The Wacky Week Podcast
By Tim Hunter
The Wacky Week PodcastJun 25, 2022
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 104
That time I got to interview a childhood idol, Steve Allen.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 103
Going back to 1984, when Seattle hosted the Final Four of College Basketball.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 102
From my days at KOMO radio. A Century 21 salute to the World's Fair in Seattle. Some fun stuff here.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 101
A St. Patrick's Day edition. A St. Paddy's Day broadcast from long ago, and the great name change controversy.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 100
Wow, my 100th episode: a couple of Murdco commercials, a long-lost Seahawks song, a Ray Ramsey song produced by Eric McKaig during my KOMO days and a chat with a former high school basketball teammate.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 99
April 26th, 1991.....Bruce Murdock has a sick day and it's me running the Murdock & Hunter show. Dave Sloan IS the KLSY Moviemeister, Alice Porter and so long ago.....
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 98
It's my only Fart Themed episode, including a few tracks from a Farts CD, the song "Somebody Farted" and my own song, "I guess I farted."
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 97
A nice collection. A Valentine's edition with Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizz, Dan Murphy pops in, Curt Moulton, Simon Cowell and Skip Tucker.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 92
A Murdock, Hunter & Alice attempt at the Bachelor, and a rare recording of Billy Joe Hobart singing!
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 96
An interview with my first professional co-worker, Brady Layman, from those days at KQOT.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 95
And, we're back. Some moments with Stan Boreson. Both at KOMO and KLSY!
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 94
Oh, boy. An aircheck from my days on The Wolf, a KQOT commercial for a country bar, and the Seahawks kicking the Denver Broncos....and, an interview with Alexa.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 93
Remember our "On the Road" guy, Mike Evans? One of his reports is included, along with Bryon the Producer calling Homer Simpson for a chat and one of my early commercials for Odyssey Records and Tapes in Yakima. Sometimes the time machine can be cruel.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 91
Boy, I've worked with some very talented people over the years.
In this episode some old college tapes (that's not the talented part) and the likes of Dan Murphy, Eric McKaig and so many others.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 90
Here come a bunch of holiday flashbacks to put you into the spirit. Or, have you reach for the spirits. In fact, that's a good idea.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 89
Some holiday fun from days working as Larry Nelson's producer on the old KOMO radio morning show, including a little Stan Boreson thrown in at no extra charge!
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 88
I sneak you into a Julebord--a Norwegian Christmas dinner--and hopefully, they won't try to charge you for it.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 87
Oh, my. Heading into the holiday season, I share with you one of the songs I performed for a Norwegian Christmas Dinner, plus some of the Christmas madness I've created over the years. 'Tis the season....
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 86
I must have been trying to get my money's worth out of my Wandering Microphone because this week, I reconnect with former KLSY Program Director, mid-day host and "Babyman", Barry McKay.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 85
Our Wacky Week Wandering Microphone (OK, just the phone) heads north of the border where I hang with my buddy Rech Santos, who I met working with her during her Sleep Country Canada days.
What a fun blast from my past.
What a Wacky Week--The Podcast: Episode 84
In this episode, I turn on the Wandering Microphone and sit down at Steve's Cafe (no longer around) in downtown Bothell with my buddy and author, Vic Mills.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 83
Going political this week, with another chat with Fred Bugg putting on his Bob Dole persona, a visit from one of the characters on "24", a couple of Murdco products and even a bit on the Kennedy's. Oh, and in my early, early radio days, a radio commercial for a high school office. And an actual "E.R.A. commercial" that I did.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 82
In this week's collection, got a Halloween theme going, a check-in with the theater, some Casey Kasem clips you'll never hear again and "Bimbo #5."
