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Watch radio personality JR react to iconic 80s TV shows portraying radio DJs! From Alex Keaton on Family Ties to The Facts of Life and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days, JR shares hilarious and nostalgic insights. Follow me on X for more retro content: x.com/vkmtvproductions. Check out JR’s awesome channel for toy collecting and more at https://www.youtube.com/@jrcollectstoys!
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00:00Hey, it's Joe from V-Cam TV Studios, and today for Radio DJ Reacts, J.R. is going back to the 80s.
00:08You could say he's going back to the future.
00:13And I'd say that because our first show was Family Ties, starring his and my favorite, Michael J. Fox.
00:30I've got the record going here.
00:39Oh, get on there, buddy.
00:43This is W-L-E-L, voice of Leland University, and you're listening to Syncopated Money.
00:56The only radio show that combines classic American music with in-depth analysis of the business scene.
01:03I'm Alex Keaton.
01:05Probably.
01:05Alex Keaton, how can you kiss him? He's so cute.
01:10He loves that.
01:16Those are good bumpers. What do you think?
01:19You know, I've always erred on the side of self-deprecating humor.
01:24Oh, we have proof of that.
01:26Dude, fine. If you don't want to sing, I'll try it.
01:29Well, singing is so difficult.
01:30It is.
01:31That's why I talk for a living.
01:33It's always a relief when you get them right.
01:36Yeah, I hear you.
01:38Yeah, that's how we feel when we finally do our jobs right.
01:40Yeah, which takes a lot of takes.
01:42It takes a lot of takes.
01:44You know, any kind of joke I can make about myself, any kind of caller I can get to, you know, crack a joke at my expense.
01:50Or a wrestler.
01:51I talk to, like, singers and music, like, all day, but I get to talk to you. I'm sweating so bad right now.
01:58Well, those jackets are really, you know, they hold everything in, probably.
02:01I'm trying to look cool for you. I'm just over here sweating. My glasses are fogging up.
02:05I'm like, it probably just thinks I'm a loser, you know?
02:08At least you got Bailey to comfort you.
02:11I blend into the couch, so I look dumb. Don't worry about it. I hope that made you feel a little better.
02:16Do we look all right?
02:17You look good. You look good enough.
02:18Good enough. Okay.
02:20I've been told that my whole life.
02:22I'm just going to tell you how extremely jealous I am of Logan, because you've already lived the dream that I've always wanted to live, and that was being in a boy band.
02:28Yeah?
02:28Yeah.
02:29Tell me about the crazy life that was Big Time Rush.
02:32Tell me when these dreams started happening.
02:34Probably when I was about 13.
02:37Okay, cool.
02:37My first time around, I couldn't get off the lift, so I had to ride that son of a gun all the way back around.
02:44All the other kids are pointing up, laughing at me. I was traumatized by the whole thing.
02:48Or even in my, you know, sweepers, I've had things like, you know, you're up late with JR, and he's not qualified to do your homework.
02:58Or, you know, he failed Spanish in high school twice, you know?
03:01I've always erred on the side of self-deprecating humor, rather than, like, Alex P. Keaton having his sweepers just put him over and over constantly.
03:10Hey, we've got a guest here in the WLEL studios.
03:12It's Lauren Miller, psychology student here at Leland University, lover of American music, and hopelessly devoted girlfriend of yours truly, Alex Keaton.
03:19He's like, I need somebody in here with me. We need to fill this time.
03:26Oh, gosh.
03:27I don't want to go on the radio.
03:28Don't do it again, man. The crowd will turn on you.
03:30I don't want to talk about anything you want. Just try to tie it into music.
03:32So, Honey Bunch, what you got in your mind?
03:35Do you want to go to the movies tonight?
03:38Bebop, bebop, doo-wah, doo-wah.
03:42Okay, well, honey, actually, I'm going to be busy tonight.
03:45But, Tom, listen, I don't think the listeners are interested in hearing about our personal life.
03:50Ooh, you've got to keep that off the air.
03:52What do you think?
