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What If We Had Radio Deejays in 1776?

(Mildly Amusing Yet Historically Laced Satire)

By Corey Deitz, About.com

Jul 2 2005
(If Radio had been invented by 1776, can you just imagine what an obnoxious DJ might have sounded like then?)

“Waketh! Waketh and Rise! The time tolling is nothing less than 6 a.m. and this is your host, 'Yank Yer Doodle'!"

(He reaches over and squeezes a rooster in such a way as to elicit several cock-a-doodle-doos.)

"Yes: it’s the Tea Party Morning Zoo...

…and you’re listening to K-LEV - (pronounced K-Leave) – your station for all the latest news on leaving the King’s protection and forming a more perfect union!"

(He kicks a duck nearby that punctuates his sentence with a “Quack Quack”.)

"Speaking of 'perfect unions' – you should have seen the babe I was with last night. Some wench named Betsy Ross. Boy did she run a flag up my pole! I’m talking about the kind of 'congress' between two consenting adults that makes you see stars!

But, you know me: I’m a confirmed bachelor. Like I always say: Give me liberty or give me breakfast – preferably a Continental one."

(He leans over, grabs a medium-size bell and starts ringing it)

"Here ye! Here ye! Two minutes have passed the hour of 6 on KLEV – and all is well!"

(He drops it back down on a wooden table.)

"Hey patriots: what a show! Later this morning, my good friend, Tom Jefferson will be our guest with an update on that Declaration of Independence thing he’s been working on. He says he has a very funny story to share concerning some gag clause he tried to sneak in concerning gay marriage.

What a prankster! Ha Ha! Next thing you know he'll be trying to convince us he's been sleeping with slave women! Ha Ha! Okay...too much fun. Time to pay the King's tariffs and taxes with a word from our sponsor."

Announcer: "This portion of the 'Tea Party Morning Zoo' is being brought to you by the makers of muskets. Remember their slogan:

If you’re a minuteman
And it’s Redcoats you hate,
No better gun in hand
To seal their lousy fate.

Now back to you, Yank."

"Thanks! And speaking of minutemen, hey men: 5 minutes after 6 on K-LEV and here’s the latest from Paul Revere and the Raiders called 'Indian Reservation'.

(Gunfire is suddenly heard nearby...)

It’s #1 with a bullet! But, then again, everything around here is lately....

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