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VO: It affects scores of people everyday...
Vox: I never thought it would happen to me...
VO: People all over the country are succumbing at alarming rates...
Vox: But then I found myself sitting in my car after I'd put it into park...just sitting there...
Vox: I haven't even told my husband about it.
Vox: I keep going back...
Vox: I keep wanting more...
Vox: I think my friends are starting to notice...
Vox: But I can?t stop, I need to keep listening...
VO: Have you been taking an inordinate interest in the platforms of the presidential candidates? Have you found yourself wondering about whether Ivory Billed Woodpecker sightings are hoaxes? If you recognize these symptoms then you might have Fabu-philitis an affliction marked by increased curiosity in the world around you, sympathy or even appreciation for terrible puns, and slackened interest in Britney Spears. Public Radio listeners are especially susceptible to Fabu-philitis. If you or someone you know has developed Fabu-philitis stay tuned for the number to call. We can't help, but we can ease the guilt a little.
Vox: I always thought it was something that happened to other people.
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VO: It affects scores of people everyday... Vox: I never thought it would happen to me... VO: People all over the country are succumbing at alarming rates... Vox: But then I found myself sitting in my car after I'd put it into park...just sitting there... Vox: I haven't even told my husband about it. Vox: I keep going back... Vox: I keep wanting more... Vox: I think my friends are starting to notice... Vox: But I can?t stop, I need to keep listening... VO: Have you been taking an inordinate interest in the platforms of the presidential candidates? Have you found yourself wondering about whether Ivory Billed Woodpecker sightings are hoaxes? If you recognize these symptoms then you might have Fabu-philitis an affliction marked by increased curiosity in the world around you, sympathy or even appreciation for terrible puns, and slackened interest in Britney Spears. Public Radio listeners are especially susceptible to Fabu-philitis. If you or someone you know has developed Fabu-philitis stay tuned for the number to call. We can't help, but we can ease the guilt a little. Vox: I always thought it was something that happened to other people.
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Posted on April 23, 2008 at 04:33 AM | Permalink
Review of Fabuphilitis PSA
This morning I listened to a humorous fundraising piece submitted to PRX by New Hampshire Public Radio. The summary to the piece said, "Add a little humor to your pitch breaks." I laughed when I read it because not everyone agrees.
On April 8, 1978 I was asked to produce my first weekly show for Maine Public Radio. Over the 28 years I spent as a volunteer, my old-fashioned-music and humorous social commentary became an early evening staple for the intelligentsia in Northern New England and bordering Canada.
So it was inevitable that I should eventually appear on MPBN television at fundraising time. My spot was sandwiched in between the showing of Hamlet. When they put the camera on me I opened with my usual deadpan: "I hope you'll stay tuned to this Hamlet thing. It is my understanding that it has a very happy ending."
I was never permitted to help out with fundraising again.
But if you've been in Public Radio for three decades you know that our radio friends have long memories and for years afterwards I would occasionally be accosted by a radio friend who would grab me by the lapels of my jacket and say, "humble, that thing you said about Hamlet was the funniest thing I've ever seen on Public television."
Yeah, add a little humor to your pitch breaks --- our radio friends love humor -- but make sure you have tenure.
I'm Robert Skoglund, The humble Farmer, and I'm still laughing.