here at NNVoS!
Sorry I’m late with this post. A slow recovery from an Alaskan vacation is my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
The Vault has gifted us this jewel from July 29th and 30th, 1995. This show is packed full of great stuff. So much so that I’ve titled it: “A Treasure Chest of Norm.”
Show begins with Norm speaking to a fantastic guest, Dennis Webb, who co-authored “Greenberg’s Guide to Marbles.”
Next is a wildly interesting caller who tells us about her business...glass blowing. She makes Kaleidoscopes.
Switch next to another call and the subject of children gambling. Trust me, it’s not a serious call.
Next call talks about a guest we had on recently, Joanna Cole, who wrote a book called, “Jump Rope Rhymes.”
Next call brings up Dapper O’Neil and the Irish Belly Dancer
We connect with WERE in Cleveland with Mitch Mann, Rick “Gilly” Gilmore and Steve Wainstead and their show NightTalk. They have absconded with the DBG and play the SBG. They talk all things radio and silliness and Ken Newman from traffic joins the fun too. They take some calls mixing people from Cleveland and Boston like:
Mike the 45-year-old virgin from Cleveland
Tim from Franklin
Drew on WERE
John in his car who was chief engineer at WJUL University of Lowell radio station
Pete/Bill/Phil? on WERE
Katie in Malden
There’s a new show on WERE and Elvis tells us all about it
And some Wacky Police Blotter News
Moving on we are back to Norm solo with a couple of unknown callers to go along with Ruth The Molasses Baby and Shirley asking for info on Jump Rope Rhymes.
Now we leap to a weird segment that’s pitched down.
There’s a quick call and then Jack Harte is under attack?
Closing with a sponsor read by Jack that kicked open the door to his Broadway career.
There’s a lot more so just sit back and enjoy this piece of broadcasting excellence.
Ep 148, A Treasure Chest of Norm, begins now!
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Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness - Ep 153
Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt
09/05/23 • 81 min
A super show awaits you here on the VoS. It’s a NNS from September 1st and 2nd, 1995. I’ve bestowed the title of “Greedy Grabby Grubsters”
Mason Adams begins the show.
We cash in on a pile of callers:
Jim
Caller talking old time radio
Gregory, Gina and Baby Myles from Marion
Tom from Harwichport
Margaret from W. Newbury
Ruth Clennott – the 13th Farmstand!
Peggy
Joe in Taunton
Unknown Caller
Jim in the car
Marion in Greenland, NH
Rob
Dieter in MD
Deena from Branford, Ontario
Granny Brown from Norwood
And Irene in Ohio
Loose change:
Some Jack Traffic reports
Norm threatens to sing
Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Grand Opening
ABC News with Dorothy McIntire
Mel Simons and his accordion was going to be appearing at the Farm Stand
Lots of fiery loins
Cumberland Farms
Nissen Bread
Artesani Park
Banks, naked tellers and keeping one’s dignity
Norm tells an old joke about a bank
Norm rails against banks and commercials!
Miss Emerson from the phone company
Tongue depressors up your poopy?
Magazines in the Dr's office waiting room are a clue to how long your wait may be
Clean Teeth
And Nickel Pickles
Commercials:
Bally Totally Fitness
MOM Ride at Jordan’s Furniture in Avon
Ovaltine with Martin Baird of Farmers Branch TX
Julianna Quisling of Chippewa Falls, WI with her red irritated baby for Baby Gold Bond
B.U. Windows Tech Night
Xerox copiers
WBZ Business Breakfast with Anthony Silva
Ovaltine vs Nestle Quik with Joseph Aruho of Lewisville TX
More red, itchy babies with Ann George of Philadelphia PA
Ep 153, Greedy Grabby Grubsters, deposits its way to your ears in 3, 2 and 1.
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Podcast Q&A
Why did you start this show?
October 29th, 2020
What do you hope listeners gain from listening to your show?
Auditory bliss. Lots of laughs and a desire "to leave this world a little sillier than we found it."
Which episode should someone start with?
Episode 1, where in my opening I explain what this is all about and why I created it. However, only the last 30 or so show up here. So start with the earliest one you find and go from there.
Which have been your favourite episodes so far?
Just when I think I have one or two, another comes along and is very funny. I will say that Episode 50 and and, based on what you'll currently see here as I write this, Ep 130.
Which episode are you most proud of?
The first will always hold a special place in my heart as it took a long time for me to get to the point where I could even listen to the recordings I play here. As I comb through them, I enjoy how it has grown since those early ones. I really love what I do here to keep the memory of Norm Nathan alive.
What is your vision for your show?
To feature more guests, occasionally go live, add video content and ideas for merch.
How did you come up with the name for your podcast?
One of Norms' catchphrases' was "leave this world a little sillier than you found it." With all the tapes I have of our time together it was like opening a vault with this era of radio caught in time.
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