{"id":913,"date":"2009-07-16T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T07:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=913"},"modified":"2009-07-15T21:31:43","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T04:31:43","slug":"true-life-radio-halloween-shocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/true-life-radio-halloween-shocker\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUE-LIFE RADIO HALLOWEEN SHOCKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-921\" title=\"EyeShock\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/EyeShock.jpg\" alt=\"EyeShock\" width=\"318\" height=\"238\" \/>LEAP OF FAITH RADIO PRODUCTION with Bobby Ocean<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The One Time I Physically Leaped<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perhaps this Zen production style I enjoy \u2014 Leap Of Faith Production \u2014 was foretold one time, when, as a baby jock, I pulled off an actual dramatic physical Leap, as only the young (and movie stunt men) can do.<\/p>\n<p>It was the mid-60s, I was maybe 18, it was Halloween night and my imagination was heated: &#8220;I get to be on the radio!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A bit dropped from somewhere. Next thing, I was on the mic, telling listeners what a shame it was that I could not be out there trick-or-treating, if they cared about their local DJ at all, they would drive by the radio station (on Monterey, California&#8217;s historic Cannery Row) and toss candy up to the second floor balcony for me.<\/p>\n<p>It was going great, lots of colorful Halloween imagery about werewolves, vampires and how they are attracted to radio transmission towers, while candy started piling up out on the balcony, and I was well on my way to unimaginable stardom. Right about when I was mentally morphing into Clint Eastwood, events changed, as often happens on Misty All Hallows Eve.<\/p>\n<p>On a routine candy check, the door blew shut behind me. Of course it was locked. Solid. I had no key, nothing in my pockets, suddenly confined outside, hopelessly!\u00a0 Over the air, Brenda Lee continued making her way through the last song I started, &#8220;I&#8217;m Sorry;&#8221; and I was now equally despondent. What could I do!?<\/p>\n<p>I tried the windows. Locked. In desperation, just like TV, I punched the lower corner of a pane, shattering it with the intention of unlocking it from inside. Didn&#8217;t work, couldn&#8217;t find the lock, now I was bleeding from the shattered glass.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda&#8217;s apology was well past the halfway mark. Next came what must have been <strong>one true Halloween shocker. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the innocent tourists ambling the sidewalks below among the Cannery&#8217;s gift shoppes and eateries, came the stunning visage of a <strong>wild man, leaping from above, suddenly landing among them, blood freshly dripping from his paws, a truly desperate look in his eyes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Racing through the panicking people, and up the staircase to the second floor of the infamous Bear Flag Building where KMBY was housed, the front door was found to be locked tight!<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing else to do. I yanked the door right out of its frame. Adrenaline, I guess, haven&#8217;t been able to duplicate the feat since. Racing down the hall and in the studio, Brenda was singing the final phrases of her hit as I managed to reach the hand-made console and start the next record with no noticeable interruption in the flow.<\/p>\n<p>Close call, happy ending.<\/p>\n<p>That is, until I realized I was now preoccupied with rehearsing what I would tell the Program Director the next day. Sleep wouldn&#8217;t penetrate the multitude of reasons I had repeatedly gone over that night, to explain how the broken but hastily taped up door and window got that way.<\/p>\n<p>I was rehearsing my next biggest performance. The one that would let me keep my job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEAP OF FAITH RADIO PRODUCTION with Bobby Ocean The One Time I Physically Leaped Perhaps this Zen production style I enjoy \u2014 Leap Of Faith Production \u2014 was foretold one time, when, as a baby jock, I pulled off an actual dramatic physical Leap, as only the young (and movie stunt men) can do. 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