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Favoriting January 12, 2025: The Freewheelin’ Bobby Sherman

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Bring Your Own Beer—I’ll Bring the Bobby
Bring Your Own Beer—I’ll Bring the Bobby
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Bring Your Own Beer—I’ll Bring the Bobby

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Bobby Sherman  Sweet Gingerbread Man   Favoriting All songs posted together at end of show… 
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Every Bobby  The track listing   Favoriting All songs posted together at end of show… 
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Some Broad  Bobby Sherman Superstar!   Favoriting      
         


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Listener comments!

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Aitch:

Hey Becky and crew
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Aitch! Hello down there!
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Jay S.:

Good evening Becky, Aitch
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hello, Bobbsters! I will be posting the songlist at the end of the show. If you wanna know the name of an artist/song, lemme know here…
Avatar 🍭 7:02pm
MOM WHIG:

HI THERE AITCH - BECKY (HAPPY YOU ARE OK THERE) - JAY
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:01
ARE ALL THE "CATS" OK??
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Jay S.:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:02
Good evening Mom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:02
Hi, Mom! Yes, they are all napping—I wasn’t looking forward to catnapping them for evacuation. They are hiders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Jay S. @7:03
Hi there, Jay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:02
Mom, were you here the furst time I did this show? It was an early one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

First
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Aitch:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:05
ferst
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:04
I BELIVE I WAS - LUV THIS "I FOUGHT THE LAW" TUNE.
Avatar 🍭 7:07pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Aitch @7:06
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
  7:07pm
Robin Banks:

Ello guvna
Avatar 🍭 7:08pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Robin Banks @7:07
GOOD TO SEE YOU
  7:09pm
Robin Banks:

Primo Norvern Gum 'ere ol chap
Avatar 7:09pm
BritishInvasionBrinley:

Hey Becky and friends! Looking forward to the tunes tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:07
I feel OK today. But I could break out in tears any time. I’ve never been out iv work for long. I’ve always gotten an offer. It seems crass to ask for work during a disaster. Regarding fires: Winds kick back in tomorrow.
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Aitch:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:07
Really well!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hello Robin and Brinley! Ignore the wrong bdays!
Avatar 7:10pm
David Shortell:

He may be best known as Jeremy Bolt on "Here Come the Brides", but I think his greatest role was Frankie Catalina.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:07
Oh, sorry. I thought you asked me!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:09
I KNOW THAT FEELING FROM MY PAST. I ALSO SENT YOU AN E-CARD! NOT THE WINDS -BOOM-A-RANGING BACK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:10
What is that from?
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MOM WHIG:

↳ David Shortell @7:10
GOOD EVENING TO YOU
  7:11pm
Robin Banks:

Damn Becky I am already drunk! What are you doing to us!???
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

Haha!! Tom Rice...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I remember Brides, but know him best from… nothing. He was just always an image and a guy singing on variety shows that I wanted to marry.
Avatar 🍭 7:13pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ BritishInvasionBrinley @7:11
HI THERE
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David Shortell:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:10
The swellheaded teen idol in "Monkees at the Movies".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Robin Banks @7:11
Domenic told me that this show made him reconsider his drinking habits!
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

Every record should come with a persuasive monologue like this on behalf of the artist!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Darn, no Robbie? I thought he’d like this one…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

She would totally fight someone who said something negative about B
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Don’t forget that BOBBY was an EMT who saved many lives. So he ties in with the fires.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thus is like Paul Bunyan tall tale
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Jay S.:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:15
Yes. After being a guest star on Emergency!, I believe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Jay S. @7:17
I forgot that part!
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David Shortell:

↳ David Shortell @7:13
It was kind of metafictional! He played a parody of a teen idol a year or so before actually becoming one! I guess he filled a vacuum when “The Monkees” was canceled.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Bobby’s Theme by The Pretty People here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I hope you are all shoving breads into your mouths prepping for Round 2.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And not passed out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:18
Was that the name of the show, David?
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Jay S.:

