Casey Kasem's Profane Radio Meltdown • The Definitive Edition!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2011
- Casey Kasem's Radio Meltdown behind the scenes on "American Top 40" has delighted RUclips viewers for years. Now you can finally enjoy this hilarious outtake with the production values & presentation it so richly deserves!
Occurred while recording the "AT40" countdown for September 14, 1985.
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That cracked me up. I got to meet him because he was also involved in The Great Peace march. Had the honor of talking to him in person an on the phone. A very caring, compassionate person. His death hurt. Bless you Casey... Still have many hours on tape.. ✌️
Someone with a temper like this? Millions of people thought he was sincere when he was broadcasting, but behind the scenes he acted like a total tool especially insulting the intelligence of people who want to make dedications, but you miss this guy? He didn't deserve to die, but now that we know how he really is I don't miss hearing him on the radio at all!
I met Yitzhak Pearlman through a temp assignment once.
Right, and this excerpt in particular shows how very sincere and compassionate he was.
@@trendmassacre8423 people have tempers and get mad and they are good people. Everybody has their moments. I don't know why this even needs explaining, but there you go.
@@Dellta88 right? I’m sure the people criticizing have never lost their tempers either and said/did worse. Please.
and now he's dead. In lieu of flowers the family asks that you make a concerted effort not to come out of a fucking uptempo record with a dedication to him.
You win the internet.
This is the best thing I have seen on the Internets.
Revbleech I laughed so hard at your comment I just cannot describe it in words - it was such a loud, hard, outburst my 15-year old son thought I going to have a stroke . . . lmao still as I am typing this . . . holy christ ... :D
SONAVABITCH that was a great comment!!
Today's winner of the YourTube Comment Of The Day!!
Hell, make it Comment of The Month.
You, sir, are a WordSmith.
Chris Nelvin Wow you even mentioning this is like if a bunch of people all showed up at the White House TODAY to protest the resignation of Nixon. You been living under a rock?
Snuggles never knew what his purpose in life was. But his passing was very meaningful. Many people have cried rivers of tears of joy because of this clip over the years. God bless you snuggles.
Snuggles wasn’t even house broken.
R.I.P. Snuggles
Who is/was Snuggles?
@@markhinton6953 a dog?
God bless you Snuggles 🙏🏻 ❤️ 🙌 🤣
It’s actually comforting to know that Casey was as eloquent off air as on so that even when he is fuming mad he will use phrases like “fucking ponderous.”
As someone who worked in television for 18 years, I truly appreciate Casey’s frustration. I dealt with some people who didn’t think at all about the flow of things they put together, and would do dumb ass things like this, putting happy music after a death or other things that just made no sense.
Have we all not, at one time or another, wanted to verbally bitchslap a co-worker for coming out of an up-tempo record into a god-damn death dedication about a f**king dog dying!?
"I gotta talk about a f-ing dog dying." Such warmth expressed towards Snuggles.
"I hope you'll join me this Saturday morning and every Saturday morning at two...TWO?"
Classic. 😆
It doesn't matter if you're digging ditches, putting out fires, performing heart surgery, or speaking from a studio.
If you care about your job, you're going to get pissed off once in a while.
"Fucking ponderous, man." I'm using that.
I was a DJ. I totally get his frustration. I grew up listening to Casey Kasem every weekend. He was a true legend.
Every now and then I find myself saying “this is ponderous man, fucking ponderous!”
“Join me every Saturday morning at two…two?!?!” 😆 😂
That's prime time!!
I think he missed his old 9 in the afternoon timeslot.
Lmaooooo 2!!!!!
Casey's meltdown always leaves me dying from laughter. 🤣
Shaggy, in his post-hippie phase, was considerably less chilled out.
