Hugh Heller told me that when he finally got to live his dream by leaving the loud busy world of LA behind for a remote location in Arkansas where he soon discovered that unfortunately he had also left his friends behind.
I was told by Mario Andretti that if you feel like you’ve got everything under control you’re definitely not going fast enough.
Mr. Fairbanks taught me that continuing your pitch after getting a yes could only lead to a no.
Jim Hilliard warned me to never get into a fight with a guy who buys ink by the barrel. Hey I wonder how much ink there is in this old lap top ’cause I’m ready to rock!
Frank Osborn told me that every PD gets two books and every GM gets two PD’s.
My Father Sandy Johns told me that I needed to get a job because in the Johns family we don’t play guitar for a living, we work.
Mark Hubbard taught me that in order to be successful you have to be First Best or Different.
Bob Christy claimed the way he marketed himself was to sit at a bar and wait for the ladies to drag him out to their cars.
Roger Snowdon claimed that nobody ever moved to Florida to work harder.
Garth Brooks told me that he was wild in High School but not near as wild as he wanted to be because he was too afraid to be.
My Grandpa Ben Vince told me as I will tell Nathaniel … Life is really about faster cars older whiskey younger women and more money. He neglected to tell me though that any one of them can also ruin your life.
Rick Moranis told me the the main reason “Ghost Busters” was so big was because most of the cast were writers so you never knew what your co-stars were going to say to you when the camera was rolling. The fear of that kept everything tense but also created the magic.
Cat Simon said that no bit he did was ever too long as if he made me laugh.
When I told Joe Amaturo that I went to the Manitoba Institute Of Technology he said the name was a way too long and that I should just shorten it to MIT.
Tom Cochran said he was so excited about getting a shot at becoming a news guy at WIBC in Indy that he cut off his long hair for the interview with Fred Heckman. He got the job but as he was leaving Fred said … Oh yeah and don’t forget to get a haircut.
When I asked Reid Reker why he was living with the Woman he was divorced from he said it was because you couldn’t be married to a Woman that wild but she was sure fun to live with.
Ralph Connor told me that people don’t listen to TV they watch it.
Ann McMartin told me that Women only remember 5 affairs and absolutely no one night stands.
Delilah told me she gave away all the homes she owned in Seattle to her staff when she got her big new deal.
Bill Gardner said he didn’t think I ever lied to him but there was a possibility that I may have left out some of the truth occasionally.
Jan Jefferies told Robin Garrett who had rejected some of the special tunes he was picking out for a Valentine’s Day show that she didn’t speak for all Women. That may be true she responded but you don’t speak for any.
Cris Conner told me he kept a clip board in his ride because his whole show showed up on the streets of Indy as he drove to work, all he had to do was write it down.
No one I ever worked with in Florida came for the sunshine..til they lived thru a big nor east blizzard and then they changed their tune,
Where is Hugh Heller these days….Hey and Dick Hamilton blew every other jingle maker away..The first four KVIL packages are the standard for what a jingle should sound like ..
Course most of the competition never figured out what do you do with those long jingles..and tried to do something like it with inferior TM or Jam jingles..
Hey found out that the “where you’re friends are” package that I used to have on a rare Bob Christy aircheck from WNAP had two different sings.. I figured that Jim didn’t find the first sings funky enough….so..
Hey Lou when you buy the stations with cash there was always a few bucks left over to get great talent, fantastic jingles and award winning billboards.
Spending money was never a problem at Fairbanks – we just told Yancey to go get us some more… and he always did.
a true testiment to “manure flows downhill” – Yancey would come to my office and beat on me (did the same to Medland @ WIBC) to get more $ in!
Glad you responded Bill, Ratings were expensive!
Amen to that Moto!