There are a couple of episodes of his sitcom "Getting Together" on YouTube as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Jay S. @7:20
I love that episode of the Partridge Family
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David Shortell:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:20
It was just this one episode:
imdb.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:22
Oh, the Monkees. I missed that post.
Avatar 7:23pm
BritishInvasionBrinley:

Getting major Keith Allison vibes. And the pseudo-Clarksville riff doesn't hurt either!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Bobby Darin, Jingle Jangle Jungle
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Whicj is also the title of a great book by Joel Gion
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ BritishInvasionBrinley @7:23
Good catch!
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David Shortell:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:22
The episode also cast performance artist giantess Linda Albertano:
youtube.com...
  7:27pm
Tecmmon:

This is what students of history call a "hagiography".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Tecmmon @7:27
I am not familiar with that term. I am thrilled to learn it!
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Kelly K:

Didn't know that Bobby went to Birmingham HS in Van Nuys. Fun show Becky, we need it! And hello to the amazing Momwhig!
  7:29pm
sim_mobile:

Oh my God, I thought my nose was whistling when I breathed.
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

I'm still laughing at "impish quality" - the descriptions getting increasingly 'educated' in scope!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

A hagiography is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader… Ha ha, yes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:29
My cats were freaking out at the whistle last night. Hi, sim_mobile!
  7:30pm
sim_mobile:

But it was this show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

That was Cafe con Leche with Puppy Bobby
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Kelly K @7:28
Hi, Kelly!
  7:31pm
sim_mobile:

Hi, DJ B!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And hi, Tecmmon!
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

I have a newfound appreciation for "The Beatles' Story" after this!
  7:32pm
sim_mobile:

Bobby Sherman... the human being.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

13! That’s a lot of chance!
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Harry Parmenter:

Hey Becky. Hope you escaped the Hurst fire unscathed. Scary times here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I thought it aired once or twice. Oh, this show original,y aired right after Jan. 6, hence that comment about marching down to the station.
Avatar 7:34pm
David Shortell:

In 1983, Bobby and fellow ex-teen idol Fabian played Max & Marv, henchmen of the villain in Allan Arkush’s “Get Crazy” (which I like a lot better than “Rock 'n' Roll High School”).
Avatar 7:34pm
BritishInvasionBrinley:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:33
Ha! Excellent!!
  7:34pm
sim_mobile:

I mean, just the name "Bobby Sherman" is atavistic. It was a rock-'n'-roll name for the '50s, not the '70s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Harry Parmenter @7:33
Hi, Harry! I’ve been closer to Eaton. Did you have to evacuate? Hope everything is OK. My car is still packed—didn’t have to leave.
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

This biography should be part of the dictionary definitions of flowery writing and purple prose...!
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Harry Parmenter:

Did not evac but lost power over two days. Got off easy compared to elsewhere. Glad you are doing ok.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:34
Good point. However, there was a return to that in the ‘70s with Glam Rock: Alvin Stardust, Gary Glitter, etc.
  7:37pm
sim_mobile:

Love the astrology.
  7:37pm
Tecmmon:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:31
Hi Becky! Thanks for playing this pop culture artifact!

Loving the astrological exposition.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ BritishInvasionBrinley @7:35
It might also be good tomuse in an English essay class in college: Point out all the faulty arguments and say which fallacies they rely on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Tecmmon @7:37
You are so welcome, Tecmomm!
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:38
Too true! Might keep that in my back pocket, actually...
  7:38pm
sim_mobile:

Who is reading this? It's vaguely familiar.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I missed Montego Bay by Bobby Bloom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:38
The person is some fan club president—or so she says. My friend has a]the David Cassidy one.
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MOM WHIG:

HI THERE - TECMMON - KELLY K - SIM_MOBILE - HARRY
  7:40pm
sim_mobile:

It sounds like June Foray.
  7:40pm
maria.collins18@aol.com:

Did anyone notice the narration being done by DJ Stashu?
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Harry Parmenter @7:33
ARE YOU OK THERE??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Bittersweet was by The Robbs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:40
Ha, a little. Definitely not tho. Looking for an image of the record now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ maria.collins18@aol.com @7:40
Hi, Maria! Where was Stashu in 1968, anyway?!
  7:43pm
sim_mobile:

Omg. David Cassidy. Did you read "I Think I Love You" by Allison Pearson? It's all about a fan girl falling in love with pop idol David Cassidy.
  7:44pm
Tecmmon:

This intense astrology!
Avatar 🍭 7:44pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ maria.collins18@aol.com @7:40
hi there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:43
No!
  7:44pm
maria.collins18@aol.com:

Fun fact, if it wasn't mentioned already, he quit show biz to become an EMS technition.
  7:44pm
sim_mobile:

It showed me the importance of pop idol love for young girls.
Avatar 7:45pm
BritishInvasionBrinley:

The one and only Robert Luke Harshman! Great track!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Tommy Boyce & BOBBY Hart, Blow You a Kiss in the Wind
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ BritishInvasionBrinley @7:45
Straight from the Cosmos Cotillion!
  7:46pm
maria.collins18@aol.com:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:43
Every generation has their own Stashu. 😂
  7:47pm
maria.collins18@aol.com:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:44
Hi. I'm sure you're doing great.
  7:47pm
sim_mobile:

Excellent and breezy read. All the better because the fan is British. She wins a magazine contest back in the '70s to meet David Cassidy. But the mag folds before she can. But decades later, she does on his comeback tour.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

And his 17x17 foot replication of Disneyland in his parents’ backyard.
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

Is the young lady talking speaking about these dates from experience!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:47
That sounds fun!
  7:48pm
sim_mobile:

My description doesn't do it justice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ BritishInvasionBrinley @7:48
Hardly. Wishful thinking
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LesleyK:

Hey Becky!!
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Marshall Stacks:

This is making me laugh a lot, though I can't really explain why.
Avatar 7:50pm
David Shortell:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:45
Revived in the 80’s by Redd Kross, and in the 90’s by Quentin Tarantino.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ferrante & Teicher, Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan)
  7:50pm
maria.collins18@aol.com:

Marge Simpson approves of his Biography.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:50
I have the RK 45, too. Wait, what Tarantino movie? I don’t remember.
  7:51pm
sim_mobile:

144 times
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

The boy just has too much ambition!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Any other guesses?
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Jay S.:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:51
QT said that scene from Bewitched was the greatest in TV history.
  7:53pm
Tecmmon:

85 Bahbbys
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David Shortell:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:51
He sang it in his monologue when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 1995.
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

51 (playing it safe!)
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:53
I collect bands in ‘60s sitcoms.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:53
Fake and real ones
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:53
Oh! I don’t think I ever saw that!
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MOM WHIG:

THANKS AGAIN BECKY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

We are about the same age and have mutual friends. Are both pop culture NUTS. I feel like I really get some of his movies.
  7:55pm
Tecmmon:

Then she took out the 14 year old legless girl on a date.
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Jay S.:

Thanks Becky, have a good week everyone!
Avatar 7:56pm
Marshall Stacks:

Easy come, easy go.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I looked up the original show and NO ONE GUESSED! I need to recount the Bobbys to award a prize. If you all drop me your email I can contact you. And announce who won next week ; )
  7:57pm
sim_mobile:

Kris Kristofferson is laughing on heaven
  7:57pm
Tecmmon:

↳ Tecmmon @7:55
*"he"

Now we all know the true story of our Lord and Saviour, Bobby Sherman. All hail Bobby Sherman, Superstar!
  7:58pm
sim_mobile:

I will totes listen to the archive of this show and count the whistles.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thank you all for listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ sim_mobile @7:58
You will?! That’s brave!
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BritishInvasionBrinley:

Thanks as always, Becky!! Hope you stay safe and well out there. :)
  7:59pm
sim_mobile:

Thank you, DJ Becky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Tecmmon @7:57
Here! Hear!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Marshall Stacks @7:56
Yes!
  8:00pm
sim_mobile:

Not brave. Just wired that way.
  8:00pm
sim_mobile:

Good evening, DJ Whig
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