Favoriting Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from December 23, 2023 Favoriting

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Favoriting December 23, 2023: The 2023 Holiday Hoedown with Grade "A" Fancy Magazine!

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Artist Track Label Approx. start time
Jackie and the Cedrics  Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town   Favoriting Norton  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Boys Next Door  The Wildest Christmas   Favoriting Bad  0:05:11 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Ashby and the Treble-Tones  Santa Claus Hop   Favoriting Retta  0:06:51 (Pop-up)
The Sabres  Cool Cool Christmas   Favoriting Cal-West  0:09:15 (Pop-up)
The Royals  Christmas Farm   Favoriting Vagabond  0:13:15 (Pop-up)
Little Lambsie Penn  I Wana Spend Christmas With Elvis   Favoriting Atco  0:19:46 (Pop-up)
Three Aces And A Joker  Sleigh Bell Rock   Favoriting GRC  0:21:16 (Pop-up)
Sandy Baron  Swingin' Santa   Favoriting Gulf  0:22:43 (Pop-up)
George Nixon  Jingle Bells Twist   Favoriting Elms  0:25:50 (Pop-up)
Debbie & The Darnells  Santa, Teach Me To Dance   Favoriting Vernon  0:30:28 (Pop-up)
Leappo (the Frog)  Christmas in Frogville   Favoriting Del-Ray  0:39:29 (Pop-up)
Brendan Hanlon and the Bat Men  Christmas Party   Favoriting Bat  0:40:36 (Pop-up)
Bey Ireland  All I Want For Christmas Is A Go-Go Girl   Favoriting Newport  0:46:00 (Pop-up)
Ben Hinds  Christmas Go-Go Girl   Favoriting Tracy  0:46:41 (Pop-up)
Bobby and Boobie  Cool Cool Christmas   Favoriting Dice  0:49:29 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Butler  Trim Your Tree   Favoriting Gem  0:57:42 (Pop-up)
Freddie Mitchell and His Rockers  Jingle Bell Boogie   Favoriting Derby  1:00:53 (Pop-up)
Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers  Dig That Crazy Santa Claus   Favoriting Modern  1:03:43 (Pop-up)
The Cashmeres  I Believe in St Nick   Favoriting Laurie  1:04:50 (Pop-up)
Gary Walker  Santa's Got A Brand New Bag   Favoriting Jin  1:08:59 (Pop-up)
Clyde Lasley & the Cadillac Baby Specials  Santa Claus Got Drunk   Favoriting Bea & Baby  1:10:54 (Pop-up)
The Youngsters  Christmas In Jail   Favoriting Empire  1:16:27 (Pop-up)
Al Green and the Terrifics  Joke On Santa   Favoriting Palm  1:16:49 (Pop-up)
Babs Gonzales  The Bebop Santa Claus   Favoriting Essex  1:36:13 (Pop-up)
Larry Barton and the Freebees  Seymour, The Beatnik Elf   Favoriting Musitron  1:38:35 (Pop-up)
Patsy Raye and The Beatniks  Beatnik's Wish   Favoriting Roulette  1:40:09 (Pop-up)
The Weird Beard & Crazy Cajun  T'Was A Weird Nite Before Christmas   Favoriting Capri  1:41:14 (Pop-up)
The Marquees  Christmas In The Congo   Favoriting Warner Bros.  1:44:15 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Bowmen  Big Red And The Cool Yule   Favoriting Soma  1:46:12 (Pop-up)
Becky Lee Beck  I Want Chevrolet For Christma   Favoriting Bill Heard Chevrolet  1:56:40 (Pop-up)
Patsy Sexton  Chistmas Without Elvis   Favoriting Delta  1:57:25 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 12/22 9:17am
MHLee:

Hello
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
JimB:

3.bp.blogspot.com...
  1:00pm
pottybear:

It’s boozin’ time.
Avatar 1:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...glued to the page with Elsie...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
Handy Haversack:

Rex! Tipplin' Fools!
Avatar 🌮 1:02pm
Mailman Tom:

I went to the 1964/65 World's Fair and saw Elsie the Cow at the Borden's Pavilion. What a thrill.
Avatar 1:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @1:01
...course I'm thinking Elmer's Glue's cow ...whom Elsie doesn't generally discuss...
  1:04pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good afternoon, Rex and Everyone. Happy Feast of Fools.
  1:05pm
bobob plasticland:

Sounds like the Spanic Boys
  1:06pm
bobobobob:

hey Handy?!!!
  1:06pm
Da Crusher:

you didn't know I was Santa didja??
Avatar 1:06pm
Richard S:

It must be Rex and Fool's Paradise, because I'm having a Wing Ding!!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
egould:

Just poured a glass of red wine. Merry Christmas!
  1:08pm
bobobobob:

Dtspazzzz and Rex had egg nog and Rum ..no Spazzzzzzzz but rex pulled thru
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ egould @1:08
I like your style, Dude. Still nursing my brunchtail while I do some freelance work and laundry.
  1:09pm
jerry koosman jr:

Im hoping for a Whim Wham XMAS!
  🌮 1:09pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Santa Claus Hop" by "Jimmy Ashby and the Treble-T...
This is stressing me out.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
egould:

Christmas Eve dinner, and leftovers for Christmas Day and beyond:
Madeira glazed ham with pineapple and cherries, potato salad, collard greens, and a fruit cocktail eggnog pie www.reddit.com...
Red wine, and a fully stocked bar. Cocktails as necessary.
  1:10pm
Jeech the Jooch:

↳ Mailman Tom @1:02
Hey, me too! But I was only 2, so I don't remember.
  1:10pm
bobobobob:

mailman Tom...and then on to the Cow Palace????
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
egould:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:09
I like your style, too. You reminded me that I have to finish a report today and do laundry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ egould @1:10
I was just thinking I should have bought more whisky. All other bar supplies look reasonable, though I don't have today's ingredients on hand:

www.grade-a-fancy-magazine.com
Avatar 🌮 1:14pm
Mailman Tom:

↳ Jeech the Jooch @1:10
It was considered the worst attraction at the fair!
Avatar 🌮 1:14pm
Tony in Durham NC:

She was a day drinker, yeah. It took me sooo long to find out, and I found out.
Avatar 🌮 1:15pm
Hubig Pie:

My fav Christmas movie is Blast of Silence. It also stars the mother of an FMU DJ.
  1:15pm
Greg g:

Afternoon Rex & Fellow Fools!!
Avatar 1:16pm
Don Gorden:

Yo Rex Happy Festivus Hahaha, no wait HoHoHo
  1:17pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@egould I am looking forward to our feast as well although it will be a very small party.
  Swag For Life Member 1:17pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

I look forward to this show every year.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:18pm
egould:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @1:17
What’s on the menu?
  1:18pm
bobob fabtriplasticland:

Gaylord needs to do a cover of this !!!!!!!!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:22pm
egould:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:14
Dammit! I forgot about the cocktail for the show! My bar is stocked, but not for this cocktail.
Maybe next year… if I’ve been a good boy.
Avatar 1:22pm
Don Gorden:

chilled vodka and 43 liquor, in a shot glass add 3/4 vodka and float !/4 43 on top, let the fun begin, Merry dingle
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
Handy Haversack:

It's toasted!
Avatar 1:25pm
Richard S:

I've got some St Bernardus Christmas Ale for later....
Avatar 🌮 1:25pm
Hubig Pie:

