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John Wessling

now with ALL the ARTSY and TWICE the FARTSY!

About Me

ON-AIR in Bakersfield California on the number three AM station in the Southern San Joaquin Valley.
I have already secured LIMITED SYNDICATION...our "X" hour show will be broadcast on "Hot Talk" 1230 AM KGEO and then simulcast on HAM radio WJ6T international shortwave to all corners of the globe
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on CB channel 7 at the I-5/CA-99 split.
I'd like to offer an early GRACIAS to our spanish translators on the sister-show, EL OJO ROJO.
You should be able to hear them faintly under our audio feed.
In the ODD chance that you don't live in this area OR have sensitive shortwave radios, you can hear the RED EYE streaming on warpradio.com , (just enter the call letters KGEO)
If you have had an encounter with the undead, zombie OR ghost, please call in.
Call in and join the fun, TOLL FREE HOTLINE 866-319-1230, and our new 24/7 DRUNK DIAL VOICEMAIL 206-984-2376
Just shut up and put them in your cell phone now!
As always, running the show is Bakersfield's Best Puck the Great , a broadcasting TITAN in any league.
Pass this on to all your friends...at least the one that are worth a shit, I have ENOUGH penguins for friends!
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Thanks Everybody, John Wessling

My Interests


Golf, Booty Shakin', playing guitar badly and loud, Animal Husbandry, Major League Baseball, stand-up comedy, bong hits for Jesus, and weird literature.

I'd like to meet:

Willie Nelson, the Dalai Lama, Joe Montana, Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, the COMEDY POLICE, Robert Plant, Nolan Ryan, Tom Snyder, Art Bell, Phil Hendrie, and Randy Ferbey, Canadian Curling machine

Music:

All things non-pop crap. I would love to rob a bank with John Prine and Willie Nelson. I like the Tony Clifton Revival, TOO SOFFT, the Bologna Fadeaways, 100's and THE 100's and the(THE) 100's and the onehundreds, The Figs, Nada Surf, Sam Roberts Band, Jack Chuckscokov and the BANGKOK LUNCHBOX

Movies:

The classics, Stripes, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, The Kentucky Fried Movie, Raising Arizona, Elvis meets Nixon, The Big Lebowski, History of the World part 1...I just got a Bruce Lee DVD with THE GAME OF DEATH on it and it has blown my mind!!

Television:

Once again, the classics; Sanford & Son, All in the Family, Night Court, almost ALL dramas and Law & Orders, and I will watch any documentary you put in front of me. I dig Canadian TV very much.

Books:

Yes, I read them. Too many and varied to list but a good starter is The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell. you should google "CHOCOLATE LIZARDS"-good times

Heroes:

Mostly the same as the people I want to meet plus some dead people. Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Cal Ripken Jr., Hank Williams Sr. AND Jr. I know there is more, I'll add later...

My Blog

Why don't we have a UNION?

I'm serious, why don't comedians have a union? Is it because we're all scabs anyway who would sell each other out for a paid gig? Was that a true statement or a gross underestimation of our ranks? Why...
Posted by John Wessling on Wed, 17 May 2006 04:31:00 PST

Opening Day

Hello my friends and assorted others! Isn't Opening Day the best day in the year? I love the beginning of April, everything seems new and possible again. As I get older my optimistic windows duri...
Posted by John Wessling on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:57:00 PST

some topical jokes you'll see on LIVE at GOTHAM

2 people died of heart attacks at the LA marathon...and both were cops...they weren't IN the race officially, they fell down dead after chasing down a Kenyan who matched the description of a carjackin...
Posted by John Wessling on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:35:00 PST

What is it about me?

What is it about me that pisses people off?
Posted by John Wessling on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:45:00 PST

Remember when the only Patriot Act was Lee Greenwood?

Well, my my, last night the Patriot Act was renewed by a two-thirds majority. On the bright side, if you want to write a letter to your senator to complain you don't need an actual address to send it...
Posted by John Wessling on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:43:00 PST

samples of my jokes

I had to write this stuff out for the new show LIVE at GOTHAM that will debut on Comedy Central's website on March 27th or 28th, I will be on that first webcast and hopefully on the first cable broadc...
Posted by John Wessling on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:14:00 PST

Last Comic Standing 4

Hi everybody. I auditioned today for LCS4 in Los Angeles and.... ...I did NOT make it past the audition. I did well, I knew how to do this obviously as a semi-finalist last time (LCS2). I told t...
Posted by John Wessling on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:48:00 PST

COMATOWN part 2

"The Queen" Dearest Diary, This place makes me feel happy for a change. Here I am respected and always paid attention to. No one here takes me for granted or treats me like a dumb chi...
Posted by John Wessling on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:06:00 PST

COMATOWN

This was written a few years ago as part of an exercise. It has grown into much more than that now. I've written much more and changed even what you about to read, I thought I'd put up an old draft so...
Posted by John Wessling on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:59:00 PST

the stuff I wrote for the roast

Hey, guess what? I dug this out of an old laptop's mail program and fwd'ed it to myself and posted it up here. Now we are all caught up. My friends and fans will recognize some of my pre-existing j...
Posted by John Wessling on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:30:00 PST