A truly momentous day on the World Of Boating yesterday for how rare is it that a new word is created? You could say that it is the perfect word, a word that can be used anywhere, anytime and mean anything. It is the all purpose word and I, along with Greg the First Mate and Mike Mazur from Fly Fishing in Salt Waters Magazine, were witness to its birth, as painful as that birthing process was, as Bill the Engineer brought it unto our world. My dear readers I give you “Boom-Shaka-Laka-Sham-Wow”

   Would you like to take this new word for a spin? Let’s try it out with the following examples where you fill in the missing blanks with “Boom-Shaka-Laka-Sham-Wow”

“The Boston Red _______________ ’s lost yet another game to the New York Yankees yesterday.”

“Did you see what that _____________ did? He cut me off in traffic!”

   Say, that’s all right!  Now let’s try a couple without mom or dad running behind the bike as you start to peddle. Ready? Let’s go!

“Doctor, I seem to be having a problem with my _______________.”

“Mom, Dad, I’ve decided. I’m going to study ______________ at Harvard.”

   Outstanding! And now with the training wheels off and heading down the big hill. Hold on tight!

“May I present the 49th President of the United States, George Herbert Walker ______________.”

   Now who wouldn’t vote for guy with a name like that? Not I, that’s for sure but I’d want to see his birth certificate just in case!

See how much fun that is. It may be the best word ever invented since Battlestar Galactica’s “Frak”

   Of course after yesterday’s show it may come to mean metaphorically dying on the air. But I give Bill kudos for at least attempting to bring some humor to a subject that is quite serious and no, I am not referring to the gulf oil spill. I am however referring to the occasional call-in guest that seems to be just about a year slower than where Bill is as far as timing goes. Bill displayed a tenacity with the bit that would make any pitbull owner proud and as such he was a trooper and was determined to see it through to it’s well deserved death. The progression from the “Boom-Shaka-Laka”  to the “Sham Wow” was truly a display of poetic radio personified.

   I remember the very first show that I did with Bill and Greg and one of the subjects up for discussion was cruise ship passengers falling or jumping overboard. As I was explaining that the proper way to hit the water is in a tucked or cannonball position Bill stepped back from his mike and yelled “CANNON-BAAALLL!” He then cast a mischievous look my way and I knew it was game on. I got it, I get it, and at times I try think of ways to one up Bill and Greg but they are both very quick and have about 20 years on me when it comes to doing live radio so I have to resort to dressing up in costumes like “Death” in order to get a laugh. Pathetic. 

   As I wrote in my very first post, “The show is an improvisational ad-libbed ballet and in some amazing way the unscripted chaos comes off sounding quite sane, professional, and most of all, entertaining.” And so it was never truer than yesterday and in regard to yesterday’s show I will blame (or perhaps thank) the caller especially since it is Bill who turns my mike on and off and the last thing I want to be doing is speaking into a dead mike although at times I believe that is what Greg and Bill would enjoy the most.

 Capt. Patrick

   See, I’m not making this too hard for you, am I? If you’ve read this far you have discovered yet another one of Capt. Patrick’s “Hidden In Plain Sight” bonus features.

   I give you the birth of “Boom-Shaka-Laka-Sham-Wow” 

   Part One:   www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQUd5_gx2lM

   Part Two:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm9CVIZutuU  

And because I’m feeling generous today how about a twofer?

A raw promo that never made it on air with Bill, Swabby Bob, Capt. Patrick, and Marcy Y. Enjoy!

Click the link below to hear:

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