Listener comments!

  9:00am
: Hi Mama and others! ♥ 2:01pm
Jay S.: Good afternoon KM, Andrew!   2:01pm
JoeH: Howdy Ms Mama! 2:02pm
Kitschy Mama: Hello Folks! 👹 ♥ 2:04pm
Ellen: I kind of feel like I should have thought about planting an ice cream plant before now ♥ 2:04pm
Jay S.: Remember that Dragnet episode where Joe Friday warned us about the dangers of ingesting a WIMPY? ♥ 2:05pm
Jay S.:

↳ Ellen @2:04

Good afternoon Ellen, JoeH 2:06pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Ellen @2:04

Good Evening Ellen! ♥ 2:07pm
Jay S.: Hostess? Nope, I came from Tastykake country ♥ 2:10pm
coelacanth∅: Olá Kitschy Mama e Kitschsters ♥ 2:10pm
Jay S.:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:10

Hello coel 2:11pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:10

🦩 Heya Coelacanth∅! 🦩 👹 ♥ 2:11pm
duke: Tastykakes for everyone ♥ 2:13pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Jay S. @2:10

Hey Jay ♥ 2:13pm
Jay S.:

↳ duke @2:11

With Goldenberg's Peanut Chews on the side 2:13pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ duke @2:11

cheers duke! 👹 ♥ 2:15pm
duke:

↳ Jay S. @2:13

I grew up on Tastykakes and Peanut Chews. Probably explains a lot. ♥ 2:18pm
Jay S.: Me too. That's health food in Philly. ♥ 2:18pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ duke @2:11

i think i've never eaten a tastycake product.
-nor a little debbies, nor a krispycreme...
...never had skittles, mike & ikes, haribo, nerds, a twix bar, skor...
i'm okay. 👹 ♥ 2:18pm
Kim Reynolds: Greetings all! ♥ 2:18pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Jay S. @2:13

i used to like those at halloween time though! and mary janes... ♥ 2:19pm
Jay S.:

↳ Kim Reynolds @2:18

Hello Kim 👹 ♥ 2:19pm
Scott From Boston: I took a chance on love and unfortunately it worked! LOL 2:19pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Kim Reynolds @2:18

Afternoon Kim! ♥ 2:20pm
Jay S.:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:19

Good afternoon Scott! 2:20pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:19

Welcome in Scott! 👹 ♥ 2:20pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ Jay S. @2:20

Afternoon Jay! 👹 ♥ 2:20pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ Kitschy Mama @2:20

Thank you KM! 👹 ♥ 2:22pm
sugarbear: Hello folks! A bit late to the party today. ♥ 2:22pm
Jay S.:

↳ sugarbear @2:22

Hey sugarbear 👹 ♥ 2:23pm
Ellen:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:18

I never had much of a sweet tooth either. When I was a kid I used to kind of hoard Parma Violets because nobody else liked them, but I rarely actually ate any. 2:23pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ sugarbear @2:22

Hola Suga! 👹 ♥ 2:25pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:18

I love Mary Jane...oh ....that's not what we're talking about?!?! 👹 ♥ 2:25pm
JReganK: Hey, KM! I'll take some Wiggly Gum & some Penicillin Circus Peanuts! ♥ 2:26pm
Jay S.: We need more gongs in commercials ♥ 2:26pm
Jay S.:

↳ JReganK @2:25

Hello JRK! 👹 ♥ 2:26pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ JReganK @2:25

Am I the only person on the planet that likes Circus Peanuts? 2:26pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ JReganK @2:25

Howdy JReganK! 👹 ♥ 2:27pm
JReganK:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:26

😹 Yep! Hey, Scott B! ♥ 2:27pm
Jay S.:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:26

I've done extensive research on this topic and yes, yes you are 👹 ♥ 2:27pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @2:26

Hey, Jay! 👹 ♥ 2:27pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ JReganK @2:27

Doh! 👹 ♥ 2:27pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ Jay S. @2:27

Send me your share! 👹 ♥ 2:28pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @2:27

