Larry Lujack, Gary Meier, Steve Dahl, WLS Chicago February 22 1983, Pt. 2 (0:50:33)

… You know, they’ve got a video game named after them …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Steve Dahl dominates Part 2 of the WLS morning show with Larry Lujack and Gary Meier from February 22, 1983. Within the first few minutes, we hear from an “irate phone caller” who takes Dahl to task for what she considers to be inflammatory remarks, and Dahl upsets the engineer by not pausing long enough to get a clean break for an AM/FM commercial split. The cut of his pants becomes a topic of conversation when Fred Winston stops in to pull his oldies for the shift that follows. Lujack makes reference to a lawsuit against the station and Dahl in which Dahl and Winston had the same lawyer. Dahl suggests that WLS salesmen don’t have toilets at home, since the first thing they do every morning is get newspapers and go to the bathroom. Portions of this exhibit are just plain laugh-out-loud funny, and Uncle Lar mostly maintains his composure, despite Dahl’s bawdy behavior. [ALL REELRADIO exhibits are copyrighted by REELRADIO, Inc. on the date of publication and are provided for real-time streaming, only. DO NOT DUPLICATE, TRADE, OR SELL THIS COPYRIGHTED RECORDING.]

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