A little update regarding closing or selling the site.
I have spent some time recently about listening to the Ticket and how it seems to invade every aspect of my life. I have been listening since about ’95, and have compiled some old-school thoughts about what it means to be a “long-time listener”.
I kind of intended this list to be a “You Might be a P1…” type of list, but, references to Jeff Foxworthy aside, that sounded stupid. Instead, I present to you this list and welcome you to add your own. Feel free to add anything in the comments that remind you of how long you have been listening, and let’s conjure up some old school memories. Also, if you don’t know what any of them mean, feel free to ask. I am sure we have plenty of Day 1ers that will be glad to answer.
- You remember what the “Hard Line Salute” is.
- You know that Junior Miller pronounces the words “Milk” and “Vanilla” weird.
- You give a mighty fist pump when you perfectly time the Ticket Ticker return while in the car.
- You hear the drop Grubes is about to play in your head before he actually plays it.
- You know who Bob and Dan are talking about when they say, “Hit the theme, Expo.”
- You get frustrated with the Ticket Top Ten because you already heard all of those segments.
- You get a knowing smile every time you see Kurt Menafee on Fox NFL Sundays.
- You have an intense dislike for the Gallyns Girl.
- Every time you vote, you spend a few extra seconds looking for “Judge Softie”.
- You chuckle every time someone says, “The Beatles” on-air.
- You know why everyone on air “Loves Lists”
- You remember finding a different station to listen to for the first hour of Bad Radio every Friday.
- You remember the days where Gordo would regularly show up on the Hard Line.
- You remember the days when Elf was on the Ticket (Wait…what?)
- You still consider yourself “11-2”
- You remember when the Tickers used to be before the break, not after (Bonus if you remember the old Ticker intro music)
- You die a little bit every time you see Skip Bayless on the air.
You know the Ticket Host childrens, wife’s, parents name.
You remember Wild Ass Circus
You remember the way Bob & Dan could be at each other’s throats at the drop of the hat.
You remember when Davey was the Hardline Producer.
You remember the GREATEST Saturday show ever The Rant….
You remember…
Buck Maverick
Musers in the afternoon
Fax Fodder
The Girl on TV Who’s So Good Looking That You Better Watch Out For Her
Corby did funny bits 😐
Davey was Hardline Ticker guy, not producer. 🙂
P1 Steven was just being aggressniff.
might have to change my name to P2 Steven
you used to always wish you could re-listen to audio that you missed, but it was never anywhere and you just begged for them to replay it for some reason (shameless unticket plug)
greggo was real fat
greggo suddenly wasn’t real fat
rhynes HATED corby
ticket hosts pushed the envelope constantly, compared to now it’s rarely
all shows wanted callers, a lot of them (rarity now)
the ticket hosts loved P1’s … now just a few do
You remember when The Rant was on LATE NIGHT SATURDAY.
You remember Fax Fodder.
You remember hardliners.com
You remember when The Rant was on LATE NIGHT SATURDAY.
You remember Norman in Sachse.
You remember hardliners.com
I miss hardliners.com so much! Loved reading that site when I first got into the Ticket around 1999-2000. Was a GREAT way to really start understanding shtick that was before your time.
remember when the great Doc Morgan did all of the voice over work before Conrad?
Thanks, Shoopy!
When Led Zepplin’s “When the Levee Breaks” comes on you hear the squid in your head saying “60 more minutes of the Hardline”
You remember Max Miller was the night time host
Man…I’ve got nothing on you guys. I’m P1, Day 1 in the year A.G. (After-Greggo). I’m pretty good for stuff from then-onwards, though!
•”over there” theme song on WTDS
•C.B. erickson
•Aunt Mildred (who I haven’t heard in forever)
when being “laid out on” meant 60 seconds of silence straight into a commercial
danny in lake highlands
when the hardline passed off the station to K104 type show ‘the black spot’
Susquehanna
wasn’t it the greatness of Glenda who passed away from fax fodder?
…if you remember when:
Zippy the Clown made semi-regular appearances on the Hardline.
Rhynes would say to a caller “let’s mosh.”
Former Z-Rock dj Mad Maxx Hammer would come on the Hardline and discuss boxing.
Rhynes and Greggo would talk about the mid-70s to late 80s Dallas nightlife scene.
Coach Tom Foolery.
First 30 seconds of this song is all that needs to be said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCUo7x6hWs
1) Motorcycle Greggo
2) Shawn Bradley Action Figure
3)”Technology, Technology that Greggo wont embrace!”
If you can sing the melody in your head that the three above mentions go with, then you are a P1!!
Motorcycle Greggo
Shawn Bradley Action Figure
Technology that Greggo wont embrace
If you can sing the melody of the three above mentions in your head then you are a P1 !!!
You remember the ticket stub with Gordon and Lawrence Scott.
You remember The Duck
You remember when Coop and Junior did play by play for TCU
You remember “Throwdown Sam and the Wig” (The Wig)
Screw it all, I’m moving to Austin!
