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Earl Pitts Gary Burbanks For President Celluloid Pinback Pin WLW Radio Show OHIO

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  • Condition: does have some foxing-SEE PHOTOS-HIT THE DESCRIPTION BUTTON TO SEE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND FULL DESCRIPTION. EBAY MOBILE SAYS 1 PHOTO THAT IS WRONG THERE ARE MULTIPLE PHOTOS OF EVERY ITEM LISTED
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    Here is a great Pitts For President Pitts Off Burbank's 1992 WLW Cincinnati Ohio Radio Show and later TV for President Fantasy Candidate pinback button celluloid Pin. It is Awesome. It does have some foxing-SEE ALL PHOTOS. It measures about 2 1/4 inches tall by about 2 1/4 inches wide. Grab this great fantasy candidate collectible pin while you still can it will not last long. Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1968.Pitts, who is almost always referred to as "Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun" (as in "American") is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States. As such, Pitts presents a daily "editorial," which always begins with a bugle call of "Assembly", and the words, "Ya' know what makes me sick?" followed by another line like, "You know what makes me so angry, ah just want to soak mah butt in a bucket of toxic waste?" Pitts then goes off on a rant, either about some cultural topic of the day as seen from a redneck point of view, or an anecdote about his home life or his job at the local tavern. His family and friends—wife Pearl, son Earl Junior, daughter Sandra Dee, and good friend Dub Meeker, among others—figure prominently in many routines. His signature ending lines are "Wake Up, Uhmerika!" and "Ah'm Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Pitts off!" while "The Washington Post" march plays in the background.Burbank, whose radio career has taken him from his native Memphis to his 20-year-plus gig working afternoon drive time at WLW-AM in Cincinnati (and briefly in national syndication), began the Pitts character shortly after arriving at WLW. The daily routines became an instant hit, and a few years later Pitts' commentaries were syndicated nationally. Earl Pitts now is heard on about 200 stations and via XM Satellite Radio's WLW simulcast.Burbank says that Pitts is the second-longest running syndicated comedy program ever behind Paul Harvey News and Comment. Harvey's program was neither a comedy program nor syndicated; it was a network program heard on ABC Radio Networks for its entire 58-year run, and at least two national comedy shows date to before the introduction of Pitts', both launching nationwide in 1974: Dr. Demento, which syndicated until 2010, and A Prairie Home Companion, a comedy-centric variety series that has run continuously. As both of those shows are weekly series, the Pitts monologues, airing five episodes a week, have more episodes. Postage on this item is .95
    Earl Pitts Gary Burbanks For President Celluloid Pinback Pin WLW Radio Show OHIO
    Earl Pitts Gary Burbanks For President Celluloid Pinback Pin WLW Radio Show OHIO
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    Here is a great Pitts For President Pitts Off Burbank's 1992 WLW Cincinnati Ohio Radio Show and later TV for President Fantasy Candidate pinback button celluloid Pin.  It is Awesome.  It does have some foxing-SEE ALL PHOTOS.  It measures about 2 1/4 inches tall by about 2 1/4 inches wide. Grab this great fantasy candidate collectible pin while you still can it will not last long.
    Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1968.Pitts, who is almost always referred to as "Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun" (as in "American") is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States. As such, Pitts presents a daily "editorial," which always begins with a bugle call of "Assembly", and the words, "Ya' know what makes me sick?" followed by another line like, "You know what makes me so angry, ah just want to soak mah butt in a bucket of toxic waste?" Pitts then goes off on a rant, either about some cultural topic of the day as seen from a redneck point of view, or an anecdote about his home life or his job at the local tavern. His family and friends—wife Pearl, son Earl Junior, daughter Sandra Dee, and good friend Dub Meeker, among others—figure prominently in many routines. His signature ending lines are "Wake Up, Uhmerika!" and "Ah'm Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Pitts off!" while "The Washington Post" march plays in the background.Burbank, whose radio career has taken him from his native Memphis to his 20-year-plus gig working afternoon drive time at WLW-AM in Cincinnati (and briefly in national syndication), began the Pitts character shortly after arriving at WLW. The daily routines became an instant hit, and a few years later Pitts' commentaries were syndicated nationally. Earl Pitts now is heard on about 200 stations and via XM Satellite Radio's WLW simulcast.Burbank says that Pitts is the second-longest running syndicated comedy program ever behind Paul Harvey News and Comment. Harvey's program was neither a comedy program nor syndicated; it was a network program heard on ABC Radio Networks for its entire 58-year run, and at least two national comedy shows date to before the introduction of Pitts', both launching nationwide in 1974: Dr. Demento, which syndicated until 2010, and A Prairie Home Companion, a comedy-centric variety series that has run continuously. As both of those shows are weekly series, the Pitts monologues, airing five episodes a week, have more episodes.
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