It Was Thirty Years Ago Today - More or Less

An aging radio fan (NOT ME) has put up a GeoCities (how 1997!) site in tribute to semi-legendary broadcaster and my former mentor "Sweet" Dick Whittington, including a reprinted magazine article documenting one of his stunts while I was his Assistant/Gopher/Sidekick.

Yes, I am the "Wendell" in the article AND I'm in this picture, standing to the right, trying to hide a tape recorder under my jacket from the London bobbies guarding 10 Downing Street. (They didn't allow recording devices at the Prime Minister's front door).

I may yet find him a better webplace for his little fansite, but in the meantime let me point out that (a) I was NOT responsible the lost cassette; that was Dave the Engineer's fault, and (b) I did not record the "beer in Bangor" incident because my recorder's batteries had run down after all I had recorded at the LA Airport send-off and on the flight (and Dave the Engineer had all the batteries, so I blame him again).

And that was a PG-rated 'edited' account of the Bangor incident from the Los Angeles Magazine writer - who went on to become, among other things, editor in chief at E!Online - and who got a free ticket to follow this adventure because we'd made promotional trade-offs with the airline and a London hotel for a dozen people - because one of the other 'extra people' along for the trip was Dick's then-girlfriend, who requested to be kept out of the article, even though the real reason for their disappearance was so he could "bang her in Bangor".