Hope there's gonna be some Christmas in jail honkytonk tunes
  1:27pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@egould Xmas eve is a retro (60s) cocktail party with just mrs. scabin and I. Brie en croute, deviled eggs, olive spread, and spicy giardiniera. French 75s an a Martini for me and a whiskey sour for the mrs.. Xmas day, also old style: mushroom tetrazzini, tossed salad, beet and horseradish salad, and charcuterie (vegetarian). A very good rosé, a pinot noir (2011), and a Saperavi (2013).
  1:28pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@rx "rexy" scabin more guests on Xmas day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @1:27
Doin' it right, rexy!
  1:29pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@Handy Haversack I like to cook and plan menus.
  1:30pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

with mrs. scabin and ME. Oops.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @1:27
Maybe I'll try a vegan mushroom tetrazini before the winter lets go.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
egould:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @1:27
Sounds delightful. Merry Christmas!
  1:35pm
P.Welles:

Black and white radio!
  Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
lindac:

Helloooo Rex and Gaylord!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Ho Ho Ho
  1:36pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@egould merry xmas to you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37pm
dave miss:

Rex and Gaylord Are like Shields and Yarnell today
  1:37pm
bobobobob plasticland:

Gaylord is a professional vocalist!!!! Merry Xmas!!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:37pm
owenm:

Miss you like crazy from the airwaves, Gaylord.
  1:37pm
Greg g:

Hey Gaylord!!!
  1:37pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@Handy Haversack itv would be easy to modify this recipe.
  1:38pm
P-90:

The “Gloria” spinoff with Sally Struthers and Burgess Meredith didn’t last either
Avatar 1:39pm
Doug in MP:

Is it normal for music to make you nauseous
Avatar 1:39pm
kyle a.:

merry eve-eve rex and gaylord! ah, the frog song that makes me feel like i'm dying
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @1:37
I think tonight is going to be taco night, and I have a recipe for vegan cheese sauce from Alexandra I'm going to try.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Doug in MP @1:39
DOUG! How have you been?!
  1:40pm
P-90:

…and this “Sunday brunch” thing gets old fast. Hopefully Gaylord will discover this for himself eventually
Avatar 1:40pm
VantuckyEd:

Was this Froggy from Our Gang?
Avatar 1:40pm
Doug in MP:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:40
Handy! I was ok until the sympathetic heartburn kicked in
Avatar 1:42pm
Doug in MP:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:40
How are you guys doing? It's been a while!
Avatar 1:42pm
VantuckyEd:

Personally , It's not a proper holiday until I hear Rex's show or from Spazzyclaus. Speaking of which did Spazz skip town? I guess the rent was due.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Doug in MP @1:42
Oh, man. Well, we're still sucking air, I guess. 2023 has been an absolute mess. Ready to toss a match on it and walk away. Glad to have a few days off, mainly, to catch our breath.

I say while both of us are sitting here working.

Saw a sharp-shinned hawk in the back yard a couple weeks ago, which was pretty cool.

How are you two hanging in?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm
Daybreak!:

↳ Hubig Pie @1:15
So far my Christmas movies have been:
Gremlins
Holds up surprisingly well and has at least 4 separate moods.
And last night it was Bill Murray's Scrooged!
That one is a fav, but it is all over the place and gets very meta/self aware by the end!
Avatar 🌮 1:47pm
Tony in Durham NC:

A Christmas Go-Go Girl in my stocking would be...swell!
Avatar 1:48pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Christmas Go-Go Girl" by "Ben Hinds"
...is the *best* GoGoGirl an option tho...
Avatar 🌮 1:50pm
Mailman Tom:

Paul Reed was perfect for playing the role of Captain Block!
  1:52pm
P-90:

Grade
  1:52pm
Richard Whig:

hey to Gaylord!
  1:52pm
P-90:

Welcome @ Grade A Fancy!
Avatar 1:53pm
Richard S:

1. Add ice to shaker....
Avatar 1:53pm
Richard S:

2. 1 oz of white rum
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53pm
Handy Haversack:

Cocchi Americano is the one ingredient I have on hand.
Avatar 1:54pm
Richard S:

3. Americano?
4. mastiha (greek liqueur made from mastic)
Avatar 🌮 1:54pm
Hubig Pie:

I have rum from Kentucky.
Will that do ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
common:

rex, everyone. that drink sounds insane
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
dave miss:

↳ Richard S @1:53
1. Comb teeth and wash your weasel
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
WTF_Chuck:

Happy Holidaze, good people!
Avatar 1:55pm
Richard S:

5. Stir, top off with cava (?)
  1:55pm
ultra howard:

Hey Goofies from your friends and favorite dog in North carolina
  1:55pm
John W!:

Merry Xmas Rex! Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
Handy Haversack:

Drinks with cava, cider, and whatnot are complex -- what do you do with the open bottle now?!