03:54Would you allow this much of your personal life to get on the air?
03:57It's a fine balance, right?
03:59It's, uh, you don't want to air your dirty laundry on the air.
04:04But you do want to be able to draw from real-life personal experiences.
04:09And then your challenge as a professional is, how does my audience relate to this?
04:15Is this something that they're probably experiencing now?
04:18Or something that they've probably experienced before?
04:21And if the answer is clicking yes more times in your head than no, then definitely go that way.
04:28My ex just asked me to be his valentine.
04:32And I'm not really sure what to say back.
04:35Kelsey in Denver, you do not want relationship advice from me.
04:39But I'll find you some, okay?
04:41Should Roxy in Denver take the date?
04:43All right, girls, spill it.
04:44So I matched with this guy on Bumble, okay?
04:46And I'm so excited.
04:47He's really hot.
04:48And I'm about to go on a date with him this weekend.
04:50Well, I just found out that he is my son's second grade teacher.
04:55Juliet in Denver, what's going on?
04:57So, yeah, I did something last night that kind of made my boyfriend mad.
05:01Okay.
05:02So I wanted to know if you agreed with me that he was overreacting or if I was the jerk.
05:10All right, break it down.
05:10What happened?
05:11Okay, so I had this girl reach out, right?
05:13Her boyfriend wanted to get into shape for the new year.
05:15Hired a personal trainer.
05:16Well, come to find out.
05:18You might know where I'm going with this.
05:19What I've learned through my experiences is, you know, your real-life stuff, your real-life
05:26hardships or relationship trouble or financial trouble, that is more relatable to people
05:34than you trying to put on this, you know, pretend everything is perfect all the time persona
05:41because that just gets exhausting.
05:44Okay, this is I Feel So Good by the late, great, legendary Eddie Dupree.
05:49Lord knows we miss him so.
05:52My baby said she's coming.
05:55Oh, man, I hope that she don't.
05:57Yeah, hello, WLEL.
06:00Is this Keaton?
06:01Yes, it is.
06:02Yes, it is.
06:03Alex Keaton, the only DJ with a sound fiscal policy.
06:07Do you have a request?
06:09Yes, I have a request.
06:11I'm Eddie Dupree, and my request is before you go around burying people, I wish you'd
06:16get their permission first.
06:20Wait a minute, wait a minute, you really, you're really Eddie Dupree?
06:22No!
06:23That's right.
06:25You're still alive?
06:27Close as I come to death is sitting here listening to you on the radio.
06:32Oh, no.
06:34Oh, man.
06:36Yeah, that's a, that's a tough spot to be in.
06:40For, like, for the, for the artist to actually call him and call him out in real time.
06:47That's super funny.
06:48Have you ever made, like, a comment about somebody you didn't think was listening, or maybe, like,
06:55a fellow musician or jock, and suddenly you realized, oh, shoot, they might have heard that?
07:01No, I've, as far, man, I'm trying to think.
07:05No, I'm, I'm pretty confident that I've, I've never announced somebody to be dead that
07:11was very much living.
07:12Buy my album.
07:14Please.
07:15I can't keep, I can't tour forever.
07:18My body's breaking down.
07:19I have diarrhea every other week.
07:23Oh, I don't, I wouldn't go that far.
07:25And, I have hairpiece.
07:27I'm joking.
07:28Oh, I, you know what?
07:29We're just here to have a good time, not a long time.
07:31I'm sure I've said some misinformation before, because, you know, honestly, we're in the
07:36information age, and, and there's so much of it so often.
07:39Who knows how much of it is, you know, fact-checked and, and, you know, made sure to be true.
07:48And that's why you got to be really careful about what you say, or you need to be able
07:51to give your source, you know?
07:53So, you've never fallen for some internet rumor, an online hoax, you know, say they said
08:00that Dua Lipa got arrested for a check forgery.
08:04You've never fallen for anything like that?
08:06Oh, no.
08:06I have certainly, certainly not said that before.
08:10Thank goodness.
