Ron and Ron have words

[CM Mark]

Here, with all due credit to badcellphoneguy, is the fall out of the Ron and Ron show. Classic Cringe Radio before there was Cringe Radio


http://sounds1.neilrogers.com/sounds/dat001/218.mp3

[jpc165]

damn

[askewcore]

im halfway through the clip, whats the backstory to this? is diaz just about to leave the show like really abruptly?

[badcellphoneguy]

Here, with all due credit to badcellphoneguy, is the fall out of the Ron and Ron show. Classic Cringe Radio before there was Cringe Radio


http://sounds1.neilrogers.com/sounds/dat001/218.mp3


enjoy the clip! to check out some old ron and ron bits check out www.ronandron.com:action-sm

[Absolutely]

I've never heard Ron and Ron. I also don't know ALOT about the history of the show.
Was Fez always on the show or was he like a third mic? I remember hearing that he was the producer?
Where is my Ron and Fez history tutorial?

[Cloominati]

Wow...howd you (or badcellphoneguy) find THAT?
That did not go well.

Im sure Ron will just love ppl re-visiting this.
But, I was glued and cant help but wonder what really went down.

[badcellphoneguy]

I've never heard Ron and Ron. I also don't know ALOT about the history of the show.
Was Fez always on the show or was he like a third mic? I remember hearing that he was the producer?
Where is my Ron and Fez history tutorial?


fezzy was the producer along with tuttle. fezzy was kinda the gopher for the show. the show was just brilliant.

later

[Mother Shucker]

My cousin in Tampa used to tell me about the Ron and Ron show, but I never got to listen. What was Ron Diaz's job on the show? Was he the funny man to Ron's straight man? And if the show was on top, why did Diaz leave?

[badcellphoneguy]

im halfway through the clip, whats the backstory to this? is diaz just about to leave the show like really abruptly?


here it is...they moved the show from tampa bay to miami to 610 WIOD. Ronnie D didn't like the move because his wife was in tampa still. She also had a cancer and later died. Ronnie D just basically had a "breakdown" on air and that was it. Now Ronnie D is doing sports on a local station. He was never hit it big again. I was very happy when the show went to NYC and did well on WNEW. by the way WIOD had one of best line ups in radio.

when i lived in florida (oh gawd) the radio was just horrible. this was the only station i listened too.

6-10am ron and ron
10-2 The Neil Rogers Show (sidenote he should be on XM. Best show in south florida)
2-6 rick and suds (they suck)
6-10 The Phil Hendrie Show (yes he was on 610 for a while)
10-2 Sports and News
2-6 CNN headline news

[Mother Shucker]

Wow, Ron Diaz is doing great now. They put all the good shows on 620 am, hahahhahahha.

RON DIAZ
Status:
Host of the Ron Diaz & Ian Beckles Sports Talk Show on 620AM WDAE from 9am-12pm Monday thru Friday.
eMail : RonDiaz@clearchannel.com
web: www.620wdae.com
www.ronandian.com

[badcellphoneguy]

it was sad about what happend to Ronnie D's wife and all but this was just cringe. i remember going to college at FAU and listening to this on my walkman. wow a walkman remember those?

[badcellphoneguy]

Wow...howd you (or badcellphoneguy) find THAT?
That did not go well.

Im sure Ron will just love ppl re-visiting this.
But, I was glued and cant help but wonder what really went down.


neil rogers was a very good friend of their show. they use to do like "AFRO" shows. neil would go on their show and R and R would spill onto neil's show. neil would keep some of their soundbites on his website. this was just one that never seemed to disappear. just thought you would like to hear the falling out.

[Mr. Pants]

The Ron and Ian show is doing very well. If I remember correctly Ron and Fez were doing the crack babies skit right before the meltdown. I think Diaz told a caller about a year ago that he had talked to Bennington recently at that time and every thing was cool with each other. Diaz seems very comfortable with his current situation.

[Turtle]

I've never heard Ron and Ron. I also don't know ALOT about the history of the show.
Was Fez always on the show or was he like a third mic? I remember hearing that he was the producer?
Where is my Ron and Fez history tutorial?

