Norm Nathan's Vault of Silliness with Tony Nesbitt

Welcome back to another episode of Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. Episode 125 if you’re keeping track at home. Just a brief reminder that you can support the show by becoming a subscriber/patron on Patreon. Some generous souls have joined and I’m forever grateful. But more assistance would be an excellent achievement. Exclusive content is posted every week. Link is below. Let’s venture back to...

It would help us a whole bunch if you would click on the like button. That can influence the algorithms on all the platforms and we may show up on more people’s casual scrolling or recommended shows. Let’s pack the Teen Canteen every week.  Also, each of the past few weeks, I’ve started uploading on Saturday’s. It appears as though we receive more views and listens with that strategy. I will conti...

Let’s do a little house cleaning here with a few announcements. #1 Yet another YT ONLY issue has been plaguing the broadcast with episodes be clipped short during my incredibly well written outros. It’s the hour + shows that are affected. The powers that be have been tinkering with that for a while and hopefully a solution will be attained and the closings can be heard in full! #2 If you haven’t s...

Thank you to all the new Patrons that have joined over on Patreon! If you haven’t, you can too, for as little as a dollar a month! You may find the magical link below. We are approaching covering the cost of distribution and then the % zone begins for the NN Scholarship Fund at the Berklee College of Music here in The Hub. More exclusive content was added this week. It’s all just so darn exciting!...

Kia Ora (Key Orra) to our listeners in New Zealand! Thank you for checking out our little slice of fun here at the Vault of Silliness. I give you Ep 121. It’s a NNS, the majority of which is from January 8 th and maybe the 9th, 1994. According to the notes on the cassette, there’s a taste of December 4 th , 1993. Because of that this cassette was all over the place. I’ve pieced it together chronol...

Hello, Ni Hao, Namaste and Selamat siang (suh-lah-mat see-ahng), to our new listeners in Singapore! The first episode of 2023 brings us a DBG from January 2 nd , 1993. This one shall be titled: Punny New Year! We're off to a bad start but Take 2 brings smooth sailing. The Members of the Panel: Mary in Somerville Christopher in Boston Addie Lisa from Topsfield Matt Phipps from Traffic, not working...

Forgive me for being a tad late with the upload. I’m clearly suffering from a post-Christmas daze. But we are here now and ready to close out 2022 with this DBG/NNS combo from December 27 th and 28 th , 1995 which I have titled: Ringing in the New Year with Some Ding-Dongs. We begin with Norm describing where Jack does his traffic reports from as well as inquiring about what the dress code is or l...

Christmas weekend’s 2022 cup overflow-ith with an EMC SWQ from Decemebr 23 rd , 1994 titled: A Christmas Crossing of Musical Swords We begin with a full-on Norm Open and the it’s showtime. The Panel: Norm, who’s done some homework and has prepared fresh questions. Ed Mullen, whom always does his homework. Steve Leveille – hanging with us after subbing for David Brudnoy and handling folk music. I’m...

Thank you to my new Patreon subscribers for supporting the effort to leave this world a little sillier than we found it. These days, a little silly is a lot of silly. You can support the channel here for as little as a dollar a month. If just the 140 subscribers on YT gave that I would cover the costs of distribution in about 4 months. I know there are more of you out there who listen through Spot...

Patreon patreon.com/normnathanvos Here we are with a very special episode of NNVoS. It hails from December 10 th , 1993 and is appropriately titled: It’s Shearing You’re Hearing We begin with Carol Stein-Krauss, the PR manager from Parker Bros talking about the company and its games. There’s lots of cool info about Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly plus Company history, challenges and more. Next is an...

Let me take a moment to inform you that I now, finally, have a Patreon acct. This is something I've been meaning to do for a while now. Over the past 2 years I've dedicated a lot of time putting this podcast together. Your support would allow me to continue to create content and grow the channel. I'm asking for $1.00 a month for a subscription. Of course, you are welcome to give more if you are so...

Sorry for the late posting but I was stuffed from Thanksgiving and just woke up from tryptophan coma. Let’s begin: Assalamualaikum to our new listener country of Bangladesh! Ep 114 brings us a DBG/NNS combo from November 25 th and maybe 26 th , 1993. I’ve titled it: A Turkey Sandwich of Thanksgiving Wishes. Players: Joe from Revere Rod the Security Guard from the front desk at WBZ Scott in his car...