08:11I could only imagine some of the stuff that I've said about different artists, and, you
08:16know, talked about alleged things, or, you know, just, you're, you're trying to fill
08:21time, you're trying to be funny, informational, and, and, and informative, and some of the stuff
08:26you say, you know, who knows how true it is.
08:30We're here at Mission Ballroom just moments before you're going to take the stage.
08:35Yeah, oh, yeah.
08:36Well, I've got an hour out of two hours.
08:38For the sake of this.
08:38All right, yeah, sorry.
08:40I was like, I need to get ready.
08:42Our next show is The Facts of Life.
08:45And as you can see in this scene, everything is going super wrong for her.
08:50And in five minutes, Victor King's up next with the Midnight to Six right here on WLG-FM.
08:59Setting the appointment, you've got to love that.
09:04Hey, Victor, hurry up.
09:06You're on in a minute.
09:06What's this guy's deal?
09:10You're drunk?
09:12Oh, no.
09:13You're so unlike me.
09:15But you don't drink.
09:17That's what I told them.
09:19But they said it was part of my fraternity initiation.
09:21Yep.
09:24And that was Mad Dog with Can't Wait One More Time.
09:28And hey, since it's such a great song, let's listen to it again.
09:31Oh, gosh.
09:32She's scrambling right now.
09:33Not sure what to do.
09:36Who has all the records?
09:38Have any of the older employees you've worked with told you any of these horror stories of working with records?
09:44No.
09:44Really, I haven't, man.
09:45You know, because I haven't heard any horror stories of jocks with records.
09:52Yeah, the only person that I would know that would give me that kind of thing would be Rob Steele, my mentor.
09:59And he's the guy that's actually responsible for me getting into the broadcasting industry because he told me, I don't even think when he got into radio, they were using records.
10:10I think they may have just switched to CDs.
10:14But gosh, I'm sure those could skip, right?
10:17But yeah, all my experience with radio has been all digital.
10:23There's been instances where the wrong file has played, you know, and it may have had a word in there that it wasn't supposed to have in there.
10:32How that got into the system, I don't know.
10:35But yeah, you just got to hope nobody hears it and nobody reports you.
10:39WLG, one minute, please.
10:42WLG, one minute, please.
10:43Good morning, WLG.
10:46It's a special tribute to Mad Dog.
10:48You want to make something?
10:50Oh, skip it.
10:51Oh, thanks.
10:52Hold on.
10:57No, no.
10:58And now, as a special treat to all you Mad Dog rubbers, WLG is proud to bring you the other side.
11:07Oh, here we go.
11:08Run over.
11:08Quick, quick, quick, quick.
11:10What is the craziest, maybe worst night filled with disaster you've ever had at the radio station?
11:17Gosh, you know, fortunately, there's never been one particular show that just was unsalvageable.
11:25I've certainly had my fair share of breaks where I would just stutter.
11:31I've grown up with a stutter my whole life.
11:33It's something that I still battle with now.
11:35Somehow still became a professional radio host.
11:38I don't know how I pulled that off.
11:40But I've definitely, you know, mispronounced things.
11:43Or, you know, in a sense, if you're talking up a song and you're live and you're on your board
11:51and you're trying to hit play for your next track, sometimes that button would stick, right?
11:57And it wouldn't actually fire off the next song.
12:01So what would you think to do?
12:02Hit it again.
12:03Except then it skips two things and it starts playing multiple songs or elements and sweepers all at the same time.
12:10And you just have a freaking panic attack in that moment.
12:15But you eventually get your composure.
12:18And, you know, the average listener, they're not going to remember that nearly as long as you will.
12:24So you just got to keep moving.
12:25So one time I remember I came to pick you up from the radio station at night because we were going to hit the gym afterwards.
12:32And one of your responsibilities was that even after you're off the air, you still want to check to see how the signal sounds while you're out in public.
12:42And then all of a sudden the radio station started merging.
12:46What happened?
12:48Basically what happened, and I've had this happen to me in Denver as well, where imaging or, you know, pre-cut programming,
12:59or in this case it was programming that was fed in from out of town.
