August 1, 2008 @ 09:41
Dear Fred:
Miss you, Miss Humble, miss the two of you together and miss the glory days of CFNY.
I don't even bother with radio any more...
Anyway, not the point of why I'm writing: can you please confirm that I'm not losing my mind here?
Friends and I at work are watching coverage of the "earthquake" in L.A. (I'm not belittling the point that there was an earthquake, only the media's insane, ridiculous, coverage of it ... no injuries, no damage, and yet they felt compelled to call up some dude that works at a best western in downtown L.A. and ask for his thoughts on the "tragedy" -- whaaat?!), and the live-to-air interview with the best western worker made us all chuckle about knuckleheads who want their 15 minutes of fame.
And then suddenly, out of the blue, I remembered something you and Humble did on the air waaay back when (when was it, exactly? I don't remember!) -- you called some guy named Chris on the air, who worked at a 7/11 in L.A. I can't remember *why* you called him ... I think it had something to do with the Oscar nominations coming out? At any rate, he was so funny -- such a total L.A. stoner, happy-go-lucky valley dude -- and you guys were just hilarious with him, that it became a regular bit, and if I'm not remembering wrong, you even invited him and his wife to Toronto for an all-expenses paid holiday.
Am I dreaming all of that, or did it really happen? Because all my work colleagues -- all my age, all of whom listened to you and Humble back in the day -- have zero recollection of this. i did a search on yahoo! for "L.A. Chris" and then "Humble & Fred LA Chris" and ... nothing. so now i think I'm completely imagining it. but it *DID* happen ... right? RIGHT?
You don't happen to have any clips of that lying about, do you? (and you don't know whatever happened to him, do you?) at the very least, can you confirm that it happened and I'm not losing what's left of my now thirtysomething mind?
Cheers and much love!
Black Widow
Yes, Black Widow, it did happen, and thanks to my mother, here are the pictures to prove it.
Howard and I would often call 7-11's whenever there was something notable happening in the United States - just to see what the reaction would be.
The day we called the 7-11 in Los Angeles, we hit the jackpot. LA Chris was born and he became a fixture on the show culminating with his visit to show in 1996.
Here's the audio from one of our calls
Unfortunately we suddenly lost touch with Chris. He no longer worked at the 711, and there was no response at his home number.
It was a fun time that seemed to catch the imagination of everyone, including my mom and dad who made a special trip down from Stayner just to meet the guy.
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