We're ready to go live. Jerry and the Kidders have turned their popular radio show into a live theartre production, and it's making a World Premier at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago. The're a great buzz, in fact the Irish American News has already covered it. Ticket are on sale now at www.BeverlyArtCenter.com. Back on the Radio!    Jerry's Kidders are back on the air! Tim and the other Kidders Ken Sevara and Dobie Maxwell have moved up to WGN AM 720 The Voice of the Cubs. Along with host Jerry Agar, the Kidders go through the the biggest and weirdest News Stories of the Week, and try to find something to laugh at. You can hear the Shenanigans every Saturday Morning, starting at 11 AM Central, in about a quarter of the contiguous US. You can also download podcasts of previous shows on Jerry Agar's Page. If for some reason you are living in a part of the world that doesn't get WGN (Or can't figure out how to change your radio to the AM band) you can Listen Live right  on the Internet! Just Click Here and follow the instructions.
Tim Does Fox News Here is a clip from Tim's appearance on Fox News Red Eye Saturday April 19th. He only got one line out in this segment, but it's definitely worth a watch;
Great Column on Town Hall: Tim got an article published on the Prestigious TownHall.com about Segway's new vehicle: A collaborative effort between General Motors and Segway Inc. debuted Tuesday April 7th in New York:  the new PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility vehicle).  With the assistance of GM, Segway did something everyone thought was absolutely impossible: They made the Segway even DORKIER. Ever since they debuted to great fanfare in 2001, Segways  never captured the hearts of Americans like they were supposed to. Originally projected to sell forty thousand units the first year, it is now speculated that Segway probably hasn't sold 30 thousand units to date. So why didn't they catch on? I'm guessing just because they look so dang stupid. A Segway passenger looks like Urkel riding a lawnmower. When I see one go by, it reminds me of the single wheel that was driven by caveman Thor in the  Johnny Hart comic strip BC. They haven't sold despite being purchased by several urban police forces, which use the devices as a way of humiliating the bad bicycle cops. full post here He Plays in Peoria: "Chicago comedian Tim Slagle has long been labeled a political pundit, known to target everything from taxes to warning labels to vegetarian frozen meals. His well of material seems bottomless; at a time when some fear the transition from a Bush administration to an Obama administration could result in fewer jokes, Slagle is confident it e business as usual" full post here ...and the City Pages "A" List: "I don't think the country has ever been more polarized than it is today," he says. "A lot of club owners are very hesitant to book political acts because they're going to send away half the audience angry." He does miss the subject, though. "It still is where my heart is. I think satire is one of the higher forms of comedy, right up there with irony." full post here Now Posting on Big Hollywood You can read Slagle's perspectives on Hollywood and Popular culture on Andrew Breitbart's New Blog: Big Hollywood. Tim Slagle offers his musings regularly, recently editorializing the 2008  Best Spoken Word Grammy "This year, the award was taken by Al Gore for another version of “An “Inconvenient Truth”; a never-ending documentary, which has actually outlasted the warming. For those of you who are unaware (I was), there was an audio book version of the book version of the film version of his PowerPoint presentation. It was read by Beau Bridges, Blair Underwood, and Cynthia Nixon. (Apparently, it took three actors to get through the whole thing without falling asleep.)" A popular feature is Tim's ongoing review of the Late Night talk shows, to see how they're handling the transition of power. You can read all of Tim's articles on Big Hollywood here. All Good Things Must Pass Halloween came early this year. Unfortunately there was more trick than treat, since the News wasn't so good. After a year of tearing up the AM band, Jerry's Kidders is officially on hiatus. It turns out that the Big Wigs in New York felt that having the a number one show, just wasn't good enough, so they canceled the Jerry Agar Show. Consequently, Jerry's Kidders were shown the door as well. Starting Monday Morning, October 27th the 9-11 slot on 890 WLS will be replaced by Erich "Mancow" Muller. It was a great run, and I thank all of you who were in the audience. I also want to thank Jerry, Maura, Dobie, and Ken; for making my year as a radio star a delightful experience I shan't soon forget. For those of you who are into Nostalgia, podcasts of most 2008 shows are still available for download off the WLS bandwith, although I fully expect them to be deleted soon.
Here is a Newsclip produced by Andrew Marcus for FoundingBloggers.com
Barack-No-Phobia: No Kidding Aside   Were you listening? It was one of the  funniest radio shows of this political season, and if you weren't tuning in, you haven't missed the boat yet. According to a recent article in the   New York Times,  there is nothing funny about Barack Obama. Apparently all the late night, and comedy news show hosts are lax to make jokes about the Democrat nominee for President. Well that didn't sit too well with Tim Slagle. So he and three other comics spent an hour trading Barack Obama jokes, on WLS 890 AM. It was a great success. Reviews have been great, and I think it contained some of the funniest Obama jokes to date. Did you miss it? It's not too late, Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, you can now download FREE  podcasts of the show Just click below to start the download: Barack-No-Phobia: Part One Barack-No-Phobia: Part Two View all Tim Slagle tour dates

Europa is a Hit

Tim's CD Europa is flying out the doors at Amazon, rolling off the Internet on iTunes, and tearing op the airwaves on XM and Sirius satellite radio networks. The reviews have been spectacular.

Gearhead Magazine writes: "Right wing? Just right!  ...a lot of his
shtick has made it into my daily vocabulary"

Five stars on Amazon! 

Punchline Magazine writes: "The bottom line is that Europa is partly educational, primarily humorous and undoubtedly brave— like most good comedy should be."
 

Serious Comedy  writes: "Tim Slagle is a deep-voiced observational stand-up comic whose social commentary is dead on and very original. ...This is witty, smart stuff that will please fans of intelligent comedy."

This is Tim Slagle's first CD, and it's on the Nation's premiere comedy label: Stand Up! Records. It's available right now on both Amazon.com and iTunes, Get yours today!
 

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