13:06It was live, but it was patched in from out of town.
13:08And somehow the signals got crossed and that piped in show that was supposed to be on WHOM started playing on WJBQ.
13:19And I'm like in a full-on panic attack because I have the night show and my show just ended.
13:27And then this started happening and it was, you got to try to get in touch with your PD or your SVP or your engineer.
13:34And you're just like, you know, you're the last line of defense.
13:38If you were the last person in there, it's basically on you.
13:42So you got to really try to like figure that out.
13:47Yeah, that was, dude, I totally forgot about that.
13:50That was like, that was scary stuff.
13:53It's like if there's ever a pause in a song and it's a little bit too long, you're like, are we off the air?
13:58Are we off the air?
13:59Are we off?
14:00Oh, okay.
14:01We're good.
14:02We're good.
14:03On the flip side, what's the best night you've ever had of radio?
14:06You know when everything's gone right when you leave your shift and you're just jacked up.
14:11And you're like, you know what?
14:12I crushed that today.
14:14My contest went great.
14:16My collars were good.
14:17How did two raccoons get into your house?
14:19I think through a vent up in the attic.
14:22And did they tear it up or what?
14:23Oh, yeah.
14:24It looked like the gremlins were here.
14:25My on-air topics went well.
14:28I captured some great social media content.
14:31I pumped out a great blog.
14:33So you want to be a radio DJ, huh?
14:35All right, cool.
14:35Time for you to step up to the mic and tell LuckyCrawler9 they just scored tickets to see Dua Lipa.
14:40I'll have a script and a timer waiting for you in three seconds.
14:42You ready?
14:43Just working in an industry like radio where on top of being a jock, you're also a full-time content creator.
14:51So when you can leave your shift knowing that you gave everything your best and it went well, it's a win.
14:58It's an absolute win.
14:59And those are some of the best feelings.
15:01And chasing that feeling is why, you know, I still want to do radio.
15:15That's why I want to talk into a mic in some capacity the rest of my life.
15:19Commencement highlights?
15:21The word derives from the French word commencitar, which means to commence.
15:25This is just a train wreck right now.
15:27It was that or polka on down the road.
15:30I don't know.
15:31I would have went with the polka.
15:36It's cultural programming.
15:38Yeah, it is now.
15:40Oh, Tootie, you brought records.
15:42As soon as I got your message, I rushed right over.
15:45The police, Springsteen, Billy Idol.
15:48This is great.
15:49Oh, yeah.
15:49She's in business now.
15:50Well, wait a minute.
15:51All the AM stations play the hits.
15:53It's so commercial.
15:54This is college radio.
15:55Do the unexpected.
15:56Yeah.
15:57Like this?
15:58We could call it a beginning.
16:00We could call it starting out, but we don't.
16:06Play the hits.
16:07Yeah.
16:08Let's let's.
16:08Yeah.
16:09Tootie, my hat's off to you, Tootie, because when all else fails, play the hits.
16:15That's that's the thing.
16:16That's what the people are there for.
16:17And that can be a tough thing for some jocks to want to hear.
16:20They think, oh, well, they're, you know, they're there for me and my personality and what I have
16:25to say.
16:25And it's like, yes.
16:27But that's a super small part of the pie.
16:29Right.
16:30And you got to eat a little humble pie to understand that.
16:33We spend a lot of time carefully choosing the songs we play.
16:36That's why you hear only the music you like best.
16:44They're there to hear their favorite songs from their favorite artists.
16:48Right.
16:48They're there to hear what's happening in their town, within their community that affects
16:53their lives.
16:54And if you can kind of make them laugh along the way, then you're doing your job and you're
16:59a pro.
17:00Our next clip comes from the 70s going into the 80s TV show, Happy Days.
17:06Richie Cunningham has now taken on the position of disc jockey, which he just kind of accidentally
17:12stumbled into.
17:13I'm here.
17:14I'll go into the booth.
17:14I'll point my finger at you.
17:16You flick the mic.
17:17Read the intro to the next record.
