Payless Productions There Buddy Jingle Demo, 1975 (0:10:50)

… “We proudly call this technique – Crop Tops!” …

PARENTAL DISCRETION ADVISED: Adult Content, Bestiality.
POLITICALLY CORRECT ADVISORY: Makes fun of Caucasians and Country music.

Payless Productions of Fort Worth was the brainchild of several students at Ohio University in the mid-1970’s and was responsible for four jingle demo parodies.

Here is the original There Buddy demo from Payless, arguably one of the most memorable jingle demo parodies of all time. There Buddy is loosely based on TM’s Country Music Radio custom package produced for WMAQ Chicago, but after the first few bars any further resemblance is purely coincidental. Other Payless “demos” parodied PAMS’ Solid Rock and Energy One, and TM’s Shockwave. Decorum prevents most of their titles being printed here.

You may note some drop-outs and distortion. This is due to the fact that the Payless policy was to master all recordings on cheap tape. It was subsequently stored in basements and attics for 25 years.

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We want to thank the board of ReelRadio, Inc. for their stewardship since the passing of the founder Richard Irwin in 2018.  It has not been easy and they have maintained the exhibits for future generations to enjoy.

I met Richard Irwin, aka Uncle Ricky, when we were freshmen at East Carolina University.  We both had worked at local stations in our hometowns.  No one was more passionate about radio, especially Top 40 radio, than my friend Richard. 

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