Lmfao very underrated comment
@@NastyWoman1979 not really. He’s famous for voicing shaggy, it’s not a good comment when someone does this unoriginal shit lmao it’s so corny to go to some voice actor and or actor and just go “look it’s _____” insert most famous character they did
@@byHexted thanks but who TF cares. Way to much thought for a comment 5 months ago. 🥴
His dealer must have gotten arrested.
FDA discovered what Scooby snacks were laced with, and banned them. Shag's life was never the same.
I mean, he's not wrong. It's just bad placement to have an upbeat song right next to a dedication for someone deceased, animal or human.
-"This is fuckin' ponderous Scoob...Fuckin' ponderous...."
-"Raaah...Rucking Ronderous...Ree hee hee...."
Fun facts: The song the listener requested was "Shannon" by Henry Gross. It's a country-rock ballad about a dead Irish setter. The uptempo song that made Kasem snap was "Dare Me" by the Pointer Sisters.
Always wondered about the uptempo song. Here's the fadeout on that one.
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*Dare Me was lead in - Shannon did get played that night following him reading the dedication. Kasem was still totally right about being pissed tho.
Casey Kasem was my idol as a teenager and he was the reason I went into broadcasting. Not only did he entertain you...he educated you as well and very few radio DJs did that. Rest In Peace, CK. Your voice will carry on!
RIP. I'm sooo happy to hear proof that Casey Kasem was not a robot. Lol. God bless you for uploading this.
"I hope you'll join me every Saturday morning at two. TWO?!?!?!?!?!"
LMAO
On Saturday Night September 14,1985, Kasem was hosting a AT40 Death Dedication,when while Reading a Letter about the death of a Dog named Snuggles, he's given a '45 of The Pointer Sister's new single "Dare Me" and is forced and ordered to play it. The Record that the listener had ordered was the 1976 Ballad "Shannon" by Henry Gross(Which is about a DOG) but instead, Kasem is told to play Dare Me which doesn't match the context of the situation. Its an Up Tempo song, not a sad ballad.
Kasem is rightfully pissed off here.
Thank you. In 1985 Kasem had been doing the show for 15 years. I think he knew what he was talking about.
He has a right to be pissed =, but you're a little confused on the details. "Shannon" did get played AFTER he read the dedication, but Kasem was pissed that "Dare Me" song preceded the dedication, setting an inappropriate lead-in/tone for the dedication.
But what about the pictures he was suppose to see!!??
@@joeybradio Those were pictures of the musical acts he requested from producer Don Bustany, so that he could see who he was talking about and figure out their likely audience.
Exactly! I would be pissed if I were in this situation Casey Kasem was in as well.
I love how even in the midst of a profane meltdown he says “Good golly Miss Molly!”
I know right! He should've added gosh darn it to it as well...lol
He was into the Oldies. Prolly was a fan of Little Richard.
Laughing aside, he does have a point. Imagine having to make a dedication to someone dying and the record is "Don't Worry Be Happy." I'd be who is doing the programming?
I worked in radio doing production for 12 years. It gets far more frustrating than this. RIP Casey.
Stop making excuses for his inexcusable behavior here.
John Nastrom inexcusable??’s Bunch of people not doing their jobs would piss me off too..He’s the boss and it’s his name on the the line!
Maybe some writers need to get fired. You have no idea how many times Kasem brought this idea of the ebb and flow of the show, up. When people aren't getting the point, you have to change the message somehow. One way to bring emphasis is volume, the other expletives. There are more professional ways, perhaps he tried them and the response was indeed "ponderous".
@@johnnastrom9400 shut up old man
FUK it! We’ll do it LIVE¡¡¡!!!
I expected this to be a lot worse. He actually has a point though. You don't want to follow up "Mr. Blue Sky" by announcing the death of a loved one or pet. It doesn't work the other way around either.
It almost seems like a mockery to announce a death and then go into an upbeat number, unless it was specifically requested.
Um, it was out of "Dare Me" by the Pointer Sisters (uptempo). The dedication song was "Shannon" by Henry Gross.
