Ep 611: Opie talks brutal Cindy Williams bit from Opie and Anthony

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Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

WIth the passing of Cindy Williams a bunch of you have been asking about the time we played Has Been Corner with Cindy Williams when we were on WNEW here in nyc. This is from around 2001. The bit was so brutal and uncomfortable that we never did it again. I must say I barely recognize myself in this clip. So strange to hear my voice from a time that is long gone. Special thanks to the great Lewis Black for being extra hilarious that day. In the end, she had a great sense of humor about what went down on this particular show and ended up signing shirts for us that said Cindy Williams Has Been. RIP Join our Private Facebook Group by clicking SUBSCRIBE on my Facebook - opieradiofans or Subscribe to my Instagram - OpieRadio for some good perks.

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0:00.0	fir
1:00.0	Yes, Rest and Peace to Cindy Williams.
1:07.8	My goodness.
1:08.8	She was only 75 years old.
1:13.0	I think that pretty much wipes out the whole of the Vernon Shirley cast.
1:16.8	I think we got one more person left.
1:20.9	Cindy Williams, she was 75 years old.
1:25.2	I did a really fun bit with her back in the day.
1:29.7	So you got to understand the setup.
1:33.2	Andy Kaufman did this bit where he invited this guy on a talk show.
1:41.9	Some kind of talk show he was doing.
1:44.5	And Andy Kaufman would make his seat way higher than the guest to make fun of the fact that's
1:51.0	what the late night host do.
1:53.0	I remember when we were on Letterman, when we were on Jay Leno, when we were on Jay
1:59.6	Me Fallon, when you looked at the host, they were always a lot higher.
2:05.4	That's some dumb production thing to give the host the feeling of power over the guest.
2:12.2	It's just stupid nonsense.
2:16.3	But Andy Kaufman played with that concept and he had his seat way higher, way higher than
2:22.7	the guest.
2:24.0	And Cindy Williams was one of the guests.
2:25.8	And then he brought on somebody else.
2:27.1	I don't even remember anymore.
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