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John Records Landecker, CFTR Toronto, June 1983 (0:11:49)

Golden Gifts
… ya got any spaces in yer parkin’ lot? …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] These clips of John Records Landecker were recorded from CFTR on June 17 and 24, 1983. Late Toronto homeboy John Candy appears as the owner of the “Tunnel Of Fun Car Wash” on the Canada’s Wonderland spot. Apparently, the parking (of lack of it) at Canada’s Wonderland was top-of-mind as Toronto’s Summer tourist season got underway, because Landecker makes it into a running gag. You’ll hear what contributor Greg Eckler referred to as “a sort of post-WLS Boogie Check”, a feature called “Audience Participation”, during which, well, the audience participated. Nick Aragua, the Can I Get A Witness Weather Bookie offers the odds on rain. Two months after these airchecks, Landecker returned to Chicago and WLUP-FM.

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