17:18There's nothing to it.
17:19Me?
17:19I don't think you should do this.
17:20Just like I was.
17:21Are you kidding?
17:21Microphones.
17:22Give me the shingles.
17:23Yeah.
17:24Put on the cans, dude.
17:32Richie, I think is his name.
17:34He doesn't understand what a luxury it is for him to have a producer.
17:37Jay Cunningham.
17:38I've been my own producer for 10 years.
17:40It's tough.
17:44To Lori Beth from Tom and Eddie.
17:48Splish splash.
17:49I was taking a bath.
17:52Splish splash.
17:53You did great, kid.
17:57You did great.
17:59Yikes.
18:00So he is incredibly nervous.
18:02Is this what your first time on the air was like?
18:05Oh, dude.
18:06Yeah.
18:06I remember my first ever broadcast.
18:08I always had this stupid saying whenever Rob would bring me in because I didn't know
18:13anything.
18:14I didn't know what to do at all.
18:15I'd always say he'd always be like, hey, you know, it's Ross Steele.
18:18I'm here with J.R.
18:19And I go, yep, that's me.
18:20What's happening, Maine?
18:22Like I wasn't talking to one person.
18:23Like I was talking to the entire state at one time.
18:27It took me a really long time.
18:29Not until like maybe four years or so into my broadcasting career until I actually found
18:35my voice.
18:35Is this true when I heard that you actually sat on the song for a year?
18:39We sat on it for a year, worked on the production.
18:42It didn't take too long to like finish the song.
18:45But I remember those early broadcasts.
18:47Those were those were terrifying.
18:49Even with a seasoned veteran coaching you through, giving you, you know, cues on when and where
18:56to get out, when to hit the door, we call it.
18:59Yeah.
18:59Those early shows were terrifying.
19:01So I can definitely relate with Richie.
19:04What WWE superstar's catchphrase is you can't see me?
19:10Cena again, baby.
19:11His name is John Cena.
19:13Yeah, buddy.
19:15You got it.
19:17Hey, you were in bed, Cunningham.
19:18But how long you had that stuttering problem?
19:20Oh, yeah.
19:21Well, I guess I was a little nervous.
19:22Yeah, I bet.
19:23You know, I don't think kids identify with an adult ranting and raving.
19:27But with you, it's different.
19:28You're one of them, even with the stuttering.
19:31Yeah.
19:31It was kind of fun.
19:32So they just called out Richie on his stuttering.
19:36Has stuttering ever been a problem for you?
19:38Yeah.
19:38I mean, I can definitely relate with Richie's stutter.
19:41That's something that I've battled my whole life.
19:43Before I got into radio, I was writing and recording rhymes.
19:47And there was something about the cadence and the timing of the beat, right, that would
19:52just eliminate my stutter and keep me in rhythm and in time.
19:56And then later, that would be talking up the ramps and the intros of the songs that would
20:02have the same effect where my stutter would more, you know, more than likely disappear.
20:07It was having to talk more long form without a beat bed, without a ramp.
20:14That was the most terrifying.
20:17And that's when I was afraid that my stutter would come out.
20:20I think I'm on to something here.
20:23A teenage DJ.
20:24I might have found my new night host.
20:25Yeah.
20:26You'll fill in for Charlie for a while.
20:28You'll still get your 25 bucks a week.
20:29But starting tomorrow, you won't have to sweep up anymore.
20:32Oh.
20:32That's great.
20:34And that's just the harsh reality of radio.
20:37You start for pennies.
20:38One step at a time.
20:39If pennies at all.
20:40I started for free.
20:42$25 a week?
20:44How would you feel if you made $25 a week?
20:48That really hit way too close to home for me.
20:52So my first gig, I started out as a mix show DJ, right?
20:56I would bring in my decks or pre-tape a 30-minute mix five days a week, right?
21:04I didn't get paid a single penny.
21:06But at the time, I didn't care because my name was on the air.
21:09And that was the coolest feeling in the world because I always wanted to be a part of something
21:13bigger than me, right?