Jinx! ♥ 2:28pm
Jay S.:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:27

On the way! Watch your mailbox! 👹 ♥ 2:29pm
JReganK: Was that Phyllis and Bob Hope? Excellent joke! ♥ 2:30pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Ellen @2:23

had to look up "parma violets" -never heard of that.
intriguing!
i remember rose chewing gum (which, actually is in many other flavors of gum as well) and "teaberry"... ♥ 2:30pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:25

...or is it?! 2:30pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ JReganK @2:29

ya bet! 😉 👹 ♥ 2:31pm
JReganK:

↳ Kitschy Mama @2:30

🤣 ♥ 2:31pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Jay S. @2:27

haha 👹 ♥ 2:31pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:30

!!!!!! ♥ 2:31pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:26

i'd say yes, but i work at a store and those things actually sell. 👹 ♥ 2:32pm
JReganK:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:31

As a mothball alternative! 😸 👹 ♥ 2:33pm
sugarbear:

↳ Kitschy Mama @2:23

Thanks for playing Crambone on Monday! I remember that cartoon where Jerry's country cousin keeps plucking Toms' whiskers for his geetar. Haven't thought of this one since I was a cub. 2:34pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ sugarbear @2:33

ha! great! my pleasure.. I've been obsessively revisiting Tom & Jerry this year. 👹 ♥ 2:35pm
medson: Hola KM and all. 👹 ♥ 2:36pm
JReganK: Hey, med! ♥ 2:36pm
Jay S.:

↳ medson @2:35

Hello medson! 2:36pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ medson @2:35

Hey Medson! Welcome in! 👹 ♥ 2:37pm
Ellen:

↳ coelacanth∅ @2:30

If one were too look around the house one would find salt licorice, dark chocolate, and some amazingly strong ginger hard candies, but it's still rare for me to open any of them 👹 ♥ 2:38pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @2:07

Better fillings and icings with TastyKake! 👹 ♥ 2:39pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ Ellen @2:37

I stock only strictly ribbon candy in my house....that way there is a sense of danger and adventure whenever anyone wants a sweet! So much fun to tear a trachea!!!!! 👹 ♥ 2:39pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "You've Got Your Troubles" by "Lou Christie"

Totally respectable! 💥👍💥 👹 ♥ 2:39pm
Ellen:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:39

I had to look up "ribbon candy" ;) 👹 ♥ 2:40pm
JReganK:

↳ Ellen @2:37

Mrs. JRK loves all those! 👹 ♥ 2:41pm
Ellen:

↳ JReganK @2:40

Rare to find someone outside Scandinavia that likes salt licorice. ;) 👹 ♥ 2:41pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ Ellen @2:39

Oh my! You youngster!!!!! You need to try it....much like bungee jumping! ♥ 2:41pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:39

haha! i forgot all about ribbon candy.
- like eating porcelain ♥ 2:41pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Ellen @2:37

dark chocolate is my least-controlled addiction. 👹 ♥ 2:41pm
JReganK:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:39

Very nostalgic! Right up there with wax bottle drinks! 👹 ♥ 2:42pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ JReganK @2:41

Right next to my wax lips! Very in style now!!!!! ♥ 2:42pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ JReganK @2:32

haha! -'makes good packing material too 👹 ♥ 2:43pm
Ellen:

↳ JReganK @2:41

I just had to look up wax bottle drinks 👹 ♥ 2:43pm
Scott From Boston:

↳ JReganK @2:41

My wife got pissed last year because I handed out candy cigarettes at Halloween! Kids loved them! Thank you Phillip Morris!!!!!! 👹 ♥ 2:44pm
JReganK:

↳ Ellen @2:41

She's "Mayflower" British, Dutch & Scottish. Maybe epigenetics are at play?   👹 ♥ 2:44pm
Jay Current:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:26

I actually like them, but they're like candy corn - I can only eat a few before they start to feel like pulvarized sugar. 👹 ♥ 2:45pm
JReganK:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:43

The Best! 🤣   👹 ♥ 2:45pm
Jay Current:

↳ JReganK @2:41

They were still making those in the '00s. I'm not sure about now though. 👹 ♥ 2:45pm
JReganK:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:42

😂 👹 ♥ 2:46pm
Scott From Boston: Hitting the commute! Thank you KM! 👹 ♥ 2:46pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @2:45

They tasted awful! But, great fun!😉   👹 ♥ 2:47pm
Jay Current:

↳ JReganK @2:46

It's more of an experience than a candy. 👹 ♥ 2:47pm
JReganK: If a candy bar ever deserved a flute solo! 2:47pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:46

gotta scoot! See ya! 👹 ♥ 2:48pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @2:47

Absolute genius!   👹 ♥ 2:48pm
Jay Current: I've met *very* few people who share my Dad's love of Necco wafers. ♥ 2:49pm
Jay S.:

↳ Song: "Three Musketeers" by "The Caravans"

Three Musketeers was originally three flavors in three pieces, which explains the name 👹 ♥ 2:49pm
Kim Reynolds: It’s been ages since I’ve had a Necco wafer. 👹 ♥ 2:50pm
duke:

↳ Jay Current @2:48

I haven't seen Necco Wafers in a long time. Do they still exist? 👹 ♥ 2:50pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @2:48

Great Poker chip alternative!🃏 ♥ 2:50pm
Jay S.: Larry Blyden! ♥ 2:51pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Scott From Boston @2:43

next year you can give out candy dots (external-content.duckduckgo.com... and tell the kids it's cany blotter acid 👹 ♥ 2:51pm
duke:

↳ JReganK @2:50

Eventually the table will get sticky 👹 ♥ 2:51pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @2:49

I've often wondered why the name's so meaningless!😹 👹 ♥ 2:51pm
Kim Reynolds:

↳ duke @2:50

Just found them on Amazon! 👹 ♥ 2:51pm
Stu Rutherford: Hello Kitschy Mama & everyone! 2:52pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Stu Rutherford @2:51

Welcome Stu!   👹 ♥ 2:52pm
Jay Current:

↳ duke @2:50

Necco wafers were out of production for a few years when the company closed, but they were brought back by Spangler (the Smarties company.) ♥ 2:52pm
Jay S.:

↳ Stu Rutherford @2:51

Hello Stu! 👹 ♥ 2:52pm
JReganK:

↳ duke @2:51

Time of year is critical! 👹 ♥ 2:52pm
JReganK:

↳ Stu Rutherford @2:51

Hey, Stu! ♥ 2:53pm
Jay S.:

↳ Song: "Let Me Be Your Little Dog" by "The Phillips Sisters"

Cool label! 👹 ♥ 2:54pm
duke:

↳ Kim Reynolds @2:51

You can get candy cigarettes on Amazon also.   👹 ♥ 2:54pm
Jay Current:

↳ duke @2:54

A pizza place near me used to have an old cigarette vending machine that was remodeled to sell packs of candy cigarettes. 👹 ♥ 2:55pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @2:52

By any chance. Is there CEO named Egon? 👹 ♥ 2:56pm
Kim Reynolds:

↳ duke @2:54

I’m filling my basket as we speak!😆 👹 ♥ 2:57pm
duke: I think I'm having an insulin attack just from the conversation on this comment board 👹 ♥ 2:57pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @2:54

That's great! There was an Old restaurant in my hometown that kept their machine. But, they didn't go that far.   👹 ♥ 2:57pm
Jay Current:

↳ JReganK @2:55

Sadly no 👹 ♥ 2:58pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @2:57

"Never cross the streams!" 😉 👹 ♥ 2:58pm
sugarbear:

↳ Song: "More Bounce To The Ounce" by "Kirby Allan"

I've got a bit more bounce to the ounce myself, but perhaps not in a good way.   👹 ♥ 2:58pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "More Bounce To The Ounce" by "Kirby Allan"

A bit different than the Zapp version 👹 ♥ 2:59pm
Ellen:

↳ Song: "More Bounce To The Ounce" by "Kirby Allan"

Apparently this reviewer thinks everything is cute and little 👹 ♥ 2:59pm
Kim Reynolds: Orange Slice Candy was one of my childhood weaknesses.   👹 ♥ 3:00pm
Jay Current:

↳ JReganK @2:58

Their headquarters in Bryan, Ohio did lead to the town being known as The Dum-Dums Capital of the World though. 👹 ♥ 3:01pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @3:00

They're a cultural icon! 3:01pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Ellen @2:59

none of these tunes did "well in the jukes". 😄 ♥ 3:02pm
Jay S.:

↳ Kitschy Mama @3:01

Those Billboard Spotlight Singles were pretty clueless about predicting hits 👹 ♥ 3:02pm
Ellen:

↳ Kitschy Mama @3:01

It's hard to do anything well on one of those Nissan eyesores   👹 ♥ 3:02pm
Jay Current:

↳ Ellen @2:59

"Barry McGuire's 'Eve of Destruction' is a cute little political protest piece." 👹 ♥ 3:02pm
JReganK:

↳ Kitschy Mama @3:01

Imagine how you'd feel if your tune was described as a "Snappy toe-tapper?! ♥ 3:03pm
Jay S.:

↳ Jay Current @3:02

"Should be a fast climber with the disgruntled teen set" 3:03pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Ellen @3:02

ha! oh yikes.. ugliest cat ever.. next to the pt cruiser. 👹 ♥ 3:03pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @3:02

protest "Ditty"!   👹 ♥ 3:04pm
Jay Current:

↳ Jay S. @3:02

They're just puff pieces. Cash Box and Record World pumped out tons of then as well, and you'll almost never see a negative one. 👹 ♥ 3:05pm
Ellen:

↳ JReganK @3:02

It wouldn't get any better than: RUMBLE (Link Wray) "Menacing slow-tempo twanger that is sure to incite teenagers to violence." ♥ 3:06pm
Jay S.:

↳ Jay Current @3:04

"This one is a total waste of vinyl, look for this one in the cutout bin in your local Woolworth's"   👹 ♥ 3:07pm
Jay Current:

↳ Ellen @3:05

That clearly makes it an instant buy for the teen crowd. 👹 ♥ 3:07pm
JReganK:

↳ Ellen @3:05

😹 👹 ♥ 3:09pm
Stu Rutherford: Hello Jay & JrK!   3:11pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Jay S. @3:06

Hi, Jay! 👹 ♥ 3:11pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "There'll Come A Time" by "The Vails"

These guys are pretty good! ♥ 3:12pm
Jay S.:

↳ JReganK @3:11

Yeah, this is a good one.   👹 ♥ 3:12pm
Jay Current:

↳ Jay S. @3:06

Billboard had one negative review of a novelty record that consisted of a man "singing" a ballad in an exaggerated Japanese accent. The review was very blunt, something like "[Singer] believes this dialect ballad is funny. It is not." Enough people checked out the record based on this review for it make the Bubbling Under Chart, so Billboard just stopped doing negative reviews at all. 👹 ♥ 3:13pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @3:06

Two Guys was my "Go To" store for bargain vinyl! 👹 ♥ 3:13pm
Ellen:

↳ Song: "Blue Diddle" by "Norman Moon"

If your diddle is blue for more than four hours please see a doctor ♥ 3:13pm
Jay S.:

↳ JReganK @3:13

Two Guys! Haven't thought about that place in a few decades. 👹 ♥ 3:14pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Blue Diddle" by "Norman Moon"

I wonder how carcinogenic that Harpo powder was?! 🤔   3:15pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Jay S. @3:13

Hi, Jay! 3:15pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ Ellen @3:13

yuk yuk yuk 🤭 ♥ 3:15pm
Jay S.:

↳ JReganK @3:14

99% pure asbestos. I'm sure it was fine.   3:15pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ JReganK @3:14

Hi, JRK! 👹 ♥ 3:16pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @3:13

I think most everybody who owns some vinyl has a Two Guys price sticker or two in their collections! 👹 ♥ 3:16pm
JReganK:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:15

Hey, Andrew! 👹 ♥ 3:16pm
Ellen:

↳ JReganK @3:14

In the Victorian era face powder often contained quite a lot of ratsbane, aka arsenic. Arsenic dietary supplements were also a thing. 👹 ♥ 3:17pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Lovelight Man" by "Jivin' Gene"

That was pretty good, too! Maybe KM's experiencing a bit of a "Dreck Draught"! 👹 ♥ 3:19pm
WR: Hello Kitschy Mama and folks. 3:19pm
Kitschy Mama:

↳ WR @3:19

Afternoon WR! ♥ 3:20pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Ellen @3:16

keeping your body on the edge of demise, lest it forget who's boss. ♥ 3:20pm
Jay S.:

↳ WR @3:19

Hello WR ♥ 3:20pm
Jay S.:

↳ Song: "When I Want To Know" by "The Remains"

Now this is just plain great 👹 ♥ 3:20pm
JReganK:

↳ Ellen @3:16

Hmmmm! Controlled poisons keep you regular! 😉   3:21pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Jay S. @3:20

Hi, Jay! ♥ 3:21pm
Jay S.:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:21

Hey Andrew 👹 ♥ 3:21pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "When I Want To Know" by "The Remains"

Ahhh! Draught officially over!   👹 ♥ 3:22pm
Jay Current:

↳ JReganK @3:17

Playing dreck records? You'd soon get bored of it. Do you have any idea how many records KM has played? Over 10,000 in six years! 👹 ♥ 3:22pm
Stu Rutherford:

↳ JReganK @3:16

I know there's at least one in my collection.   👹 ♥ 3:22pm
Jay Current:

↳ Ellen @3:16

In the US, you could get uranium ore science kits. ♥ 3:22pm
Jay S.:

↳ Jay Current @3:22

hahahaha 👹 ♥ 3:23pm
JReganK:

↳ Stu Rutherford @3:22

😉 👹 ♥ 3:26pm
Kim Reynolds:

↳ Jay Current @3:22

Drinking uranium water was a thing! 👹 ♥ 3:26pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @3:22

"Dreck" applied in it's strict definition may have been a bit harsh on my part. But, it rhymed with Draught! 😉 👹 ♥ 3:29pm
JReganK:

↳ Kim Reynolds @3:26

Not as plentiful a toxic waste product as Fluoride. I would guess.   👹 ♥ 3:29pm
Jay Current:

↳ Kim Reynolds @3:26

There's a ginger ale company in a rural South Carolina town that formed because a soldier noticed that the water he drank from his boot there tasted strongly of minerals.   3:29pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Stu Rutherford @3:22

Hi, Stu!   3:30pm
Andrew in Toronto: Hi, Jay!   👹 ♥ 3:30pm
Jay Current:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:30

Hello! 👹 ♥ 3:30pm
Stu Rutherford:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:29

Hello Andrew!   👹 ♥ 3:31pm
Jay Current:

↳ JReganK @3:26

When we go through an episode without any melodramatic break up songs, we'll be in a Pout Drought. 👹 ♥ 3:33pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay Current @3:31

😹   👹 ♥ 3:41pm
Jay Current: Speaking of our bottom image today, I'm surprised there was never a "Do the Wimpy" novelty track. ♥ 3:42pm
Jay S.:

↳ Jay Current @3:41

"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for the latest record today" 👹 ♥ 3:44pm
JReganK:

↳ Jay S. @3:42

The secret to flavor is steaming the album sleeve. 👹 ♥ 3:45pm
Ellen:

↳ Song: "Mama Said" by "Linda Lee"

Clicky star, awesome steel   👹 ♥ 3:45pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Mama Said" by "Linda Lee"

Artist certainly has the name to be a country artist ♥ 3:47pm
Jay S.:

↳ Jay Current @3:45

Sounds like one of those fake names they used on HIT Records   3:51pm
JoeH: Wow that went fast. Thanks KM, have a great weekend!   👹 ♥ 3:51pm
Jay Current:

↳ Jay S. @3:47

Trying to pass her off as Benda Lee's cousin or something   3:51pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Kitschy Mama @3:19

Mama, thanks!   👹 ♥ 3:51pm
Jay Current:

↳ Jay Current @3:51

*Brenda 👹 ♥ 3:52pm
Kim Reynolds: Thank you KM for a great Thursday show!❤️ ♥ 3:52pm
Jay S.: Thanks for the cool show KM! 👹 ♥ 3:53pm
Kim Reynolds: Stay Obscuro everyone! 👹 ♥ 3:54pm
JReganK: What a strange story concerning the Wimpy franchise.
en.wikipedia.org... 👹 ♥ 3:54pm
JReganK: Thx, KM! 👹 ♥ 3:56pm
WR: thank you! Kitschy Mama! 3:56pm
Kitschy Mama: Thanks everybody! 👹 ♥ 3:57pm
Ellen: Thank you for the show KM!   👹 ♥ 3:57pm
Jay Current: Night everyone! (Or evening rather)