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- Q: Who is the Greaseman?
-
- A: The Greaseman is a radio personality on the Infinity Broadcasting
- network. He broadcasts from his studio in Rockville, MD
- to Washington DC. He is known for his bits and song parodies.
- He also has his own vocabulary which he uses to avoid trouble with
- the FCC. Before, he broadcast out of DC on DC/101 where he competed
- and beat Howard Stern on a consistant basis.
-
-
- Q: Who else is part of the Greaseman show?
-
- A: His producers are Bill Scanlan, and Jim McLure.
-
-
- Q: What is the Greaseman's real name?
-
- A: Doug Tracht. He prefers to keep his radio life and his personal life
- separate. He goes by the Greaseman, Jonny Bulky, Jonny Avocado,
- Jonny Doodads, the Doodad Daddy of the Airwaves, and his
- favorite, Bingo!
-
-
- Q: Why does Howard Stern hate the Greaseman so much?
-
- A: Howard worked for DC/101 until he resigned. When the Greaseman was
- hired to take Howie's place he not only held on to Howie's audience
- but increased it. Then when Howard syndicated in DC he competed
- with the Grease until the Grease moved to Infinity where they now
- are co-workers for the Broadcasting Giant. As Grease put it one
- time, they are "Boss Jock Buddies". You can probably find more
- information about this in Howard Stern's book "Private Parts".
-
-
- Q: Which one was the Grease in the Village People?
-
- A: He WAS NOT REALLY in the Village People. But in the bit, he was the
- construction worker.
-
-
- Q: How can I get in touch with him?
-
- A: Call him between 0600 and 1000 EST at 202-432-ROCK
- He can also be reached by email at GreaseShow@AOL.com. I am pretty
- sure that his producers screen them.
-
-
- Q: What bits does the Greaseman do?
-
- A: Fudgeman- Fudgeman and his chicken assistant throbin
- save the world from deviant behavior
- Back in time with an uzi-
- the Grease uses the equipment in the radio
- studio to return to key moments in history
- with his uzi
- Carlos the International Terrorist-
- Episodes of running into the famed and heavily
- armed terrorist, Carlos
- Medical Man- Stories about when Nino was the pompous
- Dr. Greasemaneli
- Bet the Bomb Bays-
- Try to stump the Grease, but if you don't, you best
- drop them pants....
- Sgt. Fury- the Grease relives his time in Viet
- Deliverance 101-
- a class in which the Grease analyzes the movie
- Deliverance.
- Clinton- a look at how life would be if the Grease and
- Clint Eastwood got a knock on the head and decided
- to live alternative lifestyles
- Law Man- the Grease tells about life as a law man
- Big Dick Brannigan-
- the Grease tells about his flashback to his past
- life as a private dick
- Emperor Tocasfacius-
- the Grease tells about his flashback to his past
- life as a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire
- Irving Greasemanawitz-
- the Grease tells about his flashback to his past
- life as the first Yiddish Lawman
- West Virginia- Greaseman shows his respect for the people of WVA
- My Daddy- Description of how Oscar Greasemaneli gets into trouble
- Ugly Women- Recounts of how The Grease and his daddy picked up
- and enjoyed ingus with ugly women
- Good Ship Grease-
- stories about how the Grease spends his lesiure time
- in his boat.
- South of the border-
- stories about how the Grease spent time in Mexico
- Toe Monster- The dreaded Toe Monster is exposed for trying to
- eat the Greaseman's toes
- Blastapiece Theatre-
- stories told by Sly Stalone
- Sylvester Stalone sings the classics-
- Sylvester Stalone sings the classics.
- Rag Nad- stories about Grease's half space alien love child
- Six Minute Workout-
- A unique workout for men
- Baby talk- Conversations with the unborn
- The Greaseman Quiz (formerly the morning quiz)-
- Watch out Alex Trebek, here comes the Greaseman
- Hobo-doo-ga-ga Handbook-
- Methods to which recieve ingus.
- Damien- The Grease has occasion to run into the "dark master"
- while he is trying to perform his duties.
-
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-
- Q: What other gigs did Grease do on the radio?
-
- A: Like any other up-and-coming DJ, Grease worked at other stations in
- other markets to develop his unique style. They include:
-
- Washington DC (WRC-AM 980) 1974 - 1976
- Jacksonville, Florida (WAPE) 1976 - 1981
- Washington DC (WWDC-FM 101.1) 1981-1993
-
- This is an incomplete list, I have emails from many people who
- have had Grease sitings at other stations over the years, and I
- just need to sort throught them and list them.
-
-
- Q: Did he always leave on good terms?
-
- A: In almost all cases, yes. The one notable exception was WRC, when
- management decided his morning personality wasn't quite right,
- and gave him a choice between dropping the "Greaseman" character
- and leaving. Grease chose the latter. If you ask about it
- today, he will joke about the time he was collecting unemployment
- insurance in DC and would "stay up to watch the moon rise and
- CURSE THE NIGHT!" although I'm sure at the time it was somewhat
- unsettling.
-
- Although he left Florida voluntarily to take the better offer at
- DC-101, he did offend some bible-belt types during his stay.