Ron & Ron were on in the '90 out of Tampa Fla. They were also in Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Savannah, Macon, Hilton Head, Tallahassie most of the larger markets of Fla & Ga. Ron D & Ron B were the hosts. Fez was kind of a third mic, but also did other things for the show. Flipper, FastEddie, Billy, BL, Paul O and Denise were also on the show. BL went on to do the sports chic show in Fla. Flipper was with a band called DGT (Dead German Tourists) I think he is still in Fla. No idea were Fast Eddie is now( I think he was fired for sexual harassmaent) he did production work and was kind of the radio geek. Paul O you know about. Bill, he was the producer, they would throw hard rubber balls at him (Ron B called them orbiters) it was funny ecause you would hear a crash and a yell in the background and Billy just got smashed with a ball. He also would fight women at live events...he was a bit odd.
Ron D was a work out guy, said that he spent lots of time at the gym, he was good on the show, but Ron B did most of the heavy liftin to make thing funny. Also Ron B had a commedy club in Tampa at the time.
That sound clip was strange, I rember hearing it over 10 years ago...kind of brought the thing back for me.

[Mother Shucker]

The Ron and Ian show is doing very well. If I remember correctly Ron and Fez were doing the crack babies skit right before the meltdown. I think Diaz told a caller about a year ago that he had talked to Bennington recently at that time and every thing was cool with each other. Diaz seems very comfortable with his current situation.
Dude, you think the guy is happy that Ron and Fez are nation wide and he is on some pissant Florida am station? He may not say it on air, but I will bet you whatever you want that deep down it is killing him he is doing next to nothing and Ron B. not only is on satelite radio, but was on WNEW and WJFK.

[badcellphoneguy]

Dude, you think the guy is happy that Ron and Fez are nation wide and he is on some pissant Florida am station? He may not say it on air, but I will bet you whatever you want that deep down it is killing him he is doing next to nothing and Ron B. not only is on satelite radio, but was on WNEW and WJFK.


you absolutly right. it has to be eating him up.

[Turtle]

Ron D was having a tough time, his wife was sick, very sick and he wanted to spend more time with her. He is prob ok with the decision to stay with his wife untill she passed. Now he is a one market guy, and knows that thing could have been different.

[badcellphoneguy]

i use to love it when paul o use to come into the studio. the stuff that ronnie b did to him was priceless. they need to get him in studio. along with fezzy's brother corky.

[badcellphoneguy]

Ron D was having a tough time, his wife was sick, very sick and he wanted to spend more time with her. He is prob ok with the decision to stay with his wife untill she passed. Now he is a one market guy, and knows that thing could have been different.


it was sad. but it has to be killin' him though.

[Mr. Pants]

Diaz drives in from the beach everyday and talks sports for a few hours. I think life's good for Ron.

[Mother Shucker]

Diaz drives in from the beach everyday and talks sports for a few hours. I think life's good for Ron.
Yeah, that beats being on a legendery station in the WORLDS #1 market.

[badcellphoneguy]

ugh it must have been horrible to be on WNEW and WJFK. oh yeah WFTL in the florida is a real powerhouse. (snickering)

[Turtle]

i use to love it when paul o use to come into the studio. the stuff that ronnie b did to him was priceless. they need to get him in studio. along with fezzy's brother corky.
DGT and Fez and Paul O did a show in Savannah one weekend. They got one of those sling shots that take three people to fire and shot water ballons at Paul O. The second or third shot hit him dead center in the chest, took him off his feet, fell flat on his back. The shot was from about 35 ft. Very funny to watch.

The best bit that Ron & Ron had was with Singapore Air, the woman on the phone giving Ron B a tracking number with a Z in the code and she would say Z as in zeebra...Noooo you can not bring zeebra on ...

[badcellphoneguy]

DGT and Fez and Paul O did a show in Savannah one weekend. They got one of those sling shots that take three people to fire and shot water ballons at Paul O. The second or third shot hit him dead center in the chest, took him off his feet, fell flat on his back. The shot was from about 35 ft. Very funny to watch.

The best bit that Ron & Ron had was with Singapore Air, the woman on the phone giving Ron B a tracking number with a Z in the code and she would say Z as in zeebra...Noooo you can not bring zeebra on ...


i liked when fez did the whole marge schott nature boy rant

[MadMatt]

Damn, what a crappy way to end things. I guess it all turned out for the best though...

[Absolutely]

Thanks for all the back info Fellas

[badcellphoneguy]

your welcome. glad i could share the background info.

[badcellphoneguy]

i wonder if anybody from the show has seen this yet.

[freak8]

the best thing about that clip is ron's
high voice

sounding coked up :)

i miss those days

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Rfonxm.jpg

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http://www.ronandron.com/archive/FezFace1.jpg
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[Lambo]

wow, talk about cringe.
kinda glad all this went down though, if not maybe we wouldnt have the ron and fez show

[Mr. Pants]

Does that shirt say Sassy Boy?

[mikeyboy]

Does that shirt say Sassy Boy?

Yeah. Fez did a little wrestling in Florida as one of the "Sassy Boys".

[mikeyboy]

i wonder if anybody from the show has seen this yet.

The audio? I'm sure they have. That audio's been up on Neil Rodgers site for years.

[Brady T cell]

I used to listen to them every day when I was in Orlando. After the breakup of the show, I started hearing R&F on a few stations down there. They were on "The Crow" for a while and I'd catch them regularly. I listened to their last show before going to NEW.


I still have a signed Ron & Ron "Let The Puppies Breathe" VHS tape around here someplace.

[badcellphoneguy]

The audio? I'm sure they have. That audio's been up on Neil Rodgers site for years.



fan of uncle neil?

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh neil my queen god!

[Turtle]

I still have a signed Ron & Ron "Let The Puppies Breathe" VHS tape around here someplace.

I saw that tape several times, good stuff, The part at the zoo with the monkeys was ...well it was strange. Mahabone

[Death Metal Moe]

Diaz's mullet is without a doubt the WORST mullet I've ever seen. It's sad what drugs can do.

So glad Fez is part of the show we all love now.

[Mr. Pants]

Yeah. Fez did a little wrestling in Florida as one of the "Sassy Boys".
Any idea who the other Sassy Boy was?

[freak8]

here are some video clips
from the let the puppies breathe video
(clips courtesy of mikeyboy)

Fez as the Nature Boy
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2904
Ron b. vs. Elliot Offen
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2903
Fez as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2902
Fez Whatley video "It Makes You Fez"
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2911
Ron and Ron visit the zoo
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2908

[badcellphoneguy]

here are some video clips
from the let the puppies breathe video
(clips courtesy of mikeyboy)

Fez as the Nature Boy
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2904
Ron b. vs. Elliot Offen
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2903
Fez as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2902
Fez Whatley video "It Makes You Fez"
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2911
Ron and Ron visit the zoo
http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2908


thanks for the links :action-sm

[The_Villian]

Man, that's uncomfortable.

[sd187]

if you google ron bennington, you'll see something about someone having an "embarrasing drug episode" in regards to teh show

[abudabit]

Ron Diaz looks like the cliche Floridian of the 80's.

[zappafred]

Ron and Ron were on Y95 in the mid-eighties. I am pretty sure Diaz's wife had AIDS. I remember Bennington breaking the news on the air and it was difficult to listen to. But he did a great job.

After they left I really never listened to much comedy talk until O&A joined XM. Ron and Ron had some great bits like Dykes on Bikes and even did a video called Pup Friction. Their WOW chant was Let the Puppies Breath.

And I agree with the comment about getting Neil Rogers on XM. He is a talent.

[badcellphoneguy]

Ron and Ron were on Y95 in the mid-eighties. I am pretty sure Diaz's wife had AIDS. I remember Bennington breaking the news on the air and it was difficult to listen to. But he did a great job.

After they left I really never listened to much comedy talk until O&A joined XM. Ron and Ron had some great bits like Dykes on Bikes and even did a video called Pup Friction. Their WOW chant was Let the Puppies Breath.

And I agree with the comment about getting Neil Rogers on XM. He is a talent.



neil rogers god!!!!

do you listen to wzzr at all?

[zappafred]

neil rogers god!!!!

do you listen to wzzr at all?

Don't know where that is. I heard Neal when he was simulcast in Tampa Bay from Miami.

[highfive]

Neil Rogers is awful.

[badcellphoneguy]

Don't know where that is. I heard Neal when he was simulcast in Tampa Bay from Miami.


wzzr is "REAL RADIO" 94.3 out of PSL (its another real radio not from o-town...this one is better)

[HumpX]

I'm a R&F noob myself. I hear bits and pieces about what sounds like significant past drug abuse issues out of Ron B. I take it there were quite a few "snow-days" taken off back in the day?

[badcellphoneguy]

I'm a R&F noob myself. I hear bits and pieces about what sounds like significant past drug abuse issues out of Ron B. I take it there were quite a few "snow-days" taken off back in the day?


there was a lil' something something...but i would look too much into it. it was the 70's mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

later

[askewcore]

That dont make you a bad person.

[HumpX]

That dont make you a bad person.

I hope not, I was drunk/addict for close to 20yrs....:rolleyes:

[Bobobie]

Ron and Ron was a great show. Ron D. ran the show, much the same way Opie runs their show. You never had boring artsy fartsy interviews and a show drifting without any direction. I was excited when I heard of them coming to 202, but I only knew them from those 4 short years I lived in Florida. I'll listen again if they ever bring back Ron D.

[badcellphoneguy]

Ron and Ron was a great show. Ron D. ran the show, much the same way Opie runs their show. You never had boring artsy fartsy interviews and a show drifting without any direction. I was excited when I heard of them coming to 202, but I only knew them from those 4 short years I lived in Florida. I'll listen again if they ever bring back Ron D.


i dont think you will ever hear ronnie d back on with ronnie b at all. that blow up really shook up that show. and why does ronnie b need ronnie d now. fuck him. ronnie b is doing very well with fez now. was the old show great...absolutely. but ronnie d had alot of shit going on in his life and it just destroyed a very good radio show. but does that make you a bad person. i use to love listening to the show on WIOD 610 in florida when i went to school at Florida Atlantic. Ron and Ron and then the Neil Rogers show. they use to do a similar AFRO show which was quite funny. I will still say neil rogers should be on XM. this is the only guy in radio who can say coon without getting into trouble.

later

[badcellphoneguy]

just wanted to bump this!

later

[mikeyboy]

i dont think you will ever hear ronnie d back on with ronnie b at all. that blow up really shook up that show. and why does ronnie b need ronnie d now. fuck him. ronnie b is doing very well with fez now. was the old show great...absolutely. but ronnie d had alot of shit going on in his life and it just destroyed a very good radio show. but does that make you a bad person. i use to love listening to the show on WIOD 610 in florida when i went to school at Florida Atlantic. Ron and Ron and then the Neil Rogers show. they use to do a similar AFRO show which was quite funny. I will still say neil rogers should be on XM. this is the only guy in radio who can say coon without getting into trouble.

later

Ron has said a number of times on air that he is still on good terms with Ron Diaz. In fact, in 2003 on WJFK, they had an outdoor showing of "Caddyshack" and flew up Paul O as a special guest (since he was an extra in the movie). At the end of the night, they were up in the studio giving Paul O yet another tattoo. As Paul O was getting his tattoo, Ron & Fez ruminated about a number of things for well over an hour and the show ran over one of the rare time on WJFK. Ron mentioned that night that he had been approached about putting the Ron & Ron show back together, and had seriously considered doing it. Ultimately, he decided to move the show forward in the direction it was going rather than move backwards to the Ron & Ron show.

[badcellphoneguy]

Ron has said a number of times on air that he is still on good terms with Ron Diaz. In fact, in 2003 on WJFK, they had an outdoor showing of "Caddyshack" and flew up Paul O as a special guest (since he was an extra in the movie). At the end of the night, they were up in the studio giving Paul O yet another tattoo. As Paul O was getting his tattoo, Ron & Fez ruminated about a number of things for well over an hour and the show ran over one of the rare time on WJFK. Ron mentioned that night that he had been approached about putting the Ron & Ron show back together, and had seriously considered doing it. Ultimately, he decided to move the show forward in the direction it was going rather than move backwards to the Ron & Ron show.


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[badcellphoneguy]

Ron has said a number of times on air that he is still on good terms with Ron Diaz. In fact, in 2003 on WJFK, they had an outdoor showing of "Caddyshack" and flew up Paul O as a special guest (since he was an extra in the movie). At the end of the night, they were up in the studio giving Paul O yet another tattoo. As Paul O was getting his tattoo, Ron & Fez ruminated about a number of things for well over an hour and the show ran over one of the rare time on WJFK. Ron mentioned that night that he had been approached about putting the Ron & Ron show back together, and had seriously considered doing it. Ultimately, he decided to move the show forward in the direction it was going rather than move backwards to the Ron & Ron show.


that would be a great move. but does diaz still have that passion to do great radio again?

[d[u.m]b]

Wait, what? I thought Ronnie B's daughter was like 6. How was she old enough to even know what an aspirin was like 16 years ago?

[TheBattleVirus]

Never heard Ron and Ron, but that's sad to hear that argument. Sounds like Ronny really felt like he was being ditched by this guy, Diaz. I'm really glad he and Fez have had the successful careers, while Diaz does a sports show on an AM station in Tampa. It's like the dumb actors who decide to leave their successful TV shows to become movie stars, but usually fail miserably. Always fun to see.

[Death Metal Moe]

Ron Diaz is the single ugliest, mullet having radio guy I've ever seen.

I hope I never hear him on the radio anywhere.

[Beer Gut]

^tell us how you really feel....


Yeah the guy was an ape. I used to listen to Ron and Ron when I was was a teenager out of Savannah. You knew within five minutes which side of the table the talent was on.

[Turtle]

Ron Diaz is the single ugliest, mullet having radio guy I've ever seen.

I hope I never hear him on the radio anywhere.
I was a Ron&Ron Show fan, Ron B did a lot of talking but the show was about 60/40 Benninton- Diaz. It was a good show. Not as good as Ron & Fez but still a good show.

[Bobobie]

I'm bumping this again.

Being the funny man doesn't necessarily mean great radio. Sometimes you need straight man with an attitude to steer the ship. Ron and Fez are a mere shadow of the old show. I'd take Ron and Ron over anything being put out today, even Opie and Anthony.

[RotorHead]

I was a Ron&Ron Show fan, Ron B did a lot of talking but the show was about 60/40 Benninton- Diaz. It was a good show. Not as good as Ron & Fez but still a good show.

I agree. I was a Ron and Ron (and Fez) fan in the mid 90s when I lived in Pensacola. They were huge in that part of FL, and were great to listen to. Still like the current show better though.

[RMPGP]

ugh it must have been horrible to be on WNEW and WJFK. oh yeah WFTL in the florida is a real powerhouse. (snickering)


would Ron & Ron have had the same fame & fortune as Ron & Fez? nobody knows. i'm sure this Ron Diaz is happy with his life, sun, broads, and sports talk for a couple of hours a day. sometimes life isn't always about fame and fortune.

btw: http://www.ronandron.com

[badcellphoneguy]

Bring Neil Rogers to XM!!!

[Ovitz]

I enjoy Ron Diaz rum.

[badcellphoneguy]

Ma Ha Bone!

[DonTheTrucker]

You know some radio guys are just happy making a good living and talking to their one market, however small it is. Syndication is hard work. Why do you think R&F came to satellite. They can do whatever they want now and not have to worry about anything.

Same story with the guys who rule one market. They are gods in one little town and can do things their way.

[RMPGP]

Plus his wife died of AIDS. Can you see him working alongside of ONA and having his producer being a member of FullBlownAids.com?

[MilkmanDan]

Plus his wife died of AIDS. Can you see him working alongside of ONA and having his producer being a member of FullBlownAids.com?

hmmm lesse, producers working alongside ONA right now, all members of Wackbag. ok yeah I can see it.
I dont have the history but the brief bit I've heard Ron Diaz didnt add a whole lot to the table.

[watsonnostaw]

ahhh memories of the ron and ron show...

miss soundboard ron

[Sinn Fein]

Nothing like a newbie resurrecting an ancient thread...