The Voice of Ed Zotti

Cafe Society
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Last March 24th, as I was brushing my teeth before going to bed, I turned on the radio in the bathroom as I always do. Five seconds after turning it on, I heard the name Cecil Adams come up, so naturally I stopped to listen. It was an interview show, “Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg”, and he was interviewing Ed Zotti, who spent a couple of hours discussing Cecil and the Straight Dope column and books.

WGN put a small snippet of the interview on their web site, so if you are interested, here is the voice of Ed Zotti:

http://archive.wgnradio.com:8080/ramgen/wgnam/shows/ex720/Audio/edzotti060324mr.rm

(This is about a 5 minute portion, where they talk about Uri Geller and other psychics.)

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The other guy talks too much. Pffft.
Ed sounds like a nice, honest, decent, intelligent guy. How deceptive…

ducks and runs

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And did you hear that, at the end? Sold his ma up the river.

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Am I the only one a little insulted by the fact that this interview wasn’t mentioned on SDMB anywhere?

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Yes.

TubaDiva
Who does wish she had heard about it earlier.

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[QUOTE=TubaDiva]
Yes.

TubaDiva
Who does wish she had heard about it earlier.
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Clue: I don’t really give a fuck about the interview. I was making a small joke.

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Podcast: http://caster.wgnradio.com/podcasts/x720pod-028-060404.mp3

TubaDiva

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Ed sounds kinda hot.

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[QUOTE=Ogre]
Clue: I don’t really give a fuck about the interview. I was making a small joke.
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Let’s be sure to remember we’re in Cafe Society, and to keep it polite.

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[QUOTE=SkipMagic]
Let’s be sure to remember we’re in Cafe Society, and to keep it polite.
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Righto.

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Another thing I should mention…

Later, during the call-in portion of the show, a listener said something like "Before I ask my question, I want to say that I read the Straight Dope Message Board all the time, and I think it’s really great!".

So congratulations to us, I guess.

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…a listener said something like “Before I ask my question, I want to say that I read the Straight Dope Message Board all the time, and I think it’s really great!”.
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So, who was the mystery caller? Fess up, you!

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[QUOTE=TubaDiva]
Podcast: http://caster.wgnradio.com/podcasts/x720pod-028-060404.mp3

TubaDiva
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Thank you.

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[QUOTE=vertizontal]
Another thing I should mention…

Later, during the call-in portion of the show, a listener said something like “Before I ask my question, I want to say that I read the Straight Dope Message Board all the time, and I think it’s really great!”.

So congratulations to us, I guess.
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And this person didn’t say “Hi, Opal!”? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

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And all the Google ads are for psychics…

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Ed seems overly enamored of the word, “wacky”. Interestingly, so is Cecil…

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I thought it was cute how he pronounces the word “half.” He said it several times while discussing peak oil. I don’t think anyone else in the world can pronounce “half” quite the way mid-westerners do.

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[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Ed seems overly enamored of the word, “wacky”. Interestingly, so is Cecil…
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Remember that Ed edits Cecil’s columns, so it’s not surprising to find some of Ed’s favorite phrases showing up in Cecil’s works. And vice versa; they’ve been working together so long, it’s not surprising that Ed’s picked up some of Cecil’s pet phrases.

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[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]
Remember that Ed edits Cecil’s columns, so it’s not surprising to find some of Ed’s favorite phrases showing up in Cecil’s works. And vice versa; they’ve been working together so long, it’s not surprising that Ed’s picked up some of Cecil’s pet phrases.
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“Working together”, eh? That’s one way of putting it, I suppose.