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When I hear the word "DJ"...

Jason Weisberger at 11:03 am Mon, Oct 22, 2012

...I think of Wolfman Jack. Here's a great audio clip of his fine work on the radio. Additionally, Pesco wanted to be sure we didn't forget the Wolfman's work on Battlestar Galactica 1980.

Jason Weisberger is Boing Boing's publisher. He often does what he ought, instead of what he should. On instagram and twitter he is @jlw

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from left to right, Soupy Sales, Don Imus, Howard Stern, and Wolfman Jack
welcomeabored

Here was my introduction to Wolfman Jack… and quite a few young actors, who would later become famous on screens big and small:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99z-H_NEccU
http://twitter.com/Rickenhacker Daniel Earwicker

… I think of that kid on Roseanne.
frogmarch

…that’s when I reach for my revolver.
- http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt
  
  Damn it! You beat me to it, although I was going to phrase it “… but today when I hear the word ‘DJ’ …”
plext

Kevin Smith and Wolfman…. separated at birth?
Daemonworks

Alternatively: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq41OvJ9MTA
Rich Davey

…I think of John Peel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel
mr_mediocre

The other musical tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GzZpl9F5ho
IronEdithKidd

I will never be able to forget the cheezefest known as BSG1980. I kinda wish I could.
50yearguarantee

When I think of “clap” for the wolfman, this promo 45 he did for VD awareness comes to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE5EXignnPE