Wednesday June 25th, 2008

TOP 5 THINGS WE WON'T MISS ABOUT VADER

Overview: A few years ago, as the First Amendment became less a part of our culture and the ramifications of Janet Jackson’s boob continued to scare Americans, radio stations began to allow less and less creativity and freedom. Most stations that have high profile, irreverent shows like ours hired a censor, or even a team of censors, who would have access to a “delay” button, which (when pressed) would keep potentially ”offensive” material from airing. Enter Vader, our censor for the past few years, who is leaving us after this Friday’s show (6/27/08) to move back to his wife’s home of Minnesota.

Criteria: If you listened at all during Vader’s reign of terror, you mainly knew him for his deep throated laugh, his love of sick and twisted things, his worldly knowledge and his service in Vietnam. Unlike most shows, we made our censor a member of the family and the on-air show and for the most part, we all got along great. Not everything Vader said and did on and off the air was positive. These are the things we won’t miss once he’s gone.

Rob's Notes: I really like Vader, which is saying something since I hate most people. Even people I like drive me nuts pretty quickly, however. Deep down, I think Vader is a nice, good guy, but only to certain people, which I really respect.

Arnie's Notes: Look here, Vader is a really nice and fun guy.  That is until you talk to him and it takes him an hour to tell you a knock knock joke.  He's not doing it on purpose he just moves that damn slow.  His creepiness is from the way he walks talks and weirdly touches you.