[Description by contributor Alan Kline] Bob Collins had been a Top 40 DJ for a number of years, particularly in Milwaukee, before moving to WGN in 1974. There, his personality and humor took center stage, and there were many days when he’d hardly play any music. This was one of those days, and one of my favorite clips. This was a summer-afternoon audience participation bit, based on an old parlor game. Using the story of “High Noon” as its basis, listeners were asked to call in and provide words to fill in certain blanks — “nouns”, “adjectives”, “adverbs”, and so on — without knowing where the words would be used. The completed story, heard here, was read by WGN announcer Carl Greyson, with Robert L. and sidekick Jim Loughman providing sound effects. Also heard are drop-ins from Cubs announcer Harry Caray, meteorologist Roger Triemstra, and WGN-TV anchor Denise Cannon. It’s a marvel of great timing and execution by the board engineer as well. Uncle Bobby probably wouldn’t have gotten along very well with Bill Drake. Collins never had much time for formatics, as you can tell by the hourly time-signal interrupting the bit — which then continued for another three minutes before the 5 PM newscast. Bob Collins died, far too young, in a February 2000 aircraft accident. Uncle Bobby owned morning-drive in the nation’s third market, and did it without shock, without pandering, or any of that garbage. The industry, his friends, and his fans, all miss him deeply.