Chappy Crappy
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Kuersteiner moved to Palo Alto and worked at KZSU Stanford 90.1FM around 1986/1990. While there, he also joined up with The Stanford Chaparral humor magazine, eventually becoming the business manager. He contributed several stories and cartoons to the publication, as well as three covers (shown above). But not surprisingly, it was audio contributions that he enjoyed the most. For the 90th anniversary issue, he produced a flexi disc that was included inside the issue. It featured older comedy recordings found at KZSU from previous Chappy members (who's names, sadly, are not known), as well as newer material recorded by Kuersteiner and several friends from WEGL at Auburn (Corry Smith, Lynn Worthington, and Tommy Smeltzer). The first side represents what a modern listener might hear skimming across the radio dial, while the second side gives a glimpse as to what a listener in the distant future might hear doing the same thing.
[2009 © Mystery Playhouse and Kurt Kuersteiner, all rights reserved. Listening is free, but no permission is granted for copying or reselling this material without a written release.]
Off the Record
The Chaparral flexi disc
(Produced by Kurt Kuersteiner, featuring comedy bits from previous Chappy members, as well as Corry Smith, Lynn Worthington, Tommy Smeltzer, and Kurt Kuersteiner.)
Side 1 - Modern Radio (9:00)
Side 2 - Future Radio (9:00)
Blue Nun Booze parody (:30)
2nd Blue Nun ad, but in Esperanto (:30)
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