This shows up in my RUclips feed in 2023 and I initially thought it was one of those AI videos. Then I saw the year of this video.
RIP Snuggles.
I say PONDEROUS! to this day after hearing this the first time.
Dear Casey.....
When my fuckin' dog dies, I don't want it preceded by a goddamn uptempo record.
Fucking ponderous! Please do not play "In Cars" by Gary Numan before you dedicate the song to my dog who was run over!
"I'd have gotten away with it too, if not for you meddling kids and that fuckin' dog."
If that's the worst that someone can come up with after such a long career, he did really well. I would have an hour long expletive laden track every year or two just for funzies!!
I loved listening to this man growing up. Him giving out about the poor positioning of the songs is brilliant. R.I.P. good sir we salute you.
The radio station you grew up with, music radio 138 O FUCK
Best radio call sign EVER
Catchy!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪
That dude was the soundtrack to my weekend bathroom cleaning chores for about four or five years in the mid-'70s. It was a tiny bathroom, but I could drag it out for the full countdown.
Thank you RUclips Algorithm for this gem of the internet! ❤
How this ended up in my yt feed is odd, I used to listen to him every week though.
“Music Radio 138- oh fuck”
Perfect name for a radio station, Casey!
World's Biggest Unsolved Mysteries
1. Why do so many people hate Nickelback?
2. What the hell is on Jody's head?
3. What happened to the pictures Casey was supposed to see this week?
You got me Nickelback? Alright they'll have to do.
It’s nice to see their human side. I was such a fan of his. He was a great disc jockey. Unforgettable voice. Every single weekend. He was a part of my life growing up and on in to my teens in early 20s. And he’s right, dammit! That must’ve been really difficult for him to transition from an up-tempo song to something sad.
I completely understand Casey's frustration here. Having people around you, who lack simple common sense, can be maddening.
Sean Ornery I hope Casey and Jessica Savitch are whooping it up upstairs!
You don't understand anything. I'm a dj. He's not mixing records in a disco where you have to keep the tempo going!!
in other words, libbos
Ponderous also it appeared. ...
I love seeing The Human Side of him. He was so good at what he did. This honestly just makes me love him more.
Of all the hilarious rants, I use “Good golly Miss Molly” the most, with Casey’s awesome affect.
I listened to him that Saturday morning and every Saturday morning at two! Also bought Billboard every week once I realized AT-40 used the Hot 100 so I knew when to record the talked-over hits.
Shaggy was triggered when asked to talk about dead dogs.
I worked as a news director and talk show host on WMVO-AM and newscasts on WQIO-FM for seven years. There is something about the red light that brings out the most profane side of a broadcaster. I remember cutting morning newscasts and getting tongue tied, dropping F bomb after F bomb.
Even the most Christian broadcasters I worked with could spew profanity like a sailor when trying to get the perfect take. The struggle is real.
I totally get it. Imagine being Scooby Doo’s best friend and then having to read about a dog dying. It would be quite traumatic. 😂
SCOOBY DOO WHERE THE F🤬🤬K ARE YOU??
They played AT40 from 9/14/85 on iHeart today. I never knew what the "uptempo" song was until now. Turns out it was Dare Me by the Pointer Sisters. The dog dedication was Shannon by Henry Gross. And now you know!
I'm listening to KIX 102.9 right now...and the show is from Nov. 17, 1979. I bet Casey would be pissed at this station because now and then the station only plays parts of the show...like today, it started at # 32.
I have tuned in a time or two to catch 45 minutes of commercials interrupted once in a while by, "And, on with the countdown"...
Yeah that episode got played on thd iHeart radio this week. He was doing the dedication as i had tuned back in. I had to do a dpuvle take.
Very fucking ponderous.
I have literally never heard someone use that word haha
I wonder if the guy that made the dedication to his dog snuggles ever heard the outtates.
RIP Casey Kasem. Your voice and long distance dedications will be missed.
