Everybody knows that rednecks can’t be geeks too, right? That has always been the conventional wisdom; which is how the Redneck Radio Network came to be the under-the-radar, low-flying, heat-seeking truth-missile of comedy that is now found on Ustream. Nobody was looking for geeky rednecks, and all of us involved in our little network slouched, slumped, and back-doored our way to number 10 on MySpace’s Country/Redneck comedians. That’s right. The Doghouse with Baddog, the RRN’s flagship webcast, is now rubbing elbows with some cool comedy acts in the USA.
In June of 2007, all of us found our way to NowLive. Brokenpole (Jonathan Sparks) and his wife, Smokinbeaver, (Sharon Sparks) went there so that they could interact with each other. The two of them (Broken and Smokin) were living apart 90 percent of the year due to Jon’s contract job with a nuclear power plant. Baddog, (Bob Dilts) Meroll and C-roll (Marty and Casey Rollins) and their extended families came to the “Social Broadcasting” website in order to do live, improvisational comedy. We all met, including Marty’s wife, Tina; and Amanda and Shelly Dilts (Shelly is Bob’s wife, Amanda the daughter) and from that moment on a hot, sticky June afternoon internet history was experiencing the vagina-ripping birth contractions of something more than a comedy webcast…….Then we met Pastor Rick. Yea, verily; the rednecks would surely perish in the flames of eternal perdition if it weren’t for the spiritual guidance of our internet preacher, Pastor Rick Hope of Lillian, TX. We all lean heavily on Rick. It is in his show that we all come together to pray, and hope that God won’t get too mad at us for some of the foul jokes that we make. Rick loves us all without judgement, which shows that Texans aren’t immune to the Dumbass gene.
Enter the International Glamour-Puss of All Media, the lovely and talented Ester Goldberg: from the moment that Meroll and Ester exchanged their first loving insults, a connection was formed that spawned the Bus Ride to Hell. There was a particular Sunday afternoon show that we all did on Nowlive when I think all of us knew that something magical was happening. I think it was Meroll who threw down the gauntlet; challenging Ester Goldberg in a Hellen Keller Joke deathmatch. When the Hellen Keller jokes degenerated to dead-baby jokes, there was an almost audible CLICK that occurred when the planets of old, glamour-filled Hollywood lined up with the rusted-out pickup trucks on Redneck Road.
The summer of 2007 was a scorcher. California was on fire; and in the deep south, it was hotter than a blistered pussy in a pepper patch. In their little corner of the world, the rednecks were burning up the internets. At some point, the admins at NowLive asked the show hosts to try to remain on-air as long as possible, so that NowLive could test it’s durability. Never to be the ones to pass up an opportunity to break some shit, the Rednecks rallied around Baddog and crew; helping them stay on-air continuously in a 137-hour marathon. Bob, Shelly, and Amanda rotated in shifts and kept up a constant dialog with callers and chatters without playing music. Every Monday thru Friday, at 7pm Eastern time, the Doghouse with Baddog went live; rain or shine, holiday or no holiday. The Doghouse established a reputation for consistency that is unparalleled. The same consistency is continued on Ustream. Every Monday thru Friday, at 7pm Eastern, 4 Pacific you will find the Doghouse is live.
Living by the philosophy that “it ain’t funny if it ain’t real”, The Redneck Radio Network has opened the book of our lives to the world. It would be pointless for us to take ourselves seriously at all, so we let y’all into our lives. Hell, laugh at us. We sure as hell do. When life boils down to a choice between laughing and crying, the members of RRN almost always pick the laughing part. The rest of the world seems to enjoy laughing at us, too, hence our success on MySpace.
Don’t worry, though, y’all. There is no chance in hell that the Redneck Radio Network will ever get too big for our britches; not with Meroll’s hemorrhoids, Brokenpole’s broken pole, Baddog’s tendency to break his own ribs out of hormonal angst, and C-roll’s job as mayor of Lackanookie. As we have since we started this populist adventure back in June of 2007, we intend to continue. Our loyal audience is what keeps us coming back to do shows. Folks who have followed us to Ustream from Nowlive especially deserve our heartfelt thanks and love. Y’all are some crazy mammyrammers, and possibly mentally ill ones, too. You know who you are. I wouldn’t presume to call y’all out in public, Warmachine, AndrewPainter, Marywallace, Jessie Odell, Ripper, Eboe, Sapphiregoth, TiggerWarrior, QueenBeeYatch, Ramona, kenny C, Kaeos,Fozzie, Realvee, Shocker, and Zazz. Y’all have total anonymity.
We are going to post this little missive in several places on the internet. Wherever you find this, stay tuned for more updates. I’ll be posting bios and curriculum vitae for the individuals in our little network. They should be interesting, seeing as how our particular collection of misfits, bums, ex-sailors and porn addicts are reluctant to talk about their individual pasts.
The Doghouse with Baddog is number 10 on MySpace redneck/country comedy. Check out the videos there, y’all. (www.myspace.com/doghousewithbaddog )
(DoghouseWithBaddog show)
(Redneck Radio News show)
(Wake up Call with Broken and Smokin show)
(Sunday Mornings with Pastor Rick show)
Casey Rollins (c-roll66)
Chief Science Officer
Redneck Radio Network
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