The First Appearance of Philly Boy Roy

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The First Appearance of Philly Boy Roy

POSTED: Monday, March 16, 2009, 8:07 PM

Filed Under: Interview Blast from the Past

Photo | Rhoda Ziegler

Philly Boy Roy

So, WFMU DJ Tom Scharpling ' easily the funniest man on radio today ' has recently added a second podcast. The first is his radio show with all the music cut out, available on iTunes. (If you want to hear the music too, you have to stream it from the FMU archives.) This second one is the Best Show Gems, essentially a highlight reel of bygone audio sketches with his comedy partner Jon Wurster.

Wurster is from Philly (he got a pretty memorable shout-out on a Dead Milkmen track back in the day) and his pride/shame associated with his childhood home often bubbles up in the form of the ignorant, cackling, hoagie-eating, Franks-guzzling Philly Boy Roy.

In this week's Best Show Gems we flashback to 2002 to witness the first appearance of Mr. Royden Ziegler and that over-the-top accent. I must admit it was tough listening to Tom rip into Philadelphia from his high and mighty throne up in Jersey City ' when he called us angry I wanted to punch him in the armpits ' but overall this is the sound of Philly proide. I mean pride.

[audio:http://mp3archives.wfmu.org/archive/kdb/mp3jump.mp3/0/0/BD/bd090309.mp3]

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