Once upon a time in Radio Land, a towering man strode to a silver microphone and announced to the world these words.

Welcome to the Eric Botaxis show. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am that announcer, and my name is Todd Wilkerson.

And this is the show I announce.

I'm announcing it right now, in fact.

And you have a front row seat to history.

Yeah, and here's Eric.

Folks, in case I forgot to tell you, I'm in show business now.

We have cameras.

I get big guests, big Hollywood guests.

I have long befriended, been friends with, that's not right, been friends with Victoria Jackson, an alumna.

That's the right word, not an alumnus, an alumna of Saturday Night Live and

Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. And we've done a lot of shows over the air on radio. And I thought,

Victoria, this is not right. You're a TV personality. I think of myself as a TV personality. We really need to get

together on TV. Would it be possible for you to get to New York? And she always says, no.

And then I said, look, God has to work this out. God has to get to you to New York because

the fun will have on camera. And now that she's actually here in the studio, I'm not so sure. Welcome, Victoria. What? What? Vicki. What? We're on TV. I'm not sure. We're going to have fun. I just gave you 10 minutes of brilliant material before the cameras were even. I'm not so sure. Listen, don't bully me. I'm the host. Is your husband in the building? Right there. Is he right there? Paul. Come on in. Paulie, don't be shy. It's just TV. Sit over there, Paul. This is so great that not only you are here, but Paul is here because we talk about Paul on the radio a lot. TBN!

And I love this set.

There's gold and it's beautiful.

Vicki, you're not going to take control of this interview, okay?

I vowed in my quiet time this morning that I would not allow a Jezebelic spirit to destroy what I have built.

I am an alpha dog and I'll suppress it and let you be the alpha dog. Vicki, seriously, we've got to stop joking and get serious. Okay. I am so happy to have you as my guest in the studio. It's my birthday! Oh, no, we don't have a cake or anything, Albin. I'm on a diet. I'm on a diet. Happy birthday.

I'm turning 60 today.

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