A Kidders Lunch

Wednesday January 21st, 2009 - Chicago, IL

Jerry’s Kidders got back together today and the only thing missing was a radio station on which to broadcast. It was still fun to get together though and we spent about two hours at a place called Kroll’s eating deep fried cheese curds and greasy cheeseburgers. Delicious!

So much for the healthy resolutions but it’s the 21st of January and who are we kidding? Are any of us going to try out for Mr. Universe or a gig modeling marble bag underwear? Nope. If chicks are going to dig me now it’s going to be for my money and I don’t have a ton of that yet so I might as well get some small pleasures when I can. This was a big one.

The food was really good but the highlight was getting together with the Kidders. I still say this project was THE most fun I’ve ever had in radio even though I’m having a ton of fun in Kenosha doing the Mothership Connection show. The Kidders was special though.

Getting to work with Jerry Agar was years in the making and we’d always talked about it since we met back in the ‘80s. He had finally landed a gig on one of the biggest stations in America and he was on his way or so he thought. Kipper McGee was also my old radio friend for years and years and he was the program director. He supported us to the death.

The other comedians Tim Slagle and Ken Sevara were also great to work with. All of us are about as different as it can get as performers but we really clicked on the air and it was nothing but fun every week to go in and bust each other‘s stones live on the air with many ears listening in many places. The ratings were going straight up and so were our spirits.

Jerry lost his job first and then Kipper got the ax and then it was all over. We all knew it was a special project and I’m thrilled we got together today to at least keep the connection alive. There’s no reason the brand entity has to die even though we‘re off the air at WLS.

We sat and ate and went back and forth and laughed a lot but before we left I wanted us to decide what we should do with this project. Kipper McGee is one of the smartest guys I know and his forte is being on the cutting edge of technology. He lives for gadgets and all the newest toys that come out and even though he’s on the beach now he’ll get a gig soon.

Jerry Agar is a fantastic talk show host and is also one of the very best as what he does. It was a bad break that he lost this job but he won’t be out of work forever and his hosting ability really adds to our mix. He throws out the news stories and we do jokes about them.

Kipper and Jerry are obviously looking for ways to feed their families right now. That’s a gimme but it doesn’t mean we can’t think about where else to go with our idea to do an ongoing weekly dose of current events jokes and try to build an audience up like we had.

Kipper is still on our side and that will never hurt us. He’s going to be pounding on a lot of doors in the next little while and if we can fit in anywhere he is he will put us on the air or online or wherever he ends up. It was smart business to stay in touch today and fun too.