Well, clearly ...
Avatar 1:55pm
Richard S:

garnish with slice of apple
  1:55pm
Don F.:

Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56pm
Gaylord Fields:

Hello, all you happy holiday lovers! Thanks for all the well wishes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56pm
Handy Haversack:

www.grade-a-fancy-magazine.com
  1:56pm
John W!:

Thank you Gaylord for the "Not So Jolly Roger Show." It was an early Christmas present for me.
  1:56pm
Kathleen from JC:

I’m raising a glass of V-8 to you radio revelers!
  1:57pm
BnowB:

Merry Christmas. Thank you for your great show.
  1:57pm
P-90:

Thanks @Editors!
Avatar 1:57pm
Doug in MP:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:46
A yard hawk is a good deal! We have a cooper's hawk in the neighborhood. We're doing well. The suburbs are a bit lonely but I'm amazed how good some of the food is.
Avatar 🌮 1:58pm
Tony in Durham NC:

↳ John W! @1:56
Hey John W!: where can you hear that?
Avatar 1:59pm
RevComX:

↳ Song: "Trim Your Tree" by "Jimmy Butler"
Song makes me feel dirty enough to take a cold shower
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm
Chili MacPagoda:

I think Leappo The Frog deserves another spin before the show is over.
  1:59pm
P-90:

Merry Christmas to you too, Gaylord! Miss you on Sundays
  2:03pm
John W!:

↳ Tony in Durham NC @1:58
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134409
  2:06pm
dave:

Hohoho merry rexmas!
  2:09pm
Jeech the Jooch:

↳ Mailman Tom @1:14
Musta been good for a laugh, tho. I was probably confused by the whole experience.
Avatar 🌮 2:12pm
Tony in Durham NC:

↳ John W! @2:03
Thanks, man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:12pm
Gaylord Fields:

↳ Kathleen from JC @1:56
❤️🎄🎅🏾
  🌮 2:12pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Santa Claus Got Drunk" by "Clyde Lasley & the Cad...
😄
  2:13pm
Jeech the Jooch:

3 years ago today I was waiting to go under the knife. This is so much more fun!
Avatar 🌮 2:13pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Merry Christmas to you, Rex! May Santa bring you all your favorite smoked meats! And sides!
  2:15pm
John W!:

My mom loved this song! Thanks for the memory Rex!
Avatar 2:15pm
Michael Shelley:

Merry Christmas to my radio, neighbor, Rex and the whole gang.
  🌮 2:19pm
Erin Hellfire:

MATCH GAME!!!!!!!
  🌮 2:20pm
Erin Hellfire:

🥰🥰🥰
  2:22pm
berbo:

"Life of Reilly" (2006) - Joe Bob says check it out.
  🌮 2:24pm
Erin Hellfire:

Rex actually sounds drunk to me.
Avatar 🌮 2:26pm
Mailman Tom:

↳ Jeech the Jooch @2:09
No one was amused by this poorly conceived exhibition. No one.
  2:30pm
florida:

chester lester
  2:31pm
ackthpfft:

Rex, a Raiders fan?
51 years ago today was the Immaculate Reception. 😁
  2:31pm
Richard Whig:

I need one of those tie racks!!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:32pm
egould:

I have been very disappointed in the Raiders this season. Actually, I've been disappointed with the Raiders for 22 seasons.
Avatar 🌮 2:33pm
Mailman Tom:

I have ten volumes of Racket Squad and have watched them all. An excellent TV series with the exception of its stupid theme song!
  🌮 2:33pm
Erin Hellfire:

I'm curious about Teenage Santa Claus.
Avatar 2:33pm
VantuckyEd:

The wife is in the kitchen and 911 is pre-programmed on my phone.