What was the name of the woman who hosted the Ticket TV show in the early days?
We’ve forgotten Elf’s first co-host, Steve Shapiro.
Muser’s weatherman, Gusty Windsock and ridiculous trivia (Is the answer Scipio Spinks?)
I could go on…
How bout the “Greggo ranks the band names” segment from around 94 or 95..
Some of the old callers too.. Chicken Fried, Herman in Mesquite, Preston in Highland Park, Dr. Matt, RO in Copeville etc..
I’m a bit of a new listener. Started listening the day I started driving, in February, and since then I’ve become obsessed. But after spending a lot of time here on the ticket there’s still something I don’t fully understand. After listening to lots of stickman’s classic Audio posts, I wonder often what this “corta snake” thing was. What are they saying and why are those drops played literally EVERY time Corby speaks? What’s the whole significance behind the phrase? Just looking for a little clafification, thanks.
They were on a remote and some kid (16 or so) skateboarder came by and said that to Corby. He rolled his R’s and we have a drop.
And you will forever be entertained whilst driving…
How about these:
Coach Tom Foolery
Half-Assed Novelist
JD in Grapevine
Moron Dog
Email-Schmemail
Rise, face the west, for the greatest You Know? ever ..
Hazmat Uniform
Hippo Talk
Deep Dish Danny
Guy Sports
Afternoons before BAD radio. (Less Dan)
The Ender
The Rant
David Robinson Also
“Richard” Hunter before the circus
You could be a near day-1 P1 if:
1) You remember the great R.O. in Copeville, as well as the name of his sidekick and the way he would end his calls. Miss you, R.O. RIP.
2) You know of Rhynes’ ‘love’ for ‘The Ticket Hypester’.
3) You wish you could have seen, just once, the work of the Clip-Art Faxer.
4) You remember Glenda.
5) You remember the Commander of the Huggastinian Army, aka Captain Hugs.
6) You remember how Dog in Parker County would sign off a call to The Hardline.
Firing them off as I go, adding to the ones that sprang up when reading everyone else’s.
The 3 Tenets of The Harline (Minimilizing. Distancing. Packaging)
3 Hours of post cowboy game sex reporting, every other word pluralizing Neapolitan Misfit Talk. (forgot a few words in there somewhere, Pure Radio Anthrax was added at some point)
Sir Jeremy, Gen Xers, rich guys on cell phones and everything else that went with listening to the Sports Princess
As mentioned, the greatness of the original, late night Rant… I used to stay up as late as Gordo would, rolling tape on every replayed bit and hate like hell that I don’t know what became of them all.
The “great” 3 way feud between Paul the Damn Viking, Ray in Allen and J.D. in Grapevine.
Gordo appearing on The Hardline frequently… it was greatness, even when he didn’t have a bit going on, the conversations and fun that would happen were always fun and interesting.
When content trumped Run Sheet.
“You’re on the 2 minute drill, go”
Listening while Gordo was arrested in Green Bay by the great Jerry Parenz (sp)
Listening to the aftermath of Gordo’s imbroglio with Leon Simon at the Susquehanna Company Christmas Party…. Man, every time Gordo did something outside of being on the Musers, he got in trouble, no wonder he sticks to mornings now)
Gordo’s altercation with Nasty Nestor (whoops, there goes that theory)
I could go on all day…
Red Skies at night guy. Flimsy premise
The argument of whether a horse knew when he won a race
The Pigskin Poet
Totally nude Al.
Movie watching is a sport
Rocco circumnavagating loop 12 and having 2 livers
The fake Dan Bennett phone call to Dale Hanson and his shot a Scot Murray
“This day in history” on the Musers at 6:30 am before we had “The Observation Deck.”
Gordo was interviewing a mexican guy somewhere and gordo asked the guy what his tatoo was. He replied, “Snake”. Gordo then asked what kind of snake. He replied “Corra”….and it went from there
* The verbal pause to end all verbal pauses, and bowing to the greatness of Dixon Edwards in the use of said verbal pause
* The subculture, especially Glenda (R.I.P.), J.D. in Grapevine and Rodgers and Hammerstein
* Lobster claws vs. baby arms
* Battle of the Musical Enders
* When Rhynes was a 40 something white guy, Greggo was a 30 something white guy and Mark Followill was a lowly ticker guy
1) Motorcycle Greggo 2) Shawn Bradley Action Figure 3)”Technology, Technology that Greggo wont embrace!” If you can sing the melody in your head that the three above mentions go with, then you are a P1!!
I started listening to the Ticket back in junior high around 96 because my dad always listened (think Grandpa Simpson on the Simpsons watching Superbowl I back in the 60s; “IF PEOPLE DON’T SUPPORT THIS THING IT MIGHT NOT MAKE IT!”).
Some things that might apply if you were around since then
(sorry its pretty long but you guys took me back)):
You miss Ticket TV!
You miss the two minute drill! “I just think that, yap…”
You miss dump-and-chase! Psycho Dave and the Hardline used to randomly throw out the most offensive of curse words in regular conversation and then the game was to try and dump it before it made it onto the air.
