… . . . We all love Wonder Rabbit . . . …
[Description by Martin Ashley]
I grew up listening to 1240 KROY, and later 1470 KXOA, and the great personalities like Dick “Buffalo” Birch, “Emperor” Hap Hopkins, Don Mckinnon, Tony Bigg, Mark Ford, and Buck Herring.
I remember hearing Dick Birch on afternoon drive at KXOA one afternoon. As he finished talking with a listener on-air, he slammed down the telephone and proclaimed “Eat an orange!” I found the adlib so funny that I later changed the line to “Eat a Banana” and gained some notoriety for its potential double meaning.
Many Jocks in the early 60’s used “drops” to accent their creative style. I attempted to emulate their efforts with my own set of custom recorded drop-ins.