Tom and Jon have been making their radio magic for going on ten years now. And as a result, they've
amassed a huge back catalog of bits that have not been released on CDs. We will be posting these audio gems for your listening pleasure.
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Tom Scharpling recently moderated a historic roundtable discussion marking the twentieth anniversary of Chapel Hill, NC’s Merge Records (home of the Arcade Fire, Spoon, She & Him, etc). The panel included a who’s who of the Best Show on WFMU’s most beloved/loathed characters, including Ronald Thomas Clontle, Philly Boy Roy, Timmy von Trimble, The Gorch, Barry Dworkin, Hammerhead and Bishop Fontana to name just a few. Needless to say, the sparks did fly.
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Tom prank calls country singer/patriot Kenny Dupree and tries to get him to write pro-Iraq songs.
Goin’ way back! A patriotic country singer calls in to promote his new single, “Freedom Bombs.” Stay tuned for Pt 2!
The son of the bassist for instrumental-rock pioneers The Ventures calls The Best Show. Listen in and get the full lowdown on the surf-rock/water fountain connection!
A free ‘One on One’ news report from an enterprising Newbridge journalist has Tom wishing he’d never answered the phone.
Tom gets a lot of calls from a lot of creeps…and this guy might just be the creepiest of all time. Yikes!
Hosting a radio show is easy, no? All you have to do is play records and read ad copy for foot powder, right? Here’s a classic S&W call that addresses this very issue.
When we launched stereolaffs.com back at the dawn of this century we thought it would be interesting to shine a spotlight on one of America’s most fascinating yet little-known regions.
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A Best Show fave. Craig Cooper, owner of Radio Hut’s Newbridge Commons’ store, brings Tom up to speed on too many insane things too mention.
Here’s a Scharpling and Wurster classic from way way back. Listen to Barbershop Sweat frontman Zachary Brimstead tangle with Tom and a couple of listeners.
Philadelphia’s favorite hoagie maker calls with news of his psychic son… and something called ‘Laser Allin’.
