The 1980s, man. Cable TV couldn't get here soon enough. (H/T Kevin Barkes)

Ain't no fuckin' way that Camptown Racetrack is five miles long

Big news for those of you into scat play. (No judgement here.) This is, however, the first time that an airplane has come with a poop deck.

"Jesus mothering ass, where the hell are all the tits?"

My wife had one. It was a really sweet ride. Tomato red with brown leather seats. The bargain I made with her was, if I got a flu shot every year, she would get four winter tires. I got the better side of the deal! It had ABS and traction control, and wasn't terrible with snow tires.

Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer

I got curious, and decided to identify where the photo was taken. It turns out that Herbert Bean's Gulf station was located where the Carnegie Library of #Pittsburgh Hill District branch is now located. And Bean himself was quite a man.

You may be cool, but you're not Walt Harper and his band with an orange Cadillac convertible cool

Fun fact: On July 4, 1776, the village called "Pittsborough" was already 18 years old. My latest cartoon for Print, Pittsburgh's East End newspaper. #America250

It's the oldies show that's more fun than explosive diarrhea! Join me from 12 to 3 p.m. today on WRCT 88.3FM www.wrct.org and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport www.tubecityonline.com/radio If I can't be at the top of the ratings, at least I can be Number 2. Requests: 412-385-7450 or @ me here

From the Allegheny to the Ohio, in Pittsburgh Allegheny to the Ohio Allegheny to the Ohio They're joining up in the C-I-O Pittsburgh, Lord God, Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh town is a smoky ol' town, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh town is a smoky ol' town, Pittsburgh Pittsburgh town is a smoky ol' town Solid iron from McKeesport down Pittsburgh, Lord God, Pittsburgh

Bluesky having a normal one

I thought it meant "needs to be able to work as a steam shovel in a gravel pit"

I'm fairly certain we have WBCW's old turntables at our studio in McKeesport, and they get used regularly. Mark Kuhns posted a photo on his Facebook page of the WBCW studio, and they're identical.

I'm sure he has a cunning plan

"This is the plaintiff, Donald J. Trump. He claims Canadian wildfires are caused by the defendant's refusal to rake their forests. He's suing for $900 billion. "This is the defendant, Canada. They contend wildfires are an act of God and say they're 'sorry.' "What you are witnessing is real ..."

"Gerald Ford is dead, and I'm gay"

BREAKING: Pittsburgh area commuters panic after PennDOT accidentally blows up wrong bridge. More news any moment.

"Maybe it just collapsed on its own?" "We can't take that chance!"

Fuck no

"I have HAD IT with these motherf--king bunnies on this motherf--king train!"

Oh, good, my Tim Robinson action figure arrived

"What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it."

third-party candidate: puppy with diarrhea

masterful gambit, sir

Today: I'm back from Chicago and we'll talk to David Plier from the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Natalie Frydryck from Monroeville Area Pride also joins me! All that plus your favorite oldies. 12 to 3 p.m. today on WRCT 88.3FM Pittsburgh and Tube City Online Radio - McKeesport

I have an all-new show tomorrow, but I have to pre-record. So if YOU have a request, "queue up early," as Phil Musick used to say. Call 412-385-7450 tonight and leave a voicemail with your request, send a voice clip to jaythurbershow@gmail.com, or post 'em here.

I just hope no one mentions the Susquehanna Hat Company.

I'm on a Zoom call with a bunch of 30- and 40-somethings and they keep mentioning Niagara Falls, and it's killing me, because I want to shout, "SLOWLY I TURNED ... !"