[PRCo] Re: OT: Trolley fan- Rege Cordic

[Bob Rathke]

I listened to Rege in the car on the way to work in the morning.  Many times 
I found myself laughing out loud, then looked around to see if any motorists 
were puzzled by my behavior.

I originally listened to him when he had a show on WWSW, before he switched 
to KDKA in the early 1950's.
In the mid-1950's he also had an evening program on KDKA called "On the 
Town" - it was 30 minutes every day, and involved Rege calling companies, 
putting them on with crazy questions.  I remember a call he made to PRC 
asking about chartering a trolley, but with the seats removed because his 
group wanted to dance during the ride.  Also calls to the B&O RR asking if 
they could rent him railroad equipment for home projects.

I was at his going-away dinner when he left Pittsburgh for California in 
1965.

Bob 8/4/07

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:04 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: OT: Trolley fan- Rege Cordic


> Bob:
>
> I had never heard any of Rege Cordic's lines before.   That guy was a
> real hoot.
>
> Thanks so much for sharing with us.  I only listened to four of them
> so far but I thought his solution to that pompous biddy Mrs.
> Roquefort and her ashtray was fabulous.
>
> fws3
>
> On Aug 3, 2007, at 12:09 PM, ROBERT R ROCKWELL wrote:
>
>> http://www.drtechnical.com/cordic.htm<http://www.drtechnical.com/
>> cordic.htm>
>>
>> Robert Rockwell
>> w3syt1 at msn.com<mailto:w3syt1 at msn.com>
>>
>
>