Here's a nugget from the cutting room floor: WSB radio/Atlanta's Eric Von Haessler and Art discuss the morning the Regular Guys morning show got kicked out of a sports bar, live on the air! (The Regular Guys was Von Haessler's extremely popular morning show prior to his WSB show, at the old 96 Rock.) Art was there as a young freelance writer looking for a story to impress the editors of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and got involved in the action!
Art's comments: "I trimmed this from the original interview because it didn't pertain to the narrative of Eric's career, and I felt I was a bit long-winded (very unusual). However, it's a great story! I really thought there was a chance I might even get to write this one up for Rolling Stone at the time."
"Off the Wall with David Paul" burned brightly on WSB-AM in Atlanta, Georgia from the late 1980's to mid-1990's, and its namesake became a legend of talk radio. David Paul now joins Art via Skype to discuss highlights of his career, including being punched in the mouth by "Skinny" Bobby Harper during his show, naked weather ladies, and walking off the air at WGST after only 30 seconds. You will also learn about his latest project, Cartersville UNCUT. Stay tuned for his pitch for the morning show at 92.9 Dave-FM at the end (hey, Mr. Dave-FM PD - Paul says e-mail him at Cartersville UNCUT)! Prior to all of this, Art airs some thoughts on the online piracy act currently before Congress. 49 minutes.
Art's comments: "As America's Favorite Talk Show Host, I doff my cap to the giants of the format, and David Paul is one of those. After appearing on this show, he can say he's finally experienced something more humiliating than being punched by 'Skinny' Bobby Harper."
If you like this episode, please use any of the tools located at the very bottom of this entry to share it on Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, etc.
