{"id":15960,"date":"2013-10-17T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T07:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=15960"},"modified":"2013-10-16T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T04:55:31","slug":"funny-radio-story-gary-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/funny-radio-story-gary-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNNY RADIO STORY OF GARY OWENS &#038; THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A radio story from radio legend <a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/gsoe1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Gary Owens<\/span><\/a><strong><\/strong>, excerpted from my book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/personality\">PERSONALITY RADIO<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/gsoe1\/\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252429858646854450\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0px none;\" title=\"Gary Owens funny radio story\" alt=\"Gary Owens Radio DJ KMPC Laugh-In\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SORhILxNCzI\/AAAAAAAAAHY\/sZNVPmMCtGY\/s320\/GaryOwens.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I used to have a running battle at KMPC about the air conditioning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">We had three separate booths from which the disc jockeys broadcast. Invariably, during the hot summer months the air conditioning in mine was always on the fritz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I\u2019d walk down the hall and it would be 72 degrees; in my booth it would be about 87. I\u2019d work in my t-shirt, and I\u2019d be perspiring and I couldn\u2019t think, and nothing would be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I\u2019d ask each day, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cIs the air conditioning fixed?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: 18px;\">\u201cOh, they tell us it\u2019s going to be taken care of today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Three months it went on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">So one day I came in and was doing \u201cbad air conditioning jokes\u201d on the air: <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cBecause our air conditioning doesn\u2019t work, it\u2019s so hot in here that&#8230;\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">And they sent a man over from KTLA-TV. He said, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cMr. Owens, I\u2019m here to fix the air conditioning.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I said, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cThank God you\u2019re here!\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">He walked around to where my engineer, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Bud Stalker<\/strong><\/span>, was. Stalker was playing the cartridges and stuff, and suddenly Stalker starts laughing. He said to me, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cYou won\u2019t believe what just happened!\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I said,<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> \u201cI\u2019ll believe anything.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cThe man walked over here,\u201d<\/span> he said, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u201cand the record was playing. He reached over and <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">turned down the on-air monitor knob&#8230;and then he said, \u2018Is that any cooler?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">And then the guy left! We never saw him again. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Download your copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/personality\"><em>PERSONALITY RADIO<\/em> here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A radio story from radio legend Gary Owens, excerpted from my book, PERSONALITY RADIO. I used to have a running battle at KMPC about the air conditioning. We had three separate booths from which the disc jockeys broadcast. Invariably, during the hot summer months the air conditioning in mine was always on the fritz. 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