Sometimes, the most humorous bits of a radio show are unscripted, as in this Wit Twisters trivia game segment on KYKY from February 1986. Admittedly, it's convenient to look up answers to trivia questions in
search engines today. Still, for the sake of comedy, it's a shame that exchanges like these
are largely a thing of the past:
Guy Phillips: ...What was Geppetto's cat's name?
Listener #1: Sylvester?
Guy Phillips: No. You know who Geppetto was?
Listener #1: No, I don't.
Guy Phillips: Geppetto was the shoemaker in Pinocchio...
Listener #1: Oh!
Guy Phillips: (To) give you an idea...So, Sylvester's...
Mike Wall: Clockmaker, but that's alright.
(Mike Wall and Heather Frampton, the newscaster, laugh.)
Guy Phillips: Clockmaker, shoemaker...
Mike Wall: He made those shoes that look like clocks.
Guy Phillips: Who made the shoes?
Mike Wall: Huh?
Guy Phillips: That's Geppetto. Isn't that Geppetto the shoemaker?
Mike Wall: No, no. He made the clocks.
Guy Phillips: Is that right? Did he really?
Mike Wall: Yeah, oh, he's got thousands of clocks all over...
Guy Phillips: Is that right? I thought he made shoes, for some reason.
Mike Wall: But he didn't make any (imitating Sylvester The Cat) puddy tats!
Guy Phillips: OK. Hi!
Listener #2: Hi!
Guy Phillips: What's your guess?
Listener #2: His name is Figaro.
Mike Wall: Figaro. That's right.
Guy Phillips. Yeah. Now, what did Geppetto do for a living?
Listener #2: He was a puppetmaker.
(Mike Wall and Heather Frampton laugh.)
Guy Phillips: A puppetmaker. That's right! He made puppets!
Mike Wall: Well, he only made one!
Listener #2: He made clocks.
Mike Wall: Alright. Now, we're talkin'...