It's the holiday tradition of hearing a series of "Oops!, Whoops! Crash! and Dammits!" coming from that room.
  2:33pm
Janie Heath:

Hope Karen is dressed like an Ultra-Blixen. Voluptuous with antlers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:34pm
Handy Haversack:

We invented barbiturates nog on Mona's show this week. Just a thought for next year's tipple.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:34pm
egould:

↳ VantuckyEd @2:33
Pour a drink, relax. Merry Christmas!
  2:36pm
Richard Whig:

"what insane object I shall lay on thee" snapsnapsnap
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:40pm
egould:

Stripper horn has walked under the mistletoe.
Avatar 2:41pm
VantuckyEd:

↳ egould @2:34
Yep, first batch o cookies have landed on my plate. Time for a bit o dunking...in scotch!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:42pm
egould:

↳ VantuckyEd @2:41
Nice. Gonna’ polish off this red wine, and go mash a cheeseburger.
Avatar 2:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "T'Was A Weird Nite Before Christmas" by "The Weir...
...This is the one, here.
Avatar 🌮 2:44pm
Hubig Pie:

Scotch and cookies were all the rage in the postwar years.
  2:44pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

It is almost Martini time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:46pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ Song: "Christmas In The Congo" by "The Marquees"
A tv dinner for two?? Hell yeah I’m in!
  2:46pm
florida:

radishes,salt and beer ,raiders fan since 67
  2:48pm
Andres:

↳ Song: "Big Red And The Cool Yule" by "Jimmy Bowmen"
🫰🫰🫰
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:48pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Oatmeal with red wine, today
Avatar 🌮 2:48pm
Hubig Pie:

↳ Song: "Big Red And The Cool Yule" by "Jimmy Bowmen"
He forgot Nixon and Donna Dixon.
Avatar 2:50pm
Richard S:

Another great holiday show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:51pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Rex, crew!
Avatar 🌮 2:51pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Almost time to go lie down on the couch for a mid-winter's nap.
  2:51pm
P-90:

that’s “Ultra BLITZENS”
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
pollypinocle:

Fun show, fellas! Thanks so much! xoxo Polly & Ted
Avatar 🌮 2:53pm
William Hellfire:

Have a cool yule Fools!
Avatar 2:53pm
VantuckyEd:

A merry xmas to everyone and a happy new year!
  2:54pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Thank you, Rex and Everyone. Merry Xmas.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:54pm
egould:

Thanks Rex. Everyone have a wonderful Holiday weekend! Peace and goodwill!
  2:54pm
Jeech the Jooch:

↳ Mailman Tom @2:26
well if we did go see it, my father or brothers would've made some fun of it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:54pm
Chili MacPagoda:

Cheers, Rex! Happy Huladaze everyone 🥂
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:54pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Peace & goodwill!
Avatar 🌮 2:55pm
Tony in Durham NC:

That's one helluva singing li'l pumpkin!
  2:55pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

The organ!
  2:55pm
dave:

Thanks Rex! Merry Christmas Fools!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Rex. It's a No Brow Christmas miracle!
  2:57pm
Jeech the Jooch:

God Bless Us All, Everyone.
Merry Christmas!
  Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

Thanks Rex. Happy Crimble!
  Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Chistmas Without Elvis" by "Patsy Sexton"
Good grief
  🌮 2:58pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Chistmas Without Elvis" by "Patsy Sexton"
Pop another pill, hun.
Avatar 2:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ Rex - et al ~
  2:58pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

This fits my mood.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
egould:

↳ Erin Hellfire @2:58
Hahaha! Yeah she sounds a little… disconnected.
  12:23pm
john cummins:

great christmas show request for next christmas /weird Al singing The night santa went crazy
thanks
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