The Wacky Week Podcast--Episode 81
A Husky basketball promo from my KOMO days, a KLSY matchmaking website, Fred Bugg does his Bob Dole for us, and the time Alice & I spoke with Oprah.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 80
Got a sports theme going on this week including former Mariner reliever Jeff Nelson, buddy Billy Swartz doing his dead-on Ron Fairly impression and Emerald Downs track announcer Robert Geller. Plus our salute to Garbage Collectors.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 79
The Wacky Week Wandering Microphone takes us to the Pike Place Market for a catch up with one of KLSY's Promotional Goddesses, Denise Walz.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 72
Our "On the Road Reporter" Mike Evans, an aircheck from "National Bosses Day" and an interview with the legendary, Pat O'Day.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 78
We turn on the Wacky Week wandering microphone once again to share the shocking connection between me and the one and only Dan Molvar.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 77
A chat with a reporter from Norway who rode his bike from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, as well as a classic "Battle of the Sexes", featuring former Seahawks Coach Mike Holmgren and his wife Kathy.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 76
A couple of promos from the early days, including some of Fred Bugg's impersonations, and a clip of the late, great Keith Jackson.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 75
We relive the final hour of KLSY radio and fire up the Wacky Week Wandering Microphone to chat with Donald Trump (back when we thought that was funny) thanks to my impersonation guru, Fred Bugg.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 74
Our Wacky Week Wandering Microphone is at it again this week (I was on a roll) as we take the show to the Nickerson Street Saloon for a nice chat with Uber Brit and longtime friend, Linda Botts!
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 73
We fire up the Wacky Week wandering microphone for an interview with Mike Bettelli, who I connected with during my days wandering the halls of KOMO radio.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 71
It's a special "Story Time" edition of this podcast. The unfortunate "Race for the Cure" incident and the Wayne Newton incident....a little bit of Ray Ramsey madness from my KOMO radio days and one of our Murdock, Hunter & Alice "Battle of the Sexes"---this one featuring Flynn from Flynn's Carpet Sense and the one and only Sunny Kobe Cook.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 70
In this week's weirdo episode, the tale of Harvey Glick, we hear Survivor's Jeff Probst chat with Mariners Manager Lou Pinella, there's the dream interpretation hotline and my vacation to Arkansas.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 69
Bill Swartz plays along with us again this week, as Murdock, Hunter & Alice chat with Bob Robertson, our gardening expert Frisco and enjoy one of the "Hideous Consequences" from our Battle of the Sexes.
The Wacky Week Podcast--Episode 68
What do Bruce Murdock, Tom Cruise and Cher have in common? This episode.
The Wacky Week Podcast--Episode 67
Lord of the Rings silliness, and an interview with Ron Fairly, "Master of the Obvious", with buddy Bill Swartz.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 66
Some KING-AM radio archives and the weeping portrait from the Murdock, Hunter & Alice Show on KLSY/Seattle.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 65
Ever want to talk with a Swede?
The Wacky Week Podcast--Episode 64
Did Led Zepellin steal a song? And a chat with my buddy, ventriloquist Mark Merchant!
The Wacky Week Podcast--Episode 63
Kind of a sports theme going, with Ray Allen of the Seattle Supersonics playing the Murdock, Hunter & Alice Battle of the Sexes, Sports Shorts with Thick Scully and a return to the days of self-help cassettes.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 62
This week, I take you along on a family vacation to Minnesota and South Dakota. The safest trip you'll take all year!
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 61
A call to the Michael Jackson hotline, an MH&A "Get You Ready For Summer" special, a flashback to one of my all-time favorite events, the "Keeney to Keeney 92.5-foot Fun Run" and Wayne Brady and Lisa Ling help up mess with Alice.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episdoe 60
The Ichi store, an interview with Elton John, the time ABC mentioned M&H on the national news and what if Alice left the Murdock, Hunter & Alice show and went over to work for KING-5 TV?
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 59
This week, I'm back in Ballard, but this time, to celebrate Syttende Mai--Norwegian Constitution Day. It's a two-day party in these parts.
The Wacky Week Podcast--Episode 58
Saying goodbye to Galway Traders, a cute little Irish store in Ballard that will soon be the site of another condo.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 57
A Q13 Battle of the sexes, the quintessential summer songs and my son Tyson's prom.
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 56
It's my chat with one of my writing partners and a great character in my life, Stephanie Hilbert. Enjoy!
The Wacky Week Podcast---Episode 55
Another weirdo salad, including a return to a Seattle earthquake, an interview with Doris Roberts, a chat with J.A. Jance, a funny movie trailer, and a bit I did with Alice Porter, John Nixon, Jim Dai and Bryon Mengle in our demo, “The Guy Panel.”