Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Bob vs. Richard Shanks


While Bob is in Iowa for Thanksgiving, his crosstown competition Richard Shanks (center in the above photo) and WFLA colleague Jack Ellery take cheap shots at him. Bob comes back angry and ready for a fight. In one of our best clips, we also hear Richard Shanks' WPLP broadcast, and the ugly vibes being traded back and forth. A classic.


DOWNLOAD: Bob vs. Richard Shanks
WFLA, November 30, 1987
1:41:43

Lionel vs. Jacob


"We are setting up a classic here," says Bob, and truer words were never spoken. It's one of his dreaded Saturday shows, and Lionel calls in to challenge Jacob's primacy as the favorite Lassiter caller. Jacob strikes back, and it just gets better from there. We're also introduced for the first time to Jacob's girlfriend, Irma.


DOWNLOAD: Lionel vs. Jacob
WFLA, November 21, 1987
49:13

Friday with Jacob

There's actually quite a bit more on this Friday show, including discussion of Bob's insistence on buying American cars and his fundraising drive to buy a new studio chair. But it's when Jacob calls in for the last 20 minutes of the show that things really pick up.


DOWNLOAD: Friday with Jacob
WFLA, November 20, 1987
44:26

Friday, September 23, 2011

Jacob Quickie

A very brief clip of a conversation with Jacob.


DOWNLOAD: Jacob Quickie
WFLA, November 19, 1987
0:25

Happy Talk

A serious, angry Bob starts off the show talking about a civil-rights group that wants to censor him, and asks for people to sound off. They don't. Bob just gets madder and insists on clean, happy talk that doesn't offend anyone. Almost in spite of itself, this is a good one.


DOWNLOAD - Happy Talk
WFLA, November 18, 1987
49:20

Pick Your Poison

Callers tackle a list of questions from Bob about possible government expenditures: If you have to choose between this public priority or that, which do you choose? He takes the devil's advocate position with every caller, every question. Also some open phones in the final hour, followed by a few minutes of Bob sitting on Tedd Webb's show.


DOWNLOAD: Pick Your Poison
WFLA, November 17, 1987
26:49

Pat Robertson Supporters & Racists

Apparently that's who Bob asked for at the beginning of this show, because that's the calls he gets. What else is there to say?