Randy Sager Are you seriously stupid? It's C.K. in the raw.
70s on 7, Sirius XM radio Saturdays. This week in...😎
The 70s broadcasts were the best.Learning and relearning musical history 😎
Oh I agree, If my dog died I don’t want to hear “Who Let The Dogs Out” playing in the background during a dedication letter.
I hope the person with the dead dog hears this, and comments.
I love to watch this video every Saturday morning at two...
TWO?!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I hope you'll join us this Saturday morning and every Saturday morning at 2.... 2!"
That was great how he was pissed off because some local affiliate gave him a graveyard time slot.
Eric thats classic
Casey's contract with ABC/Watermark had a "no mistakes leave the production room ever" and all "warts and errors" must be edited (magnetic tape back then) and destroyed clause. This 'tirade' was released to the public back in the late 80's right when Casey's contract was in heavy negotiations. This release proved detrimental to his image at the time. Once it made it out of the production studio, this was shared from radio station to radio station via the telephone and it spread like wildfire. As hilarious as it is, it's just a man reading liners that his writers/producers didn't follow through on and we hear him having the same meltdown that many radio announcers and voice-over announcers do regularly.. except this made it out of the production room.
Absolutely correct. I, and many other radio personalities I worked with, ALL had meltdowns reading liners, commercial copy or news copy. You should have heard some of the obscenity that flew from our mouths. Even Christian broadcaster colleagues of mine would go on incessant, F-bomb laden tirades in the production studio. I don't know what it is about production that brought out the worst in us.
freepressright i think tedium gets to everyone.
I first heard this on Howard Stern's WXRK show in 1985.
I hope "it's fuckin' ponderous, man" are my last words
His voice brings me back to my summer childhood - Skateboards - bikes, dirtbikes - an old radio in the back shed sneaking a few of my dads beers.
Say what you will, the man has a point! It's hard to talk about someone's dead grandma when "Surfin' USA" is your fucking lead-in!
Sam Kinison had a great bit about the Beach Boys..."Let's sing it again...(haggard voice)"Everybody go Surfin'...IN MY ROOM...; Brian snapped... Dennis drowned...(gargling water) Everybody go Surfin'... 🤣 Crowd groans and boos. Sam laughs.
it's fucking ponderous, man
I was fortunate enough to meet Casey and one of his daughters (Kerri I think) at the Billboard Radio Convention in the late 90s. In the most polite/professional way I could think of I mentioned the outtakes recording that included the dead dog dedication. He smiled and replied “It wasn’t one of my better days.” It’s a damn shame how his final days went down and it is crazy to me that his wife had Casey buried in a cemetery in Norway to make it difficult for his children to visit his grave site. R.I.P. Casey Kasem.
Just heard this dedication on iHeart Radio's classic AT40 station! The up tempo song he comes out of is "Dare Me" by Pointer Sisters. September 14, 1985
Thanks for that, just makes it even more hilarious.🤣
That's hilarious haha, he really didn't like that 'goddamn uptempo number' before the dog death dedication haha, someone totally need to make a remix / mashup of Dare Me and Casey's swearing lol.
I'm using the "Fuckin' ponderous" line at work tomorrow.
RIP Snuggles
John Doe John Doe 😂😂It's f****n' ponderous man, ponderous, f****n' ponderous😂😂😂...
dog’s been dead longer than i’ve been alive. rip in peace
To be fair, I can understand his frustration about talking about a tragedy before or after an upbeat/happy song. As much as I can see the humor in it, hearing about something like a plane crash and playing song like Everybody Have Fun Tonight is probably not the best choice.
Well Tom, here's your long distance F**KING dedication!!
I heard Live with Kelly and Ryan talking about this with Rob Lowe this morning and had to come listen again.
