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Date Posted: 14:22:42 03/27/02 Wed
Author: Dale Cornibe
Subject: AN AUSTIN TRADITION (ICON) IS BACK!!!!!!

Welcome back, J.B. and Sandy!!! I hear ya, Dallas ain't all that great. I never lived there but I visited a couple of times (just to see what it was like, driving around (and almost getting my car squashed), etc.).

I said in my email to Jim Robinson that you guys are so good, you should be nationally syndicated like Howard Stern and make tons of money. As Stern's base station is in New York, Austin's KAMX could be the home base of a national show. The whole country should be able to hear your show!

Glad that Steakboy is on board, too! He's funny, and you should immediately bring back the Ode of the Day, with Steakboy performing the odes on his guitar. Sandy, you and he were the perfect team on the odes -- I laughed so hard...also love the Megamix. The Dallas stiffs were clueless as to what people want. I would also say you should do more "stunts" like when Bridget made ya'll eat baby food (one of the first shows I listened to) or like when Sandy rolled over the Big Mouth Billy Bass with his truck (I think that was THE funniest moment on the J.B. and Sandy Show). Get another good sidekick like Bridget (Bess was okay but I liked Bridget more) and the show will be rockin' again.

As for this Supermouth idea, I'm not too sure. First of all, the past couple of days have been the weirdest experience I've ever had listening to radio. Jim Robinson took an awful risk in putting nothing but a heartbeat and some sound bites on the radio for FIFTEEN MINUTE blocks. I didn't know if there was a technical difficulty or what. I don't know, I think Mr. Robinson was counting on our morbid curiosity to keep listening to this heartbeat just to find out what was going to happen. Mr. Robinson also created a whole phony campaign for a "new show" called Supermouth, which was a clever stunt, but for what purpose? He didn't have to test our loyalty to J.B. and Sandy or whatever he was doing; we would have listened to you guys anyway (just give us the freaking program!). He even had the gumption to declare Supermouth as "the next level of radio". "Is this [the heartbeat] the next level?" I thought. The heartbeat totally creeped me out yesterday, like the sound of the world ending. Please don't ever do that again.

But now that I know what Supermouth is, I still don't think it's a good idea. KAMX is actually going to hire someone with no radio experience to be the next supporting cast member of the J.B. and Sandy Show? And if that person doesn't work out, will we be hearing yet another person the following year? (Haven't there been enough changes already?) KAMX can't find a professional D.J. to hire? I have a communications degree and I don't even feel I could do radio; video is my gig. Moreover, I think you should have a female counterpart because that works well. There's Sandy who is sort of (and maybe this is too harsh a word) a misogyne; the female character (formerly Bess or Bridget) who counters Sandy's comments, defending the female gender; and J.B., the settled-down married person who's sort of caught in the middle. It's great chemistry.

Also, you mentioned getting back into the charities. That was another thing I mentioned to Jim Robinson in my email, that you guys care so genuinely about the community. I'd like to see you get back into Bikes For Kids and maybe talk to Lance Armstrong again about cancer research, or whatever.

Anyway, I know I get rather long in my emails and postings, but you guys are the best! Keep up the good work, and don't change your formula for the sake of ratings. We'll keep your ratings up!

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