SJM_Big_Daddy_0819_Big Daddy 7 / 30 / 19 3 : 19 PM Page 1 big words by BIG DADDY GRAHAM d ? Glen Macnow and Big Daddy Graham’s revised SoYou Wanna Be edition of the Great Book of Philly Sports Lists can be preordered now at aTalk Show Host ? BigDaddyGraham.com . that very moment . While still in bed , I will DVR I’vebeen a stand - up comic turn on the No talk show host can live without one . T for 39 years . I’ve been a V and check out local news , Particularly the season p talk show host now for ESPN and CNN for starters just to make ass feature . Sea - roughly 25 years . I started sure there weren’t any significant huge son pass automatically records shows , part - time at two stations that technically news stories that broke while I was sleeping . so you never have to worry about for - don’t even exist anymore , WCAU and Now I absolutely never watch a pro - getting to do so . I season pass ESPN’s WWDB . Then , by a fluke , I ended up as the gram of any type without my trusty iPhone SportsCenter , Pardon the Interruption , third man on a new sports talk station , by my side . I would be lost without the every Phils , Eagles , Sixers and Flyers WGMP , with fellow South Jerseyans Scott “ notes ” feature on it . If anyone says any - game , and their postgame shows , as well Graham and Neil Hartman on a show thing remotely interesting or offbeat , I as Sunday Morning , 60 Minutes and Real called “ The Sports Attack . ” immediately lay down the cliff notes ver - Time with Bill Maher . And I’m sure I’m When I say “ fluke , ” here’s what hap - sion . Here’s an example : forgetting a couple . pened . They first offered the third slot to Yesterday I got a ticket in the mail Now I have a method for watching my “ Two Funny Philly Guys ” mate , Joe from EZ - Pass stating that I ran through games if I have not viewed them live . Conklin . Joe had made a name for himself the toll on the Atlantic City Expressway . Let’s use baseball for example . First , I at WIP , so when he called me looking for Damn , these thieves get on my nerves . make sure I do not know the score , which advice , I suggested he stay at WIP because Over the years , the only toll plaza I have makes a huge difference suspense wise . I who knew how long this new station was ever received a toll violation notification fast forward the game until I see that going to stay on the air ? from is this toll . I don’t run tolls . I pay someone has scored and then stop it , Well , Joe turned down rewind and see how that run was scored cl he offer from ose to $ 400 a month on that pass . I hate t and again , make a note on m WGMP . Then a crazy thing happened . the A.C . toll . My entire life I have consis - y phone . If Without having any idea that Joe and I tently heard a summertime KYW traffic it’s a one - run game going into the bottom had discussed any of this , WGMP offered report warn you about “ a backup ap - of the ninth , I usually watch every pitch the gig to me . I took it and 25 years later proaching the Atlantic City toll . ” Here’s of that inning and of course playoff games . Joe and I are still on the air , and now at the an idea . Why not close them on Sunday ( Hey Phils fans , remember playoff games ? ) same station , 94WIP . As John Lennon said , evenings between 5 - 11 p.m . during July And that’s pretty much how I do it for all “ Life is what happens to you when you’re and August ? Seriously , do they need every the sports . busy making other plans . ” bleedin ’ dime ? I will write “ EZ - Pass vio - Here’s what I find interesting about my lation ” on my phone . “ This Day In History ” and two “ jobs . ” Practically no one ever comes “ Famous Birthdays ” up to me and asks me , “ How can I get into The Highlighter Pen Both of these are websites that I use stand - up comedy ? ” The reason for this is I’m the guy who still reads “ physical ” mag - every night . If it’s Clint Eastwood’s or that most people know that performing azines and newspapers . And when I do , I Carson Wentz’s birthday or the 50th an - comedy onstage is a frightening experience always have a highlighter . If I read some niversary of man landing on the moon , and that you must be clinically insane to little interesting tidbit , I highlight it . ( “ A I make a note of it . It’s important to have even think about doing it . single man washes his bed sheets every a current reason for chatting a topic up . We all have quiet friends , but for six weeks . ” Really ? I think me and my bud - If there was a big game , you’re home the dies would go a year ! ) free . If not , sometimes these “ side ” topics most part most people love to chat and Now what I like about this bed will carry the show . s gossip . So that translates into people be - heet lieving that they are opinionated enough fact is that I can use that as a funny obser - An Hour Before I Leave For The Station to do talk radio . vation on my radio show , stand - up show , An hour before I leave for the And you know what ? They’re right . or use it as a Quizzo question . It’s perfect . station , like So I thought I would describe to you Now if there is a magazine article about , clockwork , I will then sit at my kitchen what goes on during the day of a talk show say , Guam , I know there’s going to be zero table and compile all these notes and host to give you some notion of just what about this article that I will be able to use . formulate a show . Some notes make the goes into it . And while a lot of it is going to None of my listeners have any interest in grade , others do not . feature sports , keep in mind I did “ regular ” Guam . Hell , I don’t even know where Guam And there it is . How to put a shift of talk radio as well , and the prep was pretty is . So I quickly skim it with my finger to talk radio together . The main trick is picking much the same . see if there is a number in the article , such the topics that I believe my listeners will as “ 37 percent of people who live in Guam be most interested and Getting Out Of Bed To Start Your Day were born in Pennsauken , ” and now I entertained by . OK , all of us do that , correct ? But if you’re have acquired a fun little fact from an Ready for your first n a talk show host , your job starts right at article that I didn’t bother to read . show ? Let’s go ! SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 5 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 80 |