… . . . If it’s the pits, it’s KITS . . . …
John London and Ron Engelman’s first few weeks of their tenure at KMEL/San Francisco. I was doing afternoons at KMEL at the time and I considered it an honor to work with these guys. They were masters of understatement and the well-placed non-sequitir. What made this show work was the difficult task of making it sound effortless. I always would mentally refer to this show when I did my own morning shows.
This composite has the first Cleavers bit; a truly nasty but hysterical “hidden mic” bit nailing KMEL’s then-competitor KITS; “Derek Steele”, and a lot of really good rapport with callers.