21:14I always wanted to feel like I could achieve something great.
21:19And hearing my name on the radio and being able to perform on the radio as a DJ, it gave
21:23me that fix.
21:24It went from working for free to working for expired coupons and gift cards that you would
21:32bring to the store and either the store was gone, one, or they had already expired, so
21:37you couldn't use them.
21:38And then it turned into just an abysmal salary.
21:42And I've been able to really over the last 10 years pay my dues and really earn a livable
21:50wage, something that I'm really proud of, something that I never thought I would accomplish.
21:56But those early days when you start, you're working for peanuts, boy.
22:04Hi out there, folks.
22:06This is W.O.W., the WOW radio station.
22:09Yep.
22:09And I'm...
22:10I'm Richie the C.
22:13What?
22:14We're going to start off today's music with a record.
22:17A record, huh?
22:18And it's going to be Little Darling.
22:21And it's to Kathy from the first string of the Hamilton High Hoopsters.
22:28Come in here a minute, will you, Richie?
22:30Put the headphones on, Rich.
22:31What are you doing, man?
22:35I understood every word.
22:37I hope you didn't mind that Richie the C.
22:39It sounds a little more rock and roll-ish.
22:40No.
22:41It's catchy.
22:42You know what I mean?
22:42You should go by Richie Rich.
22:44It's probably easy enough for your fans to spell.
22:46Well, yeah.
22:47You know something?
22:49I like your style.
22:50Or Richie Unrich.
22:51You know I had a style.
22:52That's what I like about it.
22:54Yeah.
22:54How would you like to be my top disc jockey permanently?
22:57Wow.
22:57Can we have my own radio show every day?
22:59Well, let's give it a spin and see if it comes up money.
23:03Oh, well, thank you, Mr. Bander.
23:05Besides, at $25 a week, you're a steal.
23:08Oh, man.
23:09For a chance like this, I'd do it for nothing.
23:11I gave that some thought.
23:12Richie the C.
23:14What are your thoughts on that handle?
23:16It's stupid.
23:17Richie the C is not a good name.
23:18He should have been Richie Rich, maybe Richie Unrich, or just Richie, I think.
23:24Especially him being that young and being able to directly relate with the demographic of their station, which I'm guessing for the era of the show is probably top 40.
23:37So we're talking girls 1834 and teens, you know.
23:42He should have just went by himself.
23:44Should have just went by Richie.
23:46Or even his full name, Richie Cunningham.
23:48That's, I mean, that sounds legit to me.
23:51Oh, look at him now.
23:55Who does he think he is?
23:56Sweetie with their disc click.
23:57See you later.
23:59Why?
23:59Oh, man.
24:00He's losing his charm.
24:02He was being himself, and now he's being what he thinks he's supposed to be.
24:06He's got it backwards here.
24:07This busy dicks is a Richie the C.
24:12Pick platter.
24:14It's dog birds.
24:16Yeah, yeah.
24:16Oh, gosh.
24:24This is just not going well.
24:29Cute, kid, cute.
24:31Do me a favor, will you?
24:32Scream a little quieter.
24:34I know.
24:34He's shouting.
24:35He's just shouting the whole time.
24:36Oh, that's what that is.
24:38Yeah.
24:38Which is, I mean, you know, when you break in, you think you're supposed to be this way up here.
24:44Remote?
24:45Yeah, that's a broadcast from a location.
24:48A remote, yep.
24:49A competition did one from the Bonsoir lounge, and they clobbered us in the Hooper ratings.
24:53So now Richie is really full of himself.
24:55He's got himself a pink suit.
24:57You think this is all just a bit much?
25:00No, he was not making enough money to buy that suit.
25:03He's probably still paying off that suit.
25:06And the other part, his name to Richie the C, I didn't like it.
25:10I didn't like it because it wasn't authentic.
25:12But again, when you're brand new in the industry, that's the hardest thing, right?
25:17You're being what you think you're supposed to be.
25:18And that's going to be a reoccurring theme in this series.
25:21Rather than just being who you authentically are, maybe with the volume turned up a little bit.
25:26Or I'm going to take my horse to the old town road.
25:30I'm going to ride till I can't no more.
25:34I got the horses in the back.
25:35The radio station is going to send Richie on a remote.
25:39Oh, look at this, huh?
25:40You're all shy.
25:41Well, well, well, look who's here.
25:45Fonzie.
25:46Fonzie, who would you like to dedicate the first record to?
25:53What was that about?
25:55Well, how about you?
25:57Not even a hey?
26:03What's their deal?
26:04Why are they so against him?
26:05Richie Cunningham let that fame go to his head and became kind of a dick.
26:10Yeah, they're like, this isn't our friend.
26:18This isn't the guy we know.
26:19You've turned into some maniac.
26:22Boy, is he bombing out?
26:25Oh, that's not true, Johnny.
26:26I've done remotes at gas stations, bowling alleys, just sports games.
26:33What's the worst or best experience you've ever had with one of these?
26:37Man, a dead crowd like that doing a remote.
26:42I mean, I've done some pretty lousy remotes in my career.
26:46Like, you know, most recently going to a random brand new gas stop.
26:51And, you know, they're open now and they got all the best drinks and they got all the best of this.
26:56And, like, nobody shows up, you know?
26:59So then it's up to you as a professional to make it seem as if there's a lot more happening than there actually is.
27:08You know?
27:08And I think that's where Richie the C kind of went wrong.
27:12Wow, we're really humming along now.
27:15It's time for another record dedication.
27:17He's bombing, dude.
27:18This isn't going well.
27:19Anybody at all?
27:20You just shot one out.
27:24Yeah, you lost him, dude.
27:26You lost him.
27:27Help him.
27:27Okay, okay.
27:29Uh, look, I have a request.
27:31Oh, hi, sir.
27:32It's nice to see that the older generation is represented here tonight.
27:35What do you mean the older generation?
27:37When you get the microphone in front of you, at first, it can be a little bit intimidating.
27:48Oh, no relation, no relation.
27:50Would you like to make a record dedication?
27:52Sure.
27:52I'd like to dedicate the next record to someone I really admire and have always looked up to.
27:57Oh, and who's that little girl?
27:59Charlie the Prince who used to have this show.
28:02Oh, no.
28:03I just thought he's our buddy, you know?
28:06He's your buddy too, Fonz.
28:07Yeah, he's my buddy.
28:08So what difference does that make?
28:10Come on, Fonz.
28:12You guys got to kind of, like, support him.
28:14I know he's got this weird attitude now, but he's doing his best.
28:18He's being what he thinks he's supposed to be.
28:21You got to steer him the right way, not give him the cold shoulder here, Fonz.
28:25Come on, Arnold's driving.
28:26Hey!
28:33Oh!
28:34Dance.
28:35Dance.
28:35All right, well, hey, it's happening now.
28:39In the end, I guess it worked out for old Richie C here.
28:42I've DJed so many, like, proms and winter carnivals and homecomings and colleges and stuff.
28:48One of the things I've always wished to do is broadcast live from the dance.
28:53I've broadcasted live from nightclubs and stuff that I've DJed at, but never, like, at a school like that.
28:58Richie Cunningham signing off and leaving the scene with his record machine.
29:03He found himself in the end.
29:05It was a success.
29:07That was a journey.
29:08That was a journey from Richie being his just, you know, nerdy self, just, you know, teenager.
29:15And then all of a sudden, he just turns into this, like, shtick man.
29:20He's all over the place.
29:22He gets a big head.
29:23He gets humbled.
29:25And then he realizes, oh, I was just supposed to be myself.
29:28There's a valuable lesson in this clip.
29:30Be yourself.
29:32Be yourself when you're on the air.
29:34Be yourself.
29:36Want me to stinger?
29:37Make sure to like, follow, and subscribe, all three, if you're feeling up to it.
29:42Again, my name is JR.
29:43Thank you so much for watching.
29:44And remember, it's cool to be you.
29:46Peace.
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