You miss the Pigskin Poet!
You miss the Hey Man What’s Up Rodeo!
You miss the Guy’s Guides!
You miss the Ender!
You used to e-mail juniormiller@mindspring.com when Mindspring actually existed!
You remember when theticket.com was a shitty website (oh wait, nevermind. Its been 16 years and they still haven’t found a competent web designer).
You remember the Ticket Ticktionary. Its how I learned to decipher all of the lingo.
You remember the Ticket billboard with the gigantic jockstrap on it.
You remember the Musers’ rivalry with Mike Fisher.
You remember Diamond Talk with Rhyner and Greggo. Also if you remember the prank where they were recorded being told they wouldn’t be paid for Diamond Talk anymore. Oddly enough it came true down the line and they both quit Diamond Talk.
You remember when the hosts would do appearances; not just Cactus or Sean Bass. I remember about ten years ago when I was in highschool having a one on one conversation with Gordo at Frank Parra in Irving for an hour about Thoreau and Emerson because nobody else was there for his appearance. Quite surreal.
Wasn’t the Corra-snake drop from a Ticket compound a few years ago when Gordo interviewed a hispanic construction worker near their house?
You remember when Rhynes & Greggo did Desperado play-by-play.
You remember Rhynes and Greggo doing Desperado play-by-play.
The verbal pause to end all verbal pauses, and bowing to the greatness of Dixon Edwards in use of said verbal pause.
The Battle of the Musical Enders.
Lobster claws vs. baby arms.
The subculture, especially Glenda, J.D. in Grapevine and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
The crutchword of the day.
When Rhynes was a 40 something white guy, Hammer was a 30 something white guy and Ol’ Followill was just a lowly ticker guy with pipes.
The “snake corra” drops are from Gordo interviewing a Mexican guy on the street, who had a tattoo of a snake. Gordo asked him what it was and that was his reply. They started playing the drops because of Corby’s nickname, and he said that in his own personal hell, those drops would be played constantly. So obviously, they ran it into the ground to piss Corby off.
“We’re talkin’ spotes. S…p…o…t…e…s….YES”
And David Robinson Also
The Hot Spot
When the hardline changed there intro music to begin the aughts.
P1 WAC
Muser Money
Little Teddy Champion
If you were by the channel when Gordo and Rocco had their Saturday morning “chat”…Radio Gold
The National Weather Service has issued a Failed Bit Warning
Ask the Hardline
POUND 1310
Keepin’ the positivity flowing, while embracing the negativity
Arnie Spanier nights
Bob Sturm’s NCAA Tournament with wacky items up for bet
Little Teddy Champion
Dallas Stars Playoff Postgame Show with Rocco – say what you want, but he brought hockey credibility to the little Ticket, especially during the Stars’ Cup runs in the late 90’s.
If you were by the channel for the Gordo – Rocco confrontation that led to Rocco’s demise – pure Radio Gold
The Golden-throated Mua
Thaproducathishow
Bob & Dan working Saturdays
“Skip” from SMU and his random baseball trade thoughts – did he ever get laid?
The Half-Assed Poet
The segment between the :30 ticker and the :40 liner
The Expo bra trick
When Followill was “the spokesman for a generation”
does anyone remember the hottest ticketchick ever, Desiree!
If you remember “The Puppyface’s have a deck of card’s that can’t make me fly like they used too”
When The Hardline handed off to The Sreminator.
JubJub singing Sweet Hardline
– any of these names ring a bell?
((not sure of all the spellings))
– hilary ray
– chad andres
– david the duck burrel
– roger wicker
– julia price
– justin neely
– rodney the behemoth
– handsome johnny sponsler
– geenie moscorow
– “aight…we are…locked in…loaded…aerodynamic…ready to roll…everybody heed to…trice up…the smoking lamp is lighted throughout the ship…tax-free cigarettes on sale in the ship store…rig fenders, come along side…stand aprised while we rotate and radiate…mill about smartly cuz there’s some friggin in the riggin…and we are haze grey and underway brutha!”
– The only 8:40 am phone call that WASN’T a fake call – Brian Marchment
– The intro to “Little miss cant be wrong” by the spin doctors (the current muser outro music) was played anytime greggo would throw down a HOT, and I mean HOT sports opinion!
– the podium
– the second half of the hour was pretty much not worth listening to because it would be practically nothing but commercials…the ticket used to have breaks at :30, :40, and :50…and the hardline especially would often be so late for the :30 break that you would enevitably hear the old grey wolf utter the words “right now we must rob peter to pay paul”
– your way in the world is thru the hardline
– W.O.W.Y file
alright i’ll shut up…you get the idea
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The greatest bit in the history of the ticket….Gordo does all the voices on the Star Wars theme Darth Rhyner with little Greggo “your scaring me” and Randy Gallloway etc.
HI-Larious
Fav Segment – Fax Fodder
Shout out to Slo Mo in Pantego and RIP R.O. in Copeville