- The Florida gig was important to developing the Grease as a
- "god-fearing, truck-driving redneck," though. The Florida
- station has since gone to religious music ("From Grease to
- Grace" was their motto for a while). Their loss.
-
-
- Q: Are there any good biographies or other comprehensive stories about
- the Greaseman?
-
- A: Grease is a very private person, and spent a number of years in DC
- before finally consenting to an in-depth story about him in the
- Washington Post Magazine Fall 1987. It's a good resource to
- summarize his past gigs and overall life story. Also the
- Washingtonian Magazine did an article on him in the January
- of 1993 in commemeration of his departure from DC.
-
-
- Q: What other things has the Greaseman been on?
-
- A: Grease also appeared on the Larry King Show (early to mid-80's) to talk
- about morning radio in general. The only down side was that he was
- teamed with a "Morning Zoo" DJ as a co-interviewee, a format that
-
- has become annoyingly ubiquitous on the radio landscape. Transcripts
- may be available (don't know how to get them, sorry). This is the
- old Mutual show that ran all night (Grease probably got up early
- to do it :-), and not the current CNN TV talk show.
-
- He has been on the G. Gordon Liddy in 1996 show, and on the Don and
- Mike show in 1996. He has appeared in a couple of Jack Denehy Movie
- of the weeks, "A Search for Justice", and "Champion of the Cheap
- Homoside". He plays a scumbag in both movies.
-
-
- Q: Are there any albums or compilations of Grease bits?
-
- A: There was a 4-part "Best of Grease" compilation, available on
- cassettes. These became unavailable shortly before he left DC-101.
- They are now prized collectors items and can only be obtained from
- private owners. Part of Grease's popularity on a national basis
- before he went into syndication (and hence part of the motivation
- for this newsgroup) was the creation and exchange of bootleg
- tapes among an extended network of fans. Some of his best work
- has never been republished (although you can occasionally talk
- him into doing them again on his current show).
-
- He also came out with "Soapin Up With the Grease" in which he video
- taped his bathtime. "Soapin" also does have a couple of Greaseman
- bits in which you can see him acting out the story he is telling.
-
- Q: Did Grease ever serve in the military?
-
- A: Like John Wayne, Grease has a deep and abiding respect for everyone
- who serves in uniform, but never served himself. During the Vietnam
- war, he was attending Ithaca College in New York, and his draft number
- never came up.
-
-
- Q: But Grease did serve as a policeman?
-
- A: Yes, he did. While working at his gig in Florida, he worked as
- a reserve police officer on the night shift. Morning staffers would
- be jolted out of their bleary-eyed state by the sight of Grease doing
- his show in full uniform with a 44 Magnum strapped to his belt.
-
- Q: Is Greaseman a bigot/homophobe?
-
- A: Certainly not. Like the program "In Living Color" or even
- rec.humor.funny, Grease parodies what's funny in everyone, and winds up
- defusing hatred as a result. Grease respects all of his fans, and
- wishes well even those who don't like him.
-
-
- Q: But there was that "Martin Luther King, Jr." incident in DC?
-
- A: Yes, sometimes there's a fine line between parody and cruelty, and
- Grease crossed the line only once during his otherwise unmarred
- broadcasting career spanning over 2 decades.
-
- Sometime in the late 80's, he was noting the passing of Martin Luther
- King Jr.'s birthday (which had then only recently become a national
- holiday). Grease said something about "killing 4 more and getting rest
- of the week off." Grease was suspended, and apologized for the incident
- on an "Editorial Rebuttal" on WRC-TV in DC.
-
- Haven't the rest of you made mistakes or are you all perfect?
-
-
- Q: What does AMF mean?
-
- A: He always claims it means "Adios my friends" though there has been
- speculation that it might mean something else.
-
-
- Q: What is the "Bit without an Ending?"
-
- A: When Grease was working in Florida, he would be prevented from
- getting a good day's sleep after his morning gig by thoughtless
- model-airplane enthusiasts who would buzz their models outside his
- window.
-
- Grease came up with a revenge skit with a model plane of his own that
- would shoot the others out of the sky. The plane became posessed by
- Damien and started chasing after him. Grease then got too deep into
- this bit without a way out (and tried to incorporate this into the
- bit). After fumbling with the sound-effects, and trying a foray South
- of the Border, and then calling in Big-Dick Brannigan, he finally gave
- up groping for a punch line. Grease can usually be counted on to do
- some of the most impressive ad-libbing and improvisation on the radio
- today, but at that time his talents failed him. The bit originally
- aired in the Fall of 1982 from WWDC FM Washington, DC/101.
-
- It's considered a classic, and is on Vol. 1 of the "Best of Grease"
- tapes. He owns the rights to all his bits, and may rerun it on his
- current show from time to time.
-
- Q: What stations carry the Greaseman?
-
- A: City Station Time
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- Washington DC 94.7 WARW 0600-1000
-
-
- Q: Where can I find Greaseman stuff on the internet?
-
- A: Steve Olsen <olsens@nbtw.com> set one up on
- <http://www.netcrusader.com/~olsens/grease>.
- The newsgroup alt.fan.greaseman is also a good place to find
- information on Greaseman.
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