Every Sunday morning I listened to the Countdown. I must have folded 20,000 newspapers listening to Casey Kasem. He really took my mind off the job at hand and taught me how to escape into the music. Great to see the chaos behind the perfection, because many Sunday mornings I felt just as made as he did on this show, lol.
I mean he makes a valid point. a sad dedication shouldn't come after an up-tempo song, that's stupid.
Ponderous, fuckin ponderous
The upbeat tempo tirade was recorded sometime in 1985.
I wonder what song they wanted to dedicate. Or even what “up tempo” song they were coming off of?
He is 100% correct and is right to be upset.
exactly what i was going to say!!
Spot on. If you listen to his tone as he starts reading it, it's super bright - it's clear that he had not been given an opportunity to read ahead...he wasn't an AI voice bot, every back announce was tailored to suit the mood of the text and the music.
@@saxongreen78 I have done professional speaking for years. I hate blind copy.
As someone who works with people who can't read the room if they were hooked on phonics, I completely understand Casey's frustration at the end of the clip.
Greatest radio voice in the history of radio. Major staple of rock and roll radio stations in the 70s & 80s.
Fuckin' ponderous...
Bro has a point. That’s a rough transition to make
Newscasters have to do it multiple times a day, and it's live, and it's TV and not radio. It can be done.
How Shaggy would really talk if he saw a ghost 😂
I'm sort of with him on the dog dying. You can't play Pharrell William's Happy and then go into cancer boy.
"go into cancer boy"
Smh
The first time I heard Casey Kasem ranting and raving, and using toilet language, I was snickering and giggling. Still funny every time I hear it.
Somebody needs a Scooby snack!
Ponderous, man
I'm adding "fucking ponderous" to my vocabulary. #legend
Apparently I'm not the only one who had the fucking ponderous idea of looking up this clip after years of not hearing it.
@@bretthomas9425naw, I had to look it up too.
I love the contrast between Shaggy being so laidback and relaxed and Casey being such a perfectionist and potty mouth
Casey Kasem is missing. Ponderous, fuckin' ponderous. Let's get Don on the phone.
HAHAHAHA!
I agree! Get Don on the phone!!!
"This is Casey Fuckem with this week's top 40 countdown"...
Hearing a voice you grew up with cursing up a storm - too hiarious 😂
RIP snuggles
Snuggles was annoying and he smelled.
@@tysavoy5593 stfu Ty, no one asked you. Leave the fucking dog out of it.
Snuggles wasn’t even house broken, yet.
The rest of his family was glad he was gone.
And now for the new record album "Ranting and Raving With Casey Kasem!!!!"
The dead dog dedication is a classic. In fact, someone added animation to it and made it look like it was Shaggy having the meltdown.
Until yesterday, I had never heard the word ponderous before in my life. Now, after watching this video, I can’t stop saying it.
Because it's f...
He is actually right.....the dedication meant somthing to the one requesting and he was sensitive to his listeners and the public's needs...the guy has a heart..so what of he curses i do too especially if p' off over others incompetent actions...but also bwhahahahah it is funny as hell to hear him go off like that 😆
Good golly miss molly
🤣🤣🤣
Case; Can I remind you ' Keep your F***in feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the GD stars.
the older i get the harder it is to keep it together at work. coworkers are infuriating.
"This is Casey Kasem, and this is fucking Americas Top 40, God damn it!! Starting at fucking number 40......."😂
“I’ve been here for four fucking hours, and I gotta get home. Gotta let my dog out so he can shit outside. At number one, for the tenth FUCKING week in a row, it’s that same piece of shit song you probably hear ten times a day…I’m getting the hell out of here.”
you know, he had a point
We all have those days.
Ain't that a fact
Shaggy cursing..
"A Little Dog Named Snuggles" would be an excellent band name.
+Tony Lovell Or a movie.
"WE'LL DO IT LIVE!"
You said a BAD word!! I’m going to tell!!! 😂😂😂😂
He sounded wholesome & clean cut even when he was cussing & pissed off.