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Welcome
to Mad Mel's Cage
Mad Mel joined
C-FUN during the Spring of
1965. Unlike the station's
other DJs who were commonly
known as "The Good Guys", Mel
earned a spot as C-FUN's "Bad
Guy." By the Fall of 65 Mel
was gone, although he could
still be heard in C-FUN ads
for the Bad Boys Rag Shop, a
new trendy clothing enterprise
in which he was involved.
Short as his stay with C-FUN
was, it was memorable. Mel
later moved to Australia where
he lives to this day.
Few pictures of Mel have
turned up and when they do his
features are hidden by huge
glasses, or a long black false
beard, sometimes both.
Likewise, audio of Mad Mel on
C-FUN is scare. Below are the
few and very brief snippets
thus far found.
Clip #1 -
Intro (Long)
(0:23)
This was the
famous intro to Mad Mel's show
that contained the line "OK
Mel, you can come out of your
cage now. It's time to start
the show."
Courtesy of Larry
Morton.
Clip #2 -
Intro (Short)
(0:10)
Another short
intro to Mad Mel's show.
Courtesy of Larry
Morton.
Clip #3 -
Mad Mel & Paul McCartney
(2:18)
This all-too-brief
piece is compiled from a
number of short bits, then
pieced together. In it Mad Mel
is broadcasting from the C-FUN
studio attempting to play his
recent interview with Paul
McCartney. But Mel is having
problems queuing the interview
and so calls upon his
alter-ego "Granny Scoopshovel"
to get "the machines" working.
We hear a brief C-FUN jingle
after which Granny, having
solved the problem, begins
playing the tape. We hear the
voice of Roff Johannsen
introducing the interview and
then we cut to a part of the
interview, which takes place
at an airport. As it turns
out, Paul McCartney is
actually interviewing Mad Mel!
We also learn that it's Mel's
birthday and he's turned 19.
Not much else is known of the
circumstances surrounding this
ocassion.
Thanks to Alex
Galbraith for the audio and to
Larry Morton for editing.
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