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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

377: Peter Tilden—Sitting in a Puddle of Tilden

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

The writer, producer, and veteran radio broadcaster drops by to regale us with stories from the entertainment trenches, explains why he created the podcast Really? no, REALLY? with his BFF Jason Alexander and how that’s affected their relationship, and expounds on what makes great advertising great. RIP Dexter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Many years ago, nay, decades, I was driving through Los Angeles, visiting my friend Chuck,

0:12.2

who's looking at me right now through the computer.

0:15.7

And as I was driving, I was listening to the radio, and who popped onto my radio, but the aforementioned Chuck, confessing to the world, his problems with erectile dysfunction.

0:31.4

It's so shocking.

0:32.8

I was playing a character.

0:34.5

Yes, you were.

0:35.4

But, you know, I've known you forever. And suddenly this voice I know

0:39.4

is coming out of my radio. And look, I've asked Chuck to queue up the ad that nearly caused me

0:45.4

to drive off the road. This episode, by the way, is number 377. It's called Sitting in a Pool

0:51.4

of Tilden. I'll explain that at a moment, but Chuck, if you'd be so kind,

0:55.4

just to share with the world

0:56.6

what I heard 20-some years ago

0:59.4

driving down the 405, hit me.

1:02.4

Valentine's Day used to make me sick.

1:04.7

Card, gift, fine.

1:06.8

Sex, check, please.

1:08.3

Couldn't do it.

1:09.1

Couldn't get a wreck, not consistently.

1:12.3

If that's you, you know the embarrassment, the guilt. I won't do the pills because, you know, I enjoy hearing and seeing. This year,

1:17.8

Valentine's Day, sweet. Thank you. Oh, damn it. I'll beep that out. I bet you will. Yeah, because the last thing we need is problems from the sponsor of these ads.

1:31.1

We mean no disrespect.

1:32.5

It's just that, my goodness, the stuff we used to do, brother, to earn a buck.

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