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"THE RADIO SHOW"
Created by Ron Wertheimer
February to May, 1967 on WRTI-FM
Cast and crew notes and program synopses created by Jerry Klein
ANNOUNCER: Joe Ryan
SPECIAL GUESTS: Lyn Sideman and Mark L. Venit, Ted Gaylor, Lewis "Butch" Winans
WRITERS: Ron Wertheimer, Howard Shapiro, Barry Ergang, Bob Zager
MUSIC: Lenore Patterson (piano), Ted Zislis (drums), Tom Magill (piano), Ira Levine (drums)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Sandy McDaniel, Bob Katz
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Jerry Klein, Mike Muderick, Ed Sciaky
PRODUCER: Mickey Saperstone
DIRECTOR: Ron Wertheimer
HORN: Supplied by Mike Silverman
"THE RADIO SHOW," an R&M Production, was created by Ron Wertheimer.
The Programs
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| Prelude |
February 20, 1967 |
Live |
"The following program is in COLOR... This is an R&M production... HONNNKKKK!!!" "Hit it, Clyde!" ... Theme ... Wertheimer over theme ... Introduction of Saperstone, Klein, Shapiro ... Interview with Sweetman ... Fiddler on the Roof ... Hello to Cousin Nellie ... writers ... phone call ... Earl Wrightson ... Birth of The Radio Show ... hot studio ... "The Man in the Moon is a Lady" ... thanks to the cast ... wrong theme, wrong speed.
| Number 1 (aired version) |
February 27, 1967 |
Taped February 21 |
"The following program...." ... Intro (Joe Ryan) ... The White Rabbit Caper ... argument with engineer ...
Ron sings "Everything Happens to Me" ... NORMALMAN, episode 1 (Mike Muderick as
Normalman): LSD, Sweetman, candy store front, hallucinations ... Ron sings "All My Tomorrows" ...
Close and end credits ... edited by (click) edited by Mike Biel. (Ron's song "You're Going to
Hear from Me" was omitted from the aired version. It was originally before "The White Rabbit Caper.")
| Number 2 |
March 6, 1967 |
Taped February 28 |
"Emergency Test" teaser ... Intro ... Ron sings "French Foreign Legion" ... Mayor Tate's air pollution meeting, Howie sings "On a Clear Day" ... Fiddler on the Roof ... Ron sings "This Is All I Ask" ... NORMALMAN, episode 2 (Bob Rothstein as Normalman through most of the rest of the series): Normalman calls Joe Ryan "Harry von Zell," "I will sit," Normalman meets Babbette Bad, goes to the Bad pad ... close (test).
| Number 3 |
March 13, 1967 |
Taped March 7 |
"Duffy's Tavern" teaser ... Intro ... Ron sings "What Did I Have I Don't Have Now,"
Richard Burton style ... George Washington and "That's War" ... Lyn Sideman sings "Bewitched,
Bothered and Bewildered" and "Ebb Tide" ... First Radio Show Award ... NORMALMAN, episode 3:
Normalman leaves Sweetman and Babbette, runs into Elbee Jay and Hubie who want him to "sing" to
the cops ... plea for postcards ... close.
| Number 4 |
March 20, 1967 |
Taped March 14 |
"Bogart" teaser ... Intro ... Ron sings "Pocketful of Credit Cards" ... Story time: Oedipus Wrecks ... Fiddler on the Roof: Noshville Katz ... Ted Gaylor plays "Hard and Dusty Road" ... NORMALMAN, episode 4: Hubie and Normalman plot to bring Elbee Jay to justice, create cliffhanger ... close (produced by Snickey Snapperstone).
| Number 5 |
April 3, 1967 |
Taped March 31 |
"Wibbage" telephone teaser ... Intro ... Ron sings "The Man Who Never Returned (The P.T.C.)" ... Interview with the Wanamaker eagle ... Tom Magill: "The Shadow of Your Smile" ... NORMALMAN, episode 5: new sponsor, "Inhale" filter cigarettes, exit Elbee Jay, enter Percival Plurality, Normalman to run for mayor ... Ryan's postcard ... close.
| Number 6 |
April 10, 1967 |
Taped April 4 |
"Best of the Radio Show" teaser ... Intro ... Ron sings "The Answer Is Written On My Sleeve" ... Interview with Mario Juanna ... "Yesterday" ... Tom Magill: "Satin Doll" ... NORMALMAN, episode 6: Normalman campaigns, meets Valerie Virtue ... close.
| Number 7 |
April 17, 1967 |
Taped April 11 |
(Taped before a live audience in Peabody Hall lounge)
"Academy Awards" teaser ... thanks to "Spotlight on the Arts" ... Ron sings "Plagiarize" ... Fiddler on the Roof applies to be a sportscaster ... Ted Zislis on guitar ... NORMALMAN, episode 7: Plurality plots to throw the election, Normalman walks out on Plurality ... close.
| Number 8 |
April 24, 1967 |
Taped April 18 |
"Be-in" teaser ... Intro ... "Hello, Young Vandals" ... Adam Clayton Powerful on "To Pull a Tooth" ... Ted Gaylor: "Very Good Year," "Delia" ... NORMALMAN, episode 8: The campaign progresses, Normalman appears on "Contract" with Tom Spyder, phone call from Plurality ... Normalman for Mayor signs ... close.
| Number 9 |
May 1, 1967 |
Taped April 25 |
"Moose call" teaser ... Intro ... Story: "Unicorn in the Garden" ... "The Untouchables: Al Commode and Elliot Mess" ... Ted Zislis on piano: "Misty" ... NORMALMAN, episode 9 (Ron Wertheimer as Normalman): Normalman on "Contract" with Tom Spyder, Sol Pizzeria, the campaign continues, Plurality reforms, Howie gets "choked up," the campaign carries on, election day ... close.
| Number 10 (final) |
May 8, 1967 |
Taped May 2 |
"The Best of The Radio Show," start quickly: double speed Intro ... "The Answer Is Written On My Sleeve" ... Mayor Tate's meeting on air pollution ... "That's War" ... NORMALMAN, episode 10 (last): election returns, Normalman has won! He declines the office, marries Valerie, meets her mother, goes back to patrolling the city, The End ... thanks to the cast, thanks from the cast to Ron ... close.