Let’s begin episode 113 with some Happy Birthday wishes to one of Norms’ daughters, Sonja. Still 39 and holding here on November 19th. Happy Birthday my sister from another mister! Today also brings us a DBG from November 19 th , 1994 that shall be titled: Foot Fetish Radio. This one starts right away. And besides Sonja, there’s a plethora of interesting people born on this day. Players: Alan in S...

Zdravey (Hello)! Kak varvi (How’s it going)? To our new listeners in Bulgaria! Thank you all so much for joining us again here at Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. Today the Vault has graced us with a DBG from November 8 th , 1992. This is a good one with plenty of silly banter. I have titled it: Locally Sourced We begin with LOTS of Lottery numbers, some sports scores and then the magnificent DBG...

Let me take a moment to acknowledge the anniversary of Norm’s passing. October 29 th marked 26 years. I hope you’re enjoying listening to these on that great radio in the sky as much as I enjoy producing them. Now from the sublime to the ridiculous…  We are back for another dive into Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. This time it’s DBG from November 3 rd , 1991 which, borrowing a phrase from the g...

Hello everyone. Welcome to Norm Nathan’s Vault of Spookiness. We have a hauntingly good show for you today that has risen from the October 30 th , 1995 archives. Let’s call this one Norm-O-Ween. Norm was joined by 2 guests. First up was Linda Spencer, author of Knock on Wood. As you may have guessed from the title it’s about all sorts of superstitions and the history behind them. I STILL have this...

We are back and healthy for Episode 109 which is a SMQ from the esteemed Ed Mullen Collection. This one hails from October 20 th , 1993. Mike Epstein was producing. We begin with a Darrell Gould intro to Jack Harte and then Accuwx with Dave Ryan. The usual suspects comprise the panel with the addition of a beautiful moll: Linda Chase, who joins us later. Before we start, Norm mentions he had been...

Before we begin you may have noticed a bunch of repeat postings of previous episodes. The issue that has been plaguing us has been corrected and, in order to test that, we had to repost. It looks sloppy but I don’t want to delete them as they have received views. Thanks for your patience. Now everyone should be able to enjoy the shows on their desktops and laptops. Hopefully it’s the last of the g...

This week’s episode is a DBG from October 5 th , 1996 which I’ve titled, “Age-vantages.” Tom Howie was producing. We begin with quite the intro for Jack Harte from Norm. Norm laments the transitions of the season but because he is a doctor, please take off everything and he will only look at you in a medical manner. Jack believes it all starts with windows going from opened to closed and that brin...

Thanks for joining us again as we close out September 2022 with a Norm Nathan Show from September 29 th , 1996. This one is titled: BillyBobNorm. Steven Adams was producing. Also thank you for sticking with us, listening on your phones and from every other platform where we cast with no damn issues! Still no resolution to our little problem on YT. And with no response from my queries as to what’s...

We have another NNS/DBG/NNS from September 21 st & 22 nd , 1996. Title: Cruising the Radio Waves Tom Howie was producing. We begin with a couple of jokes from a caller, Bruce the skip to Norm talking to Linda about sports talk shows, negativity and talking like an ass. Now on to caller, Elizabeth, whom Norm hasn’t spoken with in a long time. She was former WBZ producer Eddie LeClair’s fiancé....

Let me take a minute to thank YT for not doing anything again this week about the publishing issues we all experience when you’re trying to listen on a regular ol’ computer. You guys do nothing and do it extremely well. So, thanks again. Let’s start the frivolity! Episode 104 is a 31-year-old DBG from September 14 th , 1991. I’ve titled it: Voices in the Night We begin with Norm’s Show Open with s...

Today we have a NNS/DBG/NNS from September 10 th , 1993. We get a little pre-game Norm, game-time Norm and then post-game Norm. Titled: Words to Live By Mike Epstein is producing. It all begins with a Jack Harte traffic report and then on to the callers. Chauncy who nominates Norm for some special recognition. Rich from W Roxbury Lorriane in Boston who seconds the nomination. Please grab a pen and...

Today’s episode in a NNS from September 1 st and possibly the 10 th , 1994. I have titled it: ‘Radio Hopscotch’ because there’s a lot of skipping from call to call. It appears to be the last hour of the 9/1 broadcast and then we jump ahead to some other September nights and conclude with what is labelled as 9/10. Brian McKinley was producing. I found this whole cassette to be endlessly entertainin...

Before we get started I want to thank everyone for listening not just to last week’s Big 100th episode but all the time, every week. Since I mentioned the 100 th let me quickly explain the weirdness that went on with it. This was only a YT problem. Though displaying the full length, time-wise, it would only play for 2 seconds on desktop computers! Mobile